Upcoming Events

International | Anti-Capitalism

no events match your query!

New Events

International

no events posted in last week

Blog Feeds

Anti-Empire

Anti-Empire

offsite link The Wholesome Photo of the Month Thu May 09, 2024 11:01 | Anti-Empire

offsite link In 3 War Years Russia Will Have Spent $3... Thu May 09, 2024 02:17 | Anti-Empire

offsite link UK Sending Missiles to Be Fired Into Rus... Tue May 07, 2024 14:17 | Marko Marjanović

offsite link US Gives Weapons to Taiwan for Free, The... Fri May 03, 2024 03:55 | Anti-Empire

offsite link Russia Has 17 Percent More Defense Jobs ... Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:56 | Marko Marjanović

Anti-Empire >>

The Saker
A bird's eye view of the vineyard

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

The Saker >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Is the Muslim Vote Abandoning Labour? Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:00 | Frank Haviland
Is the 'Muslim vote' set to abandon Labour? With three quarters of British Muslims refusing to believe Hamas committed atrocities on October 7th, it's hard to see how Labour can retain them, says Frank Haviland.
The post Is the Muslim Vote Abandoning Labour? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Bridget Phillipson is Wrong About the Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act Tue Jul 30, 2024 09:00 | Dr Julius Grower
Bridget Phillipson is wrong about the Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act she has just torpedoed, says Oxford law academic Dr Julius Grower. It won't increase legal action for universities but will ease it.
The post Bridget Phillipson is Wrong About the Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link No, Ed Miliband Does Not Have a ?Mandate? for His Net Zero Lunacy Tue Jul 30, 2024 07:00 | Ben Pile
With swivel-eyed zeal, Ed Miliband has been telling broadcasters he has a "mandate" to deliver his unworkable and unaffordable Net Zero agenda. Not when just 20% of the public voted for you, says Ben Pile.
The post No, Ed Miliband Does Not Have a ?Mandate? for His Net Zero Lunacy appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Jul 30, 2024 00:49 | 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.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Huw Edwards Charged With Making Indecent Images of Children Mon Jul 29, 2024 19:00 | Will Jones
Huw Edwards, one of the BBC's highest-paid stars who left the corporation last year, has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children, the Metropolitan Police has said.
The post Huw Edwards Charged With Making Indecent Images of Children appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Netanyahu soon to appear before the US Congress? It will be decisive for the suc... Thu Jul 04, 2024 04:44 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N°93 Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:49 | en

offsite link Will Israel succeed in attacking Lebanon and pushing the United States to nuke I... Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:40 | en

offsite link Will Netanyahu launch tactical nuclear bombs (sic) against Hezbollah, with US su... Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:09 | en

offsite link Will Israel provoke a cataclysm?, by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jun 25, 2024 06:59 | en

Voltaire Network >>

The Corrib Gasline

category international | anti-capitalism | opinion/analysis author Wednesday November 09, 2005 18:34author by Henry Report this post to the editors

A little deductive logic

Let us conduct a little logical analysis of Shell's motives at Rossport:

(1) Shell is spending its own money on the Corrib pipeline.
(2) The protests are holding up construction of the pipeline meaning Shell is losing money.
(3) Suppose Shell as the protestors claim are in fact building a pipeline which is in danger of exploding.
(4) Surely then if then Shell would be ensuring that keeping in mind the supposedly high risk of an explosion that they would not only lose the money lost due to the delay caused by the protests but also the larger costs in building the pipeline in the first place.
(5) If Shell were foolish this would be the case.
(6) However Shell has been involved in the gas and oil business for decades and it stands to reason that business people with this expertise would be motivated to build a pipeline that would be unlikely to explode in order to secure their investment.
(7) It is therefore more likely that the pipeline would in fact be safely constructed.
(8) Therefore the protestors are more than likely mistaken that the pipeline is dangerous.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   BIG ASSumption     conor    Wed Nov 09, 2005 18:45 
   what about nigeria     t    Wed Nov 09, 2005 19:28 
   Henry - flaw in your argument - there is Not a "high risk" of the pipe exploding     Michael R.    Wed Nov 09, 2005 20:26 
   Oh now I see     Henry    Wed Nov 09, 2005 20:41 
   More...     Henry    Wed Nov 09, 2005 20:44 
   shell has a history     eif    Wed Nov 09, 2005 23:39 
   The Perfect world     Kathy    Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:43 
   What other technical reasons?     Henry    Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:55 
   A sense of reason     Simon    Thu Nov 10, 2005 13:52 
 10   Reply to above     Reply    Thu Nov 10, 2005 15:51 
 11   What I meant...     Henry    Thu Nov 10, 2005 17:54 
 12   Reply to Henry     Reply    Thu Nov 10, 2005 18:17 
 13   I believe there is the same threat - a small one     Henry    Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:13 
 14   Henry the Expert     fgs    Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:25 
 15   Observe     Henry    Fri Nov 11, 2005 19:09 
 16   Smoking Kills.......     RHS    Fri Nov 11, 2005 19:11 
 17   My point exactly     Henry    Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:12 
 18   henry you fool     me    Sat Nov 12, 2005 19:31 
 19   Corrib Truth     Tadhg McGrath    Thu Nov 17, 2005 19:16 
 20   A little deductive logic     soundmigration    Thu Nov 17, 2005 19:35 
 21   Corrib gasline     Dicky the    Tue Jan 03, 2006 23:19 
 22   If a woodpecker going to drill a hole through the pipe or something?     rooster    Thu Jan 05, 2006 00:25 
 23   Woodpeckers occur as migrants     R. Isible    Thu Jan 05, 2006 02:26 
 24   his hypothesis does however fail     rooster    Thu Jan 05, 2006 16:21 
 25   Some Gas facts about Ireland and Corrib     T    Thu Jan 05, 2006 18:27 
 26   Re: Some Gas facts about Ireland and Corrib     T    Thu Jan 05, 2006 18:30 
 27   Opinion from Rossport     JM    Sun Sep 03, 2006 15:23 
 28   Embarassed??     cool j    Mon Sep 04, 2006 13:23 
 29   Corrib Campaign     Gas Man    Mon Sep 04, 2006 14:18 


Number of comments per page
  
 
© 2001-2024 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy