Sports | Cycling

Tour de France Mountain Madness, and Me

Jason Gay is among the lunatics on Alpe d’Huez—in one of the strangest spectacles in sports.

Sports | Cycling

Vincenzo Nibali out of the Tour de France | Cyclingnews.com

Fan videos capture moment of crash that left Italian with a fractured T10 vertebra

News | Fun With Islam

France Gives Muslim Killer of Elderly Jewish Woman a Pass | Frontpage Mag

Every other Muslim terrorist or killer in Europe has his actions blamed on mental illness or drug use. This just continues the pattern.

Fantastic job France. As usual. This animal threw an elderly woman out of a window, had NO history of mental illness, and did have a history of antisemitism, which means in France that you get a free pass.

Music | Music

The 10 Best French Yé-Yé Pop Albums To Own On Vinyl — Vinyl Me, Please

This bundle of albums cover a majority of essential music to come out of France, both old and new that any novice listener should hear and ultimately own.

News | Israel/Jewish Community

French Jewish family told to remove mezuzah outside apartment

'We remind you no personal object may be presented in public areas, request you move mezuzah inside; Thank you for your understanding.'

UNACCEPTABLE

News | News

French shop manager pulls Israeli dates from Ramadan stall over Muslim’s protest

Video shows employee at supermarket chain acquiesce to customer's demand to remove products which 'are an insult to Muslims'

Remember that France was the only countries occupied by the Germans that passed even more draconian anti-Jewish laws than the Nazis themselves.

History | Restoration

Marie-Antoinette’s Versailles Retreat Reopens

Dior sponsored the three-year restoration of the Maison de la Reine, which opens to the public on May 12.

News | Interesting Stuff

France seized a guy's "France.com" domain name, and now he's suing to get it back

He owned the domain for more than 20 years.

Travel | Travel

Twenty Years Ago, I Ran Away to Paris. This Is What It Was Like to Return. | Travel Leisure

A writer revisits the city she first discovered at 19, and finds it still rich with memories of her younger self.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

The brutal killing of a Holocaust survivor raises anti-Semitism fears in France

French authorities are investigating whether the victim was targeted because of her religion.

The problem with Europe isn’t that most Europeans are flagrantly antisemitic. It’s that way too many Europeans tolerate antisemitism. So they are less overtly anti-Jewish, but, as we know that attitude has the same dire results. So flagrant or merely tolerant, they allow innocent people to be murdered simply based on their Jewishness. It’s the 21st century and not much has changed in Europe. That this happened to this woman, a survivor of the Holocaust, is absolutely atrocious.

Politics | From CNN

Steve Bannon: 'Let them call you racists' - CNNPolitics

President Donald Trump's estranged adviser Steve Bannon told a far-right gathering in France on Saturday that they should handle accusations of racism with pride.

Steve Bannon is an atrocious human being. The National Front are real, true fascists. It's very scary that this man was ever in the White house.

Food & Drink | Food & Drink

La Brasserie Parisienne - Peloton Magazine

France of course is known as the land of wine, cheese and the crusty baguette. But when it comes to beer, the country’s history has been anemic at best. But Jean Barthélemy, founder of La Brasserie Parisienne, is part of a new generation of brewers tha

Yes there is a craft beer scene in France.

Sports | Cycling

Rapha Rides - Paris

Paris, join us to unlock your city this October for Rapha Rides, a celebration of cycling around the world. Sign up for the rides and events that you’d like to…

Sports | Paddle craft other than SUP

Downwind folie La Reunion Island

Downwind en kayak surfski entre Le Port et Saint Gilles à la Réunion. 15 km de glisse - 25-40 Knts de vent.

Sports | Cycling

Tour de France 2017 photo essay

Forget all the other races – there’s nothing that holds a candle to the goliath in cycling: the Tour de France.

Politics | BDS

Pro-Israel organizations enter the lion’s den

In many ways, Europe is hostile territory for Israel advocates. But that is not deterring several Jewish groups who are fighting for justice on behalf of the Jewish state.

Sports | Cycling

Chris Froome Wins His Fourth Tour De France Title In Paris

It's the third straight Tour de France victory for Froome, in a race that saw him lose the yellow jersey midway through the tour's 21 stages.

And the winner is.......

Sports | Cycling

​Where Did All The Americans Go?

​With just three US riders in the Tour de France, where is the new crop of young Americans eager to participate in the WorldTour?

Sports | Cycling

Chris Froome eyes Tour de France greatness after sealing win No. 4 

Chris Froome stands on the doorstep of the Tour de France's greatest champions.

Sports | Cycling

Summary - Stage 17 - Tour de France 2017

The 2017 Tour de France starts for the 1st time from Düsseldorf in Germany. From Saturday 1st of July to Sunday 23rd of July 2017, the 104th Tour de France i...

Sports | Cycling

Tour de France 2017: Polish rider Paweł Poljański reveals effects of grueling race - CNN.com

If you were in any doubt as to how brutal the Tour de France is, take a look at Paweł Poljański's legs.

Sports | Cycling

Aussie’s clash after winning Tour stage

MICHAEL Matthews is riding the biggest wave of his career after a second Tour de France win in three days put him within striking distance of the green jersey.

Sports | Cycling

Tour de France 2017: Barguil takes stage on Bastille Day

Frenchman Warren Barguil delivered a Bastille Day victory on stage 13 of the Tour de France as Fabio Aru retained the yellow jersey.

Sports | Cycling

Tour de France 2017, stage 12: Chris Froome loses yellow jersey to Fabio Aru as Romain Bardet triumphs atop Peyragudes

It was a day which may end up going down in history;

Sports | Cycling

The most technologically advanced bike at the Tour de France is made by a German company that's coming to America and sells direct online only — and it could give veterans Trek and Specialized a run for their money

The most technologically advanced bike at the Tour de France is Alexander Kristoff's Canyon Aeroad CF SLX with disc brakes, SRAM eTap, and ZIPP 454 NSW wheels.

Sports | Cycling

Contador: This Tour de France is pushing me to the limit | Cyclingnews.com

'Whoever thinks I'm going to throw in the towel doesn't know me at all,' says Spaniard after stage 11 crashes

Sports | Cycling

Tour de France: AG2R call on other teams to help destabilise Froome | Cyclingnews.com

Bardet ready for battle in the Pyrenees despite stage 11 crash

Sports | Cycling

Tour de France 2017: Germany's Marcel Kittel sprints to stage 10 win

Marcel Kittel wins a sprint on stage 10 to claim his fourth stage victory of the 2017 Tour de France, as Chris Froome retains overall lead.

Sports | Cycling

Tour de France under scrutiny after 70kph crash on 'crazy' stage - CNN.com

From the lakeside town of Nantua to the city of Chambéry, collarbones were fractured, kneecaps were dislocated and lungs were punctured.

Sports | Cycling

Tour de France: Porte abandons after crash | Cyclingnews.com

Australian hits the deck on descent of Mont du Chat

Sports | Cycling

Urán wins, Froome keeps yellow but Porte and Thomas crash out: Tour de France stage nine – as it happened

A brutal, dramatic stage saw Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte crash out and Rigoberto Uran steal a stage victory on a broken bike

Sports | Cycling

Tour de France 2017: Geraint Thomas out after crash on stage nine

Britain's Geraint Thomas is forced to abandon the Tour de France after crashing on stage nine in the Alps.

Sports | Cycling

Sagan vs Cavendish

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Sports | Cycling

Tour de France crash: Sagan elbows, injures Cavendish

Mark Cavendish has been forced out of the Tour de France after suffering a fractured shoulder blade in a serious crash caused by world champion Peter Sagan, ...

I guess I'm overdue posting anything about the TDF. Most people already now about this crash last week that forced Cavendish to leave due to injuries and Sagan kicked off the remainder of the Tour.

Entertainment | Music

Top Tracks - The Irradiates - YouTube

Entertainment | Music

Hawaii Samurai - The shape of surf to come

News | Anti-Israel=Anti-Semitism

Franco-German TV network drops film on antisemitism because it is ‘pro-Israel’ - BDS THREAT - Jerusalem Post

Television network ARTE is facing some serious backlash after deciding to drop a film it commissioned about

Disgusting. But, what else is new in Europe? It has resumed its role as a "beacon" of antisemitism and hate.

Science & Technology | Tech

A French presidential candidate held 7 rallies at once with this technology

It's not technically a hologram.

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

VERY FLAT RACE - Alpine Lakes Tour Lake Aiguebelette

The second stage of the Alpine Lakes Tour 2017 took place last saturday on Lake Aiguebelette, a quite lake part of a natural reserve where motor boats are forbidden.…

Sports | Paddle craft other than SUP

European oc 1 video of a downwind run in France is spellbinding and epic

This post is about a European oc 1 video showing a cold water downwind run in a Hawaiian outrigger canoe somewhere in France.

This is from 7 years ago. Somewhere off the coast of France.

Sports | Cycling

Splixie

concept/athlete: Marcin Gmerek (Apetyt Na Trening) https://www.facebook.com/ApetytnaTrening/ camera/edit: Michał Zieliński (Camcraft Studio) https://www.facebook.com/camcraftstudio/ SPLIXIE…

News | News

France's Jews Flee As Rioters Burn Paris Shops, Attack Synagogue

France’s politicians and community leaders have criticised the “intolerable” violence against Paris’ Jewish community, after a pro-Palestinian rally led to the vandalizing and looting of Jewish businesses and the burning of cars.

"It is the third time in a week where pro-Palestinian activists have clashed with the city’s Jewish residents. On Sunday, locals reported chats of “Gas the Jews” and “Kill the Jews”, as rioters attacked businesses in the Sarcelles district, known as “little Jerusalem.""

News | News

Paris rejected Israeli software which could have stopped attack

Report claims anti-Israel boycott movement stopped France buying technology which could have prevented massacre.

"French authorities liked it, but the official came back and said there was a higher-level instruction not to buy Israeli technology," he told Fox News. "The discussion just stopped."

News | The News

Terrorist in Nice Truck Attack Was City Resident of Tunisian Origin

The driver of the truck that killed at least 80 people in Nice on Thursday evening was a 31-year-old resident born in Tunisia, according to French newspaper Nice Matin.

Obviously this only highlights the insanity of blaming terrorist attacks on a lack of gun laws.

News | The News

Nice 'terrorist attack': truck hits Bastille Day crowd killing 77 people – live updates | World news | The Guardian

Police say a vehicle which struck crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice contained ‘arms, loaded with grenades’

How many of these does the West have to endure? Something has to be done. I think we are in denial about the threat.

News | International News

BREAKING: Reported Terrorist Attack In Nice, France | RedState

News is currently breaking of an attack in Nice, France, where a truck was reportedly driven into a crowd killing dozens. Here is what has been reported so far: The incident happened at around 10:30 p.m. local time on Thursday when a truck drove into a cr

Sports | Mixed Bag

Portugal beats France in Euro 2016 final to win first major title - Yahoo Sports

From Yahoo Sports: A mostly Ronaldo-less Portugal, a team that won just one of its seven games in France during regulation, won the European Championship with a 1-0 extra-time win over the hosts on Sunday, thanks to a late, long strike from Eder. In spite

Music | Music

The BellRays - Black Lightning @ Album de la Semaine (LIVE)

This is a

Sports | Paddle craft other than SUP

OC1 Downwind Run Reunion Island

Aloha'ppy downwind run in Reunion Island !!! From St Pierre to Etang Salé - - 22 km ... Huge swell strong wind perfect friendly conditions to gO !!! Keep Ope...

This is my favorite downwind OC vid of all that i've posted so far. The End by The Doors is the background music. Sort of an odd choice but somehow it fits.

News | Fun With Islam

Marseille synagogue to be converted into mosque

A synagogue in Marseille is to be converted into a mosque, reflecting demographic shifts in the southern French city, a Jewish leader has told AFP. A Muslim cultural association, Al Badr, is to purchase the Or Thora synagogue, which is used less and less

More evidence that maintaining France as a true pluralistic republic will be a serious challenge.

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

SUP Touring the French Basque Country | SUP Magazine

Three paddlers find natural beauty in the old countryside of the French Basque region. 

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

WATCH: Highlights from the Picturesque 'GlaGla' SUP Race in the French Alps

Not a bad spot for a paddle...

Sorry, no English translation but still some awesome footage in the French Alps.

History | History

Hemingway’s Paris, Seen Through the Eyes of His Last Assistant

Valerie Hemingway, who later married the novelist’s son, gives an intimate tour of the cafes and other Lost Generation haunts immortalized in A Moveable Feast.​

How much fun would it have been to go to Paris in those days?

Miscellaneous | Random shit

If We Ban Commuters From Doing This, You'll Get Home Faster

Horrible car-free days could mean more buses in the future.

Sounds like a great idea to me.

Sports | Cycling

BIKES vs CARS - OFFICIAL TRAILER

Now available to rent or download on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/bikesvscars/ Subs: English - French - Portuguese - Spanish - Swedish Bikes vs Cars…

Looks to be an interesting documentary.

News | News

10 Things To Know About The U.N. Climate Talks In Paris

Leaders from around the world are converging on Paris for the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference. Listen to our special coverage to find out what you should know and what's at stake.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

How ISIS Defeats Us - NYTimes.com

Politics | Op-Ed

Krauthammer: Obama’s phony war

The president is more interested in fighting Republicans than the Islamic State.

"Meanwhile, Barack Obama, titular head of the free world, has responded to Paris with weariness and annoyance. His news conference in Turkey was marked by a stunning tone of passivity, detachment and lassitude, compounded by impatience and irritability at the very suggestion that his Syria strategy might be failing.

The only time he showed any passion was in denouncing Republicans for hardheartedness toward Muslim refugees. One hundred and twenty-nine innocents lie dead, but it takes the GOP to kindle Obama’s ire."

News | The News

France PM says Paris attacks ringleader used migrant crisis to get into country

France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Friday some of the Paris attackers, including the mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud, exploited the Syrian refugee crisis to slip into the country unnoticed.

News | The News

'Anonymous' Hackers Declare War on ISIS in Video Message - NBC News

Hacker group Anonymous have apparently responded to the attacks on Paris by posting a video declaration of war against the terrorist group

I never thought that I would concur with anything hese guys do. I was wrong.

""Anonymous from all over the world will hunt you down. You should know that we will find you and we will not let you go. We will launch the biggest operation ever against you."

Sports | Cycling

Downhills at the Tour de France Test Cyclists Against Time, Danger and One Another

The world’s fastest cyclists have sharpened competition on descents with better brakes, tight technique and pure guts.

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

Gorges du Verdon - Montpezat

This is

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

Exploring France By Paddle Board | Supconnect.com

Ever dream of going on a paddle boarding trip with four of your closest friends? Well that is exactly what this group of five Frenchmen did. SUPrise Paddle is the name of a group that consists of these five friends. They travel around and make short docum

News | News

French attack: Country faces fresh horror over decapitation and factory explosions - Telegraph

The facts so far of Islamist terror attack on liquid gas chemical in southeastern France as raids continue on potential accomplices of prime suspect Yassin Salhi

News | News

Louvre investigated for turning away Israeli students

After Tel Aviv U. prof. is told there is no room for his group, he pretends to represent European and Gulf schools — and is approved

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

A Beautiful Girl Doing Beautiful Things on a Longboard

Victoria Vergara rides a longboard with more grace and beauty than most. And it is good.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

A Glimpse Into A School Lunchroom In France

My eyes have been opened, and I am amazed by what the French public school system does daily at noon. It's no wonder French kids can be seen in very nice restaurants on their best behavior, eating whatever is given to them....

News | News

Dreyfus Affair revisited? French premier’s Jewish wife prompts accusations of dual loyalty - Diaspora - Jerusalem Post

Prime Minister Manuel Valls excoriated the former minister from his party, Roland Dumas, for suggesting that Valls was under Jewish “influence” because his wife is Jewish.

Valls speech was one of the finest I have ever heard and revived my faith that France will not descend into chaos. However, that said, it is sad that it still received this reaction from some qurters.

News | NEWS

Chelsea fans prevent black man boarding Paris metro train - video | Football | The Guardian

Amateur footage shows Chelsea fans preventing a black man from boarding a Paris metro train, and then chanting: 'We're racist, we're racist and that's the way we like it'

You couldn't pay me to go to France, or anywhere else in Europe, right now.

News | News

Israeli captures 10 hours of harassment in Paris

An Israeli journalist who for hours walked around Paris while wearing a kippa to test attitudes to Jews documented multiple threats and insults hurled in his direction.

I have walked through the streets of Paris with a kipah on. It was pretty scary and I did it more than 20 years ago. The guy who did this is very brave.

Sports | Skating

Stand Up

English version with subtitles here: http://vimeo.com/35633077

French longboard skateboarding movie.

Politics | Op-Ed

Have Jews ever been safe in France? | Warren Adler | The Blogs | The Times of Israel

There is a jewel of a museum in the Marais district of Paris. It is the Musée d'Art et......

This is a very interesting question.

Politics | Liberal "Tolerance"

French court convicts three over homophobic tweets, in case hailed as a 'significant victory' by LGBT rights campaigners

A French court has handed out convictions for anti-gay hate crimes on Twitter for the first time, after three people used the hashtag “let’s burn the gays”.

So, and I know that this may offend some people, isn't this the same country that only last week supposedly took a stance in favor of free speech? What these people tweeted IS disgusting, but is France going to lock up everyone who tweets something disgusting now? Le hypocrisy.

Politics | Op-Ed

The dilemma of France's liberal Jews - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews

Opinion: Analysis: Paris terror attacks worsen the situation of secular French Jews, many of whom still believe in the Republic's universal values and feel that France, rather than Israel, is their national home.

How do these people NOT see the irony in this? I get that France is their country and they don't want to be intimidated. That is admirable. I feel the same way about the United States. But, at this point they are actually in danger. Don't they understand that their attitude, no matter how understandable, is EXACTLY that of the German Jews in Germany during the early 30s? They never thought that anything would happen to them either because they assumed that their countrymen would ultimately see them as German first. Obviously, the end result of that was tragic.

News | News

PMO confirms France opposed Netanyahu's attendance at Paris rally | The Times of Israel

Hollande called to personally invite PM after intention to join march became clear, according to report

So the PM of the Western country most affected by Islamic terror (and at the vanguard of the fight) wasn't initially wanted at a rally supposedly in defiance of Islamic terror. Hmmm. Makes you wonder what the motivations of the PM of France actually are.

News | News

France to deploy 5,000 police to protect Jewish schools | The Times of Israel

In address to parents of Jewish students, interior minister says soldiers will also be posted as reinforcements

So again, the Jewish community is the only ethnicity targeted in France during the recent attacks, but we're supposed to believe that this was just about free speech, right?

Politics | Op-Ed

Do Jews Have a Future in France? - The Daily Beast

There is no future for Jews in France as long as Europeans refuse to confront the tacit acceptance of violence by many of the continent’s Muslims.

It is supremely sad that what Hitler could not accomplish in the 30s/40s Europe is now accomplishing on its own. If things don't change, there will be no future for Jews in Europe.

News | News

Netanyahu to French Jews: 'Israel is your home' | The Times of Israel

PM says jihadists at war with West, encourages Jewish immigration; Liberman, Ya'alon and Lapid also urge Europe's Jews to come

One of the primary reasons why Israel is so vitally important is that history has taught us that Jewish people in the Diaspora need a place to go where they are welcome if things go wrong in their country of origin. People used to think that was a little bit of hyperbole if you were discussing the Western World. But, as we are saying, things change...

News | Anti-Israel=Anti-Semitism

France’s Multiculturalist Agenda Makes Jews Pack Their Bags

As more French Jews face anti-Semitic attacks, many are leaving for Israel. Most of the attacks have come from Muslims, whether immigrants or French-born, many of whom have not assimilated into French

This has been coming for a long time. Part of me feels that we should all stand our ground and not be intimidated. The rest of me says that these people need to protect themselves and their family and that Europe will be the one that suffers when none of us are left there. Extreme European liberalism is accomplishing what Hitler could not.

News | Fun With Islam

French Islamist mini-states grow into problem beyond government control

A backdrop to the massacre in Paris on Wednesday by self-professed al Qaeda terrorists is that city officials have increasingly ceded control of heavily Muslim neighborhoods to Islamists, block by block.

I hope the day is coming soon when the left admits that it is wrong about its apologist attitude toward radical Islam and puts politics aside so that we can start fighting this in a united way. This IS the 21st century's version of Nazism.

News | News

Paris Charlie Hebdo Attack: Spontaneous rallies of defiance sweep France - Telegraph

Tens of thousands of people join 150 rallies across France to support freedom of expression following the terrorist attack on the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine

"We are not afraid." Kudos to the people of France for standing strong in the face of this hideous hideous attack.

News | In The News

Video: Shouts of 'Allahu Akbar' at French Magazine Shooting | The Weekly Standard

Read conservative news, blogs and opinion about Charlie Hebdo, Islamist, Shooting and Terror from The Weekly Standard, the must read magazine available in online edition.

Seriously France, what did you think would happen? I feel terrible for the victims, but France MUST realize that a large percentage of their population despises the country they live in.

Politics | Op-Ed

A stinging defeat for Abbas, but no great victory for Israel | The Times of Israel

Netanyahu persuaded Nigeria to abstain as UN Security Council rejected Palestinian statehood, but could only muster US and Australian opposition, and the French let Israel down

Unfortunately, I have to agree with this. Israel's victory is definitely muted by the fact that only Australia and the US supported it in this thing. On another note, Jews should be organizing a massive economic boycott of France.

News | Fun With Islam

Driver attacks pedestrians in French city, shouting 'God is great' in Arabic

A driver deliberately slammed his car into crowds around the city of Dijon in eastern France on Sunday.

And what else is new....remember when these things were rare?

News | News

France: 8-Year-Old Jewish Girl Harassed, Taunted by Muslim Classmates; Interior Minister Says Fight Against Antisemitism

A young Jewish girl in France was harassed and verbally abused by two Muslim schoolmates late last week, France’s RTL radio reported on Saturday. The incident took place at the Joseph Sibuet elementary school in Mions near Lyons, and the traumatized chi

Europe is reverting right back to what it was. It is sad, but I do not see the will of the populace there to really fix the problem.