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Victors get to write history. The European Commission’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has taken advantage of that opportunity in his newly-released La grande illusion. Journal secret du Brexit. Sadly the English translation is not due out until October and my French has decayed too much for me to digest his 500 page account in any reasonable amount of time, even if I could get my hands on a copy. But the English language reviews have picked out many telling anecdotes. Perhaps our readers of the French press will fill in other tidbits. Barnier’s tome is important not just as a detailed...

AP Photo/Evan Vucci As of this morning, the CDC reports that we have delivered 222 million doses of the vaccine. Just over half of the adult population has had at least one dose, and 35% have either had two or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to get fully vaccinated. Exactly two-thirds of all seniors are now fully protected against COVID-19. With a glut of doses growing and demand falling, the Associated Press reports that the rest of the world wants the US to start sharing the vaccine wealth: In the United States, more than one-fourth of the population — nearly 90 million people �...

Updated / Wednesday, 7 Apr 2021 13:44 A diplomatic faux pas that left European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen without a chair as male counterparts took their seats at a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stirred controversy in Brussels. Video from yesterday's encounter in Ankara showed Ms von der Leyen flummoxed as the Turkish leader and European Council President Charles Michel took their seats in front of their flags. "Ehm," muttered the former German defence minister, appearing unsure where to go. Eventually she was seated on a sofa a little further away fr...

EU lawmakers propose declaring Europe an LGBT 'freedom zone' Issued on: 10/03/2021 - 17:22 Polish LGBT rights activists gather outside a court which acquitted three women who faced trial on accusations of desecration, in Plock, Poland, Tuesday March 2, 2021. A Polish court has acquitted three activists who had been accused of desecration for adding the LGBT rainbow to images of a revered Roman Catholic icon. In posters that they put up in protest in their city of Plock, the activists used the rainbow in place of halos on a revered image of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus. ...

Golden Donald Trump Effigy Seen at CPAC Was Made in Mexico On 2/28/21 at 6:03 AM EST A 6ft-tall golden statue of Donald Trump that pays homage to the ex-president's promises to create more American manufacturing jobs was ...made in Mexico. The fiberglass sculpture, which depicts Trump in Stars and Stripes swim shorts, was assembled over the border and then painted in Tampa, Florida, according to its designer. Tommy Zegan made the remarks on Saturday during an interview in front of the effigy that is being exhibited at prominent conservative event, Conservative Political Action Conference (CPA...