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As President Trump ends the rules and subsidies forcing unwanted electric cars on the American public, UK and European manufacturers are set to be crushed as their EV nightmare is just beginning.
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Are people who eat organic food really as virtuous as they think? A new academic paper has found that, in fact, they score higher on the 'dark triad' traits of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy.
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This Friday, Parliament will vote on a Bill that could lead to mass starvation, widespread fatalities and the almost certain collapse of society within a few years. There's a clear and present danger it could pass.
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international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday October 01, 2005 - 23:23 by Michael Hennigan
As the bloodshed in Iraq continues to get a lot of media attention because of America's involvement, in a striking contrast, the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Darfur, West Sudan, where an estimated 180,000 people have died in a campaign of genocide, merits wide indifference. It's not that there's nothing to report. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Saturday October 01, 2005 - 18:44 by Vercingetorix (Ireland)   text 10 comments (last - saturday december 03, 2005 - 18:00)
"Marriages are torn apart by the stress of coping with the abuses of government and the legal system, relationships with friends, relatives, children, and the ability to enjoy life can be twisted inside out."

"They produce psychological depression, anxiety, substance abuse, sexual problems, obesity, and many other forms of disturbance that plague millions of people across the globe."

"When you suffer in silence, when you allow the wrongs to stand without seeking redress and accountability, when you avoid demanding justice, you have become part of the problem. "

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The above extracts have been taken from a recent article by David C. Grossack (Lawyer).

The full article by Mr Grossack can be viewed at:
http://www.newswithviews.com/guest_opinion/guest70.htm

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meath / history and heritage Friday September 30, 2005 - 15:11 by Unbelievable   text 6 comments (last - monday december 05, 2005 - 12:42)   image 1 image
Bertie Aherne: 'If you take a pencil and account for things like archaeology you will never do anything.' ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 30, 2005 - 14:46 by Browser
By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER, Associated Press Writer Thu Sep 29,10:35 AM ET
GENEVA - A senior U.S. official rejected calls on Thursday for a U.N. body to take over control of the main computers that direct traffic on the Internet, reiterating U.S. intentions to keep its historical role as the medium's principal overseer. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Friday September 30, 2005 - 02:13 by John Meehan   text 2 comments (last - sunday october 09, 2005 - 02:12)
There has beena significant walkout of Left activists from the Brazilian Workers Party (PT), to join the Party of Socialism and Freedom (P-SOL). Reports at this link :
http://212.67.202.147/%7Eivnet05/print_article.php3?id_article=877 ... read full story / add a comment
comrade CND stop the war heckler war refugee party member famous for a day Walter :-)
international / history and heritage Friday September 30, 2005 - 01:26 by iosaf   text 1 comment (last - saturday october 01, 2005 - 19:35)   image 1 image
2 case examples from this week on how treat old
people. Both examples are wrinkly old social caring
types, who protested against differing aspects of
Blair's New Labour regime.

One a retired social worker protesting £53.71 in council tax arrears.
The other a stop the war troublemaking yobo on pills. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Thursday September 29, 2005 - 22:46 by Ciarán   text 1 comment (last - sunday december 16, 2007 - 14:15)   image 2 images
Analysis by Mike Davis of the full meaning of Hurrican Katrina. A reasonably long article but well worth reading. Davis being the one commentator who predicted almost precisely the social impact of a hurricane striking New Orleans.

See the following link:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/update/2004/09/09_414.html

Article courtesy of Le Monde Diplomatique ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Thursday September 29, 2005 - 19:08 by Helena Escoda
Every year a bull is darded in the blood fiesta in Coria, Spain. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 29, 2005 - 17:34 by TM   text 2 comments (last - friday october 07, 2005 - 00:36)
The bitter internal Labour Party row in Sligo took another twist this morning with confirmation by Clr. Declan Bree that he is to lodge an official complaint against party leader, Mr. Pat Rabbitte, accusing him of bringing the party into disrepute. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday September 29, 2005 - 09:07 by Werner Seppmann, Germany
Reductionist worldviews promise "order" in the mixed-up social consciousness..Psychoanalysis has coined the term "regression" for this process of escapism.. Psychic regression involves withdrawal to a state of original immediacy, an earlier less complex stage of the psyche. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday September 28, 2005 - 10:04 by mick
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday September 27, 2005 - 20:50 by R.Isible   text 2 comments (last - wednesday september 28, 2005 - 21:32)
The always excellent Harry Browne comments on the supposedly historic decommisioning of IRA weapons and the abandonment of socialist principles by Sinn Fein in a Counterpunch article. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday September 27, 2005 - 18:57 by Ohdear
"My biggest mistake was not recognizing by Saturday that Louisiana was dysfunctional,"
AP Report ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday September 26, 2005 - 23:27 by Paul O´Hanlon
This is an 800 word article about the demonstration outside the US embassy in Madrid on Saturday 24th September. 17 photos are attached. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday September 26, 2005 - 20:02 by Roger Eldridge   text 11 comments (last - saturday october 08, 2005 - 18:44)   image 1 image
The reality of life within the totalitarian feminist regime of Britain continues to unfold. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Monday September 26, 2005 - 18:24 by jotter - I'm taking names. you're going in the book.   text 13 comments (last - tuesday october 25, 2005 - 16:35)   image 1 image
The courts of spain have today passed sentance on a number of people who have stood accused of forming an Al Qaeda ring in europe and beyond with direct links to the terrorist event of September 11.

Amongst those who have been sentanced wa the "star reporter" with the Arabic-language satellite TV station Al Jazeera, Tayseer Allouni.

Allouni is famous for being the first journalist to see Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden after the 11 September attacks in the United States, interviewing him on 21 October 2001. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday September 26, 2005 - 13:24 by iosaf   text 6 comments (last - saturday october 22, 2005 - 12:22)
Its the Chinese and the internet again.

The Chinese love the internet, their state doesn't.
& in the last days their state has updated its rules and regulations on internet use and made quite a list of transgressions. They are also asking the public to help information departments at all levels to supervise news sites & report them if the stories are unhealthy. "A new regulation on online news services was issued jointly on Sunday by the State Council Information Office (SCIO) and the Ministry of Information Industry. Under this regulation, online news sites that publish fabricated content, pornography or violence face severe punishment or even closure." ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Saturday September 24, 2005 - 14:56 by I forget
We really have a lot to learn from the German elections. only one party enjoyed a sizeable increase in its votes and representation, and no-one wants to involve it in government.

Instead the two largest parties who both reduced their votes, and deputies want to be the next government. ... read full story / add a comment
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