Clarissa Eden, British Countess and Political Influencer, Dies at 101

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The iconoclastic niece of Winston Churchill, she was married to Prime Minister Anthony Eden, who was at the helm during the Suez crisis.

Clarissa Eden and her husband, Prime Minister Anthony Eden, at 10 Downing Street in 1955. “You were perpetually in evening gowns, tremendous evening clothes — tiaras and God knows what, and long gloves that had to be buttoned up,” Ms Eden said. | Monty Fresco Jr./Topical Press Agency, via Getty Images
LONDON — Clarissa Eden, an elegant and well-connected insider among a British elite that shaped the country’s empire, stewarded its wars and presided over the onset of post-imperial decline, died on Monday at her home in London. She was 101.

Hugo Vickers, her friend and literary executor, confirmed her death.

Long before her marriage to Anthony Eden, a Conservative who became Britain’s prime minister, Lady Eden had built an iconoclastic reputation that set her apart from her cohort of debutantes, traveling across Europe, studying art and philosophy, consorting unwittingly with Soviet agents and decoding secret messages at the Foreign Office in wartime Britain.

She was born into the Churchill family and, in a memoir published in 2007, recalled lunching with Winston Churchill — her Uncle Winston — as he allowed a pet cat to prowl the table to be fed. When she married Lord Eden, then the foreign secretary, Churchill provided for her to celebrate the occasion at 10 Downing Street, the seat of prime ministerial power. » | Alan Cowell | Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Tea and Coffee May Be Linked to Lower Risk of Stroke and Dementia – Study

THE GUARDIAN: Research looking at 365,000 people aged 50-74 finds moderate consumption could have health benefits

Drinking coffee or tea may be linked with a lower risk of stroke and dementia, according to the largest study of its kind.

Strokes cause 10% of deaths globally, while dementia is one of the world’s biggest health challenges – 130 million are expected to be living with it by 2050.

In the research, 365,000 people aged between 50 and 74 were followed for more than a decade. At the start the participants, who were involved in the UK Biobank study, self-reported how much coffee and tea they drank. Over the research period, 5,079 of them developed dementia and 10,053 went on to have at least one stroke.

Researchers found that people who drank two to three cups of coffee or three to five cups of tea a day, or a combination of four to six cups of coffee and tea, had the lowest risk of stroke or dementia.

Those who drank two to three cups of coffee and two to three cups of tea daily had a 32% lower risk of stroke. These people had a 28% lower risk of dementia compared with those who did not drink tea or coffee. » | Andrew Gregory, Health editor | Tuesday, November 16, 2021

The French Cooking Academy – Stephane: Chicken Cutlets: Pojarsky. Pan-fried Pieces of Goodness You Must Try

Nov 11, 2021 • The chicken cutlets pojarsky ( Pozharsky in russian) Inspired from Russian cuisine, this recipe is an absolute classic of old French cuisine. This is a plain chicken

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Cartier: A Celebration of Love

Nov 16, 2021 • The Maison is thrilled to present the LOVE IS ALL film, a heartfelt celebration of universal and timeless love.

Money, Happiness and Eternal Life - Greed (Director's Cut) | DW Documentary

Jun 24, 2017 • Can money and power ever make us happy? How much is enough? Our constant desire for more is part of our human nature.

Some call it a useful dowry of evolution, others a fault in the human genetic make-up: The old mortal sin Greed seems to be more ubiquitous than ever. Why can't people ever get enough, where is this self-indulgence leading - and are there any ways out of this vicious circle of gratification?

"People like to have a lot of stuff because it makes them the feeling of living forever," says American social psychologist Sheldon Solomon, who believes today's materialism and consumerism will have disastrous consequences.

Anyone who fails to satisfy his or her desires in this age of the Ego is deemed a loser. But with more than 7 billion people on the Earth, the ramifications of this excessive consumption of resources are already clear. Isn’t the deplorable state of our planet proof enough that "The Greed Program," which has made us crave possessions, status and power, is coming to an end? Or is the frenzied search for more and more still an indispensable part of our nature? We set off to look for the essence of greed. And we tell the stories of people who - whether as perpetrators or victims or even just as willing consumers - have become accomplices in a sea change in values.

Historian Alfred McCoy Predicts the US Empire Is Collapsing as China’s Power Grows

Nov 16, 2021 • President Joe Biden’s virtual summit Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping follows the two countries’ announcement just days earlier they will work together to confront the climate emergency after Xi did not attend the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow. Tension has been mounting between the two superpowers, especially over Taiwan and Hong Kong, with some speculating that a new Cold War is developing. “The United States, in the immediate future, is faced with the possibility of fighting a war over Taiwan … that it would probably lose,” says Alfred McCoy, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in an extended interview about U.S.-China relations. “China is also working to break the U.S. geopolitical hold over the Eurasian landmass.” McCoy is a prolific author and his newest book is out today: “To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change.”

SRF: ‚GrossGschichte: Homosexualitaet‘ | Die Geschichte über Homosexualität in der Schweiz – Eine Diskussion auf Schweizerdeutsch

Homosexualität in Russland: Ein Tabu wird zementiert | DW Deutsch

Oct 9, 2017 • Immer wieder sind Lesben und Schwule in Russland Repressalien ausgesetzt. Tschetschenische Milizen setzten zuletzt über hundert Homosexuelle fest und misshandelten sie. Viktor ist einer von ihnen. Er wurde zudem gezwungen, seine Heimat zu verlassen.

“Hell on Earth”: Millions of Afghans Face Starvation as US & West Freeze Billions in Gov’t Funds

Nov 16, 2021 • Humanitarian and economic conditions are rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, where the U.N. estimates that more than half of the population suffers from acute hunger. The country has fallen into an economic crisis after the U.S. and other Western countries cut off direct financial assistance to the government following the Taliban takeover in August. Taliban leaders are also unable to access billions of dollars in Afghan national reserves that are held in banks overseas. “Forty million civilians were left behind when the NATO countries went for the door in August,” says Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, who recently visited Afghanistan and with refugees in Iran, where as many as 5,000 Afghans are fleeing everyday. “They told me very clearly, ‘We believe we will starve and freeze to death this harsh winter unless there is an enormous aid operation coming through.’”

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China Warns US about 'Playing with Fire' on Taiwan - BBC News

Nov 16, 2021 • Chinese President Xi Jinping has used a virtual summit with US counterpart Joe Biden to warn that encouraging Taiwanese independence would be "playing with fire".

The talks are the most substantial since Mr Biden took office in January. Both sides emphasised the two men's personal relationship and the summit was an attempt to ease tensions.

But they could not escape one of the most sensitive topics: the self-ruled island of Taiwan. China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province to be reunified with the mainland one day.

The US recognises and has formal ties with China. But it has also pledged to help Taiwan defend itself in the event of an attack.


La réunification de Taïwan est «une aspiration partagée» par tous les Chinois, selon le gouvernement »

La Pologne annonce la construction d'un mur en décembre à sa frontière avec la Biélorussie

Plusieurs milliers de migrants tentent de rentrer en Pologne afin de rejoindre l'Union européenne. Leonid SHCHEGLOV / BELTA / AFP
LE FIGARO : Le gouvernement polonais veut empêcher les migrants de rentrer sur son territoire. La frontière avec la Biélorussie fait plus de 400 kilomètres.

La Pologne va commencer en décembre la construction d'un mur le long de la frontière avec la Biélorussie, où de nombreux migrants sont actuellement massés, et la finira au premier semestre 2022, a annoncé lundi 15 novembre dans un communiqué le ministère de l'Intérieur. «L'entreprise que nous devons mener à bien est un investissement absolument stratégique et prioritaire pour la sécurité de la nation et de ses citoyens», a déclaré le ministre de l'Intérieur Mariusz Kaminski. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | lundi 15 novembre 2021

À LIRE AUSSI : Crise des migrants : le Haut-Commissaire aux Réfugiés de l'ONU appelle à «trouver des solutions» : Si Filippo Grandi a dénoncé dimanche sur LCI la manipulation de la Biélorussie, il a aussi souligné la «panique» des Européens, rappelant qu'il ne s'agit que de quelques milliers de personnes. »

Poland Uses Water Cannons and Tear Gas as Tensions Rise at Belarus Border: Western leaders have accused President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus of using migrants as weapons in an effort to pressure the European Union. »

Stanley Johnson Accused of Inappropriately Touching Tory MP

THE GUARDIAN: Caroline Nokes said PM’s father had smacked her on the bottom in 2003, while journalist also claims he groped her

Stanley Johnson told Sky News he had ‘no recollection of Caroline Nokes at all’. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images
The prime minister’s father, Stanley Johnson, has been accused of inappropriately touching a former cabinet minister as well as a senior political journalist.

Caroline Nokes, who chairs the women and equalities committee, said Johnson had smacked her on the bottom in 2003, while he was in the running to be MP for Teignbridge in Devon.

Ailbhe Rea, political correspondent for the New Statesman, said she was grateful to Nokes for speaking out and said Johnson had “groped me at a party at Conservative conference in 2019”.

Johnson told Sky News he had “no recollection of Caroline Nokes at all” when approached by the broadcaster. The Home Office minister Damian Hinds said on Tuesday there should be an investigation into the claims “if that’s the appropriate course of action”. » | Jessica Elgot, Chief political correspondent | Tuesday, November 16, 2021

SKY NEWS VIDEO: MP accuses Stanley Johnson of inappropriate touching »

Die hypersensible Gesellschaft | Philosophischer Stammtisch | SRF Kultur

Nov 15, 2021 • Eine Welle der Empfindlichkeit hat unsere Gesellschaft erfasst. Menschen fühlen sich offenbar aus kleinstem Anlass beleidigt. Empfindsamkeit mag eine Tugend sein – doch sind wir heute zu empfindlich?

Menschen sind verletzliche Wesen. Für diese Verletzlichkeit sensibel zu werden, ist deshalb sicherlich ein moralischer Fortschritt. Die Me-Too- und Black-Lives-Matter-Bewegungen gingen in den letzten Jahren mit einem weiteren Sensibilitätsschub einher. Seither herrscht Verunsicherung. Ist die Frage «Wo kommst du her?» kruder Rassismus oder nur eine harmlose Erkundigung? Wo fängt Sexismus an: Erst beim Griff an den Hintern, oder bereits beim Gebrauch des generischen Maskulinums?

Klar ist: Die Grenzen des Zumutbaren werden gerade neu vermessen. Nicht allen will das einleuchten, einige fühlen sich gegängelt. Für sie mangelt es gegenwärtig in erster Linie an Resilienz und Widerstandskraft. Hatte Nietzsche nicht recht, als er schrieb: «Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker!» Auf der anderen Seite stellt sich die Frage: Setzen wir mit diesem Imperativ nicht unsere Verletzlichkeit und letztlich Menschlichkeit aufs Spiel?

Am Philosophischen Stammtisch diskutieren Barbara Bleisch und Wolfram Eilenberger mit der Philosophin Svenja Flasspöhler, Autorin des soeben erschienenen Buches «Sensibel», und dem Philosophen Dominique Künzle, der sich unter anderem als Feminist bezeichnet.


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L'idéologie woke à l'assaut du dictionnaire Le Robert

Le premier dictionnaire du Robert a été publié en 1951. Le Figaro
LE FIGARO : Au nom d'une démarche «inclusive», le dictionnaire a intégré sur son site le pronom personnel «iel».

La culture woke serait-elle arrivée jusqu'au dictionnaire Le Robert ? En octobre dernier, l'institution de feu Alain Rey a accepté dans ses pages numériques le pronom personnel «iel», contraction de «il» et «elle». Sa définition : «pronom personnel sujet de la troisième personne du singulier et du pluriel, employé pour évoquer une personne quel que soit son genre. L'usage du pronom iel dans la communication inclusive (sic).» Comment expliquer cet ajout ?

Chaque mois, les lexicographes du dictionnaire veillent et scrutent les nouveaux mots. Parmi ces derniers figurent «passe sanitaire», «antivax» mais aussi le fameux «iel». «On a constaté que ce mot prenait de l'ampleur et nous l'avons intégré», explique au Figaro Marie-Hélène Drivaud, lexicographe au Robert. Il a pour l'heure une période probatoire, même si on nous laisse sous-entendre que le mot rejoindra les colonnes du dictionnaire web avant d'intégrer l'édition papier de 2022. » | Par Alice Develey, Maguelonne de Gestas et Marie-Liévine Michalik | lundi 15 novembre 2021

Auch Shell verlässt die Niederlande

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FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Der Konzern zieht nun ganz nach London um. Die Politik zeigt sich „unangenehm überrascht“. Dass die steuerliche Behandlung eine Rolle spielt, erscheint offensichtlich. Inzwischen ist auch das Meinungsklima zunehmend giftig.

Die Niederlande verlieren auch ihren zweiten binationalen Industrieriesen. Der niederländisch-britische Ölkonzern Shell will – ganz ähnlich wie vor einem Jahr Unilever – seine Doppelstruktur aufgeben und ganz nach London ziehen. Dorthin soll der Steuersitz wandern, dort sollen der Vorstandsvorsitzende Ben van Beurden und Finanzchefin Jessica Uhl angesiedelt sein. Der Sitz in Den Haag hat das Nachsehen. Die Politik zeigt sich überrumpelt: „Unangenehm überrascht“ sei das Kabinett, sagte der geschäftsführende Wirtschaftsminister Stef Blok von der rechtsliberalen Partei VVD des Ministerpräsidenten Mark Rutte.

Somit verlässt innerhalb kurzer Zeit ein international bekanntes Konzernduo das Land, das viele Jahre die Liste der schwersten Mitglieder im 25 Werte umfassenden niederländischen Leitindex AEX angeführt hatte. Shell argumentierte, eine einheitliche Aktienstruktur erleichtere dem Unternehmen Rückkäufe und seine Rolle in der Energiewende. Die Anteilseigner sollen am 10. Dezember über den Plan abstimmen. Aus dem offiziellen Namen „Royal Dutch Shell“ fallen sowohl das „Königliche“ als auch das „Niederländische“ weg: als „Shell“ firmiert das Unternehmen dann. » | Von Klaus Max Smolka | Montag, 15. November 2021

Homosexuelle Liebe - Ganz anders - oder ganz normal? - ARD-alpha

Jun 1, 2017 • Die gesetzlichen Lücken zur Gleichberechtigung homosexueller Liebe schließen sich langsam, echte Akzeptanz fehlt jedoch manchmal. Dass sie mit ihrer Beziehung noch heute ein Tabu brechen, diese Erfahrung haben Lennon und Mani gemacht.

Two Young Men Simply Expressing Their Love for Each Other.

Deux jeunes hommes exprimant simplement leur amour l'un pour l'autre. / Zwei junge Männer, die einfach ihre Liebe zueinander ausdrücken.
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Holistic Healing and Alternative Medicine; Is It Just a Scam? | 60 Minutes Australia

Nov 14, 2021 • Did you take your vitamin C this morning? Echinacea, folic acid or fish oil? Have you had acupuncture, a remedial massage, or seen a herbalist? If you have, you are certainly not alone. It's called 'alternative' or 'complementary medicine'; a booming industry, worth at least two billion dollars a year. Its products and therapies are used by more than half the population. Yet nobody can say for sure whether they work, and if they do, why? Even the experts seem divided. Some say science should keep an open mind. Others, that it's all in the mind, mere witchcraft, a waste of money and maybe even downright dangerous.

Queen Elizabeth Pulls Out of Remembrance Sunday Service after Spraining Her Back

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Queen Elizabeth Misses Remembrance Service Because of Sprained Back: The British monarch, 95, has put off multiple trips and engagements recently, and the latest cancellation has deepened anxiety about her health. She has now been out of sight since mid-October. »

Prepare for Armageddon: China's Warning to the World | 60 Minutes Australia

The message coming out of China is getting louder by the day. It doesn't like other countries, especially Australia, ganging up and meddling in its affairs. As we know Beijing is currently doing its best to punish us economically, but in the last few days President Xi Jinping has also ratcheted up the rhetoric by warning of the perils of a new cold war. A loose translation is if we don't stop poking the panda, we'll face serious consequences. Now it's worth taking the threat seriously because Xi controls the largest military force in the world, and as one of his supporters cautions tonight, the cost of conflict with China could be Armageddon.

Covid: Dutch Accept Life within 'Lockdown-lite'

People in Amsterdam enjoy their last drinks before all bars have to close their doors at 7pm | AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
BBC: Twinkling fairy lights embellish the Linden trees around the Dutch parliament square.

Flames warm friends huddled beneath heaters glowing amber against the autumnal dusk.

While the anti-lockdown, anti-vax protesters and conspiracy propagators who hurled fireworks at riot police dominated the front pages, they represent a minority. Most people in the Netherlands reluctantly agree that sacrificing parts of their social lives can contribute to the greater good.

The Dutch government has announced a lockdown-lite designed to limit social contacts, in response to a sharp increase in infections. A record 16,324 new cases were recorded in one day this week and they remain stubbornly high. » | Anna Holligan, BBC News, Amsterdam | Saturday, November 13, 2021

In Österreich sind ab Montag Ungeimpfte im Lockdown: Im Kampf gegen die vierte Corona-Welle gilt in Österreich von diesem Montag an ein Lockdown für Ungeimpfte. Das haben Bundeskanzler Alexander Schallenberg und die Regierungschefs der Länder am Sonntag in Wien beschlossen. »

Remembrance Sunday 2021 : Poppies in the Field

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In Flanders Fields by John McCrae »

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Remembrance Sunday: Nation Falls Silent to Remember the War Dead

Veterans from the Chelsea Pensioners were among those attending the service | GETTY IMAGES
BBC: The nation has fallen silent as it remembers those who died in past conflicts this Remembrance Sunday.

The Queen is not attending the service at London's Cenotaph after spraining her back. A national two-minute silence was held at 11:00 GMT, with similar ceremonies taking place at war memorials across the country.

Events have seen the return of pre-pandemic numbers of veterans, military personnel and crowds.

The National Service of Remembrance in Whitehall was closed to the public last year, with only limited numbers taking part, because of coronavirus measures.

This year sees a return to normal, with hundreds of servicemen and women marching and lining up around the Cenotaph and nearly 10,000 veterans marching past the war memorial, watched by large crowds. » |Becky Morton | Sunday, November 14, 2021

Thomas Markle on Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and the Leaked Letter in Exclusive Interview

For Meghan, an Image Rendered in a U.K.-U.S. Split Screen

THE NEW YORK TIMES: She has re-emerged in America as a formidable A-list celebrity and social activist. In Britain, however, Meghan remains a polarizing figure.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, at a gala for veterans in New York on Wednesday. | Craig Ruttle/Associated Press
LONDON — When Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, stepped out last week at a gala for veterans in New York City, the beaming, beribboned prince declared he was “living the American dream.” That might be even truer of Meghan, who has restyled herself since leaving Britain last year as a philanthropist, multimedia entrepreneur and outspoken campaigner for family leave rights.

Even as they were taking Manhattan, though, Meghan was shadowed by the couple’s old life in London. She was forced to apologize for erroneous statements she made in a lawsuit against a British tabloid, The Mail on Sunday, for violating her privacy by publishing a letter she had sent to her father.

Meghan said it was a case of faulty memory. But the tabloids, which have been at war with the couple since before they abandoned Britain for Southern California, leapt on the admission. “Little Miss Forgetful,” said The Sun, above an unflattering caricature of Meghan, drawn from “Little Miss,” an English children’s book series. » | Mark Landler | Saturday, November 13, 2021

La Russie et la Turquie assurent n'avoir «rien à voir» avec la crise migratoire à la frontière Pologne-Biélorussie

LE FIGARO : Le président russe Vladimir Poutine et le porte-parole de la présidence turque Ibrahim Kalin ont rejeté ce samedi toute responsabilité dans l'afflux de milliers de migrants.

Le président russe Vladimir Poutine a rejeté dans une interview diffusée samedi toute responsabilité dans la crise migratoire en cours à la frontière entre la Biélorussie et la Pologne, où des milliers de migrants sont massés depuis des jours. «Je veux que tout le monde le sache. Nous n'avons rien à voir là-dedans», a déclaré le président à la chaîne Vesti, après que plusieurs voix occidentales l'ont accusé cette semaine d'avoir orchestré avec Minsk l'envoi de ces migrants à la frontière.

Vladimir Poutine a également affirmé que les dirigeants européens devaient s'adresser directement au président biélorusse Alexandre Loukachenko pour résoudre cette crise. «D'après ce que j'ai compris, Alexandre Loukachenko et (la chancelière allemande Angela) Merkel sont prêts à se parler», a indiqué Poutine. «J'espère que cela arrivera dans un futur proche», a-t-il ajouté, rejetant la responsabilité de la crise sur l'Occident. Regarder la vidéo » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | samedi 13 novembre 2021

À LIRE AUSSI : Pour Vladimir Poutine, l’aubaine d’une crise aux portes de l’Union européenne : DÉCRYPTAGE - Le président russe, s’il n’a sans doute pas déclenché cette situation explosive, s’érige en recours incontournable. »

Sleaze & Corruption - Is This the End for Boris Johnson?

Nov 13, 2021 • Boris Johnson has demonstrated time and again that he is not a prime minister who is interested in detail. Instead, he prefers grand gestures and being in the limelight where he can wisecrack and entertain.

He has a widespread reputation for lying and for not keeping his word, something he does without any concern for the consequences.

He has presided over the mishandling of the Covid crises where the UK consistently comes second in the world for the number of new cases reported daily despite budgeting a staggering £37,000,000,000 on Test & Trace, which has generally been considered a failure.

His Brexit is a disaster which can only get worse ,especially if he triggers Article 16 next week.

The attempt to sweep away the Parliamentary Standards Committee and replace it with a more sympathetic alternative was an extraordinary misjudgment resulting in an embarrassing climb-down and U-turn a week later.

Recent events have annoyed many Tory backbenchers especially those with slim majorities such as those in the ‘red wall’ seats. Newspapers which have normally been supportive have been critical of him during the past week. His personal poll ratings are at an all-time low as it seems public opinion is turning against him. He has gone from being a vote winner to a vote loser and it seems difficult to see how he can find a way back

De Klerk Apologises for Apartheid in Posthumous Video

F.W. de Klerk, South Africa’s last white president, apologized for his past statements on apartheid, which had angered some people who still live with the legacy of its injustices, in a posthumous video. Mr. de Klerk had helped dismantle the apartheid system as the president.

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In a Hate-filled World, Making Love Is Always Good

Our world is filled with ‘hate’. We all know it is, because the news is filled with hatred from each and every corner of the world. For this reason, I say clearly, and without reservation, that bringing love into the world is always good, whichever way that is, or can be, done between two CONSENTING ADULTS.

But when it comes to relationships, be they in the straight or gay community, there is a vast difference between “making love” and “having sex”.

As my visitors and followers will surely be aware by now, I am strongly in favour of ‘gay rights’. By ‘gay rights’, I mean the right of gay people to fall in love with whomsoever they please. But that comes with a caveat: The two people involved should always be CONSENTING ADULTS. The converse is NEVER acceptable.

Further, when I refer to “making love”, I use that term in stark contradistinction with “having sex”. Animals “have sex”; human beings are meant to “make love”.

When and where this website refers to kissing and expressing love, it should always be borne in mind that I always mean “making love”, not “having sex”. Promiscuity, be it in the homosexual or heterosexual community, is always unacceptable and abhorrent in my view.

Further, there is absolutely nothing wrong with abstinence. Being celibate is an acceptable option until the right person comes along. I know – I have actually spent most of my adult life being celibate. I have never bed-hopped; and I am very proud of that!

PROMISCUITY is NEVER a good option. It leads to no good place for either party. It is far better to wait until the right person comes along. Then, you can express your love, your true love, for that person and go on and have many years of pleasure and enjoyment together.

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Steve Bannon Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Contempt of Congress

Nov 12, 2021 • Steve Bannon, a former advisor to former President Trump, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of contempt of Congress after he refused to testify before the January 6 select committee for their investigation into the Capitol riot. NBC's Pete Williams has details.

Covid-19 : les Pays-Bas reviennent au confinement partiel, des manifestations éclatent à La Haye

La police anti-émeute a dû employer un canon à eau afin de disperser les manifestants, qui jetaient des pierres et tiraient des feux d'artifice. JEROEN JUMELET / AFP
LE FIGARO : Des échauffourées ont eu lieu à La Haye, où 200 personnes se sont opposées à la police anti-émeute après l'annonce des nouvelles mesures sanitaires par le premier ministre Mark Rutte.

Le premier ministre néerlandais Mark Rutte a annoncé vendredi 12 novembre la réintroduction d'une série de restrictions sanitaires, touchant notamment le secteur de la restauration, pour faire face à un nombre record de cas de Covid-19. Mark Rutte a qualifié la nouvelle série de mesures de «grand coup de quelques semaines, car le virus est partout, dans tout le pays, dans tous les secteurs et à tous les âges». «Heureusement, la grande majorité (de la population) est vaccinée, sinon la misère dans les hôpitaux serait incalculable en ce moment», a déclaré Mark Rutte.

Les bars, les restaurants et les magasins essentiels tels que les supermarchés devront fermer à 20 heures et les magasins non essentiels à 18 heures. Les citoyens néerlandais sont appelés à ne pas accueillir plus de quatre personnes chez eux et à faire du télétravail, «sauf si cela n'est vraiment pas possible», a indiqué Mark Rutte. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | vendredi 12 novembre 2021

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Seien Sie nicht schüchtern! Drücken Sie Ihre Liebe aus! / Don’t be shy! Express your love!

Ask Prof Wolff: Taxing Billionaires

Nov 12, 2021 • A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Now that Tesla is worth more than US $1 trillion, and Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, there is more discussion of increasing the tax on billionaires specifically. Right-wingers are defending billionaires from taxation, arguing that unsold shares can't be taxed, and that billionaires, in their total pool of wealth, cannot fund the government for very long. Can you explain how taxation could work to include more progressive taxation of the billionaire class and refute some of the arguments from the right? Thanks." This is Professor Richard Wolff's video response.

Boris Johnson Holiday Villa Linked to Zac Goldsmith Firms Accused of Tax Evasion

THE GUARDIAN: Costa del Sol property firms owned by Goldsmith family ordered to pay €24m in unpaid taxes and fines

Zac Goldsmith (left) is a longstanding friend of Johnson and his wife, Carrie. In 2019, the PM personally appointed Goldsmith to the House of Lords.
The luxury villa where Boris Johnson stayed on holiday last month is linked to Costa del Sol property businesses owned by Zac Goldsmith’s family that engaged in a multimillion-pound tax evasion scheme, according to Spanish courts.

Court papers obtained by the Guardian show tax inspectors ordered two property companies owned by the Goldsmith family to pay €24m (£20m) in unpaid taxes and fines after investigating what they said was a suspicious property deal.

The tax authority’s findings have been upheld by one of Spain’s highest courts, with judges agreeing the companies effectively engaged in a deliberate effort to evade tax and committed “serious” violations of the law.

Documents indicate Spanish authorities are still seeking to recover the funds and could even seize parts of the family’s land, which is spread across more than 600 hectares (1,480 acres) of private woodland about 10 miles from the Marbella coastline. » | Harry Davies in Marbella | Friday, November 12, 2021

George Benson : Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You

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George Benson : In Your Eyes

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Dimitra’s Dishes : Greek Custard Pie : Galaktoboureko

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The Story of Queen Farah Pahlavi - The Queen and I

Apr 10, 2021 • The personal story of Queen Farah Pahlavi and an Iranian film-maker.

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UK ‘Tough Guy’ Act on Northern Ireland Will End in Disaster, Says Irish minister

THE GUARDIAN: European Affairs minister says UK government is out of step with preserving peace with protocol threats

A hijacked and burnt-out bus is removed from the loyalist Rathcoole estate in Newtonabbey, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty
Ireland’s minister for European Affairs has said that a “tough guy approach” when it comes to Northern Ireland will lead to disaster, adding that threats to suspend the Northern Ireland protocol represented the first time the UK government has been out of step with the international consensus on preserving peace and stability in Northern Ireland in 25 years.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4, Thomas Byrne said there was “a serious danger of complete instability in Northern Ireland” if the UK government continues its “tough guy approach” through threats to trigger article 16, which would suspend post-Brexit trade arrangements.

He said: “We have a situation where we have the US putting pressure on the British government, the EU united in one voice with concern about Northern Ireland, Ireland concerned about Northern Ireland. We’ve never had a situation in the last 25 years where the British government is out of the loop on that.

“We want very close relations with the British government and good cooperation, we want to be singing off the same hymn sheet.” » | Rachel Hall | Friday, November 12, 2021

EU to tell Frost Brexit talks will fail unless he ditches ECJ demand »

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The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s Britain: cry, the corrupt country »

Johnson: „Großbritannien ist kein korruptes Land“: Das hässliche Bild vom Tory, der in die Politik geht, um Geld zu verdienen: In Großbritannien lebt die Debatte um Fehlverhalten konservativer Abgeordneter wieder auf. Die Opposition wittert Morgenluft und empört sich nach Kräften. »

Die bloße Tatsache, daß Johnson sagen muß, daß Großbritannien kein korruptes Land ist, spricht Bände! – © Mark

The Bolsonaro-Trump Connection Threatening Brazil’s Elections

THE NEW YORK TIMES: With his poll numbers falling, President Jair Bolsonaro is already questioning the legitimacy of next year’s election. He has help from the United States.

President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil during Independence Day celebrations in São Paulo in September. | Victor Moriyama for The New York Times
BRASÍLIA — The conference hall was packed, with a crowd of more than 1,000 cheering attacks on the press, the liberals and the politically correct. There was Donald Trump Jr. warning that the Chinese could meddle in the election, a Tennessee congressman who voted against certifying the 2020 vote, and the president complaining about voter fraud.

In many ways, the September gathering looked like just another CPAC, the conservative political conference. But it was happening in Brazil, most of it was in Portuguese and the president at the lectern was Jair Bolsonaro, the country’s right-wing leader.

Fresh from their assault on the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, former President Donald J. Trump and his allies are exporting their strategy to Latin America’s largest democracy, working to support Mr. Bolsonaro’s bid for re-election next year — and helping sow doubt in the electoral process in the event that he loses. » | Jack Nicas | Thursday, November 11, 2021

Biden in der Klemme: Schafft Trump ein Comeback? | Auf den Punkt

Nov 11, 2021 • Donald Trump attackiert Joe Biden und mobilisiert seine Anhänger mit Verschwörungstheorien. Will der Ex-Präsident wieder an die Macht?

Unsere Gäste: Rachel Tausendfreund (German Marshall Fund); Matthew Karnitschnig (Politico); Annika Brockschmidt (freie Journalistin).


Trump wins temporary victory in effort to keep White House records secret: The former president is asking a court to block release of material related to the House investigation into the attack on the Capitol »

Which Costs More? The Closet or Coming Out?

Oct 19, 2016 • TOPIC: Everything has a cost. What is the cost of staying in the closet? What is the cost of coming out of the closet?

”I Was a Married Pastor - Until I Fell in Love with a Man” | Love Don’t Judge

Aug 28, 2020 - A Christian dad of four lost his job as a pastor after falling in love with a younger man in the deep south of America. Eric, 48, began his relationship with Matt, 27, after employing him in his demolition business. But neither man had yet come out as gay and both faced judgment from their Bible Belt community. Eric told truly: “It's not acceptable in [the community], it was difficult.” The couple are now married but when they first met, Eric was a pastor with four children. He explained how their local community reacted to the news, “our hometown is mostly conservative, I was immediately dismissed from my posted.” The age gap also added to the public backlash, “They think we're just dad and son”, Matt explained. He even had a family member who said, “Somebody will kill you.”

Wie man so schön auf Deutsch sagt: ‚Es gibt nichts, was es nicht gibt!‘ Natürlich, wünsche ich ihnen alles Gute. Nur das Beste! – Mark

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A Crisis the West Says Belarus Engineered Turns Dire for Migrants

THE NEW YORK TIMES: With thousands stranded at the border of the European Union’s eastern flank, the Polish prime minister accused Belarus of using people like “ammunition.” The autocratic leader of Belarus raised the prospect of disrupting the flow of natural gas through his country to Europe.


Hundreds of people, largely from the Middle East, camped at the Belarus-Poland border in frigid weather seeking to enter Poland. Western officials say Belarus is trying to orchestrate a refugee crisis at its borders with the European Union. | Polish Defence Ministry, via Reuters
WARSAW — As the standoff over migrants gathering along the European Union’s eastern flank grew more precarious on Thursday, with Polish news media reporting that a 14-year-old boy from Iraq had frozen to death on the Belarus side of the frontier, the language from political leaders on either side of the razor wire ratcheted up.

Western leaders have accused Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic leader, of engineering the crisis — creating a path into European Union countries for migrants from the Middle East.

Thousands of migrants have been escorted to the borders of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia under the watchful eyes of the Belarusian authorities. And once there, they are stranded in bitter cold, prevented from entering the E.U. or from going back into Belarus. It is, according to Western officials, a hybrid attack with people used as weapons. Tensions escalate at the Poland-Belarus border as migrants face dire conditions. » | Andrew Higgins and Anton Troianovski | Thursday, November 11, 2021

F.W. de Klerk, Last President of Apartheid South Africa, Dies at 85

THE NEW YORK TIMES: A prominent Afrikaner, he vehemently defended the separation of the races but later stunned his deeply divided nation, and the wider world, by reconsidering the country’s racist ways.

F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela in 1994. They shared the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the end of the apartheid state. | Juda Ngwenya/Reuters
F.W. de Klerk, who as president of South Africa dismantled the apartheid system that he and his ancestors had helped put in place, died at his home near Cape Town on Thursday. He was 85.

The former president’s death was confirmed by the F.W. de Klerk Foundation, which said in a statement that he had been receiving treatment for cancer.

A member of a prominent Afrikaner family, Mr. de Klerk had vehemently defended the separation of the races during his long climb up the political ladder. But once he took over as president in 1989, he stunned his deeply divided nation, and the wider world, by reconsidering South Africa’s racist ways, a step that led to him and Nelson Mandela, whom he released from prison, being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

South Africa had become such a pariah in the eyes of the world by the 1980s, its internal strife and tainted reputation so disruptive to the economy, that Mr. de Klerk argued that the country’s future depended on a new course. » | Marc Lacey | Thursday, November 11, 2021

Afrique du Sud : mort de Frederik de Klerk, «l'homme qui a aboli l'apartheid» : DISPARITION - Le dernier président blanc du pays, prix Nobel 1993 de la paix, était connu pour avoir officiellement mis fin à l'apartheid et libéré l'icône Nelson Mandela. Malade d'un cancer, il s'est éteint le jour de ses 85 ans. »

„Aus dem Kreislauf der Gewalt ausbrechen“ : Frederik Willem de Klerk, Südafrikas letzter weißer Staatspräsident, ist im Alter von 85 Jahren gestorben. Er trug maßgeblich zur Überwindung der Apartheid bei, obwohl er als Verfechter der Rassentrennung angetreten war. »

Südafrikas Türöffner für Demokratie: Frederik Willem de Klerk ist tot: Nichts hatte in der Biografie von de Klerk darauf hingedeutet, dass er entscheidenden Anteil am Ende der Apartheid in Südafrika haben würde. Im historisch richtigen Moment brachte er dennoch den nötigen Mut für den weitgehend friedlichen Regierungswechsel auf. »

FW de Klerk obituary: Last president of South Africa under apartheid who oversaw the orderly transfer of power »

Brexit: EU Warns of 'Serious Consequences' If UK Triggers Article 16

Nov 5, 2021 • Brussels could impose tariffs on UK imports or even tear up the EU-UK Brexit trade deal altogether.

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EU to tell Frost Brexit talks will fail unless he ditches ECJ demand: Concerns grow that Boris Johnson has already decided to trigger article 16 of Northern Ireland protocol »

50,000 New Infections: Germany's Political Power Vacuum Impedes the Country's Covid Response

• Nov 11, 2021 • Germany crossed 50,000 new daily coronavirus infections for the first time on Thursday, according to the national public health body, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). The RKI said Germany reported 50,196 new cases within the past 24 hours. The public health body also registered 235 new deaths from the virus. Germany's number of new cases per 100,000 people over the past week has now risen to 249.1. The institute previously reported on Wednesday 39,676 new cases, which was also a record at the time. The rising cases have alarmed Germany's top health officials and political leaders. Virologist Christian Drosten said the country could witness as many as 100,000 more deaths from the virus and called for urgent action. Chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing for talks with state premiers to craft a "quick and unified response" to the crisis. Some parts of the country are putting more pressure on unvaccinated citizens. On Monday, Berlin will require a certificate of vaccination or recovery for people entering public venues such as restaurants, gyms and hairdressers.

Britischer Brexit-Minister droht mit Eskalation

STREIT UM NORDIRLAND-ABKOMMEN
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Seit Monaten verhandeln die EU und Großbritannien über das Nordirland-Abkommen, dass die Region an den europäischen Binnenmarkt anschließen soll. Bisher ohne Erfolg. Nun verschärft der britische Verhandlungsführer David Frost den Ton.

Der zuständige britische Minister David Frost hat im Streit um die Brexit-Regeln für Nordirland wiederholt damit gedroht, die Abmachungen des sogenannten Nordirland-Protokolls teilweise außer Kraft zu setzen. Gleichzeitig rief er die EU zur Besonnenheit auf.

Die Mitte Oktober von der EU-Kommission vorgelegten Vorschläge zur Lösung von Schwierigkeiten beim Handel zwischen Großbritannien und Nordirland bezeichnete der britische Minister David Frost als nicht ausreichend. Die Gespräche seitdem hätten keine Lösung gebracht. Noch bleibe Zeit, um zu einer Einigung zu kommen.

Sollte das jedoch nicht gelingen, werde das Auslösen des Notfallmechanismus von Artikel 16 des Protokolls „die einzige Option bleiben“, sagte Frost am Mittwoch im Oberhaus in London. » | Quelle: dpa | Mittwoch, 10. November 2021

La «pensée» de Xi Jinping déclarée «quintessence de la culture et de l'âme chinoises»

Le président chinois Xi Jinping sort encore renforcé de cette résolution. CARLOS GARCIA RAWLINS / REUTERS
LE FIGARO : Le Parti communiste chinois a adopté sans surprise un texte qui a encore élevé la stature du président en exercice parmi les icônes du pays.

Un siècle d'histoire pour mieux verrouiller l'avenir: le Parti communiste chinois (PCC) a adopté sans surprise jeudi 11 novembre un texte qui a encore élevé la stature du président Xi Jinping parmi les icônes du pays. Dans le plus grand secret, les près de 400 membres du Comité central, le «parlement» du PCC, ont approuvé une résolution sur «les grandes réussites» du mouvement fondé en 1921.

Dithyrambique, le texte publié par l'agence Chine nouvelle affirme que le PCC, qui gouverne le pays d'une main de fer depuis 72 ans, a écrit «l'épopée la plus magnifique de l'histoire de la nation chinoise sur des millénaires». Dans un pays où l'histoire est traditionnellement utilisée pour légitimer le pouvoir, Xi Jinping a profité de cette résolution pour se présenter en héritier incontestable du régime. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | jeudi 11 novembre 2021

À LIRE AUSSI : Xi Jinping, la quête du pouvoir absolu : RÉCIT - Lancé lundi, le plénum du PCC doit préparer le pays à une «nouvelle ère» à l’image du numéro un chinois. »

Seeking Global Praise, Boris Johnson Instead Deals with Scandal at Home

THE NEW YORK TIMES: As the host leader of the U.N. conference on global warming, Mr. Johnson was hoping to project statesmanship. But a mushrooming ethics scandal dominated the week, overshadowing his climate ambitions.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, attended the United Nations’ climate conference in Glasgow on Wednesday. | Yves Herman/Reuters
GLASGOW, Scotland — Prime Minister Boris Johnson rushed back to the United Nations’ climate summit on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to persuade countries to make more meaningful pledges to curb global warming. But his splashy return to the global stage was all but eclipsed by a mushrooming scandal over the lucrative business dealings of lawmakers from his Conservative Party.

Mr. Johnson is not the only world leader whose global ambitions have been swamped by domestic distractions. Some, like President Biden, were hamstrung by political battles back home. Others, like President Xi Jinping of China, were no-shows as they struggled with the pandemic and other challenges.

But as the host, Mr. Johnson’s split-screen moment was especially unforgiving: Rather than draw praise, as he had hoped, for his diplomacy on climate change, he has endured a skein of unflattering revelations about Conservative members of Parliament. The most recent embarrassment was a report that a former attorney general did legal work for the British Virgin Islands from his Westminster office, in violation of House of Commons rules.

On Wednesday, Mr. Johnson tried his best to change the subject.

“We need to pull out all the stops if we are to do what we came here to do,” he said at a news conference before the final two days of the climate conference, known as COP26. Mr. Johnson insisted a landmark deal was in reach, though he warned that several countries were falling short of necessary pledges.

“Will you help us grasp that opportunity or will you stand in the way?” he said. “The risk of sliding back would be an absolute disaster.” » | Mark Landler | Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Arthur Rubinstein - Chopin : Piano Concerto No 2 in F Minor, Op 21

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Les meilleures tables du 9e arrondissement de Paris à moins de 50€

Le soufflé au Grand Marnier du Pantruche, une des adresses de Franck Baranger à Paris 9e. Sébastien SORIANO/Le Figaro
LE FIGARO : LA SÉLECTION DU FIGARO - De South Pigalle aux Grands Boulevards, en passant par les faubourgs et la Nouvelle Athènes, voici nos dix restaurants favoris, piochés parmi les nouveautés comme les valeurs sûres, pour un repas (entrée, plat, dessert) ne dépassant pas les 50 euros (ou presque!).

La sélection des meilleures tables du Figaro ici » | Par Alice Bosio, EMMANUEL RUBIN et Hugo de Saint Phalle | Publié : mardi 9 novembre 2021 ; mis à jour : mercredi 10 novembre 2021

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Brexit Is about to Get a Whole Lot Worse | Truth To Power

Nov 10, 2021 • The independent office of Budget Responsibility, funded by the UK Treasury, has established that despite the UK securing a much hyped trade deal at the last minute, Brexit has nevertheless shrunk the UK economy by 4% in the long term. And according to the government’s own figures, UK Brexit trade losses are more than 178 times larger than gains from the much-vaunted trade deals secured by Liz 'cut and paste' truss and her successor, climate change sceptic, Anne Marie Trevelyan. But Brexit may be about to get a whole lot worse. With COP26 out of the way, the UK is now threatening to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, which could prompt the European Union to suspend the post-Brexit trade deal altogether, and impose tariffs on all UK goods entering the EU.

Gay & Christian in the Military? (2010)

This video became a synopsis of my life story, but was originally just an "on-camera" audition for a "Reality" TV show (that never happened). I had no idea this video would find its way onto several websites, but because it did, several men who saw it from around the world, contacted me and I've been able to help them embrace themselves and come out with dignity -- including my current partner! Whether you're gay or straight or something in-between, I hope you find insight, understanding, or inspiration too. Life is YOUR stage -- read your OWN lines -- don't let others read them FOR you.

I don’t know why, but so many of the ‘coming out’ videos seem to be from 2010 / 2011. It must have been a bumper period for coming out! – Mark

Suddenly Different: How I Reconciled My Sexuality with My Faith (2011)

A religious gay man’s coming out story.

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Supply Chain Disruptions Continued to Fuel Price Increases in October

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Prices of clothes, lawn mowers and car parts surged in October, data released Wednesday showed, as supply chain disruptions continued to fuel shortages and raise transportation costs.

The increases drove the Consumer Price Index up 6.2 percent last month from the prior year, the fastest pace since 1990.

Factory shutdowns, clogged ports, a shortage of truckers and a surge in demand for imported products have combined to drive up shipping costs for food, furniture, automobiles and other products, which are being passed on in part to consumers. Major shipping companies like FedEx and UPS have announced rate increases. » | Ana Swanson | Wednesday, November 10, 2021

EU und Belarus: Streit über Migration im Grenzgebiet

Tausende Menschen sitzen im Grenzgebiet zwischen Belarus und Polen fest. Die EU wirft dem belarusischen Machthaber Lukaschenko vor, Menschen gezielt aus Krisenregionen einzufliegen, um sie dann an die Grenze zur EU zu bringen. Damit wolle er die Mitgliedsstaaten unter Druck setzen, aus Rache für bereits verhängte Sanktionen.

Außenminister Maas drohte Belarus mit weiteren Sanktionen. Alle, die sich an der Schleusung von Migrant:innen beteiligten, würden sanktioniert. Die Europäische Union sei nicht erpressbar.

Am Montag hatten größere Gruppen von Migrant:innen in der Nähe von Kuznica vergeblich versucht, die EU-Außengrenze von belarusischer Seite aus zu durchbrechen. Nach Erkenntnissen der polnischen Behörden halten sich gegenwärtig zwischen 3000 und 4000 Menschen im belarusisch-polnischen Grenzgebiet auf - viele kommen aus Krisengebieten wie Afghanistan und dem Irak.


Merkel appeals to Putin to intervene in Belarus border crisis: Call comes after Polish PM said Russia was behind flow of people from Middle East to EU borders »

La guerre peut-elle éclater entre le Maroc et l’Algérie?

Du Sahara occidental aux conflits de frontières, l’escalade de tensions ne cesse pas entre les deux puissances du Maghreb. FADEL SENNA/AFP
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - La mort de trois Algériens dans un bombardement attribué au Maroc a encore envenimé les relations entre les deux frères ennemis.

Le Sahara occidental est au cœur du différend entre le Maroc et l’Algérie.

Pourquoi la situation a-t-elle dégénéré?

Voilà trente ans que le statut du Sahara occidental empoisonne les relations entre le Maroc - il revendique le territoire comme sien - et l’Algérie - elle estime qu’il s’agit d’une question de décolonisation et réclame un référendum d’autodétermination pour les Sahraouis sous l’égide des Nations unies. Jusqu’ici, le différend entre Rabat et Alger avait surtout pris la forme d’une guerre diplomatique dans laquelle chacun tentait de peser par des rapports et des jeux de lobbying dans les couloirs de l’ONU. La décision de l’Algérie de faire voler en éclats ce statu quo en annonçant, fin août, la rupture de ses relations diplomatiques avec le Maroc, est liée à l’intrusion officielle d’un troisième acteur sur le terrain: Israël. Depuis l’annonce par Donald Trump de la normalisation des relations diplomatiques entre le Maroc et Israël, obtenue en échange d’une reconnaissance américaine de la souveraineté marocaine sur le Sahara occidental - ni confirmée ni annulée par l’Administration Biden - Alger s’inquiète d’«opérations étrangères» visant à sa «déstabilisation». » | Par Adam Arroudj | dimanche 7 novembre 2021

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In Full: Paul Keating Addresses National Press Club of Australia

Nov 10, 2021 • Former prime minister Paul Keating addresses the National Press Club discussing Australia's strategic framework and its role in the Indo-Pacific.

In his address, Mr Keating gave a scathing assessment of Australia's defence decisions regarding the Indo-Pacific region.

His remarks come after Australia scrapped a $90 billion French Naval Group submarine contract in favour of nuclear submarines in alliance with the United Kingdom and United States.

‘Throwing Toothpicks at the Mountain’: Paul Keating Says Aukus Submarines Plan Will Have No Impact on China

THE GUARDIAN: Former Australian prime minister also says Britain ‘like an old theme park sliding into the Atlantic’ compared to modern China

The former Australian prime minister Paul Keating has denounced the US- and UK-backed plan for nuclear-powered submarines as “like throwing a handful of toothpicks at the mountain”, declaring Australia should avoid being drawn into a war with China.

The former Labor leader on Wednesday accused the major Australian political parties of losing their way on foreign policy, while dismissing the credibility of the UK’s “tilt” to the Indo-Pacific region.

“Britain is like an old theme park sliding into the Atlantic compared to modern China,” said Keating, who was Australia’s prime minister from 1991 to 1996.

Keating also played down criticism of China’s militarisation of disputed features in the South China Sea by saying “big powers are rude”, and said it would be wrong to insist the increasingly dominant economic power could be only “a stakeholder” in a US-led system. » | Daniel Hurst | Wednesday, November 10, 2021


Australian foreign minister seeks to allay south-east Asia fears that nuclear submarines will stir up conflict: Marise Payne is visiting four countries in the region, including Malaysia and Indonesia, which have both raised concerns over Aukus deal »

Half of Britons Do Not Know 6m Jews Were Murdered in Holocaust

THE GUARDIAN: Survey also finds majority of UK respondents believe fewer people care about Holocaust today than used to

The Holocaust Memorial Garden in Hyde Park, London. Photograph: Anthony Harvey/Rex/Shutterstock
Just over half of Britons did not know that 6 million Jewish people were murdered during the Holocaust, and less than a quarter thought that 2 million or fewer were killed, a new survey has found.

The study also found that 67% of UK respondents wrongly believed that the government allowed all or some Jewish immigration, when in fact the British government shut the door to Jewish immigration at the outbreak of the war.

When respondents were asked about the Kindertransport, an initiative set up between 1938 and 1939 to rescue nearly 10,000 Jewish child refugees and bring them to Britain, 76% said they did not know what the historic effort was. » | Aamna Mohdin and Rachel Hall | Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Tory Party Vice-chair Andrew Bowie Resigns in Protest over Sleaze

THE GUARDIAN: MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine becomes first party figure to step down as a matter of conscience over scandal

The Conservative MP Andrew Bowie has announced he will resign as a vice-chair of the party in the wake of the sleaze scandal engulfing Boris Johnson.

Bowie said he requested to step down but agreed to stay in post until a successor has been appointed. He believed he could not continue to defend the government after the prime minister’s botched bid to save a colleague from suspension and overhaul the standards system. » | Aubrey Allegretti, Political correspondent | Wednesday, November 10, 2021

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Crise des migrants : Bruxelles durcit l’octroi de visas pour les officiels biélorusses

LE MONDE : Cette décision des Vingt-Sept entérine une proposition soumise par la Commission européenne à la fin de septembre.

La présidente de la Commission européenne, Ursula von der Leyen, a appelé les Etats membres à approuver de nouvelles sanctions contre les autorités biélorusses, le 8 novembre 2021. ALBERTO PEZZALI / AP
En réaction à « l’attaque hybride » lancée par Minsk, accusé d’organiser un afflux de migrants aux frontières de l’Union européenne (UE), celle-ci a suspendu, mardi 9 novembre, des dispositions visant à faciliter la délivrance de visas pour les fonctionnaires du régime biélorusse.

Cette décision des Vingt-Sept entérine une proposition soumise par la Commission européenne à la fin de septembre. Elle intervient au moment où la tension monte à la frontière avec la Pologne, qui bloque le passage de groupes de migrants venus de Biélorussie et a déployé des milliers de soldats, et alors que l’UE envisage de nouvelles sanctions à l’égard du régime d’Alexandre Loukachenko. » | Le Monde avec AFP | mardi 9 novembre 2021crise des migrants,UE,

How Coming Out Heals Your Life

Jul 19, 2012 • After Anderson Cooper and Frank Ocean came out, I got to thinking about my own coming out at age 12 and how it affected my life. I found it to be an extremely healing experience that wasn't easy at first, but led me toward greater peace and wholeness. Telling the truth can challenging for many, but it will bring your destiny closer to you; it will ignite your life and give your struggle greater meaning and purpose. It will set you free.

Daniil Trifonov - Chopin: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 In F Minor, Op.21 (Arr. by Pletnev)

Chopin’s “Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21, 2. Larghetto” (Arr. By Mikhail Pletnev) played by Daniil Trifonov and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Mikhail Pletnev. Daniil Trifonov’s album “Chopin Evocations” contains Chopin’s two beautiful piano concertos in fascinating new orchestrations by pianist-conductor-composer Mikhail Pletnev.

GQ Deutschland: The Making of #Mundpropaganda

Dec 10, 2013 • Mit der Aktion #Mundpropaganda kämpft(e) GQ gegen Intoleranz. Mit dabei: Männer wie Herbert Grönemeyer und August Diehl, Moses Pelham und Thomas D, Fettes Brot, Revolverheld, Kostja Ullmann, Ken Duken und die Beachvolleyball-Olympiasieger Julius Brink und Jonas Reckermann. Das Making-of zum Knutschen für den guten Zweck sehen Sie hier.

For your information, the men in this video are straight men who were doing this to help fight homophobia and intolerance. Kudos!– Mark

"Place Royale" : Farah Pahlavi – un destin impérial

Nov 8, 2015 – Un entretien de M. Thomas de Bergeyck de la télévision belge avec Sa Majesté Farah Pahlavi.

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