Advocates of the ‘15-minute city’ say it will reduce emissions and improve residents’ quality of life, but critics say the concept, supported by the notorious World Economic Forum, is discriminatory and will lead to ‘climate lockdowns.’
Police fired tear gas at ‘a group of troublemakers’ in the city of Rennes: A protest against government pension reforms turned violent in the French city of Rennes on Tuesday, as riot police used tear gas to dispel a group of around 200 outraged demonstrators who had built barricades and pelted officers with fireworks. Tens of thousands of people also took part in strikes and protests across France and the Netherlands.
During a visit to Kyiv on February 2, the unelected head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was quick to assure Ukrainians and Europeans that sanctions against Russia had an effect and its economy was thrown back ‘a generation ago,’ recalls Boulevard Voltaire columnist Frederic Lasse. However, as the author notes, these words contradict the data of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which can hardly be suspected of sympathy for Moscow.
When 2013 I predicted the collapse of the EUSSR (European Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) there were chortles but they are not laughing now.
Western politicians and the ruling elite are so mad that they are leading the West to destruction. This was stated by political observer Lars Bern during an interview. The heyday of the West will finally end if there are no cardinal changes in the political leadership of the countries of the West. According to the expert, in our time, real leaders are found in the rest of the world, but not in the West.
The deputy chairman of the Security Council compared the West to a monster, and called the Ukrainian authorities ‘a gang, crazy from an abundance of blood and drugs.’
The actor-turned-president of Ukraine is slated to speak at the country’s biggest song competition. Meantime, tens of thousands of Italians have signed a petition protesting Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s planned address at a Eurovision-style song contest. Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini told reporters that the event should remain the festival of Italian songs and nothing else.
War has always been big business in the United States. According to the seminal anti-war essay War is a Racket, gunpowder manufacturer Du Ponts saw their profits increase by more than 950% during The Great War.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that American troops in Germany legally remain occupation forces under a Washington-imposed Constitution and vetted government. At the same time, he stressed that the USSR stopped the occupation of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), which it occupied during the division of Germany into four sectors.
Quietly eloquent, my friend told me of his suicide bid that had been foiled by the unforeseen appearance of a passer-by. The near tragedy was the consequence of his being subjected to months of monosyllabic conversation and long periods of silence by his then-wife. It was not manic depression on her part; with friends and family, she maintained bright and breezy chitchat.
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