If it looks like a rotten fish and it smells like a rotten fish...

... then it's most likely a rotten fish. It turns out I wasn't the only one thinking there was something weird going on in Pau. Here's an article written by a French fellow that also thought things weren't exactly what they seemed to be. Quoting him: "Quant à La FOUNDRY, je me souviens que quand la Mairie a annoncé sa venue avec « tambours et trompettes », j’avais lu, sur le site américain de la « société », de longs monologues pas très clairs et constaté surtout une absence totale de chiffre et bilan !" Yes sir, it's all horns'n whistles! And it doesn't stop here. The city of Pau seems to be sistematically drained by jackals such as the ones running the Foundry. Frederic Artru is a local star, judging by the comments. Read them. Yes, it's French.