That infantile hacker has been at it again! Doesn’t his mother give him toys to play with? Perhaps a rattle would do the trick!
Wait for my pageviews to go down this evening. Do people like this know nothing except destruction? It is ironic that it is the anniversary of 9/11! Haven’t they got a creative bone in their bodies? – © Mark
Saturday, September 11, 2021
This Is What They Voted for: Top 5 Brexit Crises This Autumn. | Truth to Power
But aren’t BoJo & Co. re-building the British Empire? All will be well when we have an empire again!!!
Let’s face it: BoJo is a clown! He knows absolutely NOTHING about economics or geopolitics! He also doesn’t know anything about governing. In fact, he’s a know-nothing oaf! An oaf with a posh accent.
Despite being a one-time ‘dyed-in-the-wool’ Conservative voter, I declare here and now, I shall NEVER EVER vote Conservative again! They have taken my rights as a European citizen away from me/us, and that is unforgiveable. I am a European first and foremost! They have also caused food shortages in the shops and supermarkets. Before Brexit, you could get almost anything you wanted or needed. Not anymore! Now, so many shelves in supermarkets are bare. And prices are rising, too. Thank God I stopped voting Conservative when Cameron entered Number 10. I didn’t vote for him, either. I voted for Nick Clegg instead. One look at Cameron and I smelt the rat! I could see that he was slippery and not up to the job. I said to myself: I can’t possibly vote for this vacuous man! Never again will I trust the Conservatives to govern this country. Because of the nature of British polics, this renders me disenfranchised. On principle, I can't vote for the Labour Party; and voting for the LibDems is generally tantamount to wasting one's vote. I think the time is nigh for me to leave these shores. The country has turned into a madhouse! – © Mark
Bouchée à la reine : A Warm Starter Fit for a Queen – A French Classic
Recipe:
Ingredients:
6 small vol au vents or 4 large ones (puff pastry casings) You can see a previous video to learn how to make them.
For the boiled chicken:
1 chicken (approx 1.2 kilos)
100 grams of chopped leeks
100 grams of chopped onions
100 grams of chopped celery
100 grams of chopped carrots
1 large bouquet garni ( made with thyme, bay leaf, celery and parsley stalks)
1 teaspoon of black peppercorn
1 teaspoon of juniper berries
1 tablespoon of salt
Juice of half a lemon
1 length of cooking string to truss the chicken
For the velouté sauce (Parisian sauce):
1 litre of chicken broth
40 grams of plain flour
40 grams of butter
250 grams of mushrooms (150 grams of button mushrooms and 100 grams of morels)
2 chicken breasts diced (reserve some chicken meat to for serving)
1 egg yolk
Up to 200 ml of cream (heavy whipping creme or crème fraiche)
1 tablespoon of Cognac
1 tablespoon of chopped parsley
Salt and pepper to season
To ‘white cook’ the button mushrooms:
Water
1 tablespoon of butter
One squeeze of lemon juice
This vol au vent recipe has everything you would ever expect from a French classic dish. Personally, I like to describe it as an elegantly old-fashioned starter fit for Kings.
Some history:
With the pastry chefs of the court of Versailles, the queen of France, Marie Leszczynska (1703-1768), daughter of Stanislas Leszczynski, King of Poland, is the historical origin of this traditional recipe of French gastronomy.
Inspired by pastries made from sweet puff pastry like the ‘wells of love’ created by Vincent La Chapelle made for her rival Madame de Pompadour, she would have looked for aphrodisiac dishes and asked Nicolas Stohrer to create a salty version to regain the favors of Louis XV, her husband.
Brexit - Severe Shortages and Price Increases Coming
Sep 11, 2021 • One of the reasons why Brexit is a very costly disaster is because it makes it almost impossible for small- and medium-sized enterprises to export to the EU.
The imposition of UK border controls is likely to make it equally difficult or impossible for SME*'s from the EU to export to the UK. The erection of so many barriers in the form of import and export declarations, certificates of origin, health & phytosanitary certificates, veterinary certificates etc. all add to the new complications and barriers to trade with our biggest trading partners.
Shortages which are already apparent are set to become much more acute with the introduction of border controls. The ongoing shortage of UK lorry drivers, the reluctance of EU drivers to come to the UK and the likelihood that many farmers who have lost crops and livestock this year owing to shortage of labour will be reluctant to take further risks in the future resulting in much reduced UK food production.
*SME : Small and medium-sized enterprises.
History won't be kind to BoJo & Co. Nor will it be kind to Cameron or Nigel Farage and their entourages. They are all self-absorbed, know-nothing idiots! Political hacks! My late father always used to quote an old, but very wise, expression: "You never miss the water till the well runs dry!" How true that is! – © Mark
The imposition of UK border controls is likely to make it equally difficult or impossible for SME*'s from the EU to export to the UK. The erection of so many barriers in the form of import and export declarations, certificates of origin, health & phytosanitary certificates, veterinary certificates etc. all add to the new complications and barriers to trade with our biggest trading partners.
Shortages which are already apparent are set to become much more acute with the introduction of border controls. The ongoing shortage of UK lorry drivers, the reluctance of EU drivers to come to the UK and the likelihood that many farmers who have lost crops and livestock this year owing to shortage of labour will be reluctant to take further risks in the future resulting in much reduced UK food production.
*SME : Small and medium-sized enterprises.
History won't be kind to BoJo & Co. Nor will it be kind to Cameron or Nigel Farage and their entourages. They are all self-absorbed, know-nothing idiots! Political hacks! My late father always used to quote an old, but very wise, expression: "You never miss the water till the well runs dry!" How true that is! – © Mark
11-Septembre: Donald Trump dénonce «l'incompétence» de Joe Biden en Afghanistan
LE FIGARO : L'ancien président américain a critiqué l'action de son successeur dans un message vidéo enregistré pour le vingtième anniversaire du 11-Septembre.
L'ex-président républicain Donald Trump a dénoncé samedi «l'incompétence» de Joe Biden, dont la gestion du retrait des troupes américaines d'Afghanistan l'a «fait passer pour un idiot», dans un message vidéo enregistré pour le vingtième anniversaire du 11-Septembre.
Après avoir rendu hommage au «courage» des pompiers, policiers ou secouristes intervenus ce jour-là, Donald Trump a sévèrement critiqué l'action de son successeur démocrate à la Maison-Blanche et la fin de la plus longue guerre de l'Amérique, déclenchée après les attaques d'al-Qaida le 11 septembre 2001 qui ont fait près de 3000 morts. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | samedi 11 septembre 2021
En anglais, trois mots me viennent immédiatement à l'esprit : pot, kettle, black ! – Mark
Tutanchamun | Doku HD – ARTE
Aug 29, 2021 • Der sagenhafte Schatz des Tutanchamun, der über 5.000 Objekte umfasst, darunter 2.000 Schmuck- und Goldschmiedearbeiten, wurde 1922 von dem britischen Archäologen Howard Carter entdeckt. Nun gibt der Schatz des Pharao ein neues Geheimnis preis: verborgene Spuren einer geheimnisvollen Pharaonin. Zudem soll ein britischer Archäologe einige Grabbeigaben entwendet haben ...
Auch rund ein Jahrhundert nach seiner Entdeckung erscheint der Schatz des Tutanchamun in neuem Licht. Die Grabbeigaben sollen an einem einzigen Ort zusammengeführt werden, dem Großen Ägyptischen Museum, das 2020 eröffnet werden soll und rund zwei Kilometer von der Nekropole von Giseh entfernt liegt. Aus diesem Grund befassten sich Forscher erneut mit dem Grab des Tutanchamun – mit erstaunlichen Ergebnissen. Tatsächlich soll ein Großteil des Grabschatzes von Tutanchamun nicht für ihn, sondern für seine ältere Schwester Meritaton bestimmt gewesen sein. Die historische Rolle dieser vergessenen Pharaonin muss neu beurteilt werden: Sie hätte nach dem Tod ihres Vaters für ihren unmündigen Bruder regiert und Ägypten aus einer strategisch schwachen Lage herausmanövriert. Während ihrer kurzen Herrschaft soll sie sich einen prächtigen Grabschatz zusammengestellt haben, den Tutanchamun, einmal zum Pharao gekrönt, schließlich für sich beanspruchte. Auch der berühmte goldene Thron des Tutanchamun soll ursprünglich für seinen Vater, Pharao Echnaton, angefertigt worden sein. Andere Grabbeigaben wie Gehstöcke, Zepter und Bekleidung weisen darauf hin, dass der Pharao unter einer Gehbehinderung litt und offenbar nicht lange stehen konnte. Weitere Enthüllungen betreffen die Entdeckung des Grabschatzes durch Howard Carter: Der britische Archäologe und sein Finanzier Lord Carnarvon sollen einige Grabbeigaben entwendet haben, die heute in alle Welt verstreut sind. Drei renommierte Forscher kommen in der Sendung zu Wort: Marc Gabolde, Professor an der Universität Montpellier und Experte für das Tutanchamon-Grab, Dimitri Laboury, Professor an der Universität Lüttich und weltweit anerkannter Experte der Amarna-Zeit, und Christian Loeben, Ägyptologe im Landesmuseum Hannover. „Tutanchamun, Neues aus dem Grab“ ist eine spannende Ermittlung über eine der spektakulärsten archäologischen Entdeckungen aller Zeiten.
Dokumentarfilm von Frédéric Wilner (F 2018, 92 Min)
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Auch rund ein Jahrhundert nach seiner Entdeckung erscheint der Schatz des Tutanchamun in neuem Licht. Die Grabbeigaben sollen an einem einzigen Ort zusammengeführt werden, dem Großen Ägyptischen Museum, das 2020 eröffnet werden soll und rund zwei Kilometer von der Nekropole von Giseh entfernt liegt. Aus diesem Grund befassten sich Forscher erneut mit dem Grab des Tutanchamun – mit erstaunlichen Ergebnissen. Tatsächlich soll ein Großteil des Grabschatzes von Tutanchamun nicht für ihn, sondern für seine ältere Schwester Meritaton bestimmt gewesen sein. Die historische Rolle dieser vergessenen Pharaonin muss neu beurteilt werden: Sie hätte nach dem Tod ihres Vaters für ihren unmündigen Bruder regiert und Ägypten aus einer strategisch schwachen Lage herausmanövriert. Während ihrer kurzen Herrschaft soll sie sich einen prächtigen Grabschatz zusammengestellt haben, den Tutanchamun, einmal zum Pharao gekrönt, schließlich für sich beanspruchte. Auch der berühmte goldene Thron des Tutanchamun soll ursprünglich für seinen Vater, Pharao Echnaton, angefertigt worden sein. Andere Grabbeigaben wie Gehstöcke, Zepter und Bekleidung weisen darauf hin, dass der Pharao unter einer Gehbehinderung litt und offenbar nicht lange stehen konnte. Weitere Enthüllungen betreffen die Entdeckung des Grabschatzes durch Howard Carter: Der britische Archäologe und sein Finanzier Lord Carnarvon sollen einige Grabbeigaben entwendet haben, die heute in alle Welt verstreut sind. Drei renommierte Forscher kommen in der Sendung zu Wort: Marc Gabolde, Professor an der Universität Montpellier und Experte für das Tutanchamon-Grab, Dimitri Laboury, Professor an der Universität Lüttich und weltweit anerkannter Experte der Amarna-Zeit, und Christian Loeben, Ägyptologe im Landesmuseum Hannover. „Tutanchamun, Neues aus dem Grab“ ist eine spannende Ermittlung über eine der spektakulärsten archäologischen Entdeckungen aller Zeiten.
Dokumentarfilm von Frédéric Wilner (F 2018, 92 Min)
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Message to My Visitors and Followers. My Website Has Been Hacked – Yet Again!
I apologise for all gold print that appears. That is not my work, but a hacker’s. Whoever it is must be very playful, but also rather nasty.
One strange observation I have made is this: I have been hacked only twice even though I have blogged for twenty or so years. The hacks have been recent – since I changed this blog’s name and made it gay-friendly. (Please note, I said ‘gay-friendly’, not gay. This blog is about many things which have no relation to gay issues at all: international politics, Islam, cookery, music, fashion and much else besides.) But each time I have been hacked, I have put something up in Arabic script. Also, the timing: The hackings have taken place about half an hour after putting something up in Arabic. It was just the same the last time. It could be a coincidence, but somehow I doubt that it is.
It is probably the same person who keeps shaving off thousands from my pageviews with alarming frequency.
Run away and play little boy! Stop your childish games and try and grow up! By the way, if you are worried about your good deeds… rest assured, this is not one of them! Were I to be your father, I would scold you severely! – Mark
One strange observation I have made is this: I have been hacked only twice even though I have blogged for twenty or so years. The hacks have been recent – since I changed this blog’s name and made it gay-friendly. (Please note, I said ‘gay-friendly’, not gay. This blog is about many things which have no relation to gay issues at all: international politics, Islam, cookery, music, fashion and much else besides.) But each time I have been hacked, I have put something up in Arabic script. Also, the timing: The hackings have taken place about half an hour after putting something up in Arabic. It was just the same the last time. It could be a coincidence, but somehow I doubt that it is.
It is probably the same person who keeps shaving off thousands from my pageviews with alarming frequency.
Run away and play little boy! Stop your childish games and try and grow up! By the way, if you are worried about your good deeds… rest assured, this is not one of them! Were I to be your father, I would scold you severely! – Mark
EU Rejects UK’s Demand to Scrap Northern Ireland Protocol
THE GUARDIAN: Brussels repeats warning that renegotiation will mean more instability and insists Brexit protocol is ‘only solution we have’
European Union leaders have stressed they are not seeking a “political victory” over the UK as they pushed back sharply against demands that the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol be scrapped.
After a two-day trip to Northern Ireland, the European Commission vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič, repeated his warning that a renegotiation would merely lead to more instability for businesses and communities.
“I will not mince my words. The protocol is not the problem. On the contrary, it is the only solution we have. Failing to apply it will not make problems disappear, but simply take away the tools to solve them,” he said. Read the rest of the article and watch the video » | Lisa O'Carroll, Brexit correspondent | Friday, September 10, 2021
‘My son misses his Papa’: Brexit rules force families to split »
What a pickle BoJo & Co. and that loudmouthed gold digger Farage et al have got this country into! This mess was all so unnecessary. We have lost much, but gained little. – © Mark
European Union leaders have stressed they are not seeking a “political victory” over the UK as they pushed back sharply against demands that the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol be scrapped.
After a two-day trip to Northern Ireland, the European Commission vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič, repeated his warning that a renegotiation would merely lead to more instability for businesses and communities.
“I will not mince my words. The protocol is not the problem. On the contrary, it is the only solution we have. Failing to apply it will not make problems disappear, but simply take away the tools to solve them,” he said. Read the rest of the article and watch the video » | Lisa O'Carroll, Brexit correspondent | Friday, September 10, 2021
‘My son misses his Papa’: Brexit rules force families to split »
What a pickle BoJo & Co. and that loudmouthed gold digger Farage et al have got this country into! This mess was all so unnecessary. We have lost much, but gained little. – © Mark
Morocco’s King Appoints Billionaire Akhannouch to Head Government after Election Win
THE GUARDIAN: King Mohammed VI asks businessman to form government after his RNI* party trounced the long-ruling Islamists
Businessman Aziz Akhannouch’s RNI party won 102 of parliament’s 395 seats. He is is worth $2bn, according to Forbes magazine. Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has named businessman Aziz Akhannouch to lead a new government after his liberal RNI party thrashed the long-ruling Islamists in parliamentary elections.
The king appointed Akhannouch “head of the government and tasked him with forming a new government”,following Wednesday’s polls, a statement from the palace said on Friday.
The RNI won 102 of parliament’s 395 seats, trouncing the moderate PJD Islamists, which had headed the governing coalition for a decade but took just 13 seats, according to results released by the interior ministry.
Akhannouch hailed the results as “a victory for democracy”.
The billionaire businessman – worth $2bn according to Forbes – has led the RNI since 2016. » | Agence France-Presse | Saturday, September 11, 2021
*RNI stands for Rassemblement National des Indépendants. In English known as 'The National Rally of Independents'. (التجمع الوطني للأحرار)
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has named businessman Aziz Akhannouch to lead a new government after his liberal RNI party thrashed the long-ruling Islamists in parliamentary elections.
The king appointed Akhannouch “head of the government and tasked him with forming a new government”,following Wednesday’s polls, a statement from the palace said on Friday.
The RNI won 102 of parliament’s 395 seats, trouncing the moderate PJD Islamists, which had headed the governing coalition for a decade but took just 13 seats, according to results released by the interior ministry.
Akhannouch hailed the results as “a victory for democracy”.
The billionaire businessman – worth $2bn according to Forbes – has led the RNI since 2016. » | Agence France-Presse | Saturday, September 11, 2021
*RNI stands for Rassemblement National des Indépendants. In English known as 'The National Rally of Independents'. (التجمع الوطني للأحرار)
Prince Andrew Served with Lawsuit from Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Virginia Giuffre
THE GUARDIAN: A US court document showed paperwork was filed at Royal Lodge and a response is due by 17 September
Prince Andrew has been served with an affidavit for a lawsuit from Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre. Photograph: Reuters
Prince Andrew has been served with an affidavit for a lawsuit say lawyers for Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who alleges she was forced to have sex with the royal when she was 17 years old.
A document filed in a US court on Friday showed that paperwork for Giuffre’s lawsuit was filed at Andrew’s home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor on 27 August. The affidavit was accepted by a Metropolitan police officer at the gates of the property at 9.30am, after the agent filing the document had been turned away the previous day, according to the documents.
Court documents show that a response is now due from Andrew by 17 September.
Buckingham Palace referred the Guardian to an external PR agency that represents the Duke of York. A spokesperson then said: “No comment.” » | Adam Gabbatt | Friday, September 10, 2021
Prince Andrew’s reputation damaged for ever by Giuffre claims, experts say »
A document filed in a US court on Friday showed that paperwork for Giuffre’s lawsuit was filed at Andrew’s home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor on 27 August. The affidavit was accepted by a Metropolitan police officer at the gates of the property at 9.30am, after the agent filing the document had been turned away the previous day, according to the documents.
Court documents show that a response is now due from Andrew by 17 September.
Buckingham Palace referred the Guardian to an external PR agency that represents the Duke of York. A spokesperson then said: “No comment.” » | Adam Gabbatt | Friday, September 10, 2021
Prince Andrew’s reputation damaged for ever by Giuffre claims, experts say »
Queen Commemorates ‘Terrible Attacks’ of 9/11 in Message to Joe Biden
THE GUARDIAN: The Queen, Keir Starmer and the PM sent messages to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks
The Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, lays flowers in the September 11 Memorial Garden in Grosvenor Square, London, to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack. Photograph: David Parry/PA
THE GUARDIAN: The Queen, Keir Starmer and the PM sent messages to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks
The Queen has sent a message to the US president, Joe Biden, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and remembered her visit to Ground Zero, the site of the attack on the World Trade Center.
Her message said: “As we mark the 20th anniversary of the terrible attacks on September 11 2001, my thoughts and prayers – and those of my family and the entire nation – remain with the victims, survivors and families affected, as well as the first responders and rescue workers called to duty.
“My visit to the site of the World Trade Center in 2010 is held fast in my memory. It reminds me that as we honour those from many nations, faiths and backgrounds who lost their lives, we also pay tribute to the resilience and determination of the communities who joined together to rebuild.” » | Jedidajah Otte | Saturday, Semptember 11, 2021
THE GUARDIAN: The Queen, Keir Starmer and the PM sent messages to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks
The Queen has sent a message to the US president, Joe Biden, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and remembered her visit to Ground Zero, the site of the attack on the World Trade Center.
Her message said: “As we mark the 20th anniversary of the terrible attacks on September 11 2001, my thoughts and prayers – and those of my family and the entire nation – remain with the victims, survivors and families affected, as well as the first responders and rescue workers called to duty.
“My visit to the site of the World Trade Center in 2010 is held fast in my memory. It reminds me that as we honour those from many nations, faiths and backgrounds who lost their lives, we also pay tribute to the resilience and determination of the communities who joined together to rebuild.” » | Jedidajah Otte | Saturday, Semptember 11, 2021
Premier mariage gay en France
May 29, 2013 • Après plusieurs mois de manifestations et de débats houleux, Bruno Boileau et Vincent Autin se sont enfin dit "oui".
Premier couple gay à bénéficier du mariage pour tous, une loi promulguée il y a onze jours, les deux hommes se sont unis à la mairie de Montpellier. Une cérémonie sous le feu des projecteurs, couverte par quelques deux cents journalistes. Parmi les quatre cents invités, plusieurs élus mais aussi la porte-parole du gouvernement Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (à titre privé, c'est une amie du couple), ainsi que des associations de défence des droits des homosexuels.
A l'extérieur, l'évènement a attiré les curieux, partisans ou non du magiage pour tous. Un important dispositif de sécurité avait été déployé pour éviter tout débordement. Quelques échauffourées auraient tout de même éclaté.
An short English version of this marriage is available here.
Premier couple gay à bénéficier du mariage pour tous, une loi promulguée il y a onze jours, les deux hommes se sont unis à la mairie de Montpellier. Une cérémonie sous le feu des projecteurs, couverte par quelques deux cents journalistes. Parmi les quatre cents invités, plusieurs élus mais aussi la porte-parole du gouvernement Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (à titre privé, c'est une amie du couple), ainsi que des associations de défence des droits des homosexuels.
A l'extérieur, l'évènement a attiré les curieux, partisans ou non du magiage pour tous. Un important dispositif de sécurité avait été déployé pour éviter tout débordement. Quelques échauffourées auraient tout de même éclaté.
An short English version of this marriage is available here.
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Friday, September 10, 2021
The Guardian View on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11: No End in Sight
THE GUARDIAN – EDITORIAL: The devastating al-Qaida attack, and America’s response, had far-reaching consequences which are still developing
An American flag flies near the base of the destroyed World Trade Center. ‘On 9/11, the country transitioned from a dream of unending tranquility at home to a nightmare of forever war.’ Photograph: Peter Morgan/Reuters
Anew and deadly era began when the planes sliced into the twin towers on the morning of 11 September 2001. That evening, the historian Tony Judt wrote that he had seen the 21st century begin. The nearly 3,000 lives stolen by al-Qaida were only a small part of the toll. The horror began a chain of events that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, including huge numbers of civilians abroad and many US military personnel. It is still unfolding.
If the killing of the plot’s mastermind Osama bin Laden a few months before the 10th anniversary perhaps let some hope that an end to that new era might be in sight, there can be no such false confidence at the 20th. The establishment of a Taliban government in Kabul, two decades after the US ousted the militants for harbouring Bin Laden, has underscored two things: that far from reasserting its global supremacy, the US looks more vulnerable today; and that the echoes of 9/11 are still reverberating across the region – but will not stay there. » | Editorial | Friday, September 10, 2021
READ MY ESSAY ON ISLAM, DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM:
Islam is an existential threat to the West. My essay is as pertinent today as it was the day I wrote it!
Islam: The Enemy of Democracy and Freedom »
Anew and deadly era began when the planes sliced into the twin towers on the morning of 11 September 2001. That evening, the historian Tony Judt wrote that he had seen the 21st century begin. The nearly 3,000 lives stolen by al-Qaida were only a small part of the toll. The horror began a chain of events that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, including huge numbers of civilians abroad and many US military personnel. It is still unfolding.
If the killing of the plot’s mastermind Osama bin Laden a few months before the 10th anniversary perhaps let some hope that an end to that new era might be in sight, there can be no such false confidence at the 20th. The establishment of a Taliban government in Kabul, two decades after the US ousted the militants for harbouring Bin Laden, has underscored two things: that far from reasserting its global supremacy, the US looks more vulnerable today; and that the echoes of 9/11 are still reverberating across the region – but will not stay there. » | Editorial | Friday, September 10, 2021
READ MY ESSAY ON ISLAM, DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM:
Islam is an existential threat to the West. My essay is as pertinent today as it was the day I wrote it!
Islam: The Enemy of Democracy and Freedom »
Beim Kampf ums politische Überleben wird Bolsonaro einsam – und radikaler
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Der brasilianische Präsident Bolsonaro hat seine Anhänger am Feiertag zur Unabhängigkeit dazu aufgerufen, ihn mit Protesten zu unterstützen. Viele sind gekommen. Nun will der Rechtspopulist einen Verfassungsrat einberufen, der über den Ausnahmezustand entscheiden könnte.
Der brasilianische Präsident Jair Bolsonaro (Mitte) grüsst seine Unterstützer bei einer Demonstration in São Paulo am 7. September.| Fernando Bizerra / EPA
Mit einem offenen Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith aus dem Jahr 1952 liess sich der brasilianische Präsident am gestrigen Unabhängigkeitstag zum Fahnenappell vor den Präsidentenpalast fahren. Der mehrfache Formel-1-Gewinner Nelson Piquet – ein erklärter Bolsonaro-Fan – steuerte die Limousine mit dem Präsidentenpaar und einigen Kindern. Doch danach war es vorbei mit der fast höfischen Eleganz: Der Rechtspopulist hielt vor seinen meist schon am Vortag angereisten rund 120 000 Fans eine Ansprache, wie sie es von ihm erwarteten. «Wir haben Ordnung und Fortschritt auf unsere Fahne geschrieben», bellte er im Kommandoton. Die wolle er auch durchsetzen. Die Demonstration sei ein Ultimatum an die Machthaber der Republik. Das sind für ihn die Richter des Obersten Gerichtshofs. Weil diese Machtkonzentration einzelner Mitglieder der Justiz nicht akzeptabel sei, wolle er schon am heutigen Mittwoch einen Verfassungsrat einberufen. » | Alexander Busch, Salvador | Mittwoch, 8. September 2021
Mit einem offenen Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith aus dem Jahr 1952 liess sich der brasilianische Präsident am gestrigen Unabhängigkeitstag zum Fahnenappell vor den Präsidentenpalast fahren. Der mehrfache Formel-1-Gewinner Nelson Piquet – ein erklärter Bolsonaro-Fan – steuerte die Limousine mit dem Präsidentenpaar und einigen Kindern. Doch danach war es vorbei mit der fast höfischen Eleganz: Der Rechtspopulist hielt vor seinen meist schon am Vortag angereisten rund 120 000 Fans eine Ansprache, wie sie es von ihm erwarteten. «Wir haben Ordnung und Fortschritt auf unsere Fahne geschrieben», bellte er im Kommandoton. Die wolle er auch durchsetzen. Die Demonstration sei ein Ultimatum an die Machthaber der Republik. Das sind für ihn die Richter des Obersten Gerichtshofs. Weil diese Machtkonzentration einzelner Mitglieder der Justiz nicht akzeptabel sei, wolle er schon am heutigen Mittwoch einen Verfassungsrat einberufen. » | Alexander Busch, Salvador | Mittwoch, 8. September 2021
Many Gays, Lesbians Still Don't Believe Male Bisexuality Is Real
ADVOCATE: A new study found people often viewed bisexual men as gay men who were not out, while respondents didn't view women the same way.
New research has provided evidence that systematic biases exist in how we perceive female and male bisexuality. Researchers found that bisexual men were more likely to be viewed as being attracted to men more than women, while the same was not true for bisexual women. They were viewed as being equally attracted to men and women.
Published in the European Journal of Social Psychology earlier this year, the study’s authors write that the findings, “add to the understanding of the unique bias bisexual people face by showing that perceived attraction patterns may underlie the labelling of bisexual men as ‘actually gay.’
An analysis conducted by the research team also found that heterosexual, lesbian, and gay participants all perceived bisexual men as more attracted to men than to women. » | Alex Cooper | Thursday, September 9, 2021
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