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offsite link North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

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The Saker
A bird's eye view of the vineyard

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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offsite link Canadian Town Fined and Mayor Sent for Compulsory Education After Failing to Hoist Pride Flag Sun Dec 01, 2024 19:00 | Richard Eldred
In a bizarre ruling, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has fined the tiny town of Emo and its mayor $15,000 for failing to fly a Pride flag ? on a flagpole that doesn't exist.
The post Canadian Town Fined and Mayor Sent for Compulsory Education After Failing to Hoist Pride Flag appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Police Failing to Solve Three in Every Four Domestic Burglaries Sun Dec 01, 2024 17:02 | Richard Eldred
A national crisis is unfolding as police in England and Wales fail to solve three in four domestic burglaries, leaving nearly 32,000 victims stranded without justice in just three months
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offsite link Fear of Offence is Eroding Free Speech and Fuelling Modern Blasphemy Laws, Says Kathleen Stock Sun Dec 01, 2024 15:02 | Richard Eldred
Blasphemy laws are a dangerous road to walk down, as religious offence should never trump the vital need for free speech, no matter who gets upset, warns Kathleen Stock in the Sunday Times.
The post Fear of Offence is Eroding Free Speech and Fuelling Modern Blasphemy Laws, Says Kathleen Stock appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Is Elon Musk About to Give Nigel Farage $100 Million to Make Him Next PM? Sun Dec 01, 2024 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Elon Musk is rumored to back Nigel Farage?s Reform Party with a $100 million "F*** you, Starmer" play to shake up UK politics and elevate Farage to Downing Street.
The post Is Elon Musk About to Give Nigel Farage $100 Million to Make Him Next PM? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?If We Want to Reverse Global Warming We?re Going to Have to Be a Bit More Queer? Sun Dec 01, 2024 11:00 | Steven Tucker
"If we want to reverse global warming we're going to have to be a bit more queer." Chad Frischmann is a 'queer climate expert' convinced that gays have a "superpower" to solve climate change. Steven Tucker is sceptical.
The post “If We Want to Reverse Global Warming We’re Going to Have to Be a Bit More Queer” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?110 Fri Nov 29, 2024 15:01 | en

offsite link Verbal ceasefire in Lebanon Fri Nov 29, 2024 14:52 | en

offsite link Russia Prepares to Respond to the Armageddon Wanted by the Biden Administration ... Tue Nov 26, 2024 06:56 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?109 Fri Nov 22, 2024 14:00 | en

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national / public consultation / irish social forum Monday February 10, 2014 - 15:58 by Grace L
Ireland's failure to protect Louisa O'Keefe & countless others is not about "human nature":
The institutionalized abuse of children is a social ill, the holdover of a long dark age, from which society is only just awakening. ... read full story / add a comment
End Impunity
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 03, 2014 - 11:51 by brionOcleirigh   image 1 image   video 2 video files
More than 5,000 March on Bloody Sunday Anniversary

A crowd of more than 5 thousand people took part in the 42nd anniversary march of Bloody Sunday in Derry, where 14 people were shot dead and murdered by the British Army, on a civil rights march. ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Saturday January 25, 2014 - 19:25 by S Shriver   text 1 comment (last - monday january 27, 2014 - 12:27)   video 1 video file

Homocysteine, uric acid, animal fat or cholesterol, mercury, lead, and many other metals are some of the many compounds
present in meat and fish which harm the brain. Aluminum compounds and alcohol consumption as well cause loss of brain function. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday January 24, 2014 - 19:28 by Arielle Retrosi
Washington, DC - Heads of state, financial ministers, celebrities and representatives from many of the worlds most powerful corporations are meeting in Davos, Switzerland for the 2014 World Economic Forum. This year's theme of the forum is "The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics and Business." The Forum has focused on income inequality, the impacts of low economic growth and climate change. In advance of this year's forum Oxfam International released a report that noted that the world's 85 richest individuals have as much wealth as 3.5 billion people or half the world's population. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Sunday January 19, 2014 - 18:55 by Stoneybatter & Smithfield People's History Project   video 1 video file
On Saturday 14th December 2013 the Stoneybatter & Smithfield People's History Project held a public talk. ... read full story / add a comment
Sorcha Fox with the 'Free Private Manning' banner over the A40 in Pembrokeshire
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday January 17, 2014 - 21:26 by WISE Up Wales   text 3 comments (last - friday may 15, 2015 - 08:54)   image 6 images   video 1 video file
Why should the Irish in particular care about Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning and want to offer their ongoing support and solidarity as she begins a 35 year jail term in a US military prison?

For one, Manning has Irish roots on both sides of the family. Maternal grandfather Billy Fox was from Rathmines, Dublin and two paternal great-grandparents - both Mannings - were also Irish, from county Cork. An Irish grandfather gives Chelsea the right to claim Irish citizenship and an Irish passport if she so wishes.

For another, Manning passed through Shannon Airport as a US military intelligence analyst en route to Iraq. We have been reminded this week about the ongoing US military use of Shannon (troops, weaponry, rendition flights etc.) by the jailing of 79 year old Margaretta d'Arcy in connection with her protest against these abominations.

What's more, we know something about the impact of resistance at Shannon on both US and Irish governments thanks to US diplomatic cables released by Manning and published by WikiLeaks. One classified cable reveals how negative public perception of Shannon as a warport in the wake of the Pitstop Ploughshares acquittals led to the Irish government placing more restrictions on its military use and how this was forcing the US to reconsider its position. Then US Ambassador to Dublin, James Kenny, wrote: "we would appreciate Washington’s judgment as to whether the process of notification of almost everything of a military nature (including by contract carriers) through Shannon is becoming too difficult to make the airport a preferred transit stop."
http://humanrights.ie/civil-liberties/wikileaks-the-sig...ions/ ... read full story / add a comment
Martin Corey Political Internee British Occupied Ireland
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 16, 2014 - 12:17 by Brion O'Cleirigh   image 1 image
Martin Corey a politically interned republican prisoner of conscience
has been released on the condition, that he cannot speak to media, The Release Martin Corey Campaign has confirmed and welcomed his release with the following statement,. ... read full story / add a comment
Jose Maria Sison - CPP-NDFP-ILPS
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday January 15, 2014 - 13:56 by NDFP International Information Office   image 5 images
The international office of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) is set to celebrate Prof. Jose Maria Sison’s 55 years of service to the Filipino people’s struggle for national and social liberation, and his 75th birthday, with a cultural event on Sunday, 09 February 2014, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism Wednesday January 15, 2014 - 10:58 by G Felongco   image 1 image
Group justifies murder saying that the target committed ‘crimes and atrocities against the people’ ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday January 14, 2014 - 21:32 by newsmedia   text 2 comments (last - wednesday february 05, 2014 - 13:09)
Greedy ISPs move to cash in on providing tiered Internet access
Judges at a federal appeal court in Washington have dealt what could well be a mortal blow to the freedom of the Internet. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday January 13, 2014 - 19:05 by Arielle Retrosi
The Supreme Court will review a lower court's order for banks to give information on Argentine assets, including those assets held outside of US jurisdiction, to a group of hedge funds seeking to collect from Argentina's 2001 default. Additionally, the High Court will review if it is legal for these predatory hedge funds to target assets for collection outside of a US jurisdiction.
... read full story / add a comment
Justin and Colm
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday January 11, 2014 - 17:59 by Justin Morahan   text 5 comments (last - sunday january 12, 2014 - 15:59)   image 3 images
Two outside the Embassy. Letter refused. !5 hunger strikers being force fed but US military has stopped disclosing information about the hunger strikes since December last "as it serves no operational purpose" ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Monday January 06, 2014 - 11:35 by Sue Anthony
The Steve Irwin’s helicopter first located the Nisshin Maru at 64°44' S, 162°34' W, in New Zealand’s sovereign waters in the Ross Dependency Antarctic region, and inside the internationally recognised Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday December 23, 2013 - 19:11 by Jennifer Tong, Policy & Communications Director   text 1 comment (last - tuesday december 24, 2013 - 05:03)
On December 13th, the Isles of Man, Jersey and Guernsey signed an intergovernmental agreement with the United States to improve international tax compliance and implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), a US federal law designed to combat offshore tax evasion. The Isles signed a similar agreement with the United Kingdom in October. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday December 20, 2013 - 14:33 by Jennifer Tong, Policy & Communications Director
More than a month after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, the country has paid approximately $900 million in debt repayments—more than twice as much as it’s received in pledged aid from countries around the world to support the recovery effort. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 19, 2013 - 18:48 by Ciaron   text 2 comments (last - wednesday january 08, 2014 - 14:18)
New Afri Vid (10 mins) - Family of imprisoned Pvt. Manning find solidarity & voice in Ireland
http://tinyurl.com/pjunes9 ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 18, 2013 - 19:42 by Justin Morahan   text 7 comments (last - saturday december 28, 2013 - 23:13)
The Arctic 30 who have been under threat of serving long sentences in Russia for their actions to prevent Arctic oil drilling, have been granted an amnesty by the Russian Parliament. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Wednesday December 18, 2013 - 19:36 by PETA and others
Bullfighting is a savage blood sport, an archaic barbarism which injures innocent bulls, horses, bullfighters and spectators. It is time for the Spanish, Mexican, Venezuelan, Argentinan, Chilean and all governments to outlaw it ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday December 18, 2013 - 16:26 by prank the pranksters   text 1 comment (last - thursday december 19, 2013 - 11:08)
We are delighted to learn that today two fake press releases were diffused in the news wire, spreading the rumour about a large accounting scandal
, negatively impacting the course of the Deutsche Bank's share.

1) Deutsche Bank finances in upheaval; CFO fired
2) Deutsche Bank restates its financial statements ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday December 17, 2013 - 18:09 by Jennifer Tong
Argentina is expected to appeal to the US Supreme Court by mid-February in response to a US 2nd Circuit Court ruling ordering the country to pay $1.33 billion to predatory hedge funds. The precedent the case sets will hurt poor countries in financial distress and could allow a small group of hedge funds to target assets that benefit vulnerable populations. ... read full story / add a comment
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