Sunday, August 04, 2024
Lawrence: Everything Out of Trump's Mouth Is ‘Real Garbage’ and It Should Be Treated As Such
BBC's ‘Pattern of Behaviour’ with ‘Untouchable’ Presenters after Board Kept Edwards’ Arrest a Secret
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Expert Explains How Israel Could Face 'Extraordinarily Dangerous' Moment
Countries Urge Nationals to Leave Lebanon as Middle East War Fears Grow | BBC News
Aug 4, 2024 | The US has urged its citizens to leave Lebanon on “any ticket available”, as fears grow that war in the Middle East may spread. The UK, Sweden, France, Canada and Jordan have issued a similar warning.
Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets at the town of Beit Hillel in northern Israel at around 00:25 local time on Sunday (21:25 GMT Saturday). Footage posted on social media showed Israel's Iron Dome air defence system intercepting the rockets. There have been no reports of casualties. Israel’s air force responded by striking targets in southern Lebanon.
Iran has vowed “severe” retaliation against Israel, which it blames for the death of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday.
Israel is yet to comment on his death.
Crainte d'une escalade militaire au Moyen-Orient : après le Liban, la France recommande à ses ressortissants de quitter l’Iran : Les inquiétudes s'amplifient après la multiplication des menaces de l'Iran et de ses alliés contre Israël. »
Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets at the town of Beit Hillel in northern Israel at around 00:25 local time on Sunday (21:25 GMT Saturday). Footage posted on social media showed Israel's Iron Dome air defence system intercepting the rockets. There have been no reports of casualties. Israel’s air force responded by striking targets in southern Lebanon.
Iran has vowed “severe” retaliation against Israel, which it blames for the death of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday.
Israel is yet to comment on his death.
Crainte d'une escalade militaire au Moyen-Orient : après le Liban, la France recommande à ses ressortissants de quitter l’Iran : Les inquiétudes s'amplifient après la multiplication des menaces de l'Iran et de ses alliés contre Israël. »
Saturday, August 03, 2024
PM Backs Police to Keep Streets Safe from 'Extremists'
The far right has moved online, where its voice is more dangerous than ever: Social media such as X are fuelling the growth of extremism by allowing its figureheads a platform to direct violence »
Violent Protests Grip English Cities in Wake of Knife Attack at Dance Class: Far-right groups have taken to the streets after a mass stabbing in the town of Southport was followed by a wave of disinformation about the identity of the attacker. »
Who Are the Far-Right Groups Behind the U.K. Riots?: After a deadly stabbing at a children’s event in northwestern England, an array of online influencers, anti-Muslim extremists and fascist groups have stoked unrest, experts say. »
Universum History: Verbotenes Begehren - Meilensteine queerer Geschichte
Dec 10, 2023 | Wien 1919: Die Bürgerstochter Margarethe "Gretl" Csonka wird von ihrem Vater zu Sigmund Freud geschickt. Er soll sie von ihrem "verbotenen Begehren" nach der skandalumwitterten preußischen Gräfin Puttkamer "heilen". Doch Gretl kämpft um ihre Liebe - auch wenn das bedeutet, Sigmund Freud an der Nase herumzuführen.
In der Konfrontation mit Gretl kommt Freud zum Schluss, dass Homosexualität nicht geheilt werden kann und auch nicht geheilt werden muss.
Parallel zeigt die Dokumentation, wie sich im Wien und vor allem im Berlin der Zwischenkriegszeit erstmals queeres Selbstbewusstsein entfaltet - nur um bald darauf von den Nazis brutal zerstört zu werden. Im Spannungsfeld von Repression und Aufbruchsstimmung kämpfen Aktivist*innen wie Magnus Hirschfeld um die Anerkennung geschlechtlicher Vielfalt und gegen das Verbot gleichgeschlechtlicher Sexualität. Der Film "Anders als die Anderen" thematisiert Homosexualität erstmals ganz offen - und wird zum Skandal. 1934 lässt Adolf Hitler SA-Chef Ernst Röhm ermorden - und damit den prominentesten homosexuellen Nazi. Es ist ein Wendepunkt: Von nun an verfolgt der NS-Staat vor allem schwule Männer, aber auch lesbische Frauen, steckt sie ins KZ, kastriert oder ermordet sie. Gretl Csonka gelingt die Flucht - in ein Leben, in dem sie sich nie wieder die Freiheit nehmen lassen wird, zu lieben, wen sie will.
Bildquelle: ORF/V-Set/© Paya/Vucsina.
In der Konfrontation mit Gretl kommt Freud zum Schluss, dass Homosexualität nicht geheilt werden kann und auch nicht geheilt werden muss.
Parallel zeigt die Dokumentation, wie sich im Wien und vor allem im Berlin der Zwischenkriegszeit erstmals queeres Selbstbewusstsein entfaltet - nur um bald darauf von den Nazis brutal zerstört zu werden. Im Spannungsfeld von Repression und Aufbruchsstimmung kämpfen Aktivist*innen wie Magnus Hirschfeld um die Anerkennung geschlechtlicher Vielfalt und gegen das Verbot gleichgeschlechtlicher Sexualität. Der Film "Anders als die Anderen" thematisiert Homosexualität erstmals ganz offen - und wird zum Skandal. 1934 lässt Adolf Hitler SA-Chef Ernst Röhm ermorden - und damit den prominentesten homosexuellen Nazi. Es ist ein Wendepunkt: Von nun an verfolgt der NS-Staat vor allem schwule Männer, aber auch lesbische Frauen, steckt sie ins KZ, kastriert oder ermordet sie. Gretl Csonka gelingt die Flucht - in ein Leben, in dem sie sich nie wieder die Freiheit nehmen lassen wird, zu lieben, wen sie will.
Bildquelle: ORF/V-Set/© Paya/Vucsina.
Dr. Suneel Dhand: Will Your Statin Medicine Give You Dementia?
BBC Wipes Huw Edwards from Archive but Role in State Occasions Presents Challenge
THE OBSERVER: Broadcaster removes image and voice from content as Welsh organisations erase disgraced presenter from websites
Huw Edwards’s image and voice are being urgently removed from hours of BBC archive footage, starting with family and entertainment content on iPlayer, the Observer has learned.
Photographs of the disgraced Welsh television news anchor are also being removed by prominent institutions and charities, and from websites throughout Wales, where he was a national figurehead. » | Vanessa Thorpe | Saturday, August 3, 2024
Man at centre of Huw Edwards case says he felt ‘groomed’ by presenter: Person who admitted sending BBC newsreader explicit messages and videos when in teens felt taken ‘advantage of’ »
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Huw Edwards’s image and voice are being urgently removed from hours of BBC archive footage, starting with family and entertainment content on iPlayer, the Observer has learned.
Photographs of the disgraced Welsh television news anchor are also being removed by prominent institutions and charities, and from websites throughout Wales, where he was a national figurehead. » | Vanessa Thorpe | Saturday, August 3, 2024
Man at centre of Huw Edwards case says he felt ‘groomed’ by presenter: Person who admitted sending BBC newsreader explicit messages and videos when in teens felt taken ‘advantage of’ »
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Víkingur Ólafsson - J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria | Official Music Video
The Schmidt Storm: Kamala, Chaos and the Future of the Republican Party
How JD Vance Thinks About Power
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Mr. Vance has been blunt about wanting to break norms and test constitutional limits to execute his ideas: “We have to get pretty wild, pretty far out there.”
In September 2021, JD Vance offered two predictions about former President Donald J. Trump and one piece of advice.
Mr. Trump would run again in 2024, Mr. Vance said. He would win.
And when he did, Mr. Vance counseled, he needed the right people around him this time.
“Fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people,” Mr. Vance said on a podcast.
He continued.
“Then when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did,” Mr. Vance said, citing a (possibly apocryphal) quotation long attributed to America’s seventh president, “and say: ‘The chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.’” » | Matt Flegenheimer | Saturday, August 3, 2024
In September 2021, JD Vance offered two predictions about former President Donald J. Trump and one piece of advice.
Mr. Trump would run again in 2024, Mr. Vance said. He would win.
And when he did, Mr. Vance counseled, he needed the right people around him this time.
“Fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people,” Mr. Vance said on a podcast.
He continued.
“Then when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did,” Mr. Vance said, citing a (possibly apocryphal) quotation long attributed to America’s seventh president, “and say: ‘The chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.’” » | Matt Flegenheimer | Saturday, August 3, 2024
Far-Right Groups Clash with Police as Unrest Spreads Across UK
Aug 3, 2024 | Far-Right groups have clashed with police in cities across Britain during a fourth day of unrest.
In Manchester, fighting broke out in Piccadilly Gardens as officers drew their batons to move a crowd back. Some in the crowd shouted “get out”, “f--- off” and “who the f--- is Allah?” to a small group of young Muslim women who were led away for their own safety by police.
Footage on social media also appeared to show far-Right groups in Stoke throwing stones in the direction of police. Violent skirmishes have also broken out between rival groups in Belfast. More demonstrations are taking place in Liverpool, Hull and Portsmouth.
In Manchester, fighting broke out in Piccadilly Gardens as officers drew their batons to move a crowd back. Some in the crowd shouted “get out”, “f--- off” and “who the f--- is Allah?” to a small group of young Muslim women who were led away for their own safety by police.
Footage on social media also appeared to show far-Right groups in Stoke throwing stones in the direction of police. Violent skirmishes have also broken out between rival groups in Belfast. More demonstrations are taking place in Liverpool, Hull and Portsmouth.
Who Are the Far-Right Groups Behind the U.K. Riots?
THE NEW YOTK TIMES: After a deadly stabbing at a children’s event in northwestern England, an array of online influencers, anti-Muslim extremists and fascist groups have stoked the unrest, experts say.
Violent unrest has erupted in several towns and cities in Britain in recent days, and the authorities are bracing for further disorder this weekend as far-right agitators plan more rallies around the country.
The violence has been driven by online disinformation and extremist right-wing groups intent on creating disorder after a deadly knife attack on a children’s event in northwestern England, experts said.
A disparate range of far-right factions and individuals, including neo-Nazis, violence-prone soccer fans and anti-Muslim campaigners, have promoted and taken part in the unrest, which has also been stoked by online influencers.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to deploy additional police officers to crack down on the disorder. “This is not a protest that has got out of hand,” he said on Thursday. “It is a group of individuals who are absolutely bent on violence.”
Here is what we know about the unrest and some of those involved. » | Esther Bintliff and Eve Sampson, Esther Bintliff reported from London, and Eve Sampson from New York. | Saturday, August 3, 2024
Violent unrest has erupted in several towns and cities in Britain in recent days, and the authorities are bracing for further disorder this weekend as far-right agitators plan more rallies around the country.
The violence has been driven by online disinformation and extremist right-wing groups intent on creating disorder after a deadly knife attack on a children’s event in northwestern England, experts said.
A disparate range of far-right factions and individuals, including neo-Nazis, violence-prone soccer fans and anti-Muslim campaigners, have promoted and taken part in the unrest, which has also been stoked by online influencers.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to deploy additional police officers to crack down on the disorder. “This is not a protest that has got out of hand,” he said on Thursday. “It is a group of individuals who are absolutely bent on violence.”
Here is what we know about the unrest and some of those involved. » | Esther Bintliff and Eve Sampson, Esther Bintliff reported from London, and Eve Sampson from New York. | Saturday, August 3, 2024
Rob Groves – Truth To Power: Are Labour Really Plotting to Undo Brexit?
Aug 3, 2024 | Removing the two-child cap on Universal Credit and social security in the UK would cost the government 2.5 billion pounds this year according to the Resolution Foundation. And would alleviate deep poverty for over a million children. But we’re told that we can’t afford 2.5 billion pounds. Apparently, however, we CAN afford Brexit, which costs the UK 32 billion pounds a year, according to the Office of Budget Responsibility!
It’s so obvious that the Labour government needs to ditch Brexit, which is proving to be a drag anchor on the British economy. But is it likely to happen, and what would the process look like?
It’s so obvious that the Labour government needs to ditch Brexit, which is proving to be a drag anchor on the British economy. But is it likely to happen, and what would the process look like?
Michael Lambert: Demoralised Tories Seek Sixth Leader in Eight Years
Friday, August 02, 2024
Donald Trump: A Fading Star – The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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