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Rappel du premier message :

About 2,800 JFK records released, others withheld (impossibilite de poster le lien pour le moment)

alors voilà ce qui se dit ici   sur RTL 


Présidentielle américaine : mauvaise soirée pour Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren s'en sort 


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Le Jo LaPaluche doit avoir un élastique fixé à demeure entre le coin de ses lèvres et le pourtour des oreilles, son éternel sourire commercial de représentant de dentiers est une caricature !

Entéka ce n'est pas à la gloire d'une jeune Nation d'à peine 250 ans de se voir proposer à la marche vers la fonction suprême un aréopage de trois vieillards dont la benjamine aura 71 ans opposé à un senior du troisième âge de 74 ans. L'on se croirait transposés aux temps des luttes intestines du présidium du Parti communiste soviétique pour désigner le chef de l'URSS ! Ça pose une question angoissante.

Le président à vie de la Chine communiste est plus jeune :66 ans !

Ça donne à réfléchir.

fichtre
j'apprend qu'une procédure de destitution serait lancée à l'encontre de Donald !
(ils appellent ça l'impeachment, les ricains, remember Nixon et le Watergate) !
qu'en pensent les cousines ricaines ?
on va peut-être revenir à du sérieux (lol) sur hères !
sérieusement (c'est pas de refus)
hub'

pffff   depuis que 45 est élu les démocrates cherchent à le destituer
à mon avis, c'est un mauvais calcul, le Donald risque de prendre encore plus de voix .. allez allez les dém continuez 

bigre
je voulais juste savoir si c'était une info vérifiée ou bien un hoax, voire une fake news, voilà tout !
je ne juge pas, je cherche juste à me renseigner !
amicalement
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pas de problème Hubert       

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ventre saint-gris
merci Rumba, le JDD est catégorique (c'est un journal que je lis plus), Trump ne risque rien !
voilà qui est clair !
subséquemment
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Greta Thunberg: Left vs. Facts

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aussi selon les derniers chiffres parus, les 10 pays les plus polueurs sont:
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The Countries Polluting The Oceans The Most

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Alors Emmanuel, allons.. allons.. meme avec toutes ces taxes et ce fameux accord de Paris (et ce vilain 45 qui a refuse d'en rester membre)?

Most plastic pollution in Mediterranean 'comes from France'

Bien evidemment, moins il y aura de polution sur terre ou dans la mer mieux ce sera, mais pourquoi faire croire que la France est un leader dans politique de l'environnement et que les Etats Unis sont sinon les seuls a poluer, au moins les pires...

Sylvette a écrit: mais pourquoi faire croire que la France est un leader dans politique de l'environnement 

Sylvette, la réponse est dans la question, où figure le mot "politique" !

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Cette news m'a bouché un coin, et vous ?

"‘Tampon tax’ protest being held in NYC on 1st National Period Day


NEW YORK (1010 WINS) - Saturday is the first National Period Day--and we're not talking about punctuation.
In observation of the day, rallies are planned in all 50 states to protest what's called the "tampon tax."


Tampon taxes have been done away with in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and New York City provides free tampons and pads to all public school students.
Tampons and pads are FREE in New York City to all public school students who need them. We're fighting period poverty by ensuring our kids have the resources they need to excel.#NationalPeriodDay


5:00 PM - Oct 19, 2019
But 35 states still have taxes on menstrual products, considering them nonessential.


Most women would beg to differ, and protesters are holding a rally at City Hall Park Saturday afternoon.


"Menstrual hygiene is a right, not a luxury, and the tampon tax tells us that it's essentially a luxury," activist Nadya Okamoto told "Good Morning America."


"That assumption is one of our biggest barriers in front of us, so we need to take that down so we can continue to fight for menstrual equity," Okamoto, 21, said.""

Mais est-ce bon pour la planète ?

Cher Eddie, ce genre de "problème" m'inspire toujours la même réflexion simple, voire simpliste : nous vivons trop bien, ce qui nous force à nous créer des  faux problèmes (pardon : j'oubliais qu'on dit "problématiques" actuellement )

Hasard ? Je suis en train de lire un roman de Thilliez où l'on parle d'une nouvelle race d'artistes : les "bio-artistes"...
Exemple : une femme qui peint des toiles "satanistes" avec ses doigts en utilisant son sang menstruel dont la couleur varie selon le début ou la fin du cycle  ...
Une autre qui s'infecte du sang de loup pour se sentir devenir louve, et qui fait lyophiliser son sang pour le vendre très cher à...des cons !

Régler tous ces fausses problématiques se fera un jour très simplement : quand on sera obligé de revenir aux besoins primaires !

Un article (en anglais) qui décrit un phénomène en croissance aux Etats-Unis : de la nourriture est laissée à pourrir dans les champs parce que cela coûte trop cher (prix de revente trop bas) de la récolter, et du coup, des gens (pauvres) ont faim car ils n'ont pas accès à de la nourriture. Il ne s'agit même pas d'un problème de donner aux associations caritatives (qui voudraient bien avoir accès à cette nourriture), mais cela coûte plus cher aux agriculteurs de récolter que de laisser pourrir !

On marche sur la tête, non ?

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Précision: en moyenne, 34% de nourriture mangeable ne sort pas des fermes (et quand on sait qu'un tiers, soit 33% de ce qui arrive dans les supermarché ou les ménages est jeté car fini périmé sans être mangé…)

Un exemple cité dans l'article: un producteur de melons ("cantaloupe" en anglais) a récolté cette année 85% de sa production. Mais l'année précédente, il a laissé 80% au sol (à pourrir!) parce que les cours étaient trop bas.

Ce genre de gaspillage va forcément s'arrêter , mais les agriculteurs ( en très grande majorité ) ne sont pas à blâmer .

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Je profite pour fêter la sainte Sylvette du jour pour coller ici une analyse de Bloomberg qui s'interroge à peopos des chances de Zé Donuts de gagner la course à l'échalotte.

" Economics
Trump’s Re-Election Likely If Economy Stays on Course
By Katia Dmitrieva
November 3, 2019, 2:00 PM GMT+1



An enduring U.S. expansion puts President Donald Trump on course to win re-election in 2020, according to economic models with a track record of predicting who wins the White House.



The forecasts from Yale University professor Ray Fair, Oxford Economics Ltd. and Moody’s Analytics Inc. are based on Trump being boosted at the ballot box by steady economic growth, an historically tight labor market and limited inflation.


Such an outlook justifies Trump’s push to harness what he’s called the “greatest” economy to return him to power a year from Sunday. It challenges some opinion polls which show his disapproval rating hovering near 54% amid an impeachment inquiry and polarized politics.


“The election is Trump’s to lose,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “Trump wins if the economy and his approval rating are about the same a year from now as today, and turnout is typical. But if the economy stumbles, his popularity flags or Democrat turnout is big, the Democrats win.”


The economy expanded at a 1.9% pace in the third quarter and unemployment is close to its lowest in a half-century, government data showed last week. While manufacturing has been hurt by the U.S.-China trade war, consumers continue to spend in a sign voters are still confident about the economy. A Bloomberg Economics model sees the chances of an election-year recession at just 27%.


The electoral models are fallible. They have erred in some past presidential cycles and most don’t take account of non-economic influences such as scandals or policy which may come to the fore as Trump seeks another term.


They also assume the White House incumbent is credited with the economy’s performance which may not be the case if voters zero in on the effects of the trade war Trump is waging or relatively slow growth in middle class incomes.


“We stress that non-economic factors are likely to play an outsize role in this election, including policy and political developments (such as the impeachment inquiry) as well as factors like race, gender and ‘likability’," Gregory Daco and James Watson, economists at Oxford Economics, wrote in an October report.


Here’s the rundown of what the models show for now:


Yale University Professor Ray Fair


Yale’s Ray Fair has been predicting the outcomes of presidential elections in the U.S. since the 1970s. His current call is for a Trump victory amid an economy that is showing “neither boom nor bust."


His latest analysis, published Oct. 30, predicts Trump will beat the Democrat candidate by about 4 percentage points, around what it’s suggested for the past year. That prediction relies on gross domestic product and inflation, and sees annualized growth in the lead-up to the election in 2020 of about 2%, around where it is now, and inflation above 2% for Trump’s presidency.


If the economy booms, Fair’s model sees the Democratic presidential candidates losing votes but if there’s a recession in 2020, the Democrats have a better chance. It would take a dip of 5% in real per capita GDP for Democrats to gain an edge over Trump on the presidential ticket, the model shows.


“If it really is different this time, that inequality is much higher and people aren’t voting on the economy, then this kind of work isn’t very helpful because it’s based on past experience,” Fair said by phone Friday. “And there’s no way you can test that ahead of time. So take it with a grain of salt."


Moody’s Analytics


Led by Zandi, the work of Moody’s economists has accurately predicted each election outcome for two decades with the exception of Trump’s 2016 victory.


They focus on regional growth and break the economy down into the health of personal finance, stocks and the labor market. They also allow for Trump’s low-but-stable approval rating and components such as party "fatigue." 


Their forecast, based on an average of the three measures, is for Trump to win 332 electoral votes, more than the 305 he garnered in 2016 and the 270 need to win.

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Credit: Moody’s Analytics


Most of the Trump support, the Moody’s team said, comes from upbeat consumers. A so-called pocketbook measure, which relies on gas and home prices, and real personal income, shows Trump winning with 351 electoral votes. 


The stock market component of the Moody’s model sees Trump winning with 289 electoral votes as he benefits from the 35% rally in the S&P 500 Index since he took office in January 2017. The unemployment model, largely based on changes in states’ jobless rates and real income, also projects a Trump victory with 332 electoral votes.


Oxford Economics


Analysts at the firm see a 5-point win for Trump in the popular vote, even in the case of a recession, thanks to low unemployment, weak inflation, and relatively stable income gains. 


Their model accurately predicted the popular vote in 16 of the last 18 elections, going back to 1948. They missed Richard Nixon winning in 1968 and Jimmy Carter in 1976.



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Credit: Oxford Economics


The only way a Democrat would win the popular vote is if signs of a severe recession emerged next year, triggered by rising tariffs, lower corporate profits, and a stock market downturn, Oxford’s Daco and Watson said. 


But for that to happen, unemployment would need to rise to 6.4% from 3.6% now, inflation-adjusted disposable incomes to fall and inflation to flat-line with the Republican only just losing, they said. ""


Dur, dur pour les Dem's semble-t-il...

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C'est le Veterans Day aux E-U. J'associe ce billet aux hommages nationaux rendus dans tous les pays aux morts de la Première Guerre mondiale.

"Remembering The 1st Veterans Memorialized By Veterans Day
November 11, 20195:01 AM ET
KATHLEEN KELLEY RUSHLOW
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So here we are now, 101 years after the Armistice of 1918, and many Americans have all but forgotten World War I. Americans reenact the Civil War, salute the remaining veterans of World War II with Honor Flights to the monuments and Arlington National Cemetery and for years have remembered Vietnam War Vets with Rolling Thunder on Memorial Day. (That holiday honors all war dead.) But where are the World War I remembrance ceremonies on this important day that ushered in the many wars of the last century?

The nation's capital has a tremendous World War II memorial, a moving Korean War Memorial and an iconic Vietnam War Memorial. The only World War I memorial in the city is a small stone gazebo, dedicated to those who served from Washington, D.C. A new national World War I memorial is planned near the White House, but it's now more than 100 years since the guns were silenced. It's too late for those troops. They're long gone and mostly faded from our collective memory. But, here's the story of one of them.

Sgt. Charles Kelley was honored with the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I.
Courtesy of Kathleen Rushlow
Sgt. Charles Kelley, Company C of the 12th Machine Gun Battalion, joined Gen. Pershing's American Expeditionary Forces in France in late summer of 1918. He was 18 years old. During the Meuse-Argonne offensive, which began in September 1918, Kelley, according to Pentagon records, "led his platoon in the attack with great bravery against strongly held enemy trenches. Shortly after reaching his objective he was wounded in the throat. He refused to be evacuated, but continued to actively command his men until the night of Oct. 1, by which time, due to his wound, he had lost the power of speech."

LAW
Supreme Court Rules A 40-Foot WWI Memorial Shaped As A Cross Can Stand On Public Land
The Meuse-Argonne offensive was the single bloodiest battle in American history with more than 26,000 Americans killed. For his heroism, Sgt. Kelley was honored with the Distinguished Service Cross, second only to the Medal of Honor. My family has worked to get him upgraded to a posthumous Medal of Honor for his courage and bravery, but the Army says too much time has passed. There are no more eyewitnesses. It's true. We — his family — had never realized his heroism while he was alive. We never realized what the initials DSC meant on his gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery. It was only a few years ago that we looked up his records to see what he'd done to earn this high honor.

But now, we salute our grandfather. We honor him and all those of that generation who courageously took on a fight that cost the lives of so many and ultimately did nothing to end or prevent war.

Today I am wearing a red paper poppy on my lapel in the memory of the tens of thousands of Americans, as well as the millions worldwide killed in a war that ended 101 one years ago, but has all but been forgotten by Americans.

Kathleen Kelley Rushlow is a senior producer of newscasts at NPR."

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SylvetteB a écrit:[
College Is Criticized After Canceling 21-Gun Salute on Veterans Day Due to ‘Gun Violence’

C(...) Aux adultes de ne pas oublier si l'on veut que les nouvelles generations se souviennent.

Bonjour Chère Sylvette, je suis entièrement en accord avé vous. L'on nous bassine parfois avé cette incantation du "devoir de mémoire" alors que l'on occulte complètement le "devoir de transmettre des adultes".

Hier soir sur la 2ème chaîne des Sévices publics ont été diffusés les deux derniers épisodes d'une série de 6 intitulée Apocalypse la guerre des mondes une fresque historique consacrée à la période de la guerre froide de la fin de la guerre en 1945 jusqu'en 1991 et l'implosion de l'URSS.
Je croyais tout savoir de cette époque et bien j'en ai appris un paquet ! Je me suis dit que ce genre de documentaire très bien fait et non partisan devrait être diffusé dans les collèges et lycées, les gamins en apprendraient bien plus que leurs grands-parents et parents en savent!

La bande annonce :



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