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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 Humza Yousaf Accuses David Lammy of Racism Thu Jan 16, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Humza Yousaf has accused Foreign Secretary David Lammy of racism for meeting with an Israeli minister as part of efforts to?secure a ceasefire in Gaza, saying he must deem Arab lives of lower value.
The post Humza Yousaf Accuses David Lammy of Racism appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link German Political Insanity Update: Ban on ?Unfiltered Opinions? Announced Thu Jan 16, 2025 17:00 | Eugyppius
German political elites are freaking out as the AfD continues to poll high, boosted by the perfidious Musk. Clamping down on "unfiltered opinions" that undermine "democracy" has become the latest obsession, says Eugyppius.
The post German Political Insanity Update: Ban on “Unfiltered Opinions” Announced appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Richard Tice Demands Apology From Matt Hancock Over Covid Vaccines: ?Horrendous at Every Level? Thu Jan 16, 2025 15:38 | Will Jones
Reform Party leader Richard Tice has called for former Health Secretary Matt Hancock to apologise over his handling of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, calling it "horrendous at every level".
The post Richard Tice Demands Apology From Matt Hancock Over Covid Vaccines: “Horrendous at Every Level” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Keir Starmer?s Human Rights Lawyer Chum is Shipwrecking His Government Thu Jan 16, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
From handing over the Chagos Islands to compensating Gerry Adams, Starmer's decisions owe more to human rights lawyers than sound politics. He needs to sack his chum Lord Hermer before he shipwrecks his Government.
The post Keir Starmer’s Human Rights Lawyer Chum is Shipwrecking His Government appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why the ?1 in 73 Muslims in Rotherham? Statistic Is Misleading Thu Jan 16, 2025 11:00 | Noah Carl
One figure that has been repeatedly cited in the grooming gangs debate is that 1 in 73 Muslim men in the town of Rotherham has been prosecuted for grooming gang offences. However, this figure is slightly misleading.
The post Why the ?1 in 73 Muslims in Rotherham? Statistic Is Misleading appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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THE NEW 'R' PLATE..
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Saturday September 04, 2010 13:06 by Ceibhfhionn   text 8 comments (last - monday october 04, 2010 17:11)   image 1 image
By april 2011,what the new (or not so new) road user will need before applying for their test is £1,125 euros,and a lot of time on their hands,as they will be expected to undertake 20 lessons,after completing their theory test,which will set them back an extra 50 euros.

Not everybody passes their test on the first round,and the driving testers,sometimes have the wrong attitude and no people skills,and will just fail you for the smallest slight non endangering mistake. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Friday September 03, 2010 15:57 by Clodagh
Human trafficing has been dramatically clamped down on in the North of Ireland,while in the Republic we are still struggling to deal with the old criminal gangs of ireland,and not succeeding.

And we certainly are nowhere near reform in our police force in the south ,tackling such issues as cyber crime and prostitution in the repulblic it is most definately red light zone,a free for all.. read full story / add a comment
King Billy of Ballymun
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday September 03, 2010 09:49 by Phoblacht   text 3 comments (last - sunday september 05, 2010 00:08)   image 1 image
As speculation mounts about a visit by the British Queen to the twenty six counties, Fine Gael has sunk to a new low, dismissing the victims of British state violence and mocking those who dare to question the appropriateness of a Windsor visit. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday September 02, 2010 17:32 by john throne
The group the WIL is holding as meeting to launch a campaign for a labor party in the USA. This article questions why this group has taken this initiative on its own and why it has not sought a united front approach. It raises the issues of left sectarianism, ultra leftism and opportunism and how these have damaged the workers and left and radical movement in the USA and internationally. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 01, 2010 15:11 by Con Carroll   text 9 comments (last - friday september 03, 2010 11:10)   image 5 images
the lastest brain storm from the Minister of Social welfare one should ask Noel Dempsey what cuts has he taken with other ministers read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 31, 2010 18:05 by s3s
Some pratical informations and a text (in English, French, German and - soon - Spanish and Dutch) about migration, capitalism, social revolts and the end September week in Brussels.

https://enjoybrussels.noblogs.org/english-4/

To forward, print and broadcast read full story / add a comment
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dublin / eu / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 24, 2010 22:06 by FAS SUBSIDISING A COMPANY NEAR YOU.   text 16 comments (last - saturday august 28, 2010 15:26)   image 1 image
Before FAS existed ,there were training agencies in ireland such as MANPOWER AND ADCO..They were services that worked for the people and not for the purposes of furnishing their greens(euro)..

For example,300 people may be required for employment in a warehouse in cork and they would,have people working for manpower and adco,who have the necessary skills to train them,most would have 10+ years experience in a factory setting..
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national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 24, 2010 14:28 by Declan Culle   text 8 comments (last - thursday august 26, 2010 19:30)
Israel's Hypocrisy

Can someone please tell me if the Ireland has become the new Pro - Israel proxy.
The reason I asked is there seem to be endless letters published in various papers that support
Israel's right to do this, that, and the other, while not coming under any criticism for its actions.
People in this country need to remember that Israel has played the 'hard done by' card since its creation in 1948. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Sunday August 22, 2010 10:55 by Paddy Hackett   text 15 comments (last - tuesday september 07, 2010 20:18)
In general the radical left largely consists of bourgeois activists in disguise. They are there to help capitalism maintain itself. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday August 21, 2010 19:58 by Sinead O Domhnaill   text 3 comments (last - monday august 23, 2010 18:38)
Below is the reproduction of a letter which appeared in the Donegal Democrat (Thursday 19/8/10) read full story / add a comment
FAS IN SPACE
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday August 21, 2010 18:01 by EX FAS WORKER   text 4 comments (last - sunday august 22, 2010 13:56)   image 1 image
FAS complaints of abuse and mismanagement, are at an all time high, FAS registered employees has risen by nearly 50 pc. Staffing levels to cope with this has only risen by 5 pc. FAS in recent years has come under attack, due to media reports,including recent documentation on fas activity in Castlebar and other towns across Ireland..

They even recieved funding for a FAS space project!! which has nothing to do with increasing job prospects for the unemployed of Ireland.

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national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday August 21, 2010 12:36 by Wayne   text 6 comments (last - tuesday august 24, 2010 11:20)
Cronyism in the heart of Dublin 4 read full story / add a comment
Irish antiziganism in 2009
international / eu / opinion/analysis Saturday August 21, 2010 00:26 by iosaf   text 12 comments (last - friday october 08, 2010 12:23)   image 8 images
Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential decree ordering the expulsion of Roma gypsies from the French state is currently being carried out. It marks another milestone on an age old road of antiziganism (the hostility, prejudice or racism directed at the Roma / Romani people, also known gypsies or Romanian gypsies. An age old road tread in Europe which has not yet brought them early 20th century literacy rates. An age old road which has seen them pass & passed through camps, squatted sites, the Holocaust, forced sterilization & in this age of Facebook Ryanair globalisation their prettiest children have become the fodder for 21st century sexual slavery.
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cork / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday August 20, 2010 23:47 by Marie-Therese O' Loughlin
Re: Industrial Schools and the Legacy thereof.

I have just signed a petition for survivors' of institutional child abuse to have Statutory Funding given to them directly; as opposed to bureaucratic handling of it by government agencies, et al.

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international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Friday August 20, 2010 14:49 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
Marla Stormwolf - Patty and Anthony Damiano read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Friday August 20, 2010 14:21 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
Marla Stormwolf - Patty and Anthony Damiano read full story / add a comment
why choose suffering?
dublin / animal rights / opinion/analysis Friday August 20, 2010 09:19 by Bernie Wright   text 46 comments (last - saturday june 23, 2012 08:47)   image 2 images   video 4 video files

The Alliance for Animal Rights is horrified to hear that a well known RTE presenter Ella Mc Sweeney has had two ‘pet’ pigs she raised in her garden butchered for food. This person apparently an animal ‘welfarest ‘’ has been known for her stance against animal cruelty in the meat trade.
The pigs were kept by her at her Blackrock home for several months before they were butchered.She is pictured in a newspaper with her arms around the two innocent and gentle animals.
Yet again we stress the difference in using animals for to feed our taste buds as welfarests do, as opposed to respecting the rights of other non human sentient beings to share our planet.

We have urged our supporters to stress their disappointment at her actions.
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international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Friday August 20, 2010 04:22 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
... and concepts about animal communication on a spiritual level read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Friday August 20, 2010 04:06 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
,,, and concepts from one communicator to another! read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday August 19, 2010 12:53 by Bryan Wall   text 5 comments (last - friday august 20, 2010 12:53)
A number of weeks ago, an article has published in a local newspaper in Cork in which the 19 year old author describes her time volunteering with the IDF for 2 months over the summer. This article is a response to her initial article and a correction of the false claims and accusations she made in her initial article. read full story / add a comment
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