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The Saker
A bird's eye view of the vineyard

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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
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offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Was Rachel Reeves ?Let Go? by Both the Bank of England and HBOS? Sat Dec 28, 2024 09:00 | David Craig
David Craig casts a critical eye over Rachel Reeves's career, suggesting that her exits from the Bank of England and HBOS may not have been entirely voluntary. Was she pushed, or did she jump?
The post Was Rachel Reeves ?Let Go? by Both the Bank of England and HBOS? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Recent Temperature Falls Likely to Put a Dampener on ?Hottest Year Evah? Stories Sat Dec 28, 2024 07:00 | Chris Morrison
Global temperatures are falling, oceans are cooling and the 'Hottest Year Evah' narrative is unravelling faster than a fact-checked Guardian article, says the Daily Sceptic's Environment Editor.
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offsite link News Round-Up Sat Dec 28, 2024 01:40 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Germany?s Economic and Political Suicide Fri Dec 27, 2024 17:00 | Tilak Doshi
Germany has gone from being the EU's industrial powerhouse to the sick man of Europe in just a few decades. Why? A suicidal energy policy fuelled by Green zealots.
The post Germany?s Economic and Political Suicide appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Madeline Grant on Starmer?s Army and the Assisted Dying Debate Fri Dec 27, 2024 15:00 | Richard Eldred
We catch up with the Telegraph's Madeline Grant to discuss whether Starmer's Army is up to snuff, her favourite MPs to sketch and her bizarre dispute with a Labour MP over her coverage of the assisted dying debate.
The post Madeline Grant on Starmer?s Army and the Assisted Dying Debate appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?113 Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:42 | en

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The worst drug-criminals are legislators

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press author Friday April 02, 2010 15:19author by Anon Report this post to the editors

Solving the drug problem is as easy as 1,2,3.

An Australian court finds that the existing drug laws, by reversing the onus of proof, violate the presumption of innocence. But all convictions stand. To any legislator who willingly allows the reverse onus of proof to continue, I say: May it please God that you become a victim of it.

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Related Link: http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-worst-drug-criminals-a-by-Gavin-R-Putland-100326-623.html
author by Gavin R. Putlandpublication date Mon Jun 13, 2011 02:06author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The reversal of the onus of proof in drug-possession cases is incompatible with the rule of law and is therefore unconstitutional in all jurisdictions.

Related Link: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/02/the-failure-of-the-war-on-drugs-high-level-commissions-report/#comment-5749
 
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