England lost (basically you can't play defensively for 30 min against Argentina) Go Spain. England play France for the 3rd place.
And this is a deep dive into Amnesty International including an interview with one of the founders' granddaughters. I had not appreciated how pro Zionist it used to be or what it has become. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/ee200555c57e25d1
Michelle, I shall be rooting for Argentina for many reasons. It is the colonialisy oppressor v the oppressed former colony. In today's world we are told we mucg support the oppressed. Plus its the socialist Spain v increasingly free market Argentina. I will root for Messi and his mates
Right there with you Clarity. Not to mention the openly anti-Israel actions of the Spanish government lately, and the warm embrace of Israel by the leader of Argentina. Messi was photographed at the Western Wall recently praying, I wonder what for ?
My son and I were laughing at the stupidity of England's going into a defensive crouch with only a 1-0 lead. Letting Argentina have chance after chance was going to fail against a team as creative as Argentina is, especially with Messi, the magical midget. The coach should be sacked immediately, not least because he's ghoulish looking.
All institutions captured by leftists are nothing but Fifth columnists.
Well yes it was stupid. England always find new and uninteresting ways to lose. They were too far back etc etc. At least I suppose it saves the humiliation of losing to Spain. My husband believes Spain are playing at a much higher level. Much sharper and on the ball.
I suspect Tuchel will go. The press isn't happy.
And yes, I know. It is amazing how weak they have become and how full of hubris they are.
Lots of gnashing and wailing re the 5 August date of the statutory EHRC guidance -- the law remains as it has always been. It is just the trans activists have run out of road. They don't have the popular support to change the law. But Philipson did it before she was booted out (she is not expected to survive the reshuffle)
A few more than that. He is an MP. It is not a presidential system. The prime minister is the leader of the party who can form a government (ie get enough MPs to vote for him). Think SPeaker of the House or Senate Leader rather than President and you will get a better idea of what is going on. The Head of State and Commander in Chief is the king. Prosecutions are brought on behalf of the king, not the state.
Your take on royalty would make a good Sunday piece for JIP. I, for one, am ignorant about English royalty. Does the King truly have commander-in-chief power? As head of state, what action can he take?
Tradition can be good, of course, and might help to resist Marxist or Islamist takeover. But if the King becomes head of diversity, chic renouncer of the faith, etc., then what good is all that tradition? Do you need a war of the English succession?
All I can say is that the King is a pathetic little child...and always has been. IMO, some of England's problems lie with his incredibly weak and liberal outlook. Really, it's no wonder Prince Phillip couldn't stand him.
All true, Michelle, but as you grew up in America, you know that the Parliamentary system is quite different from America's constitutional republic. The one office that is elected by the entire country here is President (well, also VP but that is an office with little power). You probably get that it is kinda bizarre to us that a single party "forms" a government. Simply because elections (which seem to happen on a weird schedule and can happen in an instant if a leader wants to cement even greater control) establish individual members of Parliament but then the controlling party runs all of government (except the entrenched bureaucrats who form either a bulwark against radical change or actually drive great change if aligned with the leadership). It doesn't really seem to take acts of Parliament to establish laws. Plus get to simply dictate things and appoint various ministers who do what they want - including to not do what the law has directed them to do - and those M<inisters seem to have far more power than a President's cabinet has. The idea that the King is commander in chief is really - at least compared to the US - humorous.
I know I have some of this in error and feel free to correct. But our systems are really quite different, in source law and in effect. You can see it in Trump's efforts to legislate voter ID and citizenship. He can't impose it, no matter how popular, and his own party is not going along with it. As unilateral as Trump can be, the inertia of Congress is somewhat different than the UK Parliament.
I think the US system, stemming from a constitution and not steeped in a history of monarchy and aristocracy, has much to speak for itself. Our Founders saw the thing they were revolting against and created our government to avoid monarchy, aristocracy, and a parliamentary system. The most important things are the amendments - the Bill of Rights especially. Since the US system is founded on the notion that the people, not a class of elites (by title or birth), rule and peoples right do come either from God or from within themselves. That concept and especially the first 4 or 5 amendments protect us from the usurpations that a parliamentary system without a founding and controlling constitution can bring. No matter how stupid our legislators get, there are barriers to control that are critical. The first Amendment is most critical and it seems England's lack of that concept burdens the English people.
The military swears an oath to the monarch, not to the British government. There are limits to what the king can do and it is very much an advisory role but there are reasons why the Royal family are really involved with the military. The ruling monarch has to sign off on all officer appointments for example. The government's legislative programme is laid out in the King's speech.
There checks and balances are there but it is an unwritten constitution. I actually found the Winston Churchill book(last 3 chapters) surprisingly good at explaining certain aspects.
The Prime Minister has taken on far more of a presidential role than when I first arrived. But you never actually vote for the PM -- you vote for your Member of Parliament. You know who the leader of the party is, but it isn't a direct vote. It is why they can chop and change so often. The PM has to command the support of the majority in Commons. Starmer didn't. Burnham somehow has cobbled something together. Starmer was that hated.
That’s a good question. The elites , so called, need their money (er, our money) and unchecked power over us? I just want to be left alone. They just want to “govern”. Do we let it happen out of fear? Because we don’t have the power, the left does? They’ve got it all-the media, all of the institutions. They don’t have the US presidency and it’s all that’s saving us. It drives the left crazy, but crazy seems to win them more support. Bernie’s message of taking away other people’s money to redistribute it is resonating with voters. Free health care. Never mind Medicare is not free! Anyway it’s too big a question for little me.
For my wife and me, now both Medicare, we pay (to the government) > $1,000/month just for Medicare A and B. Supplemental and Part D (scrips) is on top of that and copays or deductibles are still in play. It ain't cheap, even though cheaper than the marketplace.
But that, depending on income, coverage is not free is something a lot of folks do not understand.
I am one of those people who think Medicare is great. I’ve never had an issue with getting coverage for different procedures and the deductible on Part F is reasonable. And as with income taxes, the more you make the more you pay. The lowest MAGI (<$109k/yr) pays around $2400/yr. The highest bracket, income exceeding $500k/yr, pays around $8200/yr. Making an additional $400k/yr costs an additional $6000 per year. That seems fair to me.
I am not going to disagree with that. I've never been a fan of progressive taxation as it is used to burden folks in retirement years who have managed to save or invest quite a bit to avoid depending on government or family for support. But government is never satisfied and the idea that "the rich" should "pay their fair share" motivates so much stupidity. Medicare has worked for me, I have no complaints about coverage, and, as I wrote above, this is cheaper than what my wife and I had to pay in the market place.
We’re not wild about Medicare, Our corporate plan co pay was cheaper and way better coverage. There’s no arguing with the government, but we always had success arguing with the insurance companies. Wasn’t easy or pleasant, but at least we had some recourse. Also, we have learned to be a persistent pain in the ass so it works. Haha!
No one was paying attention. The Fifth Column works in silent, but determined ways, Just think of the DSA successes in Blue cities. If you think they are not going to try to pick off these seats one by one, you are missing the entire plot of revolution.
I think a lot of us had no idea how infiltrated everything was at the top until it was too late and now we are fighting on every single front. I know I did not read the fine print on the WA state Equality Act passed in 2008 where they sneakily slipped in legal protections for trans 'women' aka biological men to have full rights to women's facilities and thereby criminalizing any entity who protested such invasion. When the transgender thing became such a huge issue- I did go back and read the fine print- which is shocking and appalling and quite disgusting. It was a cleverly planned takeover on all fronts with a lot of money behind it imo. ie They got the laws in place before anyone had any idea what was going on.
That's why I keep warning people to ignore every Democrat who claims to be a "moderate." They are all a pack of cheats and liars who live by the credo "by any means necessary." Even in my town of Greenwich CT, Democrats have cheated and lied and ignored the law to get a majority on town boards and then increased spending and instituted woke policies. They are a plague that needs to be exposed.
The strange thing is, those who believe themselves to be moderate Democrats have zero political representation. A moderate Dem now, is a Republican, but they’d rather die than admit it.
RMW - I know exactly what you are referring to. One has to be very careful when voting on state/local amendments and referendums. There should be a law against the deceitful way these amendments and referendums are worded. One would think there would be some type of oversight committee by the supervisors of elections before the ballots are printed. I believe the confusion is deliberate. Reading is my passion. I have my Master's Degree (Education/Reading), and am certified in the state of Florida to teach reading K-Adult. I've questioned the wording of the written word on ballots. I can't remember exactly when I first thought to myself, "Hold on a minute. What exactly is this saying?" Reading for DETAIL cannot be understated when reading a ballot box.
I still haven't forgiven Argentina for the Hand of God in 1986.
There is huge amount of bad blood including Beckham's stupid kick in 1998 and then 2018.
It was a bad tempered match and Argentina tried to cheat.
Plus they have no claim on the Falklands as the islands were not inhabited when Britain took them. They are a long way from Argentina. It simply serves to distract from their own economy.
Football in Spain is a bit of a religion. There are huge fascist roots Real Madrid was Franco's team for example. I suspect many who support Spain in Spain can't stand the socialists and go for Vox.
Anyone who thinks that rooting for Argentina is a blow to Socialist Spain hasn't much of a clue. Argentina, home to historical tyrannies that would make colonialists blush, is only recently - after decades of shitty leadership - trying out actual capitalism. And Milei has used some pretty strong arm tactics as leader. But a place as intemperate as a former Spanish colony is bound to see a return to leftwing control within our lifetimes. I think the Peronistas are still around.
BLower did a really good cartoon the other day 19th century -- indigenous colonists (Argentina) v artificial colonists (Falklands). The Falklands did not have any people until the British showed up btw. https://archive.ph/PzJpe
No 10 has waded into the row -- the Falklands are British. Argentina will probably be fined as teams are not supposed to do that sort of thing.
Brian Katz's comment about the Israel hatred in Spain and the support for Israel in Argentina (at least Milei) has me rethinking who I might root for. But I am more and more for the idea of a tactical thermonuclear device at midfield is the best option. A pox on both houses.
You cannot overestimate the utter depravity of what the Iberian Peninsula has wrought in the New World. Brazil - where Portugal established a slave colony from which that society there still reels. You think the US has "issues" - ain't nothing compared to Brazil. And all the rest of the Spanish speaking New World from the Rio Grande to Cape Horn at the southern reaches of Chile and Argentina, are social images of the aristocracy and peons of Iberia, only worse. If you've ever been to Brazil, Venezuela or other S. American countries you see a degree of "income inequality" that makes the USA appear to equal distribution of wealth.
Sometimes you just have to hope for a good match. Usually there is one clear winner on the day.
Yes the Spanish Inquisition was awful. It also targeted the Muslims for obvious reasons. Spanish Catholicism is red in tooth and claw. Very pagan in a way (I once visited Andalucía during Easter week and experienced the parades. The Portuguese which seem blessed by not having Anglo-sphere guilt about their Age of Discovery also thought they were going to wipe out Islam.
I know all about Brazil and its huge problems. South America in general.
Anglo-sphere guilt is quite something when one realises 'income inequality' in other parts of the world.
When I read Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History by Paul Horgan, my eyes were opened to the national character of Spain in ways that a different approach might never have done.
Ironically, the people who whine about ‘white’ colonialism never seem to focus on the far more widespread damage that Spanish colonialism caused. Colonists imprint their culture. And contrary to Woke ideology, cultures are not all equally good.
Buenos Aires is 1960's New York in the kind of funfair mirror that flips English and Spanish components. It has huge Jewish and Italian populations due to the U.S. Immigration Control Act of 1924 (Reed-Johnson), quotas based on the census of 1890, which made immigration to the U.S. from Poland and Italy very difficult. My mother's maternal family (2 uncles) wound up there and the families are still very much in touch. They told me every Jew in the city knew someone affected by the Iran-sponsored AMIA bombing; I may have gone to a bar mitzvah in one of its event spaces in 1984. I'm rooting for Argentina; my Argentine cousins will be happy if they win.
But but but, her husband is an American citizen( not a patriot but still a citizen). As with anchor babies who qualify as citizens, illegal spouses or parents under THE RULE OF LAW can be deported . Families can stay together.. in the country of citizenship of the LAW BREAKER
But but but, her husband is an American citizen( not a patriot but still a citizen). As with anchor babies who qualify as citizens, illegal spouses or parents under THE RULE OF LAW can be deported . Families can stay together.. in the country of citizenship of the LAW BREAKER
But but but the husband is a US CITIZEN. The wife is not and thus under THE RULE OF LAW may be deported . Same for mothers of anchor babies. Families can stay intact..in the country where the non US person came from
Speaking of crazed TDS people -- an inexhaustible supply, apparently, I responded to a post (there are several) mocking Trump et all for warning about the encroachment of what is essentially communism infiltrating the D Party. The person who posted it argued that this is not a real threat, that it's all hyperbole, blah blah blah...
To which I responded: No it isn't. I went on to describe the self-proclaimed "equality" obsessed people I work with, the union, the race hysteria, Biden calling "white supremacy our nation's greatest threat) etc -- and someone responded: YOU MAGA PEOPLE ARE ALL ALIKE. YOU THINK THAT COMMUNISM IS A REAL AND PRESENT DANGER BECAUSE YOUR CULT LEADER SAYS SO.
Now that told me a lot more about HIM than he realizes. Because I saw the communism coming way way way back, and my observations became particularly acute during the George Floyd anti-police hustle.
In my comment I noted: ignore this at your own peril. In Elie Wiesel's NIGHT, a neighborhood fixture named the Beadle disappears from the town, and resurfaces several weeks later with a warning that extermination is coming for the Jews and they'd better protect themselves. What did they do?
They mocked him.
DSA: “It’s been said that it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism. But just because it isn’t easy to imagine now doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to make it happen.”
That woman harassing people on the boardwalk -- what is wrong with these people? It's a never ending source of wonder that I can somehow politely deal with the Useful Idiots I work with (there is one person I used to like, but struggle to forgive for a) immigrating into this country b) taking our jobs c) calling us all racists d) indoctrinating (or trying to) our students into this race obsession)...yet they can't leave perfect strangers alone?
There was a guy (who unfriended me for this) who blamed Trump for the demise of his marriage. His husband is a Chinese national. They were terrified constantly that meanie Trump would deport the husband who is in the country legally.
So I tried to tell him that legal immigrants are not being deported.
I’m soon to host some whistle blowing, anti ICE Minnesotans. That should be interesting. Remember, that’s where all of this nonsense started. Kneeling to BLM and St. Floyd, defund the police, abolish ICE. Then the attacks on Christians, the trans shooter at the Catholic school and the riot inside a church during religious service (Don Lemon). Trump didn’t make this bs up.
Nope! I’ve known them nearly all of my life. There’s a lot of history between us. I’m hoping we can have a some good conversations . And if we can’t, I will plan as many outings as possible, or lay down a rule of no politics. One person of the group has stage 4 cancer. I really want this visit to be as good as it can be. So! We shall see!
I've sat at the Mayo clinic and watched a Chinese communist spend four hours preaching about politics and religion. He literally used the word "preaching" and told the room of doctors and data scientists, "you don't need to go to Mass tomorrow because I'm your priest."
They cheered and applauded him when he said, "we need to use the power of the medical industry to fight capitalism and Elon Musk".
And then the Democrats mock me and tell me communism isn't a real thing. Mockery and ignorance are all they have, and I blame their priesthood of late-night comedian hate mongers for that.
It was all over X last night. My Jewish friends tore him several new assholes. I can’t watch that stuff anymore. I know what Vance is and I hope he flames out. His negotiation of the MOU with Iran is exhibit A for why he should never be POTUS. And he has still refuses to distance himself from Tucker Carlson.
Thanks for the nod to Comrade Prickster, Celia. Fasten your seatbelts, kids. He wants to be the POTUS SO BADLY he would, and does do, anything. Your article is a small foreshadowing of how chaotic and lawless the USA would be under his dictatorship.
Reading the Pritzker Prowler story, and recognizing the names of the judges from previous cases where they released sociopaths on home monitors, just to create more mayhem - are there other municipalities where judges are reasonably well-known for just for their leniency? Maybe NYC?
(By the way, Pritzker lives on Chicago’s Gold Coast, which was arguably the toniest area of town in the past. You can be in a “safer” part of Chicago, but you are not “safe” in Chicago.)
On the bright side, Pritzker is Jewish. No way in hell that the Dems nominate him, unless he repents by leading a pogram himself.
As though Lapid or Bennet would have waged the Gaza war any differently. I'll take criticism of Bibi about his domestic policy but that wasn't what was going on.
By the way, I think Khanna was laughed at because he was wearing a suit, and the formally dressed pols in Israel tend to be very right wing. Many on the left can trade fashion tips with Fetterman.
"But things quickly got worse for her: instead of being held at the Ocean County Jail, she was turned over to ICE, and is now being held in the Delaney Hall detention center, which suggests that deportation is a possibility."
"Suggests?????" Deport this violent leftist piece of excrement NOW. Not yesterday, right now. Or jail her for a year for assault on a minor and then deport her useless ass back to the loony north. Hopefully, her equally moronic, useless and violent spouse will join her. Both will be worthy candidates for the tender mercies of Canada's bloodthirsty MAID program.
As a P.S...... too bad the intruder onto Chubby's toney Illinois digs wasn't an assassin. Letting violent criminals free to prey on the innocent should be a capital offense.
Just breathing in ash in MN from Canadian forest fires caused by environmentalist whackos who outlawed forest management in the 90s causing the largest fuel loads in history.
I agree to a point- but they have practiced good forest management over in eastern WA Okanaogan county and they still have gotten super hot out of control fires. It is way way drier here in the PNW most years now than it used to be. We have been super blessed in my neck of the woods this year in that we have gotten just enough rain so far at just the right times to reduce fires here. Just a context- western WA forests used to be called the asbestos forests because they wouldn't burn even if you tried. Now pretty much every summer there are at least some wildfires in our area. The term climate change is so politically charged now I hate using it and I certainly do not agree with many of the environmentalists relentless stupidities, but it is clear to anyone who has been living in the PNW for more than a few decades that indeed the climate has changed dramatically in this area. I believe there are many reasons for this and not all are under human control, but some are a direct result of over development, poor management, interference with the weather on a large scale by various agencies which I won't get into, there are imo many many factors to the whole forest fire thing- not just poor forest management.
I get it and appreciate your points as always. Especially agree with our 'weather engineering' freaks messing with nature as they shouldn't. As a firefighter I always refer to the fire triangle logic combined with a general lack of fuel loads.
Our wonderful Indians - I refuse to use the term Native American - INDIANS! - knew how to manage our forests by strategic burns for thousands of years.
Yes indeed- Indians were very good at resource/land management. They had to be to survive. Modern society took the path of overcoming nature instead working with her and we are paying the price.
I was very shocked when we made our family road trip out to Oregon in 2010 to see how dry things were even then. When we lived there in the early 90s, it rarely stopped raining from October to June. A few years ago, a wildfire tore through our old stomping grounds. Burned up the house-in-the-woods that we lived in when our two oldest children were born.
Behold the Character of the leftoid. Illegal Canadian harpy thinks that molesting random children for clicks is No Problemo. FAFOs. And that Total Wuss to whom she's married, who bravely does the public prayer for Trump family cancer, hasn't got the courage to be four-square full throatedly in support of his wife's Efforts for the Cause. What's beyond pathetic?
Re the Canadian slapper (likely in more ways than one). If her and her hubbie hate Trump so much and they can’t get along even with his relatives, why didn’t they relocate back to Canada?
HITS is one of my favorite reads here. Usually I’m depressed after reading about stupid,dangerous people. But today I’m so angry. Why is it ok to verbally and physically abuse people you disagree with? I am sick of all of the hate that seems to come mostly from the LEFT. I get angry when I see people with tee shirts or hats on with BLM or other stupid stuff but I just walk by, it’s their right. I hope this nasty woman gets deported and her nasty husband suffers as well. If it was my daughter slapped by her I’d hire the best legal team I could afford and prosecute her for any crime possible given what she did.
At first glance this morning, before reading captions. I see a clip of a huge crowd of Argentinians celebrating the win in Buenos Aires. I read the caption and these fans are not anywhere in Argentina. They were in Miami Beach!
I had only heard about the NJ story. Great success in Cook County, a guy with 60 previous arrests gets an ankle monitor and can break curfew for a week before anyone notices.
Here, already a frustrating morning. Text from credit card company, did you make this purchase? No, I say. OK, we'll decline the purchase, cancel your card, and send a new one. You might get it in 3-6 business days. Oh, I say, I'm leaving the country next Tuesday, I really need the card before then. Sorry, we've already started the process, you can call back in 24 hours and request expedited shipping. And it may still not get to me in time.
Was going to ask this group for tips, going to France next week for the first time, to watch last few stages of tour de France. Going as part of a group, so access to the race is taken care of as well as travel during the race. But, we have an extra day in the beginning in Grenoble and then an extra day in Paris at the end. I don't speak French, suggestions for key phrases.
Yes, I called them. I’m always suspicious but got both text and email messages so figured it was real fraud alert. This type of id theft is so frustrating and always seems to happen when it is most inconvenient.
Key phrases will be the usual ones required by politeness (bonjour, s’il vous plais, merci). In Paris, many service workers can speak some English, but in Grenoble, that may not be the case. Google Translate is a godsend.
In France, lunch is a big deal (le déjeuner), and it can give you the opportunity to have a lighter meal at a Michelin starred restaurant that may be fully booked for dinner (months in advance). In France, when you enter a shop or restaurant, it is expected that you will greet the person behind the counter (aot ignoring them, as in the US).
Public transport is very extensive, and people of all walks of life use it. OTOH, your Uber app works in Paris, too (but you may have problems if the driver texts you, or there is some confusion, since they are unlikely to speak good English).
Basically, walk around a lot, eat in the best places you can, and just soak up the architecture, the ambiance, and the culture. It goes without saying that you should stay away from the bad neighborhoods and always practice situational awareness.
"Bonjour," and a smile is always appreciated by the French. In my experience, the French love it when Americans speak, or even try to attempt to speak, a little French. Simply, s'il vous plait (please), and merci (thank you) makes a big difference.
Praying for Jem's return to good health... Praying for the recovery of all of those injured in the bus accident in Pikesville... and I'll leave it at that.
I think that is a given considering the circumstances... my larger concern is what are we to do with her husband... If I was going to pray on the matter I would pray that Mr. Geroni's citizenship be revoked and he given the boot as well.
Has anyone heard from JBell? I am concerned. The last I heard she was back from vactioning in Destin, Okaloosa County, Florida. I miss her and hope everything is okay.
England lost (basically you can't play defensively for 30 min against Argentina) Go Spain. England play France for the 3rd place.
And this is a deep dive into Amnesty International including an interview with one of the founders' granddaughters. I had not appreciated how pro Zionist it used to be or what it has become. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/ee200555c57e25d1
Michelle, I shall be rooting for Argentina for many reasons. It is the colonialisy oppressor v the oppressed former colony. In today's world we are told we mucg support the oppressed. Plus its the socialist Spain v increasingly free market Argentina. I will root for Messi and his mates
Right there with you Clarity. Not to mention the openly anti-Israel actions of the Spanish government lately, and the warm embrace of Israel by the leader of Argentina. Messi was photographed at the Western Wall recently praying, I wonder what for ?
Hopefully for the peace of Jerusalem.
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My son and I were laughing at the stupidity of England's going into a defensive crouch with only a 1-0 lead. Letting Argentina have chance after chance was going to fail against a team as creative as Argentina is, especially with Messi, the magical midget. The coach should be sacked immediately, not least because he's ghoulish looking.
All institutions captured by leftists are nothing but Fifth columnists.
Well yes it was stupid. England always find new and uninteresting ways to lose. They were too far back etc etc. At least I suppose it saves the humiliation of losing to Spain. My husband believes Spain are playing at a much higher level. Much sharper and on the ball.
I suspect Tuchel will go. The press isn't happy.
And yes, I know. It is amazing how weak they have become and how full of hubris they are.
Lots of gnashing and wailing re the 5 August date of the statutory EHRC guidance -- the law remains as it has always been. It is just the trans activists have run out of road. They don't have the popular support to change the law. But Philipson did it before she was booted out (she is not expected to survive the reshuffle)
Burnham takes over next week. Just sigh.
Is it true that burnham got elected to parliament with only 7000 votes? And thus becomes the leader of a country of 69 million?
That seems like democracy in action.
I’m getting some sarcasm in this Idaho.
A few more than that. He is an MP. It is not a presidential system. The prime minister is the leader of the party who can form a government (ie get enough MPs to vote for him). Think SPeaker of the House or Senate Leader rather than President and you will get a better idea of what is going on. The Head of State and Commander in Chief is the king. Prosecutions are brought on behalf of the king, not the state.
Your take on royalty would make a good Sunday piece for JIP. I, for one, am ignorant about English royalty. Does the King truly have commander-in-chief power? As head of state, what action can he take?
Tradition can be good, of course, and might help to resist Marxist or Islamist takeover. But if the King becomes head of diversity, chic renouncer of the faith, etc., then what good is all that tradition? Do you need a war of the English succession?
There are reasons why they are called His Majesty's armed forces. Just as it is His Majesty's government. The king is constrained by his government.
I agree that Michelle could educate us very well!
All I can say is that the King is a pathetic little child...and always has been. IMO, some of England's problems lie with his incredibly weak and liberal outlook. Really, it's no wonder Prince Phillip couldn't stand him.
All true, Michelle, but as you grew up in America, you know that the Parliamentary system is quite different from America's constitutional republic. The one office that is elected by the entire country here is President (well, also VP but that is an office with little power). You probably get that it is kinda bizarre to us that a single party "forms" a government. Simply because elections (which seem to happen on a weird schedule and can happen in an instant if a leader wants to cement even greater control) establish individual members of Parliament but then the controlling party runs all of government (except the entrenched bureaucrats who form either a bulwark against radical change or actually drive great change if aligned with the leadership). It doesn't really seem to take acts of Parliament to establish laws. Plus get to simply dictate things and appoint various ministers who do what they want - including to not do what the law has directed them to do - and those M<inisters seem to have far more power than a President's cabinet has. The idea that the King is commander in chief is really - at least compared to the US - humorous.
I know I have some of this in error and feel free to correct. But our systems are really quite different, in source law and in effect. You can see it in Trump's efforts to legislate voter ID and citizenship. He can't impose it, no matter how popular, and his own party is not going along with it. As unilateral as Trump can be, the inertia of Congress is somewhat different than the UK Parliament.
I think the US system, stemming from a constitution and not steeped in a history of monarchy and aristocracy, has much to speak for itself. Our Founders saw the thing they were revolting against and created our government to avoid monarchy, aristocracy, and a parliamentary system. The most important things are the amendments - the Bill of Rights especially. Since the US system is founded on the notion that the people, not a class of elites (by title or birth), rule and peoples right do come either from God or from within themselves. That concept and especially the first 4 or 5 amendments protect us from the usurpations that a parliamentary system without a founding and controlling constitution can bring. No matter how stupid our legislators get, there are barriers to control that are critical. The first Amendment is most critical and it seems England's lack of that concept burdens the English people.
The military swears an oath to the monarch, not to the British government. There are limits to what the king can do and it is very much an advisory role but there are reasons why the Royal family are really involved with the military. The ruling monarch has to sign off on all officer appointments for example. The government's legislative programme is laid out in the King's speech.
There checks and balances are there but it is an unwritten constitution. I actually found the Winston Churchill book(last 3 chapters) surprisingly good at explaining certain aspects.
The Prime Minister has taken on far more of a presidential role than when I first arrived. But you never actually vote for the PM -- you vote for your Member of Parliament. You know who the leader of the party is, but it isn't a direct vote. It is why they can chop and change so often. The PM has to command the support of the majority in Commons. Starmer didn't. Burnham somehow has cobbled something together. Starmer was that hated.
But, here is another take .. by a Canuck who is in favor of Edmonton seceding from federal Canada. Interesting commentary on where the USA is today.
https://substack.com/inbox/post/205543328.
"The Head of State and Commander in Chief is the king."
If only you had a real one, like Richard Coeur d'Lion or Henry V. Or George VI. Not this fool.
"Their" democracy. Not ours. And I'm speaking of the leftist scum of either England or the US.
Thank you for the Amnesty International story. Sadly the same take over has happened in every institution. Not surprising anymore.
And yet, we let it happen. Why?
That’s a good question. The elites , so called, need their money (er, our money) and unchecked power over us? I just want to be left alone. They just want to “govern”. Do we let it happen out of fear? Because we don’t have the power, the left does? They’ve got it all-the media, all of the institutions. They don’t have the US presidency and it’s all that’s saving us. It drives the left crazy, but crazy seems to win them more support. Bernie’s message of taking away other people’s money to redistribute it is resonating with voters. Free health care. Never mind Medicare is not free! Anyway it’s too big a question for little me.
Your typical non senior believes Medicare is free. Another example of how uninformed Americans are.Just in copayments we paid $450 last month.
For my wife and me, now both Medicare, we pay (to the government) > $1,000/month just for Medicare A and B. Supplemental and Part D (scrips) is on top of that and copays or deductibles are still in play. It ain't cheap, even though cheaper than the marketplace.
But that, depending on income, coverage is not free is something a lot of folks do not understand.
I'm pretty much in the same boat as you.
Most people (including my wife and me) had no idea about the impact of IRMAA on Medicare premiums until after we turned 65 and retired.
It's another example of how the government screws over the middle-class who made the "bad decision" to diligently save for their retirement.
I am one of those people who think Medicare is great. I’ve never had an issue with getting coverage for different procedures and the deductible on Part F is reasonable. And as with income taxes, the more you make the more you pay. The lowest MAGI (<$109k/yr) pays around $2400/yr. The highest bracket, income exceeding $500k/yr, pays around $8200/yr. Making an additional $400k/yr costs an additional $6000 per year. That seems fair to me.
I am not going to disagree with that. I've never been a fan of progressive taxation as it is used to burden folks in retirement years who have managed to save or invest quite a bit to avoid depending on government or family for support. But government is never satisfied and the idea that "the rich" should "pay their fair share" motivates so much stupidity. Medicare has worked for me, I have no complaints about coverage, and, as I wrote above, this is cheaper than what my wife and I had to pay in the market place.
We’re not wild about Medicare, Our corporate plan co pay was cheaper and way better coverage. There’s no arguing with the government, but we always had success arguing with the insurance companies. Wasn’t easy or pleasant, but at least we had some recourse. Also, we have learned to be a persistent pain in the ass so it works. Haha!
No one was paying attention. The Fifth Column works in silent, but determined ways, Just think of the DSA successes in Blue cities. If you think they are not going to try to pick off these seats one by one, you are missing the entire plot of revolution.
Perfectly nailed it.
I think a lot of us had no idea how infiltrated everything was at the top until it was too late and now we are fighting on every single front. I know I did not read the fine print on the WA state Equality Act passed in 2008 where they sneakily slipped in legal protections for trans 'women' aka biological men to have full rights to women's facilities and thereby criminalizing any entity who protested such invasion. When the transgender thing became such a huge issue- I did go back and read the fine print- which is shocking and appalling and quite disgusting. It was a cleverly planned takeover on all fronts with a lot of money behind it imo. ie They got the laws in place before anyone had any idea what was going on.
That's why I keep warning people to ignore every Democrat who claims to be a "moderate." They are all a pack of cheats and liars who live by the credo "by any means necessary." Even in my town of Greenwich CT, Democrats have cheated and lied and ignored the law to get a majority on town boards and then increased spending and instituted woke policies. They are a plague that needs to be exposed.
The strange thing is, those who believe themselves to be moderate Democrats have zero political representation. A moderate Dem now, is a Republican, but they’d rather die than admit it.
I lived in Greenwich in 1961. Went to St. Mary’s which I don’t think exists anymore. Beautiful place.
RMW - I know exactly what you are referring to. One has to be very careful when voting on state/local amendments and referendums. There should be a law against the deceitful way these amendments and referendums are worded. One would think there would be some type of oversight committee by the supervisors of elections before the ballots are printed. I believe the confusion is deliberate. Reading is my passion. I have my Master's Degree (Education/Reading), and am certified in the state of Florida to teach reading K-Adult. I've questioned the wording of the written word on ballots. I can't remember exactly when I first thought to myself, "Hold on a minute. What exactly is this saying?" Reading for DETAIL cannot be understated when reading a ballot box.
I know but it is interesting to see the background and how it happened. The Third Sector has severe problems.
Another Southern Poverty Law Center
Go Argentina , Spain is just another country captured by jihadists
Exactly
I still haven't forgiven Argentina for the Hand of God in 1986.
There is huge amount of bad blood including Beckham's stupid kick in 1998 and then 2018.
It was a bad tempered match and Argentina tried to cheat.
Plus they have no claim on the Falklands as the islands were not inhabited when Britain took them. They are a long way from Argentina. It simply serves to distract from their own economy.
Football in Spain is a bit of a religion. There are huge fascist roots Real Madrid was Franco's team for example. I suspect many who support Spain in Spain can't stand the socialists and go for Vox.
Anyone who thinks that rooting for Argentina is a blow to Socialist Spain hasn't much of a clue. Argentina, home to historical tyrannies that would make colonialists blush, is only recently - after decades of shitty leadership - trying out actual capitalism. And Milei has used some pretty strong arm tactics as leader. But a place as intemperate as a former Spanish colony is bound to see a return to leftwing control within our lifetimes. I think the Peronistas are still around.
PLUS, there is the issue of the Falklands, a territory that has been British for hundreds of years (around 1690) and as to whom shall it align with the local populace voted about 97% for British alignment several decades ago. The place has nothing but sheep and some British subjects, yet, in the hotblooded way that only the descendants of Spain can engender, the egos of the Argentine man-boys, the islands should be under Argentine rule. Even the soccer midwits can't shut up, lest the size of their manhood be questioned. https://apnews.com/article/england-argentina-world-cup-falkland-islands-malvinas-240a5fcd72446efd674fd6d9eb52572a?taid=6a58b637dd3d1b000105dda7&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter.
So, since I can't root for a small tactical thermonuclear device at midfield, I will be rooting for Spain.
BLower did a really good cartoon the other day 19th century -- indigenous colonists (Argentina) v artificial colonists (Falklands). The Falklands did not have any people until the British showed up btw. https://archive.ph/PzJpe
No 10 has waded into the row -- the Falklands are British. Argentina will probably be fined as teams are not supposed to do that sort of thing.
Brian Katz's comment about the Israel hatred in Spain and the support for Israel in Argentina (at least Milei) has me rethinking who I might root for. But I am more and more for the idea of a tactical thermonuclear device at midfield is the best option. A pox on both houses.
You cannot overestimate the utter depravity of what the Iberian Peninsula has wrought in the New World. Brazil - where Portugal established a slave colony from which that society there still reels. You think the US has "issues" - ain't nothing compared to Brazil. And all the rest of the Spanish speaking New World from the Rio Grande to Cape Horn at the southern reaches of Chile and Argentina, are social images of the aristocracy and peons of Iberia, only worse. If you've ever been to Brazil, Venezuela or other S. American countries you see a degree of "income inequality" that makes the USA appear to equal distribution of wealth.
Sometimes you just have to hope for a good match. Usually there is one clear winner on the day.
Yes the Spanish Inquisition was awful. It also targeted the Muslims for obvious reasons. Spanish Catholicism is red in tooth and claw. Very pagan in a way (I once visited Andalucía during Easter week and experienced the parades. The Portuguese which seem blessed by not having Anglo-sphere guilt about their Age of Discovery also thought they were going to wipe out Islam.
I know all about Brazil and its huge problems. South America in general.
Anglo-sphere guilt is quite something when one realises 'income inequality' in other parts of the world.
When I read Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History by Paul Horgan, my eyes were opened to the national character of Spain in ways that a different approach might never have done.
Ironically, the people who whine about ‘white’ colonialism never seem to focus on the far more widespread damage that Spanish colonialism caused. Colonists imprint their culture. And contrary to Woke ideology, cultures are not all equally good.
Buenos Aires is 1960's New York in the kind of funfair mirror that flips English and Spanish components. It has huge Jewish and Italian populations due to the U.S. Immigration Control Act of 1924 (Reed-Johnson), quotas based on the census of 1890, which made immigration to the U.S. from Poland and Italy very difficult. My mother's maternal family (2 uncles) wound up there and the families are still very much in touch. They told me every Jew in the city knew someone affected by the Iran-sponsored AMIA bombing; I may have gone to a bar mitzvah in one of its event spaces in 1984. I'm rooting for Argentina; my Argentine cousins will be happy if they win.
Powerful article- thanks- sent it out to some folks.
Thanks for this!
And thanks for the link to the Telegraph article. A truly great piece of journalism!
All of these stories fall under the Biblical exhortation: "Woe unto those who call evil good, and good evil"!
Deport that woman without delay! I am glad that ICE got her before the local yokles did.
Pritzker gets everything that he deserves.
And finally, one of my favorite truisms: You always get more of what you allow!
But but but, her husband is an American citizen( not a patriot but still a citizen). As with anchor babies who qualify as citizens, illegal spouses or parents under THE RULE OF LAW can be deported . Families can stay together.. in the country of citizenship of the LAW BREAKER
But but but, her husband is an American citizen( not a patriot but still a citizen). As with anchor babies who qualify as citizens, illegal spouses or parents under THE RULE OF LAW can be deported . Families can stay together.. in the country of citizenship of the LAW BREAKER
But but but the husband is a US CITIZEN. The wife is not and thus under THE RULE OF LAW may be deported . Same for mothers of anchor babies. Families can stay intact..in the country where the non US person came from
It also falls under the Forrest Gump exhortation: “ Stupid is as stupid does. “
Speaking of crazed TDS people -- an inexhaustible supply, apparently, I responded to a post (there are several) mocking Trump et all for warning about the encroachment of what is essentially communism infiltrating the D Party. The person who posted it argued that this is not a real threat, that it's all hyperbole, blah blah blah...
To which I responded: No it isn't. I went on to describe the self-proclaimed "equality" obsessed people I work with, the union, the race hysteria, Biden calling "white supremacy our nation's greatest threat) etc -- and someone responded: YOU MAGA PEOPLE ARE ALL ALIKE. YOU THINK THAT COMMUNISM IS A REAL AND PRESENT DANGER BECAUSE YOUR CULT LEADER SAYS SO.
Now that told me a lot more about HIM than he realizes. Because I saw the communism coming way way way back, and my observations became particularly acute during the George Floyd anti-police hustle.
In my comment I noted: ignore this at your own peril. In Elie Wiesel's NIGHT, a neighborhood fixture named the Beadle disappears from the town, and resurfaces several weeks later with a warning that extermination is coming for the Jews and they'd better protect themselves. What did they do?
They mocked him.
DSA: “It’s been said that it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism. But just because it isn’t easy to imagine now doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to make it happen.”
https://program.dsausa.org/#narrative
That woman harassing people on the boardwalk -- what is wrong with these people? It's a never ending source of wonder that I can somehow politely deal with the Useful Idiots I work with (there is one person I used to like, but struggle to forgive for a) immigrating into this country b) taking our jobs c) calling us all racists d) indoctrinating (or trying to) our students into this race obsession)...yet they can't leave perfect strangers alone?
There was a guy (who unfriended me for this) who blamed Trump for the demise of his marriage. His husband is a Chinese national. They were terrified constantly that meanie Trump would deport the husband who is in the country legally.
So I tried to tell him that legal immigrants are not being deported.
And he unfriended me for that.
To your former friend I can only add….”You can’t fix stupid. “
I’m soon to host some whistle blowing, anti ICE Minnesotans. That should be interesting. Remember, that’s where all of this nonsense started. Kneeling to BLM and St. Floyd, defund the police, abolish ICE. Then the attacks on Christians, the trans shooter at the Catholic school and the riot inside a church during religious service (Don Lemon). Trump didn’t make this bs up.
Are yiu being forced to do this at the point of a gun?
Nope! I’ve known them nearly all of my life. There’s a lot of history between us. I’m hoping we can have a some good conversations . And if we can’t, I will plan as many outings as possible, or lay down a rule of no politics. One person of the group has stage 4 cancer. I really want this visit to be as good as it can be. So! We shall see!
At least they will experience someone who is not gleeful about a political opponent’s stage 4 cancer.
Yeah. The same people who wear the “Be kind” tshirts wish their political opponents death. It’s astounding.
Have Faraday bags at the door and a sign “No whistles or cell phones allowed”
Haha! It’s tough when one’s oldest friends have gone off the lefty cliff.
How do gay people get on in Chy-na? Is that allowed?
I've also heard the "communism isn't real line".
I've sat at the Mayo clinic and watched a Chinese communist spend four hours preaching about politics and religion. He literally used the word "preaching" and told the room of doctors and data scientists, "you don't need to go to Mass tomorrow because I'm your priest."
They cheered and applauded him when he said, "we need to use the power of the medical industry to fight capitalism and Elon Musk".
And then the Democrats mock me and tell me communism isn't a real thing. Mockery and ignorance are all they have, and I blame their priesthood of late-night comedian hate mongers for that.
Yes, those late-nighters are heedless, tendentious, unimaginative, and, as comedians, worthless.
But the real blame is on social media, the educational system (from K through university), and the “news” service of legacy media.
Some of you might be interested: JD Vance was on Joe Rogan yesterday. 3 hrs of conversation beyond sound bites
Thanks for the head’s up. I listened to his first interview w Rogan and was highly impressed.
It was all over X last night. My Jewish friends tore him several new assholes. I can’t watch that stuff anymore. I know what Vance is and I hope he flames out. His negotiation of the MOU with Iran is exhibit A for why he should never be POTUS. And he has still refuses to distance himself from Tucker Carlson.
Another one bites the dust. Shucky durn as I had hopes for Vance originally.
I read his book long before he entered politics and I like the story.
The book was just his NYT pre-publication op-ed plus a lot of profanity.
Thanks for the nod to Comrade Prickster, Celia. Fasten your seatbelts, kids. He wants to be the POTUS SO BADLY he would, and does do, anything. Your article is a small foreshadowing of how chaotic and lawless the USA would be under his dictatorship.
Reading the Pritzker Prowler story, and recognizing the names of the judges from previous cases where they released sociopaths on home monitors, just to create more mayhem - are there other municipalities where judges are reasonably well-known for just for their leniency? Maybe NYC?
(By the way, Pritzker lives on Chicago’s Gold Coast, which was arguably the toniest area of town in the past. You can be in a “safer” part of Chicago, but you are not “safe” in Chicago.)
On the bright side, Pritzker is Jewish. No way in hell that the Dems nominate him, unless he repents by leading a pogram himself.
Unless? Just another sonderkommando like Soros. Pritzker would sell out in a heartbeat.
Aw, but he's been doing Wegovy all year, hoping that will help! LOL
A brightly-colored keffiyeh has a slimming effect, too.
Indeed!
Chris Christie has entered the chat…..
I agree on the Jewish part. That’s why Rahm Emanuel going to Tel Aviv to make a speech to the Democrats was so stupid.
As though Lapid or Bennet would have waged the Gaza war any differently. I'll take criticism of Bibi about his domestic policy but that wasn't what was going on.
By the way, I think Khanna was laughed at because he was wearing a suit, and the formally dressed pols in Israel tend to be very right wing. Many on the left can trade fashion tips with Fetterman.
Fat slob.
"But things quickly got worse for her: instead of being held at the Ocean County Jail, she was turned over to ICE, and is now being held in the Delaney Hall detention center, which suggests that deportation is a possibility."
"Suggests?????" Deport this violent leftist piece of excrement NOW. Not yesterday, right now. Or jail her for a year for assault on a minor and then deport her useless ass back to the loony north. Hopefully, her equally moronic, useless and violent spouse will join her. Both will be worthy candidates for the tender mercies of Canada's bloodthirsty MAID program.
As a P.S...... too bad the intruder onto Chubby's toney Illinois digs wasn't an assassin. Letting violent criminals free to prey on the innocent should be a capital offense.
That got past me. A PD in the PRNJ did an ICE referral? Holy stuff. And Delaney Hall? Apparently the Rent-a-Riot there has moved up to... Maine?
Clearly not everyone in Joisey is a leftist lunatic. Even is states run by modern day Rosa Luxemburgs named Mikie, some pockets of sanity remain.
No question. PRNJ like every other blue "state" is actually largely a Sea of Sanity polluted by highly populated Islands of Stupid.
Thats a great line.
Let’s see, Island of Stupidity = Trenton.
How am I doing ?
Also Newark. J-City. And -- for the Islamophiles -- Patterson.
🎯🎯🎯
'a Sea of Sanity polluted by highly populated Islands of Stupid.'
Now that's a keeper!
My blushes.
Check out the wall art of the crazy ginger’s brain dead husband
Yup, massive pedo-vibes.
I noticed the sorry excuse of wall art immediately. A grown man with a large stuffed Pokémon on his couch. Pathetic.
Just breathing in ash in MN from Canadian forest fires caused by environmentalist whackos who outlawed forest management in the 90s causing the largest fuel loads in history.
Orange clouds last evening here in the PRNJ too. And a whiff of pine.
Peoples Republic of New Jersey? Love it.
Not my choice. But family.
Still ok here in the south, but I expect it was reach Galt’s Gulch soon.
I agree to a point- but they have practiced good forest management over in eastern WA Okanaogan county and they still have gotten super hot out of control fires. It is way way drier here in the PNW most years now than it used to be. We have been super blessed in my neck of the woods this year in that we have gotten just enough rain so far at just the right times to reduce fires here. Just a context- western WA forests used to be called the asbestos forests because they wouldn't burn even if you tried. Now pretty much every summer there are at least some wildfires in our area. The term climate change is so politically charged now I hate using it and I certainly do not agree with many of the environmentalists relentless stupidities, but it is clear to anyone who has been living in the PNW for more than a few decades that indeed the climate has changed dramatically in this area. I believe there are many reasons for this and not all are under human control, but some are a direct result of over development, poor management, interference with the weather on a large scale by various agencies which I won't get into, there are imo many many factors to the whole forest fire thing- not just poor forest management.
I get it and appreciate your points as always. Especially agree with our 'weather engineering' freaks messing with nature as they shouldn't. As a firefighter I always refer to the fire triangle logic combined with a general lack of fuel loads.
Our wonderful Indians - I refuse to use the term Native American - INDIANS! - knew how to manage our forests by strategic burns for thousands of years.
Yes indeed- Indians were very good at resource/land management. They had to be to survive. Modern society took the path of overcoming nature instead working with her and we are paying the price.
I was very shocked when we made our family road trip out to Oregon in 2010 to see how dry things were even then. When we lived there in the early 90s, it rarely stopped raining from October to June. A few years ago, a wildfire tore through our old stomping grounds. Burned up the house-in-the-woods that we lived in when our two oldest children were born.
Oh that's sad about your old home.
Behold the Character of the leftoid. Illegal Canadian harpy thinks that molesting random children for clicks is No Problemo. FAFOs. And that Total Wuss to whom she's married, who bravely does the public prayer for Trump family cancer, hasn't got the courage to be four-square full throatedly in support of his wife's Efforts for the Cause. What's beyond pathetic?
The Chicago escapee had heard of the bountiful breakfast buffets as Pritzker’s mansion and wanted to partake.
Beware the crazy gingers especially if they are Canadians.
Re the Canadian slapper (likely in more ways than one). If her and her hubbie hate Trump so much and they can’t get along even with his relatives, why didn’t they relocate back to Canada?
HITS is one of my favorite reads here. Usually I’m depressed after reading about stupid,dangerous people. But today I’m so angry. Why is it ok to verbally and physically abuse people you disagree with? I am sick of all of the hate that seems to come mostly from the LEFT. I get angry when I see people with tee shirts or hats on with BLM or other stupid stuff but I just walk by, it’s their right. I hope this nasty woman gets deported and her nasty husband suffers as well. If it was my daughter slapped by her I’d hire the best legal team I could afford and prosecute her for any crime possible given what she did.
At first glance this morning, before reading captions. I see a clip of a huge crowd of Argentinians celebrating the win in Buenos Aires. I read the caption and these fans are not anywhere in Argentina. They were in Miami Beach!
I had only heard about the NJ story. Great success in Cook County, a guy with 60 previous arrests gets an ankle monitor and can break curfew for a week before anyone notices.
Here, already a frustrating morning. Text from credit card company, did you make this purchase? No, I say. OK, we'll decline the purchase, cancel your card, and send a new one. You might get it in 3-6 business days. Oh, I say, I'm leaving the country next Tuesday, I really need the card before then. Sorry, we've already started the process, you can call back in 24 hours and request expedited shipping. And it may still not get to me in time.
Was going to ask this group for tips, going to France next week for the first time, to watch last few stages of tour de France. Going as part of a group, so access to the race is taken care of as well as travel during the race. But, we have an extra day in the beginning in Grenoble and then an extra day in Paris at the end. I don't speak French, suggestions for key phrases.
I hope you contacted the real credit card company--there are a lot of scams out there that pretend to be your credit card company or bank.
But that is such a mess when you're going on a trip!
I speak German, not French, so hopefully someone else can advise.
Yes, I called them. I’m always suspicious but got both text and email messages so figured it was real fraud alert. This type of id theft is so frustrating and always seems to happen when it is most inconvenient.
Tips for France:
Key phrases will be the usual ones required by politeness (bonjour, s’il vous plais, merci). In Paris, many service workers can speak some English, but in Grenoble, that may not be the case. Google Translate is a godsend.
In France, lunch is a big deal (le déjeuner), and it can give you the opportunity to have a lighter meal at a Michelin starred restaurant that may be fully booked for dinner (months in advance). In France, when you enter a shop or restaurant, it is expected that you will greet the person behind the counter (aot ignoring them, as in the US).
Public transport is very extensive, and people of all walks of life use it. OTOH, your Uber app works in Paris, too (but you may have problems if the driver texts you, or there is some confusion, since they are unlikely to speak good English).
Basically, walk around a lot, eat in the best places you can, and just soak up the architecture, the ambiance, and the culture. It goes without saying that you should stay away from the bad neighborhoods and always practice situational awareness.
Thanks, great tips!
"Bonjour," and a smile is always appreciated by the French. In my experience, the French love it when Americans speak, or even try to attempt to speak, a little French. Simply, s'il vous plait (please), and merci (thank you) makes a big difference.
Thanks, those few words are about as much as I've got :-)
Praying for Jem's return to good health... Praying for the recovery of all of those injured in the bus accident in Pikesville... and I'll leave it at that.
We could pray for Ms. Tracey to get deported....
I think that is a given considering the circumstances... my larger concern is what are we to do with her husband... If I was going to pray on the matter I would pray that Mr. Geroni's citizenship be revoked and he given the boot as well.
Has anyone heard from JBell? I am concerned. The last I heard she was back from vactioning in Destin, Okaloosa County, Florida. I miss her and hope everything is okay.
Me too.