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A corrupt military police force and incompetent Commander who denied emergency mental health care and crisis counseling to an American service member resulted in the murder of the sergeant's three young daughters

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Israeli regime continues it's slaughter
'The children were completely charred'

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offsite link British doctors working in Gaza describe territory as a ?slaughterhouse? Sat May 24, 2025 00:23 | imc
There?s no food getting in so people are starving,? surgeon Tom Potokar says
British doctors working in Gaza have described the territory as a ?slaughterhouse,? where the patients they are treating are severely malnourished.

Plastic surgeons and orthopedic specialists from the UK are based at the Amal and Nasser hospitals in Khan Younis in the south of the territory.

Dr. Tom Potokar, a plastic surgeon specializing in burn injuries, has worked in Gaza 16 times but said this mission had revealed a level of destruction far greater than his last visit in 2023,

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For the last few years since the CV19 scamdemic undocumented immigration into Ireland has surged. No one is allowed discuss it because they do not want any rational debate about it. If you do you are labelled an extremist. However this out of control immigration is fully facilitated by the Irish government and the EU and the shady figure behind the Neo Con movement pushing for endless war, wokeism and globalist agenda.

offsite link [Dublin] National Demonstration for Palestine: End Israeli Apartheid & Genocide Thu Mar 06, 2025 22:35 | ipsc
Sat, 22 March 2025, 13:00 Assemble at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin 1
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, supported by over 150 Irish civil society organisations, has called another National Demonstration for Palestine on Saturday 22nd March.

The march will begin at the Garden of Remembrance at 1pm and finish outside the D?il on Molesworth Street/Kildare Street to bring our demands to the Irish government?s doorstep.

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Applications for asylum were up 14% on the previous 12 months after a surge in migrants reaching Britain in small boats, according to official figures. So much for Labour's promise to "smash the gangs".
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offsite link GCSE Pass Rate For English and Maths Lowest in Decade Thu Aug 21, 2025 17:00 | Toby Young
Just 58.3% of all pupils across the UK passed their maths GCSE this year, down from 59.5% last year and the lowest since 2013. But the percentage of students getting the highest grades was higher in free schools than other schools.
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offsite link Lucy Connolly and Ricky Jones: the System Worked as Intended Thu Aug 21, 2025 13:00 | Nick Rendell
Lucy Connolly's jail sentence versus Ricky Jones's acquittal shows not two-tier justice but two-tier laws ? the system worked as intended, says Nick Rendell.
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offsite link Dramatic Slowdown in Melting of Arctic Sea Ice Surprises Scientists (But Not Climate Sceptics) Thu Aug 21, 2025 11:00 | Toby Young
The Guardian, of all papers, has acknowledged that predictions about the disappearance of Arctic sea ice may ? just may ? have been exaggerated. Paging Gore Vidal: Can we have that prize back please?
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Dublin - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970

Irish comedian takes on the death penalty for Amnesty International

category dublin | arts and media | event notice author Monday October 05, 2009 15:44author by Amnesty1 - Amnesty International Irelandauthor email info at amnesty dot ie Report this post to the editors

Top Irish comedian Keith Farnan is set to make a mockery of the death penalty in aid of Amnesty International Ireland on the opening night of his six night run next week at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin.

What: Opening night benefit gig for Amnesty International as part of Keith Farnan’s ‘Cruel and Unusual’ stand-up comedy show running all next week

Who: Keith Farnan, fresh from his sell out run at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival

Where: Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin

When: 8pm on Monday 12 October 2009 and tickets are €15/€12

Top Irish comedian Keith Farnan is set to make a mockery of the death penalty in aid of Amnesty International Ireland on the opening night of his six night run next week at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin.

Keith, who has been compared to comic heavyweights like Dylan Moran and Eddie Izzard, is bringing ‘Cruel and Unusual’, his unique stand-up show taking a black humoured look at the death penalty, to the Project Arts Centre with all proceeds from Monday night going to Amnesty International Ireland.

The show takes it’s title from a clause under the US constitution which prohibits ‘Cruel and unusual’ punishment but Keith takes us inside a bizarre and grotesque system without ever losing the ability to highlight its absurdities through humour.

Keith said: “Amnesty International has a unique reputation for using any and all mediums, including comedy, to highlight human rights abuses around the world and it's a privilege to have them involved in the opening night in Dublin.

“Cruel and Unusual is first and foremost a stand-up show designed to entertain people, but it also tries to engage them in a topic they might not normally find themselves thinking or talking about.”

Executive Director of Amnesty International Ireland, Colm O’ Gorman, said: “State authorised killing continues to be used as a tool of political repression.

“We’re delighted that Keith is working with us to illustrate the grave need to abolish the death penalty around the world. Comedy is an excellent vehicle to highlight the futility of this brutal and inhuman form of punishment. “

Cruel and Unusual, which has already been staged at the Royal Festival Hall, London as well as being featured on BBC Radio 4, details Keith’s research into the death penalty in the United States. His remarkable experiences include visiting the Innocence Project in New York and meeting Sr Helen Prejean of Dead Man Walking fame to spending time with the among public defenders office in Georgia.

2008 Death Penalty statistics

On average 7 people were executed everyday around the World in 2008

Five countries carried out 93% of all executions (China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the USA)

Methods used included: BEHEADING, STONING, HANGING, LETHAL INJECTION, SHOOTING, and ELECTROCUTION

Fifty nine countries retain the death penalty

Two thirds of countries in the world have abolished the death penalty in law or practice

Only one country in Europe continues to execute people – Belarus

In 2008 Iran executed 8 prisoners who were under 18 at the time of the offence – a flagrant breach of international law

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