The Wisdom of The Ancients
Posted By Russ Emerson on March 15, 2004 at 10:00 pm
As the Romans used to say,
Gens Gallorum inerudita servilis agrestis est, in turguriis foetidis habitans.
Power Supply
Posted By Russ Emerson on March 15, 2004 at 9:40 pm
I didn’t know that France was experiencing some sort of electricity shortage.
They seem, however, to have hit upon a solution:
China and France will hold rare joint naval exercises off the mainland’s eastern coast on Tuesday, just four days before Beijing’s rival, Taiwan, holds presidential elections.
China’s official Xinhua news agency made no link between the exercises off Qingdao — about 780 miles from Taiwan’s northernmost point — and the election.
But the show of military strength and solidarity signaled China’s desire to isolate the self-governing island before the vote and its first-ever referendum, which Beijing views as a provocative step toward independence.
All they’ll need to do is attach a generator to the spinning corpse of the late Charles de Gaulle.
Even for France, this is reprehensible.
(via the Puppy Blender)