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Tour de France Wrap-Up

Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 10:56 am PDT

If you’ve been watching the Tour de France, I don’t think it will be a spoiler to let you know that at today’s finish the three men standing on the podium were the ones who’ve been leading for the past week — Contador, Schleck, and Armstrong, in that order: Contador ...

Cycling, France, Tour de France, Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador

Tour De France: Armstrong Slips to Fourth Place, Contador Widens Lead

Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:32 pm PDT

The Tour de France is heading into the final stretch, and Lance Armstrong is still within striking distance of the win — but he’ll have to really dig deep to surpass Astana teammate Alberto Contador, who is looking incredibly strong this year, rocketing away from the pack on difficult climbs: ...

Cycling, France, Tour de France, Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador

Tour De France Heads Upward

Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:11 pm PDT

Today’s stage of the Tour de France started in Barcelona on a beautiful route that finished with one of the first real climbs, and this is where the eventual leaders started to take charge. Fabian Cancellara couldn’t hang with the climbers, and lost the yellow jersey: Feillu wins stage 7, ...

Cycling, France, Tour de France, Lance Armstrong

Armstrong a Fraction of a Second Away from Tour De France Lead

Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:15 pm PDT

Velonews has a good account of today’s team time trial at the Tour de France, in which Lance Armstrong and his Astana team won the stage and came within a fraction of a second of taking the yellow jersey. If anyone still doubted Lance could make a comeback, he ended ...

Cycling, France, Tour de France, Lance Armstrong

Tour De France Starts in Monaco

Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 11:26 am PDT

The 2009 Tour de France opened today, with a time trial in Monaco. And yes, Lance Armstrong was there, riding with the Astana team — he came in tenth, 40 seconds behind winner Fabian Cancellara. The BBC has a blow by blow account of today’s race here, and a story ...

Cycling, France, Tour de France, Lance Armstrong

Sarkozy Disses Burqa

Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:02 pm PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is right in his analysis of the Islamic garment known as the burqa or niqab; while there are a few women who wear this clothing of their own free will, most of the time the burqa is a symbol of extreme fundamentalism and subjugation of women: ...

France, Nicolas Sarkozy, Burqa, Niqab, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Radical Islam

Obama Worship Reaches New Heights in France

Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 3:12 pm PDT

“I saw God before me.” President Barack Obama, wife Michelle and their two daughters touched lives in simple ways during a private stay in the French capital that closed out a six-day presidential tour rich in history, symbolism and giant messages to the world. ... When dining out Saturday ...

Barack Obama, France, Media Bias, Hopenchange

Bad Idea of the Day: The Criminals' Tour De France

Mon, May 25, 2009 at 3:06 pm PDT

Those wacky, irrepressible French! What will they think of next? What could possibly go wrong? NANTES, France (Reuters) – Close to 200 prisoners will cycle around France next month, watched by scores of guards on bicycles, in the first penal version of the Tour de France, authorities said Monday. ...

Cycling, France, Tour de France, Prisoners, Criminals

France Finally Admits Role in Holocaust

Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:40 am PST

It took them 67 years, but France is finally admitting their responsibility for the deportation of Jews in World War II. France’s highest court has recognised the state’s “responsibility” for the deportation of Jews in World War II. The Council of State said the state had permitted or facilitated ...

Holocaust, France, WWII, Deportation

France Loves Creationism (Because It Makes Americans Look Stupid)

Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:24 pm PST

The French love stories like this. It gives them an excuse to look down their Gallic noses at Americans, and in this case, they’re infuriatingly right: Creationism going strong on Darwin anniversary. [Video] Forget about dinosaurs, the origins of life, and the birth of the universe. According to Ken ...

Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Answers In Genesis, Ken Ham, Kentucky, creation museum, France

Chirac Poodle Mauling Horrifies France

Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:40 pm PST

Former French President Jacques Chirac was rushed to a hospital after being viciously mauled by his clinically depressed poodle named Sumo. Nothing more need be said. Former French President Jacques Chirac was rushed to a hospital after being mauled by his pet dog who is being treated for depression, ...

France, Jacques Chirac, Poodle, Canine Attack, Bad Dog

Explosives Found in Paris Department Store

Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:43 am PST

Police have discovered five sticks of dynamite at Paris department store Printemps (with no detonators), after an AFP office received a warning letter. French news agency Agence France-Presse said it received a letter Tuesday morning from a group calling itself the Afghan Revolutionary Front saying that several bombs had ...

France, Terrorism, Afghan Revolutionary Front

What's the Frequency, Pierre?

Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:55 am PDT

Sure, I could make a joke about this story, but why bother? It’s perfect just the way it is: Rather covers election for French TV. PARIS — Former CBS star reporter Dan Rather has been tapped by French pay TV group Canal Plus to cover the U.S. presidential election. ...

Rathergate, Dan Rather, CBS News, Killian Memos, Blogosphere, France

Obama Goes to France, Doesn't Speak French

Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:43 am PDT

Barack Obama is doing a press conference in Paris with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and here’s a thread to discuss it ... UPDATE at 7/25/08 9:59:29 am: The presser’s done; how disappointing not to hear Obama attempt a “Merci beaucoup!” for the French media.

LGF, Election 2008, Barack Obama, France, Sarkozy

Louvre to Open 'Islamic Wing'

Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:42 pm PDT

A giant glass Muslim headscarf in the heart of Paris.

LGF, France, Louvre, Islam, Headscarf, Hijab, Misogyny, Dhimmitude

The French Are Tougher Than Barack Obama

Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:49 am PDT

Barack Obama: more defeatist than the French. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday that the security situation in Iraq was improving and reaffirmed France’s willingness to help rebuild the war-ravaged country. “I have the feeling that things are better. Statistics show a drop in security incidents,” Kouchner ...

LGF, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Iraq, Defeatism, France

France Has 'Informal Contact' with Hamas

Mon, May 19, 2008 at 6:15 pm PDT

France says it’s had informal contacts with Hamas. Are you surprised?

LGF, Hamas, Islamic Supremacism, Militant Islam, France, Europe, Appeasement

French Nazi Hits the Skids

Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:10 am PDT

French fascist leader Jean-Marie Le Pen has fallen on hard times, and it couldn’t happen to a nicer crypto-Nazi: France’s Le Pen selling bullet-proof car on eBay. PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen is looking to make a bit of extra cash by putting his old ...

LGF, France, Eurofascism, National Front, FN, Le Pen, Jean-Marie Le Pen

French Fascist Leader: Auschwitz Didn't Have Gas Chambers

Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:10 pm PDT

In France today, Jean-Marie Le Pen, head of the neo-fascist National Front, reiterated his belief that there were no gas chambers in Auschwitz. Far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen sparked a chorus of outrage in France on Friday by repeating an incendiary claim that the Nazi gas chambers were a ...

LGF, France, Eurofascism, National Front, FN, Le Pen, Jean-Marie Le Pen

The Problem with Brigitte

Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 6:47 pm PDT

Here’s Dissident Frogman on The problem with Brigitte Bardot.

LGF, France, Bardot, Islam, Eurofascism

Youths Ambush, Fire on French Police

Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:26 am PST

“Youths” in the suburbs of Paris are escalating their intifada against French society, ambushing and firing on police. PARIS: Dozens of hooded attackers fired buckshot and nails at police this weekend, wounding four officers, France’s interior minister said. Michele Alliot-Marie called the Sunday afternoon attack an “ambush,” saying that ...

LGF, France, Intifada, Riots, Car Burnings

French Police Raid Housing Projects

Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 8:26 am PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has launched a massive raid on the Muslim housing projects in the suburbs of Paris. VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France - More than 1,000 police, some wearing black hoods, raided housing projects outside Paris in a massive sweep Monday, kicking open doors and detaining 33 people in a ...

LGF, France, Intifada, Riots, Car Burnings, Sarkozy

Le Pen's Daughter vs. the Muslim Brotherhood Stalking Horse

Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 8:05 pm PST

Here’s a debate with no side worth rooting for: Le Pen wrangles with Muslim intellectual in rare Paris debate.

LGF, Le Pen, Ramadan, France, Neo-Nazis, National Front

French Calm As Cars Burn

Wed, Jan 2, 2008 at 1:31 pm PST

Things were pretty calm in Paris over New Year’s Eve—only 372 cars torched. PARIS (Reuters) - Vandals torched 372 cars as France celebrated the New Year, down on the figure last year after a night the police described as “relatively calm.” Cars are burned fairly regularly in France and ...

LGF, France, Intifada, Riots, Car Burnings

Sarkozy Loses Patience with Assad

Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 9:08 am PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he’s had it up to here with the chinless ophthalmologist. “I have reached the end of the road with [Syrian President Bashar] Assad. Words alone won’t suffice, I want actions,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy was quoted as telling reporters Wednesday at the Champs-Élysées in ...

LGF, France, Sarkozy, Syria, Assad, Lebanon

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