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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 U-Turns Over University Free Speech as it Brings Back Tory Law ? But Removes its ?Teeth? Wed Jan 15, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Labour has U-turned over university free speech as it brings back a Tory law clamping down on 'woke' cancel culture ? but removes its "teeth" by dropping the ability of academics to sue their institutions.
The post Labour U-Turns Over University Free Speech as it Brings Back Tory Law ? But Removes its “Teeth” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Israel and Hamas Agree Ceasefire Deal, Trump Confirms Wed Jan 15, 2025 18:09 | Will Jones
Donald Trump has confirmed that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement to end the war and release the hostages, saying he will continue promoting "peace through strength" throughout the region.
The post Israel and Hamas Agree Ceasefire Deal, Trump Confirms appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Reeves Jobs Bloodbath Continues as Currys Forced to Outsource to India Wed Jan 15, 2025 15:21 | Will Jones
The jobs bloodbath continues as Currys is forced to?outsource more British staff to India?as a result of Rachel Reeves's "tax on jobs", the Chief Executive of the electricals retailer has said.
The post Reeves Jobs Bloodbath Continues as Currys Forced to Outsource to India appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Woke Paris Theatre Goes Broke After Opening its Doors to 250 African Migrants for a Free Show Five W... Wed Jan 15, 2025 13:39 | Will Jones
A 'woke' theatre in Paris known for its radical Leftist shows faces bankruptcy after being occupied by more than 250 African migrants who were let in for a free event five weeks ago.
The post Woke Paris Theatre Goes Broke After Opening its Doors to 250 African Migrants for a Free Show Five Weeks Ago and They Refuse to Leave appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Declined: Chapter 4: ?A Promise Not a Threat? Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:29 | M. Zermansky
Chapter four of Declined is here ? a dystopian satire about the emergence of a social credit system in the U.K., serialised in?the Daily Sceptic. This week: Ella laments to see a tractor plough the last remaining field.
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offsite link Trump and Musk, Canada, Panama and Greenland, an old story, by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jan 14, 2025 07:03 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?114-115 Fri Jan 10, 2025 14:04 | en

offsite link End of Russian gas transit via Ukraine to the EU Fri Jan 10, 2025 13:45 | en

offsite link After Iraq, Libya, Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, the Pentagon attacks Yemen, by Thier... Tue Jan 07, 2025 06:58 | en

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

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national / sci-tech / other press Saturday January 15, 2005 04:01 by R. Isible   text 10 comments (last - friday may 13, 2005 09:55)
Slashdot (News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters) has a good article written by an insider about the closing of MIT Media Lab's sister institute based in Dublin. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Friday January 14, 2005 18:29 by Keith Harris   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 31, 2005 15:02)
Fine Gael Foreign Affairs Spokesman Bernard Allen TD on has called on Ticketmaster to consider waiving its service charge when booking tickets for Tsunami Aid events, or else to contribute the profits from the charges on these particular events to the appeal fund.

But event organisers say the profits are being made by the banking, credit card and telephone companies who have declined to waive their own charges for Asia-relief charity event bookings. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday January 14, 2005 00:01 by Sean Mc Aughey   text 7 comments (last - monday january 17, 2005 23:43)
Sources and friends close to Northern Ireland lawyer Padraigin Drinan are saying the official reasons behind an enforced closure by the Northern Ireland Law Society of the offices of Ireland’s foremost human rights defender and solicitor remains wide open for damaging speculation.... read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous / other press Thursday January 13, 2005 23:56 by redjade   text 64 comments (last - tuesday february 01, 2005 22:26)   image 16 images
118,600 votes in Ohio would have altered history (a little) read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday January 13, 2005 23:05 by The media platoon of the Islamic Jihad Army of Iraq   text 30 comments (last - tuesday january 18, 2005 17:08)   image 5 images
'We only wish we had more cameras to show the world their true defeat.' read full story / add a comment
the Lion of Judah.
international / racism & migration related issues / other press Thursday January 13, 2005 12:23 by I & I mac d.   text 4 comments (last - monday july 04, 2005 13:18)   image 1 image
Rita Marley the widow of singer and songwriter,
spokesman of his nation, thorn in the side of rightous evil, musician, dancer, genius Bob Marley

has agreed that the final mortal remains of her dead husband who died in 1981 from cancer may be returned to Ethiopia, which was and is his spiritual home. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Thursday January 13, 2005 00:36 by hs
At a mass rally of 10,000 people on Monday January 10, Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez announced a new decree aimed at speeding up land reform. Since the Land Act was passed in December 2001, the National Land Institute has already distributed 5.5 million acres of land to peasant cooperatives. Up until now all the land distributed has been state-owned land and there have been no expropriations. The new decree is aimed at the large landed estates (latifundia) that have been left idle or are poorly used. (January 12, 2005) read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / other press Wednesday January 12, 2005 21:53 by Jed Brandt   image 1 image
Todd Gitlin, Paul Berman and assorted intellectuals of the "decent left" have earned their keep arguing that anti-imperialism is nothing but an echo chamber of nihilism, oedipal rage and tacit support for whomever the governing class declares the enemy. Once upon a time their kind derided the Communist left as window dressing for the gulag; now they argue with parallel duplicity that anti-imperialists are shills for "Islamo-fascist" death cults and suicide bombers. As the gate-keepers of acceptable dissent, that is to say "none," they rarely take time to note what it is, this America, they've declared their loyalty to and what it is exactly the "anti-Americans" oppose. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday January 12, 2005 18:01 by Libby   text 2 comments (last - thursday january 13, 2005 19:15)
The search for elusive weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has officially ended, the Washington Post says. read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Wednesday January 12, 2005 10:23 by are talking to me?   text 5 comments (last - monday february 07, 2005 17:31)   image 1 image
Now as many of you know, coz Dan Brown told you,
people from the Elysee to the Louvre can't have proper conversations about their mummies and secrets anymore without being bugged (a technical expression) And they're sick of it. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday January 11, 2005 18:12 by pc   text 2 comments (last - wednesday january 12, 2005 04:33)
Four remaining Britons and an Australian being held at Guantanamo Bay will be released soon, officials said Tuesday, amid reports the number of prisoners at the U.S. military base would be radically reduced. A lawyer acting for two of the Britons told Reuters all the British detainees would be released within weeks. "The Foreign Office has confirmed to me that the four of them will be coming back within the next few weeks," human rights lawyer Louise Christian said. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday January 11, 2005 16:59 by cwi   text 3 comments (last - tuesday january 25, 2005 20:22)
As in every country around the world, in Sri Lanka the people have reacted far more quickly than their government. It is an excellent opportunity for the masses to work together and to realise that co-existing and cooperation are possible and to experience them. Unfortunately, the authorities are not using this opportunity to forge unity, but the opposite.

Article from socialistworld.net read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday January 11, 2005 00:24 by m. b.   text 6 comments (last - thursday january 13, 2005 17:29)
What exactly is fascism?
Political scientist Dr. Lawrence Britt recently wrote an article about fascism ("Fascism Anyone?," Free Inquiry, Spring 2003, page 20). Studying the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia), and Pinochet (Chile), Dr. Britt found they all had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Monday January 10, 2005 22:35 by boo!   text 5 comments (last - friday january 28, 2005 21:36)
Pinochet is now going to get bail.
and will be able to leave his house with swimming pool to have a toddle around only and only if the next judge supports the decision made earlier today to accept his bali application in relation to the ongoing investigation into his alledged missappropriation of several billion dollars during the extended operation Condor which brought him to power September 11 long time ago.

He must be biting his nails. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday January 10, 2005 19:37 by R. Isible
January 10th DemocracyNOW: the continuing exploitation of the Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster by the major state powers continues with the alleged importation of "Al Qaeda t-shirt wearing militants" by the Indonesian military into the contested province of Aceh in order to show a need for US Military involvement.

The interview is with Alan Nairn, a longtime reporter on things Indonesian (he was Amy Goodman's companion when they were beaten by Indonesian soldiers in the early 90's as they attempted to report on a human rights march). read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday January 10, 2005 14:26 by redjade   text 1 comment (last - thursday january 13, 2005 15:19)   image 1 image
Hadi Saleh, Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) International Secretary, assassinated 4th January 2005. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Monday January 10, 2005 13:38 by benjamin   text 2 comments (last - wednesday january 26, 2005 14:00)
Abu Mazen has been elected with a clear mandate to lead the Palestinian people, in full and fair elections a bit like the ones you get for school classroom which you're supposed to do around 14-16 years old, except President Jimmy Carter generally doesn't observe them.

He can't observe all the elections you know. read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous / other press Monday January 10, 2005 00:34 by cwi   text 1 comment (last - monday january 10, 2005 00:36)   image 1 image
The catastrophe in Asia has unleashed an unparalleled feeling of global solidarity. Millions of people around the world have given donations to the people and the countries in need.

This global solidarity and the willingness to help and assist have forced western imperialism to promise aid and to offer a temporary freeze on debt repayment.

While working people around the globe show genuine sympathy there are reasons to show no trust in the promises given by capitalists and political representatives of imperialism.

The Bush administration regards its aid effort as a, “Crucial weapon in a battle for the hearts and minds of Muslims in southern Asia and in much of the rest of the Muslim world, nudging their sentiments in America’s favour”, wrote the San Francisco Chronicle of January 6... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Saturday January 08, 2005 09:59 by crap name   text 2 comments (last - monday january 10, 2005 10:51)
On board were members of the high command of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation.

who were taking part in a routine exercise with the usual crew.

118 souls were lost in the subsequent disaster. read full story / add a comment
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