Des images de désolation proviennent des grandes villes de France : j'en suis très profondément indigné. Ces scènes de violence sont insupportables. Elles ont estompé les justes revendications, empêchent la majorité de s’exprimer, et font oublier les vrais motifs d'un malaise social profond. J'apporte mon soutien et ma compassion à tous les Français, manifestants, riverains, commerçants, policiers, pompiers et gendarmes, qui ont eu à subir cette violence. L’analyse ne peut pas rester superficielle. En réalité, depuis bien des années, nous constatons que de nombreux mouvements sociaux et populaires sont gangrénés et parasités par des groupes terroristes. Car en effet, ces bandes terrorisent les populations, terrorisent les commerçants, terrorisent les représentants de l’ordre. Ces individus ont compris que notre État est faible et que toute démonstration de force le fait reculer. La violence est un mode d’action. Samedi, le manque d’effectif de police et de gendarmerie, constaté dans de nombreux quartiers, a révélé un grand manque d’anticipation des autorités. Voire, ce qui serait pire, une véritable déroute des responsables politiques qui se refuseraient d’assurer la sécurité des Français. Entre la peur de la confrontation, ou la volonté de laisser pourrir la situation, rien n’est fait et des centaines de Français ont été laissés à l’abandon. Pillages, violences envers des particuliers, incendies criminels, destructions de biens collectifs : tout cela s’est fait dans une impunité révoltante. Il faut que le pouvoir recouvre son autorité avant que ne surviennent de pires situations. Pour cela, il faut donner aux forces de l’ordre et aux magistrats la capacité de traiter ces individus comme des terroristes. Des mesures exemplaires, constantes dans le temps, doivent s’appliquer à ces groupes afin de dissuader quiconque de se joindre à eux. Il faut que les manifestations puissent se dérouler sans que cela ne se termine dans ce chaos. Le pouvoir se légitime par l’autorité qu’il manifeste et l’ordre qu’il fait régner. À l’approche des 800 ans du sacre de saint Louis, je prie pour la France et lui consacre toute mon attention.

This video is currently all over social media. Many are expressing sorrow for this woman and sadness at her outrage. My take on it is different. The look you see on her face is not outrage…it’s realisation. It is the look of a white, liberal lefty woman suddenly realising that her entire worldview is/was totally wrong. That what she had spent her life arrogantly portraying as her higher morality and understanding was in fact “suicidal empathy” as described by @GadSaad and that empathy was going to destroy her entire society.

A good rule of history: if you find yourself opposing a student movement while siding with the ruling class, you're wrong. Every time, in every era, whatever the issue.

It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say. But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. To understand why this is so appalling, it’s important to know the facts. Congresswoman Omar came to this country with her father when she was 12 years old. Five years later, her father became a naturalized citizen. If Ilhan had been 18 at the time, she would have had to apply for citizenship separately. But because she was 17, she became a naturalized citizen automatically. Congresswoman Omar went on to graduate from college, work as a community organizer, become the first Somali-American legislator elected to public office in the U.S., and win a seat in Congress. There, she has been one of the Trump Administration’s fiercest critics, which has led the president to repeatedly single her out as someone who he believes does not belong in this country. Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen. Federal agents have raided her home, confiscated personal records, and seized her phone — all to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago that will somehow make their case. Think about that. The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president. And it’s not the first time this has happened. Under President Trump, the Justice Department has repeatedly gone after those he considers his political enemies — from the Attorney General of New York, to the former head of the FBI, to members of the Federal Reserve. In those cases, the prosecutions either stalled or were dismissed for having no basis in law, and the same is likely to happen in this case. But not before Congresswoman Omar’s life has been turned upside down, her legal bills have piled up, and she’s been forced to spend time fighting unsubstantiated charges instead of serving the people of Minnesota. The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views. Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

Today I learned that 80% of working archaeologists in the US are employed by private firms that conduct NHPA reviews

Wow. There it goes. The tower roof of the 143-year-old Limoges Town Hall collapses.

I’m convinced the entire thought process behind the flying Roadster was @elon smoking a joint at 2am, scrolling Reels, stumbling across this fucking thing and going “fuck yeah, put that in a car.”

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Wanted to remix In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) from David Lynch's Eraserhead ever since I first heard it, so I did. In Heaven (Everything is Fine) Industrial Mix

Army chief says politicians to start 'frank conversation' with public to prepare for war trib.al/tnbIX0Q