Friday, October 08, 2021
Archbishop Apologises for Steamy Video Filmed in Spanish Cathedral
THE GUARDIAN: Video shows rapper C Tangana and singer Nathy Peluso grind against each other inside Toledo Cathedral
The cathedral’s dean said the video presented ‘the story of a conversion through human love’. Photograph: Youtube
The archbishop of Toledo has apologised to offended Roman Catholics after one of Spain’s most famous cathedrals was used as a location for a raunchy video that shows a couple grinding against each other in its hallowed precincts.
The video for Ateo (Atheist) features the Spanish rapper C Tangana and the Argentinian singer Nathy Peluso dancing steamily in Toledo’s 13th-century cathedral, much to the fascination of onlookers, among them a priest.
Elsewhere in the video, a naked but partially pixelated Peluso holds aloft C Tangana’s severed head, and he yanks her hair. The pulling of Peluso’s hair is an echo of one of the paintings inside the cathedral, which shows a demon pulling a woman’s hair to stop her reaching salvation. The painting is also used as the song’s artwork. » | Sam Jones in Madrid | Friday, October 8, 2021
The archbishop of Toledo has apologised to offended Roman Catholics after one of Spain’s most famous cathedrals was used as a location for a raunchy video that shows a couple grinding against each other in its hallowed precincts.
The video for Ateo (Atheist) features the Spanish rapper C Tangana and the Argentinian singer Nathy Peluso dancing steamily in Toledo’s 13th-century cathedral, much to the fascination of onlookers, among them a priest.
Elsewhere in the video, a naked but partially pixelated Peluso holds aloft C Tangana’s severed head, and he yanks her hair. The pulling of Peluso’s hair is an echo of one of the paintings inside the cathedral, which shows a demon pulling a woman’s hair to stop her reaching salvation. The painting is also used as the song’s artwork. » | Sam Jones in Madrid | Friday, October 8, 2021
Polen stellt nationales Recht über EU-Recht | DW Nachrichten
The Pink Triangles: The Story of the Gay Holocaust | Complete Documentary
«Ein Angriff auf die EU als Rechtsgemeinschaft»: Brüssel reagiert auf das Urteil des polnischen Verfassungsgerichts
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Polens Verfassungsgericht hat erklärt, dass EU-Recht keinen Vorrang mehr vor polnischen Gesetzen hat. Damit schert das Land aus der gemeinsamen Rechtsordnung aus. In Brüssel sieht man eine rote Linie überschritten.
Erwartet und doch schockiert: Für Brüssel hat Warschau mit dem Entscheid des Verfassungsgerichts eine rote Linie überschritten. | Omar Marques / Imago
Schon seit Monaten hatte die EU auf einen Entscheid des polnischen Verfassungsgerichts gewartet und sich auf das Schlimmste eingestellt. Doch nachdem am Donnerstagnachmittag, Punkt 17 Uhr 15, die Richterinnen und Richter des Trybunal Konstytucyjny in Warschau tatsächlich zusammengetreten waren, wirkte das politische Brüssel dennoch wie aus allen Wolken gefallen.
In einem beispiellosen Urteilsspruch haben die polnischen Verfassungshüter erklärt, dass wesentliche Teile der europäischen Verträge nicht in Einklang mit der polnischen Verfassung seien. Polnisches Recht müsse grundsätzlich Vorrang vor EU-Recht haben. Jeder Versuch des Europäischen Gerichtshofs (EuGH), sich in Polens Justizwesen einzumischen, heisst es aus Warschau, verstosse gegen «die Regel, dass die Souveränität im Prozess der europäischen Integration bewahrt» bleibe. Finanzielle Sanktionen denkbar » | Daniel Steinvorth, Brüssel | Freitag, 8. Oktober 2021
Schon seit Monaten hatte die EU auf einen Entscheid des polnischen Verfassungsgerichts gewartet und sich auf das Schlimmste eingestellt. Doch nachdem am Donnerstagnachmittag, Punkt 17 Uhr 15, die Richterinnen und Richter des Trybunal Konstytucyjny in Warschau tatsächlich zusammengetreten waren, wirkte das politische Brüssel dennoch wie aus allen Wolken gefallen.
In einem beispiellosen Urteilsspruch haben die polnischen Verfassungshüter erklärt, dass wesentliche Teile der europäischen Verträge nicht in Einklang mit der polnischen Verfassung seien. Polnisches Recht müsse grundsätzlich Vorrang vor EU-Recht haben. Jeder Versuch des Europäischen Gerichtshofs (EuGH), sich in Polens Justizwesen einzumischen, heisst es aus Warschau, verstosse gegen «die Regel, dass die Souveränität im Prozess der europäischen Integration bewahrt» bleibe. Finanzielle Sanktionen denkbar » | Daniel Steinvorth, Brüssel | Freitag, 8. Oktober 2021
Italia Squisita: Lasagna in an Emilian Michelin Restaurant with Massimo Spigaroli - Antica Corte Pallavicina*
INGREDIENTI:
Pasta fresca/Fresh pasta:
Farina/Flour 00/00 300g
Uova/Eggs 3
Sale qb
Ragù/Bolognese sauce:
Carne bovina/Beef 500g
Salsiccia/pork sausage 200g
Passata pomodoro/Tomato paste 400g
Acqua/Water 100g
Vino rosso/Red wine – 1/2 bicchiere (1/2 glass)
Carote/Carrots
3 Cipolle/Onions
2 Sedano/Celery
1 Olio EVO/EVO oil qb
Sale/Salt qb
Besciamella/Bechamel:
Latte intero/Whole milk 1l
Farina/flour 00/00 70g
Burro/Butter 70 g
Sale/Salt qb
Noce moscata/nutmeg qb
Per la guarnizione/For the garnish:
Parmigiano 24 mesi 24 (months) qb
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*qb: quanto basta = as much as you need; according to taste
"La vie en rose", les premiers pas d'Edith Piaf en tant que compositrice - Culture Prime
Oct 8, 2021 • Si on associe “La Vie en rose” à l’interprétation d’Edith Piaf, on oublie qu’elle en est aussi l’autrice. Le 9 novembre 1945, Edith Piaf et le compositeur Louiguy déposent “La Vie en rose” à la Société des Auteurs (future Sacem).
“J'écris toujours pour quelqu’un. La vie en rose, je l’ai écrite pour Marianne Michel. Deux ans après, c’est devenu un succès. On me l’a réclamé alors je l’ai chanté" - Edith Piaf
C’est aussi une des premières créations de Piaf en tant qu’auteure.
Plus tard elle se déclare également compositrice de la chanson. Mais Edith Piaf n’a que le statut d’auteur-parolière à la Sacem.
Le 14 octobre 1948, elle obtient le statut de “mélodiste”, c’est-à-dire de compositrice, à la Sacem.
Pour plus de contenu France Musique rendez-vous sur francemusique.fr »
“J'écris toujours pour quelqu’un. La vie en rose, je l’ai écrite pour Marianne Michel. Deux ans après, c’est devenu un succès. On me l’a réclamé alors je l’ai chanté" - Edith Piaf
C’est aussi une des premières créations de Piaf en tant qu’auteure.
Plus tard elle se déclare également compositrice de la chanson. Mais Edith Piaf n’a que le statut d’auteur-parolière à la Sacem.
Le 14 octobre 1948, elle obtient le statut de “mélodiste”, c’est-à-dire de compositrice, à la Sacem.
Pour plus de contenu France Musique rendez-vous sur francemusique.fr »
Cross-dressing among Nazi-era German Wehrmacht Soldiers | DW Feature
The Terrifying Reality of Life under Russia's Anti-Gay Laws
Jan 6, 2014 • The Iron Closet: Russia's draconian anti-gay laws effectively licensing violent vigilante gangs to target the LGBT community.
Brutally beaten and forced to drink their own urine while being filmed for internet broadcasts, homosexuals lured into the hands of vigilante groups like Occupy Pedofilyaj (who uniformly view gays as paedophiles) should be very afraid. But they can't expect any help from the police: if they're caught the police arrest the victims and not their torturers. "The objective is to look for paedophile-minded residents and film a video that will them leave them publicly disgraced", Yekaterina Zigunova, of the group Occupy Pedofilyaj, boasts unashamedly.
The encouragement and free hand they're given is one of the more confronting features of Russia's anti-gay stance. The law has left homosexuals living in fear. Even an expression that you believe in equal rights, or any public display, could result in arrest. "Theoretically it's possible to start hauling us into the police station today", Masha Gessen says about co-habiting with her partner. But they're not giving up and see the Olympics as a great opportunity to confront Russian society. As one activist, Polina, says, "I would call on Games participants to come here and to do visible things in support of LGBT people. Only this way will we have a public discussion".
Brutally beaten and forced to drink their own urine while being filmed for internet broadcasts, homosexuals lured into the hands of vigilante groups like Occupy Pedofilyaj (who uniformly view gays as paedophiles) should be very afraid. But they can't expect any help from the police: if they're caught the police arrest the victims and not their torturers. "The objective is to look for paedophile-minded residents and film a video that will them leave them publicly disgraced", Yekaterina Zigunova, of the group Occupy Pedofilyaj, boasts unashamedly.
The encouragement and free hand they're given is one of the more confronting features of Russia's anti-gay stance. The law has left homosexuals living in fear. Even an expression that you believe in equal rights, or any public display, could result in arrest. "Theoretically it's possible to start hauling us into the police station today", Masha Gessen says about co-habiting with her partner. But they're not giving up and see the Olympics as a great opportunity to confront Russian society. As one activist, Polina, says, "I would call on Games participants to come here and to do visible things in support of LGBT people. Only this way will we have a public discussion".
Wem gehören Johannes und seine Jünger?
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Die ungarische Regierung streitet mit der Adelsfamilie Batthyány um ein Gemälde aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. Wem steht es zu? Darüber ist sich nicht einmal die Magnatenfamilie selbst einig.
Der Streit zwischen der ungarischen Regierung und der einstigen magyarischen Magnatenfamilie Batthyány entzündet sich an einem Gemälde. „Predigt Johannes des Täufers“ heißt es, gemalt vom Niederländer Pieter Bruegel dem Älteren im 16. Jahrhundert. Das Tafelbild zeigt eine Versammlung auf einer Lichtung, die Menge steht um einen Redner in braunem Gewand: Johannes der Täufer. Heute befindet sich das Bild im Museum der Bildenden Künste in Budapest. Und genau das ist der Streitpunkt zwischen Viktor Orbáns Regierung und den Batthyánys. Doch nicht nur unter ihnen herrscht Uneinigkeit. Die gibt es auch innerhalb der Adelsfamilie – darüber, wem das Werk Bruegels zusteht. Und so beschäftigen sich derzeit Gerichte in Österreich und Ungarn mit diesem Fall. » | Von Michaela Seiser, Wirtschaftskorrespondentin für Österreich und Ungarn mit Sitz in Wien | Freitag, 8. Oktober 2021
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Tusk ruft zu Protest in Warschau auf
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Nachdem das polnische Verfassungsgericht nationalem Recht den Vorrang vor EU-Recht gegeben hat, ruft Oppositionsführer Donald Tusk zum Protest auf. „Nur gemeinsam können wir sie stoppen“, schreibt Tusk auf Twitter.
Der frühere EU-Ratspräsident und polnische Oppositionsführer Donald Tusk hat zu Protesten gegen ein umstrittenes Urteil des Verfassungsgerichts seines Landes aufgerufen. „Ich rufe alle, die ein europäisches Polen verteidigen wollen, dazu auf, am Sonntag um 18 Uhr auf den Schlossplatz in Warschau zu kommen“, schrieb er am Donnerstagabend auf Twitter. „Nur gemeinsam können wir sie stoppen.“ Tusk ist kommissarischer Vorsitzender von Polens größter Oppositionspartei, der liberalkonservativen Bürgerplattform. » | Quelle: dpa | Freitag, 8. Oktober 2021
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Paris demande des sanctions contre la Hongrie pour sa loi «homophobe»
LE FIGARO : La Hongrie doit faire l'objet de sanctions européennes pour sa loi «homophobe» adoptée en juin, a estimé vendredi 8 octobre le secrétaire d'État français aux Affaires européennes qui se rendra mardi à Budapest. «Il y a une loi homophobe très grave qui a été votée en Hongrie à la mi-juin. Sur ce sujet, il peut, il doit y avoir des sanctions juridiques, voire financières», a déclaré Clément Beaune sur BFMTV.
«On ne peut pas voter une loi qui ne respecte pas des principes de l'Europe qui sont l'égalité, la liberté, la non-discrimination», a insisté le secrétaire d'État qui a lui-même fait son coming out en 2020. «C'est pas des mots, ça a été instauré après la Seconde Guerre mondiale parce qu'on sait ce qu'il se passe quand on casse l'État de droit et les valeurs». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | vendredi 8 octobre 2021
« Je suis gay et je l'assume » : Clément Beaune fait son coming out : Le secrétaire d'État chargé des Affaires européennes, qui a accordé une interview à « Têtu », veut montrer que l'orientation sexuelle « n'est pas un obstacle ». »
Cabinet minister comes out as gay with defiant vow to fight Poland’s shameful ‘LGBT-free zones’: France’s minister for European affairs Clément Beaune has publicly come out as gay and vowed to fight against Poland’s “LGBT-free zones”. »
LGBT+ BBC Staff ‘No Longer Feel Safe’ as Broadcaster Expected to Cut Ties with Stonewall
PINK NEWS: LGBT+ staff at the BBC have said that they “no longer feel safe” at the broadcaster as it reportedly prepares to withdraw from Stonewall’s workplace diversity scheme.
The BBC is just one of around 800 organisations across the UK that are signed up to Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme, which promotes LGBT+ inclusion and equality in the workplace.
Numerous organisations – including Ofcom – have pulled out of the programme in recent months as the charity has faced a barrage of attacks over its trans-inclusive stance.
The BBC is expected to become the next major casualty of the anti-trans discourse surrounding Stonewall, according to Vice.
BBC insiders told Vice that the planned withdrawal from the Diversity Champions scheme could happen as soon as next week. The broadcaster’s membership is due for renewal “in early October”, staff said, and BBC executives have reportedly decided not to continue it.
One anonymous BBC staffer told Vice that top executives at the broadcaster feel they can’t be connected to Stonewall “in any way” because the BBC needs to be “impartial on LGBTQ lives”. » | Patrick Kelleher | Thursday, October 7, 2021
The BBC is just one of around 800 organisations across the UK that are signed up to Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme, which promotes LGBT+ inclusion and equality in the workplace.
Numerous organisations – including Ofcom – have pulled out of the programme in recent months as the charity has faced a barrage of attacks over its trans-inclusive stance.
The BBC is expected to become the next major casualty of the anti-trans discourse surrounding Stonewall, according to Vice.
BBC insiders told Vice that the planned withdrawal from the Diversity Champions scheme could happen as soon as next week. The broadcaster’s membership is due for renewal “in early October”, staff said, and BBC executives have reportedly decided not to continue it.
One anonymous BBC staffer told Vice that top executives at the broadcaster feel they can’t be connected to Stonewall “in any way” because the BBC needs to be “impartial on LGBTQ lives”. » | Patrick Kelleher | Thursday, October 7, 2021
Thursday, October 07, 2021
Polish Court Rules EU Laws Incompatible with Its Constitution
THE GUARDIAN: Country takes big step towards ‘legal Polexit’ against backdrop of rows between ruling nationalists and Brussels
The Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki, arriving at an EU-western Balkans summit in Slovenia on Wednesday. Photograph: Radek Pietruszka/EPA
Poland’s constitutional tribunal has ruled that some EU laws are in conflict with the country’s constitution, taking a major step towards a “legal Polexit” with far-reaching consequences for Warsaw’s funding and future relations with the bloc.
The tribunal, whose legitimacy is contested after multiple appointments of judges loyal to the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, said some provisions of EU treaties and EU court rulings clashed with Poland’s highest law, adding that EU institutions “act beyond the scope of their competences”.
“This is a legal revolution,” said René Repasi, professor of international and European law at Erasmus university in Rotterdam. “Admittedly it’s a captured court, but this is furthest step towards a legal exit from the EU ever taken by a national court.”
In a strongly-worded initial reaction, the European Commission said the decision on Thursday raised “serious concerns”. It reaffirmed that “EU law has primacy over national law, including constitutional provisions”.
The commission added that rulings by the European court of justice are “binding on all member state’s authorities, including national courts”, and said it would “not hesitate to make use of its powers under the treaties to safeguard the uniform application and integrity of union law”. » | Jon Henley Europe correspondent and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels | Thursday, October 7, 2021
Poland’s constitutional tribunal has ruled that some EU laws are in conflict with the country’s constitution, taking a major step towards a “legal Polexit” with far-reaching consequences for Warsaw’s funding and future relations with the bloc.
The tribunal, whose legitimacy is contested after multiple appointments of judges loyal to the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, said some provisions of EU treaties and EU court rulings clashed with Poland’s highest law, adding that EU institutions “act beyond the scope of their competences”.
“This is a legal revolution,” said René Repasi, professor of international and European law at Erasmus university in Rotterdam. “Admittedly it’s a captured court, but this is furthest step towards a legal exit from the EU ever taken by a national court.”
In a strongly-worded initial reaction, the European Commission said the decision on Thursday raised “serious concerns”. It reaffirmed that “EU law has primacy over national law, including constitutional provisions”.
The commission added that rulings by the European court of justice are “binding on all member state’s authorities, including national courts”, and said it would “not hesitate to make use of its powers under the treaties to safeguard the uniform application and integrity of union law”. » | Jon Henley Europe correspondent and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels | Thursday, October 7, 2021
Outrage after Gay Woman Diagnosed at Spanish Hospital with ‘homosexuality’
THE GUARDIAN: LGBT group complains to Murcia government after teenager was given report that included line: ‘Current illness: homosexual’
A Pride march in the Valencia region of Spain. LGBTI activists in Murcia want their regional authorities to apologise over a teenager’s treatment at Reina Sofía hospital, saying some in the health service ‘view sexual orientation as an illness’. Photograph: Biel Aliño/EPA
A family and an LGBT collective in south-east Spain are demanding answers and an apology after a 19-year-old gay woman who visited a gynaecologist over a menstrual condition was diagnosed with “homosexuality”.
On Monday the woman went to an appointment at the Reina Sofía hospital in the city of Murcia. After being examined she was given a piece of paper that included the line: “Current illness: homosexual.”
The woman’s mother told the online paper elDiario.es that the gynaecologist had asked her daughter whether he could include her sexual orientation in his report, and that she had consented – despite her surprise – as she thought at the time it might be relevant.
“At first, I thought it was funny, but it just isn’t,” said the patient. » | Sam Jones in Madrid | Thursday, October 7, 2021
A family and an LGBT collective in south-east Spain are demanding answers and an apology after a 19-year-old gay woman who visited a gynaecologist over a menstrual condition was diagnosed with “homosexuality”.
On Monday the woman went to an appointment at the Reina Sofía hospital in the city of Murcia. After being examined she was given a piece of paper that included the line: “Current illness: homosexual.”
The woman’s mother told the online paper elDiario.es that the gynaecologist had asked her daughter whether he could include her sexual orientation in his report, and that she had consented – despite her surprise – as she thought at the time it might be relevant.
“At first, I thought it was funny, but it just isn’t,” said the patient. » | Sam Jones in Madrid | Thursday, October 7, 2021
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Boris's Brexit Boomerang: Is the UK Spiraling into Chaos? | To the Point
Brexit is, and will continue to be, a disaster. BoJo is not qualified for the high position he holds: He doesn’t have any understanding of economics and he is not interested in the hard work that governing entails. Britain is on its way to becoming the ‘Sick Man of Europe’ yet again. We’ve been there before and we had to enter Europe to solve it. BoJo and his silly ideas will only compound the problem. – © Mark
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Hinweis an den Hacker
Ich glaube, es wäre eine gute Idee, wenn Du Deine Mutter fragen würdest, Dir als Geschenk eine Babyrassel zu kaufen und sie in Deinen Kinderwagen legen. Die Rassel wird Dich sicherlich trösten!
Liebe Grüße,
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Liebe Grüße,
Mark
A Short but Important Message to My Visitors
I am being hacked again, even as I write this. One of my posts about anti-Semitism has been taken down. I had placed that up only a short while ago. It was an article from the New York Times on anti-Semitism in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Then, I noticed that I was unable to place a link underneath my report from 60 Minutes Australia on gay conversion therapy, entitled Pray the Gay Away. The keyword underneath that video is now ‘great songs’. I did didn’t place those words there, a hacker did. Problem is that I cannot change it back to what it should be! This has never happened to me before.
The hacker is clearly an anti-Semite. He is also sure to be a homophobe. This is extremely sad. – © Mark
Then, I noticed that I was unable to place a link underneath my report from 60 Minutes Australia on gay conversion therapy, entitled Pray the Gay Away. The keyword underneath that video is now ‘great songs’. I did didn’t place those words there, a hacker did. Problem is that I cannot change it back to what it should be! This has never happened to me before.
The hacker is clearly an anti-Semite. He is also sure to be a homophobe. This is extremely sad. – © Mark
Vandals Tag 9 Barracks at Auschwitz with Antisemitic Slurs
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The police and the Auschwitz Memorial are urging anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to come forward.
Wooden barracks at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in Oswiecim, Poland, in 2005. | Czarek Sokolowski/Associated Press
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The police and the Auschwitz Memorial are urging anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to come forward.
Vandals sprayed antisemitic slogans and phrases denying the Holocaust in English and German on nine wooden barracks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, in what officials there called “an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history.”
The police in Oswiecim, the town in southern Poland where the concentration camp sits, said on Wednesday they were analyzing footage taken by security cameras on the site and looking for anyone who could give them information about the vandals, who they believe struck between 8 a.m. and noon on Tuesday. The barracks, which were defaced with black paint, housed men during the Holocaust and are near the Gate of Death in the Birkenau death camp. The police declined to give any further details about the slurs.
The Auschwitz Memorial site, in the statement published on its Twitter account, further condemned the graffiti as “an extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims” who perished at the camp.
More than 1.1 million people, the majority of them Jews, perished in gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, or from starvation, cold and disease.
Countries across Europe have witnessed an increase in antisemitism online and among people protesting at demonstrations against the restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, with observers expressing concern that Jews increasingly feel unsafe in the European Union. The European Commission has earmarked 24 million euros, almost $28 million, to increase protection around synagogues and other Jewish events or sites. » | Melissa Eddy | Wednesday, October 6, 2021
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The police and the Auschwitz Memorial are urging anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to come forward.
Vandals sprayed antisemitic slogans and phrases denying the Holocaust in English and German on nine wooden barracks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, in what officials there called “an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history.”
The police in Oswiecim, the town in southern Poland where the concentration camp sits, said on Wednesday they were analyzing footage taken by security cameras on the site and looking for anyone who could give them information about the vandals, who they believe struck between 8 a.m. and noon on Tuesday. The barracks, which were defaced with black paint, housed men during the Holocaust and are near the Gate of Death in the Birkenau death camp. The police declined to give any further details about the slurs.
The Auschwitz Memorial site, in the statement published on its Twitter account, further condemned the graffiti as “an extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims” who perished at the camp.
More than 1.1 million people, the majority of them Jews, perished in gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, or from starvation, cold and disease.
Countries across Europe have witnessed an increase in antisemitism online and among people protesting at demonstrations against the restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, with observers expressing concern that Jews increasingly feel unsafe in the European Union. The European Commission has earmarked 24 million euros, almost $28 million, to increase protection around synagogues and other Jewish events or sites. » | Melissa Eddy | Wednesday, October 6, 2021
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Vandals Tag 9 Barracks at Auschwitz with Antisemitic Slurs
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The police and the Auschwitz Memorial are urging anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to come forward.
Wooden barracks at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in Oswiecim, Poland, in 2005. | Czarek Sokolowski/Associated Press
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The police and the Auschwitz Memorial are urging anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to come forward.
Vandals sprayed antisemitic slogans and phrases denying the Holocaust in English and German on nine wooden barracks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, in what officials there called “an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history.”
The police in Oswiecim, the town in southern Poland where the concentration camp sits, said on Wednesday they were analyzing footage taken by security cameras on the site and looking for anyone who could give them information about the vandals, who they believe struck between 8 a.m. and noon on Tuesday. The barracks, which were defaced with black paint, housed men during the Holocaust and are near the Gate of Death in the Birkenau death camp. The police declined to give any further details about the slurs.
The Auschwitz Memorial site, in the statement published on its Twitter account, further condemned the graffiti as “an extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims” who perished at the camp.
More than 1.1 million people, the majority of them Jews, perished in gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, or from starvation, cold and disease.
Countries across Europe have witnessed an increase in antisemitism online and among people protesting at demonstrations against the restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, with observers expressing concern that Jews increasingly feel unsafe in the European Union. The European Commission has earmarked 24 million euros, almost $28 million, to increase protection around synagogues and other Jewish events or sites. » | Melissa Eddy | Wednesday, October 6, 2021
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The police and the Auschwitz Memorial are urging anyone with knowledge of the vandalism to come forward.
Vandals sprayed antisemitic slogans and phrases denying the Holocaust in English and German on nine wooden barracks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, in what officials there called “an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history.”
The police in Oswiecim, the town in southern Poland where the concentration camp sits, said on Wednesday they were analyzing footage taken by security cameras on the site and looking for anyone who could give them information about the vandals, who they believe struck between 8 a.m. and noon on Tuesday. The barracks, which were defaced with black paint, housed men during the Holocaust and are near the Gate of Death in the Birkenau death camp. The police declined to give any further details about the slurs.
The Auschwitz Memorial site, in the statement published on its Twitter account, further condemned the graffiti as “an extremely painful blow to the memory of all the victims” who perished at the camp.
More than 1.1 million people, the majority of them Jews, perished in gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, or from starvation, cold and disease.
Countries across Europe have witnessed an increase in antisemitism online and among people protesting at demonstrations against the restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, with observers expressing concern that Jews increasingly feel unsafe in the European Union. The European Commission has earmarked 24 million euros, almost $28 million, to increase protection around synagogues and other Jewish events or sites. » | Melissa Eddy | Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Boris Johnson promet un avenir «radieux»
LE FIGARO : Le premier ministre britannique a déroulé, mercredi, devant le congrès des tories sa vision d’un «conservatisme radical et optimiste».
Boris Johnson ne veut pas se laisser polluer par l’air du temps. Certes, il y a ces crises en cascade, la flambée des prix du gaz, les pénuries d’essence, les problèmes d’approvisionnement dans les supermarchés ou les usines, le manque de main-d’œuvre et mille autres tracasseries qui flottent dans le sillage de la crise sanitaire et du Brexit. Mais le premier ministre se veut un indéfectible optimiste et il fallait rassurer les militants. Il a ainsi promis, mercredi, un avenir «radieux», en déroulant sa vision d’un «conservatisme radical et optimiste».
C’est la première fois depuis deux ans que «BoJo» haranguait ses troupes conservatrices réunies en congrès à Manchester. Par contraste avec un Labour «fatigué et pessimiste», le patron des tories a voulu déployer toute sa force de conviction. L’artisan du Brexit s’est engagé à libérer «l’esprit unique» de la Grande-Bretagne. Cet esprit comparable à nul autre, il le trouve chez les soignants, les entrepreneurs et les sportifs. Le premier ministre a cité en exemple la résilience mentale de la joueuse de tennis Emma Raducanu, lors de sa victoire dans le dernier US Open. Et s’est émerveillé qu’un pays représentant 0,8 % de la population mondiale ait pu se hisser à la quatrième place des médailles aux derniers Jeux olympiques. » | Par Arnaud De La Grange | mercredi 8 octobre 2021
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Depuis le Brexit, les différends entre Paris et Londres s’accumulent : ANALYSE - Le bras de fer franco-britannique engagé depuis neuf mois au sujet de la pêche n’est qu’un contentieux parmi d’autres. La relation entre les deux pays n’avait pas été aussi dégradée depuis longtemps. »
La France peut-elle vraiment couper le courant à Jersey ? : LA VÉRIFICATION - Le secrétaire d'État aux Affaires européennes a agité ce mardi la menace énergétique pour faire pression contre Londres dans le dossier de la pêche. »
Ces hommes profitent de la plage avant le début de l'hiver
Wednesday, October 06, 2021
Gipsy Kings : Trista Pena
Autriche : le chancelier Sebastian Kurz visé par une enquête pour corruption
LE FIGARO : «Neuf autres suspects, ainsi que trois organisations» sont aussi concernés pour diverses infractions de corruption liées à cette affaire, a annoncé le parquet dans un communiqué.
Le chancelier autrichien Sebastian Kurz, visé par une enquête, est soupçonné d'avoir utilisé des fonds gouvernementaux pour s'assurer une couverture médiatique favorable, a annoncé le parquet mercredi 6 octobre. «Sebastian Kurz et neuf autres suspects, ainsi que trois organisations» font l'objet d'une enquête pour diverses infractions de corruption liées à cette affaire, a précisé le parquet dans un communiqué, après une série de perquisitions. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 5 octobre 2021
Rezept : Zürcher Geschnetzeltes mit Rösti | Marcel Prenz
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A Scary Energy Winter Is Coming. Don’t Blame the Greens.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Every so often the tectonic geopolitical plates that hold up the world economy suddenly shift in ways that can rattle and destabilize everything on the surface. That’s happening right now in the energy sphere.
Several forces are coming together that could make Vladimir Putin the king of Europe, enable Iran to thumb its nose at America and build an atomic bomb, and disrupt European power markets enough that the upcoming U.N. climate conference in Glasgow could suffer blackouts owing to too little clean energy.
Yes, this is a big one.
Natural gas and coal prices in Europe and Asia just hit their highest levels on record, oil prices in America hit a seven-year high and U.S. gasoline prices are up $1 a gallon from last year. If this winter is as bad as some experts predict — with some in the poor and middle classes unable to heat their homes — I fear we’ll see a populist backlash to the whole climate/green movement. You can already smell that coming in Britain.
I am a fan of the financial newsletter Blain’s Morning Porridge, written by a smart, irreverent market strategist in London, Bill Blain. Last Thursday he bluntly summed up the energy situation for the U.K. and Europe this way:
This winter — people are going to die of cold. As the price of energy goes higher, the costs will fall disproportionately upon the poorest in society. Income inequalities will be dramatically exposed as the most vulnerable in society face a stark choice: heat or eat. … This winter the U.K. is likely to be on its knees, begging energy from wherever it’s available. Europe will be in as much trouble. The Middle East will be charging whatever they can get away with, and the capacity to deliver is limited. … And Vladimir Putin can’t wait. … He will invite each European leader to plead their case individually, menacingly asking each leader why he should open the gas taps to their nation specifically. … Make no mistake, this winter is going to be shocking. Be aware.
How did we get here? In truth, it’s a good-news-bad-news story. » | Thomas L. Friedman, Opinion Columnist | Tuesday, October 5, 2021
’Pandora Papers’: Why Is It So Difficult to Clamp Down on Tax Evasion? | DW News
Former Gay Conversion Therapist Says Practice Does Not Work | 60 Minutes Australia
Homophobie : l'Assemblée nationale vote à l'unanimité un nouveau délit contre les «thérapies de conversion» : Le texte prévoit une infraction spécifique contre les soi-disant «thérapeutes» ou religieux qui prétendent «guérir» les homosexuels, un délit puni de deux ans d'emprisonnement et 30.000 euros d'amende. »
Les «thérapies de conversion» pour homosexuels, entre mythe et réalité : DÉCRYPTAGE - Une proposition de loi veut interdire les pratiques ou discours visant à «guérir» l'homosexualité. Mais des associations s'inquiètent des contours encore très flous donnés à cette notion, qui risquerait d'attenter à la liberté de conscience. »
Plus de 300 dignitaires religieux appellent à interdire les «thérapies de conversion» »
Loi sur les thérapies de conversion : psychiatres et juristes s'inquiètent pour les enfants en questionnement de genre : Deux collectifs de psychiatres et juristes alertent sur le danger d'inclure «l'identité de genre» dans la loi visant à interdire les «thérapies de conversion» pour homosexuels : celle-ci pourrait empêcher la prise en charge des enfants souffrant de dysphorie de genre. »
I’ve Had No Feedback Yet
Despite receiving lots of visitors to this blog, and despite requesting feedback, I have received not even one single email from anyone with any opinion or suggestions for improvement. I am surprised and disappointed.
Because I have had no feedback, I have no idea which features you like and which features you dislike. Consequently, I am working completely in the dark: I have absolutely no idea whether I am on the right track, or not.
When I changed the name and focus of this blog, I hoped to build a community. Building a community relies on some interaction. Without interaction, I am merely blogging according to my own whim and fancy. That was not my intention.
I find this a little demoralising. I am also demoralised by the fact that my page views are not growing in spite of all my hard work. I once requested that you spread the word for me. Clearly, this hasn’t helped.
Thus far I have never tried to monetise this blog; so, I get nothing from it except the satisfaction of pleasing my visitors (and seeing my page views go up). Without any feedback at all, I cannot know whether I am pleasing you, especially when the page views don’t rise accordingly.
At one point, I reached approximately 68,500 page views a month. Today, I am down to 46,200+ this month.
I have reasons to be suspicious of this page view count. I am not convinced that it is not being tampered with. Why? Because it doesn’t tally with the stats I get from a French company which also monitors my statistics. Their stats are consistently good and vary little, indicating that nothing has changed. Google’s, by contrast, go up and down like a yo-yo, sometimes the page view count can drop 1,500 views in a space of less than half an hour! Then, the following day, it climbs back up again only to be cropped again late that night. They talk of algorithms; it seems more like the human hand to me!
Make no mistake, my page views are still very good by comparison with other blogs, research tells me. However, I want this blog to grow and grow, not go up and down like a yo-yo.
So I ask you again, please be so kind as to write me an email with your thoughts and suggestions. It doesn’t have to be long. But your ideas would be very helpful to me. I don’t think that this is asking too much of you.
You can write to me in English, German, or French; in whichever language suits you best. But a little feedback would be very welcome and extremely helpful.
As always, my email address is markalexander.librabunda@gmail.com
I shall look forward to receiving your viewpoints and suggestions. – Mark
My original FEEDBACK request is here.
Because I have had no feedback, I have no idea which features you like and which features you dislike. Consequently, I am working completely in the dark: I have absolutely no idea whether I am on the right track, or not.
When I changed the name and focus of this blog, I hoped to build a community. Building a community relies on some interaction. Without interaction, I am merely blogging according to my own whim and fancy. That was not my intention.
I find this a little demoralising. I am also demoralised by the fact that my page views are not growing in spite of all my hard work. I once requested that you spread the word for me. Clearly, this hasn’t helped.
Thus far I have never tried to monetise this blog; so, I get nothing from it except the satisfaction of pleasing my visitors (and seeing my page views go up). Without any feedback at all, I cannot know whether I am pleasing you, especially when the page views don’t rise accordingly.
At one point, I reached approximately 68,500 page views a month. Today, I am down to 46,200+ this month.
I have reasons to be suspicious of this page view count. I am not convinced that it is not being tampered with. Why? Because it doesn’t tally with the stats I get from a French company which also monitors my statistics. Their stats are consistently good and vary little, indicating that nothing has changed. Google’s, by contrast, go up and down like a yo-yo, sometimes the page view count can drop 1,500 views in a space of less than half an hour! Then, the following day, it climbs back up again only to be cropped again late that night. They talk of algorithms; it seems more like the human hand to me!
Make no mistake, my page views are still very good by comparison with other blogs, research tells me. However, I want this blog to grow and grow, not go up and down like a yo-yo.
So I ask you again, please be so kind as to write me an email with your thoughts and suggestions. It doesn’t have to be long. But your ideas would be very helpful to me. I don’t think that this is asking too much of you.
You can write to me in English, German, or French; in whichever language suits you best. But a little feedback would be very welcome and extremely helpful.
As always, my email address is markalexander.librabunda@gmail.com
I shall look forward to receiving your viewpoints and suggestions. – Mark
My original FEEDBACK request is here.
Tuesday, October 05, 2021
Vanilla crème anglaise by Pierre-Dominique Cécillon for Larousse Cuisine
Access to the Tory Party Is Being Bought by a New Class of Tycoon Funders
THE GUARDIAN: In light of revelations in the Pandora papers, we need to be asking what are they getting in return?
Boris Johnson appointed Ben Elliot as Tory co-chair. This appointment changed the structure of the British Tory party.’ Photograph: David M Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Din Tai Fung
One big theme has dominated Tory party conference at Manchester this week: levelling up. Boris Johnson, we are being told, is on a mission to rescue British working people who have been forgotten and left behind in today’s UK.
According to this powerful narrative Keir Starmer’s Labour party is a manifestation of a “woke” metropolitan elite utterly alien to the “red wall” voters who flocked to the Tories at the last election.
The Pandora papers revelations undermine that Tory story. Yes, there are struggling people who have been forgotten by the system. Yes it’s a worthy cause to give them a much bigger say in public life. But no, the Tories don’t generally represent such people.
Johnson’s Conservative party essentially belongs to the super-rich. The billionaires. Those with privileged access to the prime minister and the chancellor of the exchequer. To the large and in many cases insalubrious cast of men and women with walk-on appearances in the Pandora papers scandal.
This class of Conservatives does not seem to see the British state – as Tories have historically claimed to do – as something to which you dedicate a life of service. They seem to see it rather differently: as something to be plundered and used for self-enrichment. » | Peter Oborne | Tuesday, October 5, 2021
One big theme has dominated Tory party conference at Manchester this week: levelling up. Boris Johnson, we are being told, is on a mission to rescue British working people who have been forgotten and left behind in today’s UK.
According to this powerful narrative Keir Starmer’s Labour party is a manifestation of a “woke” metropolitan elite utterly alien to the “red wall” voters who flocked to the Tories at the last election.
The Pandora papers revelations undermine that Tory story. Yes, there are struggling people who have been forgotten by the system. Yes it’s a worthy cause to give them a much bigger say in public life. But no, the Tories don’t generally represent such people.
Johnson’s Conservative party essentially belongs to the super-rich. The billionaires. Those with privileged access to the prime minister and the chancellor of the exchequer. To the large and in many cases insalubrious cast of men and women with walk-on appearances in the Pandora papers scandal.
This class of Conservatives does not seem to see the British state – as Tories have historically claimed to do – as something to which you dedicate a life of service. They seem to see it rather differently: as something to be plundered and used for self-enrichment. » | Peter Oborne | Tuesday, October 5, 2021
France Threatens to Cut UK and Jersey Energy Supply in Fishing Row
THE GUARDIAN: French government pushing EU to take stronger stance in dispute over access to Channel waters
The EU could hit Britain and Jersey’s energy supply over the UK’s failure to provide sufficient fishing licences to French fishers, France’s EU affairs minister has said.
Clément Beaune, who is a close ally of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said action would be decided on within days and discussions were already in motion.
France has been pushing the EU to take a stronger stance against the UK over its concerns that Boris Johnson’s government is acting in breach of its obligations over fishing access to Channel waters.
Last week a third of French boats applying to fish in Jersey’s waters were turned down by the island’s government. The previous week the UK government provided only 12 of 47 French vessels with permits for its coastal waters. The UK and Jersey authorities have said the vessels that had been turned down had failed to provide evidence of operating in the relevant waters. » | Daniel Boffey in Brussels | Tuesday, October 5, 2021
The EU could hit Britain and Jersey’s energy supply over the UK’s failure to provide sufficient fishing licences to French fishers, France’s EU affairs minister has said.
Clément Beaune, who is a close ally of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said action would be decided on within days and discussions were already in motion.
France has been pushing the EU to take a stronger stance against the UK over its concerns that Boris Johnson’s government is acting in breach of its obligations over fishing access to Channel waters.
Last week a third of French boats applying to fish in Jersey’s waters were turned down by the island’s government. The previous week the UK government provided only 12 of 47 French vessels with permits for its coastal waters. The UK and Jersey authorities have said the vessels that had been turned down had failed to provide evidence of operating in the relevant waters. » | Daniel Boffey in Brussels | Tuesday, October 5, 2021
The End of a ‘Gilded Age’: China Is Bringing Business to Heel
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Executives sit in jail, tech companies are being reined in and the biggest developer is teetering. It’s the beginning of a new era for China’s economy.
Xi Jinping in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Thursday. In Mr. Xi’s China, success in business no longer guarantees safety. | Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
Chinese tech companies are reeling from regulation. Nervous creditors are hoping for a bailout for China’s largest developer. Growing numbers of executives are going to jail. An entire industry is shutting down.
For China’s leader, Xi Jinping, it’s all part of the plan.
Under Mr. Xi, China is reshaping how business works and limiting executives’ power. Long in coming, but rapid in execution, the policies are driven by a desire for state control and self-reliance as well as concerns about debt, inequality and influence by foreign countries, including the United States.
Emboldened by swelling nationalism and his success with Covid-19, Mr. Xi is remaking China’s business world in his own image. Above all else, that means control. Where once executives had a green light to grow at any cost, officials now want to dictate which industries boom, which ones bust and how it happens. And the changes offer a glimpse of Mr. Xi’s vision for managing the economy, ahead of a political meeting expected to solidify his plans for an unprecedented third term in charge.
The goal is to fix structural problems, like excess debt and inequality, and generate more balanced growth. Taken together, the measures mark the end of a Gilded Age for private business that made China into a manufacturing powerhouse and a nexus of innovation. Economists warn that authoritarian governments have a shaky record with this type of transformation, though they acknowledge that few have brought such resources and planning to the effort. » | Paul Mozur | Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Chinese tech companies are reeling from regulation. Nervous creditors are hoping for a bailout for China’s largest developer. Growing numbers of executives are going to jail. An entire industry is shutting down.
For China’s leader, Xi Jinping, it’s all part of the plan.
Under Mr. Xi, China is reshaping how business works and limiting executives’ power. Long in coming, but rapid in execution, the policies are driven by a desire for state control and self-reliance as well as concerns about debt, inequality and influence by foreign countries, including the United States.
Emboldened by swelling nationalism and his success with Covid-19, Mr. Xi is remaking China’s business world in his own image. Above all else, that means control. Where once executives had a green light to grow at any cost, officials now want to dictate which industries boom, which ones bust and how it happens. And the changes offer a glimpse of Mr. Xi’s vision for managing the economy, ahead of a political meeting expected to solidify his plans for an unprecedented third term in charge.
The goal is to fix structural problems, like excess debt and inequality, and generate more balanced growth. Taken together, the measures mark the end of a Gilded Age for private business that made China into a manufacturing powerhouse and a nexus of innovation. Economists warn that authoritarian governments have a shaky record with this type of transformation, though they acknowledge that few have brought such resources and planning to the effort. » | Paul Mozur | Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Pandora Papers: Massive Leak Exposes How Elite Shield Their Wealth & Avoid Taxes in Colonial Legacy
Missbrauch in der katholischen Kirche: Bis zu 330 000 Opfer in Frankreich
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Seit den 1950er Jahren sind in der katholischen Kirche in Frankreich 216 000 Kinder und Jugendliche Opfer von sexuellem Missbrauch geworden – dazu kommen weitere Zehntausende Opfer in von der Kirche betriebenen Einrichtungen. » | Diesntag, 5. Oktober 2021
Full interview: Boris Johnson on Brexit, Immigration and UK Labour Shortages
This is BoJo at his best! Lying, fudging, obfuscating and talking nonsense.
The other day, BoJo was talking about a low-wage economy; now he's talking about a high-wage economy! It’s time he made up his mind. That man is out of his depth.
Let’s get one thing straight: This supply chain problem, with a shortage of petrol at the pumps and bare shelves in supermarkets is largely being caused by Brexit. The problems of poor quality fruit and vegetables, price inflation and a shortage of care workers are also being caused by Brexit, not the pandemic!
I have said it before and I’ll say it again: This man does NOT understand even basic economics. – © Mark
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