Stephen K. Mack offers a sampler!

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Oct 18, 2026

Reader compare mendacious political fabulist Jonathan Freedland, with John Crace of ‘The politics sketch’!

Posted on July 1, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

American Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 28, 2026 Reader compare mendacious political fabulist Jonathan Freedland, with John Crace of ‘The politics sketch’! Posted on May 16, 2025 by stephenkmacksd American Reader comments ! stephenkmacksd.com/ May 10, 2025 Editor: Reader begin here : Jonathan Freedland: Headline: … Continue reading →

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On The perpetual mendacity of Jonathan Freedland!

Posted on February 15, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Fri 18 Mar 2016 16.09 EDT stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 13, 2026 As the Conservative party divides its time between running the country and tearing itself apart over Europe, Labour has been consumed with a rather different problem. In the past two … Continue reading →

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Does Jonathan Freedland as Public Moralist ring true?

Posted on December 7, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Old Socialist wonders at political opportunism, in its various and toxic itertions? stephenkmacksd.com/ Dec 07, 2025 Headline: The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men Sub-headline: These deadly US boat strikes are the latest … Continue reading →

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Notorious defamer of Jeremy Corbnyn Jonathan Freedland in NYT!

Posted on November 29, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Newspaper Reader on ‘The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany—and the Spy Who Betrayed them.’ stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 15, 2025 Editor: Jonathan Freedland joins the other Zionists regulars at the Times: Thomas L. Friedman, … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Freedland in ‘In high dudgeon’ over Trump: while British Citizens are arrested and jailed, without legal recourse, for marching against The Gaza Genocide!

Posted on September 7, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

American Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 31, 2025 Mr. Freedland is a notorious political opportunist, so the predations of Trump and his political minions, are the perfect opportunity to draw attention away form the Gaza Genocide, and the arrest of British … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Freedland on ‘We’re becoming inured to Trump’s outbursts – but when he goes quiet, we need to be worried’

Posted on July 14, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Old Socialist on the very elastic political standards of Jonathan Freedland & Fellow Travelers! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 13, 2025 Headline: We’re becoming inured to Trump’s outbursts – but when he goes quiet, we need to be worried Sub-headline: Across the US, … Continue reading →

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From June 29, 2024: On Jonathan Freedland as Truth Teller!

Posted on May 7, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Political Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ May 04, 2025 Jonathan Freedland never disappoints, except in the matter truth, facts or valid argument! It’s his habit of being! Political Observer engages in some Political Archaeology. Headline: It’s risky, but Joe Biden needs to give … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Freedland and other political fabulists: On Time & Opportunism, held aloft via an inexhaustible Victimology!

Posted on February 16, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 14, 2025 Editor: For those of ‘us’ with a long memory, who can forget Jonathan Freedland’s act of Defamation against Jeremy Corbyn. Headline:Jeremy Corbyn is either blind to antisemitism – or he just doesn’t care Sub-headline … Continue reading →

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Stephen K. Mack.

Netanyahu is like the turd that just won’t flush

4 hours ago

Netanyahu has edged out his rivals in the Israeli elections. This comes as a huge disappointment to those who wanted to rehabilitate Israel by pinning the country’s crimes on one man. Everyone else knew it would make no difference whoever ends up in charge.

The elections had a record 77.7% turnout. Exit polls had predicted a bad night for Netanyahu to the delight of liberals who pretend they were never on his side. An excited Emily Thornberry jumped the gun, posting that Israel has rejected Netanyahu’s dark vision, forever war and cruel, dystopic, authoritarian policies.

Council Estate Media@cem_uk_

The “anti-Netanyahu block” is also pro-genocide, Emily

Emily Thornberry@EmilyThornberry

Israeli Exit Polls show Netanyahu’s been defeated. Israel has rejected his dark vision, forever war & cruel, dystopic, authoritarian policies. But to succeed, the anti Netanyahu block needs to work with the Israeli Arab parties. I dearly hope this great chance isn’t wasted

5:13 AM · Oct 28, 2026 · 4.33K Views

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Or ‘Res ipsa loquitur – The thing itself speaks’?

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Oct 22, 2026

Academia, Bizarre, Criminal law, International, Media, PoliticsOctober 22, 2026

French Police Identify Antifa as the “Ideologically Distinct Group” Behind the Riots Despite Democratic Denials

Years ago, I called Antifa the Keyser Söze of the left, after the character in “The Usual Suspects.” In the film, the character Virgil explains how Söze stayed in the shadows: he became “a myth, a spook story that criminals tell their kids at night.” The strategy was too simple: “the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist.”

Democratic leaders have long fostered the myth around Antifa, the largest and most violent group on the political left. For years, they have denied the existence of the group even as members were charged with crimes (including terrorism). Now, the French authorities have found that the nonexistent group is the largest of three “ideologically distinct groups” responsible for the violence in France. It appears that either the entire French security system is delusional or the trick is up for the American left.

Continue reading “French Police Identify Antifa as the “Ideologically Distinct Group” Behind the Riots Despite Democratic Denials”→

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Oct 19, 2026

Oct 18, 2026 #MOATS #France #Macron

France is burning. On the anniversary of the firing of the summer palace in Beijing. Europe is smouldering. General Roly Poly tells us we must be ready to sacrifice to keep him in corsets and vintage wine, or whine

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Oct 18, 2026 #MOATS #France #Macron

France is burning. On the anniversary of the firing of the summer palace in Beijing. Europe is smouldering. General Roly Poly tells us we must be ready to sacrifice to keep him in corsets and vintage wine, or whine

Stephen K, Mack.

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Oct 19, 2026

Matthieu Goar, in Le Monde, on ‘original Macronism’…

Posted on April 1, 2023 by stephenkmacksd

Almost Marx views the unfolding ‘French Political Melodrama’, through the Matthieu Goar lens… Headline: The pension crisis signals the end of ‘original Macronism’ Sub-headline: Some of the French president’s voters are beginning to doubt his ability to emerge from the … Continue reading →

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Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director and columnist at Le Monde, opines on the ‘trustworthiness’ of Emmanuel Macron, in The Financial Times,

Posted on February 4, 2022 by stephenkmacksd

The Neo-Liberalizer of France is too cozy with Putin ? Before I begin with the essay of Kaufmann, let me quote from Wolfgang Streeck’s essay on Europe of January 7, 2022: … In fact, the French political class seems increasingly … Continue reading →

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@FT can’t stop kissing the ass of their Neo-Liberal Golden Boy Macron: who in reality is a Fascist! Old Socialist

Posted on April 8, 2019 by stephenkmacksd

Headline: Emmanuel Macron ponders his de Gaulle moment with Brexit Sub-headline: Fears grow that French president will say ‘Non’ and bundle UK out of the EU door https://www.ft.com/content/23d71a04-5916-11e9-9dde-7aedca0a081a This screen capture of a tweet puts the Financial Times propaganda in … Continue reading →

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Macron Merde episode XCVII: ‘Press Ahead’ is the new slogan for Macron 2019! Almost Marx surveys the apologetics at The Financial Times

Posted on January 1, 2019 by stephenkmacksd

Headline:Emmanuel Macron vows to press ahead with France economic reforms Sub-headline: President acknowledges ‘rising anger’ but calls for patience in his new year’s address David Keohane closely follows the Party Line on Macon, call it the ‘articles of faith’ of this … Continue reading →

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On M. 37% or King Macron’s ‘Reforms’ as reported by Charles Bremner of the London Times. Old Socialist’s schadenfreude?

Posted on November 21, 2018 by stephenkmacksd

The Jupiterian Revolution of M. 37% seems to stumble from crisis to crisis, all of his own making! Most of these go un-reported in one of his staunchest propaganda ‘newspapers’ The Financial Times. Mr. Bremner’s enlightening essay offers something that … Continue reading →

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The Financial Times Front Page of December 5, 2024.

Posted on December 6, 2024 by stephenkmacksd

Political Observer offers more that just this front page. I offer selections from Claire Gatinois and Solenn de Royer, of Le Mond’s, postmortem of Macron’s ‘twilight’? stephenkmacksd.com/ Dec 05, 2024 Le Monde offers this on Macron : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Editor: The … Continue reading →

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On RFI’s anti-gilets jaunes political hysteria mongering! Almost Marx comments

Posted on February 10, 2019 by stephenkmacksd

Headline: Violence against France’s institutions – how far is too far? Sub-headline: An arson attempt on Saturday at the residence of France’s Speaker of the Assembly has put the spotlight on similar acts of vandalism aimed at France’s public institutions. … Continue reading →

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@FT can’t stop kissing the ass of their Neo-Liberal Golden Boy Macron: who in reality is a Fascist! Old Socialist

Posted on April 8, 2019 by stephenkmacksd

Headline: Emmanuel Macron ponders his de Gaulle moment with Brexit

Sub-headline: Fears grow that French president will say ‘Non’ and bundle UK out of the EU door

https://www.ft.com/content/23d71a04-5916-11e9-9dde-7aedca0a081a

This screen capture of a tweet puts the Financial Times propaganda in a necessary perspective:

Another perspective, this from Press TV:

Ramin Mazaheri
Press TV, Paris

Yellow Vest protests continue for the 21st consecutive week against French government policies. Turnout was lower than previous weeks but as our correspondent Ramin Mazaheri reports from Paris demonstrators have made it clear they will keep marching until their demands are met.

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/04/07/592773/Yellow-Vests-brave-bans-violence-for-21st-weekend–

This report from REI on Macron’s carefully managed ‘Great Debate’ in place of coverage of the violence perpetrated in Nantes!

http://en.rfi.fr/france/20190408-france-awaits-results-macron-great-debate-yellow-vests-gilets-jaunes

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The Financial Times Front Page of December 5, 2024.

Posted on December 6, 2024 by stephenkmacksd

Political Observer offers more that just this front page. I offer selections from Claire Gatinois and Solenn de Royer, of Le Mond’s, postmortem of Macron’s ‘twilight’?

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Dec 05, 2024

Le Monde offers this on Macron :

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Editor: The Reader has to congratulate Le Monde, and its reporters Claire Gatinois and Solenn de Royer, for their 3633 word exsumation of Macron and Macronism? The Reader might even choose her favorite selections, and totally ignore my own! One might read the reportage of Claire Gatinois and Solenn de Royer as contemporary riff on Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac? That might also riff on the themes of Lucien de Rubempré of The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans? The Reader might become annarored, even seduced, by the style of these two reporters, and again ignore my own! This vast canvas invites dissent, as does the title of this essay, followed by Chapter Headings, in a nod to the novel as formative ?

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On RFI’s anti-gilets jaunes political hysteria mongering! Almost Marx comments

Posted on February 10, 2019 by stephenkmacksd

Headline: Violence against France’s institutions – how far is too far?

Sub-headline: An arson attempt on Saturday at the residence of France’s Speaker of the Assembly has put the spotlight on similar acts of vandalism aimed at France’s public institutions.

Paragraph heading : No evidence of ‘Yellow Vest’ motive

The attempted arson, which took place on the same day as the 13^th Yellow Vest protests, was initially suspected be linked to the movement’s hardline demonstrators.

But according to Jean-Philippe Recappé, public prosecutor of Brest (Brittany), no evidence of this has been found.

“There was no graffiti, demands or other signs that link the arson with the gilets jaunes”, said Recappé. “A window shutter and pane exploded, that was it.”

He also underlined the absence of danger for Mr Ferrand.

“This is not a main residence”, Recappé said. “No one was in the house”.

http://en.rfi.fr/france/20190210-yellow-vests-gilets-jaunes-richard-ferrand-republic-violence-institutions

‘Destroying public property, attacking journalists and elected officials, violating the intimacy of their homes and urinating on France’s institutions.’

Austerity is Violence! Macron Jupertarian Politics, another name for Authoritarianism, must go!

Almost Marx

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On The French Political Melodrama episode DLVII: the gilets jaunes don’t seem to be going away! Almost Marx comments

Posted on January 6, 2019 by stephenkmacksd

As reported at RFI, the gilets jaunes as a political force does not seem to be ebbing : ‘More than 50,000 people turned out for Act VIII of the yellow vest protests on Saturday.Although peaceful overall, there were violent clashes … Continue reading →

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Political Observer.

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Oct 20, 2026

Timothy Snyder

Oct 20

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Ukraine is providing an example of freedom. In Ukraine, even during conditions of war, civil society functions, and people speak their minds. Under Russian occupation, an entirely different mode of life prevails: women are raped; children are deported to Russia to be assimilated; local activists are murdered; young men are forced into the Russian army to die; total uniformity is imposed.

And so what Trump says is wrong in the very broadest of senses. Ukraine is doing work for our security and for our liberty. Ukrainians have held off the worse and bought the rest of us time.

And Trump’s claim is also wrong in the narrow sense. Ukraine has been providing battlefield intelligence to the United States from the beginning of the war. It has shared its experience of modern warfare with American institutions. It even sent — in these most trying of times inside Ukraine — hundreds of its own experienced air defense troops to the Near East to help protect Americans and their allies from Iranian drones. Imagine what those Ukrainian crews, separated from their embattled country to defend Americans, are thinking right now, as their contributions are denied, and as their own families are put in greater danger by US policy.

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Political Observer.

Jim House and Neil MacMaster offers a history!

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Oct 21, 2026

Paris 1961

Algerians, State Terror, and Memory

Jim House and Neil MacMaster

Paris 1961: Algerians, State Terror, and Memory by Jim House and Neil MacMaster (Oxford University Press, 2006/2009)

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/paris-1961-9780199556656?cc=us&lang=en&#

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Oct 22, 2026

France is a warning – our civilization is not immortal

Douglas Murray

Of all the things that have been hardest to communicate in my life, this seems the most impossible: that our civilization is not, by some law of nature, immortal. It has no right or likelihood to continue existing if it insists on committing harakiri. The people who are welcomed onto our airwaves, work in parts of our government and lead some of our political parties include those who would burn down this country in a heartbeat. They would look us in the eyes and kill us. And we know that because they have done it elsewhere.

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Or ‘Res ipsa loquitur – The thing itself speaks’?

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Oct 22, 2026

Academia, Bizarre, Criminal law, International, Media, PoliticsOctober 22, 2026

French Police Identify Antifa as the “Ideologically Distinct Group” Behind the Riots Despite Democratic Denials

Years ago, I called Antifa the Keyser Söze of the left, after the character in “The Usual Suspects.” In the film, the character Virgil explains how Söze stayed in the shadows: he became “a myth, a spook story that criminals tell their kids at night.” The strategy was too simple: “the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist.”

Democratic leaders have long fostered the myth around Antifa, the largest and most violent group on the political left. For years, they have denied the existence of the group even as members were charged with crimes (including terrorism). Now, the French authorities have found that the nonexistent group is the largest of three “ideologically distinct groups” responsible for the violence in France. It appears that either the entire French security system is delusional or the trick is up for the American left.

Continue reading “French Police Identify Antifa as the “Ideologically Distinct Group” Behind the Riots Despite Democratic Denials”→

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/de-gaulle-minister-allowed-killing-of-100-000-algerians-76948.html

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Oct 22, 2026

1. News
2. World
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Wednesday 05 November 2003 19:00 EST

A minister who served under the former French president Charles de Gaulle is to be accused of “crimes against humanity” for allowing the massacre of 100,000 Algerians who took France’s side in the colonial war of the 1950s and 1960s.

Pierre Messmer, 87, the last senior survivor of the governments of the period, will be formally accused in the next few days of complicity in a conscious decision by De Gaulle to “sacrifice” the so-called harkis rather than allow them to settle in France. M. Messmer was Minister of the Army from 1960-69.

A legal action will be brought against him by surviving harkis and their families and also bypied-noirs, or French settlers, thousands of whom were also murdered after France surrendered control to Algerian rebels in 1962.

The lawsuit coincides with the publication of a book that accuses De Gaulle of preventing, for racial reasons, all but a small fraction of the pro-French Algerian soldiers from being offered French homes.

The book – Un Mensonge Français (A French Lie) by Georges-Marc Benamou – says that the president took the view that there were already “too many Arabs” in France. M. Benamou quotes De Gaulle as describing the harkis as a “rabble, who did nothing useful and should be got rid of as soon as possible”.

This version of events has caused an outcry among supporters of De Gaulle. They say that he was not a racist and did not deliberately sacrifice the harkis. The agreement with the rebel forces signed by the French government at Evian in 1962 insisted that there should be no reprisals. Responsibility for the massacres, De Gaulle’s supporters say, rests with the Algerian people and the rebel leaders.

Harkis and their descendants have brought previous legal actions for crimes against humanity but this is the first time they have accused an individual French politician.

M. Messmer, a senior member of De Gaulle’s Free French forces in the 1939-45 war, rejected the accusation yesterday. In an interview he said he had “regrets” but no sense of remorse and that his conscience was clear. “War, alas, is something that I know well and it’s never clean,” he said. “It’s always blood, sweat and tears.”

M. Benamou was close to the late president François Mitterrand, who was a long-time opponent of De Gaulle. He accuses the war-time saviour of France of being out of his depth in the negotiations to end the civil war in Algeria after he returned to power in 1958.

Instead of working towards a compromise, which would have permitted a timetable for the progressive decolonisation of Algeria, M. Benamou says that De Gaulle lost patience and surrendered control to the rebels. Despite the wording of the Evian agreement, it was obvious that tens of thousands of pro-French Algerians and their families would be murdered.

The author says De Gaulle and the French government refused pleas from French military chiefs for a systematic evacuation of those harkis who wished to move to France.

Charles De Gaulle

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/de-gaulle-minister-allowed-killing-of-100-000-algerians-76948.html