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75 Jahre Jodelklub Bärgblueme gebührend gefeiert
Die Gäste wurden zum Apéro im Freien neben den Jodelklängen des Jubiläumsklubs vom Alphornduett Rita und Günter Thoma begrüsst. Nach dem feinen Salat und der mit Witz und Charme vorgetragenen Eröffnungsrede von Patrick Hess, dem langjährigen Präsidenten, ging die musikalische Unterhaltung weiter. Gesang, der berührt Ehrenpräsident Erich Schärer glänzte mit seiner Enkelin in einem gesanglichen Duett und rührte zu Emotionen.
Patrick Hess: The Right's attacks on London misrepresent reality
I didn’t know I had it so bad. For all of my 30 years living in London, I have thought my home city to be, while flawed and having been to some extent misgoverned over the years, a pretty good one. Yet listening to some recent the commentary about the city from the right-of-centre you would think I am practically living in Third World conditions. There has been an increasingly relentless campaign waged from the British political Right against London.
Gemtuzumab ozogamicin in first-line treatment of CBF-AML: insights from a retrospective multi-center analysis - Leukemia
Abstract The addition of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO) to intensive chemotherapy (IC) has become a mainstay in treating patients with core binding factor acute myeloid leukemia (CBF-AML). However, evidence for the efficacy of GO in this particular subgroup is primarily based on meta-analytic data from different trials conducted more than a decade ago.
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable The acquittal of Sergeant Martyn Blake, the firearms officer who shot and fatally killed Chris Kaba in 2022, has produced the expected flurry of agitation by those who seem predisposed against any use of force by police, irrespective of the circumstances. Blake shot Kaba after a “hard stop” in Streatham, because the car he was driving had been linked to a firearms incident the previous day.
Don’t blame the victor
Crises have a way of disturbing the mind twice over. First, there is the anxiety and anger and distress from the initial event, and then there is that of people’s reaction to it — the moral confusion in the wake of what should be clear. Granted, much of the world’s response to the unspeakable events on 7 October has been appropriate and level-headed. The elected governments of the Western world are all almost entirely behind Israel.
Frühlingsgayfühle mit Katja Stolte
"stadt.land.schwul" is a German-language podcast hosted by Patrick Hess & Florian Kunze Forrest. The podcast explores the experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals living in rural and urban areas in Germany. Through conversations with a diverse range of guests, including artists, activists, and community leaders, each episode delves into a different aspect of queer life in Germany, from coming out in small towns to building queer communities in cities.
The curious case of Andrew Tate
A very 21st century troll The culture wars can generate some of the most truly bizarre characters that live among us. The latest of these is Andrew Tate, a kind of right-wing troll, who until recently lurked mainly on the edges of the podcast world, before becoming something of an internet hit for his various transgressions. He has recently been interviewed by Piers Morgan on Piers Morgan Uncensored, who challenged him on some of his outlandish views.
The right to be reserved
If any of you have ever had the problem of needing to fit a haircut and a therapy session into a packed day, you’re in luck! Gymshark, the seller of work-out gear, has recently opened up a barbershop with “ in Shoreditch, East London — so you can now off-load your emotions while getting freshened up.
The Great Vladsby
An uncomfortable question has been haunting conservative movements in the West for some years. It has become more urgent to try to answer, with Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. How did this movement end up home to so many apologists for the Russian President? How did the side apparently most dedicated to patriotism and promoting western values attract so many with a sneaking sympathy for the West’s most brazen-faced adversary?
The perils of prosperity
There is a meme that has found popularity within the right-wing edges of the internet, which some will be familiar with. It states “hard time make strong men; strong make good times; good times make weak men; weak men make hard times”. Its origins are in a post-apocalyptic novel by the author G. Michael Hopf, and it is an attempt to describe the natural cycle of civilizations.
“Marketing Champions” with Patrick Hess from Day 6 Agency
Patrick Hess Owner at Day 6 Agency Website Address: https://www.day6agency.com/ Each week on “Marketing Champions,” our host talks to media experts across the country. This week our host speaks with Patrick Hess from Day 6 Agency. To learn more, check out https://www.day6agency.com/. What is the biggest change in marketing that you see coming in the next 2 years? For smaller markets and smaller companies it will be the need to upgrade their marketing strategies beyond traditional offline platforms.
Can a Deal Be Reached With Iran?
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani. Credit: Mostafa Asgari / Tasnim News Agency “Disappointed and concerned” were the words European diplomats used to euphemistically describe Iran’s proposals for a return to a new nuclear deal with the US and other world powers. Given what’s at stake here – war with Iran, or the Middle East’s destabilizer-in-chief wielding the world’s most powerful weapons – it’s possible this is a slight understatement.
The Tragedy of Activism
In an episode of The Crown about the 1966 Aberfan disaster, in which the collapse of a spoil tip on a mountain in a village in Wales crushed a school full of children, Prime Minister Harold Wilson is on a plane to visit the site of the accident.
The dangers of scientific groupthink
Share Topics Free Speech Politics Science & Tech USA World The sudden acceptability of the so-called ‘lab-leak’ theory is remarkable. In a matter of days the theory that coronavirus may have escaped from a lab in China has gone from being presented as a conspiracy theory, censored by social-media firms and spurned by experts and politicians, to being something eminently plausible in the eyes of those same elites.
The good leader delusion
In today’s international theatre, the quickest way for a leader to show their virtuousness and benevolence is to put their name to a stock of causes; a deep concern for the environment, a concern for refugees and a commitment for more open borders, an opposition to nationalism and populism, and endless talk of cooperation and global peace. Some of these things are, of course, important.
Germany’s Russia Dilemma
Credit: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons From Germany’s unification through to the end of the second world war, the “German Question” referred to the recurring potential Germany had to threaten Europe, due to its size and the peculiarity of the German character, and how the rest of Europe could contain it. Today, since Germany poses no such threat, there is no longer a German Question. Or at least, there is no longer that German Question. There may, however, be another one.
Yemen: Iran’s Next Satellite State?
Image Credit: Ibrahem Qasim, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The now-ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s statement in 2006 that “Most of the Shias are loyal to Iran, and not to the countries they are living in” is of course deeply simplistic and divisive. But it is a sentiment that is likely shared by the inhabitants of the countries where Iran exerts influence via shi’ite proxies.
Why the EU has struggled with the vaccine
Its botched rollout shows the importance of nation states. Share Topics Politics UK World Whenever I become sceptical of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, I am almost instantly reminded by some event or story of the inefficiency of the EU. As the transition period ends and we leave the EU’s structures, it is worth comparing the UK’s up-and-running (though far from perfect) vaccine rollout with the EU’s largely failed attempts to secure itself reliable vaccine doses.
In praise of Marcus Rashford
He has shown up other celebrity activists for the preening narcissists they are. Share Topics Politics UK I’m never really a fan of celebrities poking their noses into politics. So when I first heard about Marcus Rashford, the Manchester United footballer, launching a campaign to put pressure on the government to extend free school meals, I thought ‘another celebrity doing another social-justice, anti-Tory thing. Yawn’.
Europe's migrant crisis is still with us
The devastating fire at a refugee camp in Greece revealed how little has really been solved. Share Topics Politics World Earlier this month, a fire destroyed Greece’s largest migrant camp, in Moria on the island of Lesbos. The exact chain of events is still unclear, but it seems that it started when local authorities imposed a lockdown on the camp, after 35 inhabitants tested positive for Covid.
No, British TV is not racist
David Olusoga's claim that the TV industry is structurally racist is a denial of reality. Share Topics Politics UK Over the past few months, it appears there is one area of British life that has not had its endemic racism exposed: the television industry. That was until the intervention of broadcaster and historian David Olusoga, who has decided to school us on just how racist the world of TV really is.
Police misconduct isn’t automatically racist
The mistreatment of two athletes is not itself evidence of institutional racism. Share Topics Politics UK Institutional racism is a phrase that has joined a growing list of words – sexist, fascist, Islamophobe, oppressed, and more – whose overuse has rendered them virtually meaningless. It is a phrase that has been appearing everywhere in recent months, mostly in contexts where it does not belong, and this week it is back to persecute us.
We should not bend the knee to BLM conformism
The outrage against Dominic Raab for refusing to ‘take the knee’ shows what stifling and conformist times we live in. Share Topics Free Speech Politics UK Outrage-seeking, offence-taking and demands for apologies have become part and parcel of political debate in recent years. The most recent example of this is the overblown reaction to Dominic Raab’s comments on ‘taking the knee’.
Quo Vadis Hong Kong?
Features | Politics | East Asia Demanding system change — on either side — is not a realistic way out of the crisis. Understanding the underlying traumas is. Credit: AP Photo/Kin Cheung Watching the latest images from Hong Kong, the world holds its breath. Protesters and police alike have become increasingly violent, leading to bloodshed and first casualties on both sides.
What China’s Recent Shake up Means for the Economy
A lot has recently been written about the canonization of “Xi Jinping Thought” and the abolishment of the term limit for the president in the Chinese Constitution. Relatively unnoticed however, at least in foreign policy circles, have been some other, equally bold decisions taken by the National People’s Congress (NPC) a few days ago, namely those in the realm of China’s economy and finance. In policymaking, two things matter most: institutions and individuals.
Letter to the editor: Texas shouldn’t follow Indiana’s example
Indiana made a huge mistake when it gave businesses a license to discriminate. The entire country took notice. Business owners, faith leaders, and community members flooded the streets to rally against it. #BoycottIndiana is trending online. I don’t want to see Texas make that same mistake. Texas has had a Religious Freedom Restoration Act for years, and it works just fine. So why are legislators trying to change it now?
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