Thrust & Parry: foils of democracy, peace, integrity, life, hospitality

PASTICHE:

a compelling compendium



North could go on U.S. terror list

Russia Blocks U.S.-Drafted UN Statement Condemning North Korea Tests

UN Security Council threatens new sanctions on North Korea

Nuclear anxiety grows with North Korea standoff

US VP Pence assures Japan: America is with you '100 percent

U.S. Faces ‘Cuban Missile Crisis in Slow Motion’.

North Korea won't bow to Donald Trump's threats. It needs assurances OPINION

 World should join US in tackling N Korea threat OPINION

The North Korea-Trump nightmare OPINION




China frowns on Lorenzana Pag-asa visit

 In year of big political decisions, Chinese economy appears stable OPINION




FRANCE


Emmanuel Macron v Marine Le Pen: who are they and what are their policies?

France Throws the Bums Out and Votes for a New Political Reality
10 things we’ve learned from the French presidential elections OPINION
This is a French presidential election like no other OPINION






WORDS MATTER


"All options are on the table as we continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of South Korea for denuclearization of this peninsula and for the long term prosperity and freedom of the people of South Korea."
 — Vice President Mike Pence at the DMZ

“Ivanka has so many China ties and conflicts, yet she and Jared appear deeply involved in China contacts and policy. I would never have allowed it,” said Norman Eisen, who served as chief White House ethics lawyer under Barack Obama. “For their own sake, and the country’s, Ivanka and Jared should consider stepping away from China matters.”

"I find it a rather problematic assertion that … if China cooperates more on North Korea, there will be added leverage for the kind of trade transactions that Trump envisions.”  --  April 16, 2017 | Jonathan Pollack, Bloomberg

 On Saturday, April 29, in Washington, DC, people from movements ranging from labor to environmental justice to indigenous rights will gather for the March for Climate, Jobs, and Justice. 
Also at The Nation this week, Bill McKibben lays out the stakes this time around: We need enough people in the streets, now and in the months ahead, to make sure that every politician who’s not a Trumpist understands where the center of gravity now lies. It’s not with the straddling politics of the past, where you could be for both solar and fracking, for new pipelines and new panels. Trump has pissed people off, and pissed-off people don’t ask for small and easy progress. They demand the shifts that reality requires. In this case, winning slowly is the same as losing, so we don’t want to substitute one for the other. We want to win, so that we have a planet left to live on.  --  Sarah Arnold, The Nation


NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you.






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