I thought the Europeans were the progressive ones

Usually I can say that I'm proud to be French, but it seems as if my people may not always hold civil liberties as close to their hearts as I do.

And right across the border, the Germans (well, at least some of them) continue to embarrass themselves. Even though racism doesn't exist in Germany anymore, Gerhard Schroder had this advice for those people of color wishing to spend time in the Fatherland for the World Cup:
"There are small and medium-sized towns in [the German state of] Brandenburg, as well as elsewhere, which I would advise a visitor of another skin color to avoid going to.... It is possible he wouldn't get out alive."
All of this coming on the heels of a brutal attack on an anti-fascist activist in Warsaw.

Many Moroccans are fleeing their water-side residences in a scene reminiscent of the panic caused by Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast in the 1938.

Oh, and Fred Phelps is still out of his fucking mind!