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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
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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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offsite link Massive Fire at One of World?s Largest Battery Storage Facilities Fri Jan 17, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
A massive fire has?broken out in one of the world's largest battery storage facilities containing tens of thousands of lithium batteries, prompting a mobilisation of firefighters across several counties in California.
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offsite link Climate Change Giving Meaning to Life Fri Jan 17, 2025 15:13 | Dr James Allan
Why are climate alarmists so impervious to facts, so averse to rational cost-benefit analysis? It has all the hallmarks of a religious cult, says James Allan. They can't let it go because it gives meaning to their lives.
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offsite link BP to Cut 8,000 Jobs as Net Zero Bites Fri Jan 17, 2025 13:30 | Will Jones
BP is to cut nearly 8,000 jobs in the face of falling profits and rising shareholder concern over its green energy policies as pressure from Net Zero policies continues to bite.
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offsite link Insurers Love the ?Climate Emergency? ? Higher Premiums all Round Whatever the Actual Facts Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:32 | Chris Morrison
There's a climate emergency, so cough up, say insurers. It hasn't stopped them raking in billions, notes Chris Morrison. And no wonder: weather losses are actually down compared to 35 years ago. Time for a bit of honesty?
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offsite link Before We Say ?Democracy is Dying? We Have to Know What it Is Fri Jan 17, 2025 09:00 | James Alexander
Is democracy dying? That's what everyone is saying. Killed by populism, apparently. Prof James Alexander suspects the educated classes may not know what they're talking about.
The post Before We Say ‘Democracy is Dying’ We Have to Know What it Is appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday January 23, 2005 - 22:07 by ppp   text 1 comment (last - monday january 24, 2005 - 00:55)
Ireland in 2005, out now, is the annual magazine of Metro Eireann, Ireland's only multicultural newspaper. Offering an unrivalled insight into the issues affecting multicultural Ireland, Ireland in 2005 is filled with top feature stories from some of Ireland's best immigrant and native journalists ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Sunday January 23, 2005 - 11:29 by Michael Hennigan   text 1 comment (last - sunday january 23, 2005 - 13:37)
‘A chap with a high IQ is going to get a demanding job that is going to take up a lot of his energy and time. In many ways he wants a woman who is an old-fashioned wife and looks after the home, a copy of his mum in a way.’ ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday January 23, 2005 - 04:44 by John Kaminski   text 2 comments (last - monday january 24, 2005 - 15:43)
To those of us who would still prefer the bitter truth, to filtered delusions. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday January 22, 2005 - 20:56 by Michael Hennigan   text 4 comments (last - thursday august 04, 2005 - 07:51)
This is an article from today's Washington Post.

It is presented in full here, as the site requires registration. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Saturday January 22, 2005 - 14:52 by eeekkkk
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 20, 2005 - 18:21 by WORLD REVOLUTION   text 1 comment (last - monday january 24, 2005 - 10:26)
Revolution is an international youth organisation active in Britain, Sweden, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Australia and Indonesia.

Forty-two Basque youth will be on trial in Madrid sometime in February or March. They are activists of the prohibited youth organization SEGI, or of the previously prohibited youth organizations JARRAI and HAIKA, and accused of being terrorists. They are faced with a total of 654 years in prison. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 18, 2005 - 22:10 by Phuq Hedd   text 7 comments (last - wednesday january 19, 2005 - 22:10)
The Guardian carries a quiet little story about how one of the UK soldiers being court martialled over abuse of Iraqi prisoners admits to being "ashamed".

This trial supposedly arose out of the discovery of "disturbing" photographs by a woman working in a photo-processing laboratory.

The soldiers are said to have (besides beating the prisoners) have forced their prisoners to simulate anal and oral sex. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 18, 2005 - 14:32 by Davy Carlin
Dear friends, the Anti Racism Network site is updated with newspaper links and reports as well as new pictures of the ARN No excuses! rally {In Steering Group section}.

The ARN steering group has recently met and are now actively seeking to establish several new associations outside Belfast.

The ARN site can be accessed at www.arnni.tk

Also for those interested the new Street Seen site is updated and can be accessed at -

http://www.streetseennews.blogspot.com/ ... read full story / add a comment
derry / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 18, 2005 - 14:25 by derryjournal.com
A Derry journalist has made legal history by successfully challenging an airport who took his photograph without his consent. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Tuesday January 18, 2005 - 14:20 by o as if   text 1 comment (last - saturday january 22, 2005 - 10:05)
Airbus has flown from Toulouse in France to Leonardo da Vinci in Rome

and updates on Ryanair's latest ruffianism.

lots of people were invited to have a look, at the biggest bestest tippy toppiest airplane ever ever which was intended solely for passengers.

Messrs Blair, Chirac, Shroeder and Zapatero clapped their handies in glee. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Monday January 17, 2005 - 17:05 by pc
the brand spankin new south-coast indymedia is now online

South Coast Indymedia is now up and running. Our very own local extension to the IMC network, where news is not filtered and re-shaped by corporate media. Covers Brighton, Worthing, Southampton and beyond.

Post your own news on it! Find out what else is going on.
www.southcoast.indymedia.org.uk To get involved in helping run and promote it, go to

http://lists.indymedia.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/imc-uk-southcoast and join the internal list ... read full story / add a comment

antrim / miscellaneous Monday January 17, 2005 - 15:37 by Redbhoy   text 1 comment (last - friday january 21, 2005 - 13:03)
PSNI blunder caused collapse of case against senior Orangeman

A PSNI paperwork blunder led to the collapse of public order case against a senior Orangeman, according to a report by the Police Ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan.

The PSNI had recommended that charges be levelled against the man after a controversial Orange Order march through the so-called "peaceline" in west Belfast in 2003.

The marchers had ignored a Parades Commission ruling banning them from flying paramilitary regalia and playing sectarian music.

In her report into the matter, Ms O'Loan said a combination of human error and computer mistakes had caused the case against the Orangeman to collapse.

She called for procedural improvements to ensure there is no repeat of the blunder, but did not recommend disciplinary action and said there was no evidence of any criminal activity by the police. ... read full story / add a comment
clare / worker & community struggles and protests Monday January 17, 2005 - 14:46 by Libby   text 2 comments (last - tuesday january 18, 2005 - 14:34)
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday January 17, 2005 - 14:01 by Anti-war
Reuters obtained from Iraqi guerrillas "an English-language video urging U.S. troops to lay down their weapons and seek refuge in mosques and homes" (Michael Georgy, "Iraq Rebels in Video Taunt," January 12, 2005), promising protection to soldiers who heed their call. The Information Clearing House has made the video and a transcript of its content available: "A Message from the 'Iraq Resistance.'"

FULL TEXT: http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/01/video-message-from-iraqi-resistance.html. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday January 17, 2005 - 13:47 by redjade   text 13 comments (last - sunday january 08, 2006 - 03:09)
Seymour Hersh is the investigative reporter that uncovered My Lai and Abu Ghraib and more - certainly America's best investigative reporter.... ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Monday January 17, 2005 - 12:37 by pat c
So what is the truth behind this latest kerfuffle in the Art World? Is Hockney merely obscurely projecting his own opinions onto the work of Renaissance artists? Or have they all lost any sense of perspective? Read the New Scientist story and make your own mind up.

pat c ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 17, 2005 - 11:57 by pat c
Not just in Ireland, across the water the image of the friendly bobby is also taking a bashing. What makes this case different is that it doesnt just hinge on the question of individuals being assaulted by the police; it also takes the form of an action over breach of Civil Liberties.

The police intend to call Ken Livingston (in his capacity as mayor of London) as a witness. I await his testimony with bated breath.

pat c
(Story below) ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Monday January 17, 2005 - 03:11 by Big Irish from the USA   text 10 comments (last - tuesday january 18, 2005 - 22:36)
fter routing the opposition at the polls last year, Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez has signalled an escalation of his offensive against the country's elites with a "war" on latifundio, big rural estates that he blames for rural poverty. This is a mistake. ... read full story / add a comment
De Valera's Pope.
international / politics / elections Sunday January 16, 2005 - 13:52 by iosaf mac d.   text 11 comments (last - wednesday may 10, 2006 - 21:58)   image 3 images
Pius XII was pontiff, bishop of rome, secular head of the Roman Catholic Church, pope, head of the Holy See, and as such signed the diplomatic agreement with Mussolini ending a very long conflict over the territorial integrity of the Vatican and establishing it as a state, and as Pope did not call attention to the Shoah.

Pius XII is currently being discussed for canonization by which he would be declared a Saint. ... read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech Saturday January 15, 2005 - 04:01 by R. Isible   text 10 comments (last - friday may 13, 2005 - 09:55)
Slashdot (News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters) has a good article written by an insider about the closing of MIT Media Lab's sister institute based in Dublin. ... read full story / add a comment
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