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2007-02-24 Europe

Lab mishandled (Tour de France winner) Floyd Landis urine samples

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Posted by mrp 2007-02-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The French just HATE losing the Tour De Armstrong to another American. So, if they can't win fairly, cheat. It's the French way.

Posted by DMFD 2007-02-24 01:04|| 2007-02-24 01:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Over there, over there,
Send the word, send the word over there -
That the Yanks are coming,
The Yanks are coming,
The drums rum-tumming
Ev'rywhere.
So prepare, say a pray'r,
Send the word, send the word to beware.
We'll be over, we're coming over,
And we won't come back till it's over
Over there.

Recordings and lyrics of songs from the WWI era can be found at the First World War site. A great resource.

Posted by mrp 2007-02-24 08:15|| 2007-02-24 08:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Contrast the French response in this with that of the American response to the loss of the America's Cup. Ho-hum. I guess when you have nothing much left in the world to identify with, the little things become more important.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-02-24 09:09|| 2007-02-24 09:09|| Front Page Top

#4
Does that mean the techs were French government employees?

The answer is yes. Also on average governement employees are more likely to be left wing. Note however that the right can be worse than the moderate left: gaullists, national-europeists and front national all of them theoritically right wingers hate America more than most socialists.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-02-24 15:15|| 2007-02-24 15:15|| Front Page Top

#5 So what happened to the scientific method? He fell of the truck, over there?

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-02-24 21:45|| 2007-02-24 21:45|| Front Page Top

#6 early AM in France presently...a long shot question

JFM have you followed the Lance Armstrong doping scandal in France?

Pardon me for a better question but, What is the general viewpoint on Lance in France? Doping, the "Lab" mistake on his sample etc.

Posted by RD 2007-02-24 23:18|| 2007-02-24 23:18|| Front Page Top

#7 I hope Floyd Landis gets to bitch slap the French laboratory officials under the Arc de Triomphe.

Posted by RD 2007-02-24 23:21|| 2007-02-24 23:21|| Front Page Top

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