Ireland's most controversial free speech case: Enoch Burke fined more than €200,000
The Irish teacher Enoch Burke has been fined approximately €210,000 for refusing to refer to a boy as a girl. He argued that doing so would be dishonest, as it would affirm the boy’s delusions.

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What are we paying taxes for?
We are getting steadily less welfare in return for the services we believe our taxes are paying for. Elderly care, healthcare, policing, schools, infrastructure—everything that matters to citizens—is deteriorating. Yet the overall tax burden continues to rise. Income tax remains unchanged, but taxes and duties on other goods and services keep increasing. Something has to change, and it starts with our attitudes: become more sceptical of the authorities, more angry.
The US ‘night war’ against Iran: What is happening?
Iran is responding to the United States’ ongoing ‘night war’ by attacking Sunni Arab countries. The aim is to make the Sunni states ask the United States not to bomb Pickaxe Mountain, where Iran is said to possess highly enriched uranium. A retired Israeli general and military scholar calls this the ‘North Korea card’.

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