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Mireille Mathieu singing La Marseillaise (with lyrics)
Mireille Mathieu‘s legendary performance of La Marseillaise with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
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die krone wird zum auserwählten kommen
Definition of sabotage verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner‘s Dictionary
sabotage something: to prevent something from being successful or being achieved, especially deliberately
Die zapatistische „Reise für das Leben“ in Europa hat begonnen
Die Delegation ist am 2. Mai von Isla Mujeres, Mexiko, an Bord des Segelschiffes „Die Strahlratte“ nach Europa losgefahren. Es ist die erste Etappe der zapatistischen „Reise für das Leben“.
Daniel in the lions‘ den
At daybreak the king hurries to the place and cries out anxiously, asking if God had saved his friend. Daniel replies that his God had sent an angel to close the jaws of the lions, „because I was found blameless before him“. The king commands that those who had conspired against Daniel should be thrown to the lions in his place with their wives and children, and that the whole world should tremble and fear before the God of Daniel.
Opera at the window: Itinerant troupe takes the stage in Paris courtyards
After a year off the stage, a group of young artists have decided to keep the music of Beethoven, Ravel and Saint-Saëns alive by offering performances in Parisian courtyards, in full compliance with health regulations.
Reichster Mann Tschechiens tödlich verunglückt
Auch Kellners Konzern, die PPF Group, bestätigte den tödlichen Unfall.
«Den Jungen ist gar nicht bewusst, wie schlecht es ihnen geht»
“ Ich habe «Individuum» immer für eine sehr ermächtigende Vokabel gehalten, dachte, damit gehen immer ein Privilegium und Freiheiten einher. Das kann aber auch zerschlagen, dass ich mich mit anderen zusammengehörig fühle. Ein sozialer Aufstand, den ich mir als konservativer Mensch natürlich über Partizipationsmodelle in der Wirtschaft wünsche, ist sehr unwahrscheinlich geworden. Weil die Leute gar nicht erkennen, dass sie in der gleichen Lage sind.“
Why we need Free Speech Champions
Free speech is the central principle of a healthy democracy. It is a vital tool for giving a voice to the voiceless, and for ensuring that everyone gets a say without being shut down. We are lucky to live in a country where we are free to criticise those in power, and where the government can be held to account by a young footballer. We must make the most of this.
Scrooged! The Movie – Put a Little Love in your Heart – End Scene
The brilliant, Bill Murray giving us an insight into how we should live life everyday not just at Christmas!
NATO Huddles With Asia-Pacific Democracies to Talk China
The incoming Biden administration has pledged to do even more to partner with allies on the China challenge.
In another step in that direction, on December 2, the foreign ministers of the NATO members, along with delegations from Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea, gathered virtually to discuss the rise of China and the implications for the global balance of power.
Imagine time traveling back to 2010 to explain this headline
Gang of transgender women drop-kicked then stamped on 19-year-old man in Tube attack after he told them they needed to have female genitalia to be women
A gang of drunken transgender women who stamped on a teenager outside a Tube station have walked free from court.
Tamsin Lush, 29, Tylah Jo Bryan and Amarnih Lewis-Daniel, both 24, set upon the 19-year-old after he told them they needed female genitalia to be women.
“It always seems impossible until it‘s done.”
Nelson Mandela
Everything’s Impossible Until Someone Does It
“ Bruce Waine ”
Science reveals secrets behind the success of Game of Thrones
In other words, Martin keeps his characters’ networks within the limits that his readers’ human minds were designed by evolution to cope with.
Der Untertan
Der Untertan ist ein Roman von Heinrich Mann. Heinrich Mann erzählt mit ironischer Distanz Heßlings Lebensgeschichte von dessen Kindheit bis hin zur Sicherung seiner Stellung in der wilhelminischen Gesellschaft.
Der Roman erzählt von Diederich Heßling als Beispiel für einen bestimmten Typ Mensch in der Gesellschaft des deutschen Kaiserreichs. Heßling ist obrigkeitshörig, feige und ohne Zivilcourage. Er ist ein Mitläufer und Konformist.
So It Turns Out ‘Overpopulation’ Was Always A Stupid Patriarchal Myth
The mass media have been discussing these findings with shock and alarm, because such information is likely to be new and surprising to anyone who has never gone through the all-consuming herculean effort of motherhood. To anyone who has, the idea that most women would choose to have two or fewer children if given the resources, information and freedom to do so is just self-evident common sense.
What It’s Like to Eat Inside Seattle’s Much-Discussed Protest Space
With so much national attention on the politics, it may seem a small thing to focus on food, which is only one part of the ecosystem at the CHOP/CHAZ. But the way people eat there offers a glimpse into the energy of the protest space, whether it’s through pop-up community kitchens, street vendors selling items right in the middle of everything, or local restaurants trying to figure out their place as a support pipeline.
Eben gerade in der Tagesschau gehört dass die Bundeswehr schon seit 19 Jahren in Afghanistan ist. Gebracht hat es ja nicht so viel.
Why did Dorothy want to get back to Kansas when she could have been having fun in Oz?
It fits in the story because when hard choices have to be made, we should always live with the regret of having not done the other.
Auld Lang Syne
Im Anschluss an die Abstimmung des Europäischen Parlaments über das Austrittsabkommen mit Großbritannien sang am 29. Januar 2020 ein Großteil der Mitglieder des Europäischen Parlaments gemeinsam das Lied im Plenum.
How To Be A Mentally Sovereign Human
Being a mentally sovereign human means constructing your own understanding of this weird reality based on your own investigations and your own reasoning, which means constructing it from the ground up. Even your most basic assumptions about reality itself must be rigorously cross-examined with complete skepticism. Nothing must be taken on faith.
Proposed Book Banning Bill in Missouri Could Imprison Librarians
A bill proposed in Missouri this month represents a transparent, shameful attempt to legalize book banning in public libraries within the state, PEN America said today.
Die Weltzeituhr
Unabhängig von Ihrem Standort wird Ihnen die aktuelle Uhrzeit inklusive Zeitunterschied zur Mitteleuropäischen Zeit bzw. Sommerzeit angezeigt!
Young couple dies in collision leaving their wedding ceremony
The newlyweds were leaving an Orange County Justice of the Peace precinct after their marriage ceremony, Lt. Gary Keaton, a spokesman for the department said. Behind them were the groom‘s mother and sister, who witnessed the deadly collision.
Papst Franziskus: „Näher mein Europa zu Dir“
In einem Interview mit „La Stampa“ setzt das Oberhaupt der Katholischen Kirche Souveränismus mit Faschismus gleich und predigt neben „Zuerst Europa, dann jeder von uns“ auch „Globalisierung und Einheit“ in seiner Interpretation.
If you don’t believe in free speech for people who you hate, fear and disagree with, then you don’t believe in free speech.
Anna Sorokin: Schreib‘ dich selbst!
Die Stadt sei von ihrer Unverfrorenheit wie „besessen“, hieß es im Time Magazine, und Netflix plant eine Serie.
Sorokins Kapital war es, Kapital vorspiegeln zu können, wovon sich Künstler und Galeristen berauschen ließen, Fotografen, Sterneköche, Hoteliers, Bankiers, Investoren, Mäzene, Freundinnen, Freunde.
A Personal Message From Justin Raimondo
I have been gravely ill with fourth stage lung cancer for two years, fighting to not only survive physically but as a voice for Antiwar.com. A good way to bring myself down to earth is with an old Italian recipe and chat with the neighbors. They don‘t make make ’em like that any more. And I have brought plenty of that principled nonintervention stuff to you, our readers.
My neighbors are so kind and open hearted. That‘s how I think of my readers – like neighbors, old friends, many of whom I haven‘t seen or talked to in a while. Well, I‘m still, folks, still writing and hanging in there. Life goes on: I must write this fundraising pitch as the site continues to grow and reach more people. I may not be the best fundraiser, but I think you understand the spirit in which I write this note.
With Venezuela, Russia, the conflation of multiple „crises“ breaking out, this letter is not a panic but a way to reconnect in a personal way with my readers, steadfast and loyal supporters.
You are the reason I must continue my personal and ideological fight.
Please help me win this fight.