September 24, 2008
Note to French bashers: if you’re gonna make fun of us, this is the way to do it! Except for the use of the (capitalized!) “frog” slur, which has no place in a magazine like Time (would they use the word Beaners to refer to Mexicans? Yeah, right!), it makes fun of some of our probl...
go to article »September 22, 2008
A good friend of mine, very conservative, says that Obama won’t win. No matter what the polls say. It’s the Bradley/Wilder effect, he says! I think he’s right. What do you think? ...
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After telling the world for decades that free markets always knew best even in the worst of financial crises (remember Mexico, Russia or Thailand?) , the U.S. government is now the proud owner and operator of… an insurance company! My Zeus, between its sudden love for small and energy efficient ca...
go to article »September 18, 2008
September 17, 2008
[This is a guest post by mbast] One of the recent topics around here was one where French fighters won a mock dogfight contest against the US Air Force. Very nice, but if you want to “cocorico” about our Frenchie Air Force, there’s a much more compelling reason. Actually, it’s way up there w...
go to article »September 13, 2008
Charles Bremner, the Paris correspondent for the Murdoch-owned British newspaper The Times, is your typical closeted French-basher. Won’t call you names directly, but will never lose an opportunity to put you back in your place, and to show you how superior the Brits really are. Cherry-picking fac...
go to article »September 10, 2008
Lance Armstrong is coming out of retirement, and he says he will try to win an 8th Tour de France. Many Americans agree, good for him, and good for cycling. The Tour de France organizers are not so thrilled. Neither are some fellow riders [fr – Google translation] Two paragraphs of the Vanity Fair...
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Couple of favors to return. First, to Froufrou, a “Brit girl raised in Frogland.” After reading the post about Alain Bernard, she had this to say about French-bashing: More bashing, surrender jokes, arrogance claims. Now I am so tired of these, mainly cause whatever I do I’ll be th...
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Write your own caption or dialogue. h/t to Blacknell. ...
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