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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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Human Rights in Ireland
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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.
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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.

offsite link News Round-Up Thu Jan 16, 2025 00:50 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Labour U-Turns Over University Free Speech as it Brings Back Tory Law ? But Removes its ?Teeth? Wed Jan 15, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Labour has U-turned over university free speech as it brings back a Tory law clamping down on 'woke' cancel culture ? but removes its "teeth" by dropping the ability of academics to sue their institutions.
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offsite link Israel and Hamas Agree Ceasefire Deal, Trump Confirms Wed Jan 15, 2025 18:09 | Will Jones
Donald Trump has confirmed that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement to end the war and release the hostages, saying he will continue promoting "peace through strength" throughout the region.
The post Israel and Hamas Agree Ceasefire Deal, Trump Confirms appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / arts and media Saturday June 11, 2005 - 00:56 by Elmer   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 11, 2005 - 01:03)
"Americans overwhelmingly see public broadcasting as an unbiased information source," Rep. David Obey (news, bio, voting record) (Wis.), the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee, said in a statement. "Perhaps that's what the GOP finds so offensive about it. Republican leaders are trying to bring every facet of the federal government under their control. . . . Now they are trying to put their ideological stamp on public broadcasting." ... read full story / add a comment
international / housing Friday June 10, 2005 - 13:48 by C&P reading material   text 14 comments (last - thursday july 28, 2005 - 13:58)   image 1 image
2nd day of a strike against Mugabe in Zimbabwe sees people up north claim he's finally gone bonkers.

*finally*? Oh dear, Mugabe has been around as long as any other 80+year old leader, he's up there with paisley and fraga. you can't teach old dogs new tricks & generally everyone has their own nichname for them. You could learn a lot by comparing and contrasting them, their pals and foes indeed.

Mugabe has knocked down houses all over the shop, you know that, but his reasons are very very Western capitalist, he's combatting the "informal sector", these people were fueling the black market, living in non-council approved houses, you'd never get that in ireland... ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday June 09, 2005 - 23:14 by The Academy   text 10 comments (last - tuesday june 14, 2005 - 14:40)
Anyone can nominate for the upcoming "Oscars of Idiocy" the World Stupidity Awards which take place every year at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment Thursday June 09, 2005 - 22:33 by mms
On June 11th 2005 over 54 cities across the world will experience the naked joy of the world's largest naked protest against oil dependency and car culture in the history of humanity. Many cities will also ride again on the weekend closest to Valentine's Day 2006. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Thursday June 09, 2005 - 22:00 by ryan   text 1 comment (last - friday june 10, 2005 - 05:01)
Please follow my blog and enlighten the world. ha ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Thursday June 09, 2005 - 19:35 by Dr. Coilín Oscar ÓhAiseadha   text 3 comments (last - friday june 10, 2005 - 19:24)
For the sake of those who have not read Village magazine this week (3-9 June), I am posting a copy of a letter I've had published, in which I point out that the old media, in their coverage of the appointment of George Bush and the invasion of Iraq, have committed all the crimes that the magazine's media analyst, Conor Brady, in last week's issue accused bloggers of committing. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday June 09, 2005 - 17:05 by Anthony G
Employees in the logistics industry all over Britain are being electronically tagged by their bosses in order to monitor and control their activities in the work-place. It's a new way in which productivity is increased and individual people are further reduced to being passive non-thinking cogs in a machine. According to statements made by some of the employers using these devices, we'll even learn to love these new chains.

I've never heard of these devices before so I can't say how prevalent their use is in Ireland. I'd be interested to see what action the GMB union will take given that they "will not stand by to see our members reduced to automatons.” If these tags aren't stopped across the water, it's likely that the same multinationals will also introduce them here in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday June 09, 2005 - 17:01 by Pol
This is a link to the European wide network Youth Against Racism, which contains information of what you can do to help combat racism where you are and throughout Europe:http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1320/page1.html
If you scroll to the bottom of that page, there are further links to anti-racist groups. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 09, 2005 - 05:25 by Akiva Eldar
The Housing Ministry allocated at least NIS 70 million
to build infrastructure and erect public structures in
82 illegal outposts in the West Bank during the prime
ministerial terms of Benjamin Netanyahu (1996-1999)
and Ariel Sharon (2001-2004), Haaretz has learned from
an appendix to attorney Talia Sasson's report on the
outposts. ... read full story / add a comment
José Couso 1965 - 2003 killed by the USA April 8th 2003
international / crime and justice Tuesday June 07, 2005 - 20:31 by i   text 2 comments (last - thursday october 20, 2005 - 20:51)   image 1 image
José Couso was a camaraman with TV5 one of the Spanish terrestial channels, he was 37 years of age, and was married with two children then aged 3 and 6 years, he was in the Palestine Hotel in Bagdhad in 2003, a building which was known to the occupying and iraqi forces to house members of the international media and aid volunteer corps.

They were and are protected under article IV Geneva Convention 12/8/49
and the summary protocols and additions of 8/6/77 to which the USA are party.

He was killed on the 8th of April 2003. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 07, 2005 - 17:28 by Observer   text 2 comments (last - tuesday june 07, 2005 - 19:58)
Blogger David Farrer lives in Edinburgh, and he’s worried about the armada of G8 protesters soon to descend on the city. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Tuesday June 07, 2005 - 17:14 by Charles
It’s Sunni vs. Shi’ite in northern Nigeria, where the two main sects of the Religion of Peace™ are battling for dominion: Armed police patrol northern city after violence by Muslim groups. (Hat tip: Ringo.) ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday June 07, 2005 - 16:27 by The UB   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 07, 2005 - 17:34)
Ten day strike forced the Government to retreat – Pakistan Telecommunications privatisation postponed for an indefinite period ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Tuesday June 07, 2005 - 12:35 by i   text 3 comments (last - friday june 17, 2005 - 06:57)
the 4th Global Forum to combat "-" has opened in Brazilia, Brazil.

The event will bring together important actors in the fight against corruption from Brazil and abroad. A series of panels, lectures, and workshops will be offered to discuss issues such as money laundering, conflicts of interest, and public procurement under the overarching theme “From Words to Deeds.” ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Monday June 06, 2005 - 21:07 by €/$   text 5 comments (last - friday december 09, 2005 - 18:39)
The International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, was established by European nations of the €U under the Rome Statute as the last court of international crime.

It is the only international court which is permenant and ratified and stablished to promote the rule of law and ensure that the gravest international crimes do not go unpunished.

It is not completely recognised by the USA which resents its "inteference".

It has opened investigations into Darfur-
“The investigation will require sustained cooperation from national and international authorities. It will form part of a collective effort, complementing African Union and other initiatives to end the violence in Darfur and to promote justice. Traditional African mechanisms can be an important tool to complement these efforts and achieve local reconciliation.” ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday June 06, 2005 - 18:26 by Archie Kennedy
Unfortunately, the mindset and the mass media fall heavily under the spell of the wolves that prey upon the innocent. Roy the Wolf terrorized Cape Bretoners in the 1920's and now Paul the Wolf is doing the same thing on a much larger scale. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday June 06, 2005 - 17:02 by -   text 1 comment (last - monday june 06, 2005 - 21:24)
The USA has proposed at the Fort Lauderdale, in the presence of Jeb Bush and Con Rice in Florida, the 35th meeting of "the Organisation of American States" meeting the right for it, "to intervene but not punish" the other 31 states of the organisation as part of measures to "monitor democracy".

Not surprisingly Mexico and all of South America have joined together to say "¡q t jodas!" ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday June 06, 2005 - 12:28 by €   text 5 comments (last - tuesday january 10, 2006 - 13:34)   image 1 image
François Chérèque the leader of the largest French trade union has just finished the first round of discussions with the new French Prime minister aimed at reducing unemployment.

He has proposed a social pact on four priorities-

employment
combatting precarity.
prospects for youth.
social security.

«et enfin. la lutte contre la pauvreté »,
"& finally the struggle against poverty" ... read full story / add a comment
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