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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

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offsite link Labour?s War Against the Past Thu Jan 09, 2025 17:46 | Dr Nicholas Tate
Labour is engaged in an all-out assault on the past. From schools to immigration, inheritance tax to the House of Lords, this radical Left-wing Government is waging war on British culture, says Dr Nicholas Tate.
The post Labour’s War Against the Past appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Britain ?Came Within Whisker of Blackouts? Yesterday Thu Jan 09, 2025 15:16 | Will Jones
Britain came "within a whisker of blackouts" on Wednesday after plunging temperatures and?low wind power generation?left electricity grid operators struggling to keep the lights on.
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offsite link Where is Rachel Reeves? Thu Jan 09, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Bond yields are soaring to their highest levels in 30 years and sterling is sliding, but the Chancellor is nowhere to be seen. Where is Rachel Reeves and why won't she address the markets her failed Budget has spooked?
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offsite link Thousands of Civil Servants to Strike ?Indefinitely? Over Demand to Return to Office Three Days a We... Thu Jan 09, 2025 11:16 | Will Jones
Thousands of civil servants are to strike "indefinitely" following an order to return to the office for three days a week, a move described by a trade union as "Victorian".
The post Thousands of Civil Servants to Strike “Indefinitely” Over Demand to Return to Office Three Days a Week appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link EV Sales Still Way Below Target as U.K. Car Industry Careers Towards Oblivion Thu Jan 09, 2025 09:00 | Paul Homewood
U.K. electric vehicle sales are still way below target, says Paul Homewood. "If you wanted to destroy the U.K. car industry, while enriching Chinese and U.S. manufacturers, I cannot think of a better way to do it."
The post EV Sales Still Way Below Target as U.K. Car Industry Careers Towards Oblivion appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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proposed Interchange at Tara
meath / environment / other press Friday March 14, 2008 04:03 by YA BASTA!   text 5 comments (last - thursday april 03, 2008 00:00)   image 3 images
Here's some background info and up-dates on whats happening at Tara!
One Love
One World
Whatever you dream you can do begin it.
Boldness has genius, power & magic in it. B
Begin it now.

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national / environment / other press Thursday March 13, 2008 21:56 by PEGG   text 24 comments (last - wednesday december 07, 2011 09:37)   image 2 images
Over eighty different groups applied for funding from Shell's Local Grants Programme in Erris. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday March 13, 2008 18:25 by Seán Ryan   text 1 comment (last - friday march 21, 2008 02:00)
All the interrogations were filmed. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday March 13, 2008 16:56 by Gearóid Ó Loingsigh
The two marches recently held in Colombia to protest on the one hand against the FARC and the second march to protest against State Crimes were treated very differently by the media and the government. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Thursday March 13, 2008 16:31 by pat c
There are those who believe that Iran is a paradise. They were outraged recently when an Iranian exile suggested that prostitution was rife under the Iranian Theocracy. Well read this! Hypocrite!

Tehran's police chief has resigned following his arrest after being found naked in the company of six nude prostitutes in a local brothel. Reza Zarei stepped down from his post following the raid, reportedly ordered by Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, chief of the judicial authorities, Ynetnews reported Wednesday.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday March 13, 2008 13:34 by tomeile   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 13, 2008 15:58)
The resignation of the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, Admiral William J. "Fox" Fallon, on Tuesday has sparked a new round of speculation that President Bush and Vice President Cheney are planning to attack Iran before Bush leaves the Whitehouse. Reports such as the two linked to here suggesting that the Admiral was forced to resign because of his cautious attitude to war with Iran have been denied by the Bush administration and Fallon himself .

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Yaghub Mehrnehad
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday March 13, 2008 12:18 by pat c   image 1 image
Peter Tatchell writes below on the case of Yaghub Mehrnehad and others under sentence of death in Iran.

An Iranian Baluch journalist and civil rights campaigner, Yaghub Mehrnehad, aged 28, has been sentenced to death for an unknown offence, after torture and an unfair trial conducted behind closed doors, according to Amnesty International. His execution is imminent. He is likely to be hanged in public, using the barbaric slow strangulation method favoured by the Tehran regime. It is deliberately designed to maximise the pain and prolong the suffering of the victim.

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international / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday March 13, 2008 11:00 by D_D   text 1 comment (last - monday march 17, 2008 14:16)
This new site compiles the documents and debate around the split in Respect and provides a forum for the politics of non-sectarian left renewal and regroupment.

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Manchester Chief Constable Michael Todd
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday March 12, 2008 22:49 by redjade   text 3 comments (last - thursday march 13, 2008 23:35)   image 1 image
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday March 12, 2008 18:58 by pat c   image 1 image
workers in struggle is a new publication which brings together trade unionists, socialists and other activists in solidarity with the workers movement in the Middle East.

Articles in this issue include:

strike wave rocks egypt
On Sunday 16th February, more than 10,000 workers
from the Spinning and Weaving Company textile mill in
the Nile Delta city of Mahalla el-Kubra staged a mass
demonstration against low wages, price rises and Hosni
Mubarak’s authoritarian regime. read full story / add a comment
galway / consumer issues / other press Tuesday March 11, 2008 12:28 by Sarah OWC
The finals of the Galway Fair-trade Committee’s JUST DESSERTS desert making competition attracted over Two Hundred and Fifty people to the Galway City Museum last Friday. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Tuesday March 11, 2008 11:19 by Equalizer1948   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 11, 2008 11:44)
Break the Silence ! Check out this music video by the Palestinian musician Doc Jazz. Contains highly graphic images, so be warned! read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Monday March 10, 2008 21:57 by ec   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 11, 2008 20:30)
Interesting news. This is a first of a kind legal case in Europe. Originally from RTE I think.
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meath / history and heritage / other press Monday March 10, 2008 18:06 by Tom Dick and Harry   text 5 comments (last - thursday april 17, 2008 09:05)   image 1 image
Alternative uses for Tara tunnel system (if the NRA give up on destroying the Tara valley) :

Bertie Ahern could stash mooney in the tunnels for a while, until he gets his bank accounts sorted. Dermot Ahern could be looking up the trees.

Storage of E-voting machines

Carbon Capture

Place for the Labour Party to dump the weapons they inherited from the Workers Party

Westlife CD's could be buried in the tunnels

Paintballing dungeons and dragons style

Underground electricity cables

natural gas pipeline

Westlife could be buried there

(that's enough uses for Tara tunnels- Ed)

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday March 08, 2008 18:22 by Seán Ryan   text 1 comment (last - sunday march 09, 2008 05:25)
When presented with a Bill from Congress today, a bill that would have outlawed waterboarding amongst other criminal acts, President Bush simply vetoed it. read full story / add a comment
Parvin Ardalan
international / gender and sexuality / other press Friday March 07, 2008 14:33 by pat c   text 14 comments (last - tuesday april 08, 2008 21:46)   image 1 image
Here is an Amnesty International article on Parvin Ardalan and how she was prevented from leaving Iran.

Iranian feminist and journalist Parvin Ardalan was prevented from leaving Iran on Sunday to travel to Sweden where she was to receive the 2007 Olof Palme Prize in Stockholm. She said that after she boarded a plane at Tehran airport she was told that she was not permitted to leave the country. "They took my passport and said I could get it back after 72 hours," she said. "The only reason for this move is to prevent me from taking part in the ceremony."
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday March 07, 2008 12:20 by Sean Crudden
Does psychiatric back-up improve the effectiveness of an army? Will it help to mitigate the effects of war? Is all war madness? Are psychiatrists and mental health professionals colluding in a chaotic and destructive adventure? read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Thursday March 06, 2008 00:44 by Pollytix   text 4 comments (last - sunday march 09, 2008 12:57)
'The problem for the senior vice-president of technology at Phorm, an Aim-listed company which recently tied up a deal with the UK's three biggest internet service providers - BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk, who between them have more than 10 million customers - is that it's not the privacy groups who he really needs to convince. It's the millions of people whose services will be affected by Phorm's scheme, because some are up in arms over what they see as an invasion of their privacy through Phorm's intention to categorise all of their web-surfing habits in order to target online ads at them.' read full story / add a comment
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