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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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Human Rights in Ireland
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offsite link Richard Tice Demands Apology From Matt Hancock Over Covid Vaccines: ?Horrendous at Every Level? Thu Jan 16, 2025 15:38 | Will Jones
Reform Party leader Richard Tice has called for former Health Secretary Matt Hancock to apologise over his handling of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, calling it "horrendous at every level".
The post Richard Tice Demands Apology From Matt Hancock Over Covid Vaccines: “Horrendous at Every Level” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Keir Starmer?s Human Rights Lawyer Chum is Shipwrecking His Government Thu Jan 16, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
From handing over the Chagos Islands to compensating Gerry Adams, Starmer's decisions owe more to human rights lawyers than sound politics. He needs to sack his chum Lord Hermer before he shipwrecks his Government.
The post Keir Starmer’s Human Rights Lawyer Chum is Shipwrecking His Government appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why the ?1 in 73 Muslims in Rotherham? Statistic Is Misleading Thu Jan 16, 2025 11:00 | Noah Carl
One figure that has been repeatedly cited in the grooming gangs debate is that 1 in 73 Muslim men in the town of Rotherham has been prosecuted for grooming gang offences. However, this figure is slightly misleading.
The post Why the ?1 in 73 Muslims in Rotherham? Statistic Is Misleading appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Heat Pumps May Never be Cheaper than Gas Boilers, Miliband Admits Thu Jan 16, 2025 09:00 | Will Jones
Heat pumps may never be cheaper than gas boilers, Ed Miliband has admitted as Labour sneaks a new boiler tax through Parliament that will push up prices.
The post Heat Pumps May Never be Cheaper than Gas Boilers, Miliband Admits appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Net Zero vs AI: Starmer Hasn?t Worked Out That The U.K. Can?t Be a ?Superpower? in Both Climate and ... Thu Jan 16, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Keir Starmer wants Britain to be both an "AI superpower" and a "clean energy superpower". He can't have it both ways, says Ben Pile. AI is hugely energy intensive and inconsistent with the path Net Zero is leading us down.
The post Net Zero vs AI: Starmer Hasn’t Worked Out That The U.K. Can’t Be a ‘Superpower’ in Both Climate and Computing appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday October 04, 2006 - 18:45 by non-payer
A brief report of the successful members meeting of the We Won't Pay Campaign can now be viwed at the website below. ... read full story / add a comment
Indus delta in Sindh
international / environment Tuesday October 03, 2006 - 19:51 by Qasim Rajpar   image 5 images
The Government of Pakistan has made a contract with UAE based construction firm regarding construction of a new city of international standard on the threshold of Port Qasim. It is planned that the new city of international standards will be built on the twin islands of Bundar and Buddo, located close to the port Qasim and the design of the proposed city will be prepared on the pattern of that of Dubai. The estimated cost of the mega project has been put at $.43 billion.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday October 03, 2006 - 16:15 by barra
The Australian Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, once again demonstrates who and what he is; not content with making a thorough ass of himself in the recent past [link below] Ruddock now attempts to redeem himself by making a grab for the title of totalitarian buffoon of the new century. Australia now holds the dubious distinction of being the first developed (first world) ‘democratic’ nation in the new century to ban books! These blatant totalitarian tactics place Ruddock in interesting company; Chinese Cultural Revolution, Pol Pot year zero, Nazi book burnings, etc; Hello, Mr. Orwell! ... read full story / add a comment
Dummer
international / arts and media Tuesday October 03, 2006 - 10:40 by Liam O'Donogue   image 1 image
Bad ideas are like starfish: You can cut them up, but unless you squash them into jelly and incinerate the remains, they will multiply. I’m not really saying that we should go around murdering idiots . . . but this week’s “news” certainly made me want to beat a few people mercilessly. ... read full story / add a comment
Cusack Gets Personal Dig In At Miller
national / arts and media Tuesday October 03, 2006 - 04:35 by d'other   text 18 comments (last - monday october 09, 2006 - 21:10)   image 3 images
Jim Cusack, a man hilariously described as something of a Walter Mitty figure by a DGN organiser on the Late Late Show back in 2004, was back in the SIndo this week, with his ramshackle journalistic style to expose the lack of investigative merit behind Village journalist Scott Millar's recent contribution to Searchlight on clerical fascist Gerry McKeough.
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international / anti-capitalism Monday October 02, 2006 - 19:33 by nancy davis   text 2 comments (last - monday march 05, 2007 - 21:09)   image 6 images
September 30, 2006 - The below is from Nancy Davies, who is based in Oaxaca and writes frequently on the situation there for Narco News. While the threat of a mass attack has seemed to always be in the air, the situation in recent days has really escalated. Now an attack by police and military forces seems imminent. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday September 30, 2006 - 17:13 by Kingfisher   text 1 comment (last - tuesday october 03, 2006 - 14:56)
What consistencies, common elements and patterns are identifiable in the following events: the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the attack on the USS Liberty and 9/11? Although time, geographic location and historical context separate these events they nevertheless share remarkably similar aims, objectives and characteristics. All these orchestrated events provided an excuse for the USA to engage in what would have otherwise been blatantly illegal warfare. The Tonkin incident ‘justified’ American miliary aggression against Vietnam; the USS Liberty incident would have provided an ideal excuse for U.S. involvement in the six-day war; the 9/11 attack has been utilised as the primary justification for America’s military expansionism and the implementation of draconian laws on the home front. ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Friday September 29, 2006 - 16:37 by No Fortress Europe   text 3 comments (last - saturday september 30, 2006 - 14:21)   image 1 image
EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN FOR THE SHUTTING DOWN OF
ALL DETENTION CENTRES FOR MIGRANTS IN EUROPE
"NO FORTRESS EUROPE"

www.no-fortress-europe.eu

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national / environment Friday September 29, 2006 - 11:07 by Lumsk   text 1 comment (last - friday september 29, 2006 - 23:46)
Water levels rise, wildlife is drowned and the irreversible ill effects on the environment and climate change stare us in the face as The Icelandic Goverment plans its next environmental catastrophe. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Friday September 29, 2006 - 10:42 by Rogue   text 2 comments (last - friday september 29, 2006 - 20:37)
The south Korean government are in the process of a butal crack down on the Korean Government Employee's Union. KGEU ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism Friday September 29, 2006 - 05:57 by Ezra Niesen   image 1 image
I’ve been invited to give a lecture at Arizona State University (USA) this fall on evolutionary science and its uses in progressive activism. The version of the lecture I wanted to give turned out to be 4 hours long, so I recorded that version in 13 tracks and posted it on my website for free download at www.newbookforanewworld.com/lecture. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 28, 2006 - 18:33 by Pray for Peace   text 13 comments (last - wednesday october 11, 2006 - 13:30)
Olin Eugene Armstrong, Jr., (June 5, 1953 - September 20, 2004) an American contractor working in Iraq for the construction firm Gulf Energy Company of the United Arab Emirates, was beheaded on September 20, 2004 by the Tawhid and Jihad, a militant group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is believed to have personally beheaded Armstrong. The following day, the group beheaded another hostage, American Jack Hensley, and threatened to kill their third hostage, Briton Kenneth Bigley, unless the United States met their demands to free all women prisoners in Iraqi jails.

Armstrong, also known by his nickname "Jack", grew up in the south-central Michigan community of Hillsdale, where he lived until 1990.

This is how he died on September 20, 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncdyBjd1Csw
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Don't tell the US
international / arts and media Thursday September 28, 2006 - 13:40 by seedot   text 2 comments (last - thursday october 12, 2006 - 00:03)   image 1 image
US magazine Newsweek has front cover story about US losing in Afghanistan - everywhere except in its US edition ... read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 28, 2006 - 01:19 by TD   text 1 comment (last - saturday october 21, 2006 - 21:23)
John Dugard, the UN Special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territory has charged that Israel’s security measures are in violation of international humanitarian law and amount to "collective punishment." ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 16:28 by budgie
I shouldn’t be so harsh on the Americans; it took me years to discover I had a nose on my face but I was at a disadvantage, there is only one of me. Imagine the cost (tax payer’s money) involved in maintaining not one bloated ‘intelligence’ agency, but sixteen! After a period of three years, sixteen U.S. intelligence agencies have finally determined the sky is blue, people have noses on their faces and that the illegal Iraq intervention increased the ‘terrorist’ threat – bravo! [Where do I sign, that’s the job for me, or are these agencies selective basket cases – incompetent relatives, banjo players and those owed favours only need apply?] ... read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 14:15 by Colm O
Many people with knowledge of the Social model of disability think that model is all they need to know- Wrong! ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 12:50 by pat c
This time its an German production thats at risk. Whos for supporting the right to stage Mozart productions? You dont get any Christians rioting when Salome is staged and John the Baptists head is on display. This production is non-discriminatory: it uses the severed heads not only of the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon, but also of Mohammed, Jesus and Buddha.

Full story at link.

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The Socialist #19 - September 2006
national / miscellaneous Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 18:48 by SP Online   image 1 image
The September 2006 issue of The Socialist (#18) is now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 18:21 by Sinéad Ní Bhroin on behalf of   text 1 comment (last - tuesday september 26, 2006 - 20:24)
[email protected]
www.pana.ie
Contact Roger Cole 087 2611597

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antrim / miscellaneous Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 15:40 by Blanket
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