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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
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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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offsite link BBC Under Pressure to Play Christmas Song by ?Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers? Wed Dec 18, 2024 19:00 | Will Jones
The BBC is under pressure to play a Christmas number one contender?parodying Keir Starmer?s winter fuel cuts by 'Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers'.
The post BBC Under Pressure to Play Christmas Song by ‘Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers’ appeared first on 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.
The post The New Scientific Priesthood Wants Complete Control of What We Are Told appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.

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national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Sunday January 13, 2008 14:40 by C Murray   text 4 comments (last - thursday january 24, 2008 14:55)   image 2 images
Dark tales of babies for breakfast and drugged up doctors on muscle -relaxants racing
in dark nights of Belfast operating theatres (in the nineties) provided an evening of food
for those inclined to Carteresque tales and shape-shifters of the Danish variety.

This evening of story-telling of shamanism and shrimps was brought by the good offices
of Coilin- the Oh-Aissieux, of the Narratvie Arts Club:-http://www.indymedia.ie/article/84746.
Backround to the Narrative Arts Club:- http://tinyurl.com/2barxo read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday January 12, 2008 20:23 by Seán Ryan   text 13 comments (last - monday january 14, 2008 17:51)   image 18 images
Brief summary of the vigil held outside the Dublin embassy. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday January 12, 2008 16:24 by Jonah   text 1 comment (last - saturday january 12, 2008 16:56)   image 2 images
WASHINGTON, DC – Friday afternoon (Jan 11th.), over 80 activists organized by Witness Against Torture delivered a message to the U.S. Supreme Court demanding the shut-down of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo and justice for those detained there. 35 activists were arrested inside the Court building and another 35 on the steps.
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday January 11, 2008 21:51 by éirígí   text 7 comments (last - saturday january 12, 2008 19:22)   image 1 image
Wednesday’s (January 9) trial of three men in Belmullet district court, county Mayo was a mixture of the farcical, the bizarre and the downright sinister. The article below features extracts from a more comprehensive piece which can be accessed in its entirety at

http://www.eirigi.org/latest/latest110108.html
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Last remaining trees on Soldier Hill
international / history and heritage / news report Friday January 11, 2008 16:18 by tarapiXie   text 15 comments (last - friday february 01, 2008 18:21)   image 11 images
Another successful day as the campaign continues, activists occupied one of the last remaining tree's on the route from 6.30am onwards on the compulsory purchase line at soldier hill. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday January 11, 2008 14:24 by paul o toole   text 25 comments (last - saturday march 29, 2008 22:02)   image 1 image
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Thursday January 10, 2008 21:38 by Without Borders   text 12 comments (last - tuesday january 22, 2008 18:34)   image 3 images
European coverage of the arrest of the two Journalists in Niger on December the 17th
indicate that the French are not best pleased with Sarkozy's manner in handling the
Niger crisis.

Thomas Dandois is a freelance working with a Franco-German publication called
'Arte', and Pierre Cresson is a cameraman, they were arrested for talking with
Tuareg rebels and the sentence for so doing is punishable by death.

Reporters Sans Frontiers.
London Independent UK
Liberation.
Le Monde are calling for the Freedom of the Journalists. read full story / add a comment
Pat Boran
galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday January 10, 2008 17:09 by Over The Edge   image 2 images
The first ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ of 2008 takes place in Galway City Library on Thursday, January 24th, 6.30-8.00pm. The Featured Readers are Peter Guy, Jenny McCudden & Pat Boran. The reading is sponsored by Poetry Ireland. This is a very special occasion as it is now exactly five years since Over The Edge was born in Galway City Library in January 2003. read full story / add a comment
UK approves new nukes
international / environment / other press Thursday January 10, 2008 12:18 by neighbourly   text 6 comments (last - friday january 25, 2008 21:04)   image 1 image
Despite the cost of building them, the delay in bringing them online, the cost of cleaning up the old ones, the cost of disposing of all the waste so far, the need to invest in carbon capture or at least print up colourful brochures for the next generation on climate change, the general un-Scottishness of a post-nuclear "chernobyl style" disaster UK (most of Scottish people & many Welsh ones too would peel & die) the government of the UK has decided to approve new nuclear power plants.

Because of the Scottish thing, their PM AlexSalmond has gone radge & insists not a single nuke will be build the Caledonian side of the border. Nobody remembers the name of the Welsh PM so all attention is on the Taoiseach to say something rousing.
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Walkers brave the cold for a good cause
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday January 10, 2008 11:33 by Old Head   text 2 comments (last - sunday january 20, 2008 22:36)   image 3 images
Last year, in January 2007 a group of brave souls undertook to clim part of the Galtee Mountains to raise funds for a key court challenge with regard to the blocking of public access at the Old Head of Kinsale, Co. Cork. This year, as the case approaches a hearing in the High Court, funds are badly needed and we need more hardy folks to take to the mountains again. read full story / add a comment
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national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Thursday January 10, 2008 10:26 by C Murray   text 7 comments (last - monday january 14, 2008 20:58)   image 2 images
This is a short opinion and analysis based in an article written in December 2006
regarding the Press laws introduced by the then Minister for Justice, Michael Mc Dowell.
He published a Bill entitled 'The Privacy and Defamation Bill 2006'.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/78780

The Bill did not get legislated for in the form introduced and the 'Defamation 'section was 'shelved'.
Last night at the Launch of the Press Council of Ireland, current Justice Minister , Brian Leninhan TD
threatened the re-introduction of the defamation section , which had garnered international criticism. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday January 09, 2008 19:56 by wageslave   text 4 comments (last - tuesday january 22, 2008 07:43)   image 2 images
Former CIA agent Philip Agee, a critic of U.S. foreign policy who infuriated American intelligence officials by naming purported agency operatives in a 1975 book, has died, state media reported Wednesday. He was 72. read full story / add a comment
Noel Maguire Irish Political Prisoner
national / crime and justice / other press Wednesday January 09, 2008 19:14 by Concerned Group for Republican Prisoners   text 14 comments (last - wednesday november 26, 2008 19:34)   image 1 image
I wish through your media outlet to bring attention to a grave injustice being perpetrated against an Irish Citizen by his own government, Noel Maguire is seeking repatriation back to Ireland from an English jail to serve the remainder of his sentence in the country of his birth and to be closer to his family. The refusal by the Irish government in accepting Noel’s application seems to be stripping him of his Irish Citizenship and the civil rights that are associated with it.
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national / arts and media / news report Wednesday January 09, 2008 14:28 by Willie   text 7 comments (last - thursday january 10, 2008 12:57)   image 1 image
A video posted on youtube by members of the Irish Defence Forces- self-styled "Oglaigh na hEireann" - has been removed from by government order.

It is believed by some that Willie O'Dea was informed that the video, combined with the clear indication of his mustache, may lead some to believe that the whole 26 county defence forces idea was "a bit gay".

In the interest of free speech, the video should be seen, but people of a nervous disposition should be warned, it contains graphic scenes of disco dancing, men in showers, toilets and weight-lifting. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Wednesday January 09, 2008 12:01 by staring at rats   text 7 comments (last - thursday february 07, 2008 09:33)   image 2 images
Really quite a miscellany of human interest stories this one.

Naples is notorious throughout Europe for its rubbish problem, which for many is blamed on the intransigence of the Comora or Napolitan mafia who sabotage every attempt to provide the city with incineration facilities. Over the Christmas the Italian military were sent into the city to clean up mountains of household waste which quite simply has nowhere to go. Today the Italian state has appointed a "garbage czar" to sort it out. Meanwhile the Peoples' Republic of China is to ban plastic bags in an attempt to stop pollution in its land. Very thought provoking. & there is a spat in Italy between a bishop and family members over plans to exhume & display the body of Padre Pio the patron saint of "January blues". read full story / add a comment
The board of MAYO POWER with Myles Staunton (ex Fine Gael TD) second from left
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday January 08, 2008 16:51 by mr blue   text 13 comments (last - thursday december 09, 2010 13:44)   image 2 images
Plans are fast progressing to redevelop part of the old Asahi chemical plant in Killala County Mayo with a power plant using the same type of technology that is used in incinerators. Although the company behind the scheme say they intend to generate electricity using a mixture of peat, wood, and imported coal, many fear that the huge facility will be converted to an incinerator in the future.

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(Big) Garda deals with Elaine
clare / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Tuesday January 08, 2008 16:08 by Seán Ryan   text 57 comments (last - wednesday february 13, 2008 15:50)   image 3 images
Banner action in Shannon that highlights the fact that the Gardaí are either unaware of the law or do not practice it. read full story / add a comment
Ardsallagh Compound
international / history and heritage / news report Monday January 07, 2008 13:39 by tarapiXie   text 5 comments (last - tuesday january 08, 2008 18:41)   image 3 images
This morning, monday 6th jan '08 at 7 am, 11 of us split up into two groups. We went to the Ardsallagh Compound (site entrance 2.10) and Roestown (site entrance 2.1 ) . All the machinery was parked at these two sites for the past two weeks over Christmas. read full story / add a comment
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday January 07, 2008 12:42 by TD   image 3 images
Last Saturday, the nationwide IPSC campaign against Israeli Blood Diamonds was alive and well in Galway with activists from the Irish Centre for Human Rights and Malaysian medical students from the University College Hospital Galway doing their duty behind the info/petition table. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday January 07, 2008 10:25 by Gary MacLennan   text 24 comments (last - thursday february 14, 2008 00:09)   image 1 image
**Accessing "Route Irish" on the net

If you have a high speed connection, I'd suggest that you ight-click (pc) or ctrl-lick (mac) on this link and download to your desktop
http://www.archive.org/download/RouteIrish/Route.Irish....X.avi

Or you can go to
http://www.archive.org/details/RouteIrish
and watch online.
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