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You eat too fast, and I understand why your antidyspeptic pill-makers cover your walls, your forests even, with their advertisements.

The Whelk — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:36:40 -0800

In 1891 author and lecturer ”Max O’Rell” (being the pen name of one Léon Paul Blouet) published an amusing account of his travels through the States and Eastern Canada - "A Frenchman In America" - that, along with the charming illustrations, reflect on then popular national stereotypes and character and is presented on Project Gutenberg in its entirely. (via)

A G.I.'s WWII Memoir

zarq — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:16:33 -0800

Robert F. Gallagher served in the United States Army's 815th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Third Army) in the European Theater during WWII. He has posted his memoir online: "Scratch One Messerschmitt," told from numerous photos he took during the war and the detailed notes he made shortly afterwards. From "Side Effects of the Story" "In the year 2007, I was approached by DWNY Productions, Inc. who was working on a movie called "Revolutionary Road" starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, two of the leading movie stars of the day. The studio was interested in using pictures from my story taken in Paris during my trip to Nice, France in 1945 - see Chapter 27, Rest and Relaxation. We arranged a financial agreement and although I sold them ten pictures they used only one. In it, they transposed my face with that of Leonardo DiCaprio."

Lest we forget

unliteral — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:13:23 -0800

"A pious, peaceful man, York had fought his country's enemy only after great deliberation and had to be convinced that war was sometimes necessary."¹ On this day let us remember Sergeant York.
¹ Celluloid Soldiers: The Warner Bros. Campaign Against Nazism By Michael E. Birdwell.

Welcome to the Evil Federated Empire of Europe

desjardins — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:05:57 -0800

Europe according to... is a project to map stereotypes of European countries according to other countries and groups of people. Similarly themed, less pretty: The World According to... America Americans (another) The United States of America George W. Bush Ronald Reagan (another) France India Canada Finland Singapore Taiwan China Australia The United States According to... Europe The Rest of the World (another) Japan Californians New Yorkers Utahns Miscellaneous North America According to Canadians Europe According to Sweden How Americans See Europe How Americans (?) See Australia Africa According to the Rest of the World

Derrida

semmi — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:23:50 -0800

Derrida's legacy, "For a justice to come." An uninterpretation.

Tocqueville And America

MiguelCardoso — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 06:26:42 -0800

The Man Who Best Understood America Was A French Aristocrat: If there's a book which manages to grow better and more pertinent with every passing year, it's Tocqueville's fascinating, prescient and utterly apposite Democracy in America. Of how many other books could you safely say every American and European should read it and know beforehand they will enjoy it and learn from it? Of none.

Think We Can (French) Kiss and Make Up?

twsf — Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:27:52 -0800

Think We Can (French) Kiss and Make Up? Two years ago it was "I'll always love and support you". It only took a little while, though, before the arguments began. But there are always counselors to help you work on the relationship. There is even talk of reconciliation. And anyway, this love-hate relationship has been going on for almost three centuries.