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Rosbif, étant né qqpart, j'admire surtout Georges Brassens- My articles on Plato, Wittgenstein, & Iris Murdoch (some about all 3) listed @RobjantDavid
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I wrote a thing about Orwell and "patriotism"; the odd and interesting "love" part in "love of country", that isn't dinner dates but might be to do with possession and jealousy. You should read it because it is amusing, some think insightful.
abc.net.au/religion/the-patr…
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And why does @BBC give Ratcliffe extensive coverage on #bbcnews tonight? It’s giving free time to a right wing rant by a billionaire tax avoider, Brexit supporter and fossil fuel propagandist
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Some 6,000 people — 200 of them children — are right now starving to death in a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Vladimir Putin's Russia.
The town of Oleshky and its surrounding district in the occupied part of Kherson Oblast exist under Russian occupation as a prison — and it is rapidly turning into a death camp.
No one is allowed in or out. The last food delivery was on May 26. Medical supplies are close to non-existent.
kyivindependent.com/editoria…
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Why is it important to talk about OLESHKY ?
Because people there are starving, and russia is not allowing them to evacuate.
The international community needs to put prеssure on russia. And for that, we need to spread the word.
Please tag your leaders. Only together can we help.
Talk about Oleshky. Please don’t stay silent.
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Keep in mind, French intelligence provides targeting intel to Ukraine for deep strikes…
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It's amazing how many people believe it's more plausible that several European countries & governments are involved in an intricate conspiracy to make Russia look like an aggressor - rather than one country, already involved in a war of conquest it previously lied about, being one.
Similar to RN support for frexit. They always begin by stating the policy most advantageous to Putin’s Russia. Then someone maybe Putin phones and points out that, considering the polling and focus groups, openly supporting Russia isn’t the best way of supporting Russia.
Not a good time to prove Marc Bloch right all over again.
Fabrication de drones militaires par Renault : la CGT organise une mobilisation lundi au Mans contre le projet l.franceinfo.fr/asJ
I do ask myself whether these fools watched Passport to Pimlico the whole way through. Ditto Brexit. First thing those leaving the club loose is free movement outside their borders.
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Manuel Bompard est formel : si Emmanuel Macron n'avait pas attaqué l'Ukraine et ne fermait pas le détroit d'Ormuz, nous n'en serions pas là. 🙂
It’s amazing how crucial the high-hat & cymbal rhythm background is to the success of the pastiche (which was on the radio a fair bit in the 70s&80s). Bearing out my previous thesis. Fake Ringo and you faked the Beatles .@KlassicalKat_88
We begin Friday with a pastiche par excellence, courtesy of "The Prefab Four", The Rutles. I Must be in Love encapsulates the early Beatles material perfectly and is inordinately clever.
I know that the great Eric was one of the people responsible for writing these wonderful tunes, but let's not forget the other, Neil Inness, whose reputation for being a good egg is only matched by his reputation for being a quiet genius.
God bless Neil.
Wooooooooooo!!!!
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This is shameless propaganda. The United States is NOT getting ownership of Greenland. Stop plastering the U.S. flag on our land as if Greenland has somehow become American territory. It hasn’t.!!
Greenland remains Greenland under the Kingdom of Denmark. Show some respect for our land and the people of Greenland!!
Shame on you!!!!!
“Pro-Palestinian” has become a cover for obvious nazi-level jew-hate. And this is appropriate because is the fact they were at crucial points lead by people directly involved in Nazi jew-hate that results in the current position of palestinians.
Je n'en peux plus, des filous qui expliquent que Macklemore a été déprogrammé parce qu’il "soutient la Palestine" 😡
Une fois pour toutes, Macklemore a été déprogrammé parce qu'il a "un historique de propos et d'images antisémites". (sic)
Pour ceux que la vérité intéresse, voici 3 extraits de la déclaration de Robert Kraft, propriétaire du Gillette Stadium. 👇🏿
1) "Compte tenu des agissements récents de Macklemore, des contenus diffusés sur scène lors des concerts d’Ed Sheeran dans le New Jersey, ainsi que d’un historique plus général de propos et d’images antisémites que nous estimons profondément offensants et blessants pour la communauté juive, nous avons considéré que sa participation aux concerts des 25 et 26 septembre au Gillette Stadium franchirait cette ligne."
2) "Cette décision ne vise ni à minimiser les souffrances des Palestiniens innocents ni à nier à quiconque le droit de défendre leur cause. Leur douleur et leurs pertes sont bien réelles. Mais cette défense ne devrait pas se faire au détriment de la communauté juive ni occulter la responsabilité du Hamas, dont les actes effroyables ont causé des souffrances incommensurables aussi bien aux Palestiniens qu’aux Israéliens."
3) "Soutenir le peuple palestinien et s’opposer au Hamas, à l’antisémitisme et à la haine ne devraient pas être des positions incompatibles.
Depuis dix ans, je consacre une grande partie de mon temps et de mon attention à la lutte contre l’antisémitisme et contre toutes les formes de haine, et j’estime avoir la responsabilité de prendre position lorsque je considère qu’une limite a été franchie."
Traduction : Macklemore n'a pas été déprogrammé parce qu'il soutient la Palestine, mais parce que c'est un pur antisémite et un soutien du Hamas.
Good series because it underlines the navieté of Hannah Arendt’s gestalt-journalism. Eichmann changes his projected role between his interviews and the court appearance.
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0…
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To clarify: the Graham Russia sanctions act is theoretically designed to stop exactly the kinds of deals the Trump circle appears to want with Russia. But it also allows the president to issue waivers, so Trump could sign the act, do the deals, and issue waivers that cover them.
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It is not humiliating for him, since he has no sense of dignity, but it is humiliating for the rest of us that the president of the United States serves as a subordinate press officer of the Kremlin, saying things that are not only false and cruel but which only Russians could have instructed him to say, since there is no way he could have thought of them himself, and since they depend on knowledge that he does not have.