Thursday

Bullets

What nation is the rudest to its tourists? Nope, it's not the United States. It's France (shocker, shocker). I've never been to France, but I've talked to plenty who have been, and they think France gets a bad rap because of Paris. They say Paris is a filthy pool filled with incredibly rude people, but once you get out in the countryside, the people are nice. Beats me, but that's what I've heard. * * * * * * * Russia, Britain, and Germany round out the top four of rude nations. * * * * * * * So Paris is rude to tourists, but is it worse than Baltimore? This dude probably doesn't think so. * * * * * * * I've watched the video three times. If you take out the punch, the theft of his personal belongings, and ripping his pants off, it's not that bad. * * * * * * * Book nerds rejoice! "The Justice Department filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple and major book publishers on Wednesday, charging that the companies colluded to raise the price of e-books in 2010. . . . Three publishers have settled . . . dangling the possibility of lower e-books for consumers in the near future."