• Vatican to investigate Legionaries of Christ after scandal–Yahoo headline
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Archive for the 'France' Category
The French should have never elected him in the first place.
Sunday, March 9th, 2008He looks like a heavy from a late 60s Costa-Gravas film.
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Municipal French Elections Appear to Rebuke Sarkozy
By Molly Moore and Corinne Gavard
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, March 9, 2008; 5:20 PM
PARIS, March 9 — French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s ruling party appeared to suffer major losses in municipal elections across the country Sunday in what some voters […]
• Carla Bruni Attends first Public Event As Sarkozy’s Wife–Yahoo headline
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GRIM MOMENTS IN MARKETING
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Speaking of IDIOCRACY…those lycee senior pranks become more bizarre every year!
Monday, October 8th, 2007October 8, 2007
Intruders Damage a Monet in Paris Museum
By JAMES KANTER
October 8, 2007
PARIS, Oct. 7 — Intruders broke into the Orsay Museum early Sunday and damaged a work by the Impressionist painter Claude Monet, the latest in a series of acts of vandalism and thefts at cultural sites in France.
Christine Albanel, the minister […]
Aux Barricades…then hit the whirlpool!
Saturday, October 6th, 2007*
I saw this AP photo this morning.
The movement and emotion reminded me
of a famous French painting by Eugene Delacroix.
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Cleveland Indians’ Casey Blake, left, Paul Byrd, center, and Victor Martinez rush toward Travis Hafner after Hafner’s 11th-inning single drove in the winning run for a 2-1 win over the New York Yankees in Game […]
While the story of Marie Antoinette’s “Let them Eat Cake” may be false, she did say…
Thursday, September 27th, 2007 ”Throw strikes, but don’t give ‘em anything good to hit!”
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Marie Antoinette’s pearls up for auction
By Mike Collett-White
September 27, 2007
LONDON (Reuters) - A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping will go on sale in December, and are expected to fetch up to $800,000.
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Now part […]
I used to believe I had a working knowledge of 19th century Western Americana.
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007“…Angelina joined Brad on the red carpet for a screening of
The Assassination of Jesse James in France.”
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Actor Casey Affleck plays Jesse’s brother, King Louis XIII. Brad Pitt is Jesse James. Director Andrew Dominik’s only other film was CHOPPER–the bio-pic of Robespierre. Actor Sam Shepard’s brilliant portrayal of Cardinal Richelieu steals the movie.
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Ms. Jolie was not […]
‘Bucking convention, French first lady snubs Bush invite’–AFP headline
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007by Emma Charlton
Sun Aug 12, 4:27 PM ET
Cecilia Sarkozy’s decision to bow out of a picnic with the president of the United States this weekend is the latest proof of the French first lady’s unpredictable, even rebellious take on her new role.
President Nicolas Sarkozy travelled alone to meet George W. Bush and his family at […]
Santino Corleone broke an FBI camera at his sister’s wedding, but there were no HellCats.
Monday, August 6th, 2007Sarkozy lashes out at 2 U.S. journalists
By BEVERLEY WANG, Associated Press WriterMon Aug 6, 12:43 AM ET
French President Nicolas Sarkozy lost his temper with two American news photographers covering his vacation Sunday, jumping onto their boat and scolding them loudly in French.
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The confrontation came Sunday afternoon as Sarkozy and companions were headed for open water […]