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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 Is Facebook Really Committed to Free Speech? Fri Jan 10, 2025 18:25 | Rebekah Barnett
Depending on which echo chamber you get your news from, this week Mark Zuckerberg took steps to either save democracy or to end it. But how far is he really going in his new commitment to free speech, asks Rebekah Barnett.
The post Is Facebook Really Committed to Free Speech? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Reform Candidate ?Sacked? by Housing Association for Reposting ?Racist? Daily Telegraph Cartoon Fri Jan 10, 2025 15:10 | Will Jones
A housing officer was sacked for being a Reform UK candidate and reposting a Daily Telegraph cartoon after being told Reform?s policies on immigration and Net Zero were "in direct conflict" with his employer's "values".
The post Reform Candidate “Sacked” by Housing Association for Reposting “Racist” Daily Telegraph Cartoon appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trudeau?s Prorogation of Parliament is a Mistake He Must Be Allowed to Make Fri Jan 10, 2025 13:18 | Dr James Allan
Justin Trudeau wants to prorogue Parliament to buy time before the election. Voters will punish him for it, says Prof James Allan, but it's a mistake he must be allowed to make without activist judges getting in the way.
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offsite link The Significance of Jordan Peterson Fri Jan 10, 2025 11:00 | James Alexander
Jordan Peterson should make his mind up about Christianity, critics say. Prof James Alexander disagrees: he's a profound Jungian explorer who wants to help a secularised world see why Christianity still matters.
The post The Significance of Jordan Peterson appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Massive Recovery in Antarctica Sea Ice Unreported by Net Zero-Obsessed Mainstream Media Fri Jan 10, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
There's been a massive recovery in Antarctica sea ice this year. But you won't hear about it in our Net Zero-obsessed mainstream media, says Chris Morrison.
The post Massive Recovery in Antarctica Sea Ice Unreported by Net Zero-Obsessed Mainstream Media appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Thursday April 06, 2006 20:25 by aaronrip   image 4 images
This Film Is A Mash-Up
All Contents Sourced Online In One 3 Hour Sitting

It lays out why the future of filmaking will be led by the 'mob' rather than the 'auteur'.
Thanks to Michael R. and Roger C. for feedback as it was being made.

It's here as a pretty high quality div-x: https://video.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/314.shtml

do whatever you like with it read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday April 06, 2006 11:41 by Ronan Sheehan   text 8 comments (last - sunday may 14, 2006 22:46)   image 2 images
An open Letter Re: Memorial to the China War at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Dublin read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday April 06, 2006 03:22 by jim travers   text 5 comments (last - friday december 21, 2007 12:27)
The Gardai are placing a lot of emphasis on speed, as if speed was the complete cause of our road fatalities. The Germans are showing us that speed is not the only problem associated with road fatalities.The problem we now have is that the Gardai are alienating themselves from law abiding people because they are being forced to penalise people because of regulations that the Gardai themselves cannot uphold. The vast majority of our people want to abide by the law but are being forced into direct conflict with the gardai because our road regulation have not been thought out properly. Help the Gardai fight crime.......would you be prepared to telephone if you were suddenly presented in the post with a speed fine for a road that could handle a Jumbo 747? read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 05, 2006 13:51 by The Parvenu   text 41 comments (last - monday april 10, 2006 11:47)
NIPSA’s right wing is attempting to re write history and is deliberately distorting the facts of the Civil Service pay dispute. This can only have the effect of compounding any negative outcome of the dispute with disorientation and demoralisation of NIPSA members. TFC is fighting against this by initiating an open and honest discussion about all aspects of the dispute. In this way a stronger united union can be built. This is intended as a contribution to a wider discussion amongst TFC activist and NIPSA members. read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / opinion/analysis Tuesday April 04, 2006 23:14 by Seán Ryan
An examination of time, higher-dimensional space and entropy. Offers brand new theories as to what causes Time' s arrow.

Chapter 2 of book II read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday April 04, 2006 11:46 by Eve   text 1 comment (last - monday may 26, 2008 13:06)   image 5 images
The Corrib gas project is synonymous with Shell, leading player in a consortium also featuring Statoil and Marathon Oil. While Shell as the dominant partner has played the biggest role so far in Corrib, there are many more companies involved in this discredited project. Most of the work on the project from the construction and design of the gas refinery to peat haulage and site security is subcontracted out to individual companies. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday April 04, 2006 05:42 by Seán Ryan   text 8 comments (last - thursday february 26, 2015 12:41)
What does the Constitution have to say about our right to protest?

What are our duties? read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday April 03, 2006 21:46 by SL   text 3 comments (last - tuesday september 12, 2006 23:49)

As the government moves to flog off another public asset, the trade union movement has failed to take effective action read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday April 03, 2006 20:08 by Lefty type   text 45 comments (last - tuesday may 06, 2008 16:54)   image 3 images
An opinion on why the Angelus should not be broadcast by RTE read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday April 03, 2006 18:33 by Robbie Sinnott   text 3 comments (last - tuesday april 11, 2006 22:20)   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
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derry / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday April 01, 2006 23:50 by Catalan Solidarity   image 4 images
The Catalan flag (Estelada) was hoisted over Free Derry Corner in Derry’s Bogside as a symbolic gesture of solidarity to the Catalan people. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday March 31, 2006 19:46 by Socialist   text 11 comments (last - wednesday april 05, 2006 17:59)
All societies are divided into classes that are "oppressed" and those who oppress them. Capitalism is no different, even though its revolutions may have instituted democratic political structures designed to enfranchise the "oppressed." For the very idea of democracy in a society where private property exists, according to the Manifesto, is an illusion: "The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie." In other words, democratic elections are a sham. Civil war is the political answer to humanity's problems: "Workers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains." The solution to all fundamental social problemsto war, to poverty, to economic inequality lies in a conflict that will rip society apart and create a new revolutionary world from its ruins. This is the enduring message of the Manifesto, and why its believers have left such a legacy of human freedom in their wake as they set about to create a progressive future.
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dublin / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Friday March 31, 2006 11:52 by Chris murray   text 1 comment (last - friday march 31, 2006 12:23)
The NRA conference entitled : Building a Better Road Environment (30/03/06) was addressed by Margaret Gowen of
Gowen and co. Archaeological Consultants and project managers. The methodology of preparing an EIS used by the project management team in the M3 Route selection procedure was adapted as a template for procedural applications and re-hashed for the NRA conference. One could derive from this that it is considered a sucessful model for future road projects. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday March 30, 2006 19:04 by Big Jim   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 30, 2006 19:12)
The Labour Party like other organisations operates a pension scheme for its employees, in Labour’s case it’s a defined benefit scheme which offers employees a pension based on a fixed percentage of their salary upon retirement. The staff pay in 5% of their salary each year and in return the party is supposed to cover the balance.
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday March 30, 2006 18:38 by Arnold   text 3 comments (last - monday april 03, 2006 17:22)
What is the justification for private property?
What is the justification for collective property?

I believe that the answer to two both questions is the same: There is none. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday March 30, 2006 12:39 by Paul Doyle   text 8 comments (last - saturday august 19, 2006 20:22)   image 1 image
Irish prisioner Aiden Hulme has been subject to shocking medical neglect since his inprisonment in England and will loose his leg if immidiate action is not taken.

Sign the online petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/87bb92a/petition.html read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 29, 2006 14:41 by Shannon   text 13 comments (last - saturday april 01, 2006 00:09)
As an American, I am completely fed up with the "war on terror" going on in Iraq and the constant screw-ups along made along the way. Yesterday, I read that Ayad Allawi, Iraq's former interim learder has consented that Iraq is involved in a Civil War, yet the US Idiot cannot seem to figure that out. Now today, I brouse through The Guardian, and discover a story relating tales of terror detainees barred from trials in the US courts, and awaiting judgement on their right to a trial. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 29, 2006 13:30 by Mick   text 17 comments (last - thursday august 30, 2007 16:08)
What are the causes?
This is not scientific but I believe that a scientific study would probably identify these factors in order of significane.

1. Public ignorance and stupidity.
2. Speeding
3. Alcohol and drugs.
4. Poor driving tests and skills and lack of knowledge of the rules of the road.
5. Poor secondary roads.
6. Poor enforcement of road laws by police and lenient punishments for offenders.
7. Increased road usuge and congestion in urban areas.

Most importantly - "What is the solution?"

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national / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 29, 2006 13:29 by Miriam Cotton   text 5 comments (last - thursday march 30, 2006 17:27)
I don’t know the last time the Irish Examiner bothered to write about the subject of disability but it is a certainty that the issue is not a priority for the paper’s editors in the normal run of events and it has negligible coverage in its pages. For instance, if you compare its coverage of the subject of horseracing or business issues, disability trails well behind either despite its significance to huge numbers of people.
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Sorry, regulars only !
national / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 29, 2006 05:00 by John Aherne   text 23 comments (last - saturday march 21, 2009 12:20)   image 1 image
Can anyone tell me as to why it is so difficult to have a basic need catered to regarding accessibility in
Ireland? In this day and age you would think firstly that pure and utter logic would prevail, but with my expieriences, and with the so called "Celtic Tiger" we are years away from being a society that open doors. read full story / add a comment
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