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Post by grimnir on Jun 21, 2019 3:01:30 GMT -5
Sarko faces trail for corruption... SarkoBest to read the whole article but the Monaco highlight: Apparently/Allegedly, the thing never happenend, but if foreign (sort of...) countries are working to make Monaco a shady place for equally shady people, Monaco itself can just sit back and take another cocktail.
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Post by agentf on Jun 23, 2019 4:28:26 GMT -5
Rarely would you find a native Monégasque involved though. It's like most countries with huge expat communities, you don't always attract anything but adventurers looking for shade. And then you have ambitious politicians or generals, and there's your whole hotbed for corruption. You wouldn't even notice a talented politician amid all the scandals because negativity is the news' breadwinner. It's just a sad career ender and it makes you wonder just how many statues in the future will be erected for modern politicians...? I see Boris Johnson's as a sofa wine spiller.... Sarko faces trail for corruption... SarkoBest to read the whole article but the Monaco highlight: Apparently/Allegedly, the thing never happenend, but if foreign (sort of...) countries are working to make Monaco a shady place for equally shady people, Monaco itself can just sit back and take another cocktail.
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Post by agentf on Oct 31, 2019 12:36:42 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Dec 7, 2019 9:38:55 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Jan 27, 2020 19:13:49 GMT -5
Ste-Dévote came and went, and got no comments on Noblesse & Royauté under not one but two posts. The kiddies wore cool shades on the balcony. Meanwhile, Jean Todt formerly of Ferrari received a medal, at a time when last week Daily Mail hinted at another beloved athlete, Michael Shumacher (if we can lump him with other sports figures that way) 😞 Anyhow, many comments for that bit of news with a focus on the reappearance of Albert's wife in something that reminded me somewhat of the school matron in Matilda. 🙊 www.noblesseetroyautes.com/fete-de-la-sainte-devote-a-monaco-2/( www.noblesseetroyautes.com/albert-de-monaco-decore-jean-todt/ )
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Post by agentf on Mar 10, 2020 14:37:54 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Mar 14, 2020 18:05:00 GMT -5
According to this, Monaco costs the most to tax payers, Spanish people don't have much to complain about and people in Liechstenstein have it really good: www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/europe/european-royal-families-intl/index.htmlMind you, none of these figures are near the weekly costs to American taxpayers, of ferrying Trump to play golf with the secret service...
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Post by agentf on Mar 15, 2020 10:37:12 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Mar 29, 2020 16:14:50 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Sept 26, 2020 16:12:27 GMT -5
monaco will have a hard time to recover, but they still have people like sleezy sir phil and there is yet another British billionaire moving there. Wonder if he will stay though with covid going for another round. he'll save billions in taxes, but locked up in a small space, when you could be enjoying a mansion and vast spaces instead....
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Post by paca on Oct 3, 2020 13:12:48 GMT -5
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Post by axelle on Oct 7, 2020 15:21:35 GMT -5
So sad
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Post by agentf on Oct 7, 2020 15:38:08 GMT -5
Listening to the French morning news, they spoke of a town whose cemetery was washed away, taking graves downstream 10 km. On top of already being traumatic, this will scar families and witnesses for life. The increase in horrendous natural disasters, floods, hurricanes etc is not mere coincidence. There's a job to be done by civil engineers to begin fortifying against an unleashed Nature. It's horribly sad.
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Post by paca on Oct 7, 2020 17:17:22 GMT -5
We contemplated moving into that valley at some point. they seemed to be less hit by floods and fires than other parts in the region. I'm still not getting why France still only has one way of providing electricity to the region. It has always surprised me how many powercuts we had. Not one since I moved here.
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Post by agentf on Nov 25, 2020 2:46:39 GMT -5
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Post by agentf on Jan 27, 2021 20:19:11 GMT -5
An update about the most exciting Vendée Globe race - a radar system failure that prevented an alarm to go off caused the Sea Explorer to collide with a fishing boat whose AIS signal was off, just before 8pm, 90 nm away from the finish line as the boat was slated for top 3. It's around the 7th place now, after an hour-long repair and broken foil etc. There were no winds earlier off the Sables. My question is, with Covid, what were fishermen doing in the path of a race?!?? The captain's overcome a lot. No doubt it'll be a sleepless night, but I for one know he'll still come very close to his original position 🙏🏻
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Post by agentf on Jan 28, 2021 7:28:48 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Jan 28, 2021 11:09:15 GMT -5
An update about the most exciting Vendée Globe race - a radar system failure that prevented an alarm to go off caused the Sea Explorer to collide with a fishing boat whose AIS signal was off, just before 8pm, 90 nm away from the finish line as the boat was slated for top 3. It's around the 7th place now, after an hour-long repair and broken foil etc. There were no winds earlier off the Sables. My question is, with Covid, what were fishermen doing in the path of a race?!?? The captain's overcome a lot. No doubt it'll be a sleepless night, but I for one know he'll still come very close to his original position 🙏🏻 He came in 4th, but the winner has deserved it. I think having finished is already a great achievement and with a damaged boat among the first 10 for a 1st timer is not a bad result and he has surely made a name for himself. When I heard about the accident, I was reminded of my father. My uncle had the idea of sailing around the world with my dad upon retirement. He thought it was a good idea, given that my father had spent most of his life at sea and being a pilot. He completely ignored that neither of them sailed. Ever. My uncle was a banker. All he ever did was look at boats and ships from the beach, when he came to visit. He was still surprised when my dad looked at him in shock and asked why his brother would propose to kill themselves in a nutshell whereas my uncle didn't get why my dad was such a chicken. So my dad explained to him: you need to sleep, and when you sleep, you can't pay attention to the containerships and all those other bigger vessels outthere. If you are unlucky, you get hit by one that doesn't even notice that it hit you.In a tank you don' notice rolling over a nutshell. You don't even hear a noise. Mind you that was about 30 years ago and technology was different, but technology can fail and the seize difference has even increased. My dad knew from his job as a pilot about the dangers and I have seen him often enough after near collisions with sailboats who wouldn't respect the rules or underestimated the dangers they were in. so in view of that I would say the vendee globe is absolutely nutters, but on the other hand what these men and women (let's not forget them) endured and achieved is pretty remarkable. It wouldn't be my choice, I am a comfort creature ( 3 months without a shower...), but I do have respect for them, especially the way they managed psychologically the drama, the solitude and disappointment. I think that all of them, whether they finished or not deserve respect. It takes a lot of courage and I think these were all professionals who knew there stuff and their willingness to immediately try to rescue an oponent speaks loudly about their character. So congrats to all.
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Post by agentf on Jan 28, 2021 20:22:40 GMT -5
He said it changed him, but he hasn't processed how just yet. Well, he took all of us with him - not just himself. Everyone who is in lockdown; everyone who is sick and will never get to do this adventure of a lifetime or is afraid of the high seas. His most beautiful day was when he was stuck in this surreal moment of calm, during the Jupiter alignment. The picture of him was as if he'd sailed in space and he looked blissful in a bubble, nothing like the disheartening moment after the collision or when he was brewing in almost depression. He helped save a guy; climbed his mast to fix sails in storms that would have killed anyone else, then when it was time to relish the end of the journey, there was yet one more challenge. He has much to be proud. As do the others no doubt, but I didn't follow them.
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Post by paca on Jan 31, 2021 13:41:17 GMT -5
Well, I guess the appeal was for one that he wasn't French, so being the first non French skipper to have a chance to win was an appeal. The other that he seems to be a genuinely nice guy. He is very good with the media and at the same time not bending or playing to them. It's refreshing to see authentic people doing what they love to do. And let#s be honest, most of us don't even like to risk doing what we would love to do for a living and instead live a fairly secure but halfhearted life. Maybe that's why some people think not wearing mask is ok, because they are already sacrificing a lot in normal times. Maybe we should all just take a few more risks in some ways and thus being able to take less risks in others. Interesting though that many years ago a teenager named Boris got Germans interested in tennis, now another Boris get's them interested in sailing....
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