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Rootless cosmopolitan,down at heels intellectual;would be writer. 'Polemic is a discourse of conflict, whose effect depends on a delicate balance between the requirements of truth and the enticements of anger, the duty to argue and the zest to inflame. Its rhetoric allows, even enforces, a certain figurative licence. Like epitaphs in Johnson’s adage, it is not under oath.' https://www.lrb.co.uk/v15/n20/perry-anderson/diary

Le Monde on the continuing French Crisis? As reported by @sderoyer & @FFressoz.

Political Observer provides two Le Monde commentaries. Editor: I will not pretend that I have done nothing more that provide the links, to these two Le Monde Opinion commentaries. The Reader need only look at the compelling evidence that Macron … Continue reading

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About the self-willed forgetting of Le Monde & its reporters @gatinois4 and @alexandrepedro!

Political Reporter on Barnier’s conservatism, that ’tilts to the right’ : is a well established fact? Headline: French PM Barnier’s still-to-be-approved government tilts to the right Sub-headline: Michel Barnier handed President Macron his cabinet line-up on Thursday. According to the … Continue reading

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The Reader has to catch her breath, as Sociologist Nonna Mayer advocates ‘curbing’ Marine Le Pen’s party, while Anti-Democrat Macron escapes her notice?

Old Socialist reads a Le Monde made to order diatribe, that undercuts itself! Editor: The reader has to approach Nonna Mayer’s essay with more than skepticism! Headline: The political crisis since the dissolution marks a new stage in the RN’s … Continue reading

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Adam Roberts at The Economist opines: ‘Why the West shouldn’t be afraid to confront Putin’!

Political Observer wonders what are Mr. Roberts’s qualifications to utter such an irresponsible, indeed bellicose pronouncement? Editor: Here is the portion of Mr. Roberts essay devoted to Vladimir Putin and the American and EU War in Ukraine. Mr. Roberts come … Continue reading

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The exhumation of Michel Houellebecq @FT & @thetimes!

American Writer wonders at the dregs of French Literature! Magdalena Miecznicka provides… The Reader can’t exactly call it gush, or even mistaken adoration, but it resembles in an odd way the Edward Luce interview of Henry Kissinger! Although Magdalena Miecznicka offers … Continue reading

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The anguish of Ravi Agrawal!

Political Observer: Foreign Policy is/are active agents for The American National Security State. ‘X’ ‘s Long Telegram was the last important essay it published! This showed up in my e mail today: 9/09/2024 I have a confession to make. I feel … Continue reading

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Everything Old is New Again: Senile Old Joe foils Nippon Steel!

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@celiabelin writes for Le Monde & @ecfr Senior Policy Fellow. Dirige @ECFRParis. On Kamala Harris.

Political Observer wonders at the ‘Think Tank’ as the instrument of Propaganda. That Sells the Product of Political Respectability, under the guise of both ‘Mastery’ and ‘Expertise’! Editor: You have to laugh at the very notion in the first paragraph’s … Continue reading

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Emmanuel Macron in three iterations: The Washington Post & Le Monde

Political Observer takes the measure of Macron, and his self-serving political opportunism Aug 29, 2024 Editor: The Washington Post of August 28, 2024: Editor: Jeff Bezos is a CIA employee, sub-contractor. Editor: Le monde August 27, 2024 Headline : French … Continue reading

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Le Monde’s @Damien_Leloup construct a bill of attainder against Pavel Durov !

Political Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 27, 2024 Editor: Le Monde’s Damien Leloup: The Western National Security States have begun their attacks on Free Speech. In Britain the attack has begun on private citizens, who reposted tweets or comments: three thousand … Continue reading

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