I picked that particular article about Paris burning for the images -- mostly Getty, I believe.
My principal source of information about Europe (and about the rest of the World) is the Economist, for which I have both a paper and a digital subscription. I also watch the BBC international news on cable TV, and PBS news, which used to cover most of the world but has become somewhat narrower of late. No matter what terrible things you hear or read about politics in the US, the reality is even worse. There is no unbiased organ in the media. Trump has established a cult of personality. He was a Clinton Democrat before he saw the opportunity to effect a hostile takeover of the Republican Party. The fact that he is no conservative is established by his trade policies and the soaring budget deficit he has created. 45% of the people believe anything he says, no matter how ridiculous, and 45% deny everything he says, no matter if it is true or not. The other 10% just shake their heads in frustration. The opposition is disorganized and leaderless. The Democratic Party is becoming radicalized and divorced from reality. Bernie Sanders may be lovable, but his policies will never achieve a majority, and the young radicals have an extremely narrow appeal beyond their base The only leader who might be able to make a credible challenge in 2020 is Michael Bloomberg, but there is no way he can gain the Democratic nomination. We "Never Trump" Republicans will mount a primary challenge, behind John Kasich or Jeff Flake or Paul Ryan, but it will be at best a quixotic adventure. I admired the stability of the EU under Angela Merkel, but with her departure and Brexit, it is hard to be optimistic about the future. Putin seem to be the only world leader who is effective and backed by popular support, but he is a madman bent on restoring the "glory" of the old Russia Empire. Ivan IV come back to life. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 11:46 AM Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > You probably get a very selective and unrepresentative view of what's > going on over here, as I'm sure we do of things on your side of the pond. > You will certainly get a twisted view if you rely for your information on > hate-sheets like the Express and Mail - the BBC is a much more reliable and > balanced source, although I have to say it's been dumbing down a lot > recently. > > I often find it difficult to square things I hear from Americans about > Europe with what I experience over here, and I know from meeting so many of > you that it is not something intrinsic to American-ness, so I think it's > probably just a result of your sources of information. > > B > > > On 25 Nov 2018, at 13:29, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Sorry, Ken. Mea Culpa. > > > > I posted it here because I am somewhat puzzled and distressed by events > in > > Britain and Europe, and this list is the only one to which I belong that > > has a large number og participants in those communities. I respect the > > folks on this list, and was quite interested to hear their views. > > > > Dan Matyola > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > > >> On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 11:13 PM Ken Waller <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Dan, I don't need to hear about this on a camera site. > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Nov 24, 2018 4:18 PM > >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>> Subject: OT: Is Paris Burning > >>> > >>> Ha Europe caught the disease of fanaticism and violence from the US? > >>> > >>> > >> > https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1049731/France-protests-paris-riots-police-emmanuel-macron-latest-france-news > >>> > >>> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
