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Post by Khunanup on Apr 27, 2022 22:58:45 GMT
Toulouse is certainly great. But lacks access to the Mediterranean so I guess Marseille still wins for me.I'll be passing through Calais in less than 30 hours if I understood the plan right, but it'll be dark so... On a more serious note, Calais sticks out on the list of Lepenist towns not just for size but also as a real historic city, a place that, while it doesn't have a préfecture, easily could have one. The only other similar place (thanks to Toulon and Arles, which both have a weird charm all their own, voting for Macron by a hair) is Béziers. Which doesn't have a préfecture either. I wonder if that means sthg - if the lack of that link makes the Paris elites seem that much further away. (Note that Toulon wasn't the préfecture for most of the departement's history and Arles is tucked away on the very edge of Bouches du Rhône) Spot the person from a largely coastline deficient nation... Coastline is wonderful (I've lived on four different ones all of my life) and living away from the sea would be a real wrench. But it's not the be all and end all and inland towns and cities can stand on their own merits (and be better than some of their coastal brethren). |
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Post by Georg Ebner on Apr 28, 2022 17:13:06 GMT
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Post by minionofmidas on Apr 29, 2022 12:30:02 GMT
Toulouse is certainly great. But lacks access to the Mediterranean so I guess Marseille still wins for me.I'll be passing through Calais in less than 30 hours if I understood the plan right, but it'll be dark so... On a more serious note, Calais sticks out on the list of Lepenist towns not just for size but also as a real historic city, a place that, while it doesn't have a préfecture, easily could have one. The only other similar place (thanks to Toulon and Arles, which both have a weird charm all their own, voting for Macron by a hair) is Béziers. Which doesn't have a préfecture either. I wonder if that means sthg - if the lack of that link makes the Paris elites seem that much further away. (Note that Toulon wasn't the préfecture for most of the departement's history and Arles is tucked away on the very edge of Bouches du Rhône) Spot the person from a largely coastline deficient nation... Coastline is wonderful (I've lived on four different ones all of my life) and living away from the sea would be a real wrench. But it's not the be all and end all and inland towns and cities can stand on their own merits (and be better than some of their coastal brethren). Largely? I'm a Hessian, not at the most expansive definition is Hesse anywhere near a coast. The Baltic hardly counts as sea for my personal purposes anyways. But better oceans than the Meditteranean are far too far away. ("Nieder mit den Alpen - freier Blick aufs Mittelmeer!") |
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Post by No Offence Alan on Apr 29, 2022 12:54:26 GMT
Spot the person from a largely coastline deficient nation... Coastline is wonderful (I've lived on four different ones all of my life) and living away from the sea would be a real wrench. But it's not the be all and end all and inland towns and cities can stand on their own merits (and be better than some of their coastal brethren). Largely? I'm a Hessian, not at the most expansive definition is Hesse anywhere near a coast. The Baltic hardly counts as sea for my personal purposes anyways. But better oceans than the Meditteranean are far too far away. ("Nieder mit den Alpen - freier Blick aufs Mittelmeer!") A Hessian? I now have a mental picture of you as Christopher Walken with pointed teeth in Sleepy Hollow! |
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Post by Khunanup on Apr 29, 2022 13:08:52 GMT
Spot the person from a largely coastline deficient nation... Coastline is wonderful (I've lived on four different ones all of my life) and living away from the sea would be a real wrench. But it's not the be all and end all and inland towns and cities can stand on their own merits (and be better than some of their coastal brethren). Largely? I'm a Hessian, not at the most expansive definition is Hesse anywhere near a coast. The Baltic hardly counts as sea for my personal purposes anyways. But better oceans than the Meditteranean are far too far away. ("Nieder mit den Alpen - freier Blick aufs Mittelmeer!") Exactly my point. |
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Post by Georg Ebner on Apr 29, 2022 16:20:59 GMT
Ile-de-France, Grande & Petite* Couronnes:  *Shockingly not every thing in France is "grande"... |
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Post by relique on May 2, 2022 7:21:23 GMT
Agreement signed for the législatives between Insoumis and Greens. Roussel (PCF) is saying an agreement is "imminent" with PCF as well. PS are still hopeful.
There could be a single left-wing candidate strategy in june. And they could do well.
I'll start a thread later with some analysis based on the first round of the presidential election and my knowledge of the constituencies (and when I'll know which constituencies are given to which party).
If the left manages to unite, there will be a big pressure for Macron to try and include as many of the right-wing incumbents as possible before the first round.
If the incumbent right-wing MPs manage to keep 100 seats, I think Macron will lose an absolute majority in June and will have to play nice with LR.
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Post by neilm on May 2, 2022 14:14:14 GMT
Ile-de-France, Grande & Petite* Couronnes: *Shockingly not every thing in France is "grande"... Indeed, one naturally assumes it would be Couronne énorme and Grande couronne. There is a village called Petit-Couronne which confused me when I first Googled it a few years ago: I wondered if there was an exclave of the Ile De France in Normandy (apart from Deauville in August). |
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Post by Georg Ebner on May 3, 2022 1:35:53 GMT
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Post by J.G.Harston on May 9, 2022 10:00:56 GMT
Even reading background material while listening, I *still* don't know why May '68 happened or what they wanted. |
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Post by The Bishop on May 9, 2022 10:08:28 GMT
Even reading background material while listening, I *still* don't know why May '68 happened or what they wanted. Its a lot easier to explain the former than the latter. As in Germany around the same time, a big part of it was younger people's frustration that their elders weren't being honest about what really happened in WW2. |
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Post by finsobruce on May 9, 2022 10:10:56 GMT
Even reading background material while listening, I *still* don't know why May '68 happened or what they wanted. Ooh, now there's a topic for debate. I call upon relique and Devil Wincarnate to initiate the symposium. |
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Post by relique on May 9, 2022 10:49:20 GMT
Young bourgeoisie getting bored
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Post by finsobruce on May 9, 2022 10:53:30 GMT
Young bourgeoisie getting bored Admirably succinct.  |
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Post by relique on May 9, 2022 10:54:59 GMT
Young bourgeoisie getting bored Admirably succinct. If I had a bit of time, I'd write a Haiku |
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Post by J.G.Harston on May 9, 2022 12:37:46 GMT
Young bourgeoisie getting bored Admirably succinct.  We're French, it's a sunny day, let's riot!  |
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Post by relique on May 9, 2022 12:53:22 GMT
Admirably succinct. We're French, it's a sunny day, let's riot! Well, I am French, it is a sunny day today and I'm thirsty for barricades |
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Post by Georg Ebner on May 9, 2022 17:15:02 GMT
Even reading background material while listening, I *still* don't know why May '68 happened or what they wanted. Its a lot easier to explain the former than the latter. As in Germany around the same time, a big part of it was younger people's frustration that their elders weren't being honest about what really happened in WW2. Yes, that is today taught in quasi all media&schools - what inevitably means, that the contrary is true: "Vergangenheits-Bewältigung" (~"coping with the past") was indeed the battleCry of the bored bohemiens bourgeoises - but it meant exactly the opPosite of what the present-day antiFa-wokies read into it. Its meaning was "Stop with Your permanent boring chatter about the obsolete war - we want to enjoy the Economical Wonder (WirtschaftsWunder)!" |
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Post by J.G.Harston on May 9, 2022 18:33:42 GMT
Its a lot easier to explain the former than the latter. As in Germany around the same time, a big part of it was younger people's frustration that their elders weren't being honest about what really happened in WW2. Yes, that is today taught in quasi all media&schools - what inevitably means, that the contrary is true: "Vergangenheits-Bewältigung" (~"coping with the past") was indeed the battleCry of the bored bohemiens bourgeoises - but it meant exactly the opPosite of what the present-day antiFa-wokies read into it. Its meaning was "Stop with Your permanent boring chatter about the obsolete war - we want to enjoy the Economical Wonder (WirtschaftsWunder)!" Hey - you didn't have to suffer interminable war films. Every Damn Christmas, Great Escape, Dam Busters, Wooden Horse, get over it, it was 40 years ago, we know, you won it for us, now just shut up and drink your eggnog. |
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