In a move that would have made the Jacobins proud, the French have banned the use of the word “email.”

THE French government, in a bid to turn back the tide of English words in the field of technology, has banned its civil service from using the term “email” instead of its approved French equivalent, the culture minister announced.
All government ministries, websites, publications and documents must now use “courriel”–a shortening of “courrier electronique” (literally: electronic mail)–when they are referring to the messages sent via the internet…

Meanwhile, supporters of celebrity jailbird Jose Bove (the French Mumia) tried to sabotage US Postal Service team captain Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France.

Demonstrators supporting jailed farmers’ union leader Jose Bove stopped Tour de France leader Lance Armstrong in his tracks during the 136.4-mile 10th stage to Marseille on Tuesday.
The small group of protestors sat down in the middle of the road as the peloton approached, some 43 miles from the finish in Marseille.

Suffice it to say, neither rain nor sleet nor coddled French farmers will keep Lance from his appointed rounds.