The first date is a decisive one, as we learned in college, while courting Nancy or Alice. The coming first date of two Presidents, the two superheroes of our generation is likely to set the trend for coming years. How will it go? What will they say? The consequences can be joyous – or fatal.
Poker nucléaire
Si la plus grande partie de poker de tous les temps devait se terminer par une grandiose claque nucléaire, et si les survivants passaient en revue les causes de la Troisième Guerre mondiale, ils en mourraient de rire. La Troisième Guerre mondiale, ils l’auront déclenchée pour sauver al Qaida. Oui, mon cher lecteur, l’oncle Sam a envahi l’Afghanistan pour punir al Qaida, et maintenant nous av[...]
Nuclear Poker
If the greatest poker game of all times will end by nuclear grand slam, and the survivors will review the causes of WWIII, they will die laughing. The Third World War had been fought to save al Qaeda. Yes, my dear readers! Uncle Sam invaded Afghanistan in order to punish al Qaeda, and now he started the World War to save al Qaeda. Positively a great ambivalent passionat[...]
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Les secrets de l’accord Pizza-Vodka
L’accord récent sur la Syrie, signé à Genève par Kerry et Lavrov, qui passera probablement à l’histoire comme l'accord « Pizza-Vodka » (parce que c’est ce que chaque camp a servi aux journalistes tout le temps qu’ils ont attendu les résultats) comportait cinq documents, outre les points divulgués par les deux ministres des Affaires étrangères. Les US ont insisté pour en garder secret le conte[...]
Pizza and Vodka Secrets Coming Out
The recent Syria agreement signed in Geneva by Kerry and Lavrov (probably it will be remembered as “Pizza and Vodka deal”, as the journalists have been served these delicacies by the negotiating teams during the time they had to wait for the results) beside the points disclosed by the foreign ministers included five documents. The US insisted on keeping the content secret, despite Russian ins[...]
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A Lousy Dancer
A lousy dancer blames the uneven floor, and Mme Clinton had proven to be an unexpectedly lousy dancer in the competition for the presidency against the blundering New York tycoon. We would expect her to win or lose graciously, as befits a former First Lady, but gosh, she is clumsy – and blames her lack of grace on poor Mr Putin.
He is sure hell of a guy; visitors to Berlin’s AltesMuseum qu[...]
Read in French: Poutine, Clinton et César
A Crooked Mile
The “crooked mile” from the Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (“There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile etc”) is Fleet Street, which is well known to London journalists. So I was told when I joined the BBC at Bush House, at the very end of Fleet Street. Not only is the street itself crooked, but so are many of its occupants. Crookedness is a professional problem for the media.
Howe[...]
Read in French: Redresser les médias tordus
L’Ennemi malgré lui
Les primaires orchestrées par le Democratic National Committee (DNC), la plus haute instance du Parti démocrate, en 2016, me rappellent le film paradigmatique de Leni Riefenstahl Le triomphe de la volonté. La phrase du général Allen (quatre étoiles du corps des Marines, à la retraite), prêt à botter le cul aux Russes, brandissant le drapeau au milieu de la foule hystérique criant « [...]
The Reluctant Enemy
The DNC 2016 reminded me The Triumph of the Will, the paradigmatic film of Leni Riefenstahl. The fiery oration of “four-star general of the Marine Corps” General (retired) Allen, ready to kick ass of the Russkies, flag-waving, hysterical rhyth[...]
Read in French: L’Ennemi malgré lui
The Untouchable Mr. Browder?
Chapeau, Mr Browder! Hats off for this incredible man. Last month, he succeeded in stopping a film screening in the European parliament and[...]
Read in French: Intouchable, Mr. Browder?
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ISRAEL SHAMIR
ISRAEL SHAMIR, a leading Russian Israeli writer, is a champion of the "One Man, One Vote, One State" solution seeking to unite Palestine & Israel in one democratic state. Shamir's work and that of his contributors speaks to the aspirations of both the Israelis and the Palestinians seeking an end to the bloodshed, true democracy and lasting peace.