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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).?

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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

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offsite link News Round-Up Mon Apr 21, 2025 00:53 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Trans Activists at London Demo Called for TERFs to be Hanged, and Defaced Seven Statues, Including N... Sun Apr 20, 2025 19:00 | Toby Young
Trans rights activists held a demo in London yesterday to protest Wednesday's Supreme Court decision and defaced seven statues, including Nelson Mandela's and Millicent Fawcett's.
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offsite link Guardian Ditches ?Settled Science? for ?Climate Justice? in Effort to Avoid Reality Sun Apr 20, 2025 17:00 | Charles Rotter
In the Guardian's latest climate gobbledegook, Friederike Otto redefines climate change as a "crisis of justice", focusing on moralising and social justice rather than the science, argues Charles Rotter.
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offsite link Banks and Business are Talking Sense on Climate at Last. But it Must not be Just Talk Sun Apr 20, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Corporations and banks are shifting from "green-washing" to "green-hushing", but unless this marks real change, it's just more empty promises, warns Bjorn Lomborg.
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The Labour Party's failure to align with legal and public sentiment on women's rights and trans issues, has rendered it hopelessly out of touch, says women's rights advocate Professor Jo Phoenix in the Mail.
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The universally unconstitutional war on drugs

category national | crime and justice | other press author Monday June 13, 2011 02:15author by Gavin R. Putland Report this post to the editors

You can't starve the drug trade. You can only constipate it.

The reversal of the onus of proof in drug-possession cases is incompatible with the rule of law and is therefore unconstitutional in all jurisdictions.

In the “war on drugs”, the presumption of innocence is not collateral damage. It is a deliberate target: if other people plant drugs on you (e.g. to avoid being busted themselves), you must prove that the drugs were planted (which you can’t). This situation is manifestly incompatible with the rule of law, because the power to convict — the most fearsome of all government powers — is effectively taken from the courts and given to those who are willing to plant evidence. There is no clearer case of a “government of laws” being usurped by a “government of men”.

The purported reversal of the onus of proof, being contrary to the rule of law, is unconstitutional for three reasons...

More: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/02/the-fail...-5749.

Related Link: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2011/06/02/the-failure-of-the-war-on-drugs-high-level-commissions-report/#comment-5749

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Related 'law'     Jacko    Mon Jun 13, 2011 02:52 
   fresh report     opus diablos    Mon Jun 13, 2011 15:21 
   Why are the politicos so quiet on this issue     curious    Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:19 
   my theory, curious..     opus diablos    Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:24 
   I agree with you Opus about the causes, but what about the solution?     Curious    Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:11 
   general silence     opus diablos    Wed Jun 22, 2011 14:43 
   Drugs     John    Fri Jun 24, 2011 21:06 
   mornin john     opus diablos    Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:59 
   Executive Intelligence Report (September 17th 2011)     W. Finnerty    Sat Jun 25, 2011 14:37 
 10   Drugs     John    Sat Jun 25, 2011 16:44 
 11   whoa there john     opus diablos    Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:05 
 12   Drugs     John    Sun Jun 26, 2011 18:44 
 13   Drugs     John    Sun Jun 26, 2011 18:48 
 14   Lets see, John...     opus diablos    Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:19 
 15   Drugs     John    Tue Jun 28, 2011 01:17 
 16   legalise...     opus diablos    Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:55 
 17   Third edition     Gavin R. Putland    Fri Aug 12, 2011 08:51 


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