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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb

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 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.
The post Massive Fire at One of World’s Largest Battery Storage Facilities appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.
The post Climate Change Giving Meaning to Life appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.
The post BP to Cut 8,000 Jobs as Net Zero Bites appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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?
The post Insurers Love the ‘Climate Emergency’ ? Higher Premiums all Round Whatever the Actual Facts appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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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it will take you a long time to make a good crane, but you will learn - of Peace of Patience and of Thaumaturgy
international / arts and media Sunday December 05, 2004 - 15:59 by iosaf read and iosaf understood-   text 4 comments (last - thursday march 31, 2005 - 15:53)   image 1 image
A Polish general once remarked that the diplomacy was the war carried out through other means. A Chinese sage once founded a school of War which was through the milenia as influential as the school of debating at Rhodes.

I have like many others been exposed by others to terror again these last days in Spain as five bombs exploded in Madrid and I watched others wait for that half hour before they knew via the TV that no-one was killed another day till they spoke to their parents and friends. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday December 04, 2004 - 22:18 by pinko
Silvia Federici is author of "Caliban And The Witch: Women the Body and Primitive Accumulation" and this presentation about the book was recorded in NYC at the end of November. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday December 04, 2004 - 10:24 by naomi klein
an open letter / article / blog
from Naomi to the US adminstration

via their diplomatic staff on grosvenor square,
you might remember that building from such movies as a "The Omen 3" or "A very British Coup". ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Saturday December 04, 2004 - 09:53 by -   text 1 comment (last - friday december 10, 2004 - 14:23)
has passed on from this life in her 94th year.
.:. REST .:. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Friday December 03, 2004 - 19:00 by ERR Worker Collective
The Ever Reviled Records Worker Collective is proud to announce the launching of our new website: another step in on our on going efforts to undermine capitalism and the state while building the counter-culture. We got our cyberspace guns loaded and ready to storm the internet front! ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 03, 2004 - 16:10 by karen fallon
Camp against Star Wars!
International action camp against the US surveillance base in Fauske, Norway 17th - 21st June 2005 (after the G8!)
(This call out is forwarded from petter , a trident ploughshares pledger and activist) ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 03, 2004 - 14:18 by cleaves
Other nations of the world watch – they forge alliances and sign agreements – the biggest ‘gun’ in town is no match for all the other guns pointing directly at it. America has now become the pariah of the world – its double standards and hypocrisy have led the way. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Friday December 03, 2004 - 09:52 by .:.   text 2 comments (last - monday december 06, 2004 - 21:49)
Ná leathnaigh do bhrat muna féidir leat á chosaint. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 02, 2004 - 13:06 by redjade   text 32 comments (last - saturday july 16, 2005 - 16:26)   image 4 images
national / crime and justice Thursday December 02, 2004 - 11:09 by Harry Boland   text 14 comments (last - monday december 06, 2004 - 20:48)
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement is thankful to hear of the release earlier today of Republican prisoner Brendan O'Connor from Pomeroy. Brendan was arrested and detained by British occupation forces and detained in Maghaberry Jail on an alleged charge of conspiring to destroy Stewartstown Police station with an explosive device in July 2000. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday December 02, 2004 - 00:42 by Alex Lehr
Liam Scheff's investigation into the forced drugging of children in NYC (and nationally) as part of NIH clinical trials is receiving an airing on BBC television Tonight (Tues 11/30/04). ... read full story / add a comment
Raul Rivero at a typewriter, before the internet all writers used these. Now only special ones do. Raul is special. But he used the internet too. Good To Be Free :-)
international / arts and media Wednesday December 01, 2004 - 21:25 by iosaf the ipsiphi   text 6 comments (last - saturday april 02, 2005 - 12:34)   image 1 image
Raul Rivero has been freed by the Government of Cuba.

A civilised country or state does not act against it's artists or poets. In a civilised country or state no Shostakovtich is muted no Lorca disappears. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday December 01, 2004 - 12:41 by jon
* Every 6 seconds, a new person is infected with HIV
* Every 10 seconds, a person dies of HIV/AIDS ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday November 30, 2004 - 10:53 by Soccy   text 29 comments (last - wednesday december 01, 2004 - 12:39)
First last night the news came of the Labour Party almost en bloc attacking working class communities with their vote for the bin tax.
Then news comes this morning of his sacking of staff.
Maybe Bertie is a socialist after all. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday November 29, 2004 - 23:40 by Mary La Rosa
As an American, fearful for her National Guards' "re assignment" in ongoing occupation of Iraq, I am apprehensive and sickened by the role model our Israeli allies present in managing military standards and Occupation. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Monday November 29, 2004 - 17:40 by Our Los Angeles Correspondent   text 2 comments (last - tuesday november 30, 2004 - 11:29)   image 1 image
Wikipedia (the free online, open publishing encyclopedia) features an article on the Celtic Tiger phenomenon as a front-page special. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Sunday November 28, 2004 - 22:33 by iosaf
didn't qualify as a free open democratic accountable election like the ones you get for school class rep.

Neither candidate has been photographed in an orange scarf or jumper. There is also a third candidate the ultra-nationalist Vadim Tudor.

Mr Tudor thinks Rumania's past when it was a fascist dictatorship and fought on the eastern front is not properly remembered. He was in favour.

Both Mr Nastase and Mr Basescu think Rumania's past when it was a Soviet satelite with friendly eat-your-young dicator Ceacescu has not been fully changed. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday November 28, 2004 - 18:31 by pc
According to reports from the street, a vertiable army greeted last nights Critical Mass bike ride in Union Square. "On Friday November 27th, the NYPD had over 50 police vans, 40 scooters, 6oo bike cops, dozens of police cars, 20 flatbed trucks, 7 mobile police station and camera vans, and two helicopters" in Union Square. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday November 28, 2004 - 18:29 by SP member
Steve Jolly, Socialist Party (cwi Australia) has been elected to Yarra City council with 13% of 1st preference votes. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / environment Sunday November 28, 2004 - 14:00 by ppp
it was interesting what the guy from the Boyne Valley said at the Tara march yesterday about the granting of an licence in Meath for an incinerator because of government Policy not reason.

as well as the press release below from Chase, I crib from the papers that Indavour have already responded to their granting off the licence by saying its stil too restrictive! ... read full story / add a comment
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