Pandemic? Check. UFO? Check. Raining frogs…?
The U.S. Pentagon had declassified three previously leaked top secret U.S. Navy videos of “unexplained aerial phenomena”—and that some believe could show UFOs.
“Exodus 8, Then Jehovah said to Moses: “Go in to Pharʹaoh and say to him, ‘This is what Jehovah says: “Send my people away so that they may serve me. 2 If you keep refusing to send them away, I will plague all your territory with frogs. 3 And the Nile River will swarm with frogs, and they will come up and enter into your house, into your bedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your servants and on your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs. 4 On you, on your people, and on all your servants, the frogs will come up.”’”
5 Jehovah later said to Moses: “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your rod over the rivers, the Nile canals, and the marshes, and make the frogs come up over the land of Egypt.’” 6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs began to come up and to cover the land of Egypt. 7 However, the magic-practicing priests did the same thing by their secret arts, and they too made the frogs come up over the land of Egypt. 8 Pharʹaoh then called Moses and Aaron and said: “Plead with Jehovah to remove the frogs from me and my people, as I want to send the people away so that they may sacrifice to Jehovah.” 9 Then Moses said to Pharʹaoh: “I leave to you the honor of telling me when I should plead to have the frogs removed from you, your servants, your people, and your houses. Only in the Nile River will they be left.” 10 To this he said: “Tomorrow.” So he said: “It will be according to your word so that you may know that there is no one else like Jehovah our God. 11 The frogs will depart from you, your houses, your servants, and your people. They will be left only in the Nile.”
So, ya know … I guess there’s that. – M. Pas de Merde
Chanson du Jour: “La Javanaise”
Moniseur Pas de Merde offers two versions of this classic chanson “La Javanaise.” The first is performed by the man who also wrote the song, Serge Gainsbourg.
The second is performed by Madeleine Peyroux. This version was featured recently in the 2017 Oscar-winning film The Shape of Water.
Which do you prefer?
The Javanaise (written by Serge Gainsbourg)
J’avoue j’en ai bavé, pas vous, mon amour?
Avant d’avoir eu vent de vous mon amour
Ne vous déplaise
En dansant la Javanaise
Nous nous aimions
Le temps d’une chanson
À votre avis qu’avons-nous vu de l’amour?
De vous à moi vous m’avez eu, mon amour
Ne vous déplaise
En dansant la Javanaise
Nous nous aimions
Le temps d’une chanson
Hélas avril en vain me voue à l’amour
J’avais envie de voir en vous cet amour
Ne vous déplaise
En dansant la Javanaise
Nous nous aimions
Le temps d’une chanson
La vie ne vaut d’etre vécue sans amour
Mais c’est vous qui l’avez voulu, mon amour
Ne vous déplaise
En dansant la Javanaise
Nous nous aimions
Le temps d’une chanson
The Javanaise (English Translation)
I confess, I went through hell, not you,
My love.
Before I got wind of you,1
My love.
Whether you admit it or not
As we danced the Javanaise,
We loved each other
For the time of one song.
In your opinion, what have we seen
Of love?
From you to me, you have had me,
My love.
Whether you admit it or not
As we danced the Javanaise,
We loved each other
For the time of one song.
Alas, April was in vain
When it came to love.
I felt like seeing
That love in you.
Whether you admit it or not
As we danced the Javanaise,
We loved each other
For the time of one song.
Life is not worth being lived
Without love,
But it’s you who wanted it,
My love.
Whether you admit it or not
As we danced the Javanaise,
We loved each other
For the time of one song.
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/la-javanaise.html
Francis Cabrel: Jour 41
Le Rue des Martyrs
“I can never be sad on the Rue des Martyrs,” I tell people when they ask me why I am such a cheerleader for my street. In the face of the unknown, I revel in the shared pleasure of conversations — however brief these days — with shopkeepers and take comfort in the spirit of community that lives on here.