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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

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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

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offsite link Sweden Celebrates Migrant Crackdown Success as Asylum Seeker Numbers Hit 40-Year Low Tue Jan 14, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
The number of migrants granted asylum in?Sweden?dropped to the lowest level in 40 years in 2024 after a years-long crackdown on immigration under a succession of Governments. If Sweden can do it, why can't the U.K.?
The post Sweden Celebrates Migrant Crackdown Success as Asylum Seeker Numbers Hit 40-Year Low appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link In Latest Effort to Deny Reality, Leftist German Word Police Announce that a Standard Colloquialism ... Tue Jan 14, 2025 17:00 | Eugyppius
In the latest effort to deny reality, the Leftist German word police have announced that a standard term for ethnic German is "racist and antidemocratic". Can we no longer even acknowledge our existence, asks Eugyppius.
The post In Latest Effort to Deny Reality, Leftist German Word Police Announce that a Standard Colloquialism for Ethnic German is Racist, Exclusionary and Antidemocratic appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link 2024 Registrations Of New Electric Cars Plummet 27.5% in Germany Tue Jan 14, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
The share of electric cars in new registrations in Germany plummeted 27.5% in 2024 compared to the previous year, as the future "remains bleak for e-mobility".
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offsite link Starmer Throws Reeves?s Future into Doubt Tue Jan 14, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Rachel Reeves's future as Chancellor has been thrown into doubt by Keir Starmer as he twice refused to confirm she would stay on and appointed a senior Treasury official as a top adviser amid the fallout from her Budget.
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offsite link Grooming Gangs Inquiry ?Told Not to Investigate Senior Police Officers? Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Investigators who examined police failings in the Rotherham grooming gangs scandal were told not to investigate senior officers and no one lost their jobs, a whistleblower has said.
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international / history and heritage Monday May 08, 2006 - 23:54 by redjade   text 3 comments (last - tuesday may 09, 2006 - 13:52)
'The establishment of a digital Gaelic television channel as part of an integrated broadcasting service is one step closer....' ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday May 07, 2006 - 23:13 by Dan Dangler   text 1 comment (last - monday may 08, 2006 - 17:00)
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday May 07, 2006 - 22:31 by Shell to Sea   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 09, 2006 - 13:23)
It's seems that this week Shell and the Department of Marine have been making lots of contradictory statements, almost as if they were trying to give different impressions to different audiences. Andy Pyle's expression of "regret" over the imprisonment of the Rossport Five, while his lawyers are seeking a permanent injunction which he knows will almost certainly result in the five men being returned to prison, is the best example, but there have been plenty more.

I guess we'll have to discount what they say, and watch what they do. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Sunday May 07, 2006 - 11:28 by David Manning   text 1 comment (last - sunday may 07, 2006 - 11:43)
When an article about journalism begins with the sentence "Journalists are not the most important people in the world" you can be reasonably sure what follows will be equally worthless. On World Press Freedom Day the Irish Times took time out from it's job as the giant cog in the mechanism for successful democracy for a bit of self examination. However, what at the outset appeared interesting reading rapidly deteriorated into a random concoction of jargon. 'Citizen' journos? ... read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues Sunday May 07, 2006 - 03:35 by R. Isible
The Guardian reports on a 21-year old refugee from Sierra Leone living in Dublin whom the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) have expressed a desire to deport, but a fear of a challenge in a higher court due to the dangerous nature of Sierra Leone. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday May 06, 2006 - 23:26 by anon
Says it scientifically safe? NO other factors considered. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday May 06, 2006 - 20:55 by wasg   text 74 comments (last - saturday may 27, 2006 - 20:43)
In Germany a new party, WASG has been formed. Over recent months there has been an idelogical battle for the future of the party. Two sister parties of Irelands two main left parties are at the heart of the discussion. could this be what we could be looking forward to in the future here? ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 06, 2006 - 20:47 by pat c   text 7 comments (last - monday may 08, 2006 - 21:22)
A British helicopter has been shot down in Basra. An unknown number of British soldiers have been killed. In follow up "disturbances" British soldiers killed 5 Iraqis including 2 children.

Extract below. Full story at link.

pat c ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 06, 2006 - 18:47 by Sly Stallone   text 4 comments (last - sunday may 07, 2006 - 07:08)
Dressed in his black fatigues, webbing and ammo pouches and wielding a box fed M249 SAW light machine gun in front of a desert landscape Mr. Zarqawi sure looks the part! ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism Saturday May 06, 2006 - 11:42 by faganfest   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 09, 2006 - 03:09)
Hi everyone,

Sorry about the delay on these. I know some of the topics might be invalid by this stage, but here they are anyway. ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Saturday May 06, 2006 - 03:45 by Gotsamatron
New legislation proposed in the US would turn 11 million undocumented immigrants into felons and build and 2000 mile (3,200km) security fence along the US-Mexico border. The author and sponsor of this legislation; F. James Sensenbrenner, senior Republican of Wisconsin happens to be the heir to the Kimberly Clark family fortune. Some tips for the conscientious buyer... ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday May 05, 2006 - 14:57 by Marcella   text 25 comments (last - monday august 14, 2006 - 21:59)
The family of Bobby Sands will today not be participating in Sinn Fein plans to mark the 25th anniversary of the IRA man's death.

The hunger striker's relatives are reported to have decided on a private commemoration in favour of any of the 'official' events to mark what is one of the biggest days in the republican calendar.

... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday May 05, 2006 - 06:46 by budgie
Just when you thought the idiot President (Americans please note) couldn’t top his previous efforts at pure imbecility, he does it again! Bush, responding to the verdict handed down to small fry terrorist, Moussaoui, stated that, “Moussaoui got a life sentence, that means he will spend the rest of his life in jail.” [Doh!] Would the real leaders of the United States please show your faces because hiding behind this cretin is becoming tedious. We would all like to know who really is determining the course of the nation since the Zionists, Wolfowitz and Perle, have jumped ship. [Remember their (now failed) plan to safeguard Israel by duping the US into invading Iraq and eliminating Saddam after the missile attacks on Tel Aviv). Israel now faces a more horrendous nightmare as a direct result of the failures in Iraq. ‘O, what tangled webs’!] ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday May 04, 2006 - 22:15 by RSF
Irish Republican Information Service (no. 64)
Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill, 223 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
Phone: +353-1-872 9747; FAX: +353-1-872 9757; e-mail: [email protected]
Date: 1 Bealtaine / May 2006 ... read full story / add a comment
Omagh Youth Debate.
tyrone / miscellaneous Thursday May 04, 2006 - 19:36 by Ógra B   text 7 comments (last - sunday june 11, 2006 - 15:47)   image 1 image
In an unheard unity of opinion the UUP, SDLP and Sinn Féin sang from the same hymn sheet at a debate by their youth wings in Omagh. The only thing, however, they agreed upon was that the Socialist Youth – which had branded them as sectarian parties – was talking rubbish.

The debate took place at the training room of Omagh District Council on Tuesday Night and a panel of some 11 members drawn from the UUP, Ógra Shinn Féin, SDLP and Socialist Youth debated various issues. The DUP declined to send a team.
... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday May 04, 2006 - 14:54 by pat c
Its not just Gerry Adams who gets inconvenienced by No Fly notices. As you can see below many Military officers and officials with top level clearance are also getting caught by the US No Fly list. Great to know that intelligence is an alien concept in Washington DC.

Full article at link.

pat ... read full story / add a comment
our so called democracies have completely blurred the lines between journalism, advertising and propaganda.
international / arts and media Thursday May 04, 2006 - 14:35 by iosaf mac diarmada   text 4 comments (last - friday april 09, 2010 - 09:12)   image 1 image
Reporters without Borders published their annual report on the freedom of the press and internet yesterday to co-incide with the United Nation's World Press freedom day.

It is important for readers and contributors alike to remember that the idea of "journalism" can not really trace a history longer than Mayday and the struggle for workers' rights, or indeed the emancipation of American slaves, or the long ardous and brave road to full suffrage.

The first journalists, did just what the word implies - they contributed as writers to small circulation journals, and often went without collecting their stipends, and thus decided to form the first "unions". There appeared to be no special qualifications other than literacy. Today we send children to universities to study * how to spell. * how to ask the questions "what? when? where? why?" and then of course how to manipulate it all. an Anglo-saxon model of the "reporter" has taken global hold, and the founders of the "industry" such as Hersch raised to the pedastal. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 18:19 by Green Ink   text 1 comment (last - thursday may 04, 2006 - 22:25)
Full text of the TAG report available online. ... read full story / add a comment
Muqtada al-Sadr is not James Madison
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 16:29 by redjade   text 6 comments (last - monday may 29, 2006 - 13:40)   image 3 images
'...actually handing over to Muqtada al-Sadr, whose bloc controls the provincial government...' ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 15:32 by For a Workers International   text 9 comments (last - friday may 05, 2006 - 18:59)
Tools of Imperialism? You decide ... read full story / add a comment
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