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A European leap forward is needed
Since Trump is back in power, the United States is no longer an ally of democratic countries. Donald Trump and his government regularly echo Putin’s theses and call themselves predators. 1. The USA has claimed that it wants to take over Greenland, Panama and Canada against the will of the people. 2. Trump and Putin…
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Tasty and healthy
“Food is our first medicine”. Hippocrates There’s too much sugar and water in low-quality food. The community pays for the care associated with the illnesses this causes, while manufacturers are subsidized with community money to be cheaper. Poor-quality food costs the community far too much. We should be subsidizing good-quality, environmentally-friendly and worker-friendly food. To…
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Trop chou – Cabbage recipe
For Chinese cabbage, Pet Sai cabbage, Napa cabbage, green cabbage, white cabbage, Pontoise cabbage, January King Cabbage, Bok Choy , Pak Choy cabbage or savoy cabbage. The healthier the ingredients, the tastier and healthier the recipe: seasonal, local, from the organic garden, AMAP, cooperative, organic permaculture, regenerative agriculture, label rouge, etc. Cut cabbage very finely.…
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Change Othello
Othello’s change Change in Othello Change with Othello Change of roles Change of actors Change in the audience Change of the audience Orson Welles ‘ Othello 1951: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045251/ Filming Othello – Orson Welles – Documentary – SN Archives – Remastered – 4K: https://youtu.be/6UCweMtnD7I?si=lkhnpBf7kk95z73B Kenneth Branagh’s Othello 1995: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114057/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_Othello Othello – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othello Harvard Lecture on Othello: https://youtu.be/lN4Kpj1PFKM Othello’s full…
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Stop funding hatred
The sad experience of Radio Mille Collines in Rwanda, which led to the genocide of the Tutsis, was analysed at length and even judged by the International Criminal Court. The judgement concludes that the media are responsible: ‘The power of the media to create and destroy fundamental human values comes with great responsibility. Those who…
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The forced march towards the destruction of nature
The state and the media blamed workers considered not productive enough for the loss of their factories in the 70s. For the past twenty years, they’ve been blaming this same generation for environmental pollution. It would be the people who polluted without regard for the environment. It’s the same strategy for the same end: pit…
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A united Europe to protect our standards!
Europe is the world’s largest market. It’s the market that offers the greatest safety for its citizens. There are standards for testing food, medicines, products, vehicles and so on. Deregulation is on Trump’s agenda at the request of billionaires like Elon Musk, the Sackler family and Peter Thiel. They are calling for a return to…
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Ayn Rand is popular today; but her ideas lead to destruction, what are the solutions?
Ayn Rand’s ideas have grown since the early 2010s. Between 2012 and 2020, her book Atlas Shrugged was the second biggest seller in the USA after the Bible, thirty years after her death. Friday essay: We all live in the world of Ayn Rand, egomaniac godmother of libertarianism. Can fiction help us navigate it? –…
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Cook cookies
The better the quality of the ingredients, the better the cookies will taste and the healthier they will be. Preheat oven to 160°C fan-assisted (traditional heat: 180°C). Mix 100g of melted butter, 30g of wholemeal sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add one egg and mix. Mix 100g of wheat and/or spelt and/or rye flour and…
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Restricting individual wealth
The Gracchi brothers brothers, Gaius and Tiberius, were tribunes, the equivalent of our deputies, and they wanted to tackle the problems of the time. The rich were few in number but owned almost all the land. As they produced all the cereals, they agreed among themselves to set a high price and brought in foreigners…