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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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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Australian Drugs Regulator Knew mRNA Vaccines Can Enter Nucleus and Integrate into Genome Despite Of... Wed Dec 18, 2024 17:07 | Rebekah Barnett
Emails released under FOI?reveal that senior staff at Australia's drugs regulator knew mRNA vaccines?can?enter the cell nucleus and integrate into the genome, despite the official line that such events are not possible.
The post Australian Drugs Regulator Knew mRNA Vaccines Can Enter Nucleus and Integrate into Genome Despite Official Denials, Emails Reveal appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Turkish Crime Boss Allowed to Remain in U.K. on Human Rights Grounds, Judges Rule Wed Dec 18, 2024 15:39 | Will Jones
A Turkish crime boss said to be one of Britain?s biggest?drug dealers?has won his human rights battle against deportation after the UN Refugee Agency intervened and judges rejected a Home Office appeal.
The post Turkish Crime Boss Allowed to Remain in U.K. on Human Rights Grounds, Judges Rule appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The New Scientific Priesthood Wants Complete Control of What We Are Told Wed Dec 18, 2024 13:32 | Dr David McGrogan
The ambition of elites to "manage the infodemic" amounts to the establishment of a scientific priesthood that wants full control of what we are told to ensure we only come to approved conclusions, says Dr David McGrogan.
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offsite link China Cancels Christmas in Hong Kong ? Leaving Churches Fearing for Their Future Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:22 | John MacNab
China has cancelled Christmas in Hong Kong this year. Officials have ordered that the usual celebrations be 'toned down'. It's part of a creeping intolerance that leaves churches fearing for the future, says John MacNab.
The post China Cancels Christmas in Hong Kong ? Leaving Churches Fearing for Their Future appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Brits Could Face Up to ?20 a Year Extra on Energy Bills to Fund ?Carbon Capture? Technology Wed Dec 18, 2024 09:00 | Will Jones
Brits could face an extra ?20 a year on energy bills to fund unproven carbon capture technology as the Government proposes to spend ?21.7 billion on projects to capture the gas from the air and store it underground.
The post Brits Could Face Up to ?20 a Year Extra on Energy Bills to Fund ‘Carbon Capture’ Technology appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / racism & migration related issues / feature Saturday September 23, 2006 21:05 by Caoimhe   text 91 comments (last - tuesday june 14, 2016 12:27)   image 15 images
I was outside the GNIB last Wednesday t,he day the deportation took place, from 10 in the morning to roughly 7:30 in the evening. This is a (sketchy) account of what happened down there. read full story / add a comment
roscommon / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday September 23, 2006 02:27 by Elaine Murphy   text 3 comments (last - saturday september 23, 2006 17:47)   image 1 image
Chavez : "As Chomsky says here clearly and in depth, the American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its hegemonic system of domination, and we cannot allow them to do that. We cannot allow world dictatorship to be consolidated. The world tyrant’s statement -- cynical, hypocritical, full of this imperial hypocrisy, from the need they have to control everything -- they say they want to impose a democratic model, but that's their democratic model. It's the false democracy of elites, and I would say a very original democracy that's imposed by weapons and bombs and firing weapons. What a strange democracy. Aristotle might not recognize it, or others who are at the root of democracy. What type of democracy do you impose with marines and bombs?" read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday September 22, 2006 19:10 by Revolt Video   image 5 images
Wednesday 27th Sept

Seomra Spraoi
1st Floor (ring top buzzer)
6 Lower Ormond Quay
Dublin 2

Waged 5 / Unwaged 3 euros

Door 7.30pm
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Smash Censorship
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday September 22, 2006 18:35 by Radical Student   image 1 image
To University of Ulster and UU Student’s Union,

Ógra Shinn Féin writes this public letter to the University of Ulster and the University of Ulster Student’s Union, in condemnation and protest at your censorship of politics in the University of Ulster.

As a youth political organisation which has been established and active in three UU campuses, Magee, Coleraine and Jordanstown for a number of years, we cannot understand nor accept the decision taken.
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Damien Hulme
louth / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 17:58 by Sean Crudden   image 1 image
In an atmosphere of hustle, hassle, harass, hurry it is difficult to think straight. Even those who can think under pressure would surely think more clearly if there were peace. We need to settle down and get our heads together because we are approaching a decisive political cross-roads in Ireland. There may be tiredness and frustration on one hand and powerful, discordant and divisive voices on the other. Now is not the time to allow ourselves to be manipulated any further. Every individual must assert his and her rights and think clearly for themselves. read full story / add a comment
De day de queen of Drumcondra made his Holy Communion.
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 16:30 by John McDermott   text 9 comments (last - saturday october 07, 2006 00:58)   image 1 image
"Me Ma said that uncle Phil died,when he was 75 in a place where only rich people went for medical treatment when they got ill.There was no waitin lists or queus there as long as you had plenty of money.It was in a posh part of the city too out past Ballsbridge. I was grown up then and runnin the country of course.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 15:48 by Dec McCarthy   text 1 comment (last - saturday september 23, 2006 23:40)   image 1 image
Rice’s new’ Middle East is depressingly and wearyingly familiar to anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the history of imperialist interventions in the region. Just like those British and French colonialists who sat over maps a century ago redrawing boundaries across the Middle East, the US, the UK and the Israelis imagine they can shape a subcontinent regardless of the needs or desires of the majority of the people who live there. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / news report Friday September 22, 2006 15:25 by chiapas solidarity group   image 3 images
A REVOLUTION IN OAXACA ? read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 12:03 by Mark Malone   text 2 comments (last - friday september 22, 2006 19:34)   image 1 image
The Irish government’s explicit support for Shell’s proposed development in Rossport, against the demands and wishes of a large proportion of the locally affected community, exemplifies not only the highly organised and funded public relation strategy that Shell and its partners have used. It also highlights the massive democratic deficit in this country. In a broader sense corporate Public Relations, and it’s close links to government, is perhaps one of the most potent factors in curtailing meaningful democracy. read full story / add a comment
A Poster for the show on the window of the international bar.
dublin / arts and media / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 03:16 by Pinhead   text 1 comment (last - sunday july 15, 2007 13:11)   image 2 images
Lightswitch is a Dublin based production company promising to bring theatre goers the 'ridiculously serious and the seriously ridiculous.' If its chaotic humour and a theatre of the absurd they aspire to then through a healthy mangling of a Greek classic with Antigone Interactive, they hit the nail partially on the head but falter at the point of audience interaction and political depth. The Antigone lead comes across oozing sassy stylistic rebellion like a photo shot prepped baile funk star MIA - all gun belt for show and Che Guevara t-shirt as poseurish portend to an inevitable martyrdom for ritually burying her brother against her father's edicts. read full story / add a comment
Protests in Singapore
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 02:57 by Paul Baynes   image 1 image
During the week of the annual conference of the IMF and the World Bank, some thoughts on the nature of employment in the current phase of globalisation.

More and more, workers throughout the so-called developing world are relying on low paid, unstable employment in the informal economy. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday September 21, 2006 18:25 by Chris Murray   text 38 comments (last - saturday may 05, 2007 18:58)   image 2 images
There are few details but a woman from the Congo had refused a blood transfusion
after haemorraging this morning at the Coombe, women's Hospital. She had given birth
to a baby boy.

Complications ensued which led to the loss of 80% of her blood.
She refused Transfusion.
The Coombe Applied to the Courts.
The Court ordered the transfusion.
Mainstream is calling it a landmark decision.

Questions:- Is birth , the birthing process a mental illness/a physical illness?
Does the patient have the right to a voice in their treatment.
Was she made a ward of court in order for the Hospital authority to over-rule
her wishes which coukd have been ethical/religious. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday September 21, 2006 16:42 by IRISH BASQUE COMMITTEES   text 32 comments (last - wednesday october 25, 2006 21:38)   image 5 images
Inaki De Juana expressed his will to continue on hunger strike after he was force fed last night following orders coming from the Spanish Special Court. read full story / add a comment
Prime Minister of Pakistan shukat aziz  adreesing inaugural session of SACOSAN-2
international / environment / news report Thursday September 21, 2006 10:03 by Qasim Rajpar   image 1 image
SACOSAN-2 inaugurated in Islamabd. read full story / add a comment
IMF out of the Philippines and South countries now!
international / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday September 21, 2006 05:38 by Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)   image 1 image
On the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) together with the World Bank in Singapore, the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) and other civil society organizations blame “the Fund” for being the single most influential factor for the worsening poverty in the Philippines and other countries in the South.

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kildare / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday September 21, 2006 05:30 by d'other   text 5 comments (last - tuesday october 03, 2006 16:45)   image 1 image
An Irish farmer has used the Ryder Cup and the endless streams of choppered in VIP's to make a general point on peace. The farmer describes how 'as the rich and powerful politicians chopper their way to the Ryder Cup, they might have to avert their gaze from my little farm next door.' Why? Because on this small area of farm land beside the K-Club venue he has made a huge CND style peace symbol encircled with a 'peace on earth' slogan. Weird or what? Photos are at the following link. read full story / add a comment
Fight Against Top Up Fees!
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday September 21, 2006 01:40 by Radical Student   text 1 comment (last - thursday september 21, 2006 06:55)   image 1 image
By Dermot Keenan

The start of the 2006 / 2007 academic years brings with it, for the first time, the burden of top up fees on new students. Previously, most students in Britain and the North (except Scottish students studying in Scotland) pay a contribution towards their tuition fees (anything from £0-£1,250 a year).
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Socialism 2006
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday September 20, 2006 20:22 by SP Online   text 3 comments (last - wednesday october 18, 2006 13:57)   image 1 image
A weekend of debate and discussion hosted by the Socialist Party will take place on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st of October 2006. Tickets cost €5 for Friday, €10 for the weekend. A creche service will be available for the Saturday. Agenda below: read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday September 20, 2006 19:58 by Fred Johnston - Manager   image 1 image
Western Writers' Centre continues to assist Irish-language writers

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international / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Wednesday September 20, 2006 19:01 by David Logan   text 11 comments (last - saturday september 23, 2006 17:17)   image 8 images
The purpose of this article is to describe my experience of an International Volunteer Project so that well-intentioned potential volunteers will have some idea of the kind of conditions they may face. Service Civil International (SCI), the organisation that promoted the project describes itself as: “an international non-governmental organisation committed to the promotion of peace and understanding through voluntary activities. These activities consist primarily of 2-3 week long international volunteer placements involving volunteers from all over the world. These projects range from working with marginalised people to ecological, arts and cultural projects, amongst others.” The Irish branch of Service Civil International is called Voluntary Service International (VSI). read full story / add a comment
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