Friday, January 21, 2022
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This Scandal Reveals a Conservative Party Corrupted by Boris Johnson – and by Brexit
THE GUARDIAN: Whether it’s the monarchy, the union or the BBC, today’s Tories are trampling on the values they once claimed to cherish
‘Vandalism became a Brexit habit – hardly surprising for a project dedicated to uprooting a tangle of connections.’ Photograph: Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock
Just because Boris Johnson approaches every issue thinking only of Boris Johnson does not mean we have to do the same. Even the crisis that now engulfs the prime minister, and sees his fate hang on Tory MPs’ reaction to a Sue Gray report that could come next week, is not only about him. It’s tempting to see it that way – to look for the roots of the partygate scandal in Johnson’s arrogance, entitlement and narcissism – but it’s a double mistake.
As a matter of politics, it’s unwise because it would allow the Conservatives to ditch Johnson, pick a successor and claim to be a new government exorcised of its demon, with no need for the electorate to turn to Labour. But it’s also wrong.
For Johnson may be a loner, but he did not act alone. That’s narrowly true, in the sense that there were plenty of others who knew about or attended those rule-breaking parties and plenty more who are covering for him now. Every Conservative MP who defends Johnson, every activist or donor who does not demand his resignation, makes themselves complicit in the damage his actions have caused.
But it’s true in a deeper sense, too, in that the shaming events in Downing Street are a function of a Conservative party that is now something else. Despite the name, that organisation is no longer conservative in the way that was previously understood and in which it once took great pride. » | onathan Freedland | Friday, January 21, 2022
Despite being a once dyed-in-the-wool Conservative voter, I regret to have to say that the Conservative Party, as it now is, belongs to a bygone age. The Whigs before it also belonged to a bygone age and that party eventually became extinct.
This country certainly needs a pro-business party, but the Conservatives are not that party! The Conservatives are a party of the one percent, for the one percent. The population of this country is made up of 99% other people who do not belong to the one percent. They, too, need a break. They, too, can add significantly to the GDP of this once great country.
This Tory administration is in place with BoJo at the helm simply because a cabal at the top wanted to make a financial killing, believing that being in the European Union stopped them from realizing their ambitions, their dream.
As a result, we, the people, had to pay the heavy price of losing our rights as European citizens, with all that that entails. Why? Just to allow BoJo to obtain the keys of Number 10 (and the 1% to make its killing). And what a dog’s dinner the man is making of the job now that he has it!
Brexit will one day have to be reversed (and it will be). The electorate has been fooled: They haven’t been told the truth – they haven’t been informed of their losses.
Brexit must be reversed. Reversed in the name of prosperity; and reversed in the name of Britain’s’ long-term future. It is the only patriotic outcome for Britain and for Britons long-term.
BoJo! Eat your heart out! – © Mark
Just because Boris Johnson approaches every issue thinking only of Boris Johnson does not mean we have to do the same. Even the crisis that now engulfs the prime minister, and sees his fate hang on Tory MPs’ reaction to a Sue Gray report that could come next week, is not only about him. It’s tempting to see it that way – to look for the roots of the partygate scandal in Johnson’s arrogance, entitlement and narcissism – but it’s a double mistake.
As a matter of politics, it’s unwise because it would allow the Conservatives to ditch Johnson, pick a successor and claim to be a new government exorcised of its demon, with no need for the electorate to turn to Labour. But it’s also wrong.
For Johnson may be a loner, but he did not act alone. That’s narrowly true, in the sense that there were plenty of others who knew about or attended those rule-breaking parties and plenty more who are covering for him now. Every Conservative MP who defends Johnson, every activist or donor who does not demand his resignation, makes themselves complicit in the damage his actions have caused.
But it’s true in a deeper sense, too, in that the shaming events in Downing Street are a function of a Conservative party that is now something else. Despite the name, that organisation is no longer conservative in the way that was previously understood and in which it once took great pride. » | onathan Freedland | Friday, January 21, 2022
Despite being a once dyed-in-the-wool Conservative voter, I regret to have to say that the Conservative Party, as it now is, belongs to a bygone age. The Whigs before it also belonged to a bygone age and that party eventually became extinct.
This country certainly needs a pro-business party, but the Conservatives are not that party! The Conservatives are a party of the one percent, for the one percent. The population of this country is made up of 99% other people who do not belong to the one percent. They, too, need a break. They, too, can add significantly to the GDP of this once great country.
This Tory administration is in place with BoJo at the helm simply because a cabal at the top wanted to make a financial killing, believing that being in the European Union stopped them from realizing their ambitions, their dream.
As a result, we, the people, had to pay the heavy price of losing our rights as European citizens, with all that that entails. Why? Just to allow BoJo to obtain the keys of Number 10 (and the 1% to make its killing). And what a dog’s dinner the man is making of the job now that he has it!
Brexit will one day have to be reversed (and it will be). The electorate has been fooled: They haven’t been told the truth – they haven’t been informed of their losses.
Brexit must be reversed. Reversed in the name of prosperity; and reversed in the name of Britain’s’ long-term future. It is the only patriotic outcome for Britain and for Britons long-term.
BoJo! Eat your heart out! – © Mark
Boris Johnson’s History Is Catching Up with Him, Says Welsh First Minister
THE GUARDIAN: Mark Drakeford highlights that prime minister has been sacked from two previous jobs for lying
Boris Johnson, the prime minister, has been criticised by Mark Drakeford. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters
The Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, has launched a fierce attack on Boris Johnson, claiming “his history is catching up with him” and suggesting the easing of Covid restrictions in England is designed to distract attention from the crisis the prime minister is facing.
In sustained criticism of Johnson, Drakeford highlighted that Johnson had twice been sacked from previous jobs for lying and said he believed that everything the Conservative UK government was currently doing was about protecting his position.
Speaking at a press conference in Cardiff, Drakeford, who leads a Labour administration, said: “The prime minister is someone who’s been sacked from two previous jobs for not telling the truth.”
He flagged up a newspaper editorial on the eve of the December 2019 election that spelled out Johnson’s flaws, adding: “In many ways, I think what you see is his history catching up with him.” » | Steven Morris | Friday, January 21, 2022
The Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, has launched a fierce attack on Boris Johnson, claiming “his history is catching up with him” and suggesting the easing of Covid restrictions in England is designed to distract attention from the crisis the prime minister is facing.
In sustained criticism of Johnson, Drakeford highlighted that Johnson had twice been sacked from previous jobs for lying and said he believed that everything the Conservative UK government was currently doing was about protecting his position.
Speaking at a press conference in Cardiff, Drakeford, who leads a Labour administration, said: “The prime minister is someone who’s been sacked from two previous jobs for not telling the truth.”
He flagged up a newspaper editorial on the eve of the December 2019 election that spelled out Johnson’s flaws, adding: “In many ways, I think what you see is his history catching up with him.” » | Steven Morris | Friday, January 21, 2022
Scott Joplin : The Entertainer | Ragtime – Pianist Luca Raggi
Jun 6, 2015 • In the video you can listen to my piano interpretation of one of the most famous pieces of ragtime, The Entertainer, was composed by Scott Joplin and published in 1902. Written in the form of classical ragtime, four themes in AA-BB-A-CC-DD, A-B and D are in C major and C in F major.
Scott Joplin (1867-1917) was an American composer and musician, one of the most important in the genre ragtime, he himself called this type of music so as to earn the nickname "King of Ragtime".
Scott Joplin (1867-1917) was an American composer and musician, one of the most important in the genre ragtime, he himself called this type of music so as to earn the nickname "King of Ragtime".
Der Betrug an den Juden - Algerien 1943 | Doku HD | ARTE
Jan 17, 2022 • Algerien, im Juni 1940: Während in Frankreich die Wehrmacht einmarschiert, nimmt in Algier alles seinen gewohnt friedlichen Gang. Darauf bedacht, sich auch künftig aus dem Konflikt herauszuhalten, schließt sich Französisch-Algerien dem Vichy-Régime unter Marschall Pétain an. Pétain sorgt bald für die Wiederherstellung der kolonialen Ordnung im Lande ...
Algier, im Juni 1940: Während Frankreich kurz vor dem militärischen Aus stand und die Pariser Bevölkerung vor der vorrückenden deutschen Wehrmacht floh, blieb die algerische Hauptstadt von Luftangriffen und deutscher Besatzung verschont. Das von Frankreich beherrschte Algerien schloss sich vom Sommer 1940 bis zum Sommer 1943 mit großer Begeisterung der vom Vichy-Regime unter Marschall Philippe Pétain propagierten „Révolution nationale“ an. Dieses Frankreich sollte General Maxime Weygand repräsentieren, während des deutschen Vormarschs Oberbefehlshaber der französischen Armee, dann Verteidigungsminister unter Pétain. Anfang Oktober 1940 wurde er zum obersten Vertreter der Pétain-Regierung in Nordafrika ernannt. Er sollte die Politik von Vichy umsetzen, angefangen bei der strengen Anwendung des sogenannten „Judenstatuts“, dem in Algerien die Aufhebung des Décret Crémieux vorausging. 1870 hatte dieses Gesetz, benannt nach Adolphe Crémieux, die algerischen „eingeborenen Israeliten“, wie es hieß, zu französischen Staatsbürgern erklärt.
Durch die Aufhebung wurden die Juden aus der Armee und von öffentlichen Ämtern ausgeschlossen: Lehrer, Richter, aber auch Journalisten und Filmschaffende. Neue Gesetze legten Quoten für Ärzte und Rechtsanwälte fest. 3.500 jüdische Beamte wurden entlassen. Auch jüdische Schüler und Studenten waren von erniedrigenden und diskriminierenden Maßnahmen betroffen. Immer wieder wurden Aktionen „zur Säuberung der nationalen Gemeinschaft“ gefordert. Nach der erbarmungslosen Logik, Juden vom gesellschaftlichen Leben auszuschließen, organisierte Algier – genau wie die Vichy-Regierung – die Beschlagnahmung und „Arisierung“ von Unternehmen, Vermögen und Wertgegenständen der Juden.
Zudem errichtete die Vichy-Regierung mehrere Konzentrationslager in Algerien. In Bedeau, südlich von Sidi Bel Abbès, wurden die ersten jüdischen Zwangsarbeiter interniert. Nach der Landung der Amerikaner im November 1942 erwarteten viele die Abschaffung des sogenannten „Judenstatuts“, doch dies geschah zunächst nicht. Erst knapp ein Jahr später, im Oktober 1943, annullierte Charles de Gaulle schließlich die Abschaffung des Crémieux-Dekrets. Gegen den hartnäckigen Widerstand seitens der europäischen Bevölkerung, die weiterhin auf ihren Privilegien beharrte.
Dokumentation von Stéphane Benhamou (F 2020, 53 Min)
Ce documentaire est disponible en français ici. – Mark
Algier, im Juni 1940: Während Frankreich kurz vor dem militärischen Aus stand und die Pariser Bevölkerung vor der vorrückenden deutschen Wehrmacht floh, blieb die algerische Hauptstadt von Luftangriffen und deutscher Besatzung verschont. Das von Frankreich beherrschte Algerien schloss sich vom Sommer 1940 bis zum Sommer 1943 mit großer Begeisterung der vom Vichy-Regime unter Marschall Philippe Pétain propagierten „Révolution nationale“ an. Dieses Frankreich sollte General Maxime Weygand repräsentieren, während des deutschen Vormarschs Oberbefehlshaber der französischen Armee, dann Verteidigungsminister unter Pétain. Anfang Oktober 1940 wurde er zum obersten Vertreter der Pétain-Regierung in Nordafrika ernannt. Er sollte die Politik von Vichy umsetzen, angefangen bei der strengen Anwendung des sogenannten „Judenstatuts“, dem in Algerien die Aufhebung des Décret Crémieux vorausging. 1870 hatte dieses Gesetz, benannt nach Adolphe Crémieux, die algerischen „eingeborenen Israeliten“, wie es hieß, zu französischen Staatsbürgern erklärt.
Durch die Aufhebung wurden die Juden aus der Armee und von öffentlichen Ämtern ausgeschlossen: Lehrer, Richter, aber auch Journalisten und Filmschaffende. Neue Gesetze legten Quoten für Ärzte und Rechtsanwälte fest. 3.500 jüdische Beamte wurden entlassen. Auch jüdische Schüler und Studenten waren von erniedrigenden und diskriminierenden Maßnahmen betroffen. Immer wieder wurden Aktionen „zur Säuberung der nationalen Gemeinschaft“ gefordert. Nach der erbarmungslosen Logik, Juden vom gesellschaftlichen Leben auszuschließen, organisierte Algier – genau wie die Vichy-Regierung – die Beschlagnahmung und „Arisierung“ von Unternehmen, Vermögen und Wertgegenständen der Juden.
Zudem errichtete die Vichy-Regierung mehrere Konzentrationslager in Algerien. In Bedeau, südlich von Sidi Bel Abbès, wurden die ersten jüdischen Zwangsarbeiter interniert. Nach der Landung der Amerikaner im November 1942 erwarteten viele die Abschaffung des sogenannten „Judenstatuts“, doch dies geschah zunächst nicht. Erst knapp ein Jahr später, im Oktober 1943, annullierte Charles de Gaulle schließlich die Abschaffung des Crémieux-Dekrets. Gegen den hartnäckigen Widerstand seitens der europäischen Bevölkerung, die weiterhin auf ihren Privilegien beharrte.
Dokumentation von Stéphane Benhamou (F 2020, 53 Min)
Ce documentaire est disponible en français ici. – Mark
Hat Papst Benedikt XVI. gelogen? Die Zerknirschungsrhetorik der katholischen Kirche tönt immer hohler
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Ein Gutachten über sexuellen Missbrauch im Bistum München wirft ein schlechtes Licht auf den emeritierten Papst. Mafiös anmutende Strukturen, in denen Loyalität wichtiger war als Recht und Moral, werden sichtbar.
Auch für einen Papst gilt die Unschuldsvermutung, doch schuldet er dem Kirchenvolk eine Erklärung: Benedikt XVI., hier am 24. September 2011 in Erfurt. | Carsten Koall / Getty
KOMMENTAR
Dass die katholische Kirche in Deutschland und anderswo auf der Welt von Missbrauchsskandalen erschüttert wird, ist für die Berichterstatter längst zu einer Routineangelegenheit geworden. Die Worte, deren sich die Hierarchen der Kirche bedienen, wenn wieder einmal bekannt wird, wie Bischöfe fehlbare Priester gedeckt haben, sind meist dieselben: Man gibt sich erschüttert, zeigt sich beschämt und gelobt Besserung. Fünf Studien über sexuellen Missbrauch in der katholischen Kirche hat es in Deutschland bereits gegeben. Das Versprechen, das jeweils darauf folgte, war immer dasselbe: jetzt aber endlich Erneuerung und Transparenz! » | Hansjörg Friedrich Müller, Berlin | Freitag, 21 Januar 2022
Die Lüge Benedikts: Ein Gutachten über sexuellen Missbrauch im Erzbistum München belastet den emeritierten Papst. Fragen wirft vor allem ein Sitzungsprotokoll aus dem Jahr 1980 auf. »
Benedict Faulted for Handling of Abuse Cases When He Was an Archbishop: A newly released report by a law firm said the former pope mishandled at least four cases of sexual abuse accusations in Germany. »
Dass die katholische Kirche in Deutschland und anderswo auf der Welt von Missbrauchsskandalen erschüttert wird, ist für die Berichterstatter längst zu einer Routineangelegenheit geworden. Die Worte, deren sich die Hierarchen der Kirche bedienen, wenn wieder einmal bekannt wird, wie Bischöfe fehlbare Priester gedeckt haben, sind meist dieselben: Man gibt sich erschüttert, zeigt sich beschämt und gelobt Besserung. Fünf Studien über sexuellen Missbrauch in der katholischen Kirche hat es in Deutschland bereits gegeben. Das Versprechen, das jeweils darauf folgte, war immer dasselbe: jetzt aber endlich Erneuerung und Transparenz! » | Hansjörg Friedrich Müller, Berlin | Freitag, 21 Januar 2022
Die Lüge Benedikts: Ein Gutachten über sexuellen Missbrauch im Erzbistum München belastet den emeritierten Papst. Fragen wirft vor allem ein Sitzungsprotokoll aus dem Jahr 1980 auf. »
Benedict Faulted for Handling of Abuse Cases When He Was an Archbishop: A newly released report by a law firm said the former pope mishandled at least four cases of sexual abuse accusations in Germany. »
Dans le Grand Nord canadien, quel avenir pour les peuples inuits?
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Les 65.000 membres de cette minorité, qui occupe 20 % du territoire, se sentent oubliés par le gouvernement fédéral.
Ne les appelez plus les Esquimaux. Ce sobriquet donné par les Amérindiens algonquins aux Inuits aux temps de la colonie signifie «mangeurs de viande crue» en inuktitut, la langue de ces lointaines contrées arctiques. Longtemps repris par les explorateurs avant d’être banni dans les années 1970 par les habitants du Grand Nord, le vocable «esquimau» fait encore des vagues au Canada. Au point que l’équipe de football américain des Eskimos d’Edmonton, sous la pression des «bien-pensants», a changé de nom en 2021 pour les Elks d’Edmonton. Et comme le ridicule vole toujours en escadrille, le bâtonnet de glaces Eskimo Pie est devenu Edy’s Pie en 2020.
Les peuples premiers de l’Arctique sont donc des Inuits, des «êtres humains», en inuktitut. Avec environ 65 000 habitants, dont 40.000 habitants au Nunavut, l’âme inuite plane sur plus de 20 % du Canada, des confins de l’océan Arctique à la baie d’Hudson et à la mer du Labrador. Si la majorité des Inuits vivent au Nunavut, devenu en 1999 un territoire autonome, avec pour capitale Iqaluit et ses températures inhumaines, d’autres habitent le Nunavik (nord du Québec), le Nunatsiavut (nord du Labrador) et l’Inuvialuit (les territoires du Nord-Ouest). » | Par Ludovic Hirtzmann | Dimanche 9 janvier 2022
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Tory Whips Allegedly Tried to Smear Christian Wakeford after Defection
THE GUARDIAN: Exclusive: Allegations emerge of attempts to spread rumours about Bury South MP minutes after he crossed floor
Bury South MP Christian Wakeford. A government source said of the allegations that ‘it would be unacceptable’. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty
Conservative ministers and whips began spreading rumours about Christian Wakeford’s personal life minutes after the MP defected to Labour, it has been alleged amid growing concerns over dirty tactics in politics.
The Guardian has been told that senior members of the government spread the rumours in parliament after the MP for Bury South crossed the floor on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the senior Tory MP William Wragg urged MPs to report government ministers, whips and advisers to the Speaker – and even the Metropolitan police – for what he claimed was attempted blackmail of some colleagues suspected of opposing Boris Johnson. Johnson said he had “seen no evidence” of such threats.
A Labour source said the party had prepared Wakeford before his defection for the possibility of the Tories or hostile media trying to dig around in his private life. » | Rowena Mason, Aubrey Allegretti and Heather Stewart | Friday, January 21, 2022
Conservative ministers and whips began spreading rumours about Christian Wakeford’s personal life minutes after the MP defected to Labour, it has been alleged amid growing concerns over dirty tactics in politics.
The Guardian has been told that senior members of the government spread the rumours in parliament after the MP for Bury South crossed the floor on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the senior Tory MP William Wragg urged MPs to report government ministers, whips and advisers to the Speaker – and even the Metropolitan police – for what he claimed was attempted blackmail of some colleagues suspected of opposing Boris Johnson. Johnson said he had “seen no evidence” of such threats.
A Labour source said the party had prepared Wakeford before his defection for the possibility of the Tories or hostile media trying to dig around in his private life. » | Rowena Mason, Aubrey Allegretti and Heather Stewart | Friday, January 21, 2022
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‘Putin’s Palace’ Interior Is Revealed, Complete with Pole-dancing Room
THE TIMES: Leaked photographs have confirmed that a $1 billion luxury palace on the Black Sea which was allegedly built for President Putin has a pole-dancing room, an ornate theatre and a wine cellar.
The investigative team of Alexei Navalny, 45, the jailed Russian opposition leader, first revealed details of the grand residence a year ago, using computer-generated images based on blueprints and furniture catalogues to demonstrate what the interior looks like.
At the time, the Kremlin and state media claimed the images were “cartoons” and fakes. But the cache of about 500 photographs now revealed from “Putin’s Palace” shows the mock-ups were accurate in their depiction of lavish fittings. » | Tom Parfitt, Moscow | Friday, January 21, 2022 [£] *
* The Times currently has an offer of a month's free trial.
Comment Donald Trump prépare sa revanche
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - L’ancien président américain a tenu son premier rassemblement de l’année 2022, où il a promis de «reconquérir la Chambre et le Sénat», avant «de reprendre la Maison-Blanche» en 2024.
Les difficultés de Joe Biden nourrissent les ambitions de revanche de Donald Trump. Samedi dernier, l’ancien président a tenu en Arizona son premier rassemblement de l’année 2022, où il a promis de «reconquérir la Chambre et le Sénat» , en novembre prochain, à l’occasion des élections de mi-mandat, avant «de reprendre la Maison-Blanche» en 2024.
«On savait tous que Joe Biden ne serait pas très bon», a lancé Trump, «mais peu auraient pu imaginer qu’il serait un tel désastre pour le pays. L’inflation est la plus élevée depuis quarante ans, le prix de l’essence a doublé et les rayons des magasins sont vides… les rues des villes démocrates sont pleines de sang, les meurtres sont généralisés, ainsi que les trafics de drogue et d’êtres humains, il y a quatre fois plus de cas de Covid… notre frontière sud est abolie et les étrangers illégaux déferlent dans notre pays par millions».
«Biden a humilié notre pays sur la scène mondiale», a aussi accusé Trump, nos adversaires «jouent avec nous». … » | Par Adrien Jaulmes | mercredi 19 janvier 2022
À LIRE AUSSI :
États-Unis: un an après, les Américains déçus par la présidence Biden : RÉCIT - L’élection de Joe Biden n’a pas ramené le calme. Le pays est plus divisé que jamais, et serait au bord de la guerre civile, selon plusieurs intellectuels. »
Pétain «sauveur» de juifs : Zemmour persiste et dit avoir «raison historiquement»
LE FIGARO : Le candidat d'extrême droite à la présidentielle Eric Zemmour a dit vendredi 21 janvier maintenir ses propos sur le maréchal Pétain «sauveur» de juifs, estimant avoir «raison historiquement», au lendemain du rejet de la demande de renvoi de son procès pour contestation de crime contre l'humanité.
La décision de la cour d'appel sera rendue après l'élection présidentielle des 10 et 24 avril prochains. L'ex-chroniqueur vedette de CNews avait été relaxé en février 2021, après avoir soutenu en 2019 que le maréchal Philippe Pétain avait «sauvé» les juifs français pendant la Deuxième guerre mondiale. Le tribunal avait estimé que ces propos avaient été prononcés «à brûle-pourpoint lors d'un débat sur la guerre en Syrie». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | vendredi 21 janvier 2022
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Guillaume Tabard: «Éric Zemmour à la recherche d’un nouvel élan» : CONTRE-POINT - Parti sur les chapeaux de roues, jusqu’à pouvoir miroiter une qualification au second tour, le candidat de Reconquête a désormais quelque six points de retard sur Valérie Pécresse et Marine Le Pen. »
Die Wannsee-Konferenz zeigt, wozu Menschen fähig sind
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Während die wissenschaftliche Aufarbeitung der NS-Verbrechen voranschreitet, wird der Antisemitismus in der Bevölkerung stärker. Deshalb brauchen wir Gedenktage und Holocaust Education an den Schulen. Ein Gastbeitrag von Josef Schuster.
Am 20. Januar 1942 fanden sich 15 leitende Beamte der NS-Administration in einer herrschaftlichen Villa am Wannsee zu einer „Besprechung mit anschließendem Frühstück“ ein. Wer heute flüchtig die Dokumente und das Protokoll der Sitzung liest, könnte angesichts der Sprache und Terminologie meinen, es ginge um Waren, deren Vertrieb optimiert werden müsse im damaligen Deutschen Reich samt der besetzten Länder und Gebiete.
Doch es ging um Menschen. Es ging um Millionen jüdischer Frauen, Männer und Kinder, die nach der nationalsozialistischen Ideologie nicht als vollwertige Menschen betrachtet wurden und denen das Lebensrecht abgesprochen wurde.
Ihre Verfolgung war 1942 bereits in vollem Gange. Jetzt sollten die verbleibenden rechtlichen und administrativen Schritte zur „Endlösung der Judenfrage“ geklärt werden. Es ging um die optimale Vorbereitung und Durchführung des Völkermordes an den europäischen Juden – um ein „bürokratisch organisiertes Staatsverbrechen“, wie es die Historiker Norbert Kampe und Peter Klein bezeichnet haben. Ziel war die Ermordung von elf Millionen Juden in rund 30 Ländern. Das Auswärtige Amt reichte am Tag vor der Sitzung „Wünsche und Ideen“ zu dem geplanten Völkermord ein. » | Von Josef Shuster * | Mittwoch, 19. Januar 2022
* Josef Schuster ist Präsident des Zentralrats der Juden in Deutschland.
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80 Years Ago the Nazis Planned the ‘Final Solution.’ It Took 90 Minutes.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: As Germany observes the anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, witnesses of the Nazi era are dying and antisemitism is resurgent in Europe and the United States.
Portraits of European Jews murdered during the Holocaust, at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, on Wednesday. | Sean Gallup/Getty Images
BERLIN — On Jan. 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking officials of the Nazi bureaucracy met in a villa on Lake Wannsee on the western edge of Berlin. Nibbles were served and washed down with cognac. There was only one point on the agenda: “The organizational, logistical and material steps for a final solution of the Jewish question in Europe.”
Planning the Holocaust took all of 90 minutes.
Eighty years after the infamous Wannsee Conference that meticulously mapped it out, the bureaucratic efficiency of it remains as unnerving as ever.
The minutes taken that day and typed up on 15 pages do not explicitly refer to murder. They use phrases like “evacuation” and “reduction” and “treatment” — and divide up the task among different government departments and their “pertinent specialists.”
“You read that protocol, and it’s chilling,” said Deborah E. Lipstadt, a renowned Holocaust scholar. “It’s all very camouflaged language. But then you look at the list of countries and the number of Jews they planned to kill. Eleven million people they were going to go after. They had very big plans.”
The anniversary of that fateful meeting has a special resonance at a time when survivors of the Holocaust are dwindling and antisemitism and the ideology of white supremacy are resurgent in Europe and the United States, along with attacks targeting Jewish people and ethnic minorities. Just last Saturday a man took a rabbi and three members of his congregation hostage in a synagogue in Texas. » | Katrin Bennhold | Thursday, January 20, 2022
Leer en español :
Hace 80 años, los nazis planificaron la ‘solución final’ en solo 90 minutos : Mientras Alemania recuerda el aniversario de la Conferencia de Wannsee, los testigos de la era nazi están muriendo y el antisemitismo vuelve a resurgir en Europa y Estados Unidos. »
BERLIN — On Jan. 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking officials of the Nazi bureaucracy met in a villa on Lake Wannsee on the western edge of Berlin. Nibbles were served and washed down with cognac. There was only one point on the agenda: “The organizational, logistical and material steps for a final solution of the Jewish question in Europe.”
Planning the Holocaust took all of 90 minutes.
Eighty years after the infamous Wannsee Conference that meticulously mapped it out, the bureaucratic efficiency of it remains as unnerving as ever.
The minutes taken that day and typed up on 15 pages do not explicitly refer to murder. They use phrases like “evacuation” and “reduction” and “treatment” — and divide up the task among different government departments and their “pertinent specialists.”
“You read that protocol, and it’s chilling,” said Deborah E. Lipstadt, a renowned Holocaust scholar. “It’s all very camouflaged language. But then you look at the list of countries and the number of Jews they planned to kill. Eleven million people they were going to go after. They had very big plans.”
The anniversary of that fateful meeting has a special resonance at a time when survivors of the Holocaust are dwindling and antisemitism and the ideology of white supremacy are resurgent in Europe and the United States, along with attacks targeting Jewish people and ethnic minorities. Just last Saturday a man took a rabbi and three members of his congregation hostage in a synagogue in Texas. » | Katrin Bennhold | Thursday, January 20, 2022
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Boris Johnson weiter unter Druck – Nun tauchen auch Vorwürfe wegen der angeblichen Erpressung von Abgeordneten auf
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Er schien schon zu taumeln, dann rappelte sich der britische Premier Johnson noch einmal mit einem kämpferischen Auftritt im Parlament auf. Doch schon am Tag danach gibt es neue Vorwürfe.
Bei seiner Rede am Mittwoch in der Fragestunde im Parlament zeigt sich Boris Johnson kämpferisch. Doch mittlerweile bringen ihn neue Vorwürfe unter Druck. | Uk Parliament/ Jessica Taylor / Reuters
(dpa) Im Skandal um Lockdown-Partys im Regierungssitz Downing Street schafft es der britische Premierminister Boris Johnson nicht aus den Negativschlagzeilen. Nachdem er sich tags zuvor mit einem kämpferischen Auftritt im Parlament ein wenig Luft verschafft hatte, kamen am Donnerstag Vorwürfe über angebliche Erpressungstaktiken gegen aufsässige Tory-Abgeordnete auf. Neue Enthüllungen wecken zudem weiter Zweifel an Johnsons Aufrichtigkeit.
Er habe Berichte über die Erpressung von Abgeordneten erhalten, sagte der Vorsitzende des Verwaltungs- und Verfassungsausschusses im Unterhaus, William Wragg, am Donnerstag. Konservative Parlamentsmitglieder, die im Verdacht stünden, dem Premier die Gefolgschaft zu versagen, seien von Regierungsmitarbeitern mit der Veröffentlichung kompromittierenden Materials in der Presse bedroht worden. » | dpa | Donnerstag, 20. Januar 2022
(dpa) Im Skandal um Lockdown-Partys im Regierungssitz Downing Street schafft es der britische Premierminister Boris Johnson nicht aus den Negativschlagzeilen. Nachdem er sich tags zuvor mit einem kämpferischen Auftritt im Parlament ein wenig Luft verschafft hatte, kamen am Donnerstag Vorwürfe über angebliche Erpressungstaktiken gegen aufsässige Tory-Abgeordnete auf. Neue Enthüllungen wecken zudem weiter Zweifel an Johnsons Aufrichtigkeit.
Er habe Berichte über die Erpressung von Abgeordneten erhalten, sagte der Vorsitzende des Verwaltungs- und Verfassungsausschusses im Unterhaus, William Wragg, am Donnerstag. Konservative Parlamentsmitglieder, die im Verdacht stünden, dem Premier die Gefolgschaft zu versagen, seien von Regierungsmitarbeitern mit der Veröffentlichung kompromittierenden Materials in der Presse bedroht worden. » | dpa | Donnerstag, 20. Januar 2022
The Guardian View on Dropping Covid Restrictions: Follow the Scandal
THE GUARDIAN: The scrapping of plan B is driven by the prime minister’s political panic, not scientific guidance
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ‘are keeping the mask mandate on public transport, in shops and similar places, while England is dropping it’. Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex/Shutterstock
No one is under the illusion that the ending of Covid restrictions in England from next week is driven by science. The prime minister’s announcement on Wednesday was prompted by political desperation, not data. The daily death rate on Wednesday was reported as 359.
Scientists warn that infections are likely to resurge. While the level of infection across the population and health staff absences are falling sharply, the chair of the British Medical Association warned that hospitalisations are double the level that they were when plan B was introduced, and case rates close to twice as high. Dr Chaand Nagpaul noted that the NHS remains under crippling pressure, with a record backlog of six million patients.
After two years of the pandemic, it is not only Tory backbenchers who long for a return to normality. It is true that Omicron has wreaked less damage than feared – though many have still lost loved ones, or suffered serious and perhaps lasting damage to their health. With vaccines and treatments now available, it is entirely reasonable that people are rethinking what constitutes appropriate and proportionate responses to the virus. Restrictions have saved countless lives, but they have economic, social and indeed health costs: the effects of isolation have been punishing for many. » | Editorial | Thursday, January 20, 2022
It’s high time that this circus leave town! Complete with its clowns!
In order for the chief clown to obtain the keys to Number 10, we, the people, had to relinquish all our rights as citizens of the EU. Now, he wants the people to relinquish their right to life too, in order that he be able to save his political career! Enough already! It’s high time that the Conservative Party restore normality, restore decency. Once upon a time, it was the Party of decency and common sense!
It is peculiar and unfathomable indeed that at the very time that other European countries are toughening their restrictions because of the dangers of the Omicron variant that this government is relaxing them. How senseless is that? – © Mark
No one is under the illusion that the ending of Covid restrictions in England from next week is driven by science. The prime minister’s announcement on Wednesday was prompted by political desperation, not data. The daily death rate on Wednesday was reported as 359.
Scientists warn that infections are likely to resurge. While the level of infection across the population and health staff absences are falling sharply, the chair of the British Medical Association warned that hospitalisations are double the level that they were when plan B was introduced, and case rates close to twice as high. Dr Chaand Nagpaul noted that the NHS remains under crippling pressure, with a record backlog of six million patients.
After two years of the pandemic, it is not only Tory backbenchers who long for a return to normality. It is true that Omicron has wreaked less damage than feared – though many have still lost loved ones, or suffered serious and perhaps lasting damage to their health. With vaccines and treatments now available, it is entirely reasonable that people are rethinking what constitutes appropriate and proportionate responses to the virus. Restrictions have saved countless lives, but they have economic, social and indeed health costs: the effects of isolation have been punishing for many. » | Editorial | Thursday, January 20, 2022
It’s high time that this circus leave town! Complete with its clowns!
In order for the chief clown to obtain the keys to Number 10, we, the people, had to relinquish all our rights as citizens of the EU. Now, he wants the people to relinquish their right to life too, in order that he be able to save his political career! Enough already! It’s high time that the Conservative Party restore normality, restore decency. Once upon a time, it was the Party of decency and common sense!
It is peculiar and unfathomable indeed that at the very time that other European countries are toughening their restrictions because of the dangers of the Omicron variant that this government is relaxing them. How senseless is that? – © Mark
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This blog is not about pushing an ideology. As a person, I am rather moderate in my views and live a very normal, moderate and, I believe, a very respectable life. Further, I have never been given to excess of any sort, neither in food nor drink nor dressing; indeed, in outlook, I am generally rather conservative.
I do, however, believe that there is a place in this world for all people, regardless of faith, skin colour, or sexual orientation. As long as people live decent lives and help others, especially when those people are in difficulty or need, they should be respected.
This is not a website for people with extreme political views. I firmly believe that extreme political views lead to instability in society and definitely, ultimately, lead to no good place.
So please, if you come across anything posted on this website, do not conclude that I necessarily agree with what has been posted. Only the comment I may have posted on it will give you any indication of my own beliefs. Even the recipes I post are not always things that I would necessarily wish to eat. For example, if I post a vegan recipe, not being a vegan myself, I might well not wish to cook that recipe.
I am trying hard to make this website interesting to as wide an audience as possible: gay, straight, young or old. I also work hard to bring you all something in English, German and French; and sometimes even in Spanish, even though, alas, I am a greenhorn in that language. But I have many visitors from Spain and Spanish-speaking nations, so I feel that such links would be of interest to them.
Again, I should like to thank you all for your continued support. It means a lot to me. I appreciate it greatly. Stay safe in these perilous times! – © Mark
L'Assemblée nationale reconnaît officiellement le génocide des Ouïghours
LE FIGARO : La proposition de résolution des députés socialistes a été adoptée presque unanimement ce matin, reconnaissant officiellement le génocide en cours au Xinjiang (Chine).
Presque unanimement, l'Assemblée nationale vient de voter ce jeudi matin en faveur d'une proposition de résolution reconnaissant et condamnant le «caractère génocidaire des violences politiques systématiques ainsi que des crimes contre l'humanité actuellement perpétrés par la République populaire de Chine à l'égard des Ouïghours». Par 169 voix pour, une voix contre et cinq abstentions, la France rejoint ainsi le Canada, les États-Unis et l'Irlande et plusieurs autres pays du monde dans la reconnaissance de ce génocide. Regarder la vidéo » | Par Jean Cittone | jeudi 20 janvier 2022
Presque unanimement, l'Assemblée nationale vient de voter ce jeudi matin en faveur d'une proposition de résolution reconnaissant et condamnant le «caractère génocidaire des violences politiques systématiques ainsi que des crimes contre l'humanité actuellement perpétrés par la République populaire de Chine à l'égard des Ouïghours». Par 169 voix pour, une voix contre et cinq abstentions, la France rejoint ainsi le Canada, les États-Unis et l'Irlande et plusieurs autres pays du monde dans la reconnaissance de ce génocide. Regarder la vidéo » | Par Jean Cittone | jeudi 20 janvier 2022
Jeff Bezos Recruits in Quest for Eternal Youth
THE TIMES: The Amazon founder is backing a venture to extend the prime of life, write Rhys Blakely and Louisa Clarence-Smith
Altos Labs, which is backed by Jeff Bezos and Yuri Milner, has hired GSK’s chief executive Hal Barron along with a slew of Nobel prize-winners
An effort to vanquish death moved up a gear yesterday as a new “anti-ageing” company backed by Jeff Bezos revealed it had recruited one of the world’s most respected scientists.
The venture, called Altos Labs, has poached Hal Barron, 59, to be its chief executive. He had previously been chief scientific officer for the British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline.
That alone would have secured Altos credibility — but the biotech start-up also revealed $3 billion in funding yesterday, as well as a board of directors brimming with Nobel laureates.
Its focus will be on “cellular programming”, a technique that can already be used to rejuvenate individual cells in a laboratory — and that some believe holds the key to prolonging human life by banishing diseases associated with … » | Rhys Blakely, Science Correspondent | Louisa Clarence-Smith | Thursday, January 20, 2022 [£]
An effort to vanquish death moved up a gear yesterday as a new “anti-ageing” company backed by Jeff Bezos revealed it had recruited one of the world’s most respected scientists.
The venture, called Altos Labs, has poached Hal Barron, 59, to be its chief executive. He had previously been chief scientific officer for the British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline.
That alone would have secured Altos credibility — but the biotech start-up also revealed $3 billion in funding yesterday, as well as a board of directors brimming with Nobel laureates.
Its focus will be on “cellular programming”, a technique that can already be used to rejuvenate individual cells in a laboratory — and that some believe holds the key to prolonging human life by banishing diseases associated with … » | Rhys Blakely, Science Correspondent | Louisa Clarence-Smith | Thursday, January 20, 2022 [£]
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Christian Couple Ban Gay Man and His ITV Producer Partner from Buying Their Dream Surrey Home due to Their Relationship
MAIL ONLINE – EXTRACT: A gay couple were stunned to be told they could not buy their dream house in Surrey from a devoutly Christian couple - because of their sexuality.
When they tried to arrange a viewing through internet estate agents Purplebricks, they were refused and sent astonishing references to fire and brimstone Bible passages by the couple.
Luke Whitehouse and his ITV producer partner Lachlan Mantell spotted a £650,000, three-bed, semi-detached cottage as they looked to get on the property ladder. Read the story here » | Nick Craven for MailOnline | Thursday, January 20, 2022
Christian homophobes ban gay couple from buying their home, cite Bible verses at them instead: A Christian physicist and her husband refused to sell their house to a gay couple, instead messaging them with Bible verses. »
When they tried to arrange a viewing through internet estate agents Purplebricks, they were refused and sent astonishing references to fire and brimstone Bible passages by the couple.
Luke Whitehouse and his ITV producer partner Lachlan Mantell spotted a £650,000, three-bed, semi-detached cottage as they looked to get on the property ladder. Read the story here » | Nick Craven for MailOnline | Thursday, January 20, 2022
Christian homophobes ban gay couple from buying their home, cite Bible verses at them instead: A Christian physicist and her husband refused to sell their house to a gay couple, instead messaging them with Bible verses. »
Silvio Berlusconi Angles for Italy’s Presidency, Bunga Bunga and All
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The billionaire former prime minister is working hard to persuade lawmakers to vote for him next week, despite an unusual résumé for a job resting on moral authority.
Silvio Berlusconi in Milan in October. | .Claudio Furlan/LaPresse, via Associated Press
ROME — Early this month, Silvio Berlusconi sat at a dining room table in his mansion with his girlfriend, more than a half-century younger, and an old political ally. As they feasted on a pumpkin souffle and truffle tagliatelle, the 85-year-old Italian former prime minister and billionaire made hours of phone calls, working his way down a list of disaffected lawmakers he hoped to persuade to elect him president of Italy next week.
“‘We are forming the Bunga Bunga party and we want you with us,’” Christian Romaniello, a lawmaker formerly with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, recounted Mr. Berlusconi as saying, referring to the sex-fueled bacchanals that Mr. Berlusconi has deemed merely “elegant dinners.” According to Mr. Romaniello, Mr. Berlusconi then added, “‘But I’ll bring the ladies.’”
The Italian presidency, the country’s head of state, is a seven-year position usually filled by a figure of unimpeachable integrity and sobriety whose influence flows from moral authority. The current holder, Sergio Mattarella, is a quiet statesman whose brother was murdered by the mob. Another contender is Mario Draghi, the prime minister and a titan of European politics who has led the country to a period of unusual stability.
Then there is Mr. Berlusconi, who despite his recent bad health, waxen appearance and weakened political standing, is making an unabashed push to win a career-culminating position that he hopes will wash away decades of stains — his allies say unjustly thrown mud — and rewrite his legacy. » | Jason Horowitz | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
ROME — Early this month, Silvio Berlusconi sat at a dining room table in his mansion with his girlfriend, more than a half-century younger, and an old political ally. As they feasted on a pumpkin souffle and truffle tagliatelle, the 85-year-old Italian former prime minister and billionaire made hours of phone calls, working his way down a list of disaffected lawmakers he hoped to persuade to elect him president of Italy next week.
“‘We are forming the Bunga Bunga party and we want you with us,’” Christian Romaniello, a lawmaker formerly with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, recounted Mr. Berlusconi as saying, referring to the sex-fueled bacchanals that Mr. Berlusconi has deemed merely “elegant dinners.” According to Mr. Romaniello, Mr. Berlusconi then added, “‘But I’ll bring the ladies.’”
The Italian presidency, the country’s head of state, is a seven-year position usually filled by a figure of unimpeachable integrity and sobriety whose influence flows from moral authority. The current holder, Sergio Mattarella, is a quiet statesman whose brother was murdered by the mob. Another contender is Mario Draghi, the prime minister and a titan of European politics who has led the country to a period of unusual stability.
Then there is Mr. Berlusconi, who despite his recent bad health, waxen appearance and weakened political standing, is making an unabashed push to win a career-culminating position that he hopes will wash away decades of stains — his allies say unjustly thrown mud — and rewrite his legacy. » | Jason Horowitz | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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Le parquet antiterroriste ouvre une enquête sur «l'assassinat» d'une touriste française au Maroc
LE FIGARO : Cette ressortissante française de 79 ans a été tuée sur un marché de Tiznit, dans le sud du pays, à l'aide d'une arme blanche. Un suspect âgé de 31 ans a été arrêté le jour même à Agadir, à quelques dizaines kilomètres seulement du lieu du crime.
Le parquet national antiterroriste (Pnat) a annoncé mercredi dans un communiqué avoir ouvert une enquête pour «assassinat en relation avec une entreprise terroriste» après le meurtre samedi d'une touriste française à Tiznit dans le sud du Maroc. Cette ressortissante française de 79 ans a été tuée sur un marché de Tiznit à l'aide d'une arme blanche. Elle résidait dans un camping proche de cette petite ville. Un suspect âgé de 31 ans a été arrêté le jour même à Agadir, à quelques dizaines kilomètres seulement du lieu du crime. «Les investigations ont été confiées à la Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure, à la sous-direction antiterroriste de la direction centrale de la police judiciaire et à la direction centrale de la police judiciaire», a précisé le Pnat. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 19 janvier 2022
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Tonga: A Tongan Olympian Has Started a Fundraiser for His Home Islands
Tonga volcano: New images reveal scale of damage after tsunami: New pictures have emerged from Tonga, revealing the damage wreaked by tsunami waves triggered by an undersea volcano. »
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In Peru, Courts ‘Used Like Whips’ to Silence Journalists
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The author of a book about a powerful politician has been sentenced to two years in prison. Media advocates say the case is part of a trend in which the courts are being used to punish critics.
The Peruvian journalist Christopher Acosta has been sentenced to two years in prison and, with his publisher, fined $100,000 following a defamation lawsuit brought by a powerful politician. | Angela Ponce for The New York Times
The police raided a reporter’s house after he investigated an elite Catholic society. A court ordered journalists’ assets frozen following a defamation complaint from a powerful figure. A sports journalist called the head of a soccer club inept, and was sentenced to a year in prison.
And then, last week, a judge sentenced a Peruvian journalist to two years in prison and imposed a $100,000 fine following a defamation lawsuit brought by a powerful, wealthy politician.
Media experts called the decision the most direct threat to freedom of expression in Peru in years. And, they said, it was part of a worrying trend across the region — but particularly strong in Peru — in which powerful figures are using the courts to intimidate and punish journalists who investigate them.
“It absolutely sidesteps the fundamental principles of freedom of expression,” said Ricardo Uceda, who leads the Press and Society Institute of Peru, of the ruling. » | Julie Turkewitz and Mitra Taj | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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En Perú las cortes se usan ‘como látigos’ para callar a los periodistas : El autor de un libro sobre un empresario y político ha sido sentenciado a dos años de prisión, parte de una tendencia en la que los personajes poderosos emplean las cortes para castigar a sus críticos. »
The police raided a reporter’s house after he investigated an elite Catholic society. A court ordered journalists’ assets frozen following a defamation complaint from a powerful figure. A sports journalist called the head of a soccer club inept, and was sentenced to a year in prison.
And then, last week, a judge sentenced a Peruvian journalist to two years in prison and imposed a $100,000 fine following a defamation lawsuit brought by a powerful, wealthy politician.
Media experts called the decision the most direct threat to freedom of expression in Peru in years. And, they said, it was part of a worrying trend across the region — but particularly strong in Peru — in which powerful figures are using the courts to intimidate and punish journalists who investigate them.
“It absolutely sidesteps the fundamental principles of freedom of expression,” said Ricardo Uceda, who leads the Press and Society Institute of Peru, of the ruling. » | Julie Turkewitz and Mitra Taj | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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En Perú las cortes se usan ‘como látigos’ para callar a los periodistas : El autor de un libro sobre un empresario y político ha sido sentenciado a dos años de prisión, parte de una tendencia en la que los personajes poderosos emplean las cortes para castigar a sus críticos. »
Wealth of World's 10 Richest Men Doubled in Pandemic, Oxfam Says - BBC News
Jan 17, 2022 • The Covid pandemic has made the world's wealthiest far richer but has led to more people living in poverty, according to the charity Oxfam.
Their report said lower incomes for the world's poorest contributed to the death of 21,000 people each day.
But the world's 10 richest men have more than doubled their collective fortunes since March 2020.
Oxfam's report is based on data from the Forbes Billionaires List and the annual Credit Suisse Global Wealth report, which gives the distribution of global wealth going back to 2000.
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Their report said lower incomes for the world's poorest contributed to the death of 21,000 people each day.
But the world's 10 richest men have more than doubled their collective fortunes since March 2020.
Oxfam's report is based on data from the Forbes Billionaires List and the annual Credit Suisse Global Wealth report, which gives the distribution of global wealth going back to 2000.
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Pianist Rosalía Gómez Lasheras performs in the Young Pianst Festival finale in Amsterdam, november 24 2013.
At five years old Rosalía Gómez Lasheras started piano lessons with Alexander Gold. In 2011 she won the Extraordinary Award from the Santiago Conservatory and was accepted at the Conservatory in Utrecht (Netherlands), where, in 2013, she was in her third year Bachelor with Alan Weiss.
At five years old Rosalía Gómez Lasheras started piano lessons with Alexander Gold. In 2011 she won the Extraordinary Award from the Santiago Conservatory and was accepted at the Conservatory in Utrecht (Netherlands), where, in 2013, she was in her third year Bachelor with Alan Weiss.
Prince Andrew’s Social Media Accounts Deleted as He Fights US Lawsuit
THE GUARDIAN: Twitter and YouTube pages no longer accessible, while royal website refers to his role in the past tense
Prince Charles, the Queen and Prince Andrew at the Trooping the Colour in 2019. The Queen has now stripped Andrew of his military affiliations. Photograph: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
The Duke of York’s social media accounts are being deleted as he continues his legal battle to fight a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in the US.
Last week the Queen stripped her second son of his honorary military affiliations and royal patronages, and he agreed not to use his royal style HRH in any official capacity.
Prince Andrew’s official Twitter handle, TheDukeOfYork, now leads to a blank page. His YouTube page is also no longer accessible. While his Instagram account, hrhthedukeofyork, still appeared on Wednesday, it is understood that that too is being removed, along with his Facebook account, but some accounts are taking longer to filter through.
Royal aides have also updated the British monarchy’s official website as Buckingham Palace seeks to distance the institution from Andrew’s legal battle.
While the prince still appears under the section titled Members of the Royal Family, the list of his military affiliations and patronages has been removed. Buckingham Palace announced last week that the roles would be shared out among other members of the royal family. The decision was made after discussion between senior family members. » | Caroline Davies | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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A Possible Sex Offender Doesn’t Look Good on a Commemorative Tea Towel »
The Duke of York’s social media accounts are being deleted as he continues his legal battle to fight a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in the US.
Last week the Queen stripped her second son of his honorary military affiliations and royal patronages, and he agreed not to use his royal style HRH in any official capacity.
Prince Andrew’s official Twitter handle, TheDukeOfYork, now leads to a blank page. His YouTube page is also no longer accessible. While his Instagram account, hrhthedukeofyork, still appeared on Wednesday, it is understood that that too is being removed, along with his Facebook account, but some accounts are taking longer to filter through.
Royal aides have also updated the British monarchy’s official website as Buckingham Palace seeks to distance the institution from Andrew’s legal battle.
While the prince still appears under the section titled Members of the Royal Family, the list of his military affiliations and patronages has been removed. Buckingham Palace announced last week that the roles would be shared out among other members of the royal family. The decision was made after discussion between senior family members. » | Caroline Davies | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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A Possible Sex Offender Doesn’t Look Good on a Commemorative Tea Towel »
1918-1939 : les rêves brisés de l’entre-deux guerres (5/8) | ARTE
Jan 16, 2022 • Treize destins de célébrités ou d'anonymes brossent le portrait des années troubles de l'entre-deux-guerres. Une fresque historique internationale, magistrale. Cinquième volet : tandis que des privilégiés vivent joyeusement les Années folles, des millions de personnes vivent dans la plus extrême pauvreté.
Tandis que des privilégiés vivent joyeusement les Années folles, des millions de personnes vivent dans la plus extrême pauvreté. Fin 1927, nombreux sont ceux qui s’endettent massivement grâce au crédit à la consommation inventé aux États-Unis ou qui spéculent sur les actions. Le Vendredi noir de 1929 fait voler en éclats tous les espoirs de prospérité. Pour sauver le "One-Two-Two", le bordel de luxe qu'il a ouvert à Paris, Marcel Jamet accepte de collaborer avec la police. Sorti de prison, Hans Baimler s'éprend d'une camarade du parti. Albert, le compagnon d'Elise Ottensen, noue une liaison avec Alfa, 18 ans. La politique monétaire de Mussolini ruine l'empire textile fondé par Silvio Crespi. Entamant en Autriche ses études de médecine, Edith Wellspacher fait la connaissance de Max Wachstein, un jeune interne juif…
Années fiévreuses
Après 14, des armes et des mots, qui restituait la barbarie de la Première Guerre mondiale à travers les itinéraires singuliers d’hommes, de femmes et d’enfants originaires de six pays belligérants, cette nouvelle fresque historique se penche sur la période 1918-1939, cet entre-deux-guerres où la guerre n'a jamais vraiment cessé. À partir de leur correspondance, de leurs journaux intimes et de récits biographiques, les huit épisodes de cette coproduction internationale s’attachent aux destinées contrastées de treize personnages, célèbres ou anonymes, qui furent les témoins et acteurs des bouleversements de l’entre-deux-guerres. Entremêlant images d’archives issues de vingt-trois pays et reconstitutions remarquablement soignées, Jan Peter et Frédéric Goupil ressuscitent, par le prisme de l’intime, la chronologie de ces fiévreuses années, entre fureur de vivre, convulsions économiques et luttes politiques – dominées par l’affirmation des idéologies communiste et fasciste. De l’armistice de 1918 à la déclaration de guerre du 3 septembre 1939, une plongée magistrale dans une époque qui ambitionnait d’accoucher d’un nouveau monde et engendra une nouvelle tragédie.
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Tandis que des privilégiés vivent joyeusement les Années folles, des millions de personnes vivent dans la plus extrême pauvreté. Fin 1927, nombreux sont ceux qui s’endettent massivement grâce au crédit à la consommation inventé aux États-Unis ou qui spéculent sur les actions. Le Vendredi noir de 1929 fait voler en éclats tous les espoirs de prospérité. Pour sauver le "One-Two-Two", le bordel de luxe qu'il a ouvert à Paris, Marcel Jamet accepte de collaborer avec la police. Sorti de prison, Hans Baimler s'éprend d'une camarade du parti. Albert, le compagnon d'Elise Ottensen, noue une liaison avec Alfa, 18 ans. La politique monétaire de Mussolini ruine l'empire textile fondé par Silvio Crespi. Entamant en Autriche ses études de médecine, Edith Wellspacher fait la connaissance de Max Wachstein, un jeune interne juif…
Années fiévreuses
Après 14, des armes et des mots, qui restituait la barbarie de la Première Guerre mondiale à travers les itinéraires singuliers d’hommes, de femmes et d’enfants originaires de six pays belligérants, cette nouvelle fresque historique se penche sur la période 1918-1939, cet entre-deux-guerres où la guerre n'a jamais vraiment cessé. À partir de leur correspondance, de leurs journaux intimes et de récits biographiques, les huit épisodes de cette coproduction internationale s’attachent aux destinées contrastées de treize personnages, célèbres ou anonymes, qui furent les témoins et acteurs des bouleversements de l’entre-deux-guerres. Entremêlant images d’archives issues de vingt-trois pays et reconstitutions remarquablement soignées, Jan Peter et Frédéric Goupil ressuscitent, par le prisme de l’intime, la chronologie de ces fiévreuses années, entre fureur de vivre, convulsions économiques et luttes politiques – dominées par l’affirmation des idéologies communiste et fasciste. De l’armistice de 1918 à la déclaration de guerre du 3 septembre 1939, une plongée magistrale dans une époque qui ambitionnait d’accoucher d’un nouveau monde et engendra une nouvelle tragédie.
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L'acteur Gaspard Ulliel, 37 ans, est mort après un accident de ski
L'acteur Gaspard Ulliel est mort à 37 ans après un accident de ski : Le comédien a été victime d'un grave accident de ski sur le domaine de La Rosière en Savoie. Il avait été transporté mardi par hélicoptère au CHU de Grenoble. »
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Tory MP Christian Wakeford Defects to Labour, Blaming PM’s ‘Disgraceful’ Conduct
THE GUARDIAN: Bury South MP says Tory policies ‘doing nothing’ to help constituents, piling further pressure on Boris Johnson
The Bury South MP, Christian Wakeford, sitting on the opposition benches during PMQs on Wednesday. Photograph: House of Commons/PA
The Tory MP Christian Wakeford has defected to Labour, piling more pressure on Boris Johnson as growing numbers within his own party call on the prime minister to resign.
Just minutes before prime minister’s questions, Wakeford – elected as the MP for Bury South in 2019 – crossed the floor to sit with Keir Starmer’s party, declaring in a letter to Johnson resigning the Conservative whip that he was “incapable of offering the leadership and government this country deserves”.
The move will prove a huge embarrassment for Johnson, who is fighting to avoid enough of his own backbenchers submitting letters calling for a no-confidence vote. Fifty-four are needed to trigger a ballot. Many of those who have written a letter are members of the 2019 intake, like Wakeford. He submitted a letter last week.
In a letter to Johnson released on Wednesday afternoon, Wakeford said he believed “the policies of the Conservative government that you lead are doing nothing to help the people of my constituency and indeed are only making the struggles they face on a daily basis worse”.
Raising concerns about the “cost of living crisis” and how the country should emerge from the Covid pandemic, Wakeford said the UK needed “a government that upholds the highest standards of integrity and probity in public life”.
He added: “Sadly, both you and the Conservative party as a whole have shown themselves incapable of offering the leadership and government this country deserves.” » | Aubrey Allegretti, Political correspondent | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
David Davis tells Boris Johnson ‘in the name of God, go’ after Tory MP for Bury South defects to Labour »
Who is Christian Wakeford and who are the red wall MPs plotting against PM? »
'In the name of God, go!' Boris is told to QUIT over Partygate by ex-minister David Davis in bear-pit PMQs just minutes after Red Wall Tory MP DEFECTS to Labour - as 'Pork Pie plotters' vow no confidence vote and Keir Starmer says more rebels are 'welcome': Boris Johnson is struggling to quell a so-called 'Pork Pie Plot' with dozens of Red Wall MPs threatening coup / Around 20 MPs are thought to have held a secret lunchtime meeting on plans to force Tory leadership contest / Bishop Auckland MP Dehenna Davison and fellow Tory Alicia Kearns were identified as ringleaders by sources »
«Partygate»-Affäre: Parteiinterne Rebellion gegen britischen Premier weitet sich aus – Johnson bläst zum Gegenangriff: Hinter den Kulissen brodelt es, immer mehr Tories scheinen am Stuhl von Boris Johnson zu sägen. Doch der Regierungschef gibt sich noch nicht geschlagen. »
Turbulente Debatte in London: Johnson wartet auf «Partygate»-Bericht und schliesst sofortige Konsequenzen aus »
The Tory MP Christian Wakeford has defected to Labour, piling more pressure on Boris Johnson as growing numbers within his own party call on the prime minister to resign.
Just minutes before prime minister’s questions, Wakeford – elected as the MP for Bury South in 2019 – crossed the floor to sit with Keir Starmer’s party, declaring in a letter to Johnson resigning the Conservative whip that he was “incapable of offering the leadership and government this country deserves”.
The move will prove a huge embarrassment for Johnson, who is fighting to avoid enough of his own backbenchers submitting letters calling for a no-confidence vote. Fifty-four are needed to trigger a ballot. Many of those who have written a letter are members of the 2019 intake, like Wakeford. He submitted a letter last week.
In a letter to Johnson released on Wednesday afternoon, Wakeford said he believed “the policies of the Conservative government that you lead are doing nothing to help the people of my constituency and indeed are only making the struggles they face on a daily basis worse”.
Raising concerns about the “cost of living crisis” and how the country should emerge from the Covid pandemic, Wakeford said the UK needed “a government that upholds the highest standards of integrity and probity in public life”.
He added: “Sadly, both you and the Conservative party as a whole have shown themselves incapable of offering the leadership and government this country deserves.” » | Aubrey Allegretti, Political correspondent | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
David Davis tells Boris Johnson ‘in the name of God, go’ after Tory MP for Bury South defects to Labour »
Who is Christian Wakeford and who are the red wall MPs plotting against PM? »
'In the name of God, go!' Boris is told to QUIT over Partygate by ex-minister David Davis in bear-pit PMQs just minutes after Red Wall Tory MP DEFECTS to Labour - as 'Pork Pie plotters' vow no confidence vote and Keir Starmer says more rebels are 'welcome': Boris Johnson is struggling to quell a so-called 'Pork Pie Plot' with dozens of Red Wall MPs threatening coup / Around 20 MPs are thought to have held a secret lunchtime meeting on plans to force Tory leadership contest / Bishop Auckland MP Dehenna Davison and fellow Tory Alicia Kearns were identified as ringleaders by sources »
«Partygate»-Affäre: Parteiinterne Rebellion gegen britischen Premier weitet sich aus – Johnson bläst zum Gegenangriff: Hinter den Kulissen brodelt es, immer mehr Tories scheinen am Stuhl von Boris Johnson zu sägen. Doch der Regierungschef gibt sich noch nicht geschlagen. »
Turbulente Debatte in London: Johnson wartet auf «Partygate»-Bericht und schliesst sofortige Konsequenzen aus »
Ein Held für Serbiens Impfskeptiker
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Unter serbischen Verschwörungstheoretikern genießt Djoković hohes Ansehen. Dabei war Serbien beim Impfen einmal ganz vorn dabei. Ob er sich impfen lässt oder nicht, wird politische Folgen haben.
Derzeit sieht es danach aus, dass der serbische Tennisspieler Novak Djoković vor einer nicht nur für ihn selbst wichtigen Entscheidung steht: Er kann sich impfen lassen und noch in diesem Jahr zu einem Tennisspieler werden, der mehr Grand-Slam-Turniere gewonnen hat als jeder andere vor ihm. Oder er kann sich gegen eine Impfung entscheiden und so zur weltweiten Ikone einer Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit werden, die in der „Impfskepsis“ ihren derzeit populärsten Ausdruck findet. Eine Entscheidung gegen das Impfen könnte allerdings ein Ende oder zumindest eine lange Unterbrechung seiner Karriere bedeuten. In jedem Falle wird die Entscheidung des Sportlers politische Folgen haben, und das aufgrund von Djokovićs Bekanntheitsgrad wohl nicht nur in Serbien.
Die serbische Regierung war äußerst erfolgreich in der Beschaffung und Bereitstellung von Impfstoffen gegen Covid-19. Belgrad deckte sich nicht nur mit westlichen Produkten wie dem Angebot von Biontech-Pfizer ein, sondern auch mit dem russischen Vakzin Sputnik und einem chinesischen namens Sinopharm. Dies führte dazu, dass Bürgerinnen und Bürger in Serbien schon zwischen verschiedenen Impfstoffen wählen konnten, als in vielen anderen Ländern noch gar keine bereitstanden. » | Von Michael Martens, Korrespondent für südosteuropäische Länder mit Sitz in Wien | Mittwoch, 19. Januar 2022
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La Maltaise Metsola élue à la présidence du Parlement de l'UE
LE FIGARO : Elle est la troisième femme, après Simone Veil et Nicole Fontaine, à accéder à ce poste.
L'élection du président du Parlement européen a été rondement menée, mardi à Strasbourg. La Maltaise Roberta Metsola, membre du PPE – le parti européen de centre droit - et considérée comme la favorite, est sortie victorieuse, dès le premier tour, avec une très confortable majorité. Sur les 690 eurodéputés ayant participé au scrutin, 458 ont voté en faveur de cette candidate qui fêtait aussi mardi ses 43 ans.
Elle est, après Simone Veil et Nicole Fontaine, la troisième femme élue présidente du Parlement européen. Un symbole fort. Et ce n'est pas le seul. C'est aussi la première fois qu'un eurodéputé originaire d'un « petit » État membre est propulsé à ce niveau de responsabilités. Malte ne compte que 525.000 habitants. Metsola est, enfin, la plus jeune à exercer une telle fonction. Elle succède à l'Italien David Sassoli, décédé la semaine dernière, et conservera le poste jusqu'en juillet 2024. Regarder la vidéo » | Par Anne Rovan | mardi 18 janvier 2022
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As Johnson Reels From Scandals, Is Someone Plotting to Take His Place?
THE NEW YORK TIMES: A key question is: Will the results of an inquiry over parties in Downing Street during lockdown push a fellow conservative to move against Prime Minister Boris Johnson?
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have crossed a political Rubicon in recent days over charges that he lied about Downing Street parties during the pandemic. But whether he is forced out of power could depend on whether one of his fellow Conservatives is ready to play the role of Brutus.
As Britain’s political establishment waits for the results of an internal investigation of the parties, a key question is whether it will trigger a plot against Mr. Johnson, and if so, who would make the first move against him? » | Mark Landler and Stephen Castle | Tuesday, January 18, 2022
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have crossed a political Rubicon in recent days over charges that he lied about Downing Street parties during the pandemic. But whether he is forced out of power could depend on whether one of his fellow Conservatives is ready to play the role of Brutus.
As Britain’s political establishment waits for the results of an internal investigation of the parties, a key question is whether it will trigger a plot against Mr. Johnson, and if so, who would make the first move against him? » | Mark Landler and Stephen Castle | Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Millionaires Call On Governments Worldwide to ‘Tax Us Now’
THE GUARDIAN: Group of 102 wealthy people say tax would help tackle gulf between rich and poor
Gemma McGough, a British entrepreneur and founding member of Patriotic Millionaires UK.Photograph: PA
More than 100 members of the global super-rich called on Wednesday for governments around the world to “tax us now” to help pay for the pandemic response and tackle the gulf between rich and poor.
The group of 102 millionaires and billionaires, including Disney heiress Abigail Disney, said the current tax system is rigged in their favour and needs to be rewritten to make taxation fairer for hard-working people and restore trust in politics.
“As millionaires, we know that the current tax system is not fair,” they said in an open letter published on Wednesday. “Most of us can say that, while the world has gone through an immense amount of suffering in the last two years, we have actually seen our wealth rise during the pandemic – yet few if any of us can honestly say that we pay our fair share in taxes.”
The super-rich signatories, who brand themselves as “patriotic millionaires”, called for the introduction of “permanent wealth taxes on the richest to help reduce extreme inequality and raise revenue for sustained, long-term increases in public services like healthcare”. » | Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
More than 100 members of the global super-rich called on Wednesday for governments around the world to “tax us now” to help pay for the pandemic response and tackle the gulf between rich and poor.
The group of 102 millionaires and billionaires, including Disney heiress Abigail Disney, said the current tax system is rigged in their favour and needs to be rewritten to make taxation fairer for hard-working people and restore trust in politics.
“As millionaires, we know that the current tax system is not fair,” they said in an open letter published on Wednesday. “Most of us can say that, while the world has gone through an immense amount of suffering in the last two years, we have actually seen our wealth rise during the pandemic – yet few if any of us can honestly say that we pay our fair share in taxes.”
The super-rich signatories, who brand themselves as “patriotic millionaires”, called for the introduction of “permanent wealth taxes on the richest to help reduce extreme inequality and raise revenue for sustained, long-term increases in public services like healthcare”. » | Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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Witness Willing to Testify She Saw Prince Andrew with a ‘Young Girl’ at London Nightclub
THE GUARDIAN: Virginia Giuffre’s lawyers seek her statement to counter the royal’s insistence he has never met their client or visited the club
A witness is willing to testify that she saw Prince Andrew in a nightclub in 2001. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Getty Images
A woman who may have seen Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre at a London nightclub 20 years ago is “willing” to provide testimony in Giuffre’s civil lawsuit against the royal, whom she accuses of sexual abuse, the witness’s lawyer said.
“I am proud to represent Shukri Walker, who has bravely stepped forward as a witness and encourages others who may have information to do so as well,” the lawyer Lisa Bloom said in an email.
“She is willing to do the deposition Virginia Giuffre’s team is seeking.”
Giuffre, now 38, maintains that at age 17 she was coerced into having sex with the prince, by his associates Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Andrew emphatically denies all allegations of misconduct. » | Victoria Bekiempis in New York | Tuesday, January 18, 2022
A woman who may have seen Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre at a London nightclub 20 years ago is “willing” to provide testimony in Giuffre’s civil lawsuit against the royal, whom she accuses of sexual abuse, the witness’s lawyer said.
“I am proud to represent Shukri Walker, who has bravely stepped forward as a witness and encourages others who may have information to do so as well,” the lawyer Lisa Bloom said in an email.
“She is willing to do the deposition Virginia Giuffre’s team is seeking.”
Giuffre, now 38, maintains that at age 17 she was coerced into having sex with the prince, by his associates Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Andrew emphatically denies all allegations of misconduct. » | Victoria Bekiempis in New York | Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Ein liebevoller Kuß inmitten der Bougainvillea.
The Epic Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes
THE NEW YORK TIMES: In Silicon Valley’s world of make-believe, the philosophy of “fake it until you make it” finally gets its comeuppance.
For a decade, Ms. Holmes fooled savvy investors, hundreds of smart employees, an all-star board and a media eager to anoint a new star. | Jenny Hueston
SAN FRANCISCO — Near the end of Elizabeth Holmes’s criminal trial, her lawyers submitted into evidence her punishing self-improvement plan.
“4 a.m. Rise and thank God,” the handwritten memo began.Exercise, meditation, prayer, breakfast (whey and, as she spelled it, “bannanna”) followed. By 6:45 a.m., a time when slackers were still fumbling for the alarm clock, she was at the office of Theranos, the blood-testing company she founded in 2003.
Ms. Holmes had many rules at Theranos: “I am never a minute late. I show no excitement. ALL ABOUT BUSINESS. I am not impulsive. I know the outcome of every encounter. I do not hesitate. I constantly make decisions and change them as needed. I speak rarely. I call bullshit immediately.”
It worked. Ms. Holmes’s resolve was so forceful, and fit so neatly into the Silicon Valley cliché of achieving the impossible by refusing to admit it was impossible, that it inspired belief right up to the moment on Monday when a jury officially convicted her of four counts of fraud.
The verdict signaled the end of an era. In Silicon Valley, where the line between talk and achievement is often vague, there is finally a limit to faking it. » | David Streitfeld | Monday, January 3, 2022
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El auge y la caída de Elizabeth Holmes : El caso de la fundadora de Theranos podría cambiar el estatus de culto que tienen algunos emprendedores tecnológicos a los que no se les cuestionan sus ambiciosos proyectos ni se les exige que rindan cuentas. »
SAN FRANCISCO — Near the end of Elizabeth Holmes’s criminal trial, her lawyers submitted into evidence her punishing self-improvement plan.
“4 a.m. Rise and thank God,” the handwritten memo began.Exercise, meditation, prayer, breakfast (whey and, as she spelled it, “bannanna”) followed. By 6:45 a.m., a time when slackers were still fumbling for the alarm clock, she was at the office of Theranos, the blood-testing company she founded in 2003.
Ms. Holmes had many rules at Theranos: “I am never a minute late. I show no excitement. ALL ABOUT BUSINESS. I am not impulsive. I know the outcome of every encounter. I do not hesitate. I constantly make decisions and change them as needed. I speak rarely. I call bullshit immediately.”
It worked. Ms. Holmes’s resolve was so forceful, and fit so neatly into the Silicon Valley cliché of achieving the impossible by refusing to admit it was impossible, that it inspired belief right up to the moment on Monday when a jury officially convicted her of four counts of fraud.
The verdict signaled the end of an era. In Silicon Valley, where the line between talk and achievement is often vague, there is finally a limit to faking it. » | David Streitfeld | Monday, January 3, 2022
Leer en español :
El auge y la caída de Elizabeth Holmes : El caso de la fundadora de Theranos podría cambiar el estatus de culto que tienen algunos emprendedores tecnológicos a los que no se les cuestionan sus ambiciosos proyectos ni se les exige que rindan cuentas. »
Rabbi Describes Escape from Texas Synagogue Siege - BBC News
Jan 17, 2022 • The rabbi of a US synagogue who was taken hostage on Saturday has described how he threw a chair at the gunman in order to escape.
He and two other hostages were then able to get out "without a shot being fired", following a 10-hour siege in Texas.
The hostage-taker, named as British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, was shot dead after a stand-off with police.
US President Joe Biden has described the hostage-taking incident as "an act of terror".
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He and two other hostages were then able to get out "without a shot being fired", following a 10-hour siege in Texas.
The hostage-taker, named as British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, was shot dead after a stand-off with police.
US President Joe Biden has described the hostage-taking incident as "an act of terror".
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