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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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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 If You Thought the Farmers? Inheritance Tax Raid was Bad, Wait Till You See What its Proponents Have... Thu Dec 12, 2024 19:00 | Mat Brown
If you thought the inheritance tax raid on farmers was bad, wait till you see what its proponents have in store for us next, says Mat Brown. The Blob that gave us the 'tractor tax' has its sights set on a wealth tax.
The post If You Thought the Farmers’ Inheritance Tax Raid was Bad, Wait Till You See What its Proponents Have in Store for Us Next appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Education Department Awards $1 Billion in DEI Grants Since 2021, Report Finds Thu Dec 12, 2024 18:03 | Will Jones
The U.S. Education Department has handed out more than $1 billion in DEI grants since 2021, a report from Parents Defending Education has found. No wonder Donald Trump wants to abolish it.
The post Education Department Awards $1 Billion in DEI Grants Since 2021, Report Finds appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link How Science is Showing that Free Speech is Built into the Brain Thu Dec 12, 2024 15:52 | Dr Christopher Badcock
Science is showing that free speech is built into the brain, says Dr. Christopher Badcock. The latest insights from neuroscience suggest that the censorious are regressing to infantile cognition where no nuance is allowed.
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offsite link Only 20% of Muslim Americans Voted for Kamala Harris Thu Dec 12, 2024 13:30 | Noah Carl
Just 20% of Muslim Americans voted for Kamala Harris ? fewer than voted for Donald Trump! The reason Muslims are abandoning the centre-Left is clear, says Noah Carl: they want parties that don't back Israel.
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offsite link Greta Thunberg?s Descent from Climate Darling to Militant Pro-Palestine Activist Thu Dec 12, 2024 11:43 | Will Jones
Not long ago, anyone criticising St Greta was labelled a bully. Her expertise in climate science was beyond question, despite leaving school at 14. Now, it looks like the heretics were right and the worshippers were fools.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 27, 2012 - 22:01 by RNU PRO   image 1 image
Republican Network for Unity (RNU) Cathaoirleach/Chairperson Carl Reilly, welcomes with appropriate caution, David Ford’s announcement that he intends to implement a pilot scheme to replace strip searching in Maghaberry Gaol. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / crime and justice Saturday March 17, 2012 - 13:15 by RNU Activist   image 1 image
REPUBLICAN NETWORK FOR UNITY (RNU) Spokesperson, MARTINÓG MEEHAN has slammed the brutal beating of an Armagh man last Friday night (9/3/12) by the unchanged RUC. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 14, 2012 - 17:50 by Prisoner solidarity group   text 2 comments (last - monday march 26, 2012 - 12:38)
Independent protest in solidarity with all republican prisoners

24th march 3pm daunt sq Cork city ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Monday March 12, 2012 - 21:36 by Near FM
Press Release
‘The Ladies sing the Blues’ Series Launch Saturday 24th March 2012.
Near FM is launching a series that celebrates Jazz and Blues music in Dublin. This series is a follow up to the very successful Northside Blues series. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday March 12, 2012 - 17:53 by Andy Logan   text 8 comments (last - tuesday march 12, 2013 - 16:41)   1 attached file
Following his Requisition for a Sworn Publin Enquiry into Corruption in Ireland on the 28 Jan 2012 Daniel Doherty was jailed on the 24 Feb 2012, once again without any summons or court hearing. This has happened to him on at least 7 occasions and has been done to keep him quiet.
Minister Shatter you have a lot of work to do to clear up the corruption in the legal and justice system. It is simply not good enough. ... read full story / add a comment
national / education Monday March 12, 2012 - 17:49 by Techspectations
DCU Business School invites Irish entrepreneurs, SMEs and start-ups to the Helix, DCU for this year’s Get Started mini-conference. The event will take place on 20th March between 2pm and 6pm. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Thursday March 08, 2012 - 18:55 by Laura Farrell
DCU Business School invites Irish entrepreneurs, SME’s and Start-Ups to the 3rd annual “Get Started” mini-conference on 20th March from 2pm – 6pm. Attendees will have the opportunity to gain advice, knowledge and experience from a range of successful Irish entrepreneurs including; Gavin Duffy, Dragons Den Panellist and Caroline Casey, Award Winning Social Entrepreneur, amongst many others. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday March 08, 2012 - 17:50 by RNU PRO   image 1 image
On Wednesday 07/03/2012 a Sinn Fein delegation made up of Raymond McCartney and Jennifer McCann visited Maghaberry Prison. A senior prison officer called at the cell of Cogus POW, Tony Taylor to inform him that the two were in the recreation room and were looking to talk with him. Tony declined to attend. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism Tuesday March 06, 2012 - 17:12 by RNU PRO   text 2 comments (last - saturday march 10, 2012 - 23:53)   image 1 image
RNU delegates from across the country met at the Balmoral hotel Belfast on
Sunday March 4th to convene their yearly Ard Fheis.

... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Tuesday March 06, 2012 - 16:09 by FAME - LASC
The World Water Forum (WWF) and the Alternative World Forum (in French: Forum Alternatif Mondial de l'Eau –FAME-) are going to take place from the 12th March in Marseille, France. Governments, organizations and civil society will gather to discuss, reflect on, and take important decisions about the future water. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 05, 2012 - 18:43 by Prisoner Solidarity Group
INTERNATIONAL WOMANS DAY-FREE MARIAN PRICE

Protest in solidarity with Marian Price to mark International Womans day.

@ 4:30 daunt sq Cork City. ... read full story / add a comment
Deputy Clare Daly and other opponents of hare coursing call for a ban
international / animal rights Friday March 02, 2012 - 21:37 by Ban Hare Coursing   image 3 images
Fine Gael Junior Minister Shane McEntee has claimed repeatedly that "the hare is in no danger" in coursing, an activity that he and other government figures like Environment Minister Phil Hogan and Paudie Coffey continue to laud as a fine healthy sport for all the family etc ... read full story / add a comment
Let's keep an eye out for illegal stag hunters!
international / environment Thursday March 01, 2012 - 22:32 by Enforce the stag hunt ban   text 5 comments (last - monday july 21, 2014 - 15:11)   image 3 images
Two anti hunt campaigners who attempted to film a hunt on the Hill of Tara last Tuesday were set upon and viciously assaulted by staghunters. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Wednesday February 29, 2012 - 13:25 by O.O'C.   text 2 comments (last - wednesday march 07, 2012 - 10:27)
After they had agreed the final wording of the intergovernmental agreement—the "Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union"—the member-states of the euro area pronounced that the treaty “represents a major step towards closer and irrevocable fiscal and economic integration and stronger governance in the euro area,” which they claimed “will significantly bolster the outlook for fiscal sustainability and euro area sovereign debt and enhance growth.”

According to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, the euro-zone member-states have set themselves on an “irreversible course towards a fiscal union.” She told an international gathering at Davos:

“We have to become used to the European Commission becoming more and more like a government.” ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday February 29, 2012 - 11:39 by Ciaron
Theresa is serving 6 months for crossing the line at the School of the Americas, Ft Benning, Georgia, USA last November on the anniversary of the slaying of 6 Jesuits & 2 Salvadoran co-workers (mother & daughter). They were murdered by Salvadoran troops recently returned from training at S.O.A. Ft Benning. There was a solidarity vigil last November at the U.S. embassy Dublin while the nonviolent resistance wa taking place to close this School of Assasins at Ft. Benning. ... read full story / add a comment
These maps show the differences in snow cover relative to the long-term average for the winters of (left) 2009-2010 and (right) 2010-2011. During these two winters, the Northern Hemisphere measured its second and third largest snow cover levels on record.
international / environment Tuesday February 28, 2012 - 14:43 by Judith Curry   image 3 images
A new study led by the Georgia Institute of Technology provides further evidence of a relationship between melting ice in the Arctic regions and widespread cold outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere. The study's findings could be used to improve seasonal forecasting of snow and temperature anomalies across northern continents.

Since the level of Arctic sea ice set a new record low in 2007, significantly above-normal winter snow cover has been seen in large parts of the northern United States, northwestern and central Europe, and northern and central China. During the winters of 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, the Northern Hemisphere measured its second and third largest snow cover levels on record.

"Our study demonstrates that the decrease in Arctic sea ice area is linked to changes in the winter Northern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation," said Judith Curry, chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech. "The circulation changes result in more frequent episodes of atmospheric blocking patterns, which lead to increased cold surges and snow over large parts of the northern continents." ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Tuesday February 28, 2012 - 01:30 by O.O'C.
DO YOU KNOW that Ireland could hold the Eurozone at our mercy regarding our national debt, the Anglo-Irish promissory notes and the terms of the Troika’s Memorandum of Understanding? This can be done by requiring a referendum instead of Oireachtas approval of the “Decision” of the EU 27 to amend Art.136 of the EU Treaties so as to authorize the establishment of a permanent €500 billion fund for the Eurozone, the “European Stability Mechanism Fund”, to which Ireland must contribute €11 billion? ... read full story / add a comment
Changes in ice thickness (in centimeters per year) during 2003-2010 as measured by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites, averaged over each of the world's ice caps and glacier systems outside of Greenland and Antarctica.
international / environment Friday February 24, 2012 - 17:35 by Steve Cole   text 32 comments (last - wednesday february 29, 2012 - 14:30)   image 10 images
In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind, a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team used NASA data to calculate how much Earth's melting land ice is adding to global sea level rise.

Using satellite measurements from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), the researchers measured ice loss in all of Earth's land ice between 2003 and 2010, with particular emphasis on glaciers and ice caps outside of Greenland and Antarctica.

The total global ice mass lost from Greenland, Antarctica and Earth's glaciers and ice caps during the study period was about 4.3 trillion tons (1,000 cubic miles), adding about 0.5 inches (12 millimeters) to global sea level. That's enough ice to cover the United States 1.5 feet (0.5 meters) deep. ... read full story / add a comment
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limerick / environment Friday February 24, 2012 - 12:06 by William Gomes   image 1 image   1 attached file
The constant removal of sand is now threatening the existence of the islanders. When the affected inhabitants of the islands observed the vulnerability and realized that the authorities were doing little to protect their land from the illegal sand-miners, hundreds islanders including women and children came out of their houses on 3 October 2011. They captured one dredger and six perpetrators while the remainder of the dredging workers and perpetrators fled the scene. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday February 23, 2012 - 12:37 by Vetarans for Peace   text 5 comments (last - saturday february 25, 2012 - 08:58)
A national organization representing thousands of military veterans is calling on the US Army to abandon court martial proceedings against Private Bradley Manning, the accused Wikileaks whistleblower. The young soldier, who has been imprisoned for 21 months, will be formally arraigned today (Thursday, Feb. 23) at Fort Meade, Maryland. Army prosecutors say they will file 22 charges against PFC Manning, including “aiding the enemy,” a crime that can be punished by the death penalty or life in prison. ... read full story / add a comment
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