http://jackyan.vox.com/library/posts/tags/france/page/1/ NOW IN COLOUR en Vox Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:26:36 +1200 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss france http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/on-the-horizon.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/on-the-horizon.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/on-the-horizon.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:26:36 +1200 Here’s another car some of you may remember from Autocade—and for American readers, you may have even had one, or had a friend who owned one as a first car. Developed by Chrysler Europe and also adapted for the US, it was supposedly a “world c... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/on-the-horizon.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad68f26470004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> france usa car suomi finland europe 1980s uk 1970s psa peugeot 1978 chrysler 1977 hatchback simca compact car talbot volkswagen golf chrysler horizon chrysler europe talbot horizon dodge omni simca horizon simca 1100 talbot–simca horizon plymouth horizon chrysler–simca horizon http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/yves-saint-laurent-fashion-legend-dies.html?_c=feed-rss 60 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/yves-saint-laurent-fashion-legend-dies.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/yves-saint-laurent-fashion-legend-dies.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:16:37 +1200 Yves Saint Laurent, arguably the world’s most famous fashion designer, has died in Paris on Sunday, 11.10 p.m. local time, aged 71, according to the Pierre Bergé-Saint Laurent Foundation. Full obituary detailed today at Lucire. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/yves-saint-laurent-fashion-legend-dies.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa967a8f970002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> biography france paris fashion news designer obituary yves saint laurent algeria fashion designer lucire ysl yves st laurent http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/old-flame-an-appropriate-title.html?_c=feed-rss 100 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/old-flame-an-appropriate-title.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/old-flame-an-appropriate-title.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 19 May 2008 19:04:38 +1200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad6893ba30004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad6893ba30004-50si" alt="Lotto" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Here’s an audience favourite from New Zealand, advertising the state-run lottery. Un pub pour la loterie en Nouvelle-Zélande, avec la chanson plus célèbre d’Edith Piaf (‹La vie en rose›, mais en anglais). <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/old-flame-an-appropriate-title.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad6893be70004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tv france ad new zealand advertisement advertising commercial europe wwii pub advert tvc edith piaf world war ii tv commercial publicité ddb nouvelle-zélande 2e guerre mondiale http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/idiots-guide-to-how-the-iraq-war-started.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/idiots-guide-to-how-the-iraq-war-started.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/idiots-guide-to-how-the-iraq-war-started.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 09 May 2008 18:07:49 +1200 I say that my work at JY&A Consulting is developing plain-English strategies for our clients. So, I thought I’d give the Iraq war a shot and write my recollections in summary form. The Saddam Hussein voice should be read in a South Park style. St... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/idiots-guide-to-how-the-iraq-war-started.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48d14fb2b0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> media france war politics australia usa iraq fox news international politics humour uk congress iraq war un war on terror george w. bush rupert murdoch wmds msm tony blair john howard international law saddam hussein media bias declaration of war jacques chirac liberal media coalition of the willing jiang zemin resolution 1441 un charter bill o’reilly muhammed saeed al-sahaf idiot’s guide un security council iraqi information minister http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/tony-blair-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/tony-blair-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/tony-blair-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 09 May 2008 16:45:34 +1200 Bit of a history lesson here. On March 18, 2003, 12.35 p.m., from Hansard. The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair): I beg to move, That this House notes its decisions of 25th November 2002 and 26th February 2003 to endorse UN Security Council Resolu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/tony-blair-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48cf6478b0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> france war politics england history usa iraq gop record wales uk iraq war un war on terror george w. bush bill clinton anti-war diplomacy hillary clinton tony blair parliament democratic party labour anti-americanism international law saddam hussein kosovo hansard resolution 1441 un security council http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/david-horowitz-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/david-horowitz-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/david-horowitz-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 08 May 2008 18:38:19 +1200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48cf5f7300003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48cf5f7300003-50si" alt="David Horowitz - Party of Defeat" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Whether you support the war in Iraq or you don’t—and here in New Zealand we have the luxury to criticize the United States—David Horowitz’s recollection (video found originally on Humbled Infidel’s blog) of why the US went in certainly correlates ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/david-horowitz-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48cf5ef0b0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> france withdrawal leadership politics history democrat china iraq george bush gop republican al gore truth iraq war un russia values war on terror barack obama george w. bush united nations bill clinton anti-war democracy bob dole morality honour hillary clinton tony blair patriot act john mccain revisionism helen clark security council presidency david horowitz 2008 primaries resolution 1441 un charter staying the course un resolution party of defeat http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-brits-are-in-love-with-carla-bruni-sarkozy.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-brits-are-in-love-with-carla-bruni-sarkozy.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-brits-are-in-love-with-carla-bruni-sarkozy.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:09:18 +1200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00e398ea5c090005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00e398ea5c090005-50si" alt="Les Anglais amoureux de CARLA BRUNI SARKOZY" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> From France 2, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy got a much better reception in the UK than in France. A nice summary of the very packed two days for the Sarkozys, with an emphasis on the First Lady. The kiss in the segment is a nice, romantic finalé to the piece. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-brits-are-in-love-with-carla-bruni-sarkozy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00e398ea51f60004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> media tv france president england press uk britain carla bruni télévision first lady angleterre anglais télé france 2 royaume-uni élysée nicolas sarkozy carla bruni-sarkozy grande-brétagne state visit première dame http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-cameras-are-on-carla-video-from-the-french-state-visit.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-cameras-are-on-carla-video-from-the-french-state-visit.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-cameras-are-on-carla-video-from-the-french-state-visit.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:01:03 +1200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00e398ea01740005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00e398ea01740005-50si" alt="08-03-26-LONDRES-Arrivee-WINDSOR[1]" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This video, from the Élysée, was taken yesterday when the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, and the First Lady arrived in London to meet HM Queen Elizabeth II and HH the Duke of Edinburgh. I wrote in a comment on Timothy’s Vox blog, after read... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-cameras-are-on-carla-video-from-the-french-state-visit.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00e398ea4e740004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> media photography france president politics london england fashion french news gossip uk bentley windsor queen elizabeth ii christian dior carla bruni john galliano duke of edinburgh first lady sarko nicolas sarkozy jacqueline kennedy prince philip carla bruni-sarkozy state visit http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/sarkozy-trades-insults-as-the-ordinary-bloke.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/sarkozy-trades-insults-as-the-ordinary-bloke.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/sarkozy-trades-insults-as-the-ordinary-bloke.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:57:22 +1300 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48cfd228f0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48cfd228f0001-50si" alt="Sarkozy insulte un visiteur/Sarkozy insults a visitor" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This video is doing the rounds in France and is the number-one result for searches on Dailymotion for Sarkozy. The story: it’s an agricultural show and President Nicolas Sarkozy turns up. There’s a bloke in the audience who won’t shake the Preside... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/sarkozy-trades-insults-as-the-ordinary-bloke.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48cfd2d400001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> france politics swearing politicians dailymotion nicolas sarkozy coarse language http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/newspaper-exaggerates-sarkozys-spending-minimizes-s%C3%A9gos.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/newspaper-exaggerates-sarkozys-spending-minimizes-s%C3%A9gos.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/newspaper-exaggerates-sarkozys-spending-minimizes-s%C3%A9gos.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:51:43 +1300 This was interesting today. The Daily Telegraph reported on the campaign spending (specifically on make-up and grooming) by Nicolas Sarkozy and his rival Ségolène Royal during the French presidential election. Despite being thought of as a conser... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/newspaper-exaggerates-sarkozys-spending-minimizes-s%C3%A9gos.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00e398d3d7ad0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> media france conservative politics paris uk election newspaper left presidential election quality left-wing right-wing media bias ségolène royal sarko broadsheet nicolas sarkozy ségo the daily telegraph leftist bias liberal bias