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Audacity of Truth
Move Along:
""The whole issue of this - of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a sideshow. The whole thing defies logic. And the fact that this keeps on getting churned out, frankly, has a lot to do with political motivations."
Pres. Obama on GOP demands for Benghazi answers, 5/13/2013
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French minister commits unpardonable sin of telling truth: “We’re broke.”
**Posted by Phineas And he’s deep in la merde, for it: Michel Sapin made the gaffe in a radio interview, which left French President Francois Hollande and other ministers racing to undo the potential damage to the country’s reputation as a solid economy for investors. On Monday, Mr Sapin said: “There is a state but [...]
Sanity in France: French court tosses 75% “millionaires’ tax”
France doesn’t often get it right, but a French court did in this case: France’s Constitutional Council on Saturday rejected a 75 percent upper income tax rate to be introduced in 2013 in a setback to Socialist President Francois Hollande’s push to make the rich contribute more to cutting the public deficit. The Council ruled [...]
(Video) A sign of real Hope and Change?
**Posted by Phineas Busy day today, but I wanted to share with you this latest Afterburner, in which Bill Whittle compares the choices made in recent elections in France and Wisconsin, and finds cause for hope in the Land of Cheese: On a smaller scale Bill could also have taken heart from recent elections in [...]
Commence Operation “EU crack up,” phase two!
**Posted by Phineas Phase One was the unending financial crisis that began in 2008 and the Europeans’ unwillingness to anything that would really address the problem, instead choosing to keep feeding the beast of debt and taxation. Sickened by the failure of their political class (and made delirious by their own addiction to the teat [...]
France may kill me yet — through an overdose of irony
**Posted by Phineas I’m serious, you’d better have the paramedics ready; I’ll likely need them after reading this: Libya conflict: France eyes new UN resolution The French defence minister has suggested a new UN Security Council resolution may be needed for Nato allies to achieve their goals in Libya. Gerard Longuet was speaking after a [...]
Al Qaeda plotting to kill French First Lady?
Not surprising. The last thing the Religion of Misogyny can tolerate is a self-confident, independent woman who doesn’t dress like a shapeless lump: From Daily News and Analysis: Security services believe President Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife is now “high up” on al-Qaeda’s hitlist of potential VIP victims in France, it was revealed. Fears for Bruni’s safety [...]
Britain relies on France for its defence? What could go wrong?
Oh, how about a French aircraft carrier breaking down? As President Nicolas Sarkozy prepares to use a historic London summit to announce the use of RAF jets off the Charles de Gaulle, his naval chiefs have told him she is no longer seaworthy. “She’s meant to be heading to Afghanistan to support the war there [...]
France: “Dad” to 55 children arrested on paternity fraud charges
Unreal: PARIS (Reuters) – A Paris man who registered 55 children by 55 different mothers faces up to 10 years in jail and fines for suspected paternity fraud and for helping to obtain residency under false pretences, police said on Friday. The 54 year-old of African origin, who authorities did not identify, was arrested in [...]
An infantilized society
The economic troubles in Europe are leading to public unrest, as EU governments try to pare back their bloated public sectors, in some cases trimming wages and benefits, in others by delaying access to them. In France, plans to save the national pension system by raising the retirement age from 60 (!) to just 62 [...]
Open Thread/Caption This: Obama/Sarko edition
Have at it, y’all:
