Wednesday, September 08, 2021
Italia Squisita – Perfect Pasta: Five Ways to Cook It Right by Luciano Monosilio
Männer, Mullahs, Extremisten
SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG: Die neue Regierung in Kabul zerstört endgültig alle Illusionen: Die Taliban haben sich nicht neu erfunden.
Es ist düster um Afghanistan bestellt. Aufbruch, Ausgleich, Überraschungen - alles nicht vorhanden im neuen Kabuler Kabinett. Stattdessen haben die Taliban eine Riege aus Hardlinern als Regierungsmannschaft präsentiert. Keine einzige Frau darf neben den zahlreichen Mullahs am Kabinettstisch Platz nehmen. Einige der Herren stehen auf internationalen Terrorlisten. Der Innenminister zum Beispiel würde bei Betreten der USA sofort verhaftet werden. Der Verteidigungsminister ist der Sohn von Taliban-Gründer Mullah Omar.
Dieses mit Extremisten besetzte Kabinett soll den Übergang in dem vom Krieg ausgezehrten Land gestalten. Die Mittel dafür sind angesichts der weitgehend eingefrorenen internationalen Hilfe und der weggebrochenen westlichen Kriegsindustrie indes begrenzt. Aber das ficht die Taliban gerade nicht an. Sie signalisieren mit dieser Regierung zweierlei: Intern brauchten sie zunächst einmal einen Interessensausgleich der verschiedenen Strömungen, da mussten unterschiedliche Fraktionen Posten erhalten. Und nach außen, also vor allem im Umgang mit dem Westen, sind ihnen Gefälligkeiten gerade weitgehend egal. » | Kommentar von Tobias Matern | Mittwoch, 8. September 2021
Die neue Regierung der Taliban: Ein Déjà-vu des Grauens: Die neue Taliban-Regierung ist weder gemässigt, noch repräsentiert sie die breite Bevölkerung. Zu ihren Ministern zählen viele Hardliner und einer der meistgesuchten Terroristen. Legitimität im Volk und westliche Anerkennung ist so kaum zu bekommen. »
Wer ist der mysteriöse neue Emir, der als Ober-Mullah über die Taliban wacht?: Bis vor kurzem wusste keiner, wie Haibatullah Akhundzada aussieht und ob er überhaupt noch lebt. Nun wird der Taliban-Chef selbst als «Oberster Führer» das Islamische Emirat Afghanistan lenken und über die Konformität der Politik mit der Scharia wachen. »
Bruxelles veut mettre Varsovie à l’amende
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - La Commission européenne s’inquiète du fonctionnement de la justice polonaise.
Le torchon n’en finit pas de brûler entre Bruxelles et Varsovie sur l’État de droit. La Commission a demandé mardi à la Cour de justice de l’UE d’imposer des sanctions financières à l’État polonais. Il lui est reproché de ne pas s’être mis en conformité avec un arrêt de la justice européenne publié le 14 juillet ni avec les mesures provisoires que celui-ci édictait concernant la chambre disciplinaire de la Cour suprême, un organe sensé être indépendant mais sur lequel le pouvoir polonais a la main. «Les systèmes judiciaires de l’Union européenne doivent être indépendants et équitables», a souligné la présidente de la Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Comment, en effet, s’assurer du bon usage des deniers européens et que des poursuites seront lancées en cas de corruption, si le système judiciaire est tenu par un pouvoir en place et l’autonomie des juges bafouée? » | Par Anne Rovan | Publié : mardi 7 septembre 2021 ; mis à jour : mercredi 8 septembre 2021
Les partisans de Bolsonaro dans la rue
LE FIGARO : Des centaines de milliers de manifestants ont affiché leur soutien au président, qui traverse une mauvaise passe.
Des centaines de milliers de personnes à travers le Brésil ont répondu présentes à l’appel du président brésilien, Jair Bolsonaro, mardi 7 septembre, lors de vastes manifestations en soutien au leader d’extrême droite. Ces derniers mois, Bolsonaro a vu sa popularité chuter dans les sondages, ses projets de loi rejetés par le Parlement, et l’étau judiciaire se resserrer autour de son clan. Une sécheresse record menace la reprise économique du géant latino-américain, ainsi que l’approvisionnement en eau et en énergie de millions de familles, d’entreprises et d’agriculteurs.
À un peu plus d’un an de l’élection présidentielle, l’ancien capitaine de l’armée est dans l’impasse. Sa seule issue: convoquer les foules pour montrer à ses critiques et adversaires politiques qu’il reste un candidat à craindre en 2022. De Rio de Janeiro à Recife, de Sao Paulo à Brasilia, le socle dur du «bolsonarisme» - environ 30 % de l’électorat - a pris d’assaut les capitales, vêtu de jaune et de vert, couleurs du drapeau brésilien, pour encourager celui qu’ils surnomment «mito» («le mythe»). «Bolsonaro est un président de droite qui montre que le Brésil a un futur, une direction», estime Sonia Olives, 67 ans, sirotant une noix de coco en marge des rassemblements considérables à Copacabana, quartier emblématique de Rio. » | Par Diane Jeantet | mardi 7 septembre 2021br />
À LIRE AUSSI :
Au Brésil, une sécheresse historique plombe la reprise »
Le Brésil confronté à une forte inflation »
Procès des attentats du 13-Novembre: «La barbarie en face»
LE FIGARO : «On est parti, on commence.» Par ces quelques mots glaçants envoyés par SMS a été scellé, le 13 novembre 2015, le funeste dessein terroriste islamiste qui a fait 130 morts et des centaines de blessés et dont la France va revivre pendant plus de huit mois les terribles instants à travers le procès d’une ampleur inédite qui s’ouvre à Paris. Cette tragédie inextinguible, d’une violence inouïe, c’est celle des victimes et de leurs familles, de tous ceux dont l’existence a été à jamais fracturée par la folie meurtrière islamiste ; c’est aussi celle de l’ensemble des Français. À tous, la justice doit cette quête de vérité, cette mise à nu des faits tendue vers un certain aboutissement: le jugement. » | Par Laurence De Charette | mardi 7 septembre 2021
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EN DIRECT : Procès des attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : Abdeslam présent dans le box des accusés »
«La mémoire du 13 novembre se concentre sur la figure de la victime» : ENTRETIEN - C'est en cela qu'il se distingue d'un 11 septembre américain, qui a été «la véritable matrice du XXIe siècle», analyse Denis Peschanski, directeur de recherche au CNRS. »
« 5 ans après, c’est toujours présent », un rescapé du Bataclan raconte »
Les héros du Bataclan »
Trial Over November 2015 Paris Terrorist Attacks Begins
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The attacks carried out by Islamic State extremists that killed 130 people deeply rattled France and sent shock waves through Europe. The trial is scheduled to last at least nine months.
French police on Wednesday outside the Paris courthouse holding the trial. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
PARIS — Marilyn Garnier, a survivor of a terrorist attack at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, can never forget that evening.
It was Nov. 13, 2015. Firecracker noises erupted at the back of the crowd. Her partner pushed her to the floor, where they lay still, overcome by the smell of blood and gunpowder. Bursts of gunfire punctuated a deathly silence.
“At that moment, you don’t think you are going to survive,” Ms. Garnier, now 30, recalled.
Nearly six years later, the historic trial of the those behind the 2015 attacks that also targeted an area outside France’s national soccer stadium and the terraces of cafes and restaurants in central Paris began on Wednesday in the French capital. It is expected to last a record nine months.
The coordinated attacks — a series of shootings and suicide bombings — were carried out by 10 Islamic State extremists who killed 130 people and wounded nearly 500, shaking France to its core. (One survivor who suffered from severe trauma and killed himself in 2017 was officially declared the 131st victim.)
Twenty men, including the sole surviving attacker, stand accused of charges — including murder and organizing a terrorist conspiracy — and will be tried by a panel of judges. Over 300 lawyers and nearly 1,800 plaintiffs will take part in the trial in a courtroom that can fit 550 people that was built specifically for the monumental proceedings. The proceedings will be the first to be accessible for plaintiffs on a live internet radio, and will also be filmed. » | Aurelien Breeden | Wednesday, September 8, 2021
PARIS — Marilyn Garnier, a survivor of a terrorist attack at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, can never forget that evening.
It was Nov. 13, 2015. Firecracker noises erupted at the back of the crowd. Her partner pushed her to the floor, where they lay still, overcome by the smell of blood and gunpowder. Bursts of gunfire punctuated a deathly silence.
“At that moment, you don’t think you are going to survive,” Ms. Garnier, now 30, recalled.
Nearly six years later, the historic trial of the those behind the 2015 attacks that also targeted an area outside France’s national soccer stadium and the terraces of cafes and restaurants in central Paris began on Wednesday in the French capital. It is expected to last a record nine months.
The coordinated attacks — a series of shootings and suicide bombings — were carried out by 10 Islamic State extremists who killed 130 people and wounded nearly 500, shaking France to its core. (One survivor who suffered from severe trauma and killed himself in 2017 was officially declared the 131st victim.)
Twenty men, including the sole surviving attacker, stand accused of charges — including murder and organizing a terrorist conspiracy — and will be tried by a panel of judges. Over 300 lawyers and nearly 1,800 plaintiffs will take part in the trial in a courtroom that can fit 550 people that was built specifically for the monumental proceedings. The proceedings will be the first to be accessible for plaintiffs on a live internet radio, and will also be filmed. » | Aurelien Breeden | Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Another Failed Presidency at Hand
THE NEW YORK TIMES: This Sept. 11, a diminished president will preside over a diminished nation.
We are a country that could not keep a demagogue from the White House; could not stop an insurrectionist mob from storming the Capitol; could not win (or at least avoid losing) a war against a morally and technologically retrograde enemy; cannot conquer a disease for which there are safe and effective vaccines; and cannot bring itself to trust the government, the news media, the scientific establishment, the police or any other institution meant to operate for the common good.
A civilization “is born stoic and dies epicurean,” wrote historian Will Durant about the Babylonians. Our civilization was born optimistic and enlightened, at least by the standards of the day. Now it feels as if it’s fading into paranoid senility.
Joe Biden was supposed to be the man of the hour: a calming presence exuding decency, moderation and trust. As a candidate, he sold himself as a transitional president, a fatherly figure in the mold of George H.W. Bush who would restore dignity and prudence to the Oval Office after the mendacity and chaos that came before. It’s why I voted for him, as did so many others who once tipped red.
Instead, Biden has become the emblem of the hour: headstrong but shaky, ambitious but inept. He seems to be the last person in America to realize that, whatever the theoretical merits of the decision to withdraw our remaining troops from Afghanistan, the military and intelligence assumptions on which it was built were deeply flawed, the manner in which it was executed was a national humiliation and a moral betrayal, and the timing was catastrophic.
We find ourselves commemorating the first great jihadist victory over America, in 2001, right after delivering the second great jihadist victory over America, in 2021. The 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center — water cascading into one void, and then trickling, out of sight, into another — has never felt more fitting. » | Bret Stephens, Opinion Columnist | Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Mexico Hit by Powerful 7.0-magnitude Earthquake, Killing At Least One
THE GUARDIAN: A man was killed and buildings were damaged in the resort city of Acapulco, and the quake was also felt in Mexico City
A powerful earthquake has struck south-west Mexico near the beach resort of Acapulco, killing at least one man who was crushed by a falling post, and causing rock falls and damaging buildings.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said a 7.0 magnitude quake struck 11 miles (18km) north-east of the resort of Acapulco, Guerrero, in the early hours of Wednesday sending people running into the street for safety.
The quake shook the hillsides around the resort, downing trees and pitching large boulders on to the road. » | Staff and agencies | Wednesday, September 8, 2021
A powerful earthquake has struck south-west Mexico near the beach resort of Acapulco, killing at least one man who was crushed by a falling post, and causing rock falls and damaging buildings.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said a 7.0 magnitude quake struck 11 miles (18km) north-east of the resort of Acapulco, Guerrero, in the early hours of Wednesday sending people running into the street for safety.
The quake shook the hillsides around the resort, downing trees and pitching large boulders on to the road. » | Staff and agencies | Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Homophobes Carve ‘F****t’ into Man’s Flesh in Horrific Broad Daylight Attack in Madrid
PINK NEWS: A gang of eight hooded assailants launched a “vicious” attack on a gay man in Madrid, Spain, in broad daylight, carving the word “faggot” on his backside.
Two months after the horrific killing of Samuel Luiz, a 24-year-old gay man, in A Coruña, Spain, sparked international outrage, another homophobic attack has shocked and repulsed Spain.
The 20-year-old victim was assaulted in the Malasaña neighbourhood at around 5:15pm Sunday afternoon (5 September). His attackers sliced him with a knife as they barked “maricón [faggot]” at him outside his apartment complex, Policía Municipal Madrid said according to elDiario, a Spanish-speaking news outlet.
The victim, who has not been named, was returning home when the group “with their faces covered, ran and cornered him” and followed him into the building entrance.
They called him a “s**teater” and “disgusting” as they slit his upper lip. The man later reported the incident at a police station in the capital city.
The level of impunity seemingly felt by the attackers left officials stunned, a police spokesperson told elDiario.
“This is the first assault of this kind we have heard of,” they said.
“The investigation is focusing on CCTV footage and on finding witnesses in order to identify the alleged attackers.” Spain’s prime minister ‘vehemently’ decries homophobic attack that left activists speechless » | Josh Milton | Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Homophobic Attackers in Madrid Carve Antigay Slur Into Victim's Butt »
Gay Quote : Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir on Gay Rights
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, a former Icelandic Prime Minister and the first openly gay head of state, uttered these words during a speech at a 2014 Pride festival. In this speech, she was thankful that her native country was making strides towards acceptance and equal rights for LGBTQ people. However, she emphasized that until these rights are status quo all over the world, we cannot consider ourselves truly free. This marked one of the first calls from a head of state to make LGBTQ rights the standard worldwide. [Source: HUMAN RIGHTS CAREERS.]
Un baiser amoureux
Absolut is truly a progressive company. This is a partial quote from their great website:
“Absolut believes in creating a better, more open world…
…One where everyone has the freedom to express their true selves, without fear or recrimination. For 35 years, we have been proud to stand behind the LGBTQ+ community, championing equal love for all. We celebrate the right of individuals to love whomever they choose, wherever they come from. ...” [Read the rest on their great website.] *
* And that is precisely what this website/blog is all about: Creating a more open, free world in which people are at liberty to love whomsoever they choose, without recrimination, fear or violence. We need to rid the world of backward thinking and bigotry. We all have an equal right to love and be loved, regardless of sexual orientation. This website is NOT about SEX; rather, it is about LOVE. It's a celebration of love, gay or straight. And in fact, that’s what true homosexuality should be all about: two men or two women falling in love with each other.
If what you're looking for is pornography, you have come to the wrong website. Click over! You will NEVER see pornography on this blog. – © Mark
Tuesday, September 07, 2021
Au mariage de la princesse Maria Anunciata de Liechtenstein, nièce du grand-duc Henri
PARIS MATCH : Fille aînée de la princesse Margaretha de Luxembourg et du prince Nikolaus de Liechtenstein, la princesse Maria Anunciata s’est mariée religieusement à Vienne ce samedi, en présence de nombreux membres de la famille grand-ducale luxembourgeoise.
Princes et princesses s’étaient donnés rendez-vous à Vienne ce samedi 4 septembre 2021. Ce jour-là, la capitale autrichienne accueillait, dans la baroque Schottenkirche (l’église écossaise), le mariage religieux de la princesse Maria Anunciata de Liechtenstein et d’Emanuele Musini. Le couple s’était uni civilement en août dernier au Liechtenstein. » | Dominique Bonnet | lundi 6 septembre 2021
L'image à gauche est une capture d'écran de la princesse à Vienne le 4 septembre 2021, jour de leur mariage.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 In C Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 - Moonlight / Mondschein / Au Claire de Lune - 1. Adagio sostenuto | Maurizio Pollini
Aux origines des divisions européennes: la question des racines chrétiennes
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Si certains pays d’Europe centrale et orientale violent les règles de l’UE, ils reprochent à l’Ouest d’avoir renié son héritage chrétien
On reproche à juste titre à certains pays d’Europe centrale et orientale de s’être écartés des valeurs de l’Union européenne et de violer les règles garantissant l’État de droit et la démocratie. Freins à l’avortement, loi interdisant la «promotion» de l’homosexualité auprès des mineurs, fermeture des frontières aux migrants, instauration de «zones sans LGBT», restrictions à la liberté de la presse et à l’indépendance de la justice: les institutions de Bruxelles sont en conflit permanent avec la Pologne et la Hongrie, chefs de file de la rébellion. » | Par Isabelle Lasserre | mardi 7 septembre 2021
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L'Observatoire de la laïcité défend-il suffisamment la laïcité ? : LA VÉRIFICATION - Présidé par Jean-Louis Bianco, l'organisme qui conseille le gouvernement est accusé d'être trop conciliant avec l'islam politique. Est-ce vraiment le cas ? »
Die Taliban bilden eine Regierung – und darin sitzen weder andere politische Kräfte noch Frauen
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Die Taliban hatten nach ihrer Machtübernahme in Kabul versprochen, eine «inklusive» Regierung zu bilden. Getan haben sie nun das Gegenteil.
Der Taliban-Sprecher Zabihullah Mujahid gibt in Kabul die Minister der neuen Regierung bekannt. | Muhammad Farooq / AP
Es gibt dieses Wort, das die Taliban in den vergangenen Wochen fast mantraartig wiederholt haben. «Inklusiv», sollte die neue Regierung Afghanistans werden, es war eines der Versprechen, dass die scheinbar geläuterten Taliban den besorgten Afghanen und der internationalen Gemeinschaft gaben. Am Dienstagabend haben die Taliban ihre Regierung nun bekanntgegeben. Und es ist ganz anders gekommen.
«Inklusiv» ist diese Regierung nicht. Es ist eine Regierung der Sieger. Auf der Liste, die am Dienstagabend den Medien übergeben wurde, stehen einzig die Namen von ranghohen Talibanvertretern. Die Besiegten, Repräsentanten der alten afghanischen Regierung, sind ausgeschlossen. Eine Art Generationenprojekt » | Andreas Babst, Delhi | Dienstag, 7. September 2021
Es gibt dieses Wort, das die Taliban in den vergangenen Wochen fast mantraartig wiederholt haben. «Inklusiv», sollte die neue Regierung Afghanistans werden, es war eines der Versprechen, dass die scheinbar geläuterten Taliban den besorgten Afghanen und der internationalen Gemeinschaft gaben. Am Dienstagabend haben die Taliban ihre Regierung nun bekanntgegeben. Und es ist ganz anders gekommen.
«Inklusiv» ist diese Regierung nicht. Es ist eine Regierung der Sieger. Auf der Liste, die am Dienstagabend den Medien übergeben wurde, stehen einzig die Namen von ranghohen Talibanvertretern. Die Besiegten, Repräsentanten der alten afghanischen Regierung, sind ausgeschlossen. Eine Art Generationenprojekt » | Andreas Babst, Delhi | Dienstag, 7. September 2021
Crusty Mussel Bake with Homemade 'sauce velouté' | Moules au gratin
Get the printable recipe here.
The Daily Life of Gay Parents | DW Documentary
I posted this documentary in German back in August; so, today I am posting it in English. There is no particular reason why I posted it in German first. I didn’t actually know that it existed in English until this afternoon. For the German version, please click here.
Warning of Income Gap, Xi Tells China’s Tycoons to Share Wealth
THE NEW YORK TIMES: As the country’s leader prepares for a likely third term, he is promising “common prosperity” to lift farmers and working families into the middle class.
Xi Jinping has declared that China’s Communist Party will work toward “common prosperity,” and he has pressed businesses and entrepreneurs to give back more to society. .Ju Peng/Xinhua, via Associated Press
Four decades ago, Deng Xiaoping declared that China would “let some people get rich first” in its race for growth. Now, Xi Jinping has put China’s tycoons on notice that it is time for them to share more wealth with the rest of the country.
Mr. Xi says the Communist Party will pursue “common prosperity,” pressing businesses and entrepreneurs to help narrow the stubborn wealth gap that could hold back the country’s rise and erode public confidence in the leadership. Supporters say China’s next phase of growth demands the shift.
“A powerful China should also be a fair and just China,” Yao Yang, a professor of economics at Peking University who endorses the shift in priorities, said by email. “China is one of the worst countries in terms of redistribution, despite being a socialist country. Public spending is overly concentrated in cities, elite schools and so on.”
Officials are pledging to make schooling, housing and health care less costly and more evenly available outside big cities, and to lift incomes for workers, helping more people secure a place in the middle class. The “common prosperity” campaign has converged with a crackdown on the country’s tech giants to curb their dominance. Facing scrutiny, some of China’s biggest billionaires, like Jack Ma, have lined up to pledge billions of dollars to charity.
The pledges hold out the prospect, endorsed by Mr. Xi in a meeting last month, that China is now affluent enough to shift closer to the Communist Party’s longstanding ideal of wealth sharing. For Mr. Xi, the Communist Party’s long-term authority is at stake. » | By Chris Buckley, Alexandra Stevenson and Cao Li | Tuesday, September 7, 2021
On the NYT website, under the image, there are links of translations of this article into “Simplified” Chinese and “Traditional” Chinese for your ease and convenience.
Four decades ago, Deng Xiaoping declared that China would “let some people get rich first” in its race for growth. Now, Xi Jinping has put China’s tycoons on notice that it is time for them to share more wealth with the rest of the country.
Mr. Xi says the Communist Party will pursue “common prosperity,” pressing businesses and entrepreneurs to help narrow the stubborn wealth gap that could hold back the country’s rise and erode public confidence in the leadership. Supporters say China’s next phase of growth demands the shift.
“A powerful China should also be a fair and just China,” Yao Yang, a professor of economics at Peking University who endorses the shift in priorities, said by email. “China is one of the worst countries in terms of redistribution, despite being a socialist country. Public spending is overly concentrated in cities, elite schools and so on.”
Officials are pledging to make schooling, housing and health care less costly and more evenly available outside big cities, and to lift incomes for workers, helping more people secure a place in the middle class. The “common prosperity” campaign has converged with a crackdown on the country’s tech giants to curb their dominance. Facing scrutiny, some of China’s biggest billionaires, like Jack Ma, have lined up to pledge billions of dollars to charity.
The pledges hold out the prospect, endorsed by Mr. Xi in a meeting last month, that China is now affluent enough to shift closer to the Communist Party’s longstanding ideal of wealth sharing. For Mr. Xi, the Communist Party’s long-term authority is at stake. » | By Chris Buckley, Alexandra Stevenson and Cao Li | Tuesday, September 7, 2021
On the NYT website, under the image, there are links of translations of this article into “Simplified” Chinese and “Traditional” Chinese for your ease and convenience.
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