Monday, November 30, 2015
Dentistes : une solution pour payer deux fois moins cher - Le journal du week-end - MYTF1News
Says that this is based on the US.
France's anti-terror measures are unconstitutional - Al Jazeera English
The subhead strikes me as being sadly correct.
Sunday, November 29, 2015
I Am An American [Ad Council] - YouTube
What they showed on Telematin 24 Nov 2015. Very impressive! Could it be said of France?
Saturday, November 28, 2015
France’s Cult of Fearlessness - The New York Times
"I wonder what a similar ex-pat, as they are called, would say about life in new York. Put aside questions about who says what and who hides what about their feelings. Which city is objectively the scarier place to be today? In which city do a significant number of people walk about worrying that they might get hit by lightning, for example?"
Friday, November 27, 2015
Paris Slowly Coming to Terms With a New Vulnerability - The New York Times
A lot of the US coverage of all this seems to be a bit overdone, or at least not separating certain parts of Paris from the rest of France.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
France-Monde | Alcool : la loi Evin, bouteille aux trois quarts vide
Big push in France for revised laws on alcohol and cigarettes branding and advertising.
le drapeau francai - Recherche Google
Short mention today on Telematin of a site or app helping people learn how to display their French flags! I did not find a link.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Draguignan: des cochons dessinés sur une salle de prière musulmane - France 3 Côte d’Azur
Every country has bad people; sometimes they do bad things and they are to be condemned without reservation.
France’s far right reaps political gains as fears of terrorism grow - The Washington Post
This is all looking quite grim.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Paris Attacks Spur Emergency Edict and Intense Policing in France - The New York Times
A terrifying situation.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
Michel Houellebecq: How France’s Leaders Failed Its People - The New York Times
Frankly, not sure what to make of this. Or of him.
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Etat d'urgence : Valls confirme la création d'une structure de déradicalisation
I am very skeptical. What would we do in the US?
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
NYT editorial on surveillance
This needs to get translated into French and shared with every lawmaker in France!
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
My thoughts in response to a relative asking me how things are going in Nice after the Paris attacks
"The response here in Nice is
about what you are seeing from Paris and you yourself experienced after the
Boston Marathon. It’s kind of a concentric circle thing, I think. In the center
are all those people who died, followed by those who are still in intensive
care, and those injured. After that, it is those nearby who, like you, saw the
worst of what happened and felt the fear. One or two of them from Nice and
environs were in Paris and they have returned to tell their stories and to cope
with their feelings. Then it is the families of those people killed or injured,
and their friends. Here in Nice, we lost no one directly, but some of those who
died were from towns not too far away and there are a few people who knew a
couple of them, but not many. So the next ring are those people who frighten
easily and I feel for them, because there are too many people here sealed off
from others to begin with and this makes them even more remote. I am not sure
what anyone can really do to help other than to think of those people and
accept how frightened they are. But for most everyone else, it is a question of
disbelief, anger, resentment, determination and concern. A lot of kids here are
getting extra attention and more time with parents and teachers to talk about
it all. But I think the pendulum, as this third day of national mourning
starts, is beginning to swing toward let’s show this small group that they will
not force us to change our lives. I heard a call this morning to make
reservations to eat at a bistro, anywhere, today, preferably on a sidewalk to
show determination not to be intimidated.
What worries me most is the
likely political overreaction to what happened. After all, the perpetrators
were only a small group of terrible people, perhaps encouraged or even directed
by another group perhaps in Syria, but we don’t know for sure. This is not the
Germans invading again as in WWII, and as you have seen me say, these were a
series of heinous criminal acts and what we need most right now is for all the
thousands of law enforcement officers involved in the investigation to do their
jobs, identify and prosecute any survivors who are culpable, and THEN, and ONLY
THEN, embark on new measures to help better address some of the underlying
issues that permit or foment such actions. We should not move to deprive the
rest of France of its rights and liberties which is where the government seems
headed.
In a word, the state of things
is confusion, but still with the potential to the do the right thing but the
potential, too, to do many wrong things. Future days will tell us which."
Psychiatry and the Paris attacks - Télématin - France 2
Yes, let's focus on why the people who did these awful things were able to do so, and far less on condemning so many simply because they adhere to the same religion.
After Paris Attacks, a Darker Mood Toward Islam Emerges in France - The New York Times
The public pendulum is swinging the wrong way.
Call to Arms in France Amid Hunt for Belgian Suspect in Paris Attacks - The New York Times
A very good summary of all that is happening.
Call to Arms in France Amid Hunt for Belgian Suspect in Paris Attacks - The New York Times
A very good summary of all that is happening.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Attentats à Paris : plus de 150 perquisitions en France, un arsenal de guerre découvert à Lyon
It is scary to think of all the rights being trampled in the course of this effort.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
French Muslims fear repercussions from Paris attacks | Reuters
I don't see a short or medium term solution to this.
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Parisians Fear Terror Attacks Will Divide, Not Unite, the City - The New York Times
I think it is the whole country at risk.
France vs United States Crime Stats Compared
Really interesting site. Want to spend more time there.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Sunday, November 08, 2015
Friday, November 06, 2015
The Economist ranks the best places to die | The Advisory Board Daily Briefing
"The United States (80.8)
France (79.4)"
Nice choice!
France (79.4)"
Nice choice!
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
Christian Estrosi souhaite un grand ministère de la Justice et de l'Intérieur | Nice | Nice-Matin
Would actually be more in line with the US.
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