November 7, 2005 – 7:16 pm
God Almighty, how dumb can the French be? PARIS – France will impose curfews under a state-of-emergency law and call up police reservists to stop rioting that has spread out of Paris’ suburbs and into nearly 300 cities and towns across the country, the prime minister said Monday, calling a return to order "our No. […]
November 7, 2005 – 7:42 am
I’m not sure I get what French cars did to people. They are being burned willy nilly, along with schools, buildings, and people. Remember the handicapped woman? And, there was more of this last night: A night of rioting in France has left 1,408 vehicles burnt out and resulted in 395 arrests – the highest […]
November 6, 2005 – 8:19 am
Those peace lovers are still at it in France Ten nights of urban unrest that brought thousands of arson attacks on cars, nursery schools and other targets from the Mediterranean to the German border reached Paris where at least 28 cars were burned overnight in the French capital, government officials said Sunday. Some 2,300 police […]
November 5, 2005 – 6:00 am
Paris went wild again Friday night: LE BLANC MESNIL, France – Bands of youths roaming Parisian suburbs burned more than 500 vehicles and hurled stones at police Friday, as the worst rioting in a decade entered its second week and spread elsewhere in France. The U.S. warned Americans against taking trains to the airport via […]
November 3, 2005 – 7:39 pm
Well, aw haw haw haw (closest I can get in writing a French accent), they are still having some, well, issues: LE BLANC-MESNIL, France (Reuters) – Young rioters set fire to at least 50 vehicles in an eighth night of unrest in the impoverished suburbs of northeastern Paris as exasperated local officials criticized politicking by […]
November 3, 2005 – 6:00 am
That supposed "moral" leg the French are trying to stand on keeps getting shorter: PARIS – French troops in Ivory Coast suffocated a prisoner, and commanders knew of the killing but did not report it to their superiors, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The prisoner, Firmin Mahe, "was killed by suffocation by French soldiers in […]
November 2, 2005 – 6:01 pm
On the back of yesterdays post, comes todays France is Doomed news. Apparently, the fact that Islamics are rioting in France, due to a couple of kids electrocuting themselves while trying to (supposedly) avoid the police, was caused by "deep, underlying problems." PARIS (AFP) – The French government was reeling after nearly a week of […]
October 7, 2005 – 8:45 am
Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency that he heads won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for their efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. ElBaradei, a 63-year-old lawyer from Egypt, has headed the U.N. nuclear agency as it grappled with the crisis in Iraq and the ongoing efforts to prevent North […]
September 29, 2005 – 8:39 am
And, it’s about time. Take Back the Memorial’s email blast states: We are very pleased to announce that Governor Pataki has announced the removal of the International Freedom Center (IFC) from Ground Zero. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092801849.html for details. Every since June 8, 2005 when Debra Bulingame’s op-ed, The Great Ground Zero Heist, appeared in the Wall […]
September 22, 2005 – 7:54 am
More fallout from the Air America Deadbeat/Gloria Wise "loans." The New York Post (free reg req’d) reports: The embattled Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in The Bronx — under investigation for taking $875,000 from programs for kids to help fund the start-up of Air America radio — was booted yesterday from the Boys & […]
