A post on the reactions in Paris to Le Pen's surprising win (is it?). In other news: Metafilter is still down and I was reassured to find that others are showing withdrawal symptoms too.

Update: More on the Le Pen win- Caterina posted from France about the popular reaction on the streets of Paris. Paul Krugman's NYT column (registration needed) tries to draw parallels between USA and France using the Le Pen upset victory as an example. And yes, and metafilter is up again. Apparently, it was Verizon's T1 line acting up ...