Advocating death panels in a house of worship?
Sarah was right, as she usually is. America, ignore her at your own peril,

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This is just a rumor! The trash tabloid says the “inside info” was obtained from documents and computer files seized inside Sarko and Carla’s home in Paris, in a police raid one month after he left the Élysée palace.

How nice to live in a country where there is no due process, and unwarranted search and seizure of a private citizen’s private home is permitted.
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This is just a rumor! The trash tabloid says the “inside info” was obtained from documents and computer files seized inside Sarko and Carla’s home in Paris, in a police raid one month after he left the Élysée palace.

How nice to live in a country where there is no due process, and unwarranted search and seizure of a private citizen’s private home is permitted.
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This is just a rumor! The trash tabloid says the “inside info” was obtained from documents and computer files seized inside Sarko and Carla’s home in Paris, in a police raid one month after he left the Élysée palace.

How nice to live in a country where there is no due process, and unwarranted search and seizure of a private citizen’s private home is permitted.
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I guess our Dear Leader hasn’t been following the French news and the fate of his Socialist, gay marriage supporting fellow President, Hollande. Proclaiming his commitment to gay marriage at the inauguration, how long will it be until we get a shout out “I’m gay and I’m proud?”

H/T Sunken Civ

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France remains, despite the degeneration of the family and marriage on the left, a center right country.
The French may have a laissez-faire attitude about people’s private behavior, and around 50% are not opposed to same sex marriage in and of itself. BUT, the overwhelming majority is opposed to gay adoption, and artificial procreation (paid for by the government).
The socialist President, François Hollande, who is dropping like a lead balloon in the polls- now at 35%, included the artificial procreation elements into his new law. This is what brought out hundreds of thousands into the streets, in the largest demonstrations in France in 30 years.
The kicker is that the idiot Hollande, who refuses to marry his live in girlfriend, the despised Valérie Trierweiler, aka Le Rotweiler, and refused to marry his mistress of 30 years, and mother of his four children, Ségolène Royal. Monsieur President Normal gas states he does not believe in marriage- it is a bourgeois institution!
What the Right in France (UMP) is demanding is a referendum on the law, which of course Hollande would lose.
So called “right winger” Marine le Pen refused to join the demonstrations and refused to condemn the proposed gay marriage law!
Pauvre France!

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France remains, despite the degeneration of the family and marriage on the left, a center right country.
The French may have a laissez-faire attitude about people’s private behavior, and around 50% are not opposed to same sex marriage in and of itself. BUT, the overwhelming majority is opposed to gay adoption, and artificial procreation (paid for by the government).
The socialist President, François Hollande, who is dropping like a lead balloon in the polls- now at 35%, included the artificial procreation elements into his new law. This is what brought out hundreds of thousands into the streets, in the largest demonstrations in France in 30 years.
The kicker is that the idiot Hollande, who refuses to marry his live in girlfriend, the despised Valérie Trierweiler, aka Le Rotweiler, and refused to marry his mistress of 30 years, and mother of his four children, Ségolène Royal. Monsieur President Normal gas states he does not believe in marriage- it is a bourgeois institution!
What the Right in France (UMP) is demanding is a referendum on the law, which of course Hollande would lose.
So called “right winger” Marine le Pen refused to join the demonstrations and refused to condemn the proposed gay marriage law!
Pauvre France!

H/T Sunken Civ

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France remains, despite the degeneration of the family and marriage on the left, a center right country.
The French may have a laissez-faire attitude about people’s private behavior, and around 50% are not opposed to same sex marriage in and of itself. BUT, the overwhelming majority is opposed to gay adoption, and artificial procreation (paid for by the government).
The socialist President, François Hollande, who is dropping like a lead balloon in the polls- now at 35%, included the artificial procreation elements into his new law. This is what brought out hundreds of thousands into the streets, in the largest demonstrations in France in 30 years.
The kicker is that the idiot Hollande, who refuses to marry his live in girlfriend, the despised Valérie Trierweiler, aka Le Rotweiler, and refused to marry his mistress of 30 years, and mother of his four children, Ségolène Royal. Monsieur President Normal gas states he does not believe in marriage- it is a bourgeois institution!
What the Right in France (UMP) is demanding is a referendum on the law, which of course Hollande would lose.
So called “right winger” Marine le Pen refused to join the demonstrations and refused to condemn the proposed gay marriage law!
Pauvre France!

Thanks, Civ. magical and majestic!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

A 65 year old overweight woman ( who happens to be Secy of State faints and has a concussion and is not rushed to an ER for tests?
Yet, it’s so bad, she will not be able to testify at the hearings on Benghazi.
Serious BS here!

that was the Sunk King, Louis XIV, but who’s counting ;•}

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Depardieu is a great screen and stage actor. He has made wonderful films in France and the US. His performance in “Cyrano” in the lead role, is memorable.
He was also an important major supporter of Sarkozy, and is a huge earner.
Who can blame him or other who have worked hard their whole lives and are refusing to turn over 75% of the fruits of their labor to a confiscatory, out if control Socialist state?
Watch out, America, it can happen here!

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Depardieu is a great screen and stage actor. He has made wonderful films in France and the US. His performance in “Cyrano” in the lead role, is memorable.
He was also an important major supporter of Sarkozy, and is a huge earner.
Who can blame him or other who have worked hard their whole lives and are refusing to turn over 75% of the fruits of their labor to a confiscatory, out if control Socialist state?
Watch out, America, it can happen here!

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Depardieu is a great screen and stage actor. He has made wonderful films in France and the US. His performance in “Cyrano” in the lead role, is memorable.
He was also an important major supporter of Sarkozy, and is a huge earner.
Who can blame him or other who have worked hard their whole lives and are refusing to turn over 75% of the fruits of their labor to a confiscatory, out if control Socialist state?
Watch out, America, it can happen here!

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Valérie, la Rottweiller pushes herself back into the news.... again, and makes trouble for her "companion" Monsieur Moi, President Normal Hollande.

As the French Republic descends to new levels of decadence and depravity, our old friend, DSK, is back in the limelight. The hearing before Judge McKeon in the DSK matter will be held in Bronx Supreme Court on December 10. He is not expected to appear himself, but his attorneys will be there to finalize the settlement, reputedly $6M Ms Diallo will likely be present.

In reading the comments in French newspapers like Le Monde and Le Figaro, to the French, it is all about money. Americans, if they are interested at all, which they really aren't, are more interested in the law. 

As to why DSK would settle rather than risk a jury trial in The Bronx. His chance of winning in that venue is almost non-existent.   First, because in the Bronx, whose population from which a jury us impanelled, is 89% non-white lower income or unemployed, a rich, white, Jewish French man, is not exactly the kind of defendant who would be found sympathetic.    With the racial polarization in the last four years, and the class warfare that has been ginned up for political purposes, DSK would be a fool to continue.    More importantly, the facts, including his history and lifestyle, would surely guarantee a loss for him, a win for Diallo.   The media, and the usual race hustlers surrounding Ms Diallo set the stage for conviction early on.   Basically, nobody here is interested. 

This photo from last night has gone viral- he's back to his old ways, in a private club for "special tastes"

DSK en boîte de nuit : la photo qui enflamme le web

DSK BACK TO HIS OLD TRICKS

I wonder who will be picking up DSK’s $6M settlement tab and multi-million dollar legal bills.

His wife, the French billionaire heiress, Anne Sinclair, dumped him after he no longer had a chance to be President of France.

I hear he has a new “girlfriend” very young, not a billionaire.
Ah! The French! What next?

. The Bronx, no thonx! DSK paying $6M to Diallo. She probably would gave gotten at least 2-3x that from a jury in the Bronx.

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The drama continues. Latest recount has Copé ahead by almost 1000 votes.
Latest updates here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2963516/posts

  Copé has been firm, but seeking resolution, agreeing to the recount which he won by 952 votes.
Fillon is still continuing his sore loser battle to file a lawsuit against Copé. 
 Sarko was mediating for a revote, but that seems unnecessary now. What a mess! A real shame when you have such a weak, vulnerable President.
 Copé is very smart, an excellent organization/ management leader, outspoken and tough. 
 He will make an excellent party leader. IMO he is not aiming for the presidency for himself, but preparing the way for the return of Sarko in 2017.

  Copé has been firm, but seeking resolution, agreeing to the recount which he won by 952 votes.
Fillon is still continuing his sore loser battle to file a lawsuit against Copé. 
 Sarko was mediating for a revote, but that seems unnecessary now. What a mess! A real shame when you have such a weak, vulnerable President.
 Copé is very smart, an excellent organization/ management leader, outspoken and tough. 
 He will make an excellent party leader. IMO he is not aiming for the presidency for himself, but preparing the way for the return of Sarko in 2017.

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Will UMP ( Movement for Popular Union) fracture and go the way of now defunct RPR and UDF which later joined to form UMP? it remains to be seen if Copé, the more conservative leader, and a close associate of Sarko can hold the right together. IMO the goal is to pave the way for Sarko's return in 2017, as well as winning the local elections in 2014 and barring the way for Marine Le Pen, who is NOT any kind of conservative, just another Statist supporting the welfare state, which is, broke.

He lived a rich, full life. I’m sure Bill will be welcomed by other FReepers who have been called home.
My prayers and condolences to his family and friends.

I agree: undoing the social welfare state will not be easy. It’s like an addiction.
Sarko did his best to start the process. Hollande is a total catastrophe, personally and politically. Polls show him in the 35% approval zone, with 64% of UMP and an ever growing number of French who want him back, as the candidate in 2017.
To those ill-informed dolts who think the next president will be a woman, as in Marine Le Pen, think again, ma chéri. MLP is a Bational Socialist who believes in the State and not individual liberty and responsibility. She is her father, or l’Oncle Adolf in drag.

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Mr Fillon has made it clear he intends to run for president in 2017. But he may yet face the return of Mr Sarkozy, who has hinted he could run if he feels a "moral" imperative to do so.

A recent IFOP opinion poll said that two-thirds of UMP supporters hoped Mr Sarkozy would make a comeback and run for the presidency in 2017.

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Fillon wants to run for president in 2017; Copé is much further to the right and is Sarko's guy. He wants Sarko to run again in 2017.

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Not yet!
This is not a sex scandal, this is perhaps bigger than Watergate, and we know how that ended.
This is about the running a gunning running Iran-Contra like operation out of Benghazi, with weapons going to Al Q. And an agency detention/ interrogation operation run in the Mission annex.
Petraeus is now free to speak, remember his first loyalty is to the US military, not 0 or the CIA.
The question is what did he know, and when did he know it.

Easier said than done! When SCOTUS throws out section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, and Affirmative Action later on this term, this will be almost impossible to implement.

Thanks, Nachum
This is much ado about nothing.
This UN arms agreement is a treaty, and as such, must be ratified by 2/3 of the Senate to pass. The Constitution clearly states that.
Clinton tried the same crap with the Kyoto agreement, which is really a treaty. Clinton signed it but the Senate wouldn’t ratify so it is null and void.

from Sarah’s FB page:
 America, don’t lose heart. This election is not an “Obama mandate,” nor is it a rejection of conservatism. Unanswered ads like this one running in blue collar swing states defined Romney early on, and the Obama media also piled on with the narrative that Romney would harm the middle class. (As I personally have witnessed, once a bell is rung by a biased media, it’s impossible to un-ring it.) Ironically, it’s Obama’s socialist policies that will destroy America’s working class as he outsources opportunities.
Hang in there, America. Fight for what is right. Don’t look to government or any politician to solve your problems. Government can’t make you happy, healthy, wealthy or wise. Obama is a master at reading the right “soaring” words fed into his teleprompter, but actions speak louder than words. So, hold tight to 2 Corinthians 4:8 because we’re in for a wild ride.
We must survive. United. One nation under God.
“We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted but not forsaken, struck down, but not destroyed.” – 2 Corinthians 4:8-9.
- Sarah Palin

Yes! We must remind ourselves of that, and that He is with us through all our trials and tribulations.
He is eternal, Barry will be gone in 4 years, and is a very lame duck until then.

Thank you Chris Christie!
If Obama does win, God forbid, you will have a lot to answer for.

NY Daily News has endorsed Romney.
Not surprising, as Mort Zuckerman turned against Barry quite awhile ago.

Thanks for the good news, Onyx.
With all the destruction and devastation here from the hurricane, we can use some hope going in to Tuesday.

Fascinating article; thanks for posting.
I live in NYC and learned a lot. It will be very interesting to see the election stats from the 3rd generation neighborhoods.
Everyone I know who came to America from a communist country, whether Polish catholic, Cuban, or Russian Jewish, all detest 0 and are voting for Mitt. They lived under communism and recognize it when they see it!

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Ayrault, the French PM is overstepping the bounds of his office, but is completely in sync with the French people. 75% of them would vote for Barry if they could.
Trying to understand this, I’ve come up with a few possibilities.
One is the almost irration love if the French for American blacks (that would sort of disqualify Barry, but I digress)
Another reason might be that there is no real equivalent of American conservatism in France. They have a “right wing” but it is not based o God given individual liberty and freedom, but on the top down model if the Imperial State.
There has been a tremendous rise in anti-Americanism in France, with America viewed through the lens of Alabama 1963, guns, and what they perceive as religious fanaticism.
Almost every article mentions Romney’s religion. They are also pro-abortion 80-90%.
The other reason is that Ayrault, and his socialist party and master, Hollande are mega a-holes.

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Jimmy Carter never disappoints. Two weeks out from an election comes out from under his rock to remind us just how much he is like his “brother from another mother” Barry..

Shouldn’t they be out on the campaign train together? The worst and second worst POTUS ever!

Thanks, Civ
Interesting theories- some wacky, some far-fetched, some plausible. When the good LORD decides we should find it, it will be found.

Great catch, Civ
Gas prices mounting by the day, and he’s still groveling and bowing down to his masters.

So how many dead Americans would be optimal, Barry?
Beneath despicable. He doesnt care at all about those four dead Americans. He never knew anyone killed in service to his country. This guy is cold hearted, cold blooded, reptilian

And stoopid! Giving Romney the arrows to shoot him with.

What does Hillary get?
My guess is a seat on the Supreme Court.
Second guess, guaranteed nomination, uncontested primary in 2016, BUT she will be 70 years old, and her personal history is something she would want kept low profile.
Fake marriage, Huma from the Umma, ties to the Saudis etc.
My guess is the Clintons are grooming Chelsea for an electoral run.

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Hollande’s popularity rating rating has sunk to new lows this week.
President “Normal” I is now at 40%
Sarko gave a major speech in NY last week, and is planning his return in 2017.
Carla has sent out the word: she would not be opposed
Real buyer’s remorse has set in, and the “First Lady” ( first concubine) Valerie Trierweiler, is the most hated woman in France since Marie “ let ‘em set cake Antoinette.
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This is a truly stupid system designed by leftists to brainwash little kids. For the convenience of parents, little children, as young as five, in France put in 8 hour days, and cram it into four days a week. No athletics, no gym, no music or art, just rote memorization.
Preparing them, among other things, for a 35 hour work week.

They are taught by the parrot method: memorizing and regurgitating information, not learning critical or creative thinking.

The system needs reform, but this is ridiculous!

Four day school week, no homework. It just isn't fair that some kids have involved parents who supervise their homework. These people are nuts!

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The buck always stops at the top. 0 was going to throw Hillary under the bus, so she jumped under first.
It won’t get him off the hook; nobody is buying it.
Why?
Perhaps a guarantee from the Chicago thugocracy for 2016 to let her run without a primary challenge- the coronation she wanted in 2007.
Any other thoughts?

Be grateful for small favors: at least François is not wearing a Speedo!