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 Fraud and mismanagement at University College Cork Thu Aug 28, 2025 18:30 | Calli Morganite
UCC has paid huge sums to a criminal professor
This story is not for republication. I bear responsibility for the things I write. I have read the guidelines and understand that I must not write anything untrue, and I won't.
This is a public interest story about a complete failure of governance and management at UCC.
Deliberate Design Flaw In ChatGPT-5 Sun Aug 17, 2025 08:04 | Mind Agent
Socratic Dialog Between ChatGPT-5 and Mind Agent Reveals Fatal and Deliberate 'Design by Construction' Flaw
This design flaw in ChatGPT-5's default epistemic mode subverts what the much touted ChatGPT-5 can do... so long as the flaw is not tickled, any usage should be fine---The epistemological question is: how would anyone in the public, includes you reading this (since no one is all knowing), in an unfamiliar domain know whether or not the flaw has been tickled when seeking information or understanding of a domain without prior knowledge of that domain???!
This analysis is a pretty unique and significant contribution to the space of empirical evaluation of LLMs that exist in AI public world... at least thus far, as far as I am aware! For what it's worth--as if anyone in the ChatGPT universe cares as they pile up on using the "PhD level scholar in your pocket".
According to GPT-5, and according to my tests, this flaw exists in all LLMs... What is revealing is the deduction GPT-5 made: Why ?design choice? starts looking like ?deliberate flaw?.
People are paying $200 a month to not just ChatGPT, but all major LLMs have similar Pro pricing! I bet they, like the normal user of free ChatGPT, stay in LLM's default mode where the flaw manifests itself. As it did in this evaluation.
AI Reach: Gemini Reasoning Question of God Sat Aug 02, 2025 20:00 | Mind Agent
Evaluating Semantic Reasoning Capability of AI Chatbot on Ontologically Deep Abstract (bias neutral) Thought
I have been evaluating AI Chatbot agents for their epistemic limits over the past two months, and have tested all major AI Agents, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Perplexity, and DeepSeek, for their epistemic limits and their negative impact as information gate-keepers.... Today I decided to test for how AI could be the boon for humanity in other positive areas, such as in completely abstract realms, such as metaphysical thought. Meaning, I wanted to test the LLMs for Positives beyond what most researchers benchmark these for, or have expressed in the approx. 2500 Turing tests in Humanity?s Last Exam.. And I chose as my first candidate, Google DeepMind's Gemini as I had not evaluated it before on anything.
Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem finally Admits It is Genocide releasing Our Genocide report Fri Aug 01, 2025 23:54 | 1 of indy
We have all known it for over 2 years that it is a genocide in Gaza
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has finally admitted what everyone else outside Israel has known for two years is that the Israeli state is carrying out a genocide in Gaza
Western governments like the USA are complicit in it as they have been supplying the huge bombs and missiles used by Israel and dropped on innocent civilians in Gaza. One phone call from the USA regime could have ended it at any point. However many other countries are complicity with their tacit approval and neighboring Arab countries have been pretty spinless too in their support
With the release of this report titled: Our Genocide -there is a good chance this will make it okay for more people within Israel itself to speak out and do something about it despite the fact that many there are actually in support of the Gaza
China?s CITY WIDE CASH SEIZURES Begin ? ATMs Frozen, Digital Yuan FORCED Overnight Wed Jul 30, 2025 21:40 | 1 of indy
This story is unverified but it is very instructive of what will happen when cash is removed
THIS STORY IS UNVERIFIED BUT PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO OR READ THE TRANSCRIPT AS IT GIVES AN VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT A CASHLESS SOCIETY WILL LOOK LIKE. And it ain't pretty
A single video report has come out of China claiming China's biggest cities are now cashless, not by choice, but by force. The report goes on to claim ATMs have gone dark, vaults are being emptied. And overnight (July 20 into 21), the digital yuan is the only currency allowed. The Saker >>
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony
Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony
Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony
RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony
Waiting for SIPO Anthony Public Inquiry >>
Parse failure for http://humanrights.ie/feed/. Last Retry Friday September 19, 2025 23:04
Labour Sinks to Lowest Ever Poll Rating ? as Andy Burnham Fuels Starmer Challenge Rumours Fri Sep 19, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Labour has sunk to its lowest ever poll rating as Andy Burnham fuels rumours he is preparing to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership by refusing to commit to serving a full term as Greater Manchester Mayor.
The post Labour Sinks to Lowest Ever Poll Rating ? as Andy Burnham Fuels Starmer Challenge Rumours appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Oxford and Cambridge Drop Out of Top Three in University Rankings Because of ?Misguided Attempts at ... Fri Sep 19, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
Oxford and Cambridge universities have?failed to get into the top three in the Times's prestigious annual university ranking for the first time, with experts blaming "misguided attempts at equality".
The post Oxford and Cambridge Drop Out of Top Three in University Rankings Because of “Misguided Attempts at Equality” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Jeremy Corbyn?s New Hard Left Party Descends into Chaos as Zarah Sultana Says She?s Been ?Frozen Out... Fri Sep 19, 2025 13:16 | Will Jones
Jeremy Corbyn's new hard Left party has been plunged into chaos as his co-founder Zarah Sultana claimed she had been "frozen out" from the "sexist boys' club" and Corbyn threatened her with legal action.
The post Jeremy Corbyn’s New Hard Left Party Descends into Chaos as Zarah Sultana Says She’s Been “Frozen Out” of “Sexist Boys’ Club” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Sadiq Khan?s Officials Suppressed Report Showing LTNs Don?t Cut Car Use Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Sadiq Khan?s officials suppressed taxpayer-funded research that showed low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) do not reduce car use after the London Mayor spent five years baselessly claiming LTNs are good for the planet.
The post Sadiq Khan’s Officials Suppressed Report Showing LTNs Don’t Cut Car Use appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Europe?s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered Fri Sep 19, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
The delusional EU believes it can wield carbon tariffs as weapons. But its grandiloquent Net Zero scheme is destined to collapse under the weight of the bloc's utter economic irrelevance, says Tilak Doshi.
The post Europe’s Days of Carbon Colonialism are Numbered appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Lockdown Skeptics >>
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 Friday December 10, 2004 17:14 by Edward Horgan
Has Ireland granted the US immunity from the International Criminal Court?
The scale and significance of US military use of Shannon airport has taken on a new dimension with the revelations that Shannon has become part of the illegal movement and torture of prisoners, and the airport's increasing level of use by US military and civil leaders. This begs the question, has the Irish Government done a secret deal with the United States, granting US citizens immunity from arrest and procecution under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court? On St. Patrick’s 2002, some secret deals were made between the Irish government and the US government, and these deals were sealed over a bowl of shamrock. These deals and some subsequent deals have been kept secret, and have not been lodged with the United Nations, as all official international treaties should be. It may take thirty years to expose the truth, under current confidentiality restrictions.
Among the deals done on that St. Pat’s day was the granting of Shannon airport to the US military for the Iraq war and other nefarious purposes. In return, the Bush administration agreed not to “discourage” US direct investment in Ireland. Some other issues were also probably included, such as the Intel expansion project in Co. Kildare, which was held over as a sweetener until after the war was under way in 2003.
The issue of the US military use of Shannon was far more extensive that has ever been officially acknowledged by the Irish government. Initially it was falsely stated that all troops going through Shannon were unarmed. When this was challenged by peace activists, it was belatedly admitted that the troops were carrying their personal weapons, and ammunition.
This in not the full story. Hundreds of thousands of tons of military hardware and equipment has also been transported through Shannon on its way to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Needless to say, all of this is in clear breach of The Hague Convention V on Neutrality, 1907, and subsequent international law on neutrality.
Ireland does not have to be neutral country under international law. But if it declares itself to be a neutral country, which it has done and continues to do, then the obligations of neutrality do apply. The Irish Government is attempting to benefit from the status of neutrality while reneging on the obligations of neutrality. The price of such fraudulent foreign policy, will be paid in years to come, and may already been paid by Ken Biggley and Margaret Hassan.
In early 2003, just before the Iraq War, Ireland was listed as one of the US Coalition of the willing, but this was never officially acknowledged by the Irish Government, nor was it denied.
In the meantime, investigations led by Tim Hourigan have revealed that Shannon airport has been used as part of the an international web of prisoner abuse and torture, orchestrated by the United States. The apparent impunity with which this has been carried out, combined with the monthly if not weekly use of Shannon airport by senior US military commanders and senior administration officials, including the Vice President, and probably Secretary of Defence (7 Dec 04), and the Secretary of State, begs the question, why do such senior US officials feel so secure and immune while passing through Shannon Airport?
One of the very few important advances in international law over the past decade has been the establishment of the International Criminal Court. The United States is one of the major countries that has not ratified this treaty and has sought to persuade and threaten other countries to grant US citizens immunity from arrest and prosecution under the jurisdiction of International Criminal Court (ICC).
The European Union has ratified and supported the ICC, so Ireland cannot officially renege on its commitments to the ICC. However, many of the countries who have granted immunity to the US from ICC prosecution have done so in secret.
The explanation for the arrogance of the US abuse of Irish neutrality at Shannon may lie in a secret deal or treaty between the Irish Government and the US, granting US citizens immunity for arrest and prosecution under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.
The people of Ireland may be even more complicit in crimes against humanity than they realise. Why have the Irish mainstream media failed to carry out indept investigative reporting into such important matters? In the interests of justice, the truth must be sought and exposed.
Edward Horgan, Citizen of Ireland, and member of humanity.
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Jump To Comment: 4 3 2 1Again what is missing here from the X files conspircy theory is some sort of concrete PROOF!!Have we any proof of these secret deals signed over on St Paddys day.That is written documentation???Eye witnesses?Anything?As for "neutrality"well,isnt it intresting that some of the AlQueida boys are over here for some R&R,re fianancing,retraining,and recruiting??? The Gardai know who and where they are ,but are not allowed to arrest or deport them???Maybe this is an Irish solution to an irish problem?
Also maybe you lot should read some odd rightest newspapers now and again.The US busisness is and the US in general is getting a bit pissed off with the continious Yank bashing eminating from this little rock!!
These are the people who DO have abit of a say in DC as to wether a multi national would be advised to stay or go to Ireland or Tawain
[who are just as intelligent or more so and alot cheaper than the average overpaid Irish layabout worker].
john O Shea in his idiotic "america is awash with millionares"statement did more damage than he realised over in the US and here.Good!I hope the SOB suffers for that
So I and many others here in Ireland will be very pissed off with the anti US crowd if we end up jobless again courtsey of the anti American rants from the wolly and trendy rebel set,and a few US companies pullout that are paying my mortage,and feeding me.
Break our rice bowls and we will have plenty of time to go and find and sort out the ones who did that.The likes of Ed Horgan,etc
irelands neutrality is not affected by the military presence in shannon, as a neutral country it does not side. if iraqi military had used ireland as a base what would your reaction be? as for the intel connection? all i can say is that intel cannot shift its manufacturing processes to developing countries as they are to complex and require 'quality not quantity' of labour, also look at the investment intel has made since it started, to leave now wouldnt be the best thing for business.
and yes ive been to shannon and ive had US Soldiers walk on my toes, but we also as a neutral country can raise our hands and say 'spank the yank' and tell them the flag on their arm does not mean the sane in ireland as it does in the USA.
as a final point, shannon is not 'occupied' in the sense ive seen it used in college demonstrations, and ill draw attention to the 'peaceful' demonstation protestors held in shannon during which and airport perimeter fence was destroyed and torn down. i'd rather have a disciplined foreign military presence, than a group of protestors with anarchists in their numbers, i know that almost all of the protestors are not anarchists and decent people. but these protests always attract people intent on causing trouble regardless of the cause. this undermines any protest to get US military out of shannon and it is unfortunate that this happens.
regarding the cost of intel jobs in iraqi lives i could say that 1 irish immigrent in america is worth 4 in ireland cause thats how many died on coffin ships leaving this country, in other words weighing jobs in terms of iraqis lives is pointless, completely pointless.
Damn Intel computers and their 't' beside the 'y'.
Good man Ed for exposing the Intel connection to the secret deal Bertie has done with the patmasters. The construction of Fab 24 began around 2000 and was halted during the downturn in the tech economy in 2001. It was widely perceived that the production facility would never be needed to fulfill the market for computer components. But 6 weeks after the granting of permission for the US to use Shannon, Bertie was down in Leixlip, with little media coverage so as no protest could take place and smiling from under a yellow hard hat. I hope he kept the hat for when all the companies up sticks and leave for China and his evil little house of cards comes crumbling down on top of him.
3000 jobs were created and 100,000 have died in Iraq so 1 intel job = 33.33 Iraqi Lives.