Saturday, April 22, 2017
French Voters to Cast Ballots in Wake of Terror Incident
Scientists Make Stand Against Trump
Libre-échange: les Etats-Unis prêts à négocier avec l'Union européenne
La nouvelle est inquiétante pour Theresa May. D'après le Times, qui cite des sources officielles à la Maison Blanche, l'administration Trump a changé son fusil d'épaule en matière d'accords de libre-échange. Alors que le président américain avait promis de conclure "rapidement et dans les règles" un accord commercial avec le Royaume-Uni, c'est maintenant vers l'Europe qu'il se tourne.
Deux raisons à ce revirement. D'abord, les Etats-Unis ne peuvent conclure aucun accord avec le Royaume-Uni avant mars 2019, date théorique à laquelle le Brexit deviendra effectif si les négociations se déroulent correctement. "Rapidement et dans les règles" devient donc illusoire. » | Par Laurent Martinet | samedi 22 avril 2017
Xavier Jugelé, 37, Officer Killed in Paris, Was Defender of Gay Rights
He was among the officers who responded to a terrorist attack at the Bataclan concert hall in November 2015, and he was in the crowd when Sting helped reopen the 19th-century building a year later.
Xavier Jugelé, 37, a Paris police officer since 2010, himself fell victim to terrorism Thursday evening. He was in a police vehicle on the heavily guarded Champs-Élysées, Paris’s most famous boulevard, when a gunman opened fire, killing him and wounding two other officers, along with a bystander.
The gunman was shot dead as he tried to flee; the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack a short while later.
Officer Jugelé was mourned on Friday by friends and fellow officers. » | Lilia Blaise | Friday, April 21, 2017
Andrew Sullivan On Donald Trump: 'Huge Mistake' That He's President | MTP Daily | MSNBC
Netanyahu: US Shift in Stance on Iran Is an Important Change
Friday, April 21, 2017
Chemical ‘Attack’ Was False Flag to Justify Strike on Airbase – President Assad
Ivanka And Jared Are Spectacularly Unqualified — And Why That Matters
To cite a recent New York Times story, they “have emerged as President Trump’s most important advisers, at least for now.”
And surely the most unqualified ones to ever hold such august positions.
But that last part doesn’t seem to matter. Because beyond everything else — the astonishing conflicts of interest and the continued, brazen self-enrichment — these two represent the end of any expectation that expertise is required for government work. Even in a Cabinet that is viewed as the most inexperienced in American history, the president’s daughter and son-in-law stand out for having neither the knowledge nor the experience to reasonably pursue any of the many missions they have been given. » | Jane Eisner | Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Bill O’Reilly Sacked, Finds It ‘Tremendously Disheartening'
Fox News Viewers Boycott Over O'Reilly
It's Time To Break Off EU Membership Talks with Turkey
With Turkey's vote on Sunday for sweeping constitutional reforms, autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has consolidated his power and divided the country. The referendum on the Turkish Constitution is just one further example in the year of Brexit of the dubious value of referenda. There is likely to be much talk in the coming days of a majority vote, regardless how narrow it was (51.4-48.8), and how it must be respected.
For the European Union, however, there can only be one outcome: Membership negotiations with Turkey should be terminated.
The Turks have voted for autocracy, for the repression of political opponents and likely also for the introduction of the death penalty. None of these can be reconciled with membership in the EU. For Brussels now, at the very latest, the time has come to call the accession process what it is: dead. » | Markus Becker in Brussels | Tuesday, April 18, 2017
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