Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Afghanistan : le cruel abandon des femmes
LE MONDE : Après le retrait des troupes américaines, les talibans sont désormais aux portes du pouvoir. C’est une catastrophe pour les femmes afghanes, qui vont se retrouver confrontées à la loi islamique dans son interprétation la plus dure.
Editorial du « Monde ». Morne retraite. Après avoir replié leurs troupes, les pays occidentaux engagés aux côtés des Etats-Unis en Afghanistan finissent en ce mois de juillet de rapatrier leurs ressortissants. Les plus scrupuleux ont emmené avec eux leurs collaborateurs et interprètes afghans, leur évitant ainsi des représailles certaines de la part des talibans, une fois leurs employeurs partis.
Peu glorieux, ce départ d’Afghanistan en est presque piteux, tant il ressemble à un abandon. La plus longue intervention américaine à l’étranger, lancée au lendemain des attentats du 11 septembre 2001 pour empêcher Al-Qaida de planifier d’autres attaques depuis son repaire afghan, s’achève vingt ans plus tard sur un triste bilan. Cette guerre a coûté la vie à des dizaines de milliers de civils, à plus de 3 500 soldats de l’OTAN et à bien davantage de militaires afghans, sans compter les blessés et mutilés à vie. » | Éditorial | mercredi 28 juillet 2021
Editorial du « Monde ». Morne retraite. Après avoir replié leurs troupes, les pays occidentaux engagés aux côtés des Etats-Unis en Afghanistan finissent en ce mois de juillet de rapatrier leurs ressortissants. Les plus scrupuleux ont emmené avec eux leurs collaborateurs et interprètes afghans, leur évitant ainsi des représailles certaines de la part des talibans, une fois leurs employeurs partis.
Peu glorieux, ce départ d’Afghanistan en est presque piteux, tant il ressemble à un abandon. La plus longue intervention américaine à l’étranger, lancée au lendemain des attentats du 11 septembre 2001 pour empêcher Al-Qaida de planifier d’autres attaques depuis son repaire afghan, s’achève vingt ans plus tard sur un triste bilan. Cette guerre a coûté la vie à des dizaines de milliers de civils, à plus de 3 500 soldats de l’OTAN et à bien davantage de militaires afghans, sans compter les blessés et mutilés à vie. » | Éditorial | mercredi 28 juillet 2021
Negative Covid-19 Tests Could Soon Be Required for All Arrivals in Germany | DW News
The Guardian View on Viktor Orbán’s LGBT+ Law: The Same Old Playbook
THE GUARDIAN: Hungary’s prime minister is once again stoking the politics of division ahead of an election
In his victory speech following a third successive election triumph in 2018, Viktor Orbán told jubilant supporters that the result gave voters “the opportunity to defend themselves and to defend Hungary”. For over a decade now, Hungary’s prime minister has skilfully galvanised his political base by cultivating a siege mentality. Three years ago, Muslim migrants were depicted as the enemies at the gates, whose entry would undermine Christian values and traditions. Other targets of choice have included George Soros, NGOs and, the Guardian’s recent Pegasus revelations appear to suggest, critical journalists placed under digital surveillance.
A new election requires a new threat. As Hungary emerges from the pandemic, Mr Orbán and his Fidesz party have entered campaigning mode ahead of a spring poll that is expected to be extremely close. Their baleful gaze has alighted on Hungary’s LGBT+ population and its potential to lead the young astray. Last month, MPs passed a law that prohibits depicting or promoting LGBT+ content to under-18s in Hungary’s schools and the media. The new legislation will heavily restrict the portrayal of LGBT+ people in the arts and entertainment, and elsewhere. Critics have compared it to Russia’s 2013 law against “gay propaganda”, which was duly followed by a disturbing increase in violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. » | Editorial | Tuesday. July 27, 2021
Viktor Orbán is a relatively short man (1.74m / 5’7”). Why am I not surprised? Dictators throughout history have tended to be on the short side. Adolf Hitler was just about Orbán’s height: 1.75m. Hitler tried to make Germany “judenrein*” in the Thirtie/Forties of the last century; now, we have Orbán trying to make Hungary “schwulenrein” in the Twenties of this century!
‘Judenrein’ means ‘cleansed of Jews’. I have started using the term ‘schwulenrein’, which would mean ‘cleansed of gays’. For surely that’s exactly what Orbán is trying to achieve in Hungary, even if he is not articulating the idea in such a crass way. (He knows better than to do that.) Please check out this link to the Jewish Virtual Library for 'judenrein': Judenrein.
Hungary and Poland are trying to demonize gays and rid their countries of them, or at least push them into the margins of society. Many “LGBTQ-free zones” are even being introduced! It’s truly disgusting. You will probably not be surprised to learn that Orbán is chummy with our Führer: BoJo. Is this a case of 'birds of a feather...'? – Mark
NB: The suffix ‘rein’ comes from the German verb ‘reinigen’, meaning to clean, cleanse, purify, purge or expurgate. 'Schwule' is a German word used in the vernacular meaning gays. Hence, 'schwulen' would be the adjectival form stemming from it. Ergo, 'schwulenrein' - purged of gays. – Mark
Unwiderstehlich, verlockend und schwul: Ein Kuß!
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Recipe: Classic French Onion Soup
Ingredients: here.
The French Cooking Academy.
On Brexit and Asylum
I’m sure that my followers, readers and visitors will be in no doubt by now about the fact that I was a staunch Remainer. Brexit was anathema to me. I was, and remain, opposed to the madness of leaving all our friends in Europe, by cutting ourselves adrift and sailing off in a rubber dinghy onto the high seas, in the vain hope that we shan’t meet with too many storms and drown while we’re at it. For, truth to tell, we don’t have an adequate supply of life jackets!
Many British people refuse to understand that we Brits are Europeans, inside or outside of the European Union. We are still Europeans regardless. Our country was once geologically and geographically part of the main continent of Europe. Further, just to give you an example, the Celts in Wales are said to have originated in Hallstatt in Austria. It’s near Salzburg.
However, for some inexplicable reason, many Brits are in denial of our European heritage. One gentleman I met whilst shopping prior to the Brexit referendum swore blind to me that we weren’t Europeans at all! The man to whom I refer is actually a very nice gentleman; but he is greatly mistaken on this matter. So, I asked him a few questions: “If we are not Europeans,” I asked, “then what are we?” I added: “Clearly, we are not Americans; we are not Africans; we are not Asians; so, what exactly are we?” Needless to say, he was unable to give me a sensible answer. Such is the level of denial in many quarters of the UK!
Since Brexit, our nation is in chaos. But why should we worry when we are led by BoJo? He and his band of merry men will surely fix it all! In the meantime, many of the shelves in the supermarkets are bare. I am now unable to procure many of my favourite items of food, such as my favourite French, unsalted butter. That’s completely gone missing from the shelves. Ditto, my favourite mineral water: Evian. Last weekend, when shopping, I noticed that not a single bottle of Evian water was for sale! Prior to Brexit, I could buy as many bottles as I wanted or needed. My favourite Spanish honey has disappeared off the shelves as well. This is to name but a few food items.
Moreover, I have had to give up buying many fresh vegetables. For starters, many of the shelves in the supermarkets are bare. Secondly, what is available perishes very quickly. To give you an example, I have always loved carrots, and I have always kept a plentiful supply of them at home. Recently, I have had to stop buying them, because for many weeks, I ended up throwing nearly all of them away: they would go black (mildew) even in my lovely, German fridge. And that’s in the salad-crisper!
The Brexiteer politicians try and tell us that these shortages are “teething problems”; they also try and tell us that the pandemic is to blame; and the “pingdemic," of course! (Too many people are being ‘pinged’ for self-isolation due to the Delta variant, apparently.) These may well be contributing to the shortages, but the real reason, as most people surely know, is Brexit itself! The politicians have gone and screwed up! But hey! We’ve got a blond bombshell at the helm now. What could possibly go wrong? And in any case, we now have blue passports again. Yippee! No more burgundy passports for the true Brit! As many Americans might say: What a deal already!
I’m hoping that my fellow countrymen will one day come to their senses and realise what they have lost by leaving the EU; but I am not holding my breath!
In the meantime, my idealistic side makes me dream of being given asylum by my French brothers and sisters in France. The Côte d’Azur looks awfully appealing from here. But I doubt that this would be possible. I don’t think that Emmanuel Macron would give serious consideration to granting asylum to a Brit, somehow. So I suppose I shall have to grin and bear it and shrug my shoulders and say, C’est la vie !
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Many British people refuse to understand that we Brits are Europeans, inside or outside of the European Union. We are still Europeans regardless. Our country was once geologically and geographically part of the main continent of Europe. Further, just to give you an example, the Celts in Wales are said to have originated in Hallstatt in Austria. It’s near Salzburg.
However, for some inexplicable reason, many Brits are in denial of our European heritage. One gentleman I met whilst shopping prior to the Brexit referendum swore blind to me that we weren’t Europeans at all! The man to whom I refer is actually a very nice gentleman; but he is greatly mistaken on this matter. So, I asked him a few questions: “If we are not Europeans,” I asked, “then what are we?” I added: “Clearly, we are not Americans; we are not Africans; we are not Asians; so, what exactly are we?” Needless to say, he was unable to give me a sensible answer. Such is the level of denial in many quarters of the UK!
Since Brexit, our nation is in chaos. But why should we worry when we are led by BoJo? He and his band of merry men will surely fix it all! In the meantime, many of the shelves in the supermarkets are bare. I am now unable to procure many of my favourite items of food, such as my favourite French, unsalted butter. That’s completely gone missing from the shelves. Ditto, my favourite mineral water: Evian. Last weekend, when shopping, I noticed that not a single bottle of Evian water was for sale! Prior to Brexit, I could buy as many bottles as I wanted or needed. My favourite Spanish honey has disappeared off the shelves as well. This is to name but a few food items.
Moreover, I have had to give up buying many fresh vegetables. For starters, many of the shelves in the supermarkets are bare. Secondly, what is available perishes very quickly. To give you an example, I have always loved carrots, and I have always kept a plentiful supply of them at home. Recently, I have had to stop buying them, because for many weeks, I ended up throwing nearly all of them away: they would go black (mildew) even in my lovely, German fridge. And that’s in the salad-crisper!
The Brexiteer politicians try and tell us that these shortages are “teething problems”; they also try and tell us that the pandemic is to blame; and the “pingdemic," of course! (Too many people are being ‘pinged’ for self-isolation due to the Delta variant, apparently.) These may well be contributing to the shortages, but the real reason, as most people surely know, is Brexit itself! The politicians have gone and screwed up! But hey! We’ve got a blond bombshell at the helm now. What could possibly go wrong? And in any case, we now have blue passports again. Yippee! No more burgundy passports for the true Brit! As many Americans might say: What a deal already!
I’m hoping that my fellow countrymen will one day come to their senses and realise what they have lost by leaving the EU; but I am not holding my breath!
In the meantime, my idealistic side makes me dream of being given asylum by my French brothers and sisters in France. The Côte d’Azur looks awfully appealing from here. But I doubt that this would be possible. I don’t think that Emmanuel Macron would give serious consideration to granting asylum to a Brit, somehow. So I suppose I shall have to grin and bear it and shrug my shoulders and say, C’est la vie !
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Ein Leben auf Mythen basiert
Je älter ich werde, desto deutlicher sehe ich, dass das Leben aus vielen Mythen entstanden ist! Zudem ist es mir auch klar, daß viele Geschichten früher Epochen die Basis für unsere Glauben und Benehmen heute sind.
Die alten Leute liebten es, Geschichten zu erzählen. Schließlich, hatten sie abends kaum andere Möglichkeiten, sich die Zeit zu vertreiben. Diese Geschichten wurden dann durch die Jahrhunderte mythologisiert und von einer Generation zur anderen weitergegeben. Dies sind viele der Mythen, nach denen wir heute leben. Es sind alles hübsche Geschichten, aber wie wahr sind sie?
Viele Leute in der heutigen Zeit benehmen sich als ob sie selber Vorbilder der Tugend wären und sehen gar nicht ihre eigenen Fehler. Sie sollten, vielleicht, einmal in den Spiegel schauen!
Oft kommen diese Leute und kritisieren das Benehmen anderer Leute, wenn es für sie besser wäre, daß sie vor der eigenen Tür kehrten. Sie benehmen sich oft auf einer Basis von Doppelmoral und Selbstgerechtigkeit.
Wie oft muß man hören Levitikus zitiert, daß es ein Gräuel ist für einen Mann mit einem anderen Mann zusammenzuliegen? Erstens, was gemeint ist mit dem Wort „Gräuel“ oder „Abscheulichkeit“ ist nicht was die Leute oft glauben. Zweitens, in Levitikus, wird das gleiche Word angewendet fürs Essen von Schaltier, weil sie Bodenfresser in den Ozeanen sind. Deshalb fressen sie den ganzen Kot am Boden des Meeres. Das ist denn abscheulich!
Levitikus steht auch, daß Leute sich nicht tätowieren oder piercen lassen sollten: Wie viele Menschen brechen heute diese Regel? Nach Levitikus sind Tätowierungen und Piercings auch abscheulich und strengstens verboten! Noch mehr: Zudem, nach der Bibel, darf man Schweinefleisch gar nicht essen. Das Essen davon ist abscheulich, so der Bibel. Das Essen davon ist eine Sünde in den Augen Gottes!
Man könnte eine lange Liste von Verhaltensregeln schreiben, Verhaltensregeln, die so oft ignoriert werden. Doch wenn homosexuelle Liebe das Thema ist, plötzlich fangen Leute an zu frömmeln! Es kommt einem vor als Rosinenpickerei.
Gleichgeschlechtliche Anziehungen hat es seit Menschgedenken gegeben, nun sind wir im einundzwanzigsten Jahrhundert und besprechen das gleiche Thema – ungelöst! Stellen Sie sich mal das vor! Leute debattieren immer noch unaufhörlich darüber und stellen in Frage, das Recht von einer Person, sich in eine andere Person verlieben zu dürfen. Es ist kaum zu fassen!
Ein großes Problem liegt darin natürlich, daß Leute verstehen gar nicht, was Homosexualität eigentlich ist! Leute sind sehr oft lüstern und denken nur an Sex. Versucht man gleichgeschlechtliche Attraktionen durch so eine Linse zu verstehen wird man immer im Unklaren und in der Benebelung stehen. Man wird auf keinen grünen Zweig landen!
Mehr zum Thema Homosexualität ein anderes Mal.
Alle Rechte vorbehalten
© Mark Alexander
Die alten Leute liebten es, Geschichten zu erzählen. Schließlich, hatten sie abends kaum andere Möglichkeiten, sich die Zeit zu vertreiben. Diese Geschichten wurden dann durch die Jahrhunderte mythologisiert und von einer Generation zur anderen weitergegeben. Dies sind viele der Mythen, nach denen wir heute leben. Es sind alles hübsche Geschichten, aber wie wahr sind sie?
Viele Leute in der heutigen Zeit benehmen sich als ob sie selber Vorbilder der Tugend wären und sehen gar nicht ihre eigenen Fehler. Sie sollten, vielleicht, einmal in den Spiegel schauen!
Oft kommen diese Leute und kritisieren das Benehmen anderer Leute, wenn es für sie besser wäre, daß sie vor der eigenen Tür kehrten. Sie benehmen sich oft auf einer Basis von Doppelmoral und Selbstgerechtigkeit.
Wie oft muß man hören Levitikus zitiert, daß es ein Gräuel ist für einen Mann mit einem anderen Mann zusammenzuliegen? Erstens, was gemeint ist mit dem Wort „Gräuel“ oder „Abscheulichkeit“ ist nicht was die Leute oft glauben. Zweitens, in Levitikus, wird das gleiche Word angewendet fürs Essen von Schaltier, weil sie Bodenfresser in den Ozeanen sind. Deshalb fressen sie den ganzen Kot am Boden des Meeres. Das ist denn abscheulich!
Levitikus steht auch, daß Leute sich nicht tätowieren oder piercen lassen sollten: Wie viele Menschen brechen heute diese Regel? Nach Levitikus sind Tätowierungen und Piercings auch abscheulich und strengstens verboten! Noch mehr: Zudem, nach der Bibel, darf man Schweinefleisch gar nicht essen. Das Essen davon ist abscheulich, so der Bibel. Das Essen davon ist eine Sünde in den Augen Gottes!
Man könnte eine lange Liste von Verhaltensregeln schreiben, Verhaltensregeln, die so oft ignoriert werden. Doch wenn homosexuelle Liebe das Thema ist, plötzlich fangen Leute an zu frömmeln! Es kommt einem vor als Rosinenpickerei.
Gleichgeschlechtliche Anziehungen hat es seit Menschgedenken gegeben, nun sind wir im einundzwanzigsten Jahrhundert und besprechen das gleiche Thema – ungelöst! Stellen Sie sich mal das vor! Leute debattieren immer noch unaufhörlich darüber und stellen in Frage, das Recht von einer Person, sich in eine andere Person verlieben zu dürfen. Es ist kaum zu fassen!
Ein großes Problem liegt darin natürlich, daß Leute verstehen gar nicht, was Homosexualität eigentlich ist! Leute sind sehr oft lüstern und denken nur an Sex. Versucht man gleichgeschlechtliche Attraktionen durch so eine Linse zu verstehen wird man immer im Unklaren und in der Benebelung stehen. Man wird auf keinen grünen Zweig landen!
Mehr zum Thema Homosexualität ein anderes Mal.
Alle Rechte vorbehalten
© Mark Alexander
Commentary: That a Catholic Priest May Be Gay Isn't Cause for Sadness
ADVOCATE: What's sad about the case of Msgr. Jeffrey Burrill, who resigned his post after allegations of using a gay dating app, is that clergy can't come out as gay and stay in the church.
“It is with sadness that I inform you that Msgr. Jeffrey Burrill has resigned as General Secretary of the Conference. … I ask for your prayers for Monsignor … during this difficult time” are the words of Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Archbishop Gomez is referring to the resignation of Monsignor Burrill following an exposé about the priest’s use of the gay dating app Grindr. While I can’t read the heart or know the mind of Archbishop Gomez, I do want to reflect on his choice of words, noting a grievance with the word “sadness” and the phrase “difficult time.”
Notwithstanding the media rush to condemn the journalistic methods of the staff at The Pillar, who first reported about Monsignor Burrill’s alleged improper behaviors, journalists have once again boxed themselves in to the same old trope: shock and awe that a closeted gay priest might be investigated by conservative journalists hoping to make even more narrow the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Who can fault the team at The Pillar for seeking to remove from office those who do not adhere to the written catechism? Of course, their level of orthodoxy is repugnant, after all while closeted and safe hiding his sexuality, Monsignor Burrill sought to weaponize Communion and deny President Joe Biden the Eucharist at Mass. Even gay and conservative has no place in the Roman Catholic Church. » | Benjamin Brenkert | Saturday, July 24, 2021
Loving, Tender and Gay: A Lingering Kiss.
Monday, July 26, 2021
A Short Message to My Followers, Readers and Visitors
Fight hatred with kindness wherever and whenever possible: nothing is more disarming than kindness; love is more powerful still!
As a community, we need to strive for full acceptance. Tolerance is but a first step toward full acceptance. Ultimately, gays must be determined to settle for nothing less than total acceptance!
Arbitrary rules of behaviour stemming from centuries past are not an appropriate guide for life in the twenty-first century. Same-sex, same-gender attraction is not new and it is certainly not aberrant in a negative sense; it has existed since time immemorial and is commonplace even in the animal kingdom.
Although I am no longer religious, I am still spiritual; I believe in the existence of a Creator. And I am, indeed, we are, just as our Creator intended us to be. To argue otherwise is tantamount to saying that the Creator has erred.
Let no man ‘play God’ and demean your very existence. That person, too, is but one of God’s children; and God favours no-one above another, except, perhaps, based on behaviour and deeds. It is therefore the right of no man to withhold another man’s rights. We are all entitled, by birth, to a life of fulfilment, peace, and harmony. Let us go forward together on our mission. Let us break down barriers between the heterosexual and homosexual communities. We must show our very best side, attracting as little criticism as possible.
In recent years, it is noticeable that people have become far less tolerant of the lifestyles of others: many straight people are homophobic; many non-smokers are intolerant of smokers; many vegetarians and vegans are impatient of meat-eaters; many Orientals dislike the ways of the Occident, and the converse is often also true. And so it goes on! Without end!
This is no way to achieve harmony in this troubled world. So the only sensible maxim to live by is this: Live and let live. Or as is said in German: Leben und leben lassen! And in French, Vivre et laisser vivre ! It’s the only way forward for a peaceful and harmonious existence.
Look not for the differences between people; rather, look for the similarities. It will be a much better world to live in if we do, if we are guided by these principles. Long live peace! Es lebe Frieden! Vive la paix ! Remember: Love conquers all! !
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As a community, we need to strive for full acceptance. Tolerance is but a first step toward full acceptance. Ultimately, gays must be determined to settle for nothing less than total acceptance!
Arbitrary rules of behaviour stemming from centuries past are not an appropriate guide for life in the twenty-first century. Same-sex, same-gender attraction is not new and it is certainly not aberrant in a negative sense; it has existed since time immemorial and is commonplace even in the animal kingdom.
Although I am no longer religious, I am still spiritual; I believe in the existence of a Creator. And I am, indeed, we are, just as our Creator intended us to be. To argue otherwise is tantamount to saying that the Creator has erred.
Let no man ‘play God’ and demean your very existence. That person, too, is but one of God’s children; and God favours no-one above another, except, perhaps, based on behaviour and deeds. It is therefore the right of no man to withhold another man’s rights. We are all entitled, by birth, to a life of fulfilment, peace, and harmony. Let us go forward together on our mission. Let us break down barriers between the heterosexual and homosexual communities. We must show our very best side, attracting as little criticism as possible.
In recent years, it is noticeable that people have become far less tolerant of the lifestyles of others: many straight people are homophobic; many non-smokers are intolerant of smokers; many vegetarians and vegans are impatient of meat-eaters; many Orientals dislike the ways of the Occident, and the converse is often also true. And so it goes on! Without end!
This is no way to achieve harmony in this troubled world. So the only sensible maxim to live by is this: Live and let live. Or as is said in German: Leben und leben lassen! And in French, Vivre et laisser vivre ! It’s the only way forward for a peaceful and harmonious existence.
Look not for the differences between people; rather, look for the similarities. It will be a much better world to live in if we do, if we are guided by these principles. Long live peace! Es lebe Frieden! Vive la paix ! Remember: Love conquers all! !
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© Mark Alexander
Peking wirft Washington „fehlgeleitete“ China-Politik vor
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Zum Auftakt der China-Reise der stellvertretenden US-Außenministerin Sherman macht Peking Washington dafür verantwortlich, dass die gegenseitigen Beziehungen „im Stillstand“ seien. Amerika müsse die „Dämonisierung“ Chinas beenden.
Die chinesische Regierung hat den USA eine „hochgradig fehlgeleitete“ China-Politik vorgeworfen. „Die chinesisch-amerikanischen Beziehungen sind im Stillstand und stehen vor ernsthaften Schwierigkeiten“, sagte Chinas Vize-Außenminister Xie Feng bei einem Besuch von US-Vize-Außenministerin Wendy Sherman in der nordchinesischen Stadt Tianjin. Die Beziehungen zwischen Peking und Washington steckten „in einer Sackgasse“. Die USA müssten die „Dämonisierung“ Chinas beenden, forderte Xie.
Mit Sherman besucht die bisher ranghöchste Vertreterin der amerikanischen Regierung von Präsident Joe Biden die Volksrepublik. Das US-Außenministerium hatte in der vergangenen Woche mitgeteilt, dass Sherman während ihres Aufenthalts Konfliktthemen ansprechen wolle. Vermieden werden solle aber, dass die Beziehungen zu China in einen „Konflikt“ mündeten. » | Quelle: AFP | Montag, 26. Juli 2021
Covid-19: le Royaume-Uni menacé de paralysie
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - L’«épidémie de cas contacts» entraîne des pénuries de personnel et ralentit des secteurs clés de l’économie.
Londres
Une semaine après le «Freedom day», le jour de la levée complète des restrictions anti-Covid en Angleterre, le pays souffre d’importantes perturbations liées à la forte augmentation du nombre de personnes forcées de s’isoler après avoir été en contact avec une personne contaminée par le virus.
Des trains annulés, de longues files d’attente dans les aéroports et une pénurie de personnel dans le secteur de la restauration sont quelques-unes des conséquences de ce que les tabloïds ont baptisé la «pingdemic», en référence au «ping» émis par les smartphones pour notifier la réception d’un message.
Entre le 7 et 14 juillet, plus de 600.000 personnes en Angleterre et au pays de Galles ont été soumises à une quarantaine après avoir reçu un message d’alerte via l’application Covid-19 du NHS, le système de santé publique britannique. Il y a huit jours, Boris Johnson lui-même a été contraint de s’isoler après une réunion avec des députés conservateurs.
La «pingdemic» est évidemment une conséquence » | Par Amandine Alexandre | Publié : dimanche 25 juillet 2021 ; modifié : lundi 26 juillet 2021
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Tunisia’s President Suspends Parliament and Fires Prime Minister
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The moves by President Kais Saied to take control of the country were seen as a threat to the only democracy to emerge from the Arab Spring protests. His opponents called it a “coup.”
CAIRO — Tunisia’s president fired the prime minister, suspended Parliament and took control of the country late on Sunday after large and violent anti-government protests across a nation struggling with deepening health and economic crises.
The moves by the president, Kais Saied, were seen as threat to the only democracy to emerge from the Arab Spring protests a decade ago. A leading political party, Ennahda, called it “a coup against the Tunisian democracy and its constitution” and “a betrayal of every Tunisian,” urging Mr. Saied to reverse his decisions immediately.
“Tunisia is the only Arab Spring’s success story and that story does not end here,” Ennahda said in a statement. “We call on every international supporter of democracy to come together to speak out immediately against this injustice and call for the immediate restoration of our Parliament.” » | Vivian Yee | Monday, July 26, 2021
Tunisie : le président s'octroie le pouvoir exécutif, Ennahdha dénonce un «coup d'État» »
Revealed: The Secrets of Seville Cathedral’s Banquet Set in Stone
For almost 500 years, the arch that connects the largest Gothic cathedral in the world with its Renaissance sacristy has offered visitors a sumptuous, if little glimpsed – and even less studied – vision of religious bounty.
The 68 beautifully carved plates of food that adorn the archway in Seville’s cathedral offer rather more than bread and wine.
There are pigs’ trotters and wild strawberries, aubergines, clams and oysters. There are peaches, radishes, a skinned hare with a knife by its side, a squirrel served on a bed of hazelnuts and a plate of lemons across which a small snake slithers. There are also cakes and biscuits and, more exotically, a dish of peppers newly imported from Mexico, which had fallen to Hernán Cortés and his men just over a decade before the carvers set to work.
The plates, which are all too often obscured when the huge wooden doors of the sacristy are open, are the subject of a new book by a Spanish art historian who has spent the past 11 years trying to unpick the secrets and meanings of the cathedral’s stone buffet.
“People don’t really see the carvings because of the doors and because they’re too busy looking at the sacristy dome,” said Juan Clemente Rodríguez Estévez. “But the carvings have been there for 500 years and have never been properly studied. They’ve gone unnoticed apart from being seen as a bit of a novelty.”
The arch, which was carved between 1533 and 1535, provides what Rodríguez calls a “snapshot of a seminal moment”. Its still-life carvings, he suggests, are chapters in the social, religious, economic and cultural history of both Seville and Spain as a whole. » | Sam Jones in Madrid | Monday, July 26, 2021
The Way He Looks (2014) – Tender Gay Kiss
Oct 28, 2015 • The Way He Looks is a sweet Brazilian film about first love. It involves a blind boy named Leo (Ghilherme Lobo) who has developed feelings for his school friend Gabriel (Fabio Audi).
One night after a party, a drunken Gabriel kisses Leo and then pretends to have blacked out. Finally, as it always does, the truth eventually comes out.
The Way He Looks is the perfect film for any teenager, gay or straight, who yearns to find someone to accept him, regardless of his disabilities or flaws.
One night after a party, a drunken Gabriel kisses Leo and then pretends to have blacked out. Finally, as it always does, the truth eventually comes out.
The Way He Looks is the perfect film for any teenager, gay or straight, who yearns to find someone to accept him, regardless of his disabilities or flaws.
Elton John - Something About the Way You Look Tonight
Ein sehr schöner, schwuler Kuß, sehr zärtlich und unverhohlen!
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