Thursday, March 26, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
JTA: Le Pen calls gas chambers 'detail' of WW II - 'Extreme rightist Jean-Marie Le Pen told the EU Parliament that "gas chambers were a detail in the history of the Second World War." Following the remark, which he made on Wednesday, European Union Parliament members drafted an accord that could prevent the 81-year-old Le Pen from presiding over July's inaugural session of parliament, Reuters reported. Usually, the sessions of the European Parliament are chaired by the president of the institution, comprised of directly elected members from the European Union's 27 member states. Traditionally, the assembly's inaugural session after elections, during which its president is elected by the parliamentarians, is led by the oldest member of the body. In this case, that would be Le Pen...'
