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offsite link Is Keir Starmer Autistic? His Excessively Literal-Minded Compliance With Human Rights Law Suggests H... Thu Jan 30, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Is Keir Starmer autistic? His public persona (or lack of), absence of interpersonal skills and obsessively technocratic outlook might lead us to conclude so. But that would be unfair on autistic people, says Steven Tucker.
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Chapter six of Declined is here ? a dystopian satire about the emergence of a social credit system in the UK, serialised in?the Daily Sceptic. This week: as a Non-Efficient, will Ella even be allowed to buy a cake?
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offsite link NHS Hiring Dozens of Diversity Jobs on Up to ?91,000 a Year Despite Order to Stop Wed Jan 29, 2025 17:44 | Will Jones
NHS bosses are ignoring orders from Ministers to scrap diversity jobs by?hiring dozens of new equalities staff on up to ?91,000 a year?under Labour.
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Ed Miliband skipped Rachel Reeves's speech announcing support for?a third runway at Heathrow?in an apparent snub to plans that he previously threated to resign over.
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international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday July 25, 2005 - 18:34 by R. Isible
Telus, a Canadian internet services provider (ISP) and telecommunications company (telco) has admitted to blocking customers' access to the webpages of striking Telus employees. Slashdot covers the story. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / arts and media Monday July 25, 2005 - 17:18 by redjade   image 1 image
Klintron from American Samisdat starts a new website ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday July 25, 2005 - 12:55 by Seamus O Raghallaigh   text 1 comment (last - monday july 25, 2005 - 15:03)
Have a look at the link http://www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/ where you will find a CIA (Crininals in Action or more commonly know as Central Intelligence Agency) web page for kids. When I heard of this I though at first it was a joke, a sick joke indeed. But no, its true. Theres even an FBI page. What next I wonder. Just like the old USSR and Hitler youth tactics, get em while they are young and impressionable. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Monday July 25, 2005 - 12:18 by compiling   text 1 comment (last - monday july 25, 2005 - 15:59)
"in the UK The Association of Chief Police Officers has asked for new legislation giving the security services "powers to attack identified websites". The proposal, along with one for a new offence covering "use of the internet to prepare, encourage, facilitate acts of terrorism" was part of the terror law 'shopping list' presented by ACPO at the Prime Minister Tony Blair's meeting with law enforcement agencies on Thursday 21 July." ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday July 25, 2005 - 02:28 by karlito   text 9 comments (last - thursday july 28, 2005 - 18:17)
Much to the dismay of establishment Britain, listeners to the BBC’s In our time radio programme convincingly voted for Karl Marx as the greatest ever philosopher. The show, presented by Lord Melvin Bragg and currently the most popular Radio Four programme on the internet after The Archers, ran an online poll for five weeks, presenting the voters with a short list of 20 eminent thinkers.

http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/586/marx.htm ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice Sunday July 24, 2005 - 13:40 by mm
VIVA O POVO BRASILEIRO!!!

A Brazilian man, 27 years old, working as an electrician in London, from the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil, innocent person
A sad day for a citizen on the way to work and the government with their laws take from him his life.
Myself as a citizen who loves Brazil express my solidarity for the victims of this State terrorism. Bring back a Social and Pacific Europe, And countries like Brazil showing us how to love the life but they took from us the hope and dreams of "Another World is possible", the message I learn from Porto Alegre! ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Sunday July 24, 2005 - 12:29 by iosaf .:. the ipisphi ·.·   text 8 comments (last - tuesday august 02, 2005 - 12:42)   image 3 images
*Over 80 dead in bombings yesterday.

*Ambassador to Baghdad killed two weeks ago.

*One wrongly accused citizen for the bombs in london that week.

*Been trying to get on well with everyone since Arafat's funeral in 2004.

*trying to get a tourism economy together.

*home to one of the several "pan-arabic" political traditions.

*about to have a presidential election dismissed by the main parties as a farce, which has led to them boycotting it.

*neighbours Israel, Libya, Sudan, Saudi Arabia.

*Jack Straw said yesterday that "egypt's fight is our fight"... is it?
I'll let the Irish reader or whomever else ponder the story of Magdi El-Nashar, the "other innocent". ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Sunday July 24, 2005 - 07:02 by Elaine
SHELL has welded together more than 2,000 metres of high-pressure pipe on the controversial €300m Corrib Gas pipeline in Co Mayo in a shocking breach of its agreement with the Government.

The unauthorised work, discovered in the last few days, has soured relations between Government and the multi-national consortium led by the British-owned oil and gas company and will inevitably lead to sanctions. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday July 24, 2005 - 03:26 by Terry   text 7 comments (last - friday february 09, 2007 - 11:23)
Microwave beam weapons have now been developed by the US military for use in war and when the weapon is set to a lower setting it can be used against those trying to enforce democracy, such as at demonstrations and protests. However these are often referred to as riots by those in power. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday July 23, 2005 - 18:50 by The Guardian   text 15 comments (last - thursday august 04, 2005 - 03:23)   image 6 images
Britian uses tactics learned from Israeli counterparts....SHOOT TO KILL.. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Saturday July 23, 2005 - 15:39 by -   text 2 comments (last - monday july 25, 2005 - 20:23)
40 grammes of pig sperm from the rare Chinese breed Rong Chang will be sent into space on the Shenzou VI orbiter to be launched in October 2005.

This latest innovative and exciting experiment of the Chinese National Space Agency shall see studies on the effect of microgravity on sperm. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Saturday July 23, 2005 - 14:43 by -
(human interest article)

Silvio Berlusconi has issued a book of insults compiled over the years from people who don't like him. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Friday July 22, 2005 - 17:27 by Åke Tyvi
According to Indemin’s study annual sum in bribing is 316 milliard USD, and corporations bribed officials 244000USD on average, where as in 2001 the sum was 23000USD. According to Indemin’s study annual sum in bribing is 316 milliard USD, and corporations bribed officials 244000USD on average, where as in 2001 the sum was 23000USD. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Friday July 22, 2005 - 15:47 by John McDermott
Rewarding times for an old flame. ... read full story / add a comment
probably supplied by the lowest bidder that is the capitalist way
international / crime and justice Friday July 22, 2005 - 13:55 by iosaf   text 1 comment (last - sunday july 31, 2005 - 16:49)   image 1 image
of the 510 men known to be held without trial illegally at the US camp on Guantánamo Island, Guantánamo bay Cuba, 52 are now on hunger strike recognised by the US for 3 days.
However Afghan news-sources alledge that 150 have been on hunger strike for two weeks.

7 inmates have been transferred to the middle east and Kabul in the last week on repatriation release orders after 3 years.

1 was extraditied to Spain. ... read full story / add a comment
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