Mebbe you still want to fly to that island?

using island to refer to the US.

To be fair, I don't know what investigations into Musk, X, etc currently are here in the US.

*checks notes on DOJ, FBI, admin in general*

Nevermind.

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Vive La France

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Therefore, "Vive la France" because of how their language works. It is one of the ways nouns are assigned grammatical gender.
We need to do our best to show respect to a country who has been a dear ally.
I hope you don't mind that I pointed this out.

I don't know if he minds, but I do. This is not an English class.

I'm a nitpicky mofo myself, be hypocritical to complain

But thanks for looking out

As someone who has lived in many other countries, I appreciate being corrected when I make a mistake in a different language. The correction was pointed out politely, and tactfully. I wonder why you got so defensive about it.

I am not defensive.

I just don't care for people being corrected for grammar or spelling errors. In distracts from the message that is being submitted; and I believe it inhibits some people from presenting their opinions, thoughts. As long as the message is communicated, what does it matter? I was taught that this kind of behavior was bad manners.

I know my opinion on this will not change those that just have to correct others, but I do try.

Knowledge.

Many of us appreciate it... it seems calling "word police" is the post that Distracted.

learning new things. This is one of the many things I love about DU. Are there highly sensitive people in our DU family? Yes, of course. But, in general, we try to treat each other kindly, and get called to task when we don't.

Then, NO. That's mangling someone else's language and culture - and an error that bears correction. And the whole thing stands in a different light than nit-picking and word police.

Might be better if you stayed in your own lane ... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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It's a boring day when I don't learn something.

Mr. Dahlia and I have an expression...heard around the house every day - excruciatingly correct.

when I learn something new that I never knew before.

I needed to correct myself.

anyone calling that dear poster "word pollice".. she said it so nicely and it's Important to know.

I'm going to Thank her Now.

I agree with Wifes husband that minor grammar, spelling, or linguistic corrections can feel more pedantic than pedagogical, and when it does, it in fact chills speech. I also recognize that we can learn from each other. I read pandr32’s comments as mostly informative in nature, but no need to admonish someone for getting a foreign expression wrong. It is one thing to provide correct information, but to say that not doing so is failing some sort of deontic prohibition. I won’t admonish pandr32 for ignoring all the masculine French nouns that end in “e” and the fact the “la” signifies rather than assigns gender, because most of us don’t need to be that careful with our speech. Shortcuts often leave out details and often that’s okay. There are surely errors in what I’ve written and hopefully that’s also okay. A person can respect a country or culture even if they misspell or mispronounce something foreign to them. If not, Americans are in trouble. That being said. Vive la France!

I’m not sure your response adds any knowledge, but I guess if this discussion isn’t in the logical space of reasons, I’ll accept I’m wrong in whatever way you so eloquently obscured and move on.

I knew one of them should end in A and one in E, had a 50/50 to get it right, and failed

I don't usually act as "word police" but the saying is key French patriotism, so we should try to honor it. They have been an important friend.

thank you for being so graceful about it.

For you non-French speakers, every noun has a “gender” (don’t tell the Repugs!!!), so a cat, for example, is either “le chat” or “la chat” (regardless of the cat’s actual gender), and I have no idea which is correct. Le/la, btw, is the word “the”, but this applies to every possessive noun. So “my” is either “ma” or “mon” depending on the “gender” of the object in question. So, using an example that actually involves a gender as we use the term, even though I am a man, I would say “mon pere” (my father), but “MA mere” (my mother).

For any actual French speakers reading this, sorry if I’ve got anything wrong, but that’s the basic idea…

A female cat is "la chatte"

Ok; then let’s say for non-gender identifiable nouns (in the English sense of the word): books, cars, tables desks, etc.; they all have a “gender” possessive identity. So a book is “Mon livre” whether it’s a woman talking or a man. And while I don’t know who decided on these genders, sometimes I think it just depends on the way it sounds. Like for example, “my car” in French is “Mon auto”. The “n” is silent, so it just kind of flows off the tongue; mo-auto. If “car” was considered feminine it would be “ma auto”, which (to me) seems a bit awkward to pronounce.

Anyway, sorry again all you fluent French speakers for anything I’ve gotten wrong. For a Canadian born person living 5 miles from the Quebec border, and with a VERY French surname at that my knowledge of the language is pretty limited!

Love your French lesson.. 💙

Let’s hope France does what we can’t seem to do.

World is Hoping!💔☮️🌺🌻🕯️🕊️💜

Aloha

Nothing to do with France being a feminine noun.

Sorry to be pedantic!

Maybe that's your point. Sorry if I'm being dense.

I'm so glad there is an authority outside of the US that can expose and prosecute him.
I hope he doesn't set Starlink against them.

That was whole point of Doge(y). It wasn't to find "waste and fraud", it was to dismantle agencies that were investigating him and t.

That's it in a nutshell.

Turnabout is more than fair play.

Protecting children from predators is not political.
Never has been; never will be.

I really hope that's what they meant...

isn't around any more:

"Thank heaven for little girls, for little girls get bigger every day,...."

The French movie Battle of Algiers was a real wake up call for me.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058946/

We need the Battle for Epstein Island

At best not pc, at worst I would look into the secual habits of the author

In 2029 this will happen here.

repukes were able to start a WAR based on lies and were NEVER held accountable

However, if enough congress people retire or are unable to serve, perhaps we can get the average age of people serving into the 50s…

That generation might wipe their ass with the concepts of “commit”, “looking forward, not back”, or “I’m afraid the Republicans will be mean if we hold them accountable “…

One can dream…

The cycle keeps repeating!

We need to put a stop to the corruption.

No more “look forward, not back”.

I’m envisioning President Mark Kelly appointing Jack Smith (the pit bull with morals) as his US AG.

Time to kick ass and take names.

About time someone starts holding these oligarchs accountable.

Couldn’t have put it better myself!

You speak for all of us, IrishAfricanAmerican!

You know you can't count on the US to do the right thing for a while.

And it was 33 investigations against eloon that Krasnov shut down. I want them cleaning black and brown mens toilets in prison for the rest of their miserable lives. If not, fly them to Mars already!

to ignore or gets later. I would expect Aaron Parnas to pick this up. We will see if Rachel or Lawrence picks it up. This writer certainly has plenty to back up all he says.

I subscribe to many substack writers and like here, the news you see there finally hits the "mainstream" news a few days later.

Day late and a dollar short.

nt.

Not enough oversight. TAX these mother*ckers. As for this 'Creep of all Creeps', I hope he faces the long arm of the law.

The original 60 count indictment of Epstein in 2006 in Florida was for crimes taking place at his Palm Beach mansion. Epstein was arrested in 2019 for crimes taking place at his New York mansion. We know for a fact that Epstein was committing these heinous acts in both Florida and New York for decades. Someone not travelling to the island absolves them of nothing.

supremely creepy guy.

Arizona? New Mexico??? where trafficking also supposedly took place.

this vast conspiracy is not just about Epstein and it's not just about the files that are being released
it's also not just about child sex trafficking

In fact, as an exercise, try to find a record of anyone who has stated, under oath (including sworn affidavit), that they were sexually abused on Epstein's island, and also asserting that that they are certain that they were a minor at the time of that abuse.

I'm only implying the lack thereof to further your point: The evidence of wrong-doing at NYC and S. FL estates is OVERWHELINGLY stronger than that re: Little St. James. Like, by orders of magnitude stronger.

Specifically regarding JE/GM's abuse of *minors*, the island is more accurately viewed as a "symbol of" as opposed to "literally where it happened".

OTOH, I absolutely think he was trafficking 18+ girls from that place right and left

it makes claims that the buildings were disinfecting the Jews and others. This is of course not just a lie spread by holocaust deniers but it is illegal in France and I would suspect a number of other European nations. X is done in Europe, this is the beginning of the end. I think they also know the connections with Russia as well. US tech is not going to be the leader in the world soon.

Don't worry, they don't explode THAT often.

And France isn't Greenland or Venezuala, they have nuclear weapons too.

Merci beaucoup!

Good

Vive la France

About time for some of this to play out.

to X (another creepy narcissist who can't keep the names straight)

"...Bad. Really, Really, Bad."??

I'm kidding. It's cheaper to bribe the judges.

any judge worth his salt will steer well clear of any bribe e tries to make. It will come out pretty quickly if there appears to be any...favorotism...to e.

Russian funded groups and actions dedicated to election fraud and destabilization of the French government. I think he's been integral in the same political type of influence in other European countries. That far right nationalist crap... Marie Le Pen, anyone??? and we all know he was actively interfering in our own elections!!

nt.

AND YOU ANI'T IN IT!

You and I are not members of The Big Club.

Whoa! That substack article is freakin fantastic!

Thank you thank you!!!

"Among potential crimes it said it would investigate were complicity in possession or organised distribution of images of children of a pornographic nature, infringement of people's image rights with sexual deepfakes and fraudulent data extraction by an organised group."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo

It would be nice to see the richest man in the world do a little perp walk.

Thank You!

In pinstripes. Absolute garbage scum!!!

Merci Beaucoup to You and The French Government!

This is Enormous.. I hope American PEDOs are shaking in their Depraved boots.

Vive la France... The Good Guys!

Maybe this is how we get these fuckers.

High time Europe took the gloves off to protect American psychopaths.

Nobody should have that much money. That goes for all the wealth trash billionaires too. Share it or we tax your wealth, never mind your income tax that you always seem to avoid paying. Your wealth could be short.

Bring it on, France, bring it on.

Chop Chop…

And let him rot there the rest of his life.

Seize his assets and use them the repair all the damage he’s done.

Make him a lesson in the history books as one of humanity’s biggest failures and losers.

in the UK, the United States, and across the European Union."

ENOUGH! Time to push back everywhere all at once.

Great Substack article. Thank you Dean Blundell.

If, somehow, the US had actually managed to indict Musk on anything, the Orange one would simply have pardoned him for his crimes. I don't see the French being quite so inclined to do so.

when some of the aristocrats got a bit uppity?

"Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité' has some real meaning and historic background.

"Translated directly from French, the motto means "liberty, equality, fraternity". Less literally, however, Liberté, Égalité, and Fraternité are fundamental values that define French society, and democratic life in general."

America could use a big dose of that right now.

And if it needed the use of the guillotine, who am I to argue?

France ran a pretty thorough revolution!

"have been watching Elon Musk for a long time"

Chilling!

that happened in their country. Good thing other countries are doing something since ours refuses to.