a) French President Emmanuel Macron’s offer to put the entire European Union under France’s nuclear-weapons umbrella has provoked outrage from both the Left and Right.
The French nuclear arsenal, consisting of about 300 operational nuclear warheads, could be shared as part of an EU defence deal, Macron argued.
b) How anti-immigration protests have grown in Ireland with riots in Dublin, arson attacks on proposed asylum centres and tractor blockades – as capital’s Skid Row ‘tent city’ continues to grow.
Assault and battery in France and comparisons with other EU countries. The explosion of violence observed in the French statistics is unique in Europe. 12 exclusive infographics not to be missed, based on French and European police data.
d) French voters will use the European Parliament elections in June to express their dissatisfaction with French President Emmanuel Macron, research has found
According to a survey by the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP), 37 per cent of respondents expressed their intention to cast their EP votes primarily as a means of indicating opposition to Macron’s politics; with only 12 per cent wanting to show support for them.
a i) The prestigious Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris has been the scene of blockades and violent demonstrations by pro-Palestinian students for several days. To restore calm, the management gave in to the demonstrators’ demands—concessions widely denounced by a large part of public opinion and the political class, who criticize the institute’s grovelling submission to the far-Left.
a ii) …but the President of the Region fights back…
“I have decided to suspend all funding from the Region intended for SciencesPo until serenity and security are restored to the school. A minority of radicalized people calling for anti-Semitic hatred and exploited by the LFI and its Islamo-leftist allies cannot dictate their law to the entire educational community”, writes Valerie Pecresse.
The Ile de France Region defends the right to free, informed and respectful debates within the French university, in accordance with the universal values of humanism that it carries, and which are at the heart of our republican pact.
Faced with management’s renunciations, the Region is calling for a return of authority.
b)……..several police officers’ homes were listed on the Waze GPS application. The “police” badge, initially dedicated to reporting speed cameras, has been diverted from its function by users. Around ten officials were reportedly targeted by so far unidentified users.
“According to several police sources, a gendarme and a neighbouring CRS had the misfortune of discovering a police logo in front of their respective homes. Patches initially dedicated to reporting speed cameras on the roads.
c) It was heavily affected, with damage noted at the Town Hall, the media library, and even the theatre. Result: estimated 600,000 euros in repairs. Maif [their Insurance Company] had then started to cover part of the costs incurred, but the insurance company has since refused to renew the contracts.
“We were insured until the end of December 2023,” explains Jean-Pierre Crasnault, deputy mayor in charge of town planning. “We have therefore been, since January 1, 2024, without insurance.
The mayor, Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini, was received in Matignon [=10 Downing Street] on Tuesday noon to discuss it with Gabriel Attal, alongside four other representatives of the municipalities of Maubeuge, Nanterre, Montargis and Angoulême.
France is suffering similar youth crimes as the UK. I wonder what can be the cause.
a) Mathis, 15, killed last night in Chateauroux by a minor Afghan migrant who had just been released by the courts last week after trying to steal a cell phone during an ambush.
b) A young man was seriously injured this Sunday afternoon during a brawl in Montgeron. According to our information, the fight broke out at the end of a football match between the local team and neighbors Vigneux-sur-Seine. Seriously injured in the head, the victim was beaten with a blunt weapon.
Some years ago I spent much time on the dog and bone to a young lady client in the USA. Without thinking I lapsed into a few words of cockney rhyming slang. The conversation which followed left the poor girl in stitches. I wonder what Toodles will make of this. | https://youtu.be/YdYn0dEql5w?si=mgEDOJpHjRHRG6Rc | To help those who find this all quite incomprehensible there is this useful link. Warning! Cockneys do occasionally use naughty words. | https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/usage/slang_cockney.html
Andy
Lots of self propelled howitzers on their way to The Ukraine. They may be old but can pack a punch. One X comment sums it up, “Assuming this is accurate, it’s disheartening to see museums being emptied to highlight the toll of previous wars on soldiers… I aspire for a future post-conflict where Ukraine returns these vehicles to the open market, replenishing Western museums.” | https://bulgarianmilitary.com/amp/2024/04/27/uk-firm-bought-saddams-soviet-artillery-dispatched-them-to-ukraine/
nourishing obscurity 
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May Day [for some]
a) French President Emmanuel Macron’s offer to put the entire European Union under France’s nuclear-weapons umbrella has provoked outrage from both the Left and Right.
The French nuclear arsenal, consisting of about 300 operational nuclear warheads, could be shared as part of an EU defence deal, Macron argued.
https://brusselssignal.eu/2024/04/outrage-as-macron-floats-putting-eu-under-french-nuclear-umbrella/
b) How anti-immigration protests have grown in Ireland with riots in Dublin, arson attacks on proposed asylum centres and tractor blockades – as capital’s Skid Row ‘tent city’ continues to grow.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13365973/How-anti-immigration-protests-grown-Ireland-riots-Dublin-arson-attacks-proposed-asylum-centres-tractor-blockades-capitals-Skid-Row-tent-city-continues-grow.html
c) DAD loves graphs!
Assault and battery in France and comparisons with other EU countries.
The explosion of violence observed in the French statistics is unique in Europe. 12 exclusive infographics not to be missed, based on French and European police data.
https://www.fdesouche.com/2024/04/30/marc-vanguard-la-france-est-tout-simplement-le-pays-de-lue-dans-lequel-le-taux-de-coups-et-blessures-volontaires-a-le-plus-augmente-depuis-2012-a-47/
d) French voters will use the European Parliament elections in June to express their dissatisfaction with French President Emmanuel Macron, research has found
According to a survey by the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP), 37 per cent of respondents expressed their intention to cast their EP votes primarily as a means of indicating opposition to Macron’s politics; with only 12 per cent wanting to show support for them.
https://brusselssignal.eu/2024/04/french-to-use-ep-elections-to-punish-macron-survey-suggests/
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Evets on Tuesday
a. It Was All A Set Up: New Evidence Affirms Previous TGP Reporting that Deep State Sent Documents to Mar-a Lago to Set Up Trump | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/confirmed-it-was-all-setup-new-evidence-confirms/
b. Judge Joe Brown Goes Off on Barack Obama and “Lowdown Scummy Bastard” and “Piece of Urban Trailer Park Trash” Joe Biden in Explosive Interview (Video) | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/judge-joe-brown-goes-barack-obama-lowdown-scummy/
c. Stephen Miller Warns Biden Needs Presidential Immunity, Could Be Tried For War Crimes and Human Trafficking (Video) | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/stephen-miller-warns-biden-needs-presidential-immunity-could/
d. Biden is Officially the Least Popular President in 70 Years | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/biden-is-officially-least-popular-president-70-years/
e. POS Mitch McConnell Bashes Trump on Meet the Press – Will Stay on as Senate Leader Until After Election So He Can Work Diligently to Keep Trump from White House | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/pos-mitch-mcconnell-bashes-trump-meet-press-will/
f. Federal Government Giving Voter Registration Forms to Non-Citizen Refugees | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/federal-government-giving-voter-registration-forms-non-citizen/
g. The Sopranos’ Star Drea de Matteo Slams Biden’s Far-Left Policies, Illegal Immigration – Actress Was Previously Blacklisted in Hollywood for Refusing the COVID Vax | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/sopranos-star-drea-de-matteo-slams-bidens-far/
h. President Trump and Ron DeSantis Meet Privately in Florida | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/joining-forces-president-trump-ron-desantis-meet-privately/
i. Tennessee Governor Signs ‘Baby Olivia Act’ Requiring Public Schools to Show Students Video of Unborn Babies Developing in the Womb (Video) | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/tennessee-governor-signs-baby-olivia-act-requiring-public/
j. $61 Billion Was Just The Beginning – Ukrainian President Zelensky Announces 10 Year Funding Agreement with US: “Glory To Ukraine” (Video) | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/just-61-billion-was-just-beginning-zelenskyy-announces/
k. “This is Insane. The Forever War” – Elon Musk Responds to Ukrainian President Zelensky’s Announcement of a Decade-Long Funding Agreement with US | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/this-is-insane-forever-war-elon-musk-responds/
l. Col. John Mills (ret): Conditions for Current and Future Ukraine Aid | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/conditions-current-future-ukraine-aid/
m. Socialist African Politician in Northern Ireland Again Calls Irish Patriots Who Oppose Mass Immigration “Terrorists” (Video) | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/new-african-mayor-northern-ireland-calls-irish-patriots/
n. Italian PM Meloni Will Run in June European Elections, Wants To ‘Bring Together the Centre-Right Forces and Send the Left Into Opposition’ | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/italian-pm-meloni-will-run-june-european-elections/
o. Beautiful Eva Vlaardingerbroek Delivers Historic Speech “The Great Replacement Reality” at CPAC Hungary and Euro Elites Are Losing It – Elon Musk Weighs In (Video) | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/beautiful-eva-vlaardingerbroek-delivers-historic-speech-great-replacement/
p. Ford Losing $132,000 on Every Electric Vehicle Sold This Year | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/path-bankruptcy-ford-losing-132000-every-electric-vehicle/
q. Un-Informed Anti-Israel Protestors Have No Idea Gays are Routinely Killed in Palestine (Video) | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/un-informed-anti-israel-protestors-have-no-idea/
r. AstraZeneca Finally Admits in Court Documents Its Covid-19 Vaccine Can Cause Rare Side Effects | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/astrazeneca-finally-admits-court-documents-its-covid-19/
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Tuesday
a i) The prestigious Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris has been the scene of blockades and violent demonstrations by pro-Palestinian students for several days. To restore calm, the management gave in to the demonstrators’ demands—concessions widely denounced by a large part of public opinion and the political class, who criticize the institute’s grovelling submission to the far-Left.
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/paris-sciences-po-institute-yields-to-pro-palestinian-activists/
a ii) …but the President of the Region fights back…
“I have decided to suspend all funding from the Region intended for SciencesPo until serenity and security are restored to the school. A minority of radicalized people calling for anti-Semitic hatred and exploited by the LFI and its Islamo-leftist allies cannot dictate their law to the entire educational community”, writes Valerie Pecresse.
The Ile de France Region defends the right to free, informed and respectful debates within the French university, in accordance with the universal values of humanism that it carries, and which are at the heart of our republican pact.
Faced with management’s renunciations, the Region is calling for a return of authority.
https://twitter.com/vpecresse/status/1784969360529912231
b)……..several police officers’ homes were listed on the Waze GPS application. The “police” badge, initially dedicated to reporting speed cameras, has been diverted from its function by users. Around ten officials were reportedly targeted by so far unidentified users.
“According to several police sources, a gendarme and a neighbouring CRS had the misfortune of discovering a police logo in front of their respective homes. Patches initially dedicated to reporting speed cameras on the roads.
https://www.fdesouche.com/2024/04/29/denain-59-lourdement-touchee-par-les-emeutes-la-ville-nest-plus-assuree-depuis-le-1er-janvier-2024-aucune-assurance-ne-prend-le-relais-maj-4-villes-seraient-dans-le-meme-cas-nanterre-mon/
c) It was heavily affected, with damage noted at the Town Hall, the media library, and even the theatre. Result: estimated 600,000 euros in repairs. Maif [their Insurance Company] had then started to cover part of the costs incurred, but the insurance company has since refused to renew the contracts.
“We were insured until the end of December 2023,” explains Jean-Pierre Crasnault, deputy mayor in charge of town planning. “We have therefore been, since January 1, 2024, without insurance.
The mayor, Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini, was received in Matignon [=10 Downing Street] on Tuesday noon to discuss it with Gabriel Attal, alongside four other representatives of the municipalities of Maubeuge, Nanterre, Montargis and Angoulême.
https://www.fdesouche.com/2024/04/29/denain-59-lourdement-touchee-par-les-emeutes-la-ville-nest-plus-assuree-depuis-le-1er-janvier-2024-aucune-assurance-ne-prend-le-relais-maj-4-villes-seraient-dans-le-meme-cas-nanterre-mon/
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Evets on Monday
a. Judge Cannon Unseals Unredacted Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Affidavit | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/new-judge-cannon-unseals-unredacted-mar-lago-search/
b. House Judiciary Committee Releases 300 Page Report on the Alvin Bragg’s Political Vendetta Against President Trump | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/just-house-judiciary-committee-releases-300-page-report/
c. Newly Unsealed Transcripts Further Prove Mar-a-Lago Raid Was a Setup | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/newly-unsealed-transcripts-further-prove-classified-documents-indictment/
d. Latest Report Reveals Democrats, Speaker Johnson, RINOs and Joe Biden Secretly Sent Long-Range to [The] Ukraine to Fire into Russia to Expand Doomed War | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/mike-johnson-needs-come-clean-latest-report-reveals/
e. Wyoming GOP Governor Vetoes Bill to Require Proof of Residency to Vote – Secretary of State Says He is “Enabling Biden and The Most Radical Leftists in America Who are Trying to Help Illegal Immigrants Vote” | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/rino-wyoming-governor-vetoes-bill-require-proof-residency/
f. Trump Sends Video of New York Construction Worker Telling Biden “F*ck You” in Response to Request for Comment on Biden’s Union Support from CBS | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/savage-trump-sends-video-new-york-construction-worker/
g. CNN Poll: Trump Posts Record Six-Point Lead Over Biden, Nine Points With Third Party Candidates | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/cnn-poll-trump-posts-record-six-point-lead/
h. Alan Dershowitz: George Soros Is Funding the Radical Pro-Palestinian Groups on US Campuses (Video) | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/alan-dershowitz-george-soros-is-funding-radical-pro/
i. Western Lensman’s Latest Release… “Warning to America: 25 Ways the US Is Being Destroyed – Explained in Under 2 Minutes” (Video) | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/must-see-video-western-lensmans-latest-release-warning/
j. Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Allowing Teachers and Staff to Carry Guns on School Grounds | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/tennessee-governor-signs-bill-allowing-teachers-staff-carry/
k. Fast-Paced Russian Offensive Yields Over a Dozen Conquered Cities and Villages, as Ukrainian Morale Is Collapsing Along the Front, With Over 100K Troops Deserting Their Positions | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/fast-paced-russian-offensive-yields-dozen-conquered-cities/
l. Oklahoma Challenges Joe Biden’s Title IX Revisions: “One of the Most Radical and Illegal Moves We’ve Ever Seen from the Federal Government” | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/oklahoma-challenges-joe-bidens-title-ix-revisions-most/
m. DeSantis Responds to Joe Biden’s War on Women and Proud Abolishment of Title IX: “We Will Not Comply” (Video) | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/desantis-responds-joe-bidens-war-women-proud-abolishment/
n. Dozens of British Muslims Sentenced in Rape Gang Trial, Facing Combined Total of 346 Years in Prison (Photos) | https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/dozens-british-muslims-sentenced-rape-gang-trial-facing/
Monday.
France is suffering similar youth crimes as the UK. I wonder what can be the cause.
a) Mathis, 15, killed last night in Chateauroux by a minor Afghan migrant who had just been released by the courts last week after trying to steal a cell phone during an ambush.
Son of a restaurateur, he was stabbed to death.
https://twitter.com/Ereminette/status/1784622602171912605
b) A young man was seriously injured this Sunday afternoon during a brawl in Montgeron. According to our information, the fight broke out at the end of a football match between the local team and neighbors Vigneux-sur-Seine. Seriously injured in the head, the victim was beaten with a blunt weapon.
https://www.fdesouche.com/2024/04/28/montgeron-91-un-jeune-blesse-grievement-a-la-tete-par-une-arme-contondante-apres-une-rixe-en-marge-dun-match-de-football/
c) ….but it it even worse in Germany…
Muslim culture-enrichers in Hamburg are impatient with the slow pace of Islamization in Germany. They want to jump-start the Caliphate.
https://gatesofvienna.net/2024/04/a-hamburg-caliphate-is-stirring/
Some years ago I spent much time on the dog and bone to a young lady client in the USA. Without thinking I lapsed into a few words of cockney rhyming slang. The conversation which followed left the poor girl in stitches. I wonder what Toodles will make of this. | https://youtu.be/YdYn0dEql5w?si=mgEDOJpHjRHRG6Rc | To help those who find this all quite incomprehensible there is this useful link. Warning! Cockneys do occasionally use naughty words. | https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/usage/slang_cockney.html
Lots of self propelled howitzers on their way to The Ukraine. They may be old but can pack a punch. One X comment sums it up, “Assuming this is accurate, it’s disheartening to see museums being emptied to highlight the toll of previous wars on soldiers… I aspire for a future post-conflict where Ukraine returns these vehicles to the open market, replenishing Western museums.” | https://bulgarianmilitary.com/amp/2024/04/27/uk-firm-bought-saddams-soviet-artillery-dispatched-them-to-ukraine/
Oh dear, I do hope those self propelled howitzers don’t go the same way as the Abrams tanks which the USA so kindly donated to Voldomore Zelenskyyyy. |https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/unable-to-withstand-russian-drone-attacks-u-s-withdraw-abrams-tanks-from-ukrainian-battlefield/