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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
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offsite link The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

offsite link Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of

offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by

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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link How Afraid Should we be About the Government?s Plan to Come up With a Legal Definition of ?Islamopho... Tue Feb 04, 2025 15:00 | Sam Bidwell
The prosecution of a man for burning the Qur'an shows how Islamic blasphemy codes are becoming embedded in criminal law. Coming up with a legal definition of 'Islamophobia' will accelerate this process, says Sam Bidwell.
The post How Afraid Should we be About the Government?s Plan to Come up With a Legal Definition of ?Islamophobia?? Very Afraid appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link US to Stop UNRWA Funding and Withdraw from UN Human Rights Council Tue Feb 04, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order today withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council and removing all US funding for the Gaza agency UNRWA.
The post US to Stop UNRWA Funding and Withdraw from UN Human Rights Council appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ALL the Babies Lucy Letby Was Convicted of Killing Died of Natural Causes, 14 Medical Experts Conclu... Tue Feb 04, 2025 12:00 | Will Jones
All the babies that Lucy Letby was convicted of killing actually died of natural causes, often due to poor medical care, and were not murdered, a panel of 14 medical experts has concluded.
The post ALL the Babies Lucy Letby Was Convicted of Killing Died of Natural Causes, 14 Medical Experts Conclude appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Covid Dossier: A Record of Military and Intelligence Coordination of COVID-19 Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:00 | Debbie Lerman and Sasha Latypova
Debbie Lerman and Sasha Latypova present the Covid Dossier: a record of the global military and intelligence coordination of the response to COVID-19, country by country. This was no mere public health response.
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offsite link The Shocking Solar Farm Bird Deaths the Mainstream Media Aren?t Telling You About Tue Feb 04, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
Solar farms are an ecological disaster. Birds frequently fly into them, mistaking them for water, while electrocution and incineration are common. But you won't hear about this in the mainstream media, says Chris Morrison.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday December 20, 2006 06:07 by Cleaves Editorial Team   text 1 comment (last - wednesday december 20, 2006 21:53)
The world today is in no doubt as to the criminal status of the illegal detention centre of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The past three years have not only witnessed unprecedented assaults on the founding principles of the USA by the Bush regime, but also on international law and convention. The government of the USA is clearly rogue, a fact in which its officials delight. The contempt the neo-cons display for their own citizens is only exceeded by the extreme disdain they exhibit toward the international community. Each day that Guantanamo Bay remains operational is a day of unspeakable psychological horror, torture and injustice. read full story / add a comment
antrim / environment / news report Wednesday December 20, 2006 00:06 by Terry   text 1 comment (last - tuesday december 26, 2006 13:20)
‘The Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ is an annual award and exhibition organised by the Natural History Museum in London, and the BBC Wildlife Magazine. The exhibition goes on an extensive tour of the U.K., as well as touring Spain, Portugal, Poland, Australia, the U.S., the Netherlands, and Abu Dhabi.
Shell have a two year sponsorship deal with the Natural History Museum, which means that ’The Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ is the ’Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ until at least late 2008.
There has been some campaigning in London to put pressure on the Natural History Museum not to take sponsorship from Shell. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday December 19, 2006 20:31 by Dublin Catholic Worker   text 2 comments (last - wednesday december 20, 2006 05:48)
Consider joining the Catholic Workers as they vigil and leaflet outside the Aviation Authority. The Aviation Authority authorises the refueling of CIA torture flights and the 3,000 (presently) U.S. troops passing through Shannon Airport weekly to an illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq.

If you are opposed to the war, consider making your opposition visible one hour a week in your community, on your campus or outside a site of significance. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / other press Tuesday December 19, 2006 11:37 by Disgusted   text 7 comments (last - tuesday december 19, 2006 17:21)
While the government is busily celebrating the greed festival that are SSIAs, (the scheme by which the already well off are made even more well off by the much less well off) they are showing a much less generous attitude to the hapless folk who have gone online to order a few cheap CDs and DVDs from other countries – almost certainly Christmas presents in most cases.
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday December 19, 2006 02:26 by Oleophobe   text 1 comment (last - tuesday december 19, 2006 16:52)
According to the Al Jazeera website : "A suspected bomb exploded at a Shell residential compound in Port Harcourt and another went off near the perimeter fence of a compound of the Italian oil company Agip" and "The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said it planned to attack strategic locations throughout the oil-rich region".

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national / animal rights / press release Monday December 18, 2006 18:34 by Bernie Wright   text 2 comments (last - wednesday december 27, 2006 19:52)
The Captive Animals' Protection Society and Alliance for Animal Rights have renewed their criticism of the Arts Council for again funding animal circuses, shortly after a major report detailing the poor conditions animals are subjected to in Irish circuses.

The Arts Council today announced they had given 230,000 Euros to circuses for 2007, 100,000 Euros more than in 2006.

The circuses funded include Duffy’s and Fossett’s, both of which use animals. Both CAPS and AFAR have called into question the Arts Council claim that circuses have to provide a copy of their ‘animal welfare policy’ when applying for funding. The Arts Council have refused to give CAPS copies of the policies and AFAR believe they do not exist.

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international / history and heritage / event notice Monday December 18, 2006 16:54 by Seán Ó Murchú
(Republican) Sinn Féin Poblachtach - Monaghan (Dáithí Ó Conaill Cumann) will be holding Vol. Feargal O'Hanlon 50th Anniversary Commemoration on January 14th 2007. Anyone wishing to attend are asked to assemble at St Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan at 2pm for parade to the graveside in Latlurcan cemetery.

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international / history and heritage / event notice Monday December 18, 2006 16:43 by Seán Ó Murchú   text 3 comments (last - monday january 08, 2007 18:45)
(Republican) Sinn Féin Poblachtach - Limerick, will be holding the Seán Sabhat 50th Anniversary Commemeration on Sunday, 7th January, 2007, 1.45 p.m. read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / event notice Monday December 18, 2006 16:14 by Seán Ó Murchú   text 9 comments (last - friday january 05, 2007 15:15)
A Book and DVD 'Awakening the Spirit of Freedom' edited by Des Long is to be launched on Tuesday the 19th December. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday December 18, 2006 12:35 by Despair
Below is the text of a letter sent to the Editor of The Oregonian, on December 4th from the father of a soldier in Iraq. It graphically depicts the reality of the danger into which US soldiers are being sent by the ruthless Bush regime.

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday December 18, 2006 12:03 by krossie
galway / arts and media / other press Monday December 18, 2006 02:57 by Kevin Higgins
Photos of final Over The Edge: Open Reading of 2006 read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday December 17, 2006 22:34 by jai
Letter to British Press and European Parlamentary Groups about Iñaki De Juana Chaos in prison because the content of two articles. You can sign and send it too. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday December 17, 2006 13:47 by Seán Ó Murchú
Following on from a protest in Newry a fortnight ago, a large protest was held in Derry City on Saturday, 16th December. The month of December traditionally represents the prisoners' month, and this protest - organised by the Republican Prisoners' Action Group (RPAG) - was in support of the demands of the Republican POWs currently on protest in Maghaberry Gaol. Approximately 100 protestors turned out for the event on Shipquay Street, as did no less than twenty armed members of the British Colonial Police.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday December 16, 2006 14:43 by I. McCabe
In June 2006 the Director of Public Prosecutions revised his general guidelines. One section of the revised guidelines caused bemusement amongst some in the legal profession. Section 9 in particular which refers to the guidelines on disclosure is the one which has created a point of debate and criticism.

Ironically the DPP singled out the McKevitt case as a shining example of fair procedures on disclosure when in fact the opposite happened in the McKevitt trial. Both nationally and internationally legal observers have described the disclosure process used during the McKevitt case as one of the most blatant abuses on disclosure that they have ever witnessed. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday December 16, 2006 09:08 by budgie
U.S. Vice-President, Dick Cheney, today praised the outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, for his contribution in spreading ‘democracy and liberty’ to the Middle East; Cheney also claimed that Rumsfeld was the “best” Secretary of Defence in U.S. history – additional evidence that the U.S. administration is INSANE is no longer required! read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Saturday December 16, 2006 08:01 by Nicholas Powers   text 1 comment (last - saturday december 16, 2006 23:48)
First hand account of the marches and rallies for Sean Bell, a young man murdered by the New York police. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Saturday December 16, 2006 07:31 by reposted
Climate change: 'It is, in fact, a crisis' read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday December 16, 2006 05:22 by Libre
It is hoped that vigils at Dublin's U.S. Embassy and Shannon Airport will be part of this international effort on the 5th. anniversary of the first prisoners arriving at Guantanamo. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Saturday December 16, 2006 01:41 by Terry   text 2 comments (last - monday december 25, 2006 01:39)
Given as Shell’s site in Ballinaboy contains 400 acres, ten times more than the size of the refinery they are building at the moment, Shell to Sea activists have long suspected it is to be the first of many. A report published by the Petroleum Affairs Division of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, earlier this year envisages the construction of more refineries and more pipelines in Erris, in addition to the Corrib gas development, involving companies other than just Shell, and with state encouragement.
A backgrounder on oil and gas in the west of Ireland can be read here: https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/10/352997.html read full story / add a comment
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