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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

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offsite link Reform Candidate ?Sacked? by Housing Association for Reposting ?Racist? Daily Telegraph Cartoon Fri Jan 10, 2025 15:10 | Will Jones
A housing officer was sacked for being a Reform UK candidate and reposting a Daily Telegraph cartoon after being told Reform?s policies on immigration and Net Zero were "in direct conflict" with his employer's "values".
The post Reform Candidate “Sacked” by Housing Association for Reposting “Racist” Daily Telegraph Cartoon appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trudeau?s Prorogation of Parliament is a Mistake He Must Be Allowed to Make Fri Jan 10, 2025 13:18 | Dr James Allan
Justin Trudeau wants to prorogue Parliament to buy time before the election. Voters will punish him for it, says Prof James Allan, but it's a mistake he must be allowed to make without activist judges getting in the way.
The post Trudeau’s Prorogation of Parliament is a Mistake He Must Be Allowed to Make appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Significance of Jordan Peterson Fri Jan 10, 2025 11:00 | James Alexander
Jordan Peterson should make his mind up about Christianity, critics say. Prof James Alexander disagrees: he's a profound Jungian explorer who wants to help a secularised world see why Christianity still matters.
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offsite link Massive Recovery in Antarctica Sea Ice Unreported by Net Zero-Obsessed Mainstream Media Fri Jan 10, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
There's been a massive recovery in Antarctica sea ice this year. But you won't hear about it in our Net Zero-obsessed mainstream media, says Chris Morrison.
The post Massive Recovery in Antarctica Sea Ice Unreported by Net Zero-Obsessed Mainstream Media appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link In Episode 25 of the Sceptic: Mike Jones on the Pakistani Rape Gangs, Poppy Coburn on Why It?s a Rac... Fri Jan 10, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In episode 25 of the sceptic: Dr Mike Jones on the Pakistani rape gangs, Poppy Coburn on why it's a race hate scandal and Ben Pile on the fall of ESG.
The post In Episode 25 of the Sceptic: Mike Jones on the Pakistani Rape Gangs, Poppy Coburn on Why It?s a Race Hate Scandal and Ben Pile On the Fall of ESG appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday December 08, 2006 23:26 by David Morrison   text 3 comments (last - thursday december 14, 2006 02:33)   image 1 image
Ireland is supplying troops to fight the Bush/Blair “war on terror” in Afghanistan, and it has been doing so since July 2002. Not many, it’s true. But Ireland is a contributor to ISAF, the NATO-led multi-national force there, which has killed hundreds, if not thousands, of Afghans in recent months. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Friday December 08, 2006 07:38 by m.m.mccarron   text 4 comments (last - sunday december 10, 2006 15:44)
Shell ordered to clean up site of pollution by refined petroleum hydrocarbons from leak at petrol station. read full story / add a comment
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international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Thursday December 07, 2006 06:59 by Jupiter   text 3 comments (last - thursday august 09, 2007 14:07)   image 1 image
As Christmas approaches we all need to be aware of the importance of proper animal care, in particular dogs and cats, many of which when puppies and kittens are given as Christmas presents. It might be a great idea at first but what about when reality sinks in and by the time New Year arrives your puppy has chewed your child's favourite new toy? Or your kitten has clawed her way round your new leather handbag? Animals are exactly that- animals, and without lots of advanced planning and preparation it is un-realistic to treat them like cute Christmas presents that can be played with then put away. read full story / add a comment
Texan playing cards....
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 06, 2006 19:20 by Queen of Clubs   text 1 comment (last - thursday december 07, 2006 13:05)   image 1 image

A few things happened on 'Budget day', Minister Mc Dowell wasn't in the house
(at least for the analysis) - and why should he be? his very public campaign
to abolish Stamp Duty for first time buyers was ignored by the wealthy FF party.
That is humiliating now isn't it? Kyoto was ignored- indeed , hats off to Joan Burton
and her engaging quip-"he,Mnister in charge of climate change cannot even get the electoral
register right." read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 06, 2006 17:34 by Augusto César Revoredo.
Brazilian entrepreneurs, workers and unemployeds, we need workmanships, projects and initiatives that multiply chances, wages, jobs and businesses, and this will not happen in desirable speed while the Union to spend, as in the year of 2006, 490 billion Reals (U.S.$ 220.000.000.000, 00) with a presumpted financing of the internal debt next to bankers read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 06, 2006 10:59 by C Murray   text 3 comments (last - sunday october 14, 2007 17:32)   image 1 image

Last night Minister Mc Dowell informed the media that the Privacy and Defamation Bill
would not be going throught the Oireachtas together/in toto and that the Defamation
Bill, alone, was on the table at Seanad Eireann. He has to re-adjust and re-appraise
the 'Privacy' section- this was the section which criminalised 'certain forms' of
news-gathering. It had been criticised throughout Europe for 'reining' in the press. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 06, 2006 03:43 by Amanda Slevin   text 3 comments (last - wednesday december 06, 2006 21:46)
The Government is giving away Ireland's natural resources without any benefits to Ireland! read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 05, 2006 14:58 by Spike   text 3 comments (last - tuesday december 05, 2006 20:50)
Have a look at this article that would suggest that times might be getting harder for those who wish to protest.... read full story / add a comment
Viva Chavez
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Monday December 04, 2006 15:53 by Cllr Keith Martin   text 15 comments (last - saturday february 03, 2007 22:39)   image 2 images
The victory is a confirmation of Chavez's policies of targeting the needs of the poor with the huge profits from the country's oil industry. Until Chavez's election most of these profits went into tax breaks for the middle and upper classes in Venezuela. read full story / add a comment
CIA Rendition Plane at Shannon 8th July 2006
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Monday December 04, 2006 00:20 by Edward Horgan   text 7 comments (last - wednesday december 13, 2006 21:42)   image 1 image
Bengemin Disraeli said that there were three kinds of statistics- Lies, Lies, and damn Lies. The Irish Government has been manipulating statistics of late. So now we are told there were only 6 complaints made by peace activists about suspicious US aircraft at Shannon? There were at least 60 such complaints, many in writing and many more verbal. Shannon Gardai now claim that it is necessary to come to Shannon Garda station to make a complaint, otherwise they refuse to acknowledge it. So if your neighbout is being murdered, or raped, and you ring up to inform the gardai at Shannon will they ignore your call. The people of Iraq and Afghanistan are our neighbours. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / opinion/analysis Saturday December 02, 2006 16:35 by O. O. McCool   text 3 comments (last - tuesday december 05, 2006 16:40)
A critique of RTE's radio and television coverage of the attempted assassination of nationalist leadership at Stormont on November 24, 2006; and its ominous implications. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Friday December 01, 2006 19:00 by anon   text 3 comments (last - monday december 04, 2006 12:35)
As Ahern does his best false outrage, he also quielty suggest he will ban the Guantomano Express from Ireland. A plane he described yesterday as more likley coming here for a golfing holiday, yet now he agrees to ban it, what other planes will be on this list and how will he ban them from Irish airspace if civilian planes don't need to give notice. http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1129/cia.html

In his written submission the the cmttee he desrcibes how many thousands of planes go through Ireland and the Gardai have investigated 6 complaints (It was 4).
http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/Press_Releases/20061130/22...2.htm read full story / add a comment
antrim / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Thursday November 30, 2006 12:51 by Madigan   text 10 comments (last - monday december 04, 2006 10:37)
Isn't it strange that when in sniffing distance of getting back into power the local parties shy away from association with opposition to separate water charges. Is the thought of missing out on the double tax so hard to swallow. Maybe the truth is as suspected that all allong the likes of the DUP SF really agreed with the policy. read full story / add a comment
Del Toro with his creation "Pan"
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 29, 2006 17:13 by w.   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 29, 2006 17:21)   image 1 image
The most immediately striking thing about Guillermo del Toro’s latest film “El Laberinto del Fauno” (Pan’s Labyrinth) is that it is entirely in Spanish with English subtitles yet still draws large crowds in Dublin’s ordinary multi-screen cinemas. The film, a mixture of fantastic fairy-tale and dramatic account of life in post civil war Spain, follows the journey of a highly imaginative young girl called Ofelia. Ofelia’s mother has married a sadistic fascist army Captain, who is engaged in a battle with local guerrillas throughout the film, and she is forced to move to his remote outpost despite a complicated and pregnancy. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 29, 2006 08:40 by m.m.mccarron   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 29, 2006 16:09)
Reducing the Rossport Issue to Communication Failures - Rational? read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 28, 2006 09:05 by Watchdog   text 23 comments (last - sunday december 03, 2006 16:26)   image 9 images
If a high dose of radiation element, Polonium 210, can be a tool of quick assassination, lower doses (as in typical cigarettes) are no less tools of homicide. Ask health officials, et al, why Po-210 is still permitted in cigarettes, with zero warning to anyone. Ask why smokers and Pub Proprietors bear the burdens of law, but the cig makers, ingredient suppliers, and complicit regulators go free.
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national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Friday November 24, 2006 19:14 by C Murray   text 10 comments (last - wednesday may 16, 2007 21:25)   image 1 image
Taking the lead from Indymedia Barcelona on this international stop Violence
against Women day :

http://barcelona.indymedia.org/feature/display/282986/i...x.php

The issue of violence was covered this morning in the Irish Times when
women who have been murdered were commerorated by Women's Aid:

http://www.womensaid.org
http://www.ireland.com read full story / add a comment
national / environment / opinion/analysis Friday November 24, 2006 13:49 by m.m.mccarron   text 4 comments (last - friday december 08, 2006 06:02)
The joining of forces by a public service body and a print multinational must be a first. The Corrib Gas Project is showing up a number of firsts. Count them. read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Friday November 24, 2006 00:11 by Citizen   text 3 comments (last - wednesday april 02, 2008 13:05)
As the supreme court finally settled the argument over the National Aquatic Centre, I am curious as to how much this cost me. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday November 23, 2006 17:59 by Tim Sauer
Brazilian government must suspend, while the sector is reorganized, the rounds of licitations of areas promoted by ANP.

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