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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb

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

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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Human Rights in Ireland
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

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Lockdown Skeptics

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.
The post European Gas Prices Are Rising Again appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Any Electrician Knows that Lego Bricks are Genderless, Not ?Heteronormative? Tue Feb 11, 2025 20:00 | Will Jones
Any electrician knows that Lego bricks are genderless, not 'heteronormative', because each can 'mate' with any other. Perhaps Science Museum staff should study to be electricians and actually make themselves useful.
The post Any Electrician Knows that Lego Bricks are Genderless, Not ‘Heteronormative’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday March 22, 2005 22:53 by John Williams   text 3 comments (last - saturday april 09, 2005 21:41)
Questions right of using public money to pay for heat and light in Consultants private clinic read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday March 22, 2005 19:38 by Niall Harnett
Money raised goes towards accommodating and feeding the 50 European activists coming to Ireland for the EYFA-European Youth For Action Wintermeeting and Gluaiseacht Anti-War Meeting taking place at the Boghill Centre, Kilfenore, Co Clare from 2-10 April. See http://www.eyfa.org for more details, check out events calendar or click on story link below. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday March 22, 2005 19:30 by Cian   text 14 comments (last - saturday may 21, 2005 20:59)
An umbrella of 33 organisations in 25 countries has joined the call for a boycott of Coca Cola goods as the boycott continues to spread internationally. The resolution was put forward by Labour Youth and comes after the recent news that the third University of Rome has kicked Coke off campus. The international campaign in defence of workers rights in Colombia and farming communities in India is growing fast. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Tuesday March 22, 2005 14:15 by John Carroll - International Secretary   text 3 comments (last - wednesday march 23, 2005 14:35)
Young Fine Gael (YFG) has had its call to oppose the immediate lifting of the Arms Embargo on China unless a wide number of conditions are meet , endorsed by the Youth of the European People’s Party (YEPP). This is another step forward in the campaign against the lifting of the Arms Embargo as YEPP represents the youth wings of over 2 million young people and over 50 political parties across Europe, including the French UMP, the German CDU, and Forza Italia. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / news report Tuesday March 22, 2005 04:34 by Assistant Publications Officer
The amended Fingal Draft Development Plan is on display until Tuesday 29th March in County Hall and County Libraries and on http://www.fingalcoco.ie/devplan/yourfingal/index.html.
Written submissions can be made up until aforementioned date.
All submissions and observations should be marked for the attention of the Director of Services, Planning Department, Fingal County Council, County Hall, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin.
Submissions or observations (A3 size max) can also be emailed to [email protected]. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday March 21, 2005 17:50 by P. Salmon   text 6 comments (last - wednesday march 23, 2005 21:13)
According to an article in todays Irish Independent Pat Rabbitte hit back at Mick O Reilly who had criticised the labour party and its willingness to jump into bed with Fine Geal. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday March 21, 2005 17:30 by redjade
''The Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq's oil before the 9/11 attacks, sparking a policy battle between neo-cons and Big Oil, BBC's Newsnight has revealed.''

Download the video.... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday March 21, 2005 14:23 by Anthony G
A documentary on how the country of Argentina was ruined by governmental implementation of neo-liberal policies is being screened at 6.30pm this evening in the IFI. This interesting sounding documentary is being shown as part of the IFI's ongoing Spanish Film Festival. read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / opinion/analysis Monday March 21, 2005 12:59 by shoegirl   text 21 comments (last - wednesday march 30, 2005 11:49)
Discussion on handling general racism on a day to day basis. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday March 21, 2005 12:42 by Hilaal   text 48 comments (last - saturday march 26, 2005 21:14)
On this mornings Marianne Finucane Show the McCartney sisters admitted being advised to watch out for "anti-police propaganda" , by a person or persons they did not identify. When later questioned as to whom the advise had come from they quickly denied what they had earlier said. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / news report Monday March 21, 2005 12:37 by Jon Glackin   text 10 comments (last - thursday december 13, 2007 20:43)
Street Seen was established in November 2004, as a campaigning Anti Poverty paper, primarily to be sold on the streets of Ireland, North and South, by members of the Homeless community or those affected by Poverty directly. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday March 21, 2005 11:31 by sovietpop   text 6 comments (last - thursday march 24, 2005 10:01)
The US occupation has damaged Iraqi civil society and infrastructure, fuelled terrorism and was carried out in the interest of capitalists rather than the Iraqi people. American capitalism has used the occupation to suppress workers rights and steal the natural resources of the country. Before the US invaded there weren’t any Islamist terrorist groups of any note in Iraq. Now there are, thus the secular nature of Iraqi society has declined under the occupation as secular forces are squashed between the Islamists and the US forces. read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Monday March 21, 2005 11:16 by -   text 7 comments (last - thursday march 24, 2005 18:47)
As governer of Texas George Bush, (the current supreme wookie of the fundamentalist churches in schism with those of Europe, Kiev, Ethiopia and the Lebanon)
executed more prisoners than any other
man entrusted with the death sentance in US history.

The news that he has flown home to rush legislation through Congress to stop the withdrawl of medical assistance to a woman in a persistent vegetative state, could be understood to mean

HE IS LOOKING FOR FORGIVENESS.

or maybe not... read full story / add a comment
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