LE FIGARO : Dans un message sur Truth Social, le président américain s’en prend également aux Européens, «qui continuent d’acheter du pétrole à la Russie» et à son prédécesseur Joe Biden, qu’il accuse d’inaction au début du conflit.
Donald Trump a accusé dimanche les dirigeants ukrainiens de ne faire preuve «d’aucune gratitude» envers les États-Unis, alors qu’il tente d’imposer un accord pour mettre fin au conflit, contesté par Kiev.
Dans un message sur Truth Social, le président américain s’en prend également aux Européens, «qui continuent d’acheter du pétrole à la Russie» et à son prédécesseur Joe Biden, qu’il accuse d’inaction au début du conflit. «J’ai hérité d’une guerre qui n’aurait jamais dû arriver, perdante pour tout le monde», écrit le président en lettres majuscules sur son réseau social. » | Par AFP agence | dimanche 23 novembre 2025
Sunday, November 23, 2025
Nicotine Pouches Are More Popular Than Ever
Nov 23, 2025 | Nicotine pouches are flying off the shelves across the UK – and increasingly, it’s teenagers buying them.
Host: Tomini Babs
Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland
Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton
Executive producer: Rebecca Moore
Listen to the ‘Daily Sensemaker’ podcast here.
Dear, oh dear, oh dear! What a cock-up! The busybodies at the top, the meddlesome powers-that-be, have played and fiddled around so much, trying to reduce the number of smokers in society that they have made the situation ten times worse than it was or need be! The unrelenting war on smokers and smoking has done little good, but much harm.
The fact of the matter is this: If they had left things alone, the number of smokers in society was dropping dramatically from its all-time high in the post-war period, in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. And how did this happen? Largely through public information campaigns on the dangers of smoking and through infomercials. However, by being too aggressive, they have made matters worse. Over the years, they have been promoting e-cigarettes and vaping as less harmful alternatives to conventional cigarettes, when they are anything but. And now these: nicotine pouches are being marketed. But in the long-run, both vaping and sucking on nicotine pouches will surely prove to be more injurious to health than smoking conventional cigarettes ever was, especially if done in moderation.
Our know-nothing, do-gooding politicians have forgotten what it was like to be young. They have forgotten that young people look for kicks. It’s part and parcel of growing up. And, if they can’t get their kicks one way, they will get them another way. But get them, they will.
I know what I would prefer if I were a father… I would prefer my children to enjoy the occasional conventional cigarette than to start vaping or sucking on nicotine pouches. Naturally, I would prefer my children to abstain from all things like this, but I am a realist, not an idealist.
By the way, I am only a matter of months away from being able to say that I have been a non-smoker for four years! Now that is quite an achievement, I think, especially considering how much I used to enjoy a smoke. — © Mark Alexander
Host: Tomini Babs
Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland
Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton
Executive producer: Rebecca Moore
Dear, oh dear, oh dear! What a cock-up! The busybodies at the top, the meddlesome powers-that-be, have played and fiddled around so much, trying to reduce the number of smokers in society that they have made the situation ten times worse than it was or need be! The unrelenting war on smokers and smoking has done little good, but much harm.
The fact of the matter is this: If they had left things alone, the number of smokers in society was dropping dramatically from its all-time high in the post-war period, in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. And how did this happen? Largely through public information campaigns on the dangers of smoking and through infomercials. However, by being too aggressive, they have made matters worse. Over the years, they have been promoting e-cigarettes and vaping as less harmful alternatives to conventional cigarettes, when they are anything but. And now these: nicotine pouches are being marketed. But in the long-run, both vaping and sucking on nicotine pouches will surely prove to be more injurious to health than smoking conventional cigarettes ever was, especially if done in moderation.
Our know-nothing, do-gooding politicians have forgotten what it was like to be young. They have forgotten that young people look for kicks. It’s part and parcel of growing up. And, if they can’t get their kicks one way, they will get them another way. But get them, they will.
I know what I would prefer if I were a father… I would prefer my children to enjoy the occasional conventional cigarette than to start vaping or sucking on nicotine pouches. Naturally, I would prefer my children to abstain from all things like this, but I am a realist, not an idealist.
By the way, I am only a matter of months away from being able to say that I have been a non-smoker for four years! Now that is quite an achievement, I think, especially considering how much I used to enjoy a smoke. — © Mark Alexander
In Style: Parisian Fashion (1950s) | Vintage Fashions
Women in an age in which they were expected to behave like ladies, not like combatants on the front line in a war! Elegance and femininity were the watchwords of the day. Western standards and expectations have plummeted in a relatively short time. — © Mark Alexander
Jesse Dollemore: Franklin Graham Says God Has a File Just Like the Epstein Files
Nov 22, 2025 | Jesse talks about a cryptic and blasphemous Facebook post from the son of Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, who said, "In American politics right now, the 'Epstein files' are a major focus. What many are wanting is to see whether they can find any damaging information about President Donald J. Trump's connection to Jeffrey Epstein, who pleaded guilty to sex crimes and then later died in prison. They may find this inquiry to be a double-edged sword because there are likely many people not currently on the radar whose sins may come to light.
Did you know that God has a "file" on each one of us? The Epstein files are nothing compared to God's files." Jesse also discusses other Evangelical ghouls like Joel Webbon and Lance Wallnau, who are advocating for dictatorship in the U.S. under Donald Trump.
Americans’ propensity to believe BS knows no bounds! — © Mark Alexander
Did you know that God has a "file" on each one of us? The Epstein files are nothing compared to God's files." Jesse also discusses other Evangelical ghouls like Joel Webbon and Lance Wallnau, who are advocating for dictatorship in the U.S. under Donald Trump.
Americans’ propensity to believe BS knows no bounds! — © Mark Alexander
Europeans Rush to Foil Ukraine Deal Favouring Kremlin
THE OBSERVER: Kyiv’s allies seek to thwart Trump negotiator’s peace plan that gives in to Russian demands and turns the screw on embattled Zelensky
European leaders were scrambling this weekend to prevent US President Donald Trump from forcing Ukraine to sign a peace deal on terms widely viewed as favourable to Russia.
In a sign of a fresh rift between the Trump administration and Kyiv’s European allies, prime minister Keir Starmer, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Friedrich Merz voiced concern over the plan, saying it needed more work.Starmer said he would talk to Trump “in the coming days”.
Trump has given Ukraine just a week to sign the deal, presenting President Volodymyr Zelensky with one of his hardest decisions since Russia invaded. Ukrainian negotiators are due to meet US officials in Switzerland for talks that will determine the country’s future – and that of the Western alliance. The widely leaked 28-point peace plan, put together by the US special envoy Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart, Kirill Dmitriev, reflects many of the uncompromising demands made by Russia throughout the war that Kyiv has consistently rejected: ceding eastern areas it now controls, significantly cutting its army size and pledging not to join Nato.
It has been backed by Vladimir Putin, who called it a “modernised” version of the one discussed at the Alaska summit with Trump in August.
The US has cautioned that the lopsided proposal is still “in flux”, but has also threatened to withdraw intelligence sharing and arms deliveries if Zelensky does not accept the deal by Thursday. “At some point, he’s going to have to accept something he hasn’t accepted,” Trump told reporters. » | Liz Cookman | Sunday, November 23, 2025
European leaders were scrambling this weekend to prevent US President Donald Trump from forcing Ukraine to sign a peace deal on terms widely viewed as favourable to Russia.
In a sign of a fresh rift between the Trump administration and Kyiv’s European allies, prime minister Keir Starmer, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Friedrich Merz voiced concern over the plan, saying it needed more work.Starmer said he would talk to Trump “in the coming days”.
Trump has given Ukraine just a week to sign the deal, presenting President Volodymyr Zelensky with one of his hardest decisions since Russia invaded. Ukrainian negotiators are due to meet US officials in Switzerland for talks that will determine the country’s future – and that of the Western alliance. The widely leaked 28-point peace plan, put together by the US special envoy Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart, Kirill Dmitriev, reflects many of the uncompromising demands made by Russia throughout the war that Kyiv has consistently rejected: ceding eastern areas it now controls, significantly cutting its army size and pledging not to join Nato.
It has been backed by Vladimir Putin, who called it a “modernised” version of the one discussed at the Alaska summit with Trump in August.
The US has cautioned that the lopsided proposal is still “in flux”, but has also threatened to withdraw intelligence sharing and arms deliveries if Zelensky does not accept the deal by Thursday. “At some point, he’s going to have to accept something he hasn’t accepted,” Trump told reporters. » | Liz Cookman | Sunday, November 23, 2025
Why Europe Is Asking Women to Get Ready to Fight Russia - BBC World Service
At the risk of sounding old-fashioned and ultra-traditional, I am opposed to women being sent into war. Fighting wars is a man’s responsibility, not a woman’s. Have we lost all understanding of the difference between masculinity and femininity? In times of war, women can help the war effort in other ways. To hell with all this equality! Let us keep our women feminine! It is difficult for a woman to maintain femininity when she is forced to fight on the front line. The West has lost its marbles! — © Mark Alexander
Trump Aligns US with Dictator Putin to Force Ukraine Deal - Ignoring All Western Allies.
ANTHONY DAVIS can be supported on Patreon here.
My comment, which I believe to be spot on, can be read here.
PS: Is it, perhaps, a co-incidence that the man behind this proposal is Witkoff, a man whose name is of Russian origin, or is there a deeper meaning to this? — © Mark Alexander
Frederick Trump - The Immigrant Grandfather of Donald Trump | Documentary
Nov 20, 2025 | Frederick Trump was a poor German barber’s son who crossed the Atlantic as a teenager and died a wealthy American businessman. In between, he chased the Gold Rush, ran hotels and brothels on the frontier, and laid the financial foundations for one of the most controversial political dynasties in modern history. This is the story of the immigrant who started the Trump dynasty.
In this full-length biographical documentary, we follow Frederick Trump’s journey from Kallstadt in the Kingdom of Bavaria to the raw, lawless world of the American West and the Klondike Gold Rush. Long before Donald Trump entered politics or became a global celebrity, his grandfather was building the family fortune in an America of opportunity, corruption and rapid change.
In this full-length biographical documentary, we follow Frederick Trump’s journey from Kallstadt in the Kingdom of Bavaria to the raw, lawless world of the American West and the Klondike Gold Rush. Long before Donald Trump entered politics or became a global celebrity, his grandfather was building the family fortune in an America of opportunity, corruption and rapid change.
Are the Kids Alt Right? | ARTE Europe Weekly
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Four Tops : Baby I Need Your Loving
Six compagnies aériennes annulent leurs liaisons avec le Venezuela après l'avertissement des États-Unis
LE FIGARO : Les États-Unis ont déployé dans les Caraïbes le plus grand porte-avions du monde, accompagné d’une flotte de navires de guerre et d’avions de chasse pour mener des opérations antidrogue.
Six compagnies aériennes ont annulé samedi leurs liaisons avec le Venezuela, après que les États-Unis ont averti l'aviation civile d'une « augmentation de l'activité militaire » dans le cadre du déploiement de forces américaines dans les Caraïbes, a indiqué à l'AFP le syndicat des compagnies aériennes. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | samedi 22 novembre 2025
Six compagnies aériennes ont annulé samedi leurs liaisons avec le Venezuela, après que les États-Unis ont averti l'aviation civile d'une « augmentation de l'activité militaire » dans le cadre du déploiement de forces américaines dans les Caraïbes, a indiqué à l'AFP le syndicat des compagnies aériennes. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | samedi 22 novembre 2025
Reach Out, I'll Be There (The Motown Story: The 60s Version)
HUNGRY MAN KITCHEN: Turkish-style Braised Beef with Browned Butter Pilaf and Shepherd's Salad
Jun 7, 2024 | Dana Kavurma is one of the quintessential Turkish dishes, particularly cherished during Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha).
This dish can be best described as braised beef or even confit, as the beef is slowly cooked in its own fat and juices. This age-old and traditional cooking method not only enhances the flavor but also serves as a means to preserve the meat throughout the winter. Alongside its counterpart, lamb kavurma, it remains a beloved classic for every Turkish household.
One of the best accompaniments for Dana Kavurma is the rice pilaf.
Today, we are preparing a simple yet aromatic browned butter rice pilaf, which pairs beautifully with the rich flavors of the beef. Additionally, a Shepherd's salad—true to its name—is a basic yet refreshing salad made with chopped vegetables and a hint of acidity, providing a delightful balance to the hearty dish.
For a complete experience, serve Dana Kavurma with some yogurt or ayran (a traditional Turkish yogurt drink). This combination will surely become a favorite on your menu!
"Dana" means beef or calf, while "kavurma" refers to a cooking technique that typically involves frying. However, in the case of this dish, "kavurma" denotes a method more akin to braising, where the meat is cooked slowly in its own juices, resulting in tender and flavorful bites.
HUNGRY MAN KITCHEN can be supported on Patreon here.
This dish can be best described as braised beef or even confit, as the beef is slowly cooked in its own fat and juices. This age-old and traditional cooking method not only enhances the flavor but also serves as a means to preserve the meat throughout the winter. Alongside its counterpart, lamb kavurma, it remains a beloved classic for every Turkish household.
One of the best accompaniments for Dana Kavurma is the rice pilaf.
Today, we are preparing a simple yet aromatic browned butter rice pilaf, which pairs beautifully with the rich flavors of the beef. Additionally, a Shepherd's salad—true to its name—is a basic yet refreshing salad made with chopped vegetables and a hint of acidity, providing a delightful balance to the hearty dish.
For a complete experience, serve Dana Kavurma with some yogurt or ayran (a traditional Turkish yogurt drink). This combination will surely become a favorite on your menu!
"Dana" means beef or calf, while "kavurma" refers to a cooking technique that typically involves frying. However, in the case of this dish, "kavurma" denotes a method more akin to braising, where the meat is cooked slowly in its own juices, resulting in tender and flavorful bites.
HUNGRY MAN KITCHEN can be supported on Patreon here.
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Pourquoi 40% des jeunes femmes américaines envisagent de quitter le pays : un sondage qui révèle un profond malaise
MADAME FIGARO : Ce récent sondage, publié le jeudi 13 novembre, met en lumière le malaise des citoyennes américaines face à la politique conservatrice de Donald Trump.
Aux États-Unis, la politique du président Donald Trump ne plaît pas à tout le monde. C’est du moins ce que démontrent les chiffres d’un nouveau sondage Gallup, publié le jeudi 13 novembre, affirmant que 40% des Américaines âgées entre 15 et 44 ans souhaiteraient quitter définitivement le territoire si elles en avaient la possibilité. Réalisée entre le 14 juin et le 16 juillet dernier, cette enquête a été effectuée sur un échantillon de 1000 personnes. Ce chiffre record jure avec l’état d’esprit de leurs homologues masculins. En effet, seulement 19% des hommes déclarent quant à eux vouloir fuir le pays. » | Par Léa Mabilon | mardi 18 novembre 2025
Aux États-Unis, la politique du président Donald Trump ne plaît pas à tout le monde. C’est du moins ce que démontrent les chiffres d’un nouveau sondage Gallup, publié le jeudi 13 novembre, affirmant que 40% des Américaines âgées entre 15 et 44 ans souhaiteraient quitter définitivement le territoire si elles en avaient la possibilité. Réalisée entre le 14 juin et le 16 juillet dernier, cette enquête a été effectuée sur un échantillon de 1000 personnes. Ce chiffre record jure avec l’état d’esprit de leurs homologues masculins. En effet, seulement 19% des hommes déclarent quant à eux vouloir fuir le pays. » | Par Léa Mabilon | mardi 18 novembre 2025
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Strong language alert!
Wut in Europa über Witkoffs Ukraine-Plan zu russischen Staatsgeldern
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Witkoffs Vorschlag, eingefrorene russische Gelder für amerikanische Projekte zu nutzen, lässt europäische Diplomaten aufkochen. Brüssel fürchtet, am Ende leer auszugehen.
In europäischen Hauptstädten kocht die Stimmung über. Mitten in der heikelsten Phase der EU-Verhandlungen über den Umgang mit eingefrorenen russischen Staatsgeldern hat Donald Trumps Sondergesandter Steve Witkoff einen Plan präsentiert, den europäische Diplomaten übereinstimmenden Medienberichten nur noch als „Provokation“ bezeichnen.
Monatelang ringen die EU-Mitgliedstaaten darum, einen legal tragfähigen Weg zu finden, rund 140 Milliarden Euro russischer Vermögenswerte, die größtenteils bei Euroclear in Belgien liegen, zur Unterstützung der Ukraine zu verwenden. Die Zeit drängt nämlich: Kiew könnte im kommenden Jahr ohne frische Finanzhilfen zahlungsunfähig werden. Spekulationen zufolge soll das Geld im März oder April 2026 zu Ende gehen.
Doch aus Washington kommt nun ein Vorschlag, der den gesamten europäischen Ansatz aushebeln könnte. Laut dem 28-Punkte-Plan der Trump-Administration sollen dieselben Gelder für amerikanisch geführte Wiederaufbauprojekte nach einem Waffenstillstand genutzt werden. Die USA würden 50 Prozent der daraus entstehenden Profite erhalten. » | Nicolas Butylin | Samstag, 22. November 2025
In europäischen Hauptstädten kocht die Stimmung über. Mitten in der heikelsten Phase der EU-Verhandlungen über den Umgang mit eingefrorenen russischen Staatsgeldern hat Donald Trumps Sondergesandter Steve Witkoff einen Plan präsentiert, den europäische Diplomaten übereinstimmenden Medienberichten nur noch als „Provokation“ bezeichnen.
Monatelang ringen die EU-Mitgliedstaaten darum, einen legal tragfähigen Weg zu finden, rund 140 Milliarden Euro russischer Vermögenswerte, die größtenteils bei Euroclear in Belgien liegen, zur Unterstützung der Ukraine zu verwenden. Die Zeit drängt nämlich: Kiew könnte im kommenden Jahr ohne frische Finanzhilfen zahlungsunfähig werden. Spekulationen zufolge soll das Geld im März oder April 2026 zu Ende gehen.
Doch aus Washington kommt nun ein Vorschlag, der den gesamten europäischen Ansatz aushebeln könnte. Laut dem 28-Punkte-Plan der Trump-Administration sollen dieselben Gelder für amerikanisch geführte Wiederaufbauprojekte nach einem Waffenstillstand genutzt werden. Die USA würden 50 Prozent der daraus entstehenden Profite erhalten. » | Nicolas Butylin | Samstag, 22. November 2025
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