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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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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.

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.
The post Labour U-Turns Over University Free Speech as it Brings Back Tory Law ? But Removes its “Teeth” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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 Monday June 13, 2005 - 15:45 by redjade   text 3 comments (last - thursday june 16, 2005 - 12:16)   image 3 images
www.tv3.ie down at the time of this post (14:43) ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 13, 2005 - 06:24 by observer
The Alley Oop comic strip which continues to be distributed in hundreds of newspapers in the hinterland of the USA is daring to attack the Bush Regime (albeit without using the name). Alley Oop has gone political and poor Dr. Wonmug is under arrest as a terrorist by a "future" police state! ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday June 11, 2005 - 20:10 by redjade   text 8 comments (last - friday june 17, 2005 - 14:46)   image 7 images
"If you plant false stories, how can you control where that story goes? You can't." ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice Saturday June 11, 2005 - 13:41 by me moby   text 8 comments (last - tuesday january 03, 2006 - 15:25)
'...a company Global Mobile Vision that “has been accused of intimidating staff and of failing to pay wages due. And its work practices are bizarre”, according to Village Magazine.' ... read full story / add a comment
I hope you packed your protection, it can get quite hot.
international / environment Saturday June 11, 2005 - 12:57 by iosaf   text 11 comments (last - friday august 19, 2005 - 19:21)   image 3 images
Carcavelos beach is just outside of Lisbon the capital of Portugal, where the EU deal on good times for poor people was made.

Yesterday during the national holiday, Carcavelos beach filled up with happy Lisbonites relaxing from the worst inflation in the EU, and probably rubbing shoulders with the cheery types who fly in from the north and buy flats in the picturesque city to recover from the strain of being on the pigs back.

This is modern tourism. ... read full story / add a comment
Manilla yesterday.
international / crime and justice Saturday June 11, 2005 - 12:02 by iosaf   text 13 comments (last - friday february 24, 2006 - 10:26)   image 3 images
For the last 48 hours, the situation in Manila, Philippines has worsened...

Campesinos in their thousands have marched to the presidential palace demanding that the president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo resign (she was elected in may 2004).
They have been water cannon-ed by the police and many are injured. They have not left the city. There have been reports of a "coup d'etat" in the last week, which set against a history of over 20 military interventions, merely signals that certain military officers are "taking an interest".

Today's national day is thought tosee tensions peak.

This follows consistent allegations of c-o-r-r-u-p-t-i-o-n, which have at all levels dogged the Pacific republic, made up of 7000 islands and counting on a population of roughly 85 million. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Saturday June 11, 2005 - 10:56 by SP reader   text 19 comments (last - tuesday june 14, 2005 - 00:22)
For those looking for some news and for the assorted sectarians looking for something to complain about, here is the June edition of the Socialist, the SP paper.

Some good stuff on Gama, G8 protests, industrial reports, etc. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment Saturday June 11, 2005 - 06:56 by son of beach   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 11, 2005 - 07:48)
international / miscellaneous Saturday June 11, 2005 - 01:15 by Bliss   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 11, 2005 - 01:20)
Democrats Eye Unfolding Ohio Coin Scandal

By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press Writer

TOLEDO, Ohio - A disastrous investment by the state in rare coins has erupted into both a financial and political scandal, with Ohio's Republicans running for cover and the Democrats seeing great opportunity.

At least $10 million is feared missing from a $55 million fund that the Ohio Workers' Compensation Bureau set up in a risky and highly unorthodox foray into the buying and selling of coins. The investment was managed by coin dealer Tom Noe, a prodigious fundraiser who has showered contributions on Republicans in Ohio and beyond. ... read full story / add a comment
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
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