November 24, 2005 – 2:10 pm
Like Bluto over at The Jawa Report (also at The Dread Pundit Bluto), I was going to skip most blogging, ‘cept for some fun stuff. But, I came across this, via Joneill, who wants everyone to see it. I appologize if anyone else has blogged it, never saw it: COLUMBUS, Ohio — A local soldier […]
November 12, 2005 – 2:21 pm
The riots are not stopping. They may have mellowed slightly over the past few days, but, they are spreading out Police in the French city of Lyon have fired tear gas to break up groups of youths who hurled stones and bins hours before a curfew was due to begin. Police on the city’s famous […]
November 10, 2005 – 10:20 pm
You would think that the meltdown in France, and the possible spreading of the riots would continue to be news. You would be wrong. A quick perusal of quite a few news sites finds the France riots being relegated to second, third, or even lower tier stories. Even at the BBC, the story wasn’t on […]
November 8, 2005 – 5:25 pm
The New York Time has found their way to save Chirac and his governmental buddies: blame the Cops! PARIS, Nov. 7 – The local police assigned to France’s poor suburbs who are the objects of scorn of the rioting youths are often inexperienced and ill equipped, according to a recent report from the National Commission […]
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 […]
