“But since the military is apparently like a teen movie, filled with cliques and proverbial means girls, CBS2 managed to find somebody to shame Cunniff. “Look, you’re a leader, you’re a general, you have a responsibility to your troops to make sure that you’re physically fit,” a retired Navy lieutenant said. Pretty…

You can’t “catch” autism from vaccines.

Gotta love the contradiction, yeah?

I agree with you and Fred’s comments about ‘secular Catholicism.’ During the Terror, the French tried to invent another calendar, comprised of ten days in a week and three weeks in a month, to divorce themselves from the hated Catholic Church (premier état). After Napoléon, it went back to the old system and French…

It wouldn’t be illegal in the US, but it wouldn’t be performed on TV. That is for certain. (Another example would be the Janet Jackson boob thing — no one would bat an eye in France, but the FCC fines TV stations for it!)

Les Guignols, which is political satire over here, but over there, it’s considered journalism (it’s actually connected to a show similar to the McLaughlin Group). In order to understand the following, you need to know that it is a puppet show. Shortly after Ségolène Royale lost the election against Sarkozy (2007), her…

Television: sex scenes and the equivalent of the word “fuck” can be heard and seen on primetime.

Lol, really? Then explain who owns the Washington Post? How about ads for PBS? There are exceptions to the freedom of speech (i.e., hate speech), but special interest groups in France don’t have the kind of money to kick someone off the air like they do in the States. The tool in France is the juge; the tool in…

To a certain extent, I agree about the USA. It is very young in that Americans are individualistic and more “in the moment” than people from other countries. The US doesn’t have the history that France, the UK, Egypt, or China do.

I’m going to break up what you’ve written a bit:

If you’re referring to his populism, then yes, I agree.

No, he’s not, actually. First, the right-wing differs from country to country in Europe, mostly because their nationalist rhetoric depends so much on ‘cultural values’ independent of those collective to the EU. So, France’s right-wing isn’t the same as the BNP, even though they share certain ideas.

No, she’s actually worse. Think of a racist, lapsed Catholic David Duke or Phyllis Schafly and you’re close to it. Trump’s an idiot; she actually has some raw intelligence.

Hmm, where in my comment did I say you were white? Please italicize where I did.

Um, I’ve been rudely told to speak English when I was overheard talking in French. Based purely on appearance, I look white.

LOL. Actually, the progressives on this site are rich as gold balls. They just won’t admit it. I can’t imagine anti-vaxxers from California and the East Coast being poor.

Yeah, but this is for Americans. Did you see the translation of the quote?

Oh dear Cat, I can only imagine the ethnocentric responses we’ll get from liberals and conservatives who think they know France. Yep, indeed; from the comments, I have been proven correct.

He’s mansplaining crisis center, Planned Parenthood, and reproductive health all in one. Ain’t he special? He must have received all the gold stars in Catholic school.

Translation from Rubio into English: “Wahhhhhhh! My cock isn’t solid gold! Bad wimmins! They can queef greenbacks.”