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Is an armistice in Ukraine still possible?

December 5, 2023 Is an armistice in Ukraine still possible?2023-12-05T18:52:51+01:00 No Comment apocalypse, me-myself-and-I, Russia, Ukraine

If you’ve been following the news from Ukraine, the situation sucks big time: Zelenskiy bypasses General Zaluzhnyi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, by contacting his subordinates directly,…

Some more thoughts about Palestine

November 13, 2023 Some more thoughts about Palestine2023-11-13T19:38:13+01:00 1 Comment apocalypse, idiocy, israel, me-myself-and-I, Ukraine

Analysts, journalists, TV hosts, almost everyone mainstream in Europe has now decided that whoever objects to Israel's indiscriminate bombing of Gaza must be an adept of one or more of…

PUTIN MUST DIE!

April 3, 2022 PUTIN MUST DIE!2022-04-09T23:13:01+01:00 No Comment Russia, Ukraine

Путин должен умереть! Idea for Russia: Despite being "the father of the Korean economic miracle", General Park Chung-hee brutally suppressed protests, arrested and tortured activists, imposed censorship. In Oct. 1979,…

The Blog Posts I Failed to Write Because of Putin

March 2, 2022 The Blog Posts I Failed to Write Because of Putin2022-10-07T12:06:20+01:00 24 Comments apocalypse, longread, me-myself-and-I, Russia, Ukraine

As a chronic procrastinator, I started writing drafts for several blog posts, only to get muddled and never finish any. Just as I was into an XXL-sized “Explaining Putin”... the…

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Giorgio de Chirico. Immagini metafisiche

Giorgio de Chirico. Immagini metafisiche

by Riccardo Dottori

Questo libro di complessa analisi e interpretazione dei dipinti di Giorgio de Chirico è unico nel suo genere, e fortunatamente anche come e-book (non necessariamente per Kindle; l’ePub costa 9,99 euro all’IBS) comprende immagini di buona…

Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd? [nouvelle édition]

Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd? [nouvelle édition]

by Pierre Bayard

Après avoir lu « La Vérité sur Dix petits nègres » et « L’affaire du chien des Baskerville » (lu en anglais : Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of The Hound of the Baskervilles), je suis définitivement persuadé que la rigueur…

The Eighth Detective

by Alex Pavesi

What eighth detective (or what eight detectives, in the UK edition)? You’ll understand towards the end of this unusual book which mainly consists of 7 stories, which per se are not that bad, so if one would only read the odd chapters fro…

Marseille Une ville sous influences

by Pierre Boisserie

Assommante comme histoire et très médiocre graphiquement, cette BD demeure assez instructive pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas Marseille. Mais ça, seulement si le prétexte d’une balade à travers la Marseille qui engendre une discussion en…

La Vérité sur Dix petits nègres

by Pierre Bayard

J’avoue n’avoir pas encore lu « Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd ? » (c’est pour bientôt), mais j’ai été séduit par « L’affaire du chien des Baskerville » (que j’ai lu en anglais : Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of The Hound of the…

L'homme de l'année 1989 - 16 - L'inconnu de la place tiananmen

L’homme de l’année 1989 – 16 – L’inconnu de la place tiananmen

by Jean-Pierre Pécau; Gin

Cette aberration est de la propagande pure. Je sais que cette collection n’est pas censée décrire la réalité, mais au sujet des évènements de Tiananmen, un peu plus de discernement s’imposerait.En admettant qu’il s’agisse d’un massacre…

Tif et Tondu de Blutch et Robber - Mais où est Kiki ? N/B

Tif et Tondu de Blutch et Robber – Mais où est Kiki ? N/B

by Robber

On ne peut nier ni l’effort ni le talent, mais après avoir lu la version en couleurs dans Spirou, cette version noir et blanc, complètement redessinée par rapport à celle en couleurs, ne me satisfait nullement.

The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

by Sophie Hannah

I dare say it’s only with the fourth “New Poirot” that Sophie Hannah finally managed to reach a cunningness comparable to that of the Grande Dame of Golden Age’s Crime. The first three attempts were of unequal quality in my view: I rated…

Béranger on The Human Shield mantra about Gaza■ The spokesperson for the United States Department of State suggested that Hamas doesn't want to release the female hostages
Béranger on The YouTube Apocalypse (RE-UPDATED)All of a sudden, I cannot play YT videos on Firefox if uBlock Origin is active and if I am
Béranger on The Human Shield mantra about Gaza■ Israel's new theory: UNWRA = Hamas = ISIS (UNWRA being the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
Béranger on The Human Shield mantra about Gaza■ The Hungarian-Canadian physician and former Zionist Gabor Maté ("Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of
B. Stack on How to stop the blurring of KDE’s logout/shutdown and lock screensThank you for sharing your knowledge on this! I don't use KDE or sddm, but I know what it's like
Béranger on The Human Shield mantra about Gaza■ Norman Finkelstein: "Israel wants to shove the entire population of Gaza in a place the size of the Los
Béranger on The Human Shield mantra about Gaza■ However little of the following “investigation” were true, the Hannibal Directive and the “neighbor procedure” (or policy) are real
HAL on Introducing an installable custom KDE Live ISO based on AlmaLinux 9.3 with kernel 6.1 from ELRepo> to find a way to keep it not exceedingly long. You could do it like a TV serie, for
Béranger on Introducing an installable custom KDE Live ISO based on AlmaLinux 9.3 with kernel 6.1 from ELRepoI will, I will... some day. It's in drafts, but I have to remember what to write about, then to
HAL on Introducing an installable custom KDE Live ISO based on AlmaLinux 9.3 with kernel 6.1 from ELRepoIt all sounds great ! :) On the other hand, you should write an article about your latest peregrinations in
Béranger on The Human Shield mantra about GazaThe great Israeli democracy has censored it: John Oliver’s HBO show went dark in Israel because of ‘technical mishap’: TV
Aldus on The Human Shield mantra about GazaO perspectivă ce aduce și nuanțează niște elemente noi: Israel-Hamas War: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO).
Béranger on Les Français et les Suisses, parmi les plus débiles EuropéensTrouvé à Yvetot (76), mais assez typique pour la France, pour le Québec (où l’on en trouve beaucoup pire !),
Béranger on The Human Shield mantra about Gaza■ How Israel's lies have spread, and how hospitals became ‘fair game’ in Gaza. ■ Information missteps have led to
Béranger on The Human Shield mantra about Gaza■ Israel, caught with their pants down! Julian Borger, the Guardian's world affairs editor: IDF evidence so far falls well
Béranger on The Human Shield mantra about Gaza■ EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, on November 17, in Ramallah, West Bank: "A horror doesn't justify another horror.
Treah Blade on Hibernation, ZRAM and mental retardation in LinuxZRAM is by far the most retarded shit that I have seen current Linux kiddos do these days. This is
Béranger on Les Français et les Suisses, parmi les plus débiles EuropéensVous vous obstinez à chercher un sophisme là où il n'y en a pas. La solution officielle implique que tout
HAL on Les Français et les Suisses, parmi les plus débiles EuropéensSi on répond juste à la question posée : Pourquoi Jean Richard l'accuse-t'il de mentir ? Réponse : A cause
Béranger on Some more thoughts about PalestineWSJ had an editorial on Nov. 13, The Day After Israeli Victory: The Palestinian-Israeli peace process can’t return to regularly