FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINER ZEITUNG: In der Nacht auf Sonntag attackierten Kämpfer des „Islamischen Staats“ einen Kontrollpunkt der irakischen Bundespolizei. Der Angriff dauerte mehrere Stunden.
Im Norden des Irak sind bei einem Angriff der Dschihadistenmiliz „Islamischer Staat“ (IS) 13 Polizisten getötet worden. IS-Kämpfer hätten in der Nacht zum Sonntag einen Kontrollpunkt der irakischen Bundespolizei südlich von Kirkuk attackiert, sagte ein ranghoher irakischer Offizier. Der Angriff dauerte demnach mehrere Stunden. » | FAZ | Sonntag, 5. September 2021
ANDERE NACHRICHTEN:
Afghane sticht Frau in Berlin in den Hals, wohl weil sie arbeitete »
Machtwechsel in Afghanistan: US-General warnt vor Bürgerkrieg – Taliban wollen nächste Woche neue Regierung verkünden: In Afghanistan haben die Taliban die Macht übernommen, die letzten amerikanischen Soldaten haben Kabul verlassen. Nun herrscht Chaos im ganzen Land. »
Sunday, September 05, 2021
Afghanistan: «La mort ignominieuse du néoconservatisme américain»
LE FIGARO : CHRONIQUE - Les néoconservateurs sont des idéologues qui croient que leur conception de la démocratie doit l’emporter sur l’idée de paix. Il existe toutefois une autre manière de faire de la diplomatie en Orient.
Mort en 1983, le sénateur démocrate Henry Scoop Jackson, inspirateur du mouvement néoconservateur américain, a dû se retourner dans sa tombe au spectacle de la piteuse déroute afghane de l’Administration Biden. Jamais il n’aurait pu imaginer que son ancien collègue au Sénat, devenu président, allait reproduire, à Kaboul, l’ignominie de l’abandon de Saïgon en 1975.
Au Vietnam, l’Amérique était allée combattre l’expansion du communisme et l’agression du Vietnam du Sud par son voisin du Nord, armé par l’Union soviétique et la Chine populaire. En Afghanistan, l’Amérique s’était, avec l’Otan, lancée dans une vaste opération militaire pour faire du «nation building», tel que l’exigeait la doctrine néoconservatrice, qui façonnait, au tournant des XXe et XXIe siècles, l’élite politico-médiatique américaine. » | Par Renaud Girard | lundi 30 septembre 2021
Réservé aux abonnés À LIRE AUSSI : Renaud Girard: «L’Europe paiera l’inconséquence des États-Unis en Afghanistan» »
L’Amérique sidérée par l’ampleur de sa défaite en Afghanistan »
Getting Married in Style the Hindu Way
Vielleicht im Paradies!
Pete and Chasten Buttigieg Announce Birth of 2 Children, Share Photo
ADVOCATE: The news makes Buttigieg the first out gay parent in the U.S. Cabinet.
After announcing earlier this summer that they were expecting, Pete and Chasten Buttigieg have now revealed the birth of their two children. It is assumed that the children are twins.
"Chasten and I are beyond thankful for all the kind wishes since first sharing the news that we're becoming parents," Pete Buttigieg, the 39-year-old United States Secretary of Transportation, wrote in a post. "We are delighted to welcome Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our family." Chasten, 32, shared an almost identical message.
Joseph is also the name of Pete's father. » | Mikelle Street | Saturday, September 4, 2021
La Chine bannit les hommes «efféminés» de la télévision
LE FIGARO : Plusieurs programmes et émissions ont été arrêtés.
Désormais, les hommes «efféminés» sont bannis de la télévision chinoise. Après plusieurs scandales liés à des stars chinoises, l'Administration nationale de la radio et de la télévision a décidé que les chaînes de télévision et les plateformes en ligne «ne diffuseraient plus de programmes qui développent l'idolâtrie ou des émissions de variétés et de téléréalité». De critères de sélection des acteurs seront à privilégier, comme la bonne conduite politique et morale. »
| Par Le Figaro | samedi 4 septembre 2021
China wird es zu bunt: «Feminine Männer» im Fernsehen verboten: TV-Anbieter dürfen in China keine männlichen Darsteller mehr zeigen, die einen «weiblichen Stil» haben. Der Grund: die von Staats- und Parteichef Xi Jinping betriebene Ideologisierung der Gesellschaft. »
Covid-19: 140.000 manifestants anti-passe sanitaire ce samedi selon l'Intérieur, en baisse par rapport à la semaine dernière
LE FIGARO : Au total, 21 personnes ont été interpellées, dont 3 à Paris, a précisé Beauvau.
Un total de 141.655 personnes, dont 18.425 à Paris, ont manifesté contre le passe sanitaire en France pour le huitième samedi consécutif, soit une mobilisation de nouveau en baisse, selon le ministère de l'Intérieur.
À 19h00, le ministère avait comptabilisé 215 rassemblements, dont cinq à Paris. Au total, 21 personnes ont été interpellées, dont 3 à Paris, a précisé le ministère. Un membre des forces de l'ordre a été légèrement blessé.
La mobilisation est en baisse depuis plusieurs semaines, selon les chiffres du ministère. Le week-end dernier, près de 160.000 manifestants avaient été recensés par les autorités, dont 14.500 à Paris. Il y a quinze jours, environ 175.000 personnes avaient manifesté et près de 215.000 il y a trois semaines, selon le ministère. Lisez la suite de l'article et regardez la vidéo ici » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | samedi 4 septembre 2021
Un total de 141.655 personnes, dont 18.425 à Paris, ont manifesté contre le passe sanitaire en France pour le huitième samedi consécutif, soit une mobilisation de nouveau en baisse, selon le ministère de l'Intérieur.
À 19h00, le ministère avait comptabilisé 215 rassemblements, dont cinq à Paris. Au total, 21 personnes ont été interpellées, dont 3 à Paris, a précisé le ministère. Un membre des forces de l'ordre a été légèrement blessé.
La mobilisation est en baisse depuis plusieurs semaines, selon les chiffres du ministère. Le week-end dernier, près de 160.000 manifestants avaient été recensés par les autorités, dont 14.500 à Paris. Il y a quinze jours, environ 175.000 personnes avaient manifesté et près de 215.000 il y a trois semaines, selon le ministère. Lisez la suite de l'article et regardez la vidéo ici » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | samedi 4 septembre 2021
Saturday, September 04, 2021
Daniel Barenboim – Chopin: Étude Op. 25 No.1 in A flat Major – From Pierre Boulez Saal, 2020
May 15, 2020 • ‘Musical Moments’ are moments of memories, reflection, as a retrospect of the past and anticipation of the future. These are moments that enrich our lives with music that we already know or get to know in the moment of listening.
This first ‘Musical Moment’ is of Daniel Barenboim's interpretation of Frédéric Chopin's Etude Op. 25 No. 1, recorded in Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.
This first ‘Musical Moment’ is of Daniel Barenboim's interpretation of Frédéric Chopin's Etude Op. 25 No. 1, recorded in Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.
Pork Chop with Creamy Mustard & Gherkin Sauce | French Bistro Recipes
Pork chop recipes: Creamy mustard & gherkin sauce : recipe on how to make a classic French dish called: côte de porc charcutière, or Pork chops in a mustard and gherkin sauce.
This step-by-step video recipe will show you how to cook meat using the "concentration" cooking method. This cooking method applies for anything that is pan-fried, roasted, grilled or sizzled.
Along with the pork chops, you will be able to see how to make what we called, in France, an instant sauce to go along your meat.
As always, it’s an easy-to-follow video and a delicious recipe. Make sure you don't forget to get some French baguette to dip into the sauce when you’re finished eating the meat.
This recipe is for 4 people.
Ingredients:
4 pork chops br /> 5 grams of butter mixed with 2cl of oil (to co\\ok the meat,
Salt and black pepper. to season the meat.
For the Sauce:
5 gm of finely chopped shallots
50 ml of dry white wine (French wine is ideal)
100 ml of veal or beef stock
5 gm of Dijon mustard
25 gm of gherkins (cut in Julienne or fine strips)
10-20 gm of butter (to finish the sauce)
The dish is usually served with freshly-made potato mash as it goes well with the sauce.
This step-by-step video recipe will show you how to cook meat using the "concentration" cooking method. This cooking method applies for anything that is pan-fried, roasted, grilled or sizzled.
Along with the pork chops, you will be able to see how to make what we called, in France, an instant sauce to go along your meat.
As always, it’s an easy-to-follow video and a delicious recipe. Make sure you don't forget to get some French baguette to dip into the sauce when you’re finished eating the meat.
This recipe is for 4 people.
Ingredients:
4 pork chops br /> 5 grams of butter mixed with 2cl of oil (to co\\ok the meat,
Salt and black pepper. to season the meat.
For the Sauce:
5 gm of finely chopped shallots
50 ml of dry white wine (French wine is ideal)
100 ml of veal or beef stock
5 gm of Dijon mustard
25 gm of gherkins (cut in Julienne or fine strips)
10-20 gm of butter (to finish the sauce)
The dish is usually served with freshly-made potato mash as it goes well with the sauce.
Don Winslow Films - #TexasWarOnWomen
Who in his right mind would ever vote Republican? There was a time when I held the Republican Party in high regard. No longer! The Party is not fit for purpose. They are destroying the once wonderful USA. The USA used to be a beacon of progressive thought and forward-thinking. That, alas, was long ago.
To think that my own country has cut the umbilical cord with the European Union only to get tied to the apron strings of the USA sends shivers down my spine!
Sooner or later, this country will have to re-join its European brothers and sisters. It is imperative that we do so. We also need to start thinking of a federal Europe, of which the UK could take a leading rôle.
Recent events in Afghanistan should have shown us all that we can no longer depend on America for our security. We need to go it alone. And for that, we Europeans need to work closely together and form our own military: a European army, a European air force, and a European navy.
This crooked Brexit referendum should also have shown us all that it was neither fair nor sensible. IT MUST BE REVERSED. Sooner rather than later.
If we do not re-join Europe, the once 'United' Kingdom, a nation of which I was once so proud, will break up: the regions will go their separate ways. Scotland is sure to be the first country to break away from the disUnited Kingdom. The Scots are proud Europeans; and so they should be. – © Mark
To read my comment on the Texas insanity, click here.
Biden ordnet Freigabe von 9/11-Dokumenten an
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Was steht in den geheimen Dokumenten des FBI über die Anschläge des 11. September? Angehörige fordern seit Jahren Transparenz. Nun will der Präsident ein Versprechen einlösen.
Der amerikanische Präsident Joe Biden hat das Justizministerium angewiesen, Dokumente aus der FBI-Untersuchung zu den Anschlägen vom 11. September zu überprüfen und freizugeben. „Als ich für das Amt des Präsidenten kandidierte, habe ich mich verpflichtet, für Transparenz bei der Freigabe von Dokumenten über die Terroranschläge vom 11. September 2001 auf Amerika zu sorgen“, sagte Biden am Freitag in einer Erklärung. Da sich der 20. Jahrestag dieses tragischen Tages nun nähere, halte er sich an diese Verpflichtung. Justizminister Merrick Garland beaufsichtige die Überprüfung der Freigabe von Dokumenten im Zusammenhang mit der Untersuchung des FBI, erklärte Biden. Deswegen müsse der Justizminister freigegebene Dokumente in den kommenden sechs Monaten veröffentlichen. » | Quelle: Reuters | Samstag, 4. September 2021
In Marseille beginnt Frankreichs Wahlkampf
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Drogenkriminalität, Armut und marode Infrastruktur: Marseille macht selten positive Schlagzeilen. Emmanuel Macron will diese Logik umkehren. Er ist nicht der Erste. Doch Macron pocht darauf, einen neuen Weg zu gehen.
Drei Tage verbrachte Emmanuel Macron, hier beim Besuch einer Schule, in der Mittelmeermetropole. | Pool / Reuters
Nicht einmal dreieinhalb Stunden dauert die Fahrt im TGV von Paris nach Marseille. Doch der Besuch, den Frankreichs Präsident diese Woche an der Mittelmeerküste absolviert hat, glich einer Reise in ein fernes, armes Land. Drei Tage lang blieb er, begleitet von sieben Ministern und Staatssekretären und einem grossen Tross von Journalisten.
Der sozialistische Bürgermeister Benoît Payan sprach von einem «historischen» Besuch und dankte dem Präsidenten fast unterwürfig dafür, dass dieser seiner Einladung gefolgt sei. Macron sagte seinerseits, er werde nicht einfach Geld verteilen. Bereits im Oktober will er wiederkommen, um die Fortschritte bei der Umsetzung des von ihm angestossenen Plans zu überprüfen. «Marseille en grand» hat er diesen Plan genannt. Er soll der zweitgrössten Stadt Frankreichs dabei helfen, aus den Negativschlagzeilen zu kommen – wieder einmal. Ein chronisch kranker Patient » | Nina Belz, Paris | Freitag, 3. September 2021
Nicht einmal dreieinhalb Stunden dauert die Fahrt im TGV von Paris nach Marseille. Doch der Besuch, den Frankreichs Präsident diese Woche an der Mittelmeerküste absolviert hat, glich einer Reise in ein fernes, armes Land. Drei Tage lang blieb er, begleitet von sieben Ministern und Staatssekretären und einem grossen Tross von Journalisten.
Der sozialistische Bürgermeister Benoît Payan sprach von einem «historischen» Besuch und dankte dem Präsidenten fast unterwürfig dafür, dass dieser seiner Einladung gefolgt sei. Macron sagte seinerseits, er werde nicht einfach Geld verteilen. Bereits im Oktober will er wiederkommen, um die Fortschritte bei der Umsetzung des von ihm angestossenen Plans zu überprüfen. «Marseille en grand» hat er diesen Plan genannt. Er soll der zweitgrössten Stadt Frankreichs dabei helfen, aus den Negativschlagzeilen zu kommen – wieder einmal. Ein chronisch kranker Patient » | Nina Belz, Paris | Freitag, 3. September 2021
Afghanistan : des femmes manifestent pour leurs droits, les talibans recourent à la violence
LE FIGARO : Plusieurs dizaines de femmes ont manifesté vendredi et samedi à Kaboul, devant le palais présidentiel, pour défendre leur droit à l'éducation et au travail.
Après Herat, Kaboul. Vendredi et samedi, des femmes sont descendues dans les rues de la capitale afghane, inquiètes pour le respect de leurs droits d'étudier et travailler alors que les talibans ont désormais le contrôle du pays. «Elles étaient quelques unes hier, elles sont plusieurs dizaines aujourd'hui, femmes et filles rassemblées devant le palais présidentiel réclamant leurs droits et la justice», a ainsi tweeté samedi un journaliste de la chaîne afghane ToloNews.
Vendredi, sur les vidéos relayées par plusieurs journalistes locaux ainsi qu'Amnesty International, des femmes de tous âges étaient entièrement voilées, brandissent des pancartes appelant au respect de leurs droits. «La liberté est notre devise, elle nous rend fières», peut-on lire sur certaines d'entre elles. Elles ne seraient «pas plus d'une centaine» selon Sharif Hassan, correspondant afghan pour le New York Times, «mais leur courage vaut un millier», commente le journaliste, alors qu'elles «risquent leur vie en marchant dans les rues» sous les yeux des soldats islamistes. » | Par Le Figaro | samedi 4 septembre 2021
À LIRE AUSSI : L’INTERVIEW : Jean-Yves Le Drian: «L’Afghanistan n’est pas synonyme de déclin américain» »
Hilary Mantel: I Am Ashamed to Live in [a] Nation That Elected This Government
THE GUARDIAN: Double Booker prize winner tells La Repubblica she may take Irish citizenship to feel European again
Hilary Mantel also said in a wide-ranging interview given to an Italian publication that Boris Johnson should not be in public life. Photograph: Jeff Morgan/Alamy
Hilary Mantel has said she feels “ashamed” by the UK government’s treatment of migrants and asylum seekers and is intending to become an Irish citizen to “become a European again”.
In a wide-ranging interview with La Repubblica, the twice Booker prize-winning novelist also gave her view on the monarchy, told how endometriosis has “devastated my life”, and how Boris Johnson “should not be in public life”. She also addresses the criticism of JK Rowling and her stance on transgender rights.
In response to a question about Priti Patel’s rhetoric on migration and asylum seekers and whether it marks the “ugliest side of the new ‘global Britain’ post-Brexit”, the writer told the Italian publication: “It was my grandparents’ generation who were immigrants [from Ireland]; sometimes my life gets confused with my fiction, because a number of my characters have Irish parents.
“We see the ugly face of contemporary Britain in the people on the beaches abusing exhausted refugees even as they scramble to the shore. It makes one ashamed.
“And ashamed, of course, to be living in the nation that elected this government, and allows itself to be led by it.” » | Nadeem Badshah | Saturday, September 4, 2021
Hear! Hear! Long live Europe! Es lebe Europa! Vive l'Europe ! – Mark
Hilary Mantel has said she feels “ashamed” by the UK government’s treatment of migrants and asylum seekers and is intending to become an Irish citizen to “become a European again”.
In a wide-ranging interview with La Repubblica, the twice Booker prize-winning novelist also gave her view on the monarchy, told how endometriosis has “devastated my life”, and how Boris Johnson “should not be in public life”. She also addresses the criticism of JK Rowling and her stance on transgender rights.
In response to a question about Priti Patel’s rhetoric on migration and asylum seekers and whether it marks the “ugliest side of the new ‘global Britain’ post-Brexit”, the writer told the Italian publication: “It was my grandparents’ generation who were immigrants [from Ireland]; sometimes my life gets confused with my fiction, because a number of my characters have Irish parents.
“We see the ugly face of contemporary Britain in the people on the beaches abusing exhausted refugees even as they scramble to the shore. It makes one ashamed.
“And ashamed, of course, to be living in the nation that elected this government, and allows itself to be led by it.” » | Nadeem Badshah | Saturday, September 4, 2021
Hear! Hear! Long live Europe! Es lebe Europa! Vive l'Europe ! – Mark
Lebanon as We Once Knew It Is Gone
THE NEW YORK TIMES: BEIRUT — I never thought I would live to see the end of the world. But that is exactly what we are living today in Lebanon. The end of an entire way of life. I read the headlines about us, and they are a list of facts and numbers. The currency has lost over 90 percent of its value since 2019; 78 percent of the population is estimated to be living in poverty; there are severe shortages of fuel and diesel; society is on the verge of total implosion.
But what does all this mean? It means days entirely occupied with the scramble for basic necessities. A life reduced to the logistics of survival and a population that is physically, mentally and emotionally depleted.
I long for the simplest pleasures: gathering with family on Sundays for elaborate meals that are unaffordable now; driving down the coast to see a friend, instead of saving my gas for emergencies; going out for a drink in Beirut’s Mar Mikhael strip without counting how many of my old haunts have shut down. I never used to think twice about these things, but now it’s impossible to imagine indulging in any of these luxuries.
I begin my days in Beirut already exhausted. It doesn’t help that there’s a gas station around the corner from my house. Cars start lining up for fuel the night before, blocking traffic, and by 7 a.m. the sound of blaring horns and frustrated shouting from the street is fraying my nerves.
It is nearly impossible to sit down to work. My laptop battery lasts only so long anyway. In my neighborhood, government-provided power comes on for just an hour a day. The UPS battery that keeps the internet router working runs out of juice by noon. I’m behind on every deadline; I’ve written countless shamefaced emails of apology. What am I even supposed to say? “My country is falling apart and there’s not a single moment of my day that isn’t beholden to its collapse”? Nights are sleepless in the choking summer heat. Building generators operate for only four hours before going off around midnight to save diesel — if they are turned on at all. » | Lina Mounzer | Friday, September 3, 2021
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Friday, September 03, 2021
Donald Trump Makes Lewd Remarks about Women on Video | NBC News
How any decent American could ever vote for this licentious, very crude man is truly beyond my comprehension! He disgusts me! He has no principles, no honesty, no morality, no ethics. Nothing! Yet Christian fundamentalists were / are in thrall to him! Go figure! I know where I think he belongs; and it 'ain't' in Mar-a-Lago! Please note: Viewer discretion is advised for what is shown above. This video is certainly NOT suitable for children. – © Mark
Supertramp: The Logical Song
Simon & Garfunkel : The Boxer
Afghans with Ties to U.S. Who Could Not Get Out Now Live in Fear
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Thousands did not make it onto U.S. military evacuation flights. Many of them are now in hiding, worried for their safety and their future.
Armed Taliban militants were looking for Shah. They knew he worked as an interpreter for the United States government, and came to his provincial home at night. “Someone inside worked for the U.S. Army!” they shouted, threatening to shoot down the door.
Shah had already left for Kabul, where he is now in hiding. But he believes he is a hunted man. “I’m not feeling safe here anymore,” said Shah, whose application for a special immigrant visa to the United States is still in the works.
“The Taliban say they are not taking revenge, and they are forgiving everybody,” he said. “But I can’t believe them. Why did they come to my house looking for me?”
There are thousands like Shah, stuck in Afghanistan under a capricious and unpredictable Taliban rule, who did not make it onto U.S. military evacuation flights — those who worked for the U.S. Army or the government, and their families, and who were eligible for U.S. humanitarian visas. They know they are potential targets as the Taliban tighten their grip since taking over Kabul fully this week.
Taliban leaders have pledged to allow those with visas to leave once they reopen the main airport, which remained closed to commercial flights on Friday.
But those like Shah doubt the pledges of a group that they feel they cannot trust and that has ruled Afghanistan ruthlessly before. Trying to leave — or showing a special immigrant visa — could itself expose them to danger if the Taliban renege on their promises. » | Adam Nossiter | Friday, September 3, 2021
Armed Taliban militants were looking for Shah. They knew he worked as an interpreter for the United States government, and came to his provincial home at night. “Someone inside worked for the U.S. Army!” they shouted, threatening to shoot down the door.
Shah had already left for Kabul, where he is now in hiding. But he believes he is a hunted man. “I’m not feeling safe here anymore,” said Shah, whose application for a special immigrant visa to the United States is still in the works.
“The Taliban say they are not taking revenge, and they are forgiving everybody,” he said. “But I can’t believe them. Why did they come to my house looking for me?”
There are thousands like Shah, stuck in Afghanistan under a capricious and unpredictable Taliban rule, who did not make it onto U.S. military evacuation flights — those who worked for the U.S. Army or the government, and their families, and who were eligible for U.S. humanitarian visas. They know they are potential targets as the Taliban tighten their grip since taking over Kabul fully this week.
Taliban leaders have pledged to allow those with visas to leave once they reopen the main airport, which remained closed to commercial flights on Friday.
But those like Shah doubt the pledges of a group that they feel they cannot trust and that has ruled Afghanistan ruthlessly before. Trying to leave — or showing a special immigrant visa — could itself expose them to danger if the Taliban renege on their promises. » | Adam Nossiter | Friday, September 3, 2021
U.S. Employers Added 235,000 Jobs in August, a Marked Slowdown
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The American economy slowed abruptly last month, adding 235,000 jobs, a sharp drop from the huge gains recorded earlier in the summer and an indication that the Delta variant of the coronavirus is putting a damper on hiring.
The Labor Department report on Friday follows a sharp increase in coronavirus cases and deaths that has undermined hopes that restrictions on daily activities were nearing an end.
The unemployment rate was 5.2 percent, compared with 5.4 percent in July. Economists polled by Bloomberg has been looking for gain of 725,000 jobs.
“There’s no question that the Delta variant is why today’s job report isn’t stronger,” President Biden said. “I know people were looking, and I was hoping, for a higher number.”
The August showing would have been respectable in pre[-]pandemic times. But after gains of 962,000 in June and 1.05 million in July — and with more than eight million people unemployed — it was a sharp deceleration.
“Delta is a game-changer,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton, an accounting firm in Chicago. “It’s not that people are laying off workers in reaction to Delta but people are pulling back on travel and tourism and going out to eat and that has consequences.” » | By Nelson D. Schwartz | Friday, September 3, 2021
The Labor Department report on Friday follows a sharp increase in coronavirus cases and deaths that has undermined hopes that restrictions on daily activities were nearing an end.
The unemployment rate was 5.2 percent, compared with 5.4 percent in July. Economists polled by Bloomberg has been looking for gain of 725,000 jobs.
“There’s no question that the Delta variant is why today’s job report isn’t stronger,” President Biden said. “I know people were looking, and I was hoping, for a higher number.”
The August showing would have been respectable in pre[-]pandemic times. But after gains of 962,000 in June and 1.05 million in July — and with more than eight million people unemployed — it was a sharp deceleration.
“Delta is a game-changer,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton, an accounting firm in Chicago. “It’s not that people are laying off workers in reaction to Delta but people are pulling back on travel and tourism and going out to eat and that has consequences.” » | By Nelson D. Schwartz | Friday, September 3, 2021
We Must Follow Our Gay Heart: Vintage Gay Montage - Bessie Smith: I'm Wild about That Thing
La Russie renforce son contrôle d'Internet
LE FIGARO : Le pays vient de bloquer six VPN, ces logiciels permettant d'accéder à des sites interdits en Russie, comme ceux liés à l'opposant Alexeï Navalny.
Le gendarme russe des télécoms, Roskomnadzor, a annoncé le blocage de six logiciels très utilisés de réseaux privés virtuels (VPN) permettant d'avoir accès à des sites internet interdits en Russie. Le service fédéral a estimé que l'utilisation de ces VPN permettait de consulter des «contenus interdits» et encourageait des «activités illégales comme la promotion des drogues, de la pédopornographie, de l'extrémisme et des tendances suicidaires».
Ce blocage concerne les programmes Hola!VPN, ExpressVPN, KeepSolid VPN Unlimited, Nord VPN, Speedify VPN et IPVanish VPN, a précisé Roskomnadzor dans un communiqué. Pourtant, Nord VPN semble toujours fonctionner actuellement. Roskomnadzor a précisé qu'il autorisera des entreprises russes utilisant ces VPN dans leurs technologies informatiques de continuer à le faire, s'il est établi que ces sociétés ne violent pas la loi. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | vendredi 3 septembre 2021
Daniil Trifonov – Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66
Discover ´Chopin Evocations´ here.
This is so beautiful to listen to and so beautifully played that I am re-posting it. It’s sublime! – Mark
Spain on a Fork: Albert Bevia, Cooks ”Mushrooms Like you´ve Never Seen or Tasted Before” | Spanish Champiñones à l'Andaluza
Get the full recipe here.
If you feel so inclined, you can support Albert Bevia on Patreon here.
Married Kremlin Spies, a Shadowy Mission to Moscow and Unrest in Catalonia
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Intelligence files suggest an aide to a top Catalan separatist sought help from Russia in the struggle to break with Spain. A fierce new protest group emerged shortly afterward.
A protest in support of the Catalan independence referendum in Barcelona, in 2017. Spain declared the vote illegal and jailed several of the politicians who called it. | Samuel Aranda for The New York Times
BARCELONA, Spain — In the spring of 2019, an emissary of Catalonia’s top separatist leader traveled to Moscow in search of a political lifeline.
The independence movement in Catalonia, the semiautonomous region in Spain’s northeast, had been largely crushed after a referendum on breaking away two years earlier. The European Union and the United States, which supported Spain’s effort to keep the country intact, had rebuffed the separatists’ pleas for support.
But in Russia, a door was opening.
In Moscow, the emissary, Josep Lluis Alay, a senior adviser to the self-exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, met with current Russian officials, former intelligence officers and the well-connected grandson of a K.G.B. spymaster. The aim was to secure Russia’s help in severing Catalonia from the rest of Spain, according to a European intelligence report, which was reviewed by The New York Times.
Asked about the report’s findings, both Mr. Alay and Mr. Puigdemont confirmed the trips to Moscow, which have never been reported, but insisted they were part of regular outreach to foreign officials and journalists. Mr. Alay said any suggestion that he was seeking Russian assistance was “a fantasy story created by Madrid.”
But other confidential documents indicate that Russia was a central preoccupation between Mr. Alay and Mr. Puigdemont. For Russia, outreach to the separatists would fit President Vladimir V. Putin’s strategy of trying to sow disruption in the West by supporting divisive political movements. In Italy, secret audio recordings revealed a Russian plot to covertly finance the hard-right League party. In Britain, a Times investigation uncovered discussions among right-wing fringe figures about opening bank accounts in Moscow. And in Spain, the Russians have also offered assistance to far-right parties, according to the intelligence report. » | By Michael Schwirtz and José Bautista | Friday, September 3, 2021
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BARCELONA, Spain — In the spring of 2019, an emissary of Catalonia’s top separatist leader traveled to Moscow in search of a political lifeline.
The independence movement in Catalonia, the semiautonomous region in Spain’s northeast, had been largely crushed after a referendum on breaking away two years earlier. The European Union and the United States, which supported Spain’s effort to keep the country intact, had rebuffed the separatists’ pleas for support.
But in Russia, a door was opening.
In Moscow, the emissary, Josep Lluis Alay, a senior adviser to the self-exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, met with current Russian officials, former intelligence officers and the well-connected grandson of a K.G.B. spymaster. The aim was to secure Russia’s help in severing Catalonia from the rest of Spain, according to a European intelligence report, which was reviewed by The New York Times.
Asked about the report’s findings, both Mr. Alay and Mr. Puigdemont confirmed the trips to Moscow, which have never been reported, but insisted they were part of regular outreach to foreign officials and journalists. Mr. Alay said any suggestion that he was seeking Russian assistance was “a fantasy story created by Madrid.”
But other confidential documents indicate that Russia was a central preoccupation between Mr. Alay and Mr. Puigdemont. For Russia, outreach to the separatists would fit President Vladimir V. Putin’s strategy of trying to sow disruption in the West by supporting divisive political movements. In Italy, secret audio recordings revealed a Russian plot to covertly finance the hard-right League party. In Britain, a Times investigation uncovered discussions among right-wing fringe figures about opening bank accounts in Moscow. And in Spain, the Russians have also offered assistance to far-right parties, according to the intelligence report. » | By Michael Schwirtz and José Bautista | Friday, September 3, 2021
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Frei, fromm und frauenfeindlich in Texas
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Das neue Abtreibungsgesetz in Texas ist Teil eines Wertesystems, zu dem auch die Ablehnung der Homo-Ehe und das Misstrauen gegen die Corona-Massnahmen gehören. Kaum einer verkörpert diese Skepsis gegenüber dem Staat besser als der Gouverneur Abbott.
Demonstration in Austin gegen das Abtreibungsverbot. | Jay Janner / AP
Seit Mittwoch gilt im amerikanischen Gliedstaat Texas das schärfste Abtreibungsgesetz der USA. Es verbietet Schwangerschaftsabbrüche, sobald der Herzschlag des Fötus feststellbar ist. Das ist schon in der sechsten Woche möglich. Viele Frauen wissen zu diesem frühen Zeitpunkt noch gar nicht, dass sie schwanger sind.
Ein Eilantrag für eine Blockierung des Gesetzes wurde abgelehnt; der Supreme Court entschied am Mittwoch mit 5 zu 4 Stimmen, das Inkrafttreten nicht aufzuschieben. Die Weigerung ist bemerkenswert, weil das Gesetz mit anderen Präzedenzfällen kollidiert, in denen der Oberste Gerichtshof das Recht auf Abtreibung in einem späteren Stadium schützte. 1973 legalisierte er im Urteil Roe v. Wade Abtreibungen bis zum sechsten Monat. Der amerikanische Präsident Joe Biden sagte denn auch, das «extreme Gesetz» in Texas stelle einen eklatanten Verstoss gegen das verbriefte Recht auf Abtreibung dar. » | David Signer, Chicago | Freitag, Spetmber 3, 2021
Seit Mittwoch gilt im amerikanischen Gliedstaat Texas das schärfste Abtreibungsgesetz der USA. Es verbietet Schwangerschaftsabbrüche, sobald der Herzschlag des Fötus feststellbar ist. Das ist schon in der sechsten Woche möglich. Viele Frauen wissen zu diesem frühen Zeitpunkt noch gar nicht, dass sie schwanger sind.
Ein Eilantrag für eine Blockierung des Gesetzes wurde abgelehnt; der Supreme Court entschied am Mittwoch mit 5 zu 4 Stimmen, das Inkrafttreten nicht aufzuschieben. Die Weigerung ist bemerkenswert, weil das Gesetz mit anderen Präzedenzfällen kollidiert, in denen der Oberste Gerichtshof das Recht auf Abtreibung in einem späteren Stadium schützte. 1973 legalisierte er im Urteil Roe v. Wade Abtreibungen bis zum sechsten Monat. Der amerikanische Präsident Joe Biden sagte denn auch, das «extreme Gesetz» in Texas stelle einen eklatanten Verstoss gegen das verbriefte Recht auf Abtreibung dar. » | David Signer, Chicago | Freitag, Spetmber 3, 2021
Brite von IS-Terrorzelle «Beatles» gibt vor Gericht Enthauptungen und Folter zu
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Alexanda Kotey soll gemeinsam weiteren Mitgliedern der Terrorgruppe IS in Syrien mehrere Geiseln enthauptet und gefoltert haben. Videos der Taten lösten weltweit Entsetzen aus. Nun droht ihm eine lebenslange Haftstrafe.
Alexanda Amon Kotey in einer Aufnahme aus dem März 2018, als er der Nachrichtenagentur Associated Press in Syrien ein Interview gewährte. | Hussein Malla / AP
(dpa) Ein britisches Mitglied einer als «Beatles» bekannt gewordenen brutalen IS-Terrorzelle hat sich vor Gericht in den USA schuldig bekannt. Alexanda Kotey soll gemeinsam mit drei weiteren Briten als Mitglied der Terrorgruppe IS in Syrien mehrere Geiseln enthauptet sowie viele weitere gefoltert haben. Videos der Taten lösten im Jahr 2014 weltweit Entsetzen aus. » | dpa | Freitag, 3. September 2021
Berüchtigtster britischer IS-Kämpfer ohne Reue: «Ich verurteile die Sklaverei nicht» : Er war einer der berüchtigtsten britischen IS-Kämpfer. Nun sitzt El Shafee Elsheikh in einem kurdischen Gefängnis. In einem Interview zeigte er keinerlei Reue. »
British Give U.S. Evidence Against ISIS ‘Beatles,’ Clearing Way for Trial: The men were half of a cell of Britons who held Westerners hostage in Syria, some of whom were beheaded for propaganda videos. »
(dpa) Ein britisches Mitglied einer als «Beatles» bekannt gewordenen brutalen IS-Terrorzelle hat sich vor Gericht in den USA schuldig bekannt. Alexanda Kotey soll gemeinsam mit drei weiteren Briten als Mitglied der Terrorgruppe IS in Syrien mehrere Geiseln enthauptet sowie viele weitere gefoltert haben. Videos der Taten lösten im Jahr 2014 weltweit Entsetzen aus. » | dpa | Freitag, 3. September 2021
Berüchtigtster britischer IS-Kämpfer ohne Reue: «Ich verurteile die Sklaverei nicht» : Er war einer der berüchtigtsten britischen IS-Kämpfer. Nun sitzt El Shafee Elsheikh in einem kurdischen Gefängnis. In einem Interview zeigte er keinerlei Reue. »
British Give U.S. Evidence Against ISIS ‘Beatles,’ Clearing Way for Trial: The men were half of a cell of Britons who held Westerners hostage in Syria, some of whom were beheaded for propaganda videos. »
US Withdrawal from Afghanistan Will Lead to EU Army, Says Top Diplomat
THE GUARDIAN: Josep Borrell believes moment has come for expeditionary force but idea faces opposition from EU members
Josep Borrell said the ‘deficiencies’ in the EU’s autonomy from the US had been exposed in recent months. Photograph: John Thys/AFP/Getty Images
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan will “catalyse” the EU to establish its own permanent military force, the union’s foreign policy chief has said, despite years of fruitless debate and opposition from member states.
After a meeting of EU defence ministers, Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, said the moment had come to establish an active EU expeditionary force, described by some senior European politicians as an army.
Repeated attempts have been made to encourage military cooperation between member states, often attacked as an example of nation-building by critics. But Borrell said the “deficiencies” in the bloc’s autonomy from the US had been exposed in recent months. » | Daniel Boffey in Brussels | Thursday, September 2, 2021
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan will “catalyse” the EU to establish its own permanent military force, the union’s foreign policy chief has said, despite years of fruitless debate and opposition from member states.
After a meeting of EU defence ministers, Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, said the moment had come to establish an active EU expeditionary force, described by some senior European politicians as an army.
Repeated attempts have been made to encourage military cooperation between member states, often attacked as an example of nation-building by critics. But Borrell said the “deficiencies” in the bloc’s autonomy from the US had been exposed in recent months. » | Daniel Boffey in Brussels | Thursday, September 2, 2021
Au Venezuela, l’opposition rentre dans le rang
LE FIGARO : Les principaux adversaires de Nicolas Maduro se sont résignés à prendre part aux élections locales du 21 novembre. Un désaveu pour Juan Guaido, qui a échoué à mobiliser l’armée dans sa lutte contre le régime.
L’opposition vénézuélienne participera aux élections du 21 novembre prochain. Il s’agit d’élire 23 gouverneurs, 335 maires, 253 députés locaux et 2 459 conseillers. 19 428 candidats ont été enregistrés par le Conseil national électoral. Une première depuis 2017. Lors de sa dernière participation à des élections, l’opposition avait largement remporté les législatives, malgré un conseil électoral composé uniquement de recteurs chavistes. Cette fois, le CNE comprend deux recteurs de l’opposition sur cinq. » | Par Patrick Bèle | jeudi 2 sptembre 2021
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Julie Gayet et François Hollande enlacés : la photo très officielle sur Instagram
MADAME FIGARO : D'habitude très discrète sur sa vie privée, l'actrice et productrice a fait une exception ce dimanche à Angoulême. Elle a dévoilé un cliché intime et tendre avec son compagnon, l'ancien président de la République, François Hollande.
La photo léchée en noir et blanc a créé la surprise en cette pré-rentrée 2021. Julie Gayet a publié sur son compte Instagram une photo d’elle et de son compagnon, l'ancien président François Hollande. L’actrice, pourtant attachée à conserver sa vie privée dans l’ombre, dévoile ici un cliché intime. On la voit enlaçant l’ancien chef de l'Etat avec un grand sourire. «Belle rentrée à tous !», a-t-elle inscrit en légende de l'image en noir et blanc. Celle qui est aussi productrice indique qu'ils se trouvent au Festival du film francophone d'Angoulême. La photo est signée Christophe Brachet, photographe du film Présidents, d’Anne Fontaine, une fiction inspirée de François Hollande et de Nicolas Sarkozy. » | Camille Lamblaut | lundi 30 août 2021
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