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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

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Human Rights in Ireland
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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link BBC Quietly Edits Question Time After Wrongly ?Correcting? Richard Tice on Key Net Zero Claim Fri May 09, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
The BBC has quietly edited Question Time after wrongly 'correcting' Reform's Richard Tice on a claim about CO2 emissions. Tice said humans are behind just 4% of emissions but Fiona Bruce falsely said it was a third.
The post BBC Quietly Edits Question Time After Wrongly ‘Correcting’ Richard Tice on Key Net Zero Claim appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Electric Car Bursts into Flames on Driveway and Engulfs ?550,000 Family Home Fri May 09, 2025 15:10 | Will Jones
The moment an electric car suddenly burst into flames on a driveway has been captured on CCTV, as the vehicle sparked a raging blaze which engulfed a van and a ?550,000 family home.
The post Electric Car Bursts into Flames on Driveway and Engulfs ?550,000 Family Home appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?I Was a Super Fit Cyclist Until I Had the Moderna Covid Vaccine. What Happened Next Left Me Wishing... Fri May 09, 2025 13:10 | Will Jones
Danielle Pieton was a super fit cyclist until she had the Moderna Covid vaccine in January 2022. What happened next left her wishing she was dead.
The post “I Was a Super Fit Cyclist Until I Had the Moderna Covid Vaccine. What Happened Next Left Me Wishing I Was Dead” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Nature Paper Claims to Pin Liability for ?Climate Damages? on Oil Companies Fri May 09, 2025 11:09 | Tilak Doshi
A new Nature paper claims to pin liability for 'climate damages' on oil companies so they can be sued in court. This escalation in the climate wars is scientifically bogus and economically disastrous, says Dr Tilak Doshi.
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offsite link What Does David Lammy Mean by a State? Fri May 09, 2025 09:00 | James Alexander
Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said it is "unacceptable" that Palestinians don't yet have a state. Professor James Alexander wonders if Lammy has thought through what a Palestinian state would actually look like.
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To Him Whom Much Hath Much Will Be Given

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | opinion/analysis author Wednesday September 30, 2020 21:58author by Sean Crudden - IMPERO Report this post to the editors

Entitlements

The current debacle in education over Leaving Cert results is a stark example of lack of thought about the fundamentals of human rights. Should high marks in an exam entitle one child to a place in some coveted university course while denying it to another child who has lower marks. Put another way does high intelligence give a student more entitlements.

The Leaving Cert never was much good anyway. It was a poor predictor of future progress in education. There were a lot of drop-outs in 3rd level, I think. It cramped education in secondary schools which, mostly, had degenerated into grind schools. Teachers were never really trusted. Look at the mess created by theorems to modify teachers' assessment of students this year. The exam never took place this year but the culture of the exam survived. It's time to forget about exams in secondary schools. Just ballot for places in 3rd level and give every one an equal chance. Needless to say univeristies and their dopplegangers need to look at what they are doing. A lot of it is irrelevant and unnecessary. I think far fewer courses are needed. Professional training might be done more effectively if it were taken at post graduate level. If there are courses such as music or building where special aptitudes are a sine qua non then it is properly up to the higher level colleges to pick their clients.

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