Category Archives: Politics

🇪🇺 Unacceptable 🇪🇺

Posted on July 28, 2025 by JJS

🇬🇧 I have lost all confidence in Ursula von der Leyen’s leadership as President of the European Commission. Her inability or unwillingness to stand up to figures like Donald Trump has undermined the EU’s credibility on the world stage. Rather … Continue reading →

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Fed up with the circus

Posted on July 17, 2025 by JJS

🇬🇧 A citizen’s frustration with French politics I rarely voice political opinions—frankly, I usually prefer to keep those thoughts to myself. But enough is enough. Lately, I’ve found myself deeply frustrated—not just by the state of politics in France, but … Continue reading →

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De l’eau partout / Water everywhere

Posted on March 21, 2025 by JJS

🇫🇷 mais surtout dans les polémiques Ah, la grande aventure du climat ! D’un côté, on nous annonce des sécheresses à n’en plus finir, lacs à sec, rivières fantômes, des champs de blé transformés en terrain de pétanque. De l’autre, … Continue reading →

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Both parties are unacceptable 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on December 29, 2024 by JJS
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Time for some fun

Posted on August 26, 2024 by JJS

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Dilemme

Posted on July 5, 2024 by JJS

J’habite dans une région et surtout un département qui malgré les beaux paysages et la douceur de vivre est malgré tout assez pauvre avec à mon avis un manque évident d’industries pour créer des emplois et la richesse nécessaire à … Continue reading →

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Un beau discours 🇫🇷

Posted on May 23, 2024 by JJS

Je ne partage pas souvent ce genre de choses, mais quand ça représente mon point de vue et que c’est énoncé si élégamment ça me semble indispensable. C’est rassurant de voir, pour changer, des gens intelligents au pouvoir.

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Understanding the motivations behind Hamas’ attacks on Israelis

Posted on November 14, 2023 by JJS

I have read a number of articles on the subject and “copied & pasted” them and fed the results to ChatGPT to make a summary for a blog post. I tend to agree with the analysis. ▫️Introduction:In the wake of … Continue reading →

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Here we go again

Posted on July 30, 2023 by JJS

This one tickled my fancy

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Alea jacta est

Posted on April 24, 2022 by JJS

I have been out and done my duty No further comments necessary

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