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Selling and buying books differently: it’s vital!
Selling and buying books differently: it’s vital!Mr Globalization - Nov 29, 2023
Books play a fundamental social role. They impact imaginations and push individuals to act.
Books are sometimes the spark that will trigger initiatives beneficial to the common good. Thus, itinerant and second-hand bookstores, book villages and bookstore cafés are valuable and must be protected… in the face of capitalist behemoths like Amazon.
Pleasure seems to be the key word of small booksellers who offer an alternative to the big brands of cultural products. From the bookseller who reads two to three hours a day and is ecstatic to make discoveries every day to the traveling bookseller who sees her job like an ice cream seller, the opportunities for the seller to savor the moment as for the customer do not fail.
Full of gratitude for offering a space for exciting discussions between her customers under the parasols of her stand in Charente-Maritime, Mariel Moulin, 58, explains to the Kaizen journalist that her traveling bookstore promotes small publishers, offers her selections from heart and foam the markets, local events, festivals, and even service centers for the elderly. Small book brands can survive global competition thanks to a handful of enthusiasts.
Imagine, innovate, reinvent, reading enthusiasts turned booksellers are not short of ideas and never cease to amaze us with their way of combining freshness, good humor and work. These “transmitters of culture in rural areas (…) lovers of books and people” as displayed in issue 39 of the magazine, seem to have fun with books as well as with meetings, playing with life and words…
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The Apocalypse and the bill please!
The Apocalypse and the bill please!Waiting for the strike - Nov 13, 2023
With Sébastien Recchia
Parody of a world in transition...
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The True Face of Emmanuel Macron
The True Face of Emmanuel MacronFacts and Documents - Nov 09, 2023
Investigation by Xavier Poussard - Facts & Documents.
Obtain The True Face of Emmanuel Macron: https://faitsetdocuments.com
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Arrival in France of the film “Sound of Freedom”
Arrival in France of the film “Sound of Freedom”France Evening - Nov 05, 2023
After a resounding success in the United States, the film Sound of Freedom, directed by Alejandro Monteverde, arrives on French screens. It will be released in theaters on November 15, five days before International Children's Rights Day, celebrated on November 20.
The most impatient can, however, purchase tickets for the public preview screening on November 7 at 20 p.m., at the UGC Normandie, avenue des Champs-Élysées. We have seen this film which has already caused a lot of ink to flow, not always in the direction desired by its authors.
“As co-writers of the film Sound of Freedom, it has been difficult to see partisan controversy distract us from the deeper intention of our work: to use the power of cinema to raise awareness about the reality of child trafficking,” laments Alejandro Monteverde (also director of the film) and Rod Barr in an article published on August 14, 2023 in The Hollywood Reporter.
“We were stunned to discover the controversy that surrounded the release of the film in the United States last July, such was the gap with the content of the film,” echoes the distributor, Saje Distribution.
A controversy that reached as far as France, since even before the release of the film in France, the media mentioned the "conspiracy theses" that they believe it relays.
It is not so. Sound of Freedom is above all a thrilling action film, inspired by the life of Tim Ballard, a former special agent of the Department of Homeland Security of the United States, assigned to the unit responsible for the fight against child crime on the Internet . After undercover missions to combat child sex tourism, Tim Ballard resigned in 2013 to create Operation Undergroung Railroad, a foundation whose purpose is to save child victims of networks reducing them to sexual slavery.
With Sound of Freedom, the viewer follows the hero, played by Jim Caviezel, in his work as a federal agent and then in perilous rescue operations that will take him to South America.
A captivating thriller inspired by true events.
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“Police State” documentary impresses with ticket sales
“Police State” documentary impresses with ticket salesDigital Dawn - Nov 02, 2023
The erosion of civil liberties in recent years has received particular attention.
France: VPN required to watch the trailer: https://rumble.com/v3rodbv-police-state-a-film-by-dinesh-dsouza.html
The documentary “Police State” has undeniably struck a chord in the hearts of the American public and was a resounding success this week. A fruit of the imagination of filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, the film generated an impressive number of spectators in the country, easily surpassing the previous record held by another D'Souza project, “2000 Mules”.
By expressing the sentiments that resonate across the country, “Police State” strikes a chord. Its success means Americans are craving insightful content that speaks volumes about the pressing issues plaguing their current reality, primarily around free speech and the erosion of civil liberties.
Online ticket sales for October 25 exceeded expectations. To extend the talk, a virtual premiere is also planned for October 27 and will be exclusively available to stream on Rumble. This recent wave of immense popularity has resulted in sold-out screenings at several theaters – a testament to the film's arresting reputation.
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Bill Maher compares universities to a 'North Korean re-education camp'
Digital Dawn - Oct 25, 2023
Bill Maher: “Don’t go to college”
Bill Maher advised young Americans not to go to college because it makes them stupid and elite schools resemble North Korean re-education camps that are racist against Asians and don't teach not the story accurately.
“If ignorance is a disease, Harvard Yard is Wuhan's market,” the host of HBO's “Real Time” said. “As an Ivy League graduate who knows the value of a liberal education, I have one piece of advice for America's youth: Don't go to college, and if you absolutely must go, don't Don't go to an elite university, because, as recent events have shown, it only makes you stupid. What happened in Israel has few, if any, positive effects, but one of them is that it opened America's eyes to how higher education is transformed into indoctrination into a stew of bad ideas, among them the simplistic notion that the world is a binary place where everyone is either an oppressor or an oppressed. In the case of Israel, the oppressors are babies and children. The same students who will tell you that words are violence, and silence is violence, were supportive when Hamas terrorists engaged in Viking rape and murder. They knew where to point the finger, towards the murdered. And then they went to ethics class.” Maher continues: “I agree that a certain amount of madness is expected of students, but mixing Jägermeister and tomato juice is not the same as siding with terrorists. Thirty-four Harvard student groups signed a letter saying “the apartheid regime is the one to blame,” proving they don't know what apartheid is. In fact, they don't know much. But that doesn't stop them from having an opinion. They have convinced themselves that Israel is the most repressive regime in history, because they have no knowledge of history, nor even the desire to know it, and that real history is not covered in their course on the intersectionality of politics and gender identities. »
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Children smile, you are being filmed
Children smile, you are being filmedThe Defender – Oct 24, 2023
Monitoring children at school is a $3,1 billion industry – and it's making kids “anxious” and “scared.”
Technology surveillance companies that sell their products to school administrators are creating a "digital dystopia" for America's schoolchildren, a new report from the American Civil Liberties Union concludes.
Technology surveillance companies that sell their products to school administrators are creating a “digital dystopia” for American schoolchildren, a new report from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) concludes.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and rising school shootings, a $3,1 billion education technology (EdTech) project from the surveillance industry has made huge profits by claiming as its digital tools – including video cameras, facial recognition software, artificial intelligence (AI)-based behavior detection systems, social and online media monitoring, and much more, help prevent bullying, self-harm and violence at school.
However, the industry has not supported this claim with evidence and has instead used fear mongering as its primary marketing tactic, according to the ACLU report.
The ACLU, after conducting its own research and reviewing other studies commissioned by the U.S. Department of Justice, found a “lack of clear evidence” that products advertised by EdTech companies ensure student safety.
Chad Marlow, the report's lead author, said that as a parent of two K-XNUMX students, he understands the concerns of parents and school officials about children's safety.
Mr. Marlow told the Defender that he regrets school administrators and state legislatures using funds for surveillance technology “to keep our children safe.”
“These decisions haunt me,” he said, “because as a senior policy advisor to the ACLU specializing in privacy, surveillance and technology issues, I know firsthand that surveillance does not deter bad behavior and that it certainly does not protect our students”.
Mr Marlow said the 61-page report reveals a “surveillance nightmare” that “unintentionally harms our children” by denying them access to important information, undermining their trust in adults and making it “too risky ” communicating some of their thoughts.
“This is the exact opposite of the lesson we should be teaching our students,” he said.
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You can know that a law is not moral and refuse to apply it
You can know that a law is not moral and refuse to apply itThe Media in 4-4-2 - Oct 14, 2023
Interview with François Dubois - former gendarmerie officer.
During this interview, François Dubois discusses without filter the reasons for his departure from the gendarmerie, exposing the flaws in the system and the tensions experienced within the institution. It also highlights the ethical issues and pressures faced by the vaccination obligation imposed on the military. A frank and poignant discussion revealing the moral complexities within law enforcement.
“At a given moment, there is the law, and then there is what we consider to be the moral order of things. I think this moral order is actually superior to the law. At some point, the law is not everything. We can know that a law is not moral, and in this case, it is possible to refuse it, to refuse to apply it. »
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Are the clashes between Gaza and Israel a “false flag”?
Are the clashes between Gaza and Israel a “false flag”?International Network - Oct 12, 2023
Did they just let it happen? Is their goal to “wipe Gaza off the map”?
Early on Saturday, October 7, 2023, Hamas launched Operation “Al-Aqsa Storm,” led by Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif. The same day, Netanyahu confirmed a so-called “war preparedness.”
Military operations are invariably planned well in advance (see Netanyahu's January 2023 statement below). Was Operation Al-Aqsa Storm a “surprise attack”?
US intelligence services say they were unaware of an impending Hamas attack.
“One would have to be very naive to believe the narrative of the mainstream state media that the Hamas invasion was an Israeli “intelligence failure.” Mossad is one of the most powerful intelligence agencies on the planet, if not the most powerful.
Did Netanyahu and his vast military and intelligence apparatus (Mossad and others) know about the Hamas attack which caused countless Israeli and Palestinian victims?
Was a carefully formulated plan to wage all-out war against the Palestinians considered before Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Storm? This is not a failure of Israeli intelligence services, as the media claims. Quite the contrary.
Evidence and testimony suggest that the Netanyahu government had knowledge of Hamas' actions that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians. And “they let it happen”.
This is not a “surprise attack”.
“I served in the Israeli Defense Forces 25 years ago, in the intelligence services. It is impossible that Israel did not know what was coming. A cat moving along the fence triggers the deployment of all forces. And that ?
What happened to “the most powerful army in the world”?How come the borders remained open? There is something very wrong here, something very strange, this chain of events is very unusual and is not typical of the Israeli defense system.
To me, this surprise attack looks like a planned operation. On all fronts. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would say this looks like the work of the deep state. I feel like the people of Israel and Palestine have been sold, once again, to the higher powers. »
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From commitment to responsibility
From commitment to responsibilityPierre Lassalle - Oct 01, 2023
We live in a society where fear of responsibility is rife. For what ? Because people don't want to commit anymore.
Responsibility is the ability to respond to the commitment we have made. This is to guarantee that we will fulfill our commitment. This means that we can only feel responsible for a commitment that we are aware of having made!
Thus, responsibility arises from a consciously and freely chosen commitment.
To be responsible is to be able to make a decision by one's own authority, without appealing to an external authority. Generally, people who fear responsibility always arrange for others to make decisions for them. They place themselves in a position of weakness, submission (thus being “under” their mission) or victim, in order to be able to call on a “savior” who will make the appropriate decision, and will therefore take responsibility for the result in their place. . Let us not be surprised then that these people have difficulty finding their place in this world! This is normal because they give their decision-making power to others and, thus, refuse to play their own role.
In reality, being responsible means keeping your commitments over time (being perseverant), that is, being a person on whom others can count.
In summary: if we refuse to assume our commitments, we submit to those who will fulfill them in our place, namely “authorities.” »
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Children: Early sexuality education
Children: Early sexuality educationGendarme profession - 30 Sep 2023
The examples of France and Switzerland are shocking!
Under the pretext of health, ideologies of early sexuality and gender identity are everywhere.
Early sexuality education, gender theories, sexual rights, programs on sexuality are in the headlines of the school year and are causing dissatisfaction. Many parents express their anger at activities that they consider inappropriate or even shocking. In Belgium, the issue is at the center of attention and has given rise to demonstrations against the obligations around 'Emotional and Sexual Relational Life' activities voted on recently. In the background, a desire by international organizations to make sexual health and gender identity a priority on the 2030 agenda.
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Michel Desmurget: The book, the only antidote to stupidity
Michel Desmurget: The book, the only antidote to stupidityRadio Notre Dame - September 26, 2023
Michel Desmurget, author of the book “The factory of the digital cretin”, guest of Louis Daufresne on the show Le Grand Témoin (Radio Notre Dame)
The book, the only “antidote” to screens according to neuroscientist Michel Desmurget.
