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Lurching into a very dangerous area, and i don't think the little twit recognises it.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jul 30th, 2010 at 04:14:52 PM EST
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The little twit does recognize it, doesn't care, carries on nevertheless. This is his only tactic: designating culprits (h/t Emmanuel Todd's "End of Democracy").

His polls are tanking; his ministers are embroiled in financial scandals, so it's time to do some more empty macho rhetoric; worked for him so far. Not sure for how long, as I commented before.

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Fri Jul 30th, 2010 at 04:38:51 PM EST
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This however seems not a mere whistle to Le Pen fans, but deserves the far-right epithet outright.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Fri Jul 30th, 2010 at 04:45:49 PM EST
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Desperate times seem to call for desperate (and vile) measures.


French Police Question Labor Minister

PARIS--French police on Thursday questioned Labor Minister Eric Woerth for nearly eight hours as part of a preliminary probe into allegations of illicit campaign financing and conflict of interest that have dogged President Nicolas Sarkozy and his administration for two months.



Wind power
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 30th, 2010 at 06:17:27 PM EST
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chronicled by Le Monde

Wind power
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 30th, 2010 at 07:30:29 PM EST
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Le Canard Enchainé has a front page article (which I grabbed here) listing all the various declarations of "war" on crime by Sarkozy over the past 8 years:



Wind power

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 30th, 2010 at 06:36:54 PM EST
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