Friday, August 06, 2021
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Opinion: Tucker Carlson Has a New Hero
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Tucker Carlson is only the latest — and most famous — American conservative to find inspiration in the autocratic government of Hungary under Viktor Orban. The Fox News personality is hosting his show, one of the most popular on cable news, from the capital in Budapest and on Saturday will deliver a speech, advertised as “The World According to Tucker Carlson,” to a conference of far-right activists.
To critics, Orban’s Hungary is corrupt, repressive and authoritarian, a place where democracy is little more than window-dressing and the state exists to plunder the public on behalf of a tiny ruling elite. To Carlson, it’s a model for the United States, a showcase for anti-immigrant policies and reactionary cultural politics.
“If you care about Western civilization and democracy and families and the ferocious assault on all three of those things by the leaders of our global institutions,” he told his audience on Monday, “you should know what is happening here right now.”
Carlson is not alone. “Orban’s fans in the West include notable writers at major conservative and right-leaning publications like National Review, the American Conservative and the New York Post,” Zack Beauchamp wrote in a piece for Vox last year. » | Jamelle Bouie, Opinion Columnist | Friday, August 6, 2021
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Eintritt in Restaurants und Cafés bald nur noch mit Gesundheitspass
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Die Regelungen zum Gesundheitspass und die Impfpflicht für Gesundheitspersonal können durch das Votum der Richter wie geplant in Kraft treten. Gegen die Pläne waren in ganz Frankreich Menschen auf die Straße gegangen.
Der französische Verfassungsrat hat die Verschärfung der Corona-Restriktionen im Land gebilligt. Die Richter befanden die vom Parlament verabschiedeten Neuregelungen am Donnerstag für verfassungskonform. Die Ausweitung der Regelungen zum Gesundheitspass und die Impfpflicht für Gesundheitspersonal können damit wie geplant am Montag in Kraft treten. Gegen die Pläne hatte es in den vergangenen Wochen in ganz Frankreich Massenproteste gegeben. » | Quelle: AFP | Donnerstag, 5. August 2021
La tech chinoise sous la férule du régime
LE MONDE : La radicalité de la mise au pas du secteur par Pékin interpelle sur la compatibilité de la nature du régime avec le fonctionnement d’une économie de marché.
Editorial du « Monde ». La mise au pas du high-tech chinois par le régime de Xi Jinping n’est pas nouvelle mais elle est en train de prendre une ampleur inédite. Ces derniers jours, les fleurons du secteur ont subi un sérieux tour de vis réglementaire qui a provoqué une vague de défiance parmi les investisseurs internationaux. Alors que ces entreprises promettaient jusque-là des taux de croissance attractifs, l’heure est au doute aujourd’hui. En quelques jours, leur capitalisation boursière s’est effondrée de plusieurs centaines de milliards d’euros.
Les attaques portées contre ces géants chinois de l’Internet sont tous azimuts. Il y a quelques mois, Jack Ma, le fondateur d’Alibaba, le numéro un du commerce électronique, avait déjà subi les foudres du régime, l’obligeant à renoncer brutalement à l’introduction en Bourse d’Ant, sa filiale spécialisée dans les prêts financiers. » | Éditorial | jeudi 5 août 2021
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Editorial du « Monde ». La mise au pas du high-tech chinois par le régime de Xi Jinping n’est pas nouvelle mais elle est en train de prendre une ampleur inédite. Ces derniers jours, les fleurons du secteur ont subi un sérieux tour de vis réglementaire qui a provoqué une vague de défiance parmi les investisseurs internationaux. Alors que ces entreprises promettaient jusque-là des taux de croissance attractifs, l’heure est au doute aujourd’hui. En quelques jours, leur capitalisation boursière s’est effondrée de plusieurs centaines de milliards d’euros.
Les attaques portées contre ces géants chinois de l’Internet sont tous azimuts. Il y a quelques mois, Jack Ma, le fondateur d’Alibaba, le numéro un du commerce électronique, avait déjà subi les foudres du régime, l’obligeant à renoncer brutalement à l’introduction en Bourse d’Ant, sa filiale spécialisée dans les prêts financiers. » | Éditorial | jeudi 5 août 2021
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The Truth Behind Tucker Carlson's Disturbing Trip to Hungary
Uruguay to Vote on Whether to Allow Bitcoin to Become Legal Tender
THE RIO TIMES: In his bill, in addition to Bitcoin's use as a means of payment, Uruguayan Senator Sartori proposes the creation of three types of licenses for companies directly related to the country's crypto market.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After El Salvador recently made Bitcoin legal tender in the country; Uruguay is now thinking about doing the same.
Uruguayan Senator Juan Sartori has announced a bill to make Bitcoin a legal tender in Uruguay, allowing companies to introduce the cryptocurrency and create specific regulations for the sector.
"Cryptocurrencies are an opportunity to create investment and jobs. Today I presented a globally groundbreaking bill that aims to establish a legitimate, legal and secure use for companies related to the production and commercialization of cryptocurrencies in Uruguay," he said on Twitter. » | The Rio Times | Thursday, August 5, 2021
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After El Salvador recently made Bitcoin legal tender in the country; Uruguay is now thinking about doing the same.
Uruguayan Senator Juan Sartori has announced a bill to make Bitcoin a legal tender in Uruguay, allowing companies to introduce the cryptocurrency and create specific regulations for the sector.
"Cryptocurrencies are an opportunity to create investment and jobs. Today I presented a globally groundbreaking bill that aims to establish a legitimate, legal and secure use for companies related to the production and commercialization of cryptocurrencies in Uruguay," he said on Twitter. » | The Rio Times | Thursday, August 5, 2021
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„Ich liebe Dich so sehr mein Schatz!“
Thursday, August 05, 2021
We Need a Rebirth of the Enlightenment!
Perhaps unbeknownst to us all, we are falling backwards: And as a result, darkness is befalling the world! We need a rebirth of the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment ‘mark 2’, if you will.
Each day, we read stories of anti-Semitism, homophobia, confusion of homosexuality with paedophilia and even with bestiality. We also hear of people believing in demons and in eastern Europe and in the Middle East, stories of their ‘exorcism’, and much else dark besides.
In my lifetime, I have seen a seismic shift in values and ideas. In my childhood and early years, I never heard people talk seriously of demons and their power over man. (Yes, ‘man’! I don’t do politically correct jargon if I can help it.) Further, I never heard my parents’ generation talk in such derisory, derogatory terms even about homosexuals, though I feel sure that they probably didn’t understand it or condone their mode of loving. That’s a generational thing. However, it appears that with increased access to higher education, people have become more certain of their ignorance! They speak with certitude about matters they simply don’t understand; they quote the Bible, even though most of them have never read it, still less led a life based on its teachings.
I do not profess to be religious; indeed, I do not wish to be. These days, I prefer to say that I am spiritual. But I have lived my whole life, as best as I have been able to, based on sound Christian principles, as set out by Jesus: not to judge others lest you yourself be judged; not to harm others; not to steal; not to kill and to help others when are where possible.
But these days, it seems that so many people, though ignorant of the core teachings of Christianity, are willing to cast the first stone – the very thing that Jesus Christ Himself told us not to do. So many people live dissolute lives; yet are willing to judge the lifestyles of others, even when they know nothing about those lifestyles they are judging.
It is, perhaps, worth noting that Jesus said nothing—zilch—about homosexual love in his teachings. Upon close examination of Jesus’s teachings in the Bible, precisely nothing is to be found. You’d think if He thought it so important that He would have done so, wouldn’t you? In fact, in the Bible in its entirety, there is very little to be found about homosexuality at all; and NOTHING about homosexuality in its modern understanding. What is to be found, comes not from Christ Himself, but from Paul, for example, who was a convert to Christianity. Paul was previously known as Saul of Tarsus, who had his conversion to Christianity on the road to Damascus. Incidentally, Paul was in a protracted dispute with Jesus’s brother James about how Christianity should develop after Jesus’s death. James, apparently, wanted Christianity to remain close to its Judaic origins. Had James won the dispute, perhaps we’d all be donning phylacteries, or tefillin, when in prayer now! Just as practising Jews do.
What people of yore understood about loving someone of the same sex was very different from what we understand by this attraction today. Indeed, the very term ‘homosexuality’ was coined in recent times. People who lived in Biblical times had no understanding of ‘being gay’ as we understand it.
Now back to the Enlightenment…
The Enlightenment brought with it an ability to put aside superstition and irrational thought. Nowadays, we are losing that ability: so we are reverting to irrational thought!
This pandemic should have shown us all just how fragile life truly is. None of us can be sure of tomorrow. Not one of us! So why can’t we just learn to live together, side by side, in harmony, regardless of skin colour, sexual orientation, nationality, etc. If we are to believe in the Almighty, then one thing is certain: We are all God’s children; and we are just as He created us – with skin colour, eye colour, varying degrees of abilities and intelligence, and yes, sexual orientation, too.
To question God’s judgment is itself a manifestation of lack of religiosity. It is tantamount to questioning God’s wisdom. Further, how can we worship God and ask for and expect His mercy when we cannot ourselves show mercy to others? He who expects God’s mercy must, of necessity, show mercy to others. Not to do so, if one is a believer, is asking for God to judge you too – and be merciless! We are all God’s children; and He alone is our judge. The Day of Judgment will come soon enough! And I speak as a spiritual person rather than a committed religious one. I am simply applying Christian teachings as I was taught them and as I understand them. If I have erred, then the errors are mine alone.
But one thing is sure: The world would be a whole lot better and more peaceful place to live in if we adopted one simple principle, which is in accord with Christian teachings: Live and let live!
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Behind the Scenes at a French Bakery
Audrey Hepburn Interviewed on a French TV Show Entitled "Du côté de chez Fred" | 22nd May, 1989
C'était une femme si belle, élégante et sereine ! Elle était tout simplement merveilleuse ! – Mark
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Alarmed Louisiana Residents Turn to Vaccines in ‘Darkest Days’ of Pandemic
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Louisiana is leading the nation in an explosion of new cases. Hospitals are overflowing and admitting more young people than before. But the crisis is also driving some to get vaccinated.
HAMMOND, La. — Officials in Louisiana have been willing to try just about anything to jolt the state’s lagging Covid-19 vaccination rates, from a $1 million cash giveaway to a public service announcement featuring the recent 14-year-old national spelling bee champion.
But when Madeline LeBlanc relented and got her first vaccine dose this week, she was motivated by something entirely different: fear.
After seeing news reports about the Delta variant raging across the state, Ms. LeBlanc, 24, had come to see that without a vaccine, she risked not just her own life but those of others around her. “I don’t want to be the one inhibiting someone else’s health,” said Ms. LeBlanc, who lives in Baton Rouge.
Demand for the shots has nearly quadrupled in recent weeks in Louisiana, a promising glimmer that the deadly reality of the virus might be breaking through a logjam of misunderstanding and misinformation. » | Rick Rojas | Thursday, August 5, 2021
Emmanuel Macron dénonce le «pari du pourrissement» des dirigeants libanais
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - Depuis un an, malgré une crise qui n’en finit pas de s’aggraver, les leaders libanais ont été sourds à tous les appels du chef de l’État français, en pointe sur ce dossier, et d’autres responsables internationaux.
Depuis sa résidence d’été au fort de Brégançon, Emmanuel Macron a, une nouvelle fois, tancé les dirigeants libanais à l’occasion de la troisième conférence internationale d’aide à la population d’un pays, qui marquait le premier anniversaire de l’explosion au port de Beyrouth (200 morts).
«Les dirigeants libanais semblent faire le pari du pourrissement (….). Je pense que c’est une faute historique et morale», a lancé le chef de l’État à l’ouverture de cette visioconférence internationale qui a permis de rassembler environ 370 millions de dollars, c’est-à-dire un peu plus que l’objectif initial.
«Les dirigeants libanais semblent faire le pari du pourrissement (….). Je pense que c’est une faute historique et morale», a lancé le chef de l’État à l’ouverture de cette visioconférence internationale qui a permis de rassembler environ 370 millions de dollars, c’est-à-dire un peu plus que l’objectif initial.
Depuis un an, malgré une crise qui n’en finit pas de s’aggraver, les leaders libanais ont été sourds à tous les appels, pressions et menaces proférés par Emmanuel Macron, en pointe sur ce dossier, et d’autres responsables internationaux. «Tous les rendez-vous ont été manqués, aucun engagement n’a été tenu, a regretté le président de la République. Le Liban mérite définitivement mieux que de vivre de… » | Par Georges Malbrunot | mercredi 4 août 2021
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New Yorks Gouverneur Cuomo drohen Strafverfahren
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Nachdem eine offizielle Untersuchung Andrew Cuomo der sexuellen Belästigung mehrerer Frauen für schuldig befunden hat, drohen dem Gouverneur von New York nun auch strafrechtliche Konsequenzen.
Nachdem eine offizielle Untersuchung Andrew Cuomo der sexuellen Belästigung mehrerer Frauen für schuldig befunden hat, drohen dem Gouverneur von New York nun auch strafrechtliche Konsequenzen. Mindestens drei regionale Staatsanwaltschaften im Bundesstaat New York, in Manhattan, Westchester County und Albany County, beantragten nach Angaben vom Mittwoch bei Generalstaatsanwältin Letitia James Beweismaterialien zur Prüfung. » | Quelle: dpa | Donnerstag, 5. August 2021
Famous Gays in History
LGBTQ Kings & Queen of England
In the history of the English monarchy there have been six kings and one queen who are believed to have been homosexual or bisexual.
They defied the religious, homophobic times in which they lived and many paid dearly for it. They may have worn crowns and wielded power but at the end of the day they were human too. Here are their stories...
William II Rufus (1087 – 1100)
Richard I (1189-1199)
Edward II (1307-1327)
Richard II (1377-1400)
James I (1603 – 1625) William III (1689-1702)
Anne (1702-1714) | Views on YouTube: 1,579,911
They defied the religious, homophobic times in which they lived and many paid dearly for it. They may have worn crowns and wielded power but at the end of the day they were human too. Here are their stories...
William II Rufus (1087 – 1100)
Richard I (1189-1199)
Edward II (1307-1327)
Richard II (1377-1400)
James I (1603 – 1625) William III (1689-1702)
Anne (1702-1714) | Views on YouTube: 1,579,911
Homosexualität in der Geschichte: Von der Antike bis heute
Oct 8, 2020 • In der Antike gehört Homosexualität zum Alltag – und ist nicht strafbar. Mehr als ein Jahrtausend später im Mittelalter werden Homosexuelle verbrannt, die Nationalsozialisten unter Adolf Hitler verfolgen, misshandeln und töten homosexuelle Menschen. Wie sich der Umgang mit Homosexualität, vor allem der Kontext homosexueller Handlungen, im Laufe der Geschichte gewandelt hat, erfahrt Ihr in diesem Video mit MrWisssen2Go Mirko Drotschmann.
Homosexualität als Begriff für gleichgeschlechtliche Liebe ist natürlich viel jünger als gleichgeschlechtliche sexuelle Handlungen und Liebe. Die gibt es vermutlich seit Beginn der Menschheitsgeschichte. Aus der Antike kennen wir einige Darstellungen solcher Handlungen. Die Praktiken sind weit verbreitet, haben aber eine andere Bedeutung als heute. Mirko erzählt Euch von antiken Vasen mit eindeutigen Bildern, homosexuellen Handlungen im Krieg, von Richard Löwenherz, der mit Philipp II. von Frankreich das Bett teilt, um seinen Vater zu verärgern. Dann geht es im Video über Homosexualität in der Geschichte um das christlich geprägte Mittelalter. Im Mittelalter werden Menschen für homosexuelle Praktiken bestraft. Vom Mittelalter und der Frühen Neuzeit an werden Homosexuelle bis weit ins 20. Jahrhundert kriminalisiert, stigmatisiert und verfolgt. Trauriger Höhepunkt ist die Verfolgung von Homosexuellen im Nationalsozialismus. Die Nazis richten eine eigene Behörde dafür ein, die „Reichszentrale zur Bekämpfung der Homosexualität und Abtreibung“. Auch nach dem sogenannten Dritten Reich werden homosexuelle Handlungen in der Bundesrepublik nach §175 des Strafgesetzbuches jahrzehntelang unter Strafe gestellt. 1994 wird der bereits abgemilderte Paragraph 175 in der Bundesrepublik komplett aufgehoben. In der DDR sind Homosexuelle seit 1988 rechtlich gleichgestellt. Mirko spricht auch über die LGBTQ+-Bewegung, die Stonewall-Aufstände in den USA, und damit einhergehende Veränderungen. In diesem Video versucht Mirko, die Geschichte des Umgangs mit Homosexualität nachzuzeichnen. | Aufrufe auf YouTube: 635,404
Homosexualität als Begriff für gleichgeschlechtliche Liebe ist natürlich viel jünger als gleichgeschlechtliche sexuelle Handlungen und Liebe. Die gibt es vermutlich seit Beginn der Menschheitsgeschichte. Aus der Antike kennen wir einige Darstellungen solcher Handlungen. Die Praktiken sind weit verbreitet, haben aber eine andere Bedeutung als heute. Mirko erzählt Euch von antiken Vasen mit eindeutigen Bildern, homosexuellen Handlungen im Krieg, von Richard Löwenherz, der mit Philipp II. von Frankreich das Bett teilt, um seinen Vater zu verärgern. Dann geht es im Video über Homosexualität in der Geschichte um das christlich geprägte Mittelalter. Im Mittelalter werden Menschen für homosexuelle Praktiken bestraft. Vom Mittelalter und der Frühen Neuzeit an werden Homosexuelle bis weit ins 20. Jahrhundert kriminalisiert, stigmatisiert und verfolgt. Trauriger Höhepunkt ist die Verfolgung von Homosexuellen im Nationalsozialismus. Die Nazis richten eine eigene Behörde dafür ein, die „Reichszentrale zur Bekämpfung der Homosexualität und Abtreibung“. Auch nach dem sogenannten Dritten Reich werden homosexuelle Handlungen in der Bundesrepublik nach §175 des Strafgesetzbuches jahrzehntelang unter Strafe gestellt. 1994 wird der bereits abgemilderte Paragraph 175 in der Bundesrepublik komplett aufgehoben. In der DDR sind Homosexuelle seit 1988 rechtlich gleichgestellt. Mirko spricht auch über die LGBTQ+-Bewegung, die Stonewall-Aufstände in den USA, und damit einhergehende Veränderungen. In diesem Video versucht Mirko, die Geschichte des Umgangs mit Homosexualität nachzuzeichnen. | Aufrufe auf YouTube: 635,404
L'Afrique, un continent homophobe ?
May 31, 2018 • Selon une étude réalisée en 2014/2015 par l'organisme Afrobaromètre sur 33 pays du continent, 78 % des Africains préféreraient ne pas avoir de voisins homosexuels.
L’Afrique du Sud fait figure d’exception sur le continent avec une législation autorisant le mariage et l’adoption aux homosexuels. Trente-trois pays criminalisent encore l’homosexualité et dans quatre d’entre eux - la Mauritanie, le Soudan, certains Etats du nord du Cameroun et des régions du sud de la Somalie- la peine de mort y est encore appliquée. Certains pays prévoient des peines très sévères sans qu’elles soient forcément appliquées. A l’inverse, certains Etats n’ont pas les lois les plus extrêmes mais les appliquent durement. Mais la condition des homosexuels ne se résume pas aux lois existantes. Lynchages, viols de redressements et châtiments corporels sont fréquents en Afrique, alors qu’au sommet des Etats, on présente l’homosexualité comme une perversion importée de l’Occident. | Vues sur YouTube : 23,515
L’Afrique du Sud fait figure d’exception sur le continent avec une législation autorisant le mariage et l’adoption aux homosexuels. Trente-trois pays criminalisent encore l’homosexualité et dans quatre d’entre eux - la Mauritanie, le Soudan, certains Etats du nord du Cameroun et des régions du sud de la Somalie- la peine de mort y est encore appliquée. Certains pays prévoient des peines très sévères sans qu’elles soient forcément appliquées. A l’inverse, certains Etats n’ont pas les lois les plus extrêmes mais les appliquent durement. Mais la condition des homosexuels ne se résume pas aux lois existantes. Lynchages, viols de redressements et châtiments corporels sont fréquents en Afrique, alors qu’au sommet des Etats, on présente l’homosexualité comme une perversion importée de l’Occident. | Vues sur YouTube : 23,515
Cheesemaking - Visiting a Swiss Dairyman
Oct 15, 2015 • The day at "Alp Calfeisen" starts with heating up the huge cheese vat. Cheese is still made by hand here according to a traditional method with milk from healthy cows grazing on high pastures.
Dairyman Andreas Itten takes us through the refined art of cheesemaking: turning milk into wheels of cheese, keeping the cheese at its prime until it arrives on the shop shelves, and then how alpine butter is made. An excerpt from "Healthy Cows" produced by NZZ Format | Views on YouTube: 12,658,259
Dairyman Andreas Itten takes us through the refined art of cheesemaking: turning milk into wheels of cheese, keeping the cheese at its prime until it arrives on the shop shelves, and then how alpine butter is made. An excerpt from "Healthy Cows" produced by NZZ Format | Views on YouTube: 12,658,259
Sydney Suffers Worst Day of Pandemic with 262 Cases and Five Deaths as Delta Spreads North
THE GUARDIAN: Beach party in Newcastle triggers snap lockdown in Hunter and Upper Hunter, while virus found in sewage puts Armidale and Dubbo on high alert
A beach party in Newcastle attended by young people from western Sydney has triggered a snap lockdown in eight regional local government areas as New South Wales authorities worry that the Delta variant of Covid is now spreading in the regions.
NSW recorded 262 coronavirus cases and five deaths in the 24 hours to 8pm Wednesday – its worst day so far in the pandemic. At least 72 cases were in the community for all or part of their infectious period.
But it is the detection of fragments of the virus in sewage systems in Armidale and Dubbo as well as in the Newcastle and the Central Coast that has authorities most worried. With video » | Anne Davies | Thursday, August 5, 2021
A beach party in Newcastle attended by young people from western Sydney has triggered a snap lockdown in eight regional local government areas as New South Wales authorities worry that the Delta variant of Covid is now spreading in the regions.
NSW recorded 262 coronavirus cases and five deaths in the 24 hours to 8pm Wednesday – its worst day so far in the pandemic. At least 72 cases were in the community for all or part of their infectious period.
But it is the detection of fragments of the virus in sewage systems in Armidale and Dubbo as well as in the Newcastle and the Central Coast that has authorities most worried. With video » | Anne Davies | Thursday, August 5, 2021
Greece Fires: 150 Houses Destroyed by Wildfires as Monks Refuse to Leave Stricken Island
THE GUARDIAN: Villages on Evia are evacuated as blaze rages across the island, and fires also threaten suburbs of Athens and historic Olympia
At least 150 houses have been destroyed by a raging fire that surrounded a monastery and a dozen villages on the Greek island of Evia, one of over 100 blazes burning in the country.
Firefighters were also continuing to battle a blaze near Athens on Thursday morning, while the mayor of Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, pleaded for help as flames threatened the site.
The blazes erupted as Greece is in the grip of a heatwave.
“We’re waging a battle of the titans!” deputy minister for civil protection Nikos Hardalias told journalists. “The hardest is still to come.”
Experts have warned that global heating is increasing both the frequency and intensity of such fires. » | Agence France-Presse | Thursday, August 5, 2021
Ein liebevoller Kuß am Strand, um Ihnen den Tag zu versüßen!
Wednesday, August 04, 2021
Ray Charles: I Can't Stop Loving You (Remastered)
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My Gay Exorcism - LGBT Demonic Possession in Orthodox Eastern Europe
This video is very informative, but bizarre. It is redolent of the Dark Ages! That people in the twenty-first century still believe such nonsense about the power of Demons is beyond any rational person’s comprehension. Until I watched this, I thought such thinking was confined to the Middle East, where such belief in nonsense is rife. Clearly, we all have a long way yet to go to civilize this broken world! I take my hat off to this young and gentle man for having the courage and fortitude to endure such a ‘conversion therapy,' such a sham exorcism. Can Orthodox Christians really believe that such beliefs and behaviour are what Christianity is all about? Give me a break! Give us all a break! Stay away from charlatans, quacks and faux 'men of the cloth'!
Never put yourself through any 'conversion therapy'! Gays are gay because they are born that way. It is nonsense to believe that it is a 'lifestyle choice.' It is NOT! People should disabuse themselves of that notion. If one wishes to bring God into the equation, then being gay is in one's nature. Gays are gay because God, the Creator, intended them to be that way: gay. If He hadn't, He'd have created everyone straight!
Personally, I am not 100% comfortable with this 'God thing' anyway. My reasons are too complicated to go into now in such a short comment as this. But if we are to believe in God then, in many ways, we gays have privileges too. In any case,who would want to be straight anyway? How boring would that be? We're okay as we are; so let's celebrate! And if someone has the temerity to call you queer, thank that dude! Thank him for the compliment! And walk away. – © Mark
Tokyo Olympics Sparks Anti-LGBT Slurs on Russian TV
BBC: The participation of openly gay, lesbian and transgender athletes in the Tokyo Olympics has led to an upsurge in anti-LGBT commentary on Russian state TV.
Extremely offensive language, some of which appears in this article, was used by the hosts and guests on talk shows aired by the country's two most popular television channels.
Even though the Kremlin has tended to not publicly support anti-LGBT sentiment, it fits in with the state ideology of defending Russia's "traditional values" against the West.
The state-run channels dedicated several of their talk shows to speak disparagingly about LGBT athletes at the Games, using words like "abomination" and "perversion".
In response, an International Olympic Committee (IOC) spokesman told the BBC they were contacting the official Russian broadcaster, one of the two channels in question, to express their concern.
"Discrimination has absolutely no place at the Olympic Games," they said in a statement.
What was said on air?
British gold medal-winning diver Tom Daley, who is gay, and a transgender woman weightlifter from New Zealand, Laurel Hubbard, were particularly targeted on Rossiya 1.
The 26 July edition of the 60 Minutes programme was especially rife with slurs. One of the panellists, Alexei Zhuravlyov, who is a member of the Russian parliament, said he was "disgusted" by gay and transgender people.
"We stand opposed to all this smut and perversion, strongly opposed," he told the show, pointing at the studio screen which showed Hubbard.
"We stand against this abomination," he shouted. At one point, Zhuravlyov used an offensive Russian word to describe gay men. With video » | Vitaly Shevchenko | BBC Monitoring | Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Studie zu „versteckten Homosexuellen“: Wenn schwule Männer ein Leben mit Ehefrau und Kindern führen
STERN: Es gibt Familienväter, die Frau, Kinder und Sex mit anderen Männern haben. Und es gibt Schwule, die sich ihrer Homosexualität zwar bewusst sind - sie aber nicht ausleben. Eine Studie hat hierzu jetzt Zahlen erfasst.
Knapp sechs Prozent der homosexuellen Männer Mitte 40 führen laut einer Studie der Technischen Universität München (TUM) ein rein heterosexuelles Leben - häufig mit Ehefrau und Kindern. "Andere Studien gaben bereits Hinweise, dass es diese Gruppe gibt. Wir konnten es jetzt erstmals wissenschaftlich beweisen", sagte Studienleiterin Prof. Kathleen Herkommer, Oberärztin in der Klinik für Urologie am TUM-Universitätsklinikum rechts der Isar. Über die Gründe und mögliche Folgen kann bisher nur spekuliert werden.
Zwei Jahre lang hatten Ärzte Männer im Alter von 45 Jahren in München, Düsseldorf, Hannover und Heidelberg unter anderem über ihre sexuelle Orientierung und ihre sexuellen Praktiken befragt. 12.354 füllten Fragebögen aus. 19 davon sind Herkommer zufolge "hidden homosexuals" (versteckte Homosexuelle), die sich selbst zwar als homosexuell sahen, Sex aber ausschließlich mit Frauen hatten. Das entspreche 5,9 Prozent der teilnehmenden homosexuellen Männer. Angst vor religiösen Moralvorstellungen? » | fin DPA | Samstag, 6. Oktober 2018
Pourquoi les rapports homosexuels ne sont pas « contre-nature »
Mar 9, 2018 • En Iran, les rapports homosexuels sont punis de la peine de mort. En Tchétchénie, ceux qui en ont sont torturés ou assassinés. En France, ils sont stigmatisés dans certaines manifestations. La raison souvent avancée ? L’homosexualité serait « contre-nature ». Pourtant, de nombreuses espèces d’animaux ont aussi des rapports homosexuels. En 1999, Bruce Bagemihl, un biologiste canadien, a étudié les relations sexuelles de 1 500 espèces et découvert que près d’un tiers d’entre elles en avaient. Pourquoi ? Pour le plaisir bien sûr, mais aussi, étonnamment, pour favoriser la survie de leur espèce.
Sources :
- "Animaux Homo", de Fleur Daugey
- "La Guerre des sexes chez les animaux", de Thierry Lodé
- "L’homoparentalité en France", d’Eric Garnier
- "Biological Exuberance. Animal Homosexuality and Natural diversity", de Bruce Bagemilh.
- "Homosexual Behaviour in Animals. An Evolutionary Perspective", de Volker Sommer et Paul L. Vasey
Sources :
- "Animaux Homo", de Fleur Daugey
- "La Guerre des sexes chez les animaux", de Thierry Lodé
- "L’homoparentalité en France", d’Eric Garnier
- "Biological Exuberance. Animal Homosexuality and Natural diversity", de Bruce Bagemilh.
- "Homosexual Behaviour in Animals. An Evolutionary Perspective", de Volker Sommer et Paul L. Vasey
Secrets of Saudi Arabia: Inside the State | Culture Documentary | Real Stories
Jul 24, 2021 • We travel across Saudi Arabia and follow the reforms from within for a year. The country wants to diversify its economy by opening its borders to tourism.
In Jeddah, many young people hope for change, demanding greater equality between men and women, but the conservative opposition is enormous. One wrong word and they can be arrested. How far do they go in the fight for freedom?
Saudi Arabia is well known across the world for its wealth, strict faith and oppression, but while Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has decreed that it wants to reform, the world is startled by the murder of journalist Khashoggi and other human rights violations.
We follow the developments from the inside, through the eyes of the inhabitants themselves. Are they just empty promises or is Saudi Arabia actually able to change? From Inside Saudi Arabia S1E1 | Views on YouTube: 126,366
In Jeddah, many young people hope for change, demanding greater equality between men and women, but the conservative opposition is enormous. One wrong word and they can be arrested. How far do they go in the fight for freedom?
Saudi Arabia is well known across the world for its wealth, strict faith and oppression, but while Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has decreed that it wants to reform, the world is startled by the murder of journalist Khashoggi and other human rights violations.
We follow the developments from the inside, through the eyes of the inhabitants themselves. Are they just empty promises or is Saudi Arabia actually able to change? From Inside Saudi Arabia S1E1 | Views on YouTube: 126,366
Testosterone — New Discoveries about the Male Hormone | DW Documentary
Sep 12, 2019 • Testosterone has long been seen as a metaphor for aggression, but is there really anything to the idea of the testosterone-driven male? Prominent scientists explain how subtle the hormone’s effects actually are.
Men with a lot of testosterone have long been accused of violent and competitive behavior. Now the image of the sex hormone is changing. Unlike in the animal world, the general statement "testosterone makes one aggressive" cannot be confirmed in humans, and recent studies suggest that it can actually even promote selfless behavior. One of the leading experts in this field is Jean-Claude Dreher from Lyon. He says his laboratory experiments show that testosterone does not make men aggressive but instead allows them to act in a strategic manner. Those who are more testosterone-charged tend to be friendlier towards others in order to bolster their own social status. British behavioral psychologist Simon Baron Cohen demonstrates how testosterone determines our gender characteristics when we are still in the womb. Meanwhile, his colleague Oliver Schultheiss from Erlangen has found out how testosterone can improve our learning abilities. | Aufrufe auf YouTube: 2,615,954
Men with a lot of testosterone have long been accused of violent and competitive behavior. Now the image of the sex hormone is changing. Unlike in the animal world, the general statement "testosterone makes one aggressive" cannot be confirmed in humans, and recent studies suggest that it can actually even promote selfless behavior. One of the leading experts in this field is Jean-Claude Dreher from Lyon. He says his laboratory experiments show that testosterone does not make men aggressive but instead allows them to act in a strategic manner. Those who are more testosterone-charged tend to be friendlier towards others in order to bolster their own social status. British behavioral psychologist Simon Baron Cohen demonstrates how testosterone determines our gender characteristics when we are still in the womb. Meanwhile, his colleague Oliver Schultheiss from Erlangen has found out how testosterone can improve our learning abilities. | Aufrufe auf YouTube: 2,615,954
Homosexualität im Sport: Erstes Coming-out in der National Hockey League
Hockeyspieler Luke Prokop hat sich am Montag als homosexuell geoutet. Der 19-jährige Verteidiger der Nashville Predators will nicht mehr verbergen, wer er ist, sagt er.| 20. Juli 2021 } Quelle: Reuters
Ein Hardliner als Irans neuer Präsident
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Raisi, an dessen Händen sehr viel Blut klebt, soll in dem von Protesten geschüttelten Land Härte zeigen. Auch in den Außenbeziehungen erwartet Revolutionsführer Chamenei Kompromisslosigkeit.
Ebrahim Raisi ist der fünfte Präsident, der in Iran unter dem seit 1989 herrschenden Revolutionsführer Ali Chamenei sein Amt antritt. Über all die Jahre ist eines immer gleich geblieben: Nicht der gewählte Präsident hat das Sagen in der Islamischen Republik, der auf Lebenszeit ernannte Chamenei hat immer das letzte Wort. An der Ausrichtung des Landes wird sich also nichts ändern. » | Ein Kommentar von Rainer Hermann | Mittwoch, 4. August 2021
Ebrahim Raisi ist der fünfte Präsident, der in Iran unter dem seit 1989 herrschenden Revolutionsführer Ali Chamenei sein Amt antritt. Über all die Jahre ist eines immer gleich geblieben: Nicht der gewählte Präsident hat das Sagen in der Islamischen Republik, der auf Lebenszeit ernannte Chamenei hat immer das letzte Wort. An der Ausrichtung des Landes wird sich also nichts ändern. » | Ein Kommentar von Rainer Hermann | Mittwoch, 4. August 2021
Brésil : la justice électorale va enquêter sur Bolsonaro
LE FIGARO : Le Tribunal supérieur électoral va se pencher sur les attaques du chef de l'État brésilien sur la légitimité du système de vote électronique.
Le Tribunal supérieur électoral (TSE) du Brésil a décidé lundi 2 août d'enquêter sur le président Jair Bolsonaro pour ses attaques constantes et sans preuves sur la légitimité du système de vote électronique, en place depuis 1996. La haute juridiction électorale a également accepté de demander au Tribunal fédéral suprême (STF) d'enquêter sur le leader d'extrême droite pour avoir propagé de fausses nouvelles sur les élections lors d'une diffusion en direct sur Facebook jeudi dernier. Pendant plus de deux heures, il s'était dit convaincu qu'il y avait eu des fraudes lors des deux dernières élections présidentielles.
L'enquête du TSE déterminera si le président Bolsonaro a commis des délits «d'abus de pouvoir économique et politique, d'utilisation abusive des médias, de corruption, de fraude, de veto d'agents publics et de propagande extemporanée dans ses attaques contre le système de vote électronique et la légitimité des élections générales de 2022». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 3 août 2021
Biden Says Cuomo ‘Should Resign,’ as Sexual Harassment Findings Emerge
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Investigators said they corroborated the claims of 11 women who accused Mr. Cuomo of inappropriate behavior, from suggestive comments to instances of groping.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, including current and former government workers, whose accounts of unwanted touching and inappropriate comments were corroborated in a damning report released on Tuesday by the New York State attorney general, Letitia James.
The 165-page report prompted multiple calls for Mr. Cuomo to resign, including from President Biden, a longtime ally of the governor, and it cast doubt on Mr. Cuomo’s political future. The Democratic speaker of the State Assembly said on Tuesday that he intended to quicken the pace of a separate impeachment inquiry, adding that Mr. Cuomo “can no longer remain in office.”
The report, the culmination of a five-month investigation, included at least three previously unreported allegations of sexual harassment from women who accused Mr. Cuomo of improperly touching them, including a state trooper assigned to the governor’s security detail. It also highlighted far-reaching efforts by the governor, his staff and close associates to disparage and retaliate against one woman who made her allegations public.
All told, the investigators said they corroborated the claims of 11 women, nine of whom are current or former state employees, who accused Mr. Cuomo of a range of inappropriate behavior, from suggestive comments to instances of groping, through interviews with 179 witnesses and tens of thousands of documents. » | Luis Ferré-Sadurní | Tuesday, August 3, 2021
NYT Editorial Board: You Should Resign, Governor Cuomo »
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