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One of the best and defining feature of WordPress is customization. It allows you to design the interface of your ecommerce site by choosing from a huge selection of free and premium templates. These ecommerce templates are readily usable for a lot of different purposes and they serve as a foundation of multitude of online businesses that have already reached success. So, if you want to run a successful and prosperous online store, our advice is to go with ecommerce themes for WordPress! This will definitely be the best thing you can do for your business.
One of the first things online shoppers and customers do when they want to buy a product is search for it on the web. A simple and user-friendly site may convince them to stay on the page and look or buy more than one product, while a disorganized and slow website may turn the potential customers away from the store. What we are trying to say is that on-page UX can mean the difference between profit and bankruptcy.
Jevelin – Even though it is still new to the theme market, this ecommerce theme is already popular. It is professionally designed and compatible with all WooCommerce plugins. The theme allows you to transform your current website into a modern and professional online shop. Jevelin allows customization which means you can personalize it according to your needs and preferences.
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Mario Kart 64 (Nintendo 64, 1997). Version: English Language US version .
Mario Kart 64 is the 64-bit sequel to one of the best-selling games of the 16-bit era. Mario and his peers race against each other around lap-based tracks, using special items to their advantage. Items of mischief with roots in the Nintendo universe include banana peels, Koopa Troopa shells, ghosts, invincibility stars and more. Eight of Nintendo's best-known characters -- Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario and Bowser -- make an appearance in the sequel. Sixteen circuit tracks are divided among four Cups (Mushroom, Flower, Star and Special) and four battle tracks are included, too. Mario Kart 64 also features the same gameplay modes as the original. Mario GP, which is for one or two players, pits your character in a series of races against the rest of the computer-controlled field. The VS mode is for two to four players, with no computer competition. Little "kart bombs" populate the track to make things even more interesting. Battle is the famous mode in which two to four players chase each other around a closed arena. A Time Trial mode also exists for one player. For the sequel, Nintendo implemented a feature that enables ghost riders of your best races to be saved. Additionally, the go-karts are available in three engine sizes: 50cc, 100cc and 150cc. The engine size affects the speed of the game. Peripheral support is available with the Controller Pak and Rumble Pak. The game does contain a built-in EEPROM chip to save your options and your best times, but an entire Controller Pak is required to save two ghost riders from the Time Trial mode.
Twenty years after its release, this is still one of the best racing titles out there.
This is the definition of a classic game. It's endlessly replayable and is probably more fun than most modern racing games. Sometimes simplicity is best. Race, battle, and rock the split-screen. Nintendo's first party platforms are usually top-notch and this is no different.
The description should have stated that this game was a recently reproduce Mario Kart 64, I was blown at first but its okay because it works great.
Nothing quite as fun as the old games when you are feeling nostalgic. However, be aware that this game has a bit of a graphical gliche on LED TV's. During certain types of races with multiple race contestants it will gliche with a green line across the screen from time to time. It does not happen on all races all the time and does not happen on any other type of TV.
Knew what I was buying when I purchased and I have to say, it's exactly like I know it is on the original copy. Plays smoothly, the controls, sounds and actions that happen during game play, are accurate and in sync with one another. No bugs, no glitches and pretty much nothing wrong the with. Plus the fact that it looks brand new is an added plus. Thank you for everything, you did an excellent job.
I mean who didn't play Mario Kart? This is such a great blast from the past! All my favorite characters doing insane and fun level racing courses. The battle feature is also a blast. Definitely worth it.


Maggie's Big Home: Going Green!
What better way to go green than to help your child appreciate the concept of re-using materials and to create some St. Patrick's Day shenanigans at the same time! Even if you don't have a much-loved leprechaun book, you can enchant your child with a story. Describe the antics of a leprechaun who hides treasure in your neighborhood, school, or town. Make it fun by using your child's name in the tale. Encourage your child to picture the story as a movie in his or her mind. It is important that children learn to appreciate the art of storytelling, especially in our world of constantly streaming videos.
Then really go green by asking your child to collect materials from both inside and outside your house to create a trap for the mischievous leprechaun. This is a wonderful way to get your child excited about re-using and recycling in a developmentally-appropriate way.
This child collects fallen pine needles to re-use in a leprechaun trap.
Encourage problem solving and creative thought by letting your child design the leprechaun trap.
Use your collective imaginations: What can be a trap?
Problem solve: How can this be put together?
Ask your child to determine where the invention should be set. You may even want to think about leaving your child a note or a "treasure" from the leprechaun inside the trap!
Encourage your child to think creatively and to explain his/her thinking about how to catch a leprechaun!
And the best part of going green for St. Patrick's Day? Taking a walk to look for leprechauns or other signs of a green spring in your neighborhood!


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Q: Bash script that move files from one directory with lots of files to a month folder I have a directory with thousands of files.
They have a specific creation date.
Now I want to archive these files on specific times to a specific directory.
Example:
Files created on:
May 15 testmay.txt
Jun 10 testjun.txt
Jul 01 testjul.txt

They should come in those directory's
/2013-05/testmay.txt
/2013-06/testjun.txt
/2013-06/testjul.txt

I already have this to rsync the files from a remote server to a temp month directory.
#!/bin/sh

GAMESERVER=game01
IP=172.1.1.1

JAAR=`date --date='' +%Y`
MAAND=`date --date='' +%m`
DAG=`date --date=''  +%d`
LOGDIR=/opt/archief/$GAMESERVER

if [ ! -e $LOGDIR/$JAAR-$MAAND ]; then
        mkdir $LOGDIR/$JAAR-$MAAND/tmp
        chmod -R 770 $LOGDIR/$JAAR-$MAAND/tmp
fi

rsync -prlt --remove-source-files -e ssh root@$IP:/opt/logs/sessions/ $LOGDIR/$JAAR-$MAAND/tmp

chmod -R 770 $LOGDIR/ -R

How can I complete this script?

A: I've just had need to do something similar and have come up with what I think is a pretty neat way to do it. I have >1 million files in one directory that I need to archive off based on their mtime. I'm using zip to archive the files here because I want them compressed but also easily accessible from Windows systems, but you could easily replace it with just a simple mv or whatever suits.
SRC="/path/to/src"  # Where the originals are found
DST="/path/to/dst"  # Where to put the .zip file archives

FIND="find $SRC -maxdepth 1 -type f \( -name \*.tmp -o -name \*.log \)" # Base find command

BOUND_LOWER=$( date -d "-3 years" +%s ) # 3 years ago (because we need somewhere to start)
BOUND_UPPER=$( date -d "-1 years" +%s ) # 1 year ago (because we need to keep recent files where they are)

# Round down the BOUND_LOWER to 1st of that month at midnight to get 1st RANGE_START
RANGE_START=$( date -d $( date -d @$BOUND_LOWER +%Y-%m )-01 +%s )

# Loop over each month finding & zipping files until we hit BOUND_UPPER
while [ $RANGE_START -lt $BOUND_UPPER ]; do
    ARCHIVE_NAME=$( date -d @$RANGE_START +%Y-%m )
    echo "Searching for files from $ARCHIVE_NAME"
    RANGE_END=$( date -d "$( date -d @$RANGE_START ) +1 month" +%s )
    eval "$FIND -newermt @$RANGE_START \! -newermt @$RANGE_END -print0" |
        xargs -r0 zip -Tjm $DST/$ARCHIVE_NAME -@
    echo
    RANGE_START=$RANGE_END
done

For each file in $SRC that matches the $FIND conditions and is within $BOUND_* variable time range (to the nearest month), this will archive it to the appropriate $DST/YYYY-MM.zip file based on its mtime.
If you're using a version of find older than 4.3.3, see this page for examples of how to use -newer instead of -newermt, which you will just need to do inside the main loop.

A: something like this?
DEBUG=echo
cd ${directory_with_files}
for file in * ; do
    dest=$(stat -c %y "$file" | head -c 7)
    mkdir -p $dest
    ${DEBUG} mv -v "$file" $dest/$(echo "$file" | sed -e 's/.* \(.*\)/\1/')
done

DISCLAIMER: test this in a safe copy of your files. I won't be responsible for any lost of data ;-)

A: If you put
for file
do  dir=/`date +%Y-%m -r$file`
    mkdir -p $dir && mv $file $dir
done

into a script file named, let's say, archive, you can execute for example
archive *

to move all files to the desired directories. In case this produces a line too long error, execute
/bin/ls | xargs archive

instead. (If you want to be cautious, you can use the mv -i option.)

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Growth of golf Great Moments March of Indian Golf Indian open - Down the Years Indian open champions No longer an Elitist Sport India - A Golfer's Paradise Little Known Facts International Wins Indians at the majors
Indians at the majors
Anirban Lahiri - 16 Major appearances
Masters - 2 appearances (2015 - Tied 49th, 2016 - Tied 42nd)
PGA Championship - 5 appearances (2014 - Missed Cut, 2015 - Tied 5th, 2016 - Missed Cut, 2017 - 75th, 2018 - Missed Cut)
US Open - 3 appearances (2015 - Missed Cut, 2016 - Missed Cut, 2019 - Missed Cut)
British Open - 6 appearances (2012 - Tied 31st, 2014 - Missed Cut, 2015 - Tied 30th, 2016 - Tied 68th, 2017 - Missed Cut, 2018 - Missed Cut)
Jeev Milkha Singh - 14 Major appearances
Masters - 3 appearances (2007 - Tied 37th, 2008 - Tied 25th, 2009 - Missed Cut)
PGA Championship - 4 appearances (2007 - Missed Cut, 2008 - Tied 9th, 2009 - Tied 67th, 2012 - Missed Cut)
US Open - 5 appearances (2002 - Tied 62nd, 2006 - Tied 59th, 2007 - Tied 36th, 2009 - Missed Cut, 2016 - Missed Cut)
British Open - 2 appearances (2007 - Missed Cut, 2012 - Tied 69th)
Jyoti Randhawa - 5 Major appearances
PGA Championship - 2 appearances (2007 - Withdrew, 2008 - Missed Cut)
British Open - 3 appearances (2000 - Missed Cut, 2003 - Missed Cut, 2004 - Tied 27th)
Arjun Atwal - 5 Major appearances
Masters - 1 appearance (2011 - Missed Cut)
PGA Championship - 2 appearances (2005 - Missed Cut, 2011 - Missed Cut)
US Open - 1 appearance (2010 - Missed Cut)
British Open - 1 appearance (2004 - Missed Cut)
Shiv Kapur - 5 Major appearances
US Open - 2 appearances (2014 - Tied 23rd, 2015 - Missed Cut)
British Open - 3 appearances (2006 - Missed Cut, 2013 - Tied 73rd, 2017 - Missed Cut)
Shubhankar Sharma - 5 Major appearances
PGA Championship - 1 appearance (2018 - Missed Cut)
British Open - 2 appearances (2018 - Tied 51st, 2019 - Tied 51st)
Gaganjeet Bhullar - 1 Major appearance
Gaurav Ghei - 1 Major appearance
Eight Indians have played at the Majors – Gaurav Ghei, Jyoti Randhawa, Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal, Shiv Kapur, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Anirban Lahiri and Shubhankar Sharma. They have a combined total of 52 Major appearances. All eight have appeared at the British Open.
Gaurav Ghei was the first Indian to appear at a Major when he played the 1997 British Open at Royal Troon in Scotland.
Anirban Lahiri has made 16 Major appearances so far, the most by an Indian. Jeev Milkha Singh with 14 Major appearances is second on this list.
Jeev Milkha Singh has most appearances at the Masters (3) and US Open (5), among Indians.
Anirban Lahiri has most appearances at the British Open (6) and PGA Championship (5), among Indians.
Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal, Anirban Lahiri and Shubhankar Sharma are the only four Indians to have played all four Majors. Jeev is the only Indian to have made the cut at all Majors.
Five Indians have made the cut at the Majors - Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa, Anirban Lahiri, Shiv Kapur and Shubhankar Sharma.
Jeev Milkha Singh (2007), Anirban Lahiri (2015 & 2016) and Shubhankar Sharma (2018) are the only three Indians to have appeared at all four Majors in the same year.
Shubhankar Sharma has the distinction of playing all four Majors in the same year as his Major debut (2018).
Gaganjeet Bhullar is the youngest Indian to have ever played a Major. He achieved the feat at the age of 21 years and 80 days when he appeared at the British Open 2009 at Turnberry in Scotland.
Shubhankar Sharma became the youngest Indian to play the Masters when he appeared at the 2018 edition at the age of 21 years and eight months.
Shubhankar Sharma became the youngest Indian to play the US Open when he appeared at the 2018 edition at the age of 21 years and 10 months at Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, New York.
Shubhankar Sharma became the youngest Indian to play the PGA Championship when he appeared at the 2018 edition at the age of 22 years and 19 days at Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Missouri.
Shubhankar Sharma became the youngest Indian to make the cut at a Major when he achieved the feat on the eve of his 22nd birthday at the 2018 British Open at Carnoustie in Scotland.
Jeev Milkha Singh was the first Indian to play the Masters (2007) and US Open (2002 - Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York).
Arjun Atwal was the first Indian to play the PGA Championship (2005 – Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey).
Anirban Lahiri's tied fifth finish at the PGA Championship 2015 played at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin, has been the best result for an Indian at a Major.
Jeev Milkha Singh has recorded the best Indian finish at the Masters (2008 - Tied 25th).
Jyoti Randhawa holds the record for the best result by an Indian at the British Open (2004 - Tied 27th at Royal Troon in Scotland).
Shiv Kapur has posted the best result among Indians at the US Open (2014 - Tied 23rd at Pinehurst in North Carolina).
Anirban Lahiri is the first Indian to make the cut in three Majors in the same calendar year (Masters, British Open & PGA Championship in 2015).
Jeev Milkha Singh and Anirban Lahiri are the only two Indians to make the cut at their debut Major appearance. Jeev achieved the feat at the 2002 US Open (Bethpage) while Anirban followed suit at the 2012 British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes in England.
Two Indians have made the cut at the same Major only once. Jeev Milkha Singh and Anirban Lahiri achieved this at the 2012 British Open (Royal Lytham & St Annes).
Anirban Lahiri's tied 31st finish at the 2012 British Open (Royal Lytham & St Annes) was the best result by an Indian in his debut Major appearance.
Jeev Milkha Singh is the only Indian to be the leader at any stage of a Major. He was the joint leader along with Sweden's Robert Karlsson after Round 1 of the 2008 PGA Championship at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield, Michigan. Jeev finished tied ninth at the event to post the first ever top-10 by an Indian at a Major.
Anirban Lahiri became the first Indian to make a hole-in-one at a Major during Round 3 of the 2012 British Open (Royal Lytham & St Annes).
Updated till British Open 2019.

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When Kamehameha Schools and Keaau High School play football against each other Friday, Oct. 11, it won't just be another league game. This will be the third annual Kipimana Cup.
Kipimana is how Hawaiians referred to Shipman more than 100 years ago, and both Kea'au and Kamehameha Schools are situated on land formerly owned by Shipman.
The Kipimana Cup is a goodwill football game between the public and private schools located within a few miles radius.
"It's a great thing for camaraderie and community for our two schools," said Iris McGuire, who is serving her 10th year as the athletic director for Keaau High School.
Both schools started around the same time, according to W.H. Shipman, Ltd. President Bill Walter, who worked with McGuire and Dan Lyons, the head football and aquatics coach at Kamehameha Schools to establish the Kipimana Cup.
McGuire noted that, historically, Kamehameha Schools and Keaau High School didn't play against each other because they were in different divisions — Keaau is in Division 1 and Kamehameha is in Division 2. But the Big Island Interscholastic Federation League changed the format, allowing different divisions to play against each other.
Now that Keaau and Kamehameha play against each other, it is going to look like just another game, but it is really the Kipimana Cup.
The significance is that W.H. Shipman will provide $500 to each of the school's booster club following the game. Shipman had pitched for the winning school to receive the money, but the schools themselves preferred to split the proceeds as a gesture of the goodwill that the game is to promote.
But Keaau is coming into Friday's face-off with Kamehameha's record of 4 wins and 4 losses to Kea'au's record of one win and 5 losses. And Kamehameha has won the two previous Kipimana's Cup.
But never mind the stats due to the nature of the Cup.
"I don't want us to become rival schools with Kamehameha," McGuire stressed.
Kamehameha School's Hawaii campus opened on former W.H. Shipman land in 2001 and has an enrollment of 1,120 children, grades K-12, while Keaau High School has an enrollment of 950 children, grades 9-12. The school first opened in 1998, also on Shipman property.
W.H. Shipman, for 130 years, has had approximately 17,000 acres in the Puna District, and is active in agriculture and commercial/ industrial development and leasing. Shipman holds a long range-view to sustainability and planned development for balanced community use.
This year's game is at Kamehameha Schools. Kickoff for the junior varsity game is at 5 p.m. The varsity game is expected to start at 7 p.m.
Expect to pay a nominal admission.


Here is the FA's 2018 Ramadan & Football Factsheet, which has lots of useful information for those organising and participating in sports during the holy month of Ramadan.
LBFN will be represented today at St Paul's Cathedral at the installation of the Rt Rev and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally as Bishop of London, along with London's religious leaders from the churches and world faiths.
We wish Bishop Sarah well in her new post and look forward to working with her and her team.
Over 50 mosques in London are opening to visitors this Sunday! Check them out below. The promo video includes some familiar faces & spaces in London.
A great opportunity to invite people along who might not have visited an Islamic centre before. Enjoy a warm welcome at one of your local mosques.
Find a map, opening times and contact details on the #VisitMyMosque site.
South London Inter Faith Group, Kingston Inter Faith Forum and All Saints Church, Kingston, invite people of all faiths and none to a social gathering of storytelling and celebrations at All Saints Church, Market Place, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1JP, this coming Sunday afternoon from 2.30pm to 4.00pm.
Everyone is welcome to listen to the stories and enjoy the tea! Further information from SLIFG.
You'll recognise lots of faces here: wonderful work across the boroughs by groups working at the sharp end in local neighbourhoods.
72 local projects were recognised at the ceremony on 27 November.
Download the brochure here to find all the award winners. View all the photographs here.
The awards were presented by the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, Mr Kenneth Olisa OBE. Congratulations to all!


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Q: only want one row when doing inner join in one-to-many relationship I'm sure they're a simple answer to my problem.
I have 2 tables -- an order header table (one row for each order, called "Order") and an order detail table (1 or more rows per each order header, called "Order_Line").  I'm using Sql Server2005 and their SSRS reporting tool.  I only want to get ONE row back but I'm getting however many rows there are in the detail table for each order.  I need to join to the detail table in order to get the values I want to show with the other order header level items.
I tried select distinct but got the same results.  My query is:
select o.order_num, o.cust_num, c.cust_desc, o.shipto_num, o.st_name, o.st_address1, o.ent_date,
o.ord_date, o.req_date, ol.order_line, ol.seq_num, u.user_desc, ol.orig_inv_num, ol.prod_num,
p.prod_desc1, ol.prod_desc1, ol.prod_desc2, ol.grs_price, ol.disc_pct, ol.net_price, ol.ord_qty,
ol.opn_qty, ol.pck_qty, ol.bo_qty, ol.shp_qty, rs.rsn_code_desc, ol.supp_cde, ol.line_ctr,
v.vend_desc, ca.pline_desc, ca.major_grp, ol.major_grp, w.whse_desc, o.wb,s.ship_via_desc,
sa.slsm_desc, t.ar_term_desc,
o.shp_date, o.sys_num, o.inv_Flag, o.inv_num, o.tot_ord_$,o.inv_date, o.ord_src, r.route_desc,
o.cred_type, o.cred_num, o.total_sale
from [order] o
left outer join order_line ol on o.order_num = ol.order_num
left outer join customer c on o.cust_num = c.cust_no
left outer join ship_via s on o.ship_via_num = s.ship_via_id
left outer join whse_addr w on o.shp_whse = w.whse_num
left outer join salesman sa on o.slsm_num = sa.slsm_num
left outer join terms t on o.ar_term_num = t.ar_term_num
left outer join [route] r on o.route_num = r.route_num
left outer join product p on ol.prod_num = p.prod_num
left outer join prc_ov_rsn rs on ol.prc_ov_rsn_code = rs.rsn_cod
left outer join vend v on ol.prim_vend_num = v.vend_num
left outer join [user_id] u on ol.[user_id] = u.[user_num]
left outer join category ca on ol.pline_Num = ca.pline_Id
where o.cust_num = '606797'
order by o.cust_num, o.shipto_num, o.order_num

How can I just have the query return only one row regardless of how many Order_Line records there are per order?

A: I'll try and answer this from a general SQL perspective, because I don't know SQL Server itself. Hopefully it makes sense, but let me know if I'm completely off and I'll kill this answer.
One way you can try to solve this is by creating a dependent subquery in which you use LIMIT 1. As a result the join will ultimately match up with only one order detail row. Like so:
select ...all columns you want...
from [order] o
left outer join order_line ol on o.order_num = ol.order_num
left outer join customer c on o.cust_num = c.cust_no
left outer join ship_via s on o.ship_via_num = s.ship_via_id
left outer join whse_addr w on o.shp_whse = w.whse_num
left outer join salesman sa on o.slsm_num = sa.slsm_num
left outer join terms t on o.ar_term_num = t.ar_term_num
left outer join [route] r on o.route_num = r.route_num
left outer join product p on ol.prod_num = p.prod_num
left outer join prc_ov_rsn rs on ol.prc_ov_rsn_code = rs.rsn_cod
left outer join vend v on ol.prim_vend_num = v.vend_num
left outer join [user_id] u on ol.[user_id] = u.[user_num]
left outer join category ca on ol.pline_Num = ca.pline_Id
where o.cust_num = '606797' AND order_line.order_num =
    (SELECT order_num
     FROM order_line
     WHERE order_line.order_num = order.order_num LIMIT 1)
order by o.cust_num, o.shipto_num, o.order_num

The result is you'll get each order row individually along with the columns you selected from the order_line table, but since you've limited it to 1 order_line row, you should only get one row per order in your result set.
With proper indexing and such, this hopefully won't cause any significant additional load times. Let me know if this makes sense.
Note: Apparently SQL Server does not have a limit clause like that which you find in Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite...etc etc. I've found references to something that looks like SELECT TOP 1..., but I do not know whether that is the equivalent. Anybody reading this searching for a similar answer, obviously you'll have to substitute the LIMIT 1 with whatever is syntactically correct in that particular DBMS. And let me know the correct way to express a row count limitation.


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campaign contributions France french election gaddafi khadafi mallomar moamar muammar nicolas sarkozy pt colonel of truth
Nicolas Sarkozy In Bedouin With Gaddafi
Lisa Wines
With only seven days to go until the final round of voting in France's presidential election, somelefty terrorist media organization published documentary evidence that Nicolas Sarkozy was promised 50 Million freedom fries in campaign contributions from snappy dresser and all around nice guy Muammar Gaddafi. Here's what's in the little letter of money promises, from the BBC:
The document - dated 2006 and written in Arabic - appears to have been signed by the then Libyan foreign intelligence chief Musa Kusa.
It refers to an "agreement in principle to support the campaign for the candidate for the presidential elections, Nicolas Sarkozy, for a sum equivalent to 50m euros."
The first sniff of intrigue actually came in March 2011 in the form of a TeeVee interview with mad dog's puppy, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, after Sarkozy recognized the Libyan opposition's National Transition Council as a legitimate government. Son of a madman had this to say to Monsieur Sarkozy:
"Sarkozy must first give back the money he took from Libya to finance his electoral campaign. We funded it and we have all the details and are ready to reveal everything. ... The first thing we want this clown to do is to give the money back to the Libyan people. He was given the assistance so he could help them, but he has disappointed us. Give us back our money."
Evidently he was referring to bank records as proof, but these have yet to be unearthed from the mass graves under the tea-cup ride in the miniature amusement park behind mad dog's compound. So, the post-meeting memo will have to do.
This isn't Sarkozy's only alleged illegal contribution scandal. Two other cases are currently in the French courts. France's richest woman, L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, allegedly stuffed 150,000 Euroclams into an envelope and gave it to Eric Woerth, Sarkozy's campaign finance director and former French employment minister. Then there's that woman that you probably never heard of, Christine Lagarde, who replaced libertine échangiste and aggravated pimp Dominique Strauss-Kahn as head of the International Monetary Fund. Christine allegedly paid off a Sarkozy supporter when she was French finance minister. These two cases are still grinding their way through French courts but will probably be dismissed on fashion principles alone. After all, elite French blood is thicker than Libyan krazy kash.
Anyhoo, Sarko's rival, François Hollande, called for a criminal investigation yesterday, since it's illegal for French politicos to take money from foreigners who dress funny, carry a gauche gold-dipped gun or call Condoleezza Rice "darling." But since French courts move at the pace of an escargot (the judge keeps sending everybody home because he wants 5.8 copies of all documents versus 3.2), there's no chance Sarkozy will be investigated before next week's election. No worries, he's already been tried in the court of public opinion and the French will never forgive him for allowing Libya's mad dog to sully the hallowed grounds of Baron Gustave de Rothschild's former residence, Hôtel de Marigny, with a Bedouin tent, one camel, 400 servants and 30 female virgin bodyguards. Critics called the event a "Qaddafi circus" and "tragic-comic farce."
[Mediapart]