Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Juste un baiser affectueux pour dire 'bonjour'.
Warum kann ich Deutsch sprechen?
Mark Alexander – Aufsatz: Ich bekomme viele Besucher aus Deutschland, aus Österreich und aus der Schweiz. Ich kann mir gut vorstellen, daß sie sich fragen, warum dieser Kerl so gut und fließend Deutsch spricht? Kann er wirklich Deutsch sprechen? Ist es wahr? Meistens spricht kein Brite andere Sprachen.
Ich glaube, daß die Zeit gekommen ist, Ihnen etliches zu erklären, warum ich mich mit der deutschen Sprache so zu Hause fühle.
Es ist tatsächlich so, daß ich keine einzige Stunde in der deutschen Sprache in der Schule bekommen habe. Ich habe erst mit etwa dreiundzwanzig oder vierundzwanzig angefangen, Deutsch zu lernen – nach meinem Üniversitäts-Studium. Etwas wußte ich ganz sicher: Die deutsche Sprache lag mir. Zu dem, habe ich gewußt, daß ich die deutsche Sprache faszinierend fand. Deshalb, sobald als mein Universitätsstudium fertig war, habe ich angefangen, Deutsch in Ernst zu lernen.
Am Anfang ging das langsam und das Lernen war mir schwer. Jedoch mit der Zeit fang es an, mir leichter zu lernen, vor allem als ich die Möglichkeit bekam, in der Schweiz zu arbeiten.
Als ich in die Schweiz gegangen bin, habe ich erfahren, wie wenig ich von dieser Sprache gelernt hatte. Als ich nach Zürich kam, habe ich realisiert, daß ich „in the deep end“ gelangen war! In der Tat habe ich damals wenig Deutsch beherrscht.
Ich war aber entschlossen, Deutsch zu erlernen. Und, obwohl ich in der Schweiz war, wo Schwyzertüütsch tagtäglich gesprochen wird, wollte ich richtiges Deutsch lernen, besonders am Anfang und vor dem ich anfangen würde Schweizer-Deutsch zu sprechen.
Was hat mir geholfen, ans Ziel zu gelangen? Vier Sachen: Entschlossenheit richtiges Deutsch zu erlernen; Duden; die Neue Zürcher Zeitung, und eine Frau – nein, ich sollte sagen Dame – die mir eine unentbehrliche Hilfe war, fließend in Deutsch zu werden. Sie und ich waren ineinander verknallt und verliebt. Das war bevor ich mich geoutet habe. Sie war wirklich eine feine Dame. Eine Dame mit feinem Geschmack. Sehr gut angezogen, sehr talentiert, vor allem als Klavierspielerin, und hochbegabt in Sprachen, Sie war fließend in Deutch, Schweizer-Deutsch, Französisch und Italienisch. Sie konnte auch ziemlich viel Englisch und ein wenig Arabisch und Spanisch auch noch sprechen.
Diese Dame hat mich unaufhörlich korrigiert als ich mit ihr Deutsch gesprochen habe. Sie war eine Perfektionistin, die nur Korrektheit und Perfektion akzeptierte. Jedes Mal, das ich mich in der Grammatik oder in der Aussprache einen Fehler gemacht habe, korrigierte sie mich gleichzeitig: Alles was ich sagte, mußte richtig und ‚perfekt‘ sein, was der Grammatik und der Aussprache betraf.
Was mir auch sehr geholfen hat ist ein Abonnement fur die Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Für meine ‚Freundin‘ mußte ich mich unbedingt bei der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung abonnieren. Keine andere Zeitung käme in Frage!
Obwohl ich Deutsch in der Schweiz erlernt habe, gebrauche ich „esszett" (ß), was in der Schweiz nicht mehr verwendet wird. Ich vwerwende es, weil ich es schön finde. Meines Erachtens, Deutsch ohne „eszett“ verliert etwas – etwas Schönes! Aber das ist natürlich nur meine Meinung.
Ich sollte auch hinzufügen, daß ich kein Engländer bin. Ich komme aus Wales, wo alle Kinder mit zwei Sprachen erzogen werden: Englisch und Wallisisch. Auch wenn man Wallisisch nicht tagtäglich spricht, muß man unbedingt wallisische Ortsnamen aussprechen können.
So jetzt haben sie eine bessere Ahnung, warum ich Deutsch kann. In so vielen Weisen, fühle ich mich in diesem Lande deplaziert, vor allem nach Brexit. Ich kann mich mit der Mentalität der Briten nicht ganz so zu Recht kommen. Aber das ist eine Geschichte für ein anderes Mal.
Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
© Mark Alexander
Ich glaube, daß die Zeit gekommen ist, Ihnen etliches zu erklären, warum ich mich mit der deutschen Sprache so zu Hause fühle.
Es ist tatsächlich so, daß ich keine einzige Stunde in der deutschen Sprache in der Schule bekommen habe. Ich habe erst mit etwa dreiundzwanzig oder vierundzwanzig angefangen, Deutsch zu lernen – nach meinem Üniversitäts-Studium. Etwas wußte ich ganz sicher: Die deutsche Sprache lag mir. Zu dem, habe ich gewußt, daß ich die deutsche Sprache faszinierend fand. Deshalb, sobald als mein Universitätsstudium fertig war, habe ich angefangen, Deutsch in Ernst zu lernen.
Am Anfang ging das langsam und das Lernen war mir schwer. Jedoch mit der Zeit fang es an, mir leichter zu lernen, vor allem als ich die Möglichkeit bekam, in der Schweiz zu arbeiten.
Als ich in die Schweiz gegangen bin, habe ich erfahren, wie wenig ich von dieser Sprache gelernt hatte. Als ich nach Zürich kam, habe ich realisiert, daß ich „in the deep end“ gelangen war! In der Tat habe ich damals wenig Deutsch beherrscht.
Ich war aber entschlossen, Deutsch zu erlernen. Und, obwohl ich in der Schweiz war, wo Schwyzertüütsch tagtäglich gesprochen wird, wollte ich richtiges Deutsch lernen, besonders am Anfang und vor dem ich anfangen würde Schweizer-Deutsch zu sprechen.
Was hat mir geholfen, ans Ziel zu gelangen? Vier Sachen: Entschlossenheit richtiges Deutsch zu erlernen; Duden; die Neue Zürcher Zeitung, und eine Frau – nein, ich sollte sagen Dame – die mir eine unentbehrliche Hilfe war, fließend in Deutsch zu werden. Sie und ich waren ineinander verknallt und verliebt. Das war bevor ich mich geoutet habe. Sie war wirklich eine feine Dame. Eine Dame mit feinem Geschmack. Sehr gut angezogen, sehr talentiert, vor allem als Klavierspielerin, und hochbegabt in Sprachen, Sie war fließend in Deutch, Schweizer-Deutsch, Französisch und Italienisch. Sie konnte auch ziemlich viel Englisch und ein wenig Arabisch und Spanisch auch noch sprechen.
Diese Dame hat mich unaufhörlich korrigiert als ich mit ihr Deutsch gesprochen habe. Sie war eine Perfektionistin, die nur Korrektheit und Perfektion akzeptierte. Jedes Mal, das ich mich in der Grammatik oder in der Aussprache einen Fehler gemacht habe, korrigierte sie mich gleichzeitig: Alles was ich sagte, mußte richtig und ‚perfekt‘ sein, was der Grammatik und der Aussprache betraf.
Was mir auch sehr geholfen hat ist ein Abonnement fur die Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Für meine ‚Freundin‘ mußte ich mich unbedingt bei der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung abonnieren. Keine andere Zeitung käme in Frage!
Obwohl ich Deutsch in der Schweiz erlernt habe, gebrauche ich „esszett" (ß), was in der Schweiz nicht mehr verwendet wird. Ich vwerwende es, weil ich es schön finde. Meines Erachtens, Deutsch ohne „eszett“ verliert etwas – etwas Schönes! Aber das ist natürlich nur meine Meinung.
Ich sollte auch hinzufügen, daß ich kein Engländer bin. Ich komme aus Wales, wo alle Kinder mit zwei Sprachen erzogen werden: Englisch und Wallisisch. Auch wenn man Wallisisch nicht tagtäglich spricht, muß man unbedingt wallisische Ortsnamen aussprechen können.
So jetzt haben sie eine bessere Ahnung, warum ich Deutsch kann. In so vielen Weisen, fühle ich mich in diesem Lande deplaziert, vor allem nach Brexit. Ich kann mich mit der Mentalität der Briten nicht ganz so zu Recht kommen. Aber das ist eine Geschichte für ein anderes Mal.
Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
© Mark Alexander
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Arthur Rubinstein : Nocturnes, Op. 32: No. 2 in A-Flat
Please Forgive Me…
Roast Beef in a 2 Michelin Star Italian Restaurant with Alessandro Negrini and Fabio Pisani
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Taliban Reject Extended Deadline as U.S. Races to Finish Evacuation
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Tens of thousands are still hoping for rescue, with priority recently being given to Americans over Afghan allies, according to a U.S. official and those involved in the effort.
Afghans desperate to flee the country wait in a field outside Kabul’s airport on Monday. | Victor J. Blue for The New York Times
As a desperate U.S. effort to evacuate Americans from Afghanistan gained momentum on Monday, Taliban leaders rejected a suggestion from President Biden that American forces might remain past an Aug. 31 deadline to complete the operation, injecting fresh urgency into an already frantic process.
American officials are increasingly worried that even with the vast number of Afghans, Americans and people of other nationalities evacuated in recent days — a total of about 10,400 people in the 24 hours from Sunday to Monday alone, according to the White House — many still remain to be rescued. In recent days, that operation has increasingly focused on the Americans still left, over the Afghans who worked with the United States.
On Monday, a State Department official said that some former Afghan military interpreters or other close U.S. allies, a designated priority group for evacuations, were being turned away from the airport by American officials in order to give priority to U.S. passport and Green Card holders in recent days. The official was not authorized to brief the press, and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The official’s account was supported by interviews with Afghans who have approached the airport in recent days, and with American veterans’ groups and other organizations that have tried to organize evacuations for interpreters and other Afghans at risk from the Taliban. » | Mark Landler and Megan K. Stack | Published: Monday, August 23, 2021: Updated: Tuesday, August 24, 2021
As a desperate U.S. effort to evacuate Americans from Afghanistan gained momentum on Monday, Taliban leaders rejected a suggestion from President Biden that American forces might remain past an Aug. 31 deadline to complete the operation, injecting fresh urgency into an already frantic process.
American officials are increasingly worried that even with the vast number of Afghans, Americans and people of other nationalities evacuated in recent days — a total of about 10,400 people in the 24 hours from Sunday to Monday alone, according to the White House — many still remain to be rescued. In recent days, that operation has increasingly focused on the Americans still left, over the Afghans who worked with the United States.
On Monday, a State Department official said that some former Afghan military interpreters or other close U.S. allies, a designated priority group for evacuations, were being turned away from the airport by American officials in order to give priority to U.S. passport and Green Card holders in recent days. The official was not authorized to brief the press, and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The official’s account was supported by interviews with Afghans who have approached the airport in recent days, and with American veterans’ groups and other organizations that have tried to organize evacuations for interpreters and other Afghans at risk from the Taliban. » | Mark Landler and Megan K. Stack | Published: Monday, August 23, 2021: Updated: Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Die Schweizer Evakuierungsaktion in Kabul ist dank enger Zusammenarbeit mit Deutschland fast abgeschlossen
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Die Schweiz konnte ihre afghanischen Angestellten und deren Angehörige in Sicherheit bringen. Ein weiterer Evakuierungsflug ist gegenwärtig nicht geplant.
Die deutsche Luftwaffe flog Personen mit Schweiz-Bezug von Kabul nach Taschkent. | Bundeswehr
Der Sonderflug LX 8845 aus Taschkent landete um 1 Uhr 47 auf dem Flughafen Zürich. An Bord der Boeing 777 der Swiss befanden sich 141 lokale Mitarbeitende der Direktion für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (Deza) und deren Kernfamilien sowie 78 weitere Passagiere aus Afghanistan, Deutschland und Schweden. Die Schweiz konnte die Verantwortung gegenüber ihrem afghanischen Personal wahrnehmen.
«Ich bin erleichtert und möchte mich bei allen bedanken, die das möglich gemacht haben», sagte Bundesrat Ignazio Cassis, Vorsteher des Aussendepartements (EDA), am Dienstag vor den Medien. Eine der grössten Evakuierungsaktionen der Schweiz sei damit fast am Ende. Dies gelang vor allem dank einer bemerkenswerten Zusammenarbeit mit Deutschland. Cassis dankte explizit dem deutschen Aussenminister Heiko Maas. » | Georg Häsler, Bern | Dienstag, 24. August 2021
Der Sonderflug LX 8845 aus Taschkent landete um 1 Uhr 47 auf dem Flughafen Zürich. An Bord der Boeing 777 der Swiss befanden sich 141 lokale Mitarbeitende der Direktion für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (Deza) und deren Kernfamilien sowie 78 weitere Passagiere aus Afghanistan, Deutschland und Schweden. Die Schweiz konnte die Verantwortung gegenüber ihrem afghanischen Personal wahrnehmen.
«Ich bin erleichtert und möchte mich bei allen bedanken, die das möglich gemacht haben», sagte Bundesrat Ignazio Cassis, Vorsteher des Aussendepartements (EDA), am Dienstag vor den Medien. Eine der grössten Evakuierungsaktionen der Schweiz sei damit fast am Ende. Dies gelang vor allem dank einer bemerkenswerten Zusammenarbeit mit Deutschland. Cassis dankte explizit dem deutschen Aussenminister Heiko Maas. » | Georg Häsler, Bern | Dienstag, 24. August 2021
L’exil forcé et doré de l’ancien roi espagnol Juan Carlos
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - L’ex monarque, qui a fui d’éventuelles poursuites judiciaires il y a un an, aurait, dans sa retraite d’Abou Dhabi, le mal du pays.
«Le roi émérite lira probablement cet article.» Tel est le drôle d’avertissement par lequel le journal El País entamait, début août, le récit de la vie quotidienne aux Émirats arabes unis de Juan Carlos, roi d’Espagne depuis la mort de Franco en 1975, jusqu’à son abdication en faveur de son fils Felipe VI en 2014. L’ex-chef d’État n’est pas réputé être un lecteur particulièrement avide. Mais, à la retraite et exilé sur l’île de Zaya Nurai, le roi s’ennuie.
Voilà un an que Juan Carlos a justifié son départ d’Espagne par une lettre pleine de non-dits et sous-entendus adressée, non pas à son peuple, mais à son fils. Le 3 août 2020, le Palais dévoilait que son ancien locataire avait communiqué «sa décision, méditée, de séjourner, en ce moment, hors d’Espagne» dans le but de «faciliter l’exercice des fonctions (de Felipe VI, NDLR) dans le calme et la sérénité». Lesdites fonctions, devait-on fatalement en conclure, avaient été sérieusement altérées par ce que Juan Carlos appelait pudiquement «certains événements passés de ma vie privée». Il s’agissait moins des affaires de jupons, sur lesquelles les sujets peu puritains de sa majesté ont fermé les yeux pendant 39 ans de règne, que des accusations d’enrichissement personnel et de fraude fiscale autour de présumées commissions occultes. Un an après, nous apprend la presse espagnole, Juan Carlos aimerait bien rentrer… mais le moment ne semble jamais le bon! » | Par Mathieu de Taillac | Publié : lundi 23 août 2021 ; mis à jour : mardi 24 août 2021
Juan Carlos choque l’Espagne en s’installant à Abu Dhabi »
Espagne : le roi appelle au respect des «principes moraux» en plein scandale autour de Juan Carlos »
Espagne : le crépuscule de Juan Carlos en cinq dates »
Juan Carlos, la chute d’un roi rattrapé par le scandale »
He Blew the Whistle on the Catholic Church in 1985. Why Didn’t We Listen?
THE NEW YORK TIMES: As an investigative reporter, Jason Berry
exposed the church’s systematic cover-up of sexual
abuse. Somehow, it wasn’t enough
Nearly 20 years ago, an investigation by The Boston Globe into sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests ignited a firestorm of scandal that has traveled around the world. For many Americans, these shocking revelations — especially of the related cover-ups by the church — came out of nowhere, almost like a bolt of lightning. But the sobering reality is that this bolt of lightning had been striking for at least 15 years. Read the short article and watch the disturbing video here » | Ben Proudfoot | Mr. Proudfoot is an Emmy-winning filmmaker. | Tuesday, August 14, 2021
So much for organised religion! This is disgusting! Truly disgusting! It begs many questions: Why is there so much perversion in the Roman Catholic Church? Why does the RCC attract so many perverts? Who wants or needs to be preached to by these perverts on issues of morality anyway? And where do they get the audacity from to lecture people on being gay when they engage in truly disgusting sexual abuse like this?
We’ve all known about the goings on in the Roman Catholic Church (and other churches, too), but when you watch a video such as this one, it is a sad reminder that much of religion is a sick joke! This is far removed from the teachings of Jesus Christ. – @ Mark
Nearly 20 years ago, an investigation by The Boston Globe into sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests ignited a firestorm of scandal that has traveled around the world. For many Americans, these shocking revelations — especially of the related cover-ups by the church — came out of nowhere, almost like a bolt of lightning. But the sobering reality is that this bolt of lightning had been striking for at least 15 years. Read the short article and watch the disturbing video here » | Ben Proudfoot | Mr. Proudfoot is an Emmy-winning filmmaker. | Tuesday, August 14, 2021
So much for organised religion! This is disgusting! Truly disgusting! It begs many questions: Why is there so much perversion in the Roman Catholic Church? Why does the RCC attract so many perverts? Who wants or needs to be preached to by these perverts on issues of morality anyway? And where do they get the audacity from to lecture people on being gay when they engage in truly disgusting sexual abuse like this?
We’ve all known about the goings on in the Roman Catholic Church (and other churches, too), but when you watch a video such as this one, it is a sad reminder that much of religion is a sick joke! This is far removed from the teachings of Jesus Christ. – @ Mark
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My posting has been slow today, because I have been getting help from Adobe.
Yesterday, I decided to subscribe to Adobe Stock to be able to offer you an extended choice of great photos and images. I hope you will enjoy them. It’s an archive of great photos and images, actually. I hope you will be pleased: I hope they will bring you much pleasure and delight.
It was a little complicated in the beginning, because the first image I downloaded had a watermark emblazoned right across it. I wanted the download to be without a watermark. Therefore, I had to get in contact with Adobe customer support to sort out the problem. It turns out that I had downloaded the image incorrectly. It has now been sorted: the watermark is gone. There were one or two other questions about my allowance of images per month, etc, as well. This is why I am behindhand with my posting today; I trust that you will understand.
I hope you enjoy the new experience.
Mark
Yesterday, I decided to subscribe to Adobe Stock to be able to offer you an extended choice of great photos and images. I hope you will enjoy them. It’s an archive of great photos and images, actually. I hope you will be pleased: I hope they will bring you much pleasure and delight.
It was a little complicated in the beginning, because the first image I downloaded had a watermark emblazoned right across it. I wanted the download to be without a watermark. Therefore, I had to get in contact with Adobe customer support to sort out the problem. It turns out that I had downloaded the image incorrectly. It has now been sorted: the watermark is gone. There were one or two other questions about my allowance of images per month, etc, as well. This is why I am behindhand with my posting today; I trust that you will understand.
I hope you enjoy the new experience.
Mark
Monday, August 23, 2021
Arthur Rubinstein: Chopin: The Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E Flat Major. Andante
À Marseille, dans les quartiers où la guerre des gangs fait rage
LE FIGARO : REPORTAGE - Illustration de l’emprise croissante du trafic de drogue dans la vie des quartiers, le rythme des règlements de compte s’emballe et leur violence s’intensifie.
Il est 12h30 ce lundi: la face obscure de la cité s’éveille sous le soleil. Les guetteurs prennent place sur les différents points d’accès. Ils ne se cachent pas, mais cherchent l’ombre car, malgré le mistral, il fait très chaud. En aucun cas, ils ne doivent quitter leur poste d’observation. «100 euros la journée, ça paraît beaucoup, mais si on ramène au taux horaire, on est en dessous du smic, explique Rachid*. Ils ne rentreront pas chez eux avant deux heures du matin!»
Le jeune homme a quitté la cité des Flamants, dans le 14e arrondissement, après avoir trouvé un emploi d’informaticien. Il revient souvent rendre visite à sa mère et n’est pas surpris par la dérive du quartier. Il estime qu’il y a un fossé entre ceux qui suivent un cursus scolaire et ceux qui plongent dans les trafics: «Ils n’ont rien à perdre, ils flambent. Leur vie peut s’arrêter à tout moment.» Rachid n’a jamais touché à la drogue, mais en veut aux consommateurs des beaux quartiers. «Si la police et la justice s’attaquaient à eux, le problème serait rapidement résolu. Ils ne viendraient plus», estime celui qui ne supporte plus la légende affirmant que les cités vivent de la drogue: «10% à peine de la population est concernée», considère-t-il. » | Par Pierre Saint Gilles | lundi 23 août 2021
Réservé aux abonnés
NastassjaCanCook: Borscht/Borsch | My Family Recipe: The Best Borsch You Have Ever Tried!
Jun 27, 2019 • Borscht, or Borsch, is a staple dish in Russia, Ukraine and some Eastern European countries. Each and every family would have its own secret recipe; so, today, I am sharing my family recipe.
For the beef stock, you will need: some bones. I am using beef bone marrow bones. I am also using some gelatin and meat: ox tails, and some lean meat – top sirloin.
Ingedients:
1 onion
1 carrot
1 parsnip
1 celery stalk
Some parsley Dry spices like such as bay leaves, coriander seeds and black peppercorns
Salt and pepper to taste
one dry chilli pepper
3 medium size beets (with beet greens)
4 medium size potatoes
2 medium size carrots
1 parsnip
2 cloves of garlic
1 head of green cabbage
celery greens
1 bunch of parsley
1 bunch of dill
2 tbsp white vinegar
To serve you will need:
2 cloves of garlic
Fresh dill
Sour cream
Method:
In a large stock pot add all your meat and vegetables for the stock (you don't need to peel the vegetables, since they are going to be discarded after the stock is done).
Add spices.
Add cold water to cover stock size ¾ of a way up and boil.
Before the boiling process has started, collect and discard the foam that appears on the top.
Leave to simmer for about an hour.
Peel beets.
After one hour of simmering time, take out the bone marrow bones – you can enjoy them with just a sprinkle of salt or as a spread it on toast.
Add beets to simmering stock and cook until beets are fork tender.(about 30-35 minutes).
Take out the meat and beets. Set aside to cool. Strain beef stock and return to pot. Set on slow simmer. Add grated carrots and grated parsnip, cook for 10 minutes. Add chopped beet greens and chopped beet stalks. Add cubed potatoes and cook for 10 minutes. Add chopped cabbage and cubed meat. Cook until cabbage is just al dente. Grate beets, add chopped garlic and vinegar. Add to soup along with fresh herbs, Turn off the heat and close the lid. Let sit for 10 minutes. Enjoy Borsch(t) with chopped garlic, fresh dill and sour cream.
Serve with Russian black bread.
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Fertiggerichte in der Gastronomie - Die Wahrheit über Restaurants | SWR betrifft
Apr 24, 2019 • Fertigprodukte, auch bekannt als Convenience-Food, erobern die deutsche Gastronomie. Für Azubis heißt das: Sie reißen nur noch Tüten auf und lernen in der Gastronomie nicht mehr, wie man selbst kocht. "betrifft" zeigt den Niedergang der Kochkultur in der deutschen Gastronomie.
Gemeinsam mit Traditionskoch Thomas Rund schauen wir auf die Internorga, nach eigenen Angaben die "Leitmesse der Gastronomie". Konzerne wie Unilever, Nestlé oder Mondelez versuchen dort, die Gastronomie zu mehr Effizienz und weniger Handarbeit zu bringen - also ihnen Fertigprodukte zu verkaufen. Andere Köche wie Rudi Koch nehmen die Fertigprodukte in ihrer Gastronomie als Hilfe dankbar an und servieren selbstgemachte Delikatessen mit Soßen aus dem Tetrapack. Die Gäste in seiner Gastronomie ahnen nichts davon, sind sich sicher, in dieser Gastronomie sei alles frisch. Wem kann der Kunde noch trauen, wer in der Gastronomie kocht noch selbst, wo es doch aufwendig und reglementiert ist? Wir bringen ein paar Proben aus verschiedenen Gastronomien ins Labor, um sie zu testen.
Verbraucher(innen) im Westen werden überall oft betrogen! Gott sei dank gibt es immer noch einige Geschäftsleute, die aufrichtig und ehrlich sind! – Mark
Gemeinsam mit Traditionskoch Thomas Rund schauen wir auf die Internorga, nach eigenen Angaben die "Leitmesse der Gastronomie". Konzerne wie Unilever, Nestlé oder Mondelez versuchen dort, die Gastronomie zu mehr Effizienz und weniger Handarbeit zu bringen - also ihnen Fertigprodukte zu verkaufen. Andere Köche wie Rudi Koch nehmen die Fertigprodukte in ihrer Gastronomie als Hilfe dankbar an und servieren selbstgemachte Delikatessen mit Soßen aus dem Tetrapack. Die Gäste in seiner Gastronomie ahnen nichts davon, sind sich sicher, in dieser Gastronomie sei alles frisch. Wem kann der Kunde noch trauen, wer in der Gastronomie kocht noch selbst, wo es doch aufwendig und reglementiert ist? Wir bringen ein paar Proben aus verschiedenen Gastronomien ins Labor, um sie zu testen.
Verbraucher(innen) im Westen werden überall oft betrogen! Gott sei dank gibt es immer noch einige Geschäftsleute, die aufrichtig und ehrlich sind! – Mark
Afghanistan : les talibans préviennent de «conséquences» si les États-Unis retardent leur départ
LE FIGARO : Sous pression de ses alliés, Joe Biden a ouvert la porte à un maintien des soldats américains en Afghanistan au-delà du 31 août.
Les États-Unis et leurs alliés s'exposent à des «conséquences» s'ils retardent leur départ d'Afghanistan, prévu pour le 31 août, afin de poursuivre les évacuations à Kaboul, a prévenu lundi 23 août un porte-parole des talibans interrogé par la chaîne de télévision Sky News.
«C'est une ligne rouge. Le président Biden a annoncé que (les Etats-Unis) retireraient toutes leurs forces armées le 31 août. Donc s'ils prolongent (leur présence), cela signifie qu'ils prolongent l'occupation, alors que ce n'est pas nécessaire», a déclaré le porte-parole Suhail Shaheen. «Si les Etats-Unis ou le Royaume-Uni demandent plus de temps pour poursuivre les évacuations, la réponse est non. Ou il y aura des conséquences», a-t-il ajouté. «Cela créera de la méfiance entre nous. S'ils ont l'intention de continuer l'occupation, cela provoquera une réaction». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | lundi 23 août 2021
«C’est notre responsabilité morale d’aider les Afghans», souligne Ursula von der Leyen
LE FIGARO : En déplacement dans une base militaire du nord-est de l’Espagne, qui servira de centre d'accueil pour les Afghans arrivant de Kaboul et ayant travaillé pour l'UE, Ursula von der Leyen déplore «la tragédie» que traverse actuellement l’Afghanistan. La présidente de la Commission européenne souligne qu’en plus de l’aide apportée par les différents États, «l’Union européenne est engagée à continuer à soutenir les ONG» au sein du pays. Vidéo : Ursula von der Leyen en parle en anglais » | Dimanche 22 août 2021
«Das Leben ist fürchterlich»: Seit einer Woche regieren die Taliban – Afghanen berichten von Übergriffen und Knappheit
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Die Taliban regieren fast ganz Afghanistan. Die Lage im Land scheint instabil, einigen Menschen fehlt es am Nötigsten.
Taliban-Kämpfer patrouillieren am 19. August in einem Viertel von Kabul. | Rahmat Gul / AP
Eine Woche ist es her, seit Kabul gefallen ist. Seit einer Woche kontrollieren die Taliban die Hauptstadt und Afghanistan. Die Lage im Land ist noch immer unübersichtlich, es gibt viele Gerüchte, und in den sozialen Netzwerken kursieren Berichte von Grausamkeiten der Taliban, die sich später als falsch erweisen. Fest steht, dass die Taliban gelernt haben: Zu Beginn ihres zweiten Emirats geben sie sich alle Mühe, harmlos zu wirken, wie Befreier, nicht wie Eroberer. Wie ein möglicher Partner für die internationale Gemeinschaft.
Aber es gibt sie noch immer, die andere Seite der Taliban. Eine Woche nach der Machtübernahme häufen sich die Berichte über Hausdurchsuchungen überall in Afghanistan. Es gibt Listen, auf denen Namen von den Menschen stehen, die mit dem Westen kooperiert haben.
«Meine Nachbarn haben mich angerufen, die Taliban stünden vor meiner Haustüre», sagt Abdul Hamid Mohammadi. Er stammt aus Bamian, einer Stadt im Westen Kabuls. «Die Taliban haben nach mir gefragt. Die Nachbarn haben geantwortet, unsere Familie sei nach Kabul geflüchtet», sagt Mohammadi. Kurz bevor Bamian fiel, mietete er ein Auto, den doppelten Preis habe er dafür bezahlt. Er fuhr die Familie ins vermeintlich sichere Kabul. Mohammadi gehört zur schiitischen Minderheit der Hazara und hat für amerikanische Hilfswerke gearbeitet; er sagt, das mache ihn zum Ziel.
Der Fernsehsender Deutsche Welle berichtet, die Taliban hätten einen ihrer Journalisten aufspüren wollen. Bei der Hausdurchsuchung hätten sie ein Familienmitglied ermordet und ein weiteres schwer verletzt. Der Journalist selber lebt mittlerweile in Deutschland. Weitere Tote am Flughafen » | Andreas Babst, Delhi | Montag, 23. August 2021
Eine Woche ist es her, seit Kabul gefallen ist. Seit einer Woche kontrollieren die Taliban die Hauptstadt und Afghanistan. Die Lage im Land ist noch immer unübersichtlich, es gibt viele Gerüchte, und in den sozialen Netzwerken kursieren Berichte von Grausamkeiten der Taliban, die sich später als falsch erweisen. Fest steht, dass die Taliban gelernt haben: Zu Beginn ihres zweiten Emirats geben sie sich alle Mühe, harmlos zu wirken, wie Befreier, nicht wie Eroberer. Wie ein möglicher Partner für die internationale Gemeinschaft.
Aber es gibt sie noch immer, die andere Seite der Taliban. Eine Woche nach der Machtübernahme häufen sich die Berichte über Hausdurchsuchungen überall in Afghanistan. Es gibt Listen, auf denen Namen von den Menschen stehen, die mit dem Westen kooperiert haben.
«Meine Nachbarn haben mich angerufen, die Taliban stünden vor meiner Haustüre», sagt Abdul Hamid Mohammadi. Er stammt aus Bamian, einer Stadt im Westen Kabuls. «Die Taliban haben nach mir gefragt. Die Nachbarn haben geantwortet, unsere Familie sei nach Kabul geflüchtet», sagt Mohammadi. Kurz bevor Bamian fiel, mietete er ein Auto, den doppelten Preis habe er dafür bezahlt. Er fuhr die Familie ins vermeintlich sichere Kabul. Mohammadi gehört zur schiitischen Minderheit der Hazara und hat für amerikanische Hilfswerke gearbeitet; er sagt, das mache ihn zum Ziel.
Der Fernsehsender Deutsche Welle berichtet, die Taliban hätten einen ihrer Journalisten aufspüren wollen. Bei der Hausdurchsuchung hätten sie ein Familienmitglied ermordet und ein weiteres schwer verletzt. Der Journalist selber lebt mittlerweile in Deutschland. Weitere Tote am Flughafen » | Andreas Babst, Delhi | Montag, 23. August 2021
Hundreds Clash in Portland as Proud Boys Rally Descends into Violence
THE GUARDIAN: Running street battle ends in gunfight after ‘Summer of love’ protest in a parking lot of a former Kmart store
Far-right extremists and anti-fascist counter protesters clashed on Sunday in Portland, Oregon. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Getty Images
THE GUARDIAN: Running street battle ends in gunfight after ‘Summer of love’ protest in a parking lot of a former Kmart store
A rightwing protest in Portland on Sunday has culminated in a gunfight, when antifascist demonstrators returned fire at a man who shot at them with a handgun in a downtown street.
The firefight took place in the heart of downtown Portland, soon after 6pm. As antifascists followed a man at a distance who they were trying to eject from the area, he took cover behind an electrical substation box, produced a handgun and opened fire. He fired at least two shots before an antifascist returned fire with their own handgun. At least seven shots were fired.
Portland police bureau confirmed that a man had been arrested over the shooting but did not have any information on any injuries.
The incident came after a day of protest descended into running clashes involving hundreds of protesters and counter protesters. » | Jason Wilson in Portland, Oregon | Monday, August 23, 2021
THE GUARDIAN: Running street battle ends in gunfight after ‘Summer of love’ protest in a parking lot of a former Kmart store
A rightwing protest in Portland on Sunday has culminated in a gunfight, when antifascist demonstrators returned fire at a man who shot at them with a handgun in a downtown street.
The firefight took place in the heart of downtown Portland, soon after 6pm. As antifascists followed a man at a distance who they were trying to eject from the area, he took cover behind an electrical substation box, produced a handgun and opened fire. He fired at least two shots before an antifascist returned fire with their own handgun. At least seven shots were fired.
Portland police bureau confirmed that a man had been arrested over the shooting but did not have any information on any injuries.
The incident came after a day of protest descended into running clashes involving hundreds of protesters and counter protesters. » | Jason Wilson in Portland, Oregon | Monday, August 23, 2021
ISIS Poses ‘Acute’ Threat to U.S. Evacuation Efforts in Kabul, Sullivan Says
THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Biden’s national security adviser warned of mounting but unspecified terrorist risks to the U.S. mission to evacuate thousands of Americans and Afghan allies.
A crowd waited by an entrance to the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, as U.S. Marines secured the perimeter on Sunday. Photo: Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s national security adviser warned on Sunday that the threat of a terrorist attack by the Islamic State posed a serious danger to the administration’s evacuation of thousands of Americans and Afghan allies from the international airport in Kabul.
“The threat is real. It is acute. It is persistent. And it is something that we are focused on with every tool in our arsenal,” Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
His comments were the most urgent so far regarding a range of steadily increasing threats that intelligence and military officials have privately briefed Mr. Biden and his top aides on in recent days, officials said.
Neither Mr. Sullivan nor other senior American military or intelligence officials provided details about the threats or their specificity. Current and former officials say, however, that they range from a missile attack against a transport plane taking off or landing at Hamid Karzai International Airport to a bomb-laden truck or suicide bombers infiltrating the crowd outside the airport. » | Eric Schmitt | Sunday, August 22, 2021
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s national security adviser warned on Sunday that the threat of a terrorist attack by the Islamic State posed a serious danger to the administration’s evacuation of thousands of Americans and Afghan allies from the international airport in Kabul.
“The threat is real. It is acute. It is persistent. And it is something that we are focused on with every tool in our arsenal,” Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
His comments were the most urgent so far regarding a range of steadily increasing threats that intelligence and military officials have privately briefed Mr. Biden and his top aides on in recent days, officials said.
Neither Mr. Sullivan nor other senior American military or intelligence officials provided details about the threats or their specificity. Current and former officials say, however, that they range from a missile attack against a transport plane taking off or landing at Hamid Karzai International Airport to a bomb-laden truck or suicide bombers infiltrating the crowd outside the airport. » | Eric Schmitt | Sunday, August 22, 2021
Tony Blair Criticizes US Exit from Afghanistan
I was no particular fan of Tony Blair, but I agree wholeheartedly with what he says in this short video clip. The man is spot on in his assessment. I realize that some people have disliked what I had to say on current British and American politics, but I believe that what I have said is in accord with what Tony Blair has just said. I, too, like Joe Biden. I think he is an honourable man and a man with his heart in the right place. I feel sure that his intentions are good; and it must be said that he has already, in his short time in office, done some very good things for America. But I really think that he should not have taken the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan at this time, and certainly not as abruptly as this. This decision is going to haunt America and it will cause a lot of problems for Europe and the rest of the world. It will ultimately cause a lot of problems for America itself, too. That is what I believe. – © Mark
Hashtag Monaco: “Influencers Add the Human Touch to Luxury”
MONACO LIFE: They document their lives and passions online, and with that comes a new way to showcase Monaco. Olga Lavric and Milana Chigridow are digital influencers, giving their hundreds of thousands of followers a unique glimpse of what life looks like in the fabled Principality.
It’s the perfect destination to post about. Famous architectural masterpieces, luxury superyachts in the harbour, and all those fast cars. Of course, we’re talking about Monaco.
The Principality is a favourite when it comes to social media. On Instagram alone, there’s more than seven million posts with the hashtag “monaco”. But if on the one side there are occasional vacation posts by the hoards of visitors each year, on the other there’s a community of influencers who work all year around to share all-things-Monaco.
Five years ago, Olga Lavric found herself with no job and a suggestion from her husband: “You are following a lot of fashion/beauty bloggers. Why not start your personal blog?”. At first, she was indecisive, not knowing how her work situation would evolve, but then she knew she had to take the risk. “In the end I said: ‘Why not? Better to try than to regret later’. Now I’m more than happy to do what I really love. For me this is a dream that came true,” Olga tells Monaco Life.
Olga’s job goes from answering emails to organising photo shoots, preparing outfits, editing photos and videos or attending events. Apart from that, she drinks her coffee in the morning and spends time with her family and friends, just like everyone else. “I have a normal life as everyone else does, with little exceptions,” she explains. » | Rita Meireles | Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Two Handsome Young Men; One Loving Kiss.
Sunday, August 22, 2021
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor - IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam
Afghanistan : les talibans annoncent une offensive contre Massoud et ses alliés
LE FIGARO : La résistance afghane, composée de milliers d'hommes rassemblés dans la vallée du Panchir, se prépare à «un conflit de longue durée».
Les talibans ont annoncé dimanche que des «centaines» de leurs combattants se dirigeaient vers la vallée du Panchir, au nord-est de Kaboul, une des rares zones de l'Afghanistan échappant encore au contrôle du groupe islamiste. Les forces de résistance armée en Afghanistan, qui se sont regroupées dans la vallée du Panchir, se préparent elles à «un conflit de longue durée» si elles ne parviennent pas à négocier d'abord avec les talibans, a déclaré leur porte-parole dans une interview à l'AFP. Depuis la prise de pouvoir des talibans le 15 août, après une campagne militaire fulgurante, des milliers d'Afghans ont rejoint la vallée du Panchir, au nord-est de Kaboul, pour combattre le nouveau régime ou tout simplement pour trouver un refuge sûr et continuer leur vie, a expliqué Ali Maisam Nazary.
Là, Ahmad Massoud, fils du célèbre commandant Ahmed Shah Massoud, assassiné le 9 septembre 2001 par Al-Qaïda, deux jours avant les attentats du 11-Septembre aux États-Unis, a rassemblé quelque 9000 hommes armés, selon Ali Maisam Nazary. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | dimanche 22 août 2021
Tarte au citron par Pierre-Dominique Cécillon pour Larousse Cuisine
Pour 4 à 6 personnes. | Difficulté : facile.
Ingrédients :
250 g de pâte brisée ,
15 cl de jus de citron ,
200 g de sucre semoule,
3 œufs,
150 g de beurre ,
le zeste de 1 citron non traité.
Préparation :
1. Préparez la pâte brisée si vous n'utilisez pas une pâte toute prête.
2. Préchauffez le four à 180 °C (therm. 6).
3. Faites cuire la pâte à blanc : étalez la pâte sur 3 mm d'épaisseur et mettez-la dans un moule à tarte de 18 cm de diamètre. Piquez le fond avec une fourchette et posez par-dessus un disque de papier sulfurisé recouvert de noyaux d'abricots ou de légumes secs. Enfournez pour 20 minutes en retirant les légumes secs à mi-cuisson.
4. Dans une casserole, faites chauffer le jus de citron avec le sucre et les œufs. Mélangez, puis ajoutez le zeste de citron. Portez à ébullition sans cesser de fouetter.
5. Dès que le mélange commence à épaissir, retirez la casserole du feu et laissez refroidir pendant 10 minutes environ.
6. Ajoutez le beurre petit à petit dans la casserole en remuant bien pour l'incorporer.
7. Sortez la tarte du four et versez par-dessus la crème au citron.
Laissez refroidir avant de servir.
LarousseCuisine Apricot Tart (in English) here.
Apology to My Followers
I have an apology to make to my followers. I nixed the follower feature a few days ago, because on my computer, you, my followers, no longer showed up on the front page. However, when I went to check stats and other things on the back pages a short while ago, I see that you are all still there and still following me. All 53 of you! I am truly sorry about this. It was not my intention to nix you. Not at all! But as I couldn’t see you on the front page, I thought you had deserted me. But you haven’t.
When I went to re-install the list, it tells me that I must do it, one follower at a time. But there are no instructions as to how to do this. So, folks, please bear with me. I am going to have to do a spot of research as to how I can achieve this. In the past, followers just showed up – I didn’t have to do anything. Clearly, Google has changed the system.
So, dear followers, all of you, please forgive me for this screw-up. I will correct it, but I am not sure how long it’s going to take me. I think I shall have to go onto a forum somewhere on the Net and see if I can get some help with it.
I’m sorry! I truly am.
Mark
When I went to re-install the list, it tells me that I must do it, one follower at a time. But there are no instructions as to how to do this. So, folks, please bear with me. I am going to have to do a spot of research as to how I can achieve this. In the past, followers just showed up – I didn’t have to do anything. Clearly, Google has changed the system.
So, dear followers, all of you, please forgive me for this screw-up. I will correct it, but I am not sure how long it’s going to take me. I think I shall have to go onto a forum somewhere on the Net and see if I can get some help with it.
I’m sorry! I truly am.
Mark
A Disastrous Brexit, Corruption, Chaos and Incompetence - The Johnson Government
Aug 22, 2021 • Four men will be remembered for bringing us Brexit, Farage, Cameron, Johnson and Corbyn Together with the far right of the Conservative party Farage frightened Cameron into calling a referendum expecting the result to be that we would remain. Johnson gambled that his best bet to becoming prime minister was to lead the 'Leave' campaign and then return to the Commons as a gallant loser, a hero to the right and pretender to the premiership.
The Johnson government, 60% of which is made up of those who campaigned for and voted 'Remain' must be one of the worst cabinets ever. Corruption and incompetence are rife and no offence is sackable under Johnson. From multi-millionaire Sunak taking away the £20 a week Universal Credit uplift to Priti Patel committing at least six breaches of the Ministerial Code to Dominic Raab going on holiday as the Taliban marched across Aghhanistan on its way to Kabul and refusing to call his counterpart in Kabul this cabinet is deeply flawed from top to bottom. Dishonesty, lying in Parliament and corruption have all become acceptable under Boris Johnson.
Boris Johnson—I prefer to call him 'BoJo the Clown'—is the worst prime minister we've ever had in this country. He is a clone of that clown they had in America: Trump! Trump was the worst president Americans ever elected in my lifetime, too; and he did immense damage to the United Kingdom by shoring up support for that ridiculous Brexit referendum. It amazes me that the Americans haven't locked Trump up in a penitentiary. An orange jumpsuit would match his orange spray tan! I despair of this country's politics and America's, I really do. As I wrote recently in my essay, Brexit will have to be reversed asap. – © Mark
The Johnson government, 60% of which is made up of those who campaigned for and voted 'Remain' must be one of the worst cabinets ever. Corruption and incompetence are rife and no offence is sackable under Johnson. From multi-millionaire Sunak taking away the £20 a week Universal Credit uplift to Priti Patel committing at least six breaches of the Ministerial Code to Dominic Raab going on holiday as the Taliban marched across Aghhanistan on its way to Kabul and refusing to call his counterpart in Kabul this cabinet is deeply flawed from top to bottom. Dishonesty, lying in Parliament and corruption have all become acceptable under Boris Johnson.
Boris Johnson—I prefer to call him 'BoJo the Clown'—is the worst prime minister we've ever had in this country. He is a clone of that clown they had in America: Trump! Trump was the worst president Americans ever elected in my lifetime, too; and he did immense damage to the United Kingdom by shoring up support for that ridiculous Brexit referendum. It amazes me that the Americans haven't locked Trump up in a penitentiary. An orange jumpsuit would match his orange spray tan! I despair of this country's politics and America's, I really do. As I wrote recently in my essay, Brexit will have to be reversed asap. – © Mark
Schwules Sommercamp
Sep 6, 2016 • Einmal im Jahr bietet der Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund das schwule Sommerjugendcamp in Markelfingen am Bodensee an. Rund 70 homosexuelle junge Männer können hier Sport machen und ihre Freizeit genießen. An diesem Ort müssen sie sich keine dummen Sprüche oder Anfeindungen anhören.
Das Camp ist mittlerweile eine feste Institution und fand im August 2019 bereits zum 25. Mal statt. Betreuer und Teilnehmer sind hoch zufrieden. Sex spielt übrigens (entgegen der gängigen Vorurteile) keine große Rolle. Aber kennenlernen und verlieben kommt schon vor.
Das Camp ist mittlerweile eine feste Institution und fand im August 2019 bereits zum 25. Mal statt. Betreuer und Teilnehmer sind hoch zufrieden. Sex spielt übrigens (entgegen der gängigen Vorurteile) keine große Rolle. Aber kennenlernen und verlieben kommt schon vor.
Your Sunday Treat: "First Kiss"
”First Kiss” is an 84-minute kissing video between the artists Idan Bitton and Alfredo Ferran Calle
Venue: Tel Aviv | Year: 2013
Even though the camera is still, the kiss is in motion, provoking the viewer to stay and watch.
Idan and Alfredo do not interact with the viewer, but offer a peek into their intimate moments of commitment.
"This long-lasting, present and unapologetic kiss defines our current gay rights momentum: We are here, we love each other, and this is what it looks like."
By Idan Bitton (idanbitton.com)
Performed by Idan Bitton & Alfredo Ferran Calle
Video: Runn Shayo
More of Idan's work here Idan Bitton and Idan Bitton on Facebook.
Views on YouTube: 2,647,921
These two handsome gentlemen deserve to be assessed summa cum laude for this performance! It doesn’t get much better than this. This is a veritable ‘kissathon’. It’s impossible even to tire of watching it! It is truly fascinating.
As the video is age-restricted, it cannot be embedded here; so, unfortunately, you’ll will have to click over to YouTube to watch it. You can watch it here. Enjoy the experience! Before you click over, I highly recommend you to grab yourself a drink! This is a long performance; so you’re bound to get thirsty watching it.
If, perchance, the Taliban are watching—I have had visits from Afghanistan—I had one from Jalalabad only a few days ago. Whoever it was, must have gone away in shock! My message to the Taliban if any of them watched this splendid video (I have posted it before) is this: Eat your hearts out! – Mark
Afghanistan : Au Cœur de L’enfer
Tunisie : la chasse aux homos - L'Autre JT
Mar 3, 2016 • De Kairouan à Tunis, Sarah est allée à la rencontre de ceux qui sont aujourd’hui les parias du pays : les homosexuels subissent en ce moment en Tunisie humiliations, agressions et poursuites judiciaires.
L’article 230 du code pénal, qui date de l’époque coloniale, rend toujours passible de trois ans d’emprisonnement les personnes « pratiquant la sodomie et le lesbianisme » et les responsables d’Ennahda, le parti islamiste membre de du gouvernement s’attache à faire désormais respecter cet loi ! Une association, Shams tente de leur venir en aide. Elle est désormais menacée de dissolution par les autorités !
L’article 230 du code pénal, qui date de l’époque coloniale, rend toujours passible de trois ans d’emprisonnement les personnes « pratiquant la sodomie et le lesbianisme » et les responsables d’Ennahda, le parti islamiste membre de du gouvernement s’attache à faire désormais respecter cet loi ! Une association, Shams tente de leur venir en aide. Elle est désormais menacée de dissolution par les autorités !
Menace islamiste : Xavier Bertrand reproche à Emmanuel Macron une «naïveté confondante»
LE FIGARO : Le président de la Région Hauts-de-France et candidat à l'élection présidentielle estime également dans une interview au JDD que «la France a manqué de leadership» après l'arrivée des talibans au pouvoir en Afghanistan.
Xavier Bertrand, candidat (ex-LR) à la présidentielle, accuse Emmanuel Macron de «naïveté confondante» sur l'islamisme, et estime que «la France a manqué de leadership» après l'arrivée des talibans au pouvoir en Afghanistan, dans une interview au JDD.
«Depuis cinq ans, Emmanuel Macron a fait preuve d'une naïveté confondante» et «n'a absolument pas pris la mesure de la menace que fait peser l'islamisme radical sur notre sécurité et nos valeurs», affirme-t-il. Appelant à «dissoudre immédiatement toutes les organisations islamistes qui propagent une idéologie politique incompatible avec les valeurs que nous portons», il promet aussi qu'en cas d'élection à la présidence de la République, «les financements provenant directement ou indirectement d'États étrangers seront interdits». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | dimanche 22 août 2021
Islamisme : des experts appellent à ne pas «croire que le djihadisme est derrière nous» »
‘Trapped in Hell’: Kabul Airport Chaos Casts Doubt on US Promise of Safe Evacuation
THE OBSERVER: There is no coherent system, and those who do make it to the airport face days stuck waiting to board flights
People wait at the airport in Kabul. The US has no figure for the exact number of people who need evacuating.Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
In a voice quivering with fear and exhaustion, Sara pleaded down the phone: “Please, get us out of here. The situation is very bad, we are trapped in a hell.”
For the past four days, Sara, who asked for her real name not to be used, has waited with her family among the thousands of people outside the gates of Kabul airport, desperately trying to board a US evacuation flight.
In the past few days, she said she had seen more than 15 people, including children, shot before her eyes, witnessed her uncle beaten brutally by Taliban fighters and had her nights on the hard street outside the airport gates interrupted by crowd surges and the panic-inducing crack of gunfire.
The crowds were packed in so tightly it was hard to breathe, and people had been trampled to death, she said, adding that the putrid stench of rubbish was getting worse by the day. They had run out of food and water. “My mental state is completely broken,” said Sara.
Sara and her four family members have all been issued US visas for evacuation from Afghanistan and received instructions in a letter from the US consul to go directly to Camp Sullivan, the US military base at Kabul airport, on 18 August. They were told to be prepared to wait hours, and bring bedding with them. But when they arrived on Wednesday, they found thousands blocking the entrance, and all the gates closed. They have not opened for them, and there has been no further information.
“No one is allowed through, even with visas,” she said. “No one from the US is helping us. No one is telling us which gate to go to – we don’t even know when the US flights are leaving. There is violence everywhere but every gate we go to is closed and no one gives us any information or shows any mercy.” » | Hannah Ellis-Petersen, South Asia correspondent | Saturday, August 21, 2021
In a voice quivering with fear and exhaustion, Sara pleaded down the phone: “Please, get us out of here. The situation is very bad, we are trapped in a hell.”
For the past four days, Sara, who asked for her real name not to be used, has waited with her family among the thousands of people outside the gates of Kabul airport, desperately trying to board a US evacuation flight.
In the past few days, she said she had seen more than 15 people, including children, shot before her eyes, witnessed her uncle beaten brutally by Taliban fighters and had her nights on the hard street outside the airport gates interrupted by crowd surges and the panic-inducing crack of gunfire.
The crowds were packed in so tightly it was hard to breathe, and people had been trampled to death, she said, adding that the putrid stench of rubbish was getting worse by the day. They had run out of food and water. “My mental state is completely broken,” said Sara.
Sara and her four family members have all been issued US visas for evacuation from Afghanistan and received instructions in a letter from the US consul to go directly to Camp Sullivan, the US military base at Kabul airport, on 18 August. They were told to be prepared to wait hours, and bring bedding with them. But when they arrived on Wednesday, they found thousands blocking the entrance, and all the gates closed. They have not opened for them, and there has been no further information.
“No one is allowed through, even with visas,” she said. “No one from the US is helping us. No one is telling us which gate to go to – we don’t even know when the US flights are leaving. There is violence everywhere but every gate we go to is closed and no one gives us any information or shows any mercy.” » | Hannah Ellis-Petersen, South Asia correspondent | Saturday, August 21, 2021
Sieben Tote bei Gedränge am Flughafen von Kabul
SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG: Laut britischer Regierung sind sieben Menschen im Gedränge vor dem Flughafen Kabul gestorben. / Ein Großteil der Mitarbeiter von Hilfsorganisationen setzt seine Arbeit vor Ort fort. / Österreich will keine weiteren Flüchtlinge aus Afghanistan aufnehmen. / Verteidigungsministerin Kramp-Karrenbauer räumt gravierende Fehleinschätzungen der Bundesregierung und der Nato ein.
Nach dem Abzug der internationalen Truppen aus Afghanistan haben die islamistischen Taliban die Macht im Land übernommen - und gestalten es nach ihren Vorstellungen um. Die wichtigsten Entwicklungen im Newsblog.
In Kabul sind im Gedränge rund um den Flughafen nach Angaben der britischen Regierung sieben Menschen ums Leben gekommen. "Unsere Gedanken sind bei den Familien von sieben afghanischen Zivilisten, die tragischerweise in der Menge in Kabul gestorben sind", hieß es am Sonntag in einem Statement des Verteidigungsministeriums.
Zuvor hatte bereits ein Korrespondent des britischen Senders Sky News von Toten vor den Toren des Flughafens berichtet. Unter den Menschen, die darauf warteten, auf das Gelände zu gelangen und einen der Evakuierungsflüge zu erreichen, sei am Samstagmorgen Chaos ausgebrochen, berichtete der Korrespondent Stuart Ramsay, der die Szene nach eigenen Angaben vor Ort beobachtete.
Mehrere seien im Gedränge "gequetscht" worden, berichtete der Reporter. Soldaten und Rettungshelfer seien damit beschäftigt gewesen, die dehydrierten, verzweifelten Männer, Frauen und Kinder zu versorgen. Bei einigen kam jedoch wohl jede Rettung zu spät: Ramsay schilderte, wie Leichen in weiße Tücher eingewickelt wurden, nachdem Sanitäter bei den Menschen keine Lebenszeichen mehr feststellen konnten. Wie viele Menschen starben und was die genaue Todesursache war, blieb zunächst unklar. » | SZ.de/dpa/rtr/aner/rroi/olkl/saul/odg | Sonntag, 22. August 2021
Huit Muscadets à découvrir cet été, la sélection du Figaro Vin
LE FIGARO : EXCLUSIF - Longtemps plombé par une réputation peu flatteuse et injustement considéré comme un vin acide tout juste bon à accompagner les fruits de mer, le Muscadet redore doucement son blason, jusqu'à reconquérir le cœur des fins buveurs, bien au-delà des frontières du pays Nantais.
Issu du bien mal nommé cépage melon de Bourgogne (dont il est originaire), le Muscadet est produit en Loire-Atlantique, au sud de Nantes, sur un vignoble débordant légèrement sur la Vendée et le Maine-et-Loire. Longtemps cantonné au négoce et à une image de tord-boyaux à moins de 5 euros, il est aujourd'hui l'un des vins les plus attachants de la Vallée de la Loire, et en passe de récupérer une à une ses lettres de noblesse, grâce au travail de vignerons convaincus de son potentiel. Voici notre sélection de huit cuvées à découvrir au bord de l'eau. » | Par Alicia Dorey | Publié : vendredi 20 août 3032 ; mis à jour : samedi 21 août 2021
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A Message to You, My Esteemed Visitors and Followers: Would You Kindly Do Me a Small, but Great, Favour?
Since changing the format of this blog, the number of monthly page views has grown a lot. This pleases me greatly, of course; in fact, it delights me!
However, I have bigger plans still for this blog: I want to grow its loyal readership still more – I want to reach even more readers and potential loyal followers. And this is where I want to ask you to help me. Would you please email a link to this website to a friend, an acquaintance, or a family member? Or to several! Doing this would be a great help to me.
My aim for this website/blog is to show how normal the gay community is: I am trying to bring the gay community and the straight community together. This will help fight homophobia. Homophobia is a big problem in the world today. We need to do all we can to eliminate it.
Because it is my intention to fight the evil of homophobia, it is why I do not blog things related only to the gay community. Were I to do to that, I’d simply be ‘preaching to the choir’!
What I believe we need to do is show the world how normal being gay is. For example, by showing men kissing each day, and blogging about stories related to gay issues, thinking people will be able to conclude that gays are not so different after all: they have normal feelings, desires and interests just as everyone else has. That is one reason why I like to blog about diverse issues.
You, my visitors, mean a great deal to me. Many of you are regular and daily visitors from all over the world. Although I don’t know you, I feel that I do. I look out for you on my data each day, in order to see if my ‘friend’ has visited! That’s how much you mean to me!
So if you would kindly help me grow this community still more, I would be truly grateful. The more people that come to see how normal we all are, the sooner we will rid the world of this awful thing called homophobia!
This week, Google took away the possibility for people to sign up for a daily feed of what has been posted. I don’t know why they have done that, but all bloggers will be affected by this change. We can counter this, however, if you help me by sending a link, or a few, to your contacts.
By the way, I have received no emails from anyone yet, despite having so many visitors. Please don’t hesitate to email me if you feel so inclined; I’d love to hear from you; and I’d love to get feedback from you with any suggestions for improvements you may have.
Warm wishes to all!
Mark
However, I have bigger plans still for this blog: I want to grow its loyal readership still more – I want to reach even more readers and potential loyal followers. And this is where I want to ask you to help me. Would you please email a link to this website to a friend, an acquaintance, or a family member? Or to several! Doing this would be a great help to me.
My aim for this website/blog is to show how normal the gay community is: I am trying to bring the gay community and the straight community together. This will help fight homophobia. Homophobia is a big problem in the world today. We need to do all we can to eliminate it.
Because it is my intention to fight the evil of homophobia, it is why I do not blog things related only to the gay community. Were I to do to that, I’d simply be ‘preaching to the choir’!
What I believe we need to do is show the world how normal being gay is. For example, by showing men kissing each day, and blogging about stories related to gay issues, thinking people will be able to conclude that gays are not so different after all: they have normal feelings, desires and interests just as everyone else has. That is one reason why I like to blog about diverse issues.
You, my visitors, mean a great deal to me. Many of you are regular and daily visitors from all over the world. Although I don’t know you, I feel that I do. I look out for you on my data each day, in order to see if my ‘friend’ has visited! That’s how much you mean to me!
So if you would kindly help me grow this community still more, I would be truly grateful. The more people that come to see how normal we all are, the sooner we will rid the world of this awful thing called homophobia!
This week, Google took away the possibility for people to sign up for a daily feed of what has been posted. I don’t know why they have done that, but all bloggers will be affected by this change. We can counter this, however, if you help me by sending a link, or a few, to your contacts.
By the way, I have received no emails from anyone yet, despite having so many visitors. Please don’t hesitate to email me if you feel so inclined; I’d love to hear from you; and I’d love to get feedback from you with any suggestions for improvements you may have.
Warm wishes to all!
Mark
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Hurricane Henri: Long Island and Southern New England Brace for Impact
THE GUARDIAN: Forecasters predict landfall in New York or Connecticut / New England has not been hit by hurricane since 1991
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite handout image shows Hurricane Henri. Photograph: NOAA/GOES/AFP/Getty Images
Preparations for a monster storm forecast to hit parts of the US north-east were stepped up on Saturday, after Henri was promoted to a hurricane as it moved closer to land.
Forecasters said Henri would be at or near category one hurricane strength when it made landfall mid-afternoon Sunday over Long Island in New York and southern Connecticut. New England has not taken a direct hit from a hurricane since Bob, a category two storm, hit in 1991.
Forecasters also said a dangerous storm surge could also occur as early as late Saturday in portions of Rhode Island and south-eastern Massachusetts and high water could also be seen in coastal New England as Henri moves inland. Heavy rain and wind may also produce flooding, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. » | Lauren Aratani in New York and agencies | Saturday, August 21, 2021
Preparations for a monster storm forecast to hit parts of the US north-east were stepped up on Saturday, after Henri was promoted to a hurricane as it moved closer to land.
Forecasters said Henri would be at or near category one hurricane strength when it made landfall mid-afternoon Sunday over Long Island in New York and southern Connecticut. New England has not taken a direct hit from a hurricane since Bob, a category two storm, hit in 1991.
Forecasters also said a dangerous storm surge could also occur as early as late Saturday in portions of Rhode Island and south-eastern Massachusetts and high water could also be seen in coastal New England as Henri moves inland. Heavy rain and wind may also produce flooding, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. » | Lauren Aratani in New York and agencies | Saturday, August 21, 2021
Afghanistan: US Tells Citizens to Avoid Kabul Airport
BBC: The US has warned its citizens to avoid Kabul airport amid continued chaos outside the terminal.
A security alert issued on Saturday told US citizens to stay away due to "potential security threats outside the gates".
Only those individually told to make the journey by a US government representative should do so, it said.
The advice comes as thousands try to escape from Afghanistan via the airport following the Taliban takeover.
The militant group swept across the country and captured the capital, Kabul, on 15 August. Since then, tens of thousands of Afghans - as well as foreign nationals - have headed to the airport in a bid to flee the country.
Crowds have been gathering daily, hoping to be allowed on to a flight. Those who work with the US and its allies, as well as people who have campaigned on issues like human rights, fear they may face reprisals at the hands of the Taliban if they are unable to leave.
What exactly has been happening at the airport gates on Saturday remains unclear. With BBC video » | BBC | Saturday, August 21, 2021
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Polish Region Reaffirms Anti-LGBTQ+ Zone as EU Demands Rebuke
ADVOCATE: The European Union said it will withhold billions in funding from the council if the "Anti-LGBT Zone" resolution is not revoked.
A regional council in Poland has voted to continue to keep its status as an “LGBT-free zone” even as the European Union said it will strip the area of billions of dollars’ worth of funding.
The council of Malopolska first passed the resolution in 2019. The region is located in the south and includes the nation's second-largest city of Krakow.
The EU condemned the act. In July, it began a legal case against the country. It warned that if by September the council did not revoke the resolution, the EU would not provide the 2.5 billion euros — about $2.9 billion — it was to give the region for local projects.
On Thursday, the council of Malopolska defied the EU and voted down an opposition motion to rebuke the resolution, reported The Independent. The council is influenced by the country’s party in power, the Law and Justice Party. The political party, critics have said, has led Poland toward authoritarianism. » | Alex Cooper | Friday, August 20, 2021
Billie Jean King Reveals She’s Gotten Married in Private after Hesitating for Years
LGBTQ NATION: "Years from now, I never want anyone to question how much I was committed to you," King said about her life-long partner Ilana Kloss, she reveals in her upcoming memoir.
Ilana Kloss (left) and Billie Jean King (right) at the "Battle of the Sexes" Premiere at the Village Theater on September 16, 2017 in Westwood, CA | Photo: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock
Although she helped to advance LGBTQ rights for decades and fought for marriage equality for years, Billie Jean King resisted marriage herself. She turned down an offer from Elton John to sing at the wedding. She didn’t do it after John McEnroe’s pushed her to do it in Las Vegas.
But King is now revealing that eventually, she did in fact decide to get married. In fact, she and her partner of 42 years, Ilana Kloss, did it about three years ago. No one knew about it — other than the former mayor of New York that officiated it, his wife, an “aide” that witnessed it, and the city employee who issued their license.
King tied the knot with Kloss on October 18, 2018, but she’s only revealing it publicly now in her memoir, All-In, and with an interview in People Magazine. Family and friends only found out when they received advanced copies of All-In, which goes on sale on August 17. » | Juwan J. Holmes | Sunday, August 15, 2021
Although she helped to advance LGBTQ rights for decades and fought for marriage equality for years, Billie Jean King resisted marriage herself. She turned down an offer from Elton John to sing at the wedding. She didn’t do it after John McEnroe’s pushed her to do it in Las Vegas.
But King is now revealing that eventually, she did in fact decide to get married. In fact, she and her partner of 42 years, Ilana Kloss, did it about three years ago. No one knew about it — other than the former mayor of New York that officiated it, his wife, an “aide” that witnessed it, and the city employee who issued their license.
King tied the knot with Kloss on October 18, 2018, but she’s only revealing it publicly now in her memoir, All-In, and with an interview in People Magazine. Family and friends only found out when they received advanced copies of All-In, which goes on sale on August 17. » | Juwan J. Holmes | Sunday, August 15, 2021
Pologne: le Vatican sanctionne un archevêque pour avoir dissimulé des actes de pédocriminalité
LE FIGARO : L'Eglise, politiquement très influente en Pologne, est confrontée à une série d'accusations, très médiatisées, de pédocriminalité et de dissimulations.
Le Vatican a sanctionné un archevêque polonais à la retraite pour avoir couvert des agressions sexuelles sur mineurs, a indiqué samedi l'archidiocèse de Wroclaw.
Le cas de Marian Golebiewski, 83 ans, n'est que le dernier d'une longue série de scandales d'agressions sexuelle qui ont secoué l'Église catholique dans cet État membre de l'UE à prédominance catholique. «À la suite de notifications formelles, le Saint-Siège a mené une procédure concernant la négligence signalée de l'archevêque Marian Golebiewski dans des cas d'abus sexuels sur des mineurs par certains prêtres», a déclaré l'archidiocèse dans un communiqué.
Ces faits ont eu lieu alors que Marian Golebiewski était évêque de Koszalin-Kolobrzeg (nord de la Pologne) de 1996 à 2004, ainsi que lorsqu'il était archevêque de Wroclaw (ouest), de 2004 à 2013, ajoute le communiqué. À la suite de son enquête, le Vatican a décidé d'interdire à Golebiewski d'exercer des fonctions publiques et de lui ordonner de faire des dons à une fondation catholique pour la protection des mineurs. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | samedi 21 août 2021
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Survivors - What Happened to the Romanov Family?
Nov 19, 2020 • It’s now about a hundred years since the Russian revolution. Millions of people became victims of the revolution. As was the Tsar, Nicholas II and his family, killed in a hail of bullets one night of July 1918. just over thirty members of the Tsar’s family managed to flee from Russia. What happened to them? Where did they go?
In this interview documentary with historic flashbacks the American-Russian lawyer Albert Bartridge in San Francisco tells us what happened to some of them. One of the survivors was Prince Vasili Romanov, nephew to the last Tsar Nicolaus II. He became one of Albert’s close friends and told him many stories about the narrow escape from the Revolution, onboard an English warship, and the life that followed, for him and his family, in a completely new existence
Editor and dubbing mixer is Olle Tannergård; cinematographer is Gunilla de Besche Öhrvall.
Original music: Magnus Dahlberg
Produced in 2018
In this interview documentary with historic flashbacks the American-Russian lawyer Albert Bartridge in San Francisco tells us what happened to some of them. One of the survivors was Prince Vasili Romanov, nephew to the last Tsar Nicolaus II. He became one of Albert’s close friends and told him many stories about the narrow escape from the Revolution, onboard an English warship, and the life that followed, for him and his family, in a completely new existence
Editor and dubbing mixer is Olle Tannergård; cinematographer is Gunilla de Besche Öhrvall.
Original music: Magnus Dahlberg
Produced in 2018
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Afghanistan : vivre en pays taliban | ARTE Reportage
Jun 3, 2021 • Vingt ans après avoir été chassés du pouvoir par l’intervention militaire américaine, les Taliban sont entrés dans Kaboul, sans résistance, à la stupéfaction de la communauté internationale.
Des forces de sécurité afghanes inexistantes, un président en fuite au Tadjikistan, les fondamentalistes se sont installés dans une place vide. En mai dernier, alors que les taliban contrôlaient déjà une grande partie du pays, nos réalisatrices avaient suivi sur leurs terres les « maîtres des campagnes » dont les lapidations publiques avaient frappé d’effroi le monde entier.
Zainab, 10 ans, passe quatre heures par jour à apprendre le Coran dans une école de fortune, les Taliban n’ayant pas construit d’établissement pour filles. Son père, qui a perdu des proches lors d’une bavure des forces afghanes et américaines, fait l’éloge des combattants, qui assurent selon lui la sécurité du village. Épiciers et agriculteurs, soumis à une vigilance constante, tiennent le même discours…
Les Taliban sont partout : de la législation alimentaire à la fréquence des prières, ils s'immiscent dans tous les aspects du quotidien. Non loin, dans une mosquée, le « gouvernement de l’ombre » décide des lois et des nouveaux interdits. Puis, au pied d’un arbre centenaire, des juges administrent la justice lors d’un tribunal public. Seul sanctuaire pour les femmes, autrement invisibles dans l’espace public : la clinique, où elles partagent leurs peines avec une jeune généraliste venue de la capitale.
En s’immergeant dans un village taliban, et après avoir obtenu un accès très rare au sein des principales institutions, les réalisatrices apportent un éclairage troublant sur la société talibane d’aujourd’hui, et sur les rouages de cet État parallèle ultra-conservateur dont les dirigeants viennent de s’installer symboliquement dans le palais présidentiel, pour y affirmer une mainmise qui laisse préfigurer l’Afghanistan de demain. | Disponible jusqu'au 31/05/2024.
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Des forces de sécurité afghanes inexistantes, un président en fuite au Tadjikistan, les fondamentalistes se sont installés dans une place vide. En mai dernier, alors que les taliban contrôlaient déjà une grande partie du pays, nos réalisatrices avaient suivi sur leurs terres les « maîtres des campagnes » dont les lapidations publiques avaient frappé d’effroi le monde entier.
Zainab, 10 ans, passe quatre heures par jour à apprendre le Coran dans une école de fortune, les Taliban n’ayant pas construit d’établissement pour filles. Son père, qui a perdu des proches lors d’une bavure des forces afghanes et américaines, fait l’éloge des combattants, qui assurent selon lui la sécurité du village. Épiciers et agriculteurs, soumis à une vigilance constante, tiennent le même discours…
Les Taliban sont partout : de la législation alimentaire à la fréquence des prières, ils s'immiscent dans tous les aspects du quotidien. Non loin, dans une mosquée, le « gouvernement de l’ombre » décide des lois et des nouveaux interdits. Puis, au pied d’un arbre centenaire, des juges administrent la justice lors d’un tribunal public. Seul sanctuaire pour les femmes, autrement invisibles dans l’espace public : la clinique, où elles partagent leurs peines avec une jeune généraliste venue de la capitale.
En s’immergeant dans un village taliban, et après avoir obtenu un accès très rare au sein des principales institutions, les réalisatrices apportent un éclairage troublant sur la société talibane d’aujourd’hui, et sur les rouages de cet État parallèle ultra-conservateur dont les dirigeants viennent de s’installer symboliquement dans le palais présidentiel, pour y affirmer une mainmise qui laisse préfigurer l’Afghanistan de demain. | Disponible jusqu'au 31/05/2024.
Vues sur YouTube : 295,319
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Australia Anti-lockdown Rallies: Protesters Violently Clash with Police in Melbourne
THE GUARDIAN: Thousands march through streets of Melbourne and Brisbane, as police try to prevent Sydney rally
Protesters opposed to Covid lockdowns clash with police in Melbourne, Australia. Photograph: Dave Hewison/Speed Media/Rex/Shutterstock
Anti-lockdown protesters clashed violently with police as thousands of unmasked people marched through the streets of Melbourne on Saturday.
Victoria police said they had made 218 arrests and that six officers were hospitalised during a series of altercations. Police said in a statement the majority of the estimated 4,000 demonstrators “came with violence in mind”.
“The behaviour seen by police was so hostile and aggressive that they were left with no choice but to use all tactics available to them,” the statement said.
Footage posted on social media showed protesters cheering, throwing objects at police officers and letting off flares as well as police pepper-spraying protesters.
The Melbourne protests took place after Victoria’s premier, Daniel Andrews, announced a lockdown in place across Melbourne would be extended across the entire state. The state recorded 77 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday.
More than 700 extra Victorian police officers were deployed to contain the lockdown protest.
Police said they had, for the first time during a lockdown protest, used non-lethal tactics that included rounds of pepper spray projectiles and canisters.
Two police officers suffered broken noses. One officer was hospitalised with a broken thumb and others suffered concussion. » | Ben Smee and Graham Readfearn | Saturday, August 21, 2021
Anti-lockdown protesters clashed violently with police as thousands of unmasked people marched through the streets of Melbourne on Saturday.
Victoria police said they had made 218 arrests and that six officers were hospitalised during a series of altercations. Police said in a statement the majority of the estimated 4,000 demonstrators “came with violence in mind”.
“The behaviour seen by police was so hostile and aggressive that they were left with no choice but to use all tactics available to them,” the statement said.
Footage posted on social media showed protesters cheering, throwing objects at police officers and letting off flares as well as police pepper-spraying protesters.
The Melbourne protests took place after Victoria’s premier, Daniel Andrews, announced a lockdown in place across Melbourne would be extended across the entire state. The state recorded 77 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday.
More than 700 extra Victorian police officers were deployed to contain the lockdown protest.
Police said they had, for the first time during a lockdown protest, used non-lethal tactics that included rounds of pepper spray projectiles and canisters.
Two police officers suffered broken noses. One officer was hospitalised with a broken thumb and others suffered concussion. » | Ben Smee and Graham Readfearn | Saturday, August 21, 2021
Afghanistan : un quatrième vol d'une centaine d'exfiltrés de Kaboul a atterri à Paris
LE FIGARO : À bord de l'appareil se trouvaient une centaine de personnes, dont 99 Afghans et quatre Français.
Un quatrième avion d'exfiltrés de Kaboul s'est posé vendredi 20 août au soir à Paris, avec à son bord une centaine de personnes dont 99 Afghans, a annoncé le ministère des Affaires étrangères, dans le cadre du pont aérien mis en place par la France. Quatre Français étaient également à bord selon le communiqué.
«Un accompagnement médico-psychologique et matériel est immédiatement proposé. Des procédures accélérées ont été mises en place pour délivrer des visas aux ressortissants des pays tiers, après les vérifications nécessaires et dans un objectif de garantie de la sécurité intérieure», selon le communiqué.
C'est la quatrième arrivée à Paris d'un avion militaire français dans le cadre du pont aérien mis en place par la France pour évacuer Français et Afghans qui fuient Kaboul tombé dimanche aux mains des talibans. «Les Afghans qui souhaiteraient demeurer à long terme sur le territoire national seront accompagnés matériellement et administrativement dans leur demande d'asile», ajoute le ministère. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | Samedi 21 août 2021
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