All Entries Tagged With: "France"

Common Ground

Looks like French taste is improving.
The French dislike themselves even more than the Americans dislike them, according to an opinion poll published on Friday.
The survey of six nations, carried out for the International Herald Tribune daily and France 24 TV station, said 44 percent of French people thought badly of themselves against 38 percent of [...]

Dishonorable Honor

Abbas has decided to honor Chirac:

At a farewell meeting Tuesday with outgoing French leader Jacques Chirac, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the West Bank city of Ramallah would name a street after him.
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“The objective of this visit was to meet President Chirac and to thank this great man for all he has done for the [...]

French Pig News

A French court has ruled that distributing pork soup to the homeless is not racist (hat tip: LGF).
A French court ruled Tuesday that an organization with far-right links can continue offering pork soup to the homeless, rejecting police complaints that the food distribution was racist.
Police banned the soup kitchen last month, arguing that the handouts [...]

Gratuitous Post on the French Being French

They could have put him in bulk.
An overweight passenger has sued Air France after being told he was too fat and had to pay for a second seat to accommodate his bulk.
Jean-Jacques Jauffret, a French scriptwriter, told Reuters on Wednesday he had felt humiliated by Air France staff who had measured his waist in public [...]

Fighting Frogs

The French are getting testy.

French soldiers in Lebanon who feel threatened by aggressive Israeli overflights are permitted to shoot at IAF fighter jets, a high-ranking French military officer told The Jerusalem Post.
 
Wednesday, several days after meeting with an IDF general in Paris to discuss what he said was a “blatant violation of the cease-fire.”
 
Last weekend, [...]

No Bon Voyage for Me

As a reasonably well known blogger, I get the occasional book to review, invitation to a conference, or radio interview. A few days ago, I received my first invitation to another country. Guess which one.

Dear Dave,
France24 (http://www.france24.com), the new international information TV network, would like to invite you to Paris to join a select group of [...]

Paris Syndrome

The French make a lot of people sick. No, really.
Around a dozen Japanese tourists a year need psychological treatment after visiting Paris as the reality of unfriendly locals and scruffy streets clashes with their expectations, a newspaper reported.
“A third of patients get better immediately, a third suffer relapses and the rest have psychoses,” Yousef [...]

Crazy Like a Foxman

Ynetnews reports:
Foxman receives highest French honor
Let me guess..The Not Too Bad for a Jew award?
Abe Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) received the French Legion of Honor from French President Jacques Chirac in a ceremony held at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday. A statement released by the Anti Defamation league says [...]

Keeping Watch

What are our intrepid UN peacekeepers up to today?
They’re practicing their skills in observing and taking photos.

Tomorrow they begin honing their renowned skills in videotaping.

What Are The French Peacekeepers Up to Today?

I can’t stress to you enough how secure I feel knowing I am being protected by people who can do the Riverdance.