"He Has Poisoned America" | Republican Voters Against Trump

Oct 12, 2024 | Bob, a former Trump voter from Colorado, shares his reasons for no longer supporting Donald Trump in the 2024 election. He reflects on the impact of Trump's actions, including the events of January 6th, and expresses concern over the influence Trump has had on the evangelical church and American values.

Why This Lifelong Republican Is Voting for Kamala Harris | Republican Voters Against Trump

Oct 10, 2024 | Ken, a former Trump voter from Maryland, explains why voting for Harris is a "no-brainer" in 2024.

Boris Johnson Unleashes on Trump, COVID and Conflict in the Middle East | 60 Minutes Australia

Oct 20, 2024 | Tara Brown’s revealing interview with eccentric former British prime minister Boris Johnson.


This man is such a clown. He belongs in a circus, not in government. – © Mark Alexander

Controversial Turkish Cleric Fethullah Gulen Dies Aged 83 | DW News

Oct 21, 2024 | The Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen has died aged 83. Ankara accused him of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016 in which around 250 people were killed. Gulen always denied any involvement. He was a former close ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before a major falling-out, and had lived in the United States since 1999. The Turkish government has confirmed his death.

NYT:

Fethullah Gulen, Turkish Cleric and Erdogan Rival, Dies at 83: Mr. Gulen, who lived in self-imposed exile in the United States, was accused of plotting a failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in 2016. »

Chopin: Nocturne No. 8 In D Flat, Op. 27 No. 2 | 2005 Recording

Sep 15, 2018 | Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group | Chopin: Nocturne No. 8 In D Flat, Op. 27 No. 2 (2005 Recording) · Maurizio Pollini · Frédéric Chopin | Nocturnes ℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin | Released on: 2005-01-01

Alhambra, le trésor du dernier sultanat d'Espagne | ARTE

Oct 20, 2024 | Documentaire disponible jusqu'au 24/11/2024

Exploration inédite de l’Alhambra, à Grenade, cité palatiale fortifiée embrasée par le soleil andalou, joyau de l’art islamique et témoin de l’ultime royaume musulman en Espagne.

Lorsqu'en 1492 les couronnes d'Aragon et de Castille font tomber le sultanat de Grenade et pénètrent à l'intérieur des dix hectares cernés de muraille de sa forteresse, au sommet de la colline qui domine la ville, les envahisseurs restent muets devant la magnificence du lieu. C'est que l'Alhambra ("Al Hamra", littéralement "la rouge", en arabe, la couleur caractéristique de ses murs), dont les travaux ont débuté en 1238, demeure la plus importante merveille architecturale des sultans nasrides, la dernière dynastie musulmane d’Espagne. Les murs des palais, recouverts de calligraphie arabe, racontent par la voix des vizirs, les Premiers ministres également poètes, huit siècles de splendeurs de l'art islamique. Les jardins, joyaux de verdure au cœur d'une région aride, sont irrigués par un ingénieux système développé au XIIIe siècle, qui continue en partie à fournir aujourd’hui l'eau nécessaire aux nombreuses essences d'arbres fruitiers, plantées pour créer une impression d’éden terrestre. Au cœur de la cité palatiale, la célèbre fontaine aux douze lions, alimentant des canaux qui représentent les quatre fleuves du paradis décrit dans le Coran, apporte la preuve que la figuration, tant qu'elle n'investissait pas le domaine religieux, avait toute sa place dans le monde musulman.

En compagnie d’experts, d’archéologues et de restaurateurs de l'Alhambra, tous passionnés, Marc Jampolsky (Versailles – Le palais retrouvé du Roi-Soleil) révèle le destin aussi exceptionnel que tragique de ce chef-d’œuvre arabo-andalou. Une exploration privilégiée d'un site à la beauté exubérante, prouesse architecturale qui fit de la géométrie une ressource formelle et expressive sans égale.

Documentaire de Marc Jampolsky (France, 2024, 1h32mn)


Diese Dokumentation ist hier auch auf Deutsch verfügbar. — © Mark Alexander

Italy’s “Disgusting” New Law Makes It Virtually Impossible for LGBTQ+ Couples to Have Kids

LGBTQ NATION: The move is part of far-right Prime Minister Georgia Meloni's quest to purge gay parents from the country.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
In Italy on Wednesday, the Italian Senate pushed forward the West’s most restrictive ban on international surrogacy, making it a crime punishable by prison time for Italians to use surrogates in another country. The move closes the door on same-sex couples’ last, best option to start a family in the country.

The far-right government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had already banned both surrogacy and domestic or international adoption by same-sex couples in Italy.

The legislation amending existing Italian law would classify surrogacy as a universal crime transcending borders and impose a two-year prison sentence and a million-euro fine for defying it. The law also criminalizes work by Italian doctors, nurses and technicians in foreign fertility clinics that provide surrogacy services. » | Greg Owen | Wednesday, October 16, 2024

What can people expect from a far-right government except dark times? Fascism is as fascism does. – © Mark Alexander

Alhambra - Das Vermächtnis der Sultane Spaniens | Doku HD | ARTE

Oct 20, 2024 | Die Alhambra in den Hügeln von Granada ist ein einzigartiges Juwel: Die Palaststadt wurde zwischen dem 13. und 15. Jahrhundert von den letzten muslimischen Herrschern in Spanien errichtet. Die "rote Burg" gehört zu den weltweit meistbesuchten Kulturstätten. Und sie fasziniert auch heute noch zahlreiche Spezialist*innen der nasridischen Handwerkskunst.

Von außen wirkt die Alhambra mit ihrer 2.000 Meter langen Mauer und den zahlreichen Türmen wie eine schmucklose Festung, doch sie birgt einen weltweit einzigartigen Schatz: eine mit unzähligen Ornamenten verzierte Palastanlage, die zwischen dem 13. und 15. Jahrhundert von den Nasridensultanen, den Herrschern des letzten muslimischen Reichs in Spanien, auf einem Hügel in Granada errichtet wurde. Die Nasridensultane schöpften aus dem Wissen und Können einer jahrhundertealten Kultur, beschäftigten die begabtesten Handwerker und perfektionierten ihre Kunst bis ins kleinste Detail, um ihre Stadt in eine idyllische Oase zu verwandeln – die letzte Demonstration der Talente und Zufluchtsort einer Welt, die durch den unaufhaltsamen Vormarsch der Reconquista bereits dem Untergang geweiht und zwischen der Notwendigkeit, ihr Territorium zu verteidigen, und einem fast philosophischen Streben nach Wohlbefinden hin- und hergerissen war. Der Film begleitet Archäologen, Restauratoren und Historiker bei der Arbeit. Sie erforschen die Geheimnisse der Herstellung der unzähligen Sterne in den Palastkuppeln, ergründen die Bedeutung der seltsam anmutenden Deckenmalereien in manchen Gewölben und die Feinheiten der komplexen Geometrie. Und sie beschäftigen sich auch mit den bisher kaum erforschten Palastwerkstätten, in denen die in ganz Europa begehrten Keramiken hergestellt wurden. Welch außergewöhnliches Zusammenspiel von Kunst und Wissenschaft brachte die meisterhaften Ornamente hervor? Woher stammt das für die Planung und Ausführung erforderliche Wissen? Wovon erzählen die mehreren Tausend kalligraphischen Inschriften auf den Wänden des Palastes? Wie konnte diese letzte Bastion der muslimischen Herrschaft in Spanien zweieinhalb Jahrhunderte überdauern – auf der Spitze eines Hügels, als die schillerndste mittelalterliche Akropole im Mittelmeerraum? Er wird noch lange dauern, bis alle Geheimnisse der zehn Hektar umfassenden Alhambra gelüftet sind.

Dokumentarfilm von Marc Jampolsky (F 2024, 92 Min)
Video verfügbar bis zum 24/11/2024

‘Putin Saw BREXIT Hiatus as Opportunity’

Oct 20, 2024 | Former British Military Intelligence Officer, Philip Ingram, confirms that Remainers were gaslit as scaremongers by the Brexit cabal for their warnings that Brexit would embolden our enemies eg Vladimir Putin. Events now prove that Remainers were right to heed these warnings and it's important to remember who told the truth and who misled/lied.

Cameron should NEVER have called that stupid Brexit referendum. It is deplorable that Cameron called it. – © Mark Alexander

Palestine vs Israel: What Ignited the Ongoing Conflict | Promises & Betrayals | TIMELINE Documentary

Oct 9, 2023 | This is how British double-dealing during WW1 ignited the conflict between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East. This is a story of intrigue among rival empires; of misguided strategies; and of how conflicting promises to Palestine and Israel created a legacy of bloodshed which determined the fate of the Middle East. Avi Shlaim, Professor of International Relations at Oxford University, calls it 'one of the best historical documentaries on the Middle East I have ever seen'.

Amin al-Husseini: The Anti-Zionist Arab Leader Who Collaborated with Hitler | TIMELINE Documentary

Oct 18, 2024 | Pre-WW2, Amin al-Husseini held the position of Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. In the WW2 years his nationalist views and anti-Zionist beliefs allied him with fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. This makes him one of the very few non-European leaders who sided with The Axis.

Pat Buchanan on Suicide of a Superpower

Apr 25, 2012 | This week on Uncommon Knowledge, author and commentator Pat Buchanan discusses the disintegration of the United States as a superpower and a united nation.

Londonistan: The Rise of Islam and the Decline of Churches in the UK

Oct 11, 2024 | In this video, we explore the transformation of London, often dubbed "Londonistan," where mosques are rising while historic churches are closing their doors.

Once dominated by Christianity, the city is now witnessing a surge in the Muslim population and the construction of over 1,800 mosques, replacing some of the oldest churches.

Is this a sign of Christianity's decline, or is it a reflection of a more diverse and inclusive society?

Join us as we examine the growing influence of Islam in the UK and what it means for the future of London. From Sharia courts to packed Friday prayers, we unravel the demographic shift that's shaping the capital.


If you found this short video depressing, I’m not surprised. One can but wonder how long it is going to take for a complete take-over of this ‘Sceptered Isle’? And when that happens, will Trafalgar Square be turned into ‘chop-chop square’ for public beheadings? There are other questions that need to be asked, too: When will the burqa become mandatory on our streets for British women? When will the drinking of alcohol be outlawed? And when will special licences be required for the dwindling ‘Christian’ population to be able to purchase their pork rations from the ever-fewer pork butchers?

If you conclude from this that our politicians have lacked spine, you’d be right. If you conclude from this that the concepts of wokeness and political correctness have been thought-up to spare our politicians the discomfort of taking difficult decisions, you’d also probably be right. And if you are wondering why the far-right are on the march right across Europe and the Western world, don’t! The growth of the far-right is perfectly understandable. The Occident is being turned into the Orient right before our eyes. — © Mark Alexander

Austria Election: Why Are Young People Voting for the Far-right?

Oct 18, 2024 | There has been a series of far-right victories across Europe - most recently in Austria. The country's far-right Freedom Party won a historic victory in the general election, securing 29% of the votes. Young people, in particular, are voting more for the far-right, but why?

Guests:

Farid Hafez
Senior Fellow at Georgetown’s University Bridge Initiative

Ralph Schoellhammer
Head of the Center for Applied History and International Relations Theory

Maciej Kisilowski
Associate Professor of Law and Strategy

The Tucker Carlson Show: Prediction: A Trump Victory Will Usher in the Greatest Mental Health Crisis in History

Oct 20, 2024

The Death Marches of the Second World War | DW Documentary

Oct 17, 2024 | In the final months of the Second World War, the Nazis evacuated concentration camps near the front. More than 700,000 prisoners were forced on death marches, often lasting weeks, as the Red Army advanced.

To this day, little is known about this incredibly bloody chapter in the history of the Third Reich. From summer 1944 to spring 1945, the Nazis forced hundreds of thousands of deportees on death marches through Germany and Austria, often lasting weeks. Many prisoners died of exhaustion or were murdered - either by guards or by civilians they had to march past. The unbelievable brutality of these death marches testifies to the general brutalization that had spread throughout the declining Third Reich.

In essence, the death marches were a continuation of the extermination strategy pursued by the Nazis in the concentration camps. In the face of the Soviet advance, the Germans dismantled the camps and attempted to remove traces of the extermination facilities. Having thus lost the means to execute their planned mass killings, the Germans resorted to other methods. They continued the murders, even as the regime collapsed and the Allies advanced.

The death marches are one of the least known chapters in the history of the Third Reich. That’s because for a long time, information about the identity of the perpetrators - and that of hundreds of thousands of prisoners from concentration camps, prisons and labor camps - was restricted.

Today, many previously unanswered questions can be answered thanks to historical research, as well as the testimonies of Jewish and other survivors that has been gathered over the decades.

Elon Musk’s ‘Uniquely Dangerous’ and ‘Unbearably Awkward’ Campaign for Trump

Oct 19, 2024 | Elon Musk is doing everything in his power to get Donald Trump elected—from bankrolling lies to reposting racist conspiracy theories to even working a stage in his own unbearably awkward way. The New York Times' Teddy Schleifer joins to discuss.

Politics these days is replete with bad actors. And that is true both sides of the Atlantic. It is also true that far too many superrich people are interfering in politics. This is an extremely corrupt and dangerous state of affairs for democracies. – © Mark Alexander

Netanyahu Vows to Punish Iran after Hezbollah Drone Hits His House

THE TELEGRAPH: Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to punish Iran after a Hezbollah drone attempted to “assassinate” him and his wife at their weekend residence.

The drone caused little damage to the residence in the coastal city of Cesearea, and both he and his wife were out when it struck, the Israeli prime minister’s office said in a statement.

In a statement on Saturday night, Mr Netanyahu said the “attempt by Iran’s proxy Hezbollah to assassinate me and my wife today was a grave mistake”.

“This will not deter me or the State of Israel from continuing our just war against our enemies in order to secure our future.

“I say to Iran and its proxies in its axis of evil: anyone who tries to harm Israel’s citizens will pay a heavy price,” he added.

The attack marked the first time a target directly affiliated with the Israeli leader had been hit since the start of the war. » | Harriet Barber | Saturday, October 19, 2024

Koks und Kutten: Eskaliert jetzt der Drogenkrieg? – Shortcut | DER SPIEGEL

Oct 18, 2024 | Entführungen, Folter, Auftragsmorde. Und tonnenweise Kokain: Drogenbanden erobern den deutschen Markt. SPIEGEL-Investigativchef Jörg Diehl erklärt, warum deutsche Behörden machtlos sind.

Wenn ich mir die Probleme anhöre, die Deutschland mit Drogen und Drogenbanden hat, kann man nur zu dem Schluss kommen, wie erbärmlich, sinnlos und dumm unsere britische Regierung ist, wenn sie ein generationsübergreifendes Rauchverbot für das Rauchen von Zigaretten einführen will! Wie viel Sinn macht es, zu versuchen, junge Menschen davon abzuhalten, mit dem Rauchen anzufangen – ich spreche vom Rauchen einer bescheidenen Zigarette! –, wenn all das mit Drogen passiert. Das Drogenproblem ist nicht auf Deutschland beschränkt. Wir haben hier im Vereinigten Königreich ein riesiges Drogenproblem. Es heißt, daß London tatsächlich die Kokainhauptstadt der Welt ist! Wenn ich einen Sohn hätte, würde ich es viel lieber sehen, wenn er mit dem Rauchen von Zigaretten anfängt, als diese Drogen zu nehmen. Regierungen wie die von Keir Starmer sind nicht in der Lage, das Drogenproblem zu lösen, also bestrafen sie stattdessen unschuldige Menschen und schränken ihre Freiheit ein, eine Zigarette zu rauchen. In London wird mir zusätzlich zu dem Problem mit Kokain erzählt, daß heutzutage, wenn man durch viele Straßen Londons geht, die Luft voller Cannabisrauch ist! Keir Starmer muss seine Ideen überdenken. Einfach gesagt: Keir Starmers Denkweise ist falsch. — © Mark Alexander

Hervé Cuisine : La « pumpkin pie » ou tarte au potimarron est la star de l’automne, essayez-la vite 🎃

Oct 18, 2024 | La saison des tartes au potimarron est ouverte ! La fameuse pumpkin pie qui peut se faire avec de la courge, de la Butternut ou du potimarron. C’est très simple à faire, peu d’ingrédients…

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