PARIS (AP) — France’s latest efforts to reduce pollution will also affect nature lovers hitting the countryside for an outdoor meal: Under a controversial new ban, picnickers won’t be able to buy plastic goblets to drink…
Source: France to bid adieu to plastic dishes with controversial ban
Discover the multiple personalities of the Right Bank, from its most intimate streets to its monumental boulevards and open spaces.
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Source: Trump Unable To Produce Certificate Proving He’s Not A Festering Pile Of Shit
One of my new favorite bands of the Summer 2016 are The Limiñanas. Lionel Limiñanas and his drummer/vocalist/wife Marie own a record shop “Vinyl Maniac” in Perpignan,France – not far from the border of Spain on the Mediterranean coast. They’ve released four groovy albums, each of which I have been devouring on Spotify. Their sound combines French pop, garage,electronic and psychedelia with lyrics sung in English, French and Italian (why no Spanish, Lino?) I detect some Mekons influence, but maybe because I love the Mekons and detect their influence everywhere, including a recent baptism I attended.
The Limiñanas are playing La Cigale in Paris on September 29th. Let’s find a way to get there. Come with me!
The Limiñanas “Je ne suis pas très drogue”
Journalistic efforts at fairness may risk normalizing Donald Trump, without fully acknowledging what an abnormal candidate he is.
Source: When a Crackpot Runs for President – The New York Times
A big chunk of the citizenry will vote despite being unable to accept basic facts needed to process this American life.
