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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

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Argentina to Withdraw From the WHO Wed Feb 05, 2025 19:50 | Will Jones
Argentina is pulling out of the World Health Organisation over "deep differences" on how it managed the COVID-19 pandemic, with President Javier Milei condemning the WHO-backed lockdowns as "crimes against humanity".
The post Argentina to Withdraw From the WHO appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Rayner Postpones Local Elections for 5.5 Million People in Blow to Farage Wed Feb 05, 2025 17:42 | Will Jones
Angela Rayner has cancelled local elections this year for 5.5 million people amid growing outrage over?steep council tax hikes in a move condemned by Reform leader Nigel Farage as his party gains in the polls.
The post Rayner Postpones Local Elections for 5.5 Million People in Blow to Farage appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link German Political Crisis Deepens as Suddenly No Party Wants to Govern with Anybody Else Wed Feb 05, 2025 15:33 | Eugyppius
The breach of the anti-AfD firewall has exploded German politics as mass protests erupt and every party rules out ruling with everybody else. If a Government is to emerge something will have to give, says Eugyppius.
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offsite link Police Force Accused of Risking Safety of Man who Burnt Quran by Publishing His Personal Details on ... Wed Feb 05, 2025 13:05 | Will Jones
A police force has been accused of endangering a man who burned a Quran by publishing his name and address on social media despite the current risks faced by people who criticise Islam.
The post Police Force Accused of Risking Safety of Man who Burnt Quran by Publishing His Personal Details on Social Media appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump Unveils Plan to Take Over Gaza, Move the Palestinians and Turn it into the ?Riviera of the Mid... Wed Feb 05, 2025 11:11 | Will Jones
President Donald Trump has outlined an extraordinary new plan for Gaza in which the US will take over the strip and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East" while the Palestinian population is moved elsewhere.
The post Trump Unveils Plan to Take Over Gaza, Move the Palestinians and Turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / gender and sexuality Saturday March 15, 2008 - 11:04 by C Murray   text 6 comments (last - tuesday march 18, 2008 - 19:51)
Both Guardian and London Independent are giving away free poetic booklets in a series,
something which I.T has done over years with the 'Saturday Poem': Review section.

The Guardian , yesterday published, an opinion piece about poetry and gender by a
woman writer which alluded to the fact that only one woman was represented in the Guardian
Series. Sylvia Plath. (excellent Poet ,cf embedded video) ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment Friday March 14, 2008 - 20:16 by Rayo   text 34 comments (last - friday may 16, 2008 - 20:27)
THERE are now growing concerns that the green area at the racecourse in Sligo will be rezoned and sold off.
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Communist response to demands for Human Rights
international / miscellaneous Friday March 14, 2008 - 13:17 by Bazooka Joe   text 3 comments (last - friday march 14, 2008 - 20:06)   image 1 image
Hundreds of people joined protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese Communist rule in Tibet today. monks set police cars on fire after a demonstration was stopped by police. Buddhist monks started a hunger strike and two others attempted suicide by slitting their wrists.
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proposed Interchange at Tara
meath / environment Friday March 14, 2008 - 04:03 by YA BASTA!   text 5 comments (last - thursday april 03, 2008 - 00:00)   image 3 images
Here's some background info and up-dates on whats happening at Tara!
One Love
One World
Whatever you dream you can do begin it.
Boldness has genius, power & magic in it. B
Begin it now.

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national / environment Thursday March 13, 2008 - 21:56 by PEGG   text 24 comments (last - wednesday december 07, 2011 - 09:37)   image 2 images
Over eighty different groups applied for funding from Shell's Local Grants Programme in Erris. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday March 13, 2008 - 18:25 by Seán Ryan   text 1 comment (last - friday march 21, 2008 - 02:00)
All the interrogations were filmed. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday March 13, 2008 - 16:56 by Gearóid Ó Loingsigh
The two marches recently held in Colombia to protest on the one hand against the FARC and the second march to protest against State Crimes were treated very differently by the media and the government. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Thursday March 13, 2008 - 16:31 by pat c
There are those who believe that Iran is a paradise. They were outraged recently when an Iranian exile suggested that prostitution was rife under the Iranian Theocracy. Well read this! Hypocrite!

Tehran's police chief has resigned following his arrest after being found naked in the company of six nude prostitutes in a local brothel. Reza Zarei stepped down from his post following the raid, reportedly ordered by Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, chief of the judicial authorities, Ynetnews reported Wednesday.
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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday March 13, 2008 - 13:34 by tomeile   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 13, 2008 - 15:58)
The resignation of the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, Admiral William J. "Fox" Fallon, on Tuesday has sparked a new round of speculation that President Bush and Vice President Cheney are planning to attack Iran before Bush leaves the Whitehouse. Reports such as the two linked to here suggesting that the Admiral was forced to resign because of his cautious attitude to war with Iran have been denied by the Bush administration and Fallon himself .

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Yaghub Mehrnehad
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday March 13, 2008 - 12:18 by pat c   image 1 image
Peter Tatchell writes below on the case of Yaghub Mehrnehad and others under sentence of death in Iran.

An Iranian Baluch journalist and civil rights campaigner, Yaghub Mehrnehad, aged 28, has been sentenced to death for an unknown offence, after torture and an unfair trial conducted behind closed doors, according to Amnesty International. His execution is imminent. He is likely to be hanged in public, using the barbaric slow strangulation method favoured by the Tehran regime. It is deliberately designed to maximise the pain and prolong the suffering of the victim.

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international / anti-capitalism Thursday March 13, 2008 - 11:00 by D_D   text 1 comment (last - monday march 17, 2008 - 14:16)
This new site compiles the documents and debate around the split in Respect and provides a forum for the politics of non-sectarian left renewal and regroupment.

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Manchester Chief Constable Michael Todd
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday March 12, 2008 - 22:49 by redjade   text 3 comments (last - thursday march 13, 2008 - 23:35)   image 1 image
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international / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday March 12, 2008 - 18:58 by pat c   image 1 image
workers in struggle is a new publication which brings together trade unionists, socialists and other activists in solidarity with the workers movement in the Middle East.

Articles in this issue include:

strike wave rocks egypt
On Sunday 16th February, more than 10,000 workers
from the Spinning and Weaving Company textile mill in
the Nile Delta city of Mahalla el-Kubra staged a mass
demonstration against low wages, price rises and Hosni
Mubarak’s authoritarian regime. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / consumer issues Tuesday March 11, 2008 - 12:28 by Sarah OWC
The finals of the Galway Fair-trade Committee’s JUST DESSERTS desert making competition attracted over Two Hundred and Fifty people to the Galway City Museum last Friday. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Tuesday March 11, 2008 - 11:19 by Equalizer1948   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 11, 2008 - 11:44)
Break the Silence ! Check out this music video by the Palestinian musician Doc Jazz. Contains highly graphic images, so be warned! ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Monday March 10, 2008 - 21:57 by ec   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 11, 2008 - 20:30)
Interesting news. This is a first of a kind legal case in Europe. Originally from RTE I think.
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meath / history and heritage Monday March 10, 2008 - 18:06 by Tom Dick and Harry   text 5 comments (last - thursday april 17, 2008 - 09:05)   image 1 image
Alternative uses for Tara tunnel system (if the NRA give up on destroying the Tara valley) :

Bertie Ahern could stash mooney in the tunnels for a while, until he gets his bank accounts sorted. Dermot Ahern could be looking up the trees.

Storage of E-voting machines

Carbon Capture

Place for the Labour Party to dump the weapons they inherited from the Workers Party

Westlife CD's could be buried in the tunnels

Paintballing dungeons and dragons style

Underground electricity cables

natural gas pipeline

Westlife could be buried there

(that's enough uses for Tara tunnels- Ed)

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international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday March 08, 2008 - 18:22 by Seán Ryan   text 1 comment (last - sunday march 09, 2008 - 05:25)
When presented with a Bill from Congress today, a bill that would have outlawed waterboarding amongst other criminal acts, President Bush simply vetoed it. ... read full story / add a comment
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