“ Huge Plant Frightens French Ladies Hundreds of curious French women queued up in Nantesto catch a glimpse of a giant flower, dubbed “Titan’s Penis.” The flower must not be touched, a sign French says at the door. Governor Perry of Texas has offered to buy seeds to be planted in Dallas[...]
Posts Tagged ‘France’
January 11th, 2013 - 12:54 pm § in Misc.
First Depardieu then Bardot .. What happend to Egalite?
Depardieu Accepts Offer Of Russian Citizenship To Escape Higher Taxes … Bardot threatens to become Russian if France kills elephants [...]
December 29th, 2012 - 11:42 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: FRENCH TAX ON 1% UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
Top French court overturns 75 percent tax rate for rich France’s highest legal body, the Constitutional Council, announced on Saturday it was overturning the Socialist government’s flagship 75 percent income tax rate for high earners, marking an embarassing setback for President François Hollan[...]
September 30th, 2012 - 1:04 am § in Misc.
Fiscal Responsibility: The French Pay THEIR Taxes
To the dismay of business leaders who fear an exodus of top talent, the government confirmed a temporary 75 percent super-tax rate for earnings over one million euros and a new 45 percent band for revenues over 150,000 euros. By Daniel Flynn and Leigh Thomas, Reuters PARIS | Fri Sep 28, 201[...]
September 23rd, 2012 - 2:10 am § in Misc.
Paris – France’s National Front Party Calls For Ban On Wearing Yarmulkes In Public
Paris – Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader of France’s National Front Party, called today for a ban on the public wearing of veils by Muslims and yarmulkes by Jews, thereby inflaming the existing religious tensions caused by the earlier publication of offensive cartoons of Prophet Mohammed [...]
May 4th, 2012 - 5:54 pm § in Politics
Sarkozy going down for reasons more important than left vs. right.
Former PM confirms Sarkozy took 50M from Gaddafi Another voice, that of former Libyan prime minister al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi in prison in Tunisia… EXCLUSIVE – Gaddafi to Sarkozy: ‘give us back our money’[...]
April 19th, 2012 - 9:44 am § in Misc.
I Support Sarkozy, The French have a right to their homeland.
I am proud to say that Sarkozy and I are both Zionists. Ironically, French history creates a problem similar to that facing Israel. The French and the Israelis both benefited from colonialism. The French and the Israel right to exist needs to be counterbalanced against the debts and obligati[...]
Tea party a la France
Far right hits historic heights Far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen obtained a surprising 18% of the vote in the first-round of France’s presidential election Sunday night. But who will those votes go to in the second round? By Sarah LEDUC (from France 24) Having secured nearly one in[...]