“Armageddon Time”, the lost time of childhood
James Gray revisits his childhood with this nostalgic family chronicle, in the New York of the 80s.
North America
Ukraine : France in the trap of Zelensky
Point of view. France is not at war with Russia. And yet it is depriving itself of its gas and oil, supplying arms to Kiev and training 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers in our units. Until when this madness?
The eternal prayer of Leonard Cohen
A wonderful documentary portrays the poet and musician, through a single song, “Hallelujah”. Fascinating.
But who sabotaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines?
On September 27, 2022, the two pipelines carrying Russian gas to Europe were destroyed in the Baltic Sea. For the moment, it is difficult to measure the ecological, economic and geopolitical consequences.
The black novel of a “Blonde”
Ana de Armas is extraordinary as Marilyn Monroe, but Andrew Dominik’s film (coming soon to Netflix) is a tragic whirlwind that traces the drama, humiliation and violence suffered by the most photographed woman in the world.
Ukraine : it will end badly!
Six months after the Russian invasion, the conflict is bogged down and could spiral out of control at any moment towards a worldwide explosion.
Censorship to the rescue of vaccines
For suggesting that the monkeypox epidemic was linked to mRNA vaccines Professor Shmuel Shapira, former director of the Israel Institute for Biological Research between 2013 and 2021, is censored by Twitter.
Taiwan : watch out for the Pelosi spark
On a visit to Asia, the Speaker of the House of Representatives arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday. A casus belli that China will not let pass: The United States “will pay the price” warns Beijing.
Biden positive for Covid : Paxlovid may be involved
Pfizer’s anti-Covid pill is suspected to be the cause of the American president’s “rebound” in positivity, a phenomenon explained by Jean-Marc Sabatier in a recent article.
Taiwan : the US provokes China
As U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi considers an official trip to Taiwan, Xi Jinping warns that “those who play with fire eventually get burned.”
The USA : a country of retarded cowboys
Two recent events attest to this: the Supreme Court struck down the right to abortion and the same Court enshrined the right to bear arms outside the home in New York State. A return to the era of the conquest of the West.
The myth of a European defense industry (1/5)
Against the backdrop of geostrategic tensions and the war in Ukraine, President Macron announced at Eurosatory that we are “entering a war economy.” But where does the French and European defense industry stand? Here is an overview in five episodes.