I know it's the 100th anniversary of the "Great War," and I can certainly understand the Zionist War Media celebrating what began it all, what with the Balfour Declaration initiating Herzl's dream.
"France hails taxi drivers in WWI commemoration" by Jamey Keaten | Associated Press September 07, 2014
PARIS — Germany opened the Western Front on Aug. 4, 1914, sweeping into Belgium and hoping to overwhelm France before Russia had a chance to fully mobilize to the east.
The lightning-fast Schlieffen plan aimed to bring German forces into Paris within weeks. After the guns of August blared, the French army looked as though it was on the way to defeat.
On Sept. 6, 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm’s troops were just a few dozen miles northeast of Paris. The French army requisitioned the taxis over two days to carry bedraggled troops returning from the collapsed front back to new battle lines.
The call-up was part of a rising, nationwide war effort that also commandeered horses and called up more than three million French peasants to drop plowshares for guns.
Ah, the good old days.
General Joseph Gallieni, the military governor of Paris who concocted the plan, ordered the taxis to gather on a grassy esplanade in front of the gold-domed Invalides military museum, which honors war victims and is the burial site of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Why is that war criminal.... never mind.
The commute to battle through the Paris environs must have been quite a sight:
You can see for yourself.
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On the French front lines today:
"Released hostage identifies a captor
PARIS — A French journalist held hostage for months by extremists in Syria identified one of his captors Saturday as a Frenchman suspected of later killing four at the Brussels Jewish Museum, saying the militant had taken sadistic delight in mistreating prisoners. Nicolas Henin said he often heard Mehdi Nemmouche torturing Syrians held in the same former hospital basement (AP)."
Must be a CIA black site seeing as they trained ISIS.
Related: Somalis Sieze French Spies
Also see: The CIA's GlobalPost Assets
At bottom they are really starting to mock you, aren't they?
WWII vet, 86, beaten outside Ohio hospital
Eisenhower memorial plan altered
Ike had his own Holocaust that is overlooked by official history, and he warned of the military-industrial complex as he was going out the door after having spent eight years building it and letting the CIA run amok? Thanks, Ike.
Matignon to honor alumnus who died in Vietnam
Yeah, he got us into that one, too!
Family and friends of 182d Medical Company gather for send-off
I was told that war was ending. WTF?
Two candidates, Marines alike, sense new call to service
“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious
objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.”
Our Congre$$ is hopele$$. Must be the $elf-$erving inve$tment portfolios.
Time to set sail on this post:
"Rebuilt 18th century ship tests French waters | Associated Press September 08, 2014
PARIS — A reconstruction of the Hermione, the 213-foot frigate used by France’s Marquis de Lafayette to bring reinforcements to American revolutionaries in 1780, has tested the waters for the first time.
The test run at high tide Sunday was a key step in an ambitious 17-year project aimed at sending the ship across the Atlantic to the United States next year, retracing the foundation of French-American relations.
Maritime and history specialists and aficionados have made rebuilding the Hermione a major project for the French port of Rochefort in southwest France.
Shipbuilders and researchers have painstakingly rebuilt the ship using the same construction materials and methods as those used to build the original, from the pulley systems to the massive oak hull.
After some delays, the boat set out at high tide early Sunday morning from the Rochefort docks toward Aix island. It is meant to be the first in several test runs before the ship sets sail for stops in North America, including in Boston.
Lafayette persuaded French King Louis XVI to provide military and financial support to George Washington’s troops, and he set off on March 21, 1780, from Rochefort, according to the Hermione project historians.
He arrived in Boston 38 days later, and Lafayette played an important role in the revolutionary victory against England.
Laurent Da Rold, director of the construction project, overseen by the Yacht Concept company, said, ‘‘We didn’t even know if it would be possible’’ to find the same construction materials and replicate the exact construction methods used in the 18th century to rebuild the Hermione.
Speaking from the deck of the ship, he said, ‘‘I’m standing here, and there is nothing modern that is visible. That’s unique in the world.’’
Bruno Gravellier, superintendent of the ship and a former naval officer who spent 11 years working for the US Consulate in nearby Bordeaux, says a succession of US officials have followed the progress of the project.
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"Boston to host Tall Ships in 2017, the fleet’s only US stop" by Oliver Ortega | Globe Correspondent September 03, 2014
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Related:
"The vessels are scheduled to arrive in Boston between June 17 and 20, 2017. The last Tall Ships visit was in 2009,
What is in print but has been scrubbed from the web(?):
though the event was nearly canceled because of a disagreement between former mayor Thomas M. Menino and organizers over who would cover security costs.
Ultimately, Governor Deval Patrick offered $1 million in state money to pay security expenses for what turned out to be a much smaller exhibition than previous ones. The dispute stemmed from when the ships came to Boston in 2000 and the city was left with a $1.6 million bill.
Someone must have called the Globe and complained.
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Related:
Boston's Tall Ships Tacking and Jibing
Mayor Menino Sinks Boston's Tall Ships
You Can't Board Tall Ships From Boston Harbor
Patrick and Menino Choose Tall Ships Over Theater
Tall Ships 2017: This time in their full glory
Sailboat that crossed Atlantic highlights people with multiple sclerosis
For multiple sclerosis sufferers, an anxious hope
Friendship Rotted in Boston
Can't you tell by my enthusiasm for the Globe lately?
But ya gotta love sports!
"French president in trouble, in public and private" by SYLVIE CORBET
PARIS (AP) -- Things can't get much worse for French President Francois Hollande: The economy is lagging; his new government is already under fire; and his private life has just been exposed in a ravaging book by the former first lady.
Adding to his concerns is the possibility that his chief rival - conservative Nicolas Sarkozy - will launch a political comeback this weekend.
Despite his arrest?
The developments have helped push Hollande's popularity to new record lows. Three polls released in recent days show that he has lower approval ratings than every other French president in modern times.
This week, ex-partner Valerie Trierweiler described Hollande as a mean liar in a book released seven months after they broke up, amid reports that he was having an affair with French actress Julie Gayet.
Well, he is a $ociali$t $lave for banks.
Not only did Trierweiler spread intimate details of Hollande's infidelities, but she also depicted the Socialist leader as someone who despises the poor - a grave political sin for a left-wing leader who won election in 2012 on promises of social justice.
According to Trierweiler, Hollande once disdainfully referred to the poor as those with "no teeth" - a reference to people who can't afford dental care.
The expression shocked many and immediately became the top hashtag on Twitter in France, seized upon by Hollande's critics. Some right-wing activists dubbing themselves the "no teeth" movement held a small protest near the Elysee Palace on Friday evening.
A visibly indignant Hollande defended himself at a news conference, insisting that serving the poor is his "reason for being."
This new political storm comes just days after Hollande appointed a new Cabinet to silence ministers who had openly criticized his economic policy, and to send a pro-business signal to the European Union.
But with unemployment over 10 percent and no economic growth, the new government had no grace period.
A remark by new Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron that he would be open to rethinking France's 35-hour workweek caused big uproar in the French left.
A few days later, Labor Minister Francois Rebsamen said he wanted the country's unemployment services to better monitor jobseekers - causing uproar among unions.
And then Thursday, a junior minister of the new Cabinet, Thomas Thevenoud, was forced to quit because of problems with tax authorities, according to the prime minister's office.
Are you phoqueing kidding?
Even once-popular Prime Minister Manuel Valls has seen his approval rating plummet to around 30 percent in recent weeks. He faces a confidence vote Sept. 16 at which dozens of Socialist parliament members who disapprove of Hollande's spending cuts could try to spread rebellion among leftist ranks.
Far right leader Marine Le Pen asked for dissolution of Parliament to organize new elections.
Another threat may come from the mainstream conservatives, meeting this weekend in Nice after a couple of years of division and tumult. Many are hoping that Sarkozy announces his candidacy for the party's top job, a first step toward a potential bid to regain the presidency in 2017 after losing it to Hollande in 2012.
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House Hollande is collapsing!
