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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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offsite link Labour?s Demand to Spy on Apple Users Undermines the Security and Privacy of Us All Wed Feb 12, 2025 13:42 | Dr R P
Labour's busybodies have demanded that Apple allows them to spy on the data of users around the world. If Apple complies with this extraordinary request the security and privacy of all of us will be undermined.
The post Labour’s Demand to Spy on Apple Users Undermines the Security and Privacy of Us All appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Reeves Replaces Portraits of Male Former Prime Ministers with Art Commemorating Lockdown and Social ... Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:23 | Will Jones
Rachel Reeves has introduced artworks commemorating lockdown and social distancing in No 11 to replace portraits of her male predecessors and British monarchs as part of her clampdown on male art.
The post Reeves Replaces Portraits of Male Former Prime Ministers with Art Commemorating Lockdown and Social Distancing appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link European Gas Prices Are Rising Again Wed Feb 12, 2025 09:00 | Noah Carl
European gas prices recently went above ?58 per megawatt hour ? the equivalent of $100 per barrel of oil. This is "absolutely destructive for energy-intensive manufacturing", in the words of one industry analyst.
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offsite link Why Are British Taxpayers Funding so Many Left-Wing Think Tanks? Wed Feb 12, 2025 07:00 | Charlotte Gill
Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money end up in the coffers of Left-wing think tanks each year, says Charlotte Gill. Isn't it about time we turned the tables and asked: "Who funds you?!"
The post Why Are British Taxpayers Funding so Many Left-Wing Think Tanks? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Wed Feb 12, 2025 01:04 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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national / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday January 12, 2006 20:34 by marcus   text 7 comments (last - monday january 23, 2006 19:58)
Veronica McDermott is a rep for BNFL in Ireland and has had an article in the Sunday Business Post (10/12/06) and been heavily quoted in an article in the Sunday Independent (08/01/06) both of which promote nuclear power as a real option and both of which only refer to her as a public affairs consultant. this along with David McWilliams article a few weeks ago shows that there is a pro-nuclear agenda being pushed in our papers preparing the nuclear industry to pounce when energy becomes a major issue. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday January 12, 2006 17:36 by Ruairi Og O Bradaigh   text 12 comments (last - wednesday february 15, 2006 16:35)
RSF describe arrest of three of its members in Armagh as harassment read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday January 12, 2006 17:23 by kahootz   text 7 comments (last - friday january 13, 2006 16:30)
Two previously unknown defence agreements with the US, one of which relates directly to Irish Government complicity in torture, were revealed today in the Dail Eireann by Labour's Michael D. Higgins. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Thursday January 12, 2006 16:10 by Freelance Journalist   text 26 comments (last - sunday june 08, 2014 20:01)
The recent events regarding "Stormontgate" are now reaching to Scotland. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday January 12, 2006 13:15 by Aileen O'Carroll   text 49 comments (last - friday april 14, 2006 21:08)
Official Ireland pretends that abortion doesn't exist, the estimated 100,000 women who have travelled abroad to terminate pregnancies since the 1983 amendment to the Constitution know different. Workers Solidarity spoke to Niav Keating from the new pro-choice youth group. read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues / news report Wednesday January 11, 2006 20:54 by Kathy Sinnott   text 1 comment (last - thursday february 02, 2006 22:28)
The absence of formal data on the incidence of autism throughout the EU is about to be addressed. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday January 11, 2006 20:04 by Left observer
Irish Ferries: The significance of the December 9th mobilisations

How was it that demonstrations of over 150,000 workers could be followed almost immediately by the defeat of the Irish Ferries struggle and the demobilisation of the demonstrators?

Many saw the size of the demonstrations as by themselves representing the political mobilisation of the working class. In truth it only raised the question. The workers began by marching loyally behind the union leaderships. The issue is where they will end up.

The march demonstrated the potential power of the working class, but above all it demonstrated the continuing ability of the union bureaucracy to confine and limit that power. However, that ability of the union leadership is itself constrained by the pressure of events and dependent on the workers remaining passive.

(continues at link) read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Wednesday January 11, 2006 17:58 by commie   text 1 comment (last - wednesday january 11, 2006 20:57)
Editors` introduction
The prospect of the G8 summit taking place in Gleneagles, Scotland, in July 2005 promised perhaps the excitement of Genoa, Seattle and the other anti-capitalist mobilizations of recent years, on UK soil. But the movement seemed to lose momuntum after the last Iraq war, and some of us wondered wether the protests would resemble more the last few Mayday demonstrations – with protesters held for hours in a police cordon designed to bore people into submission – rather than the exhiliratation and energy of the 1999 Carnival against Capital. Moreover, most of the predicted crowds were mostly expected to gather around the call by Bob Geldof to protest peacefully to “send a message” to the politicans, rather than attempt to close down the Summit. Many of us therefore stayed away. read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday January 11, 2006 17:49 by Conor Cregan   text 23 comments (last - wednesday january 18, 2006 19:38)
On Saturday 7th of January we returned to the doorstep of Shannon Airport after a three year absence to hold a 24 hour vigil to mark the third anniversary of founding a peace camp in protest against the use of the airport by the U.S. Military as pit stop for George W Bush’s War on Terror. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Wednesday January 11, 2006 16:45 by David Lundy
With transnational food corporations trying to obtain full control of the food chain, GMOs and monopolisation of seeds represent a means to impose their conditions in agricultural production. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday January 11, 2006 12:49 by Timothy   text 27 comments (last - wednesday january 25, 2006 13:20)
In violation of its agreements with the IAEA the Iranian government has removed seals from its nuclear facilities and has begun uranium processing. The response of the international community led by the US and UK poodle with the support of effeminate France (the CIA staged Paris riots have convinced them of the need to clamp down on Muslims) and Russia (Chechens freedom fighters supported by Iran)is to refer the issue to the UN Security Council in preparation for a new Iran War read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday January 11, 2006 12:07 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - friday january 13, 2006 10:59)
Seminar

The Museum will host a seminar entitled Perspectives on Drawing: Exploring methods in drawing from a range of perspectives encompassing artists’ practice, interdisciplinary collaboration and access strategies from 3.00pm - 5.45pm on Wednesday 25 January.

Admission is free, but booking is essential. To book please telephone the automatic booking line on
Tel: +353 1 612 9948 or email: [email protected]

This is being held in conjunction with the Abstraction exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (details below). read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 10, 2006 22:26 by charles dickens   text 5 comments (last - friday february 10, 2006 23:12)
British anti-War politics has taken an interesting turn over the change of Year.
The leader of the largest "anti-War" party has resigned his position after being exposed as a soaked up rickety wreck alcoholic.
Meanwhile the umbrella of interests in British politics which work through the "Impeach Blair" or "Stop the War" coalition have called upon a retired general to voice their concerns, and the former extreme left candidate Gorgeous George Galloway has decided to go to Big Brother. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 10, 2006 20:13 by gay geori   text 5 comments (last - tuesday january 17, 2006 14:16)
Anyone listening to RTE's Tubridy show this morning would have been gobsmacked to hear the "head mistress" of posh middle class girls school Alexandra's College in Dublin refer to a site where students can post hate messages about each other. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday January 10, 2006 16:03 by TADHG
First Shell to Sea Meeting of 2006

8PM, at EENGO, 10a Lwr Camden Street, Dublin 2

Above the Bounty Stores, opposite the Camden Palace. RING THE EENGO BUZZER.

Phone Tadhg on 0876181620 if you can't find it. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday January 10, 2006 14:35 by Sean Dunne   text 3 comments (last - thursday january 12, 2006 17:45)
Visiting seminar at Trinity College read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday January 10, 2006 13:38 by Kingfisher   text 1 comment (last - wednesday january 11, 2006 16:06)
The “New American Century” (PNAC) and the “Thousand Year Reich”, shared a similar preposterous vision; a crude blend of wishful thinking, fantasy and religiosity. However, the chronologically modest American ‘vision’ is no less dangerous and destructive a model; in fact, the potential for destruction on a scale never before seen is inherent is the ‘New American (graveyard) Century’. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / event notice Tuesday January 10, 2006 13:16 by Revolt Video   text 4 comments (last - tuesday january 10, 2006 18:32)
The gathering will take place on the third weekend of January, starting friday evening and ending sunday afternoon/evening That means it is the Friday 20th - Saturday 21st - Sunday 22nd

You can get a return flight from ryanair for under 50 euro (Dublin to London) and food and accomadation is provided by the RampART centre.

http://en.wiki.aktivix.org/VideoActivism read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday January 10, 2006 12:57 by Insurrection   text 2 comments (last - tuesday january 10, 2006 13:11)
Arsonists threw a petrol bomb at a branch office of the ruling New Democracy party in Exarchia in central Athens, few blocks away from the local Police Department, early yesterday, causing minor damage, police said. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Tuesday January 10, 2006 12:43 by iosaf   text 3 comments (last - tuesday january 10, 2006 19:16)
General Sir Michael Rose (1940–) is a British soldier born in what was then British India. Rose was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and the Sorbonne. He joined the Coldstream Guards later serving with the Parachute Regiment. He was Commander of 22 SAS in 1980 and took control of the operation to free the hostages during the Iranian Embassy Siege. After returning to the regular army, his best-known appointment was as Commander UNPROFOR Bosnia 1994-95 during the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars.

On January 9, 2006, Rose called for Tony Blair to be impeached over the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, saying on BBC Radio 4's Today programme "To go to war on what turns out to be false grounds is something that no one should be allowed to walk away from."

He then followed up the BBC radio 4 interview with an opinion piece in The Guardian:-
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