We've found a polite baby-sitter whom the little one gets along with great. yay. So we tried to go to the movies for the first time in a year and a half. and failed. And failed again. And again. Until eventually we succeeded and went to see Iwo Jima but ended up seeing The Last Scottish King.
But that's not at all the point of this post. The point is that during one of those missed movie opportunities, P and I were having all kinds of interesting talks. Somehow I got on the topic of comparing the US to a big jungle and France to a petting zoo. I don't know where the inspiration came from, but it actually fits rather well.
In one case you can be in any of the strata of the food chain of the jungle - some of them suck real bad. In the other, you are guaranteed food and health care and a roof and some level of protection from the lions, because, really, there are no lions in petting zoos.
But what do you do if you're in the petting zoo and one of you wants to be king of the jungle?
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Most popular video online in France last week: tv journalism account of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in food causing lesions in liver, pancreas and testicles; accompanied by the cover by mansonto and governments; outrage over protection of private company's economic interest vs. public health.
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goats?
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