Tuesday, August 24, 2021
He Blew the Whistle on the Catholic Church in 1985. Why Didn’t We Listen?
THE NEW YORK TIMES: As an investigative reporter, Jason Berry
exposed the church’s systematic cover-up of sexual
abuse. Somehow, it wasn’t enough
Nearly 20 years ago, an investigation by The Boston Globe into sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests ignited a firestorm of scandal that has traveled around the world. For many Americans, these shocking revelations — especially of the related cover-ups by the church — came out of nowhere, almost like a bolt of lightning. But the sobering reality is that this bolt of lightning had been striking for at least 15 years. Read the short article and watch the disturbing video here » | Ben Proudfoot | Mr. Proudfoot is an Emmy-winning filmmaker. | Tuesday, August 14, 2021
So much for organised religion! This is disgusting! Truly disgusting! It begs many questions: Why is there so much perversion in the Roman Catholic Church? Why does the RCC attract so many perverts? Who wants or needs to be preached to by these perverts on issues of morality anyway? And where do they get the audacity from to lecture people on being gay when they engage in truly disgusting sexual abuse like this?
We’ve all known about the goings on in the Roman Catholic Church (and other churches, too), but when you watch a video such as this one, it is a sad reminder that much of religion is a sick joke! This is far removed from the teachings of Jesus Christ. – @ Mark
Nearly 20 years ago, an investigation by The Boston Globe into sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests ignited a firestorm of scandal that has traveled around the world. For many Americans, these shocking revelations — especially of the related cover-ups by the church — came out of nowhere, almost like a bolt of lightning. But the sobering reality is that this bolt of lightning had been striking for at least 15 years. Read the short article and watch the disturbing video here » | Ben Proudfoot | Mr. Proudfoot is an Emmy-winning filmmaker. | Tuesday, August 14, 2021
So much for organised religion! This is disgusting! Truly disgusting! It begs many questions: Why is there so much perversion in the Roman Catholic Church? Why does the RCC attract so many perverts? Who wants or needs to be preached to by these perverts on issues of morality anyway? And where do they get the audacity from to lecture people on being gay when they engage in truly disgusting sexual abuse like this?
We’ve all known about the goings on in the Roman Catholic Church (and other churches, too), but when you watch a video such as this one, it is a sad reminder that much of religion is a sick joke! This is far removed from the teachings of Jesus Christ. – @ Mark
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My posting has been slow today, because I have been getting help from Adobe.
Yesterday, I decided to subscribe to Adobe Stock to be able to offer you an extended choice of great photos and images. I hope you will enjoy them. It’s an archive of great photos and images, actually. I hope you will be pleased: I hope they will bring you much pleasure and delight.
It was a little complicated in the beginning, because the first image I downloaded had a watermark emblazoned right across it. I wanted the download to be without a watermark. Therefore, I had to get in contact with Adobe customer support to sort out the problem. It turns out that I had downloaded the image incorrectly. It has now been sorted: the watermark is gone. There were one or two other questions about my allowance of images per month, etc, as well. This is why I am behindhand with my posting today; I trust that you will understand.
I hope you enjoy the new experience.
Mark
Yesterday, I decided to subscribe to Adobe Stock to be able to offer you an extended choice of great photos and images. I hope you will enjoy them. It’s an archive of great photos and images, actually. I hope you will be pleased: I hope they will bring you much pleasure and delight.
It was a little complicated in the beginning, because the first image I downloaded had a watermark emblazoned right across it. I wanted the download to be without a watermark. Therefore, I had to get in contact with Adobe customer support to sort out the problem. It turns out that I had downloaded the image incorrectly. It has now been sorted: the watermark is gone. There were one or two other questions about my allowance of images per month, etc, as well. This is why I am behindhand with my posting today; I trust that you will understand.
I hope you enjoy the new experience.
Mark
Monday, August 23, 2021
Arthur Rubinstein: Chopin: The Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E Flat Major. Andante
À Marseille, dans les quartiers où la guerre des gangs fait rage
LE FIGARO : REPORTAGE - Illustration de l’emprise croissante du trafic de drogue dans la vie des quartiers, le rythme des règlements de compte s’emballe et leur violence s’intensifie.
Il est 12h30 ce lundi: la face obscure de la cité s’éveille sous le soleil. Les guetteurs prennent place sur les différents points d’accès. Ils ne se cachent pas, mais cherchent l’ombre car, malgré le mistral, il fait très chaud. En aucun cas, ils ne doivent quitter leur poste d’observation. «100 euros la journée, ça paraît beaucoup, mais si on ramène au taux horaire, on est en dessous du smic, explique Rachid*. Ils ne rentreront pas chez eux avant deux heures du matin!»
Le jeune homme a quitté la cité des Flamants, dans le 14e arrondissement, après avoir trouvé un emploi d’informaticien. Il revient souvent rendre visite à sa mère et n’est pas surpris par la dérive du quartier. Il estime qu’il y a un fossé entre ceux qui suivent un cursus scolaire et ceux qui plongent dans les trafics: «Ils n’ont rien à perdre, ils flambent. Leur vie peut s’arrêter à tout moment.» Rachid n’a jamais touché à la drogue, mais en veut aux consommateurs des beaux quartiers. «Si la police et la justice s’attaquaient à eux, le problème serait rapidement résolu. Ils ne viendraient plus», estime celui qui ne supporte plus la légende affirmant que les cités vivent de la drogue: «10% à peine de la population est concernée», considère-t-il. » | Par Pierre Saint Gilles | lundi 23 août 2021
Réservé aux abonnés
NastassjaCanCook: Borscht/Borsch | My Family Recipe: The Best Borsch You Have Ever Tried!
Jun 27, 2019 • Borscht, or Borsch, is a staple dish in Russia, Ukraine and some Eastern European countries. Each and every family would have its own secret recipe; so, today, I am sharing my family recipe.
For the beef stock, you will need: some bones. I am using beef bone marrow bones. I am also using some gelatin and meat: ox tails, and some lean meat – top sirloin.
Ingedients:
1 onion
1 carrot
1 parsnip
1 celery stalk
Some parsley Dry spices like such as bay leaves, coriander seeds and black peppercorns
Salt and pepper to taste
one dry chilli pepper
3 medium size beets (with beet greens)
4 medium size potatoes
2 medium size carrots
1 parsnip
2 cloves of garlic
1 head of green cabbage
celery greens
1 bunch of parsley
1 bunch of dill
2 tbsp white vinegar
To serve you will need:
2 cloves of garlic
Fresh dill
Sour cream
Method:
In a large stock pot add all your meat and vegetables for the stock (you don't need to peel the vegetables, since they are going to be discarded after the stock is done).
Add spices.
Add cold water to cover stock size ¾ of a way up and boil.
Before the boiling process has started, collect and discard the foam that appears on the top.
Leave to simmer for about an hour.
Peel beets.
After one hour of simmering time, take out the bone marrow bones – you can enjoy them with just a sprinkle of salt or as a spread it on toast.
Add beets to simmering stock and cook until beets are fork tender.(about 30-35 minutes).
Take out the meat and beets. Set aside to cool. Strain beef stock and return to pot. Set on slow simmer. Add grated carrots and grated parsnip, cook for 10 minutes. Add chopped beet greens and chopped beet stalks. Add cubed potatoes and cook for 10 minutes. Add chopped cabbage and cubed meat. Cook until cabbage is just al dente. Grate beets, add chopped garlic and vinegar. Add to soup along with fresh herbs, Turn off the heat and close the lid. Let sit for 10 minutes. Enjoy Borsch(t) with chopped garlic, fresh dill and sour cream.
Serve with Russian black bread.
Russia's Number One Chef on Reinventing His Country's Cuisine | British GQ & Lexus
Fertiggerichte in der Gastronomie - Die Wahrheit über Restaurants | SWR betrifft
Apr 24, 2019 • Fertigprodukte, auch bekannt als Convenience-Food, erobern die deutsche Gastronomie. Für Azubis heißt das: Sie reißen nur noch Tüten auf und lernen in der Gastronomie nicht mehr, wie man selbst kocht. "betrifft" zeigt den Niedergang der Kochkultur in der deutschen Gastronomie.
Gemeinsam mit Traditionskoch Thomas Rund schauen wir auf die Internorga, nach eigenen Angaben die "Leitmesse der Gastronomie". Konzerne wie Unilever, Nestlé oder Mondelez versuchen dort, die Gastronomie zu mehr Effizienz und weniger Handarbeit zu bringen - also ihnen Fertigprodukte zu verkaufen. Andere Köche wie Rudi Koch nehmen die Fertigprodukte in ihrer Gastronomie als Hilfe dankbar an und servieren selbstgemachte Delikatessen mit Soßen aus dem Tetrapack. Die Gäste in seiner Gastronomie ahnen nichts davon, sind sich sicher, in dieser Gastronomie sei alles frisch. Wem kann der Kunde noch trauen, wer in der Gastronomie kocht noch selbst, wo es doch aufwendig und reglementiert ist? Wir bringen ein paar Proben aus verschiedenen Gastronomien ins Labor, um sie zu testen.
Verbraucher(innen) im Westen werden überall oft betrogen! Gott sei dank gibt es immer noch einige Geschäftsleute, die aufrichtig und ehrlich sind! – Mark
Gemeinsam mit Traditionskoch Thomas Rund schauen wir auf die Internorga, nach eigenen Angaben die "Leitmesse der Gastronomie". Konzerne wie Unilever, Nestlé oder Mondelez versuchen dort, die Gastronomie zu mehr Effizienz und weniger Handarbeit zu bringen - also ihnen Fertigprodukte zu verkaufen. Andere Köche wie Rudi Koch nehmen die Fertigprodukte in ihrer Gastronomie als Hilfe dankbar an und servieren selbstgemachte Delikatessen mit Soßen aus dem Tetrapack. Die Gäste in seiner Gastronomie ahnen nichts davon, sind sich sicher, in dieser Gastronomie sei alles frisch. Wem kann der Kunde noch trauen, wer in der Gastronomie kocht noch selbst, wo es doch aufwendig und reglementiert ist? Wir bringen ein paar Proben aus verschiedenen Gastronomien ins Labor, um sie zu testen.
Verbraucher(innen) im Westen werden überall oft betrogen! Gott sei dank gibt es immer noch einige Geschäftsleute, die aufrichtig und ehrlich sind! – Mark
Afghanistan : les talibans préviennent de «conséquences» si les États-Unis retardent leur départ
LE FIGARO : Sous pression de ses alliés, Joe Biden a ouvert la porte à un maintien des soldats américains en Afghanistan au-delà du 31 août.
Les États-Unis et leurs alliés s'exposent à des «conséquences» s'ils retardent leur départ d'Afghanistan, prévu pour le 31 août, afin de poursuivre les évacuations à Kaboul, a prévenu lundi 23 août un porte-parole des talibans interrogé par la chaîne de télévision Sky News.
«C'est une ligne rouge. Le président Biden a annoncé que (les Etats-Unis) retireraient toutes leurs forces armées le 31 août. Donc s'ils prolongent (leur présence), cela signifie qu'ils prolongent l'occupation, alors que ce n'est pas nécessaire», a déclaré le porte-parole Suhail Shaheen. «Si les Etats-Unis ou le Royaume-Uni demandent plus de temps pour poursuivre les évacuations, la réponse est non. Ou il y aura des conséquences», a-t-il ajouté. «Cela créera de la méfiance entre nous. S'ils ont l'intention de continuer l'occupation, cela provoquera une réaction». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | lundi 23 août 2021
«C’est notre responsabilité morale d’aider les Afghans», souligne Ursula von der Leyen
LE FIGARO : En déplacement dans une base militaire du nord-est de l’Espagne, qui servira de centre d'accueil pour les Afghans arrivant de Kaboul et ayant travaillé pour l'UE, Ursula von der Leyen déplore «la tragédie» que traverse actuellement l’Afghanistan. La présidente de la Commission européenne souligne qu’en plus de l’aide apportée par les différents États, «l’Union européenne est engagée à continuer à soutenir les ONG» au sein du pays. Vidéo : Ursula von der Leyen en parle en anglais » | Dimanche 22 août 2021
«Das Leben ist fürchterlich»: Seit einer Woche regieren die Taliban – Afghanen berichten von Übergriffen und Knappheit
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Die Taliban regieren fast ganz Afghanistan. Die Lage im Land scheint instabil, einigen Menschen fehlt es am Nötigsten.
Taliban-Kämpfer patrouillieren am 19. August in einem Viertel von Kabul. | Rahmat Gul / AP
Eine Woche ist es her, seit Kabul gefallen ist. Seit einer Woche kontrollieren die Taliban die Hauptstadt und Afghanistan. Die Lage im Land ist noch immer unübersichtlich, es gibt viele Gerüchte, und in den sozialen Netzwerken kursieren Berichte von Grausamkeiten der Taliban, die sich später als falsch erweisen. Fest steht, dass die Taliban gelernt haben: Zu Beginn ihres zweiten Emirats geben sie sich alle Mühe, harmlos zu wirken, wie Befreier, nicht wie Eroberer. Wie ein möglicher Partner für die internationale Gemeinschaft.
Aber es gibt sie noch immer, die andere Seite der Taliban. Eine Woche nach der Machtübernahme häufen sich die Berichte über Hausdurchsuchungen überall in Afghanistan. Es gibt Listen, auf denen Namen von den Menschen stehen, die mit dem Westen kooperiert haben.
«Meine Nachbarn haben mich angerufen, die Taliban stünden vor meiner Haustüre», sagt Abdul Hamid Mohammadi. Er stammt aus Bamian, einer Stadt im Westen Kabuls. «Die Taliban haben nach mir gefragt. Die Nachbarn haben geantwortet, unsere Familie sei nach Kabul geflüchtet», sagt Mohammadi. Kurz bevor Bamian fiel, mietete er ein Auto, den doppelten Preis habe er dafür bezahlt. Er fuhr die Familie ins vermeintlich sichere Kabul. Mohammadi gehört zur schiitischen Minderheit der Hazara und hat für amerikanische Hilfswerke gearbeitet; er sagt, das mache ihn zum Ziel.
Der Fernsehsender Deutsche Welle berichtet, die Taliban hätten einen ihrer Journalisten aufspüren wollen. Bei der Hausdurchsuchung hätten sie ein Familienmitglied ermordet und ein weiteres schwer verletzt. Der Journalist selber lebt mittlerweile in Deutschland. Weitere Tote am Flughafen » | Andreas Babst, Delhi | Montag, 23. August 2021
Eine Woche ist es her, seit Kabul gefallen ist. Seit einer Woche kontrollieren die Taliban die Hauptstadt und Afghanistan. Die Lage im Land ist noch immer unübersichtlich, es gibt viele Gerüchte, und in den sozialen Netzwerken kursieren Berichte von Grausamkeiten der Taliban, die sich später als falsch erweisen. Fest steht, dass die Taliban gelernt haben: Zu Beginn ihres zweiten Emirats geben sie sich alle Mühe, harmlos zu wirken, wie Befreier, nicht wie Eroberer. Wie ein möglicher Partner für die internationale Gemeinschaft.
Aber es gibt sie noch immer, die andere Seite der Taliban. Eine Woche nach der Machtübernahme häufen sich die Berichte über Hausdurchsuchungen überall in Afghanistan. Es gibt Listen, auf denen Namen von den Menschen stehen, die mit dem Westen kooperiert haben.
«Meine Nachbarn haben mich angerufen, die Taliban stünden vor meiner Haustüre», sagt Abdul Hamid Mohammadi. Er stammt aus Bamian, einer Stadt im Westen Kabuls. «Die Taliban haben nach mir gefragt. Die Nachbarn haben geantwortet, unsere Familie sei nach Kabul geflüchtet», sagt Mohammadi. Kurz bevor Bamian fiel, mietete er ein Auto, den doppelten Preis habe er dafür bezahlt. Er fuhr die Familie ins vermeintlich sichere Kabul. Mohammadi gehört zur schiitischen Minderheit der Hazara und hat für amerikanische Hilfswerke gearbeitet; er sagt, das mache ihn zum Ziel.
Der Fernsehsender Deutsche Welle berichtet, die Taliban hätten einen ihrer Journalisten aufspüren wollen. Bei der Hausdurchsuchung hätten sie ein Familienmitglied ermordet und ein weiteres schwer verletzt. Der Journalist selber lebt mittlerweile in Deutschland. Weitere Tote am Flughafen » | Andreas Babst, Delhi | Montag, 23. August 2021
Hundreds Clash in Portland as Proud Boys Rally Descends into Violence
THE GUARDIAN: Running street battle ends in gunfight after ‘Summer of love’ protest in a parking lot of a former Kmart store
Far-right extremists and anti-fascist counter protesters clashed on Sunday in Portland, Oregon. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Getty Images
THE GUARDIAN: Running street battle ends in gunfight after ‘Summer of love’ protest in a parking lot of a former Kmart store
A rightwing protest in Portland on Sunday has culminated in a gunfight, when antifascist demonstrators returned fire at a man who shot at them with a handgun in a downtown street.
The firefight took place in the heart of downtown Portland, soon after 6pm. As antifascists followed a man at a distance who they were trying to eject from the area, he took cover behind an electrical substation box, produced a handgun and opened fire. He fired at least two shots before an antifascist returned fire with their own handgun. At least seven shots were fired.
Portland police bureau confirmed that a man had been arrested over the shooting but did not have any information on any injuries.
The incident came after a day of protest descended into running clashes involving hundreds of protesters and counter protesters. » | Jason Wilson in Portland, Oregon | Monday, August 23, 2021
THE GUARDIAN: Running street battle ends in gunfight after ‘Summer of love’ protest in a parking lot of a former Kmart store
A rightwing protest in Portland on Sunday has culminated in a gunfight, when antifascist demonstrators returned fire at a man who shot at them with a handgun in a downtown street.
The firefight took place in the heart of downtown Portland, soon after 6pm. As antifascists followed a man at a distance who they were trying to eject from the area, he took cover behind an electrical substation box, produced a handgun and opened fire. He fired at least two shots before an antifascist returned fire with their own handgun. At least seven shots were fired.
Portland police bureau confirmed that a man had been arrested over the shooting but did not have any information on any injuries.
The incident came after a day of protest descended into running clashes involving hundreds of protesters and counter protesters. » | Jason Wilson in Portland, Oregon | Monday, August 23, 2021
ISIS Poses ‘Acute’ Threat to U.S. Evacuation Efforts in Kabul, Sullivan Says
THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Biden’s national security adviser warned of mounting but unspecified terrorist risks to the U.S. mission to evacuate thousands of Americans and Afghan allies.
A crowd waited by an entrance to the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, as U.S. Marines secured the perimeter on Sunday. Photo: Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s national security adviser warned on Sunday that the threat of a terrorist attack by the Islamic State posed a serious danger to the administration’s evacuation of thousands of Americans and Afghan allies from the international airport in Kabul.
“The threat is real. It is acute. It is persistent. And it is something that we are focused on with every tool in our arsenal,” Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
His comments were the most urgent so far regarding a range of steadily increasing threats that intelligence and military officials have privately briefed Mr. Biden and his top aides on in recent days, officials said.
Neither Mr. Sullivan nor other senior American military or intelligence officials provided details about the threats or their specificity. Current and former officials say, however, that they range from a missile attack against a transport plane taking off or landing at Hamid Karzai International Airport to a bomb-laden truck or suicide bombers infiltrating the crowd outside the airport. » | Eric Schmitt | Sunday, August 22, 2021
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s national security adviser warned on Sunday that the threat of a terrorist attack by the Islamic State posed a serious danger to the administration’s evacuation of thousands of Americans and Afghan allies from the international airport in Kabul.
“The threat is real. It is acute. It is persistent. And it is something that we are focused on with every tool in our arsenal,” Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
His comments were the most urgent so far regarding a range of steadily increasing threats that intelligence and military officials have privately briefed Mr. Biden and his top aides on in recent days, officials said.
Neither Mr. Sullivan nor other senior American military or intelligence officials provided details about the threats or their specificity. Current and former officials say, however, that they range from a missile attack against a transport plane taking off or landing at Hamid Karzai International Airport to a bomb-laden truck or suicide bombers infiltrating the crowd outside the airport. » | Eric Schmitt | Sunday, August 22, 2021
Tony Blair Criticizes US Exit from Afghanistan
I was no particular fan of Tony Blair, but I agree wholeheartedly with what he says in this short video clip. The man is spot on in his assessment. I realize that some people have disliked what I had to say on current British and American politics, but I believe that what I have said is in accord with what Tony Blair has just said. I, too, like Joe Biden. I think he is an honourable man and a man with his heart in the right place. I feel sure that his intentions are good; and it must be said that he has already, in his short time in office, done some very good things for America. But I really think that he should not have taken the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan at this time, and certainly not as abruptly as this. This decision is going to haunt America and it will cause a lot of problems for Europe and the rest of the world. It will ultimately cause a lot of problems for America itself, too. That is what I believe. – © Mark
Hashtag Monaco: “Influencers Add the Human Touch to Luxury”
MONACO LIFE: They document their lives and passions online, and with that comes a new way to showcase Monaco. Olga Lavric and Milana Chigridow are digital influencers, giving their hundreds of thousands of followers a unique glimpse of what life looks like in the fabled Principality.
It’s the perfect destination to post about. Famous architectural masterpieces, luxury superyachts in the harbour, and all those fast cars. Of course, we’re talking about Monaco.
The Principality is a favourite when it comes to social media. On Instagram alone, there’s more than seven million posts with the hashtag “monaco”. But if on the one side there are occasional vacation posts by the hoards of visitors each year, on the other there’s a community of influencers who work all year around to share all-things-Monaco.
Five years ago, Olga Lavric found herself with no job and a suggestion from her husband: “You are following a lot of fashion/beauty bloggers. Why not start your personal blog?”. At first, she was indecisive, not knowing how her work situation would evolve, but then she knew she had to take the risk. “In the end I said: ‘Why not? Better to try than to regret later’. Now I’m more than happy to do what I really love. For me this is a dream that came true,” Olga tells Monaco Life.
Olga’s job goes from answering emails to organising photo shoots, preparing outfits, editing photos and videos or attending events. Apart from that, she drinks her coffee in the morning and spends time with her family and friends, just like everyone else. “I have a normal life as everyone else does, with little exceptions,” she explains. » | Rita Meireles | Tuesday, August 10, 2021
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