France tries reverse psychology

From the Times:

THE leader of France’s ruling party has privately admitted that Sunday’s referendum on the European constitution will result in a “no” vote, throwing Europe into turmoil.

“The thing is lost,” Nicolas Sarkozy told French ministers during an ill-tempered meeting. “It will be a little ‘no’ or a big ‘no’,” he was quoted as telling Jean-Pierre Raffarin, the Prime Minister, whom he accused of leading a feeble campaign.

Right. Like anyone's gonna fall for that. (It's far more likely that Sarkozy is, not for the first time, positioning himself for a run up the career ladder. To the point where Chirac is now, to be exact.)

(Via Instapundit.)

19:22

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Valery Giscard d'Estaing: Fuck you very much

The guy who wrote the European constitution has come up with the perfect way to handle a constituency that doesn't seem to appreciate what he's wrought. If the French say 'no' to the constitution on Sunday, he'll just have to ask them again! After all, that's what very mature kids do if their parents won't give 'em more candy. They continue whining.

Never mind that Giscard d'Estaing is directly contradicting statements by prime minister Rafarrin of France, who said yesterday there won't be second chances. Well, I guess it's only fair to expect Giscard d'Estaing to be a little overbearing. After all, we're talking about a guy who thanks himself and his chums in the preamble to the constitution:

'GRATEFUL to the members of the European Convention for having prepared the draft of this Constitution on behalf of the citizens and States of Europe.'

As reader Jay so eloquently put it a few months ago: 'Wherever he is, you know Thomas Jefferson is laughing his ass off at that part. That'd be like him writing as the first words of the Constitution "Copyright 1776 TJ Enterprises, Inc." or "All Hail us!"'

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'Holocaust or EU' ad being aired despite 'retraction'

This sick ad was produced by the VVD party to scare Dutch voters into supporting the constitution. It caused a huge uproar at the time, and the VVD promised an immediate retraction.

Well, it turns out that RTV Drenthe, a local tv station, did broadcast the commercial nevertheless. And according to GeenStijl, they will do so again on Sunday.

No bridge too high, no cess pool too deep.

Update 18.23: GeenStijl reports that at least two other local tv stations aired the commercial.

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Second Chechen arrested in connection with Van Gogh murder

Police have only now released this information, but it turns out a total of two Chechens have been arrested in connection with the murder of Theo van Gogh on 2-11 last year. The guy is called Marat J., 22 years of age, and hails from the fair city of Grozny. Whereas his compadre, Bislan I., was arrested in France, J. got busted in the Dutch town of Schiedam. Finger prints of I. have been found on a 'goodbye, I'm going to sacrifice myself for Jihad' letter from suspected Van Gogh murderer Mohammed Bouyeri to his parents. I., from the Chechen village of Machkety, had a residence permit for the Netherlands on humanitarian grounds.

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