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I happened to be thinking about this sentence today, somehow. And it occurred to me that different contexts give this sentence a different meaning and that had me wondering about the correct use of the sentence. For example, the princess could have meant it thus: "I really don't care how they...

According to this article "Only 9 percent of France's strange phenomena have been fully explained." Riiiight. Whaddya think?

In the latest commentary, Randi expresses depression because more people voted for "The Sun" than "The Moon" as an answer to "What orbits the Earth?" on the French version of "Who wants to be a millionaire?" But seriously, if you see a contestant who is so stupid as to not know the answer to...

Pretty good, especially the introduction of the sceptic: "and...Johnny Sceptic" *booooooo hisssssss* from the audience :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo5qHWay2d4

Apparently a leaked French intell report is avowing that Saudis believe OBL died a month ago from typhoid:

Truth is I'm really confused, so I'm asking for some insight here even though I know there'll be some that ain't. What is it with the French? Am I victim of propaganda news reporting or what? First I don't quite understand why a Lebanon ceasfire resolution is specifically an issue between the...

French Fries are back on the hill. So, it looks like congress isn't serious about this war on terror after all. :covereyes

I guess they figure Israel is a better place for a Jew to be than France.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060530/wl_nm/france_clashes_dc

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/11/international/europe/11diplo.html And so, the self rightious indignation at the Hamas win begins to evaporate. There is always a reason for abandoning a principled stand. Which EU government will be next? I thought that there were provisions in the EU...

Anger remains in French suburbs By Paul Henley BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents Three months on from the riots which tore through the heart of France, Paul Henley hears worrying evidence that anger and resentment remain in the suburbs. Mimoun Belmir, an ex-policeman who now works in the...

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=24721 I'm working up a couple pints to send and will just need an address. The rest of us can't be stingy in this time of need.

Thank god for them, they make a gray day sunny with their unintended wit... Sacre bleu...what about diversity and inclusiveness and stuff like that?

The propriator of a company actually have control? How odd.

Take a look at what the Franch have managed to scrape up and donate to a city proud of it French heritage. see: http://www.info-france-usa.org/# and click on "related articles" that opens the pdf. You will note that all the significant donations (staff, equipment) are from NGOs like the Red...

Well, South America. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4472521.stm

Debka.com is an Israeli based website exposing the political intrigues of the middle east. It claims links to intelligence centers around the world and I don't doubt them. There is much original reporting here. The bias is plain but does not spare anyone whose actions affect the drama. Here is...

So, just back in from a wonderful vacation in France. Have to start out with people were so NICE. Yes, the French were pleasant and helpful. But I did end up with a head cold. It wasn't bad, but I had trouble sleeping at night because of the cough. So I popped into the little pharmacy in...

First came the shock that United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan’s son, Kojo was connected to the ill-fated program. According to the New York Post On-Line edition, family members of former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali are officers of a Panamanian-registered company in which...

Reading Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer". He uses the phrase avec de choses inouies and, smart alec that he is, refuses to translate it. Because everyone knows French, don't you know. Well, I'm Canadian, know a smidge of French, and have never heard of the word 'inouies'. I suspect it's rude...

How embarrassing... http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/8454173?source=Evening%20Standard

http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1041039/posts Why do I think he's an a**hole? He has defended Klaus Barbie and Slobodan Milosevic, so he doesn't need the reputation, and he is an attorney so he doesn't need the money. This pretty much leaves just wanting to stir up trouble and be a...

I am not sure whether a tribunal should be solely Iraqi or International. But, if it is international, should France and their fellow travelers participate? I vote yes since Saddam is in no position to bribe them. The difficulty is that the sensitive europeans think that the death penalty is...

I listened to an interesting piece on NPR today. The govenment of France seems to be ready to kill one of their National Holidays. They will make everyone work that day and take all money made and give it to the poor and disabled (IIRC.) That isn't so interesting. What was interesting was to...

This is in the religion forum rather than politics or flame war, because the point isn't French-bashing, it's what exactly is the authority of the Pope? <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3135560.stm"> Gourmands at war with the Deadly Sins</a> By Caroline Wyatt BBC correspondent in...

http://www.seefrance.net/people.htm And from this page from the same site: Rationalism and skepticism bad. Bad French people. Bad, bad, enslaved French people. :rolleyes:

Oppose the war wh Iraq. Fine. BUT TO BOO SERENA WILLIAMS AT THE FRENCH OPEN!!!!! That really makes me mad!!!! The crowd was horrible to her, jeering her every chance they could get. Why? Cause she's an american. At the press conference she was driven to tears becaue it upset her so much. Real...

From a Reuters blurb today: Separation of church and state has a different meaning and dynamic in France than it does in the United States, in my experience. The American variety traditionally takes the form of an acquiescent, indulgent neutrality toward religion. The French variety, on the...