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jacquep.bsky.social
French citizen in Brexitlandia. Married to a Brit, 2 great daughters. Left of centre. Dislike the right. SQL specialist
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Lawn has been mowed. As per the joke when I stayed at a boarding school, spinach tonight.
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The couscoussier was mentioned on France Info. france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/paris-ile-de...
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Weapons, ammo and chemicals that can be used to make improvised explosives were found and confiscated. The suspects have denied any involvement. The trial should last until 27 June.
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They wanted to kill 200 "radicalised imams" and blow up a mosque portal. There was talk of using a couscoussier (large pot used to cook couscous) to hide a bomb. Amazingly a 1980 comedy, "Les sous-doués", features a bomb hidden in such a pot.
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They had created a group called AFO (Action of Operational Forces) that had hierarchy and structure Its goal was to "expose Islamism" and get France to return to the way it was The group had planned an "Operation Halal": getting female group members to wear niqabs and poison supermarket halal food
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By the way it's £40 in total including handset and up to unlimited data on ID (that piggybacks on Three and soon Vodafone signal too)
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Note: I am not remunerated for this tip.
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Indeed plus science denial (eg no climate change, the earth is flat), antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
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... even though the article he's referring to reports that JA's had previously been on the receiving end of death threats and extreme/violent rhetoric.
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I used lists to subscribe. Having been included on some dodgy lists, having seen never MAGAts be added to MAGA lists, I quickly learned never to block using a list.
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Good moaning. Off to Paris this weekend starting with a 5AM wake up call on Saturday (early flight). Hope I recuperate enough not to fall asleep during this show Alain Souchon with his 2 sons Ours and Pierre youtu.be/D1yy0lcOo2I?...
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4 weddings: one of those films I've seen multiple times. Hard to move to another channel when it's shown.
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Conclave was quite good with strong characters, plenty of unexpected situations. It was quite nice to see a movie with plenty of languages spoken, not just English. Although the only reference to French speakers is not exactly positive 🤣
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Trump doesn't care. He wanted an excuse to move in the direction of martial law. He's got it.
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With the damage Paris fans cause when they win (or lose), the Mayor of Paris might like this possibility.