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Group of French lawmakers wants to ban Black Friday sales
washington post ^
| 11/28/2019
Posted on 11/28/2019 12:06:33 PM PST by BenLurkin
Some French lawmakers want to ban Black Friday, the post-Thanksgiving sales event that has morphed into a global phenomenon.
A legislative committee passed an amendment Monday that proposes prohibiting Black Friday since it causes “resource waste” and “overconsumption.”
The amendment, put forward by France’s former environment minister Delphine Batho, will be debated in the National Assembly next month.
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: blackfriday; delphinebatho; emmanuelmacron; europeanunion; france; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; macron; micromanagement; nannystate; overconsumption; resourcewaste; yellowvest; yellowvests
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posted on
11/28/2019 12:06:33 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Somebody did something!
This has to be stopped!
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posted on
11/28/2019 12:11:05 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Down With This Sort of Thing!
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posted on
11/28/2019 12:11:42 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
“overconsumption”
How much consumption must there be for it to become “overconsumption”? Anything beyond a bowl of rice and a lump of coal?
To: rightwingcrazy
Depends on who you are.
For most people it will be insect “burgers” and a tiny apartment.
For the Davos apparatchiks it will be champagne dreams and caviar wishes.
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posted on
11/28/2019 12:31:03 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
How do you say “Wet Blankets” in French?
To: rightwingcrazy
As Senator Foghorn Leghorn used to say: “There’s too much consooomin’ goin’ on ‘round hyeh!”
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posted on
11/28/2019 12:35:05 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: lee martell
Les couvertures mouillées, but I don’t think it would have the same connotation.
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posted on
11/28/2019 12:36:04 PM PST
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
To: lee martell
How do you say “Wet Blankets” in French? couvertures mouillées
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posted on
11/28/2019 12:36:33 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
Do they want to ban BLACK FRIDAY SALES in the USA? If they do, Mind your own f’ing business, if they don’t, who cares...?
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posted on
11/28/2019 12:39:39 PM PST
by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: BenLurkin
When did the Frogs start observing Thanksgiving?Can’t schedule Black Friday fun without it.
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posted on
11/28/2019 12:42:35 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: BenLurkin
is there anything at all that liberal jerks don’t want to destroy that people enjoy?
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posted on
11/28/2019 12:47:55 PM PST
by
Bob434
To: BenLurkin
If only there was a government mandate.
To: Farmer Dean
That was my observation. When the did the French start Thanksgiving?
That's news to me.
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posted on
11/28/2019 12:51:27 PM PST
by
TontoKowalski
(You can call me "Dick.")
To: TontoKowalski
Don’t know about France, but in the UK it is a big thing, even without Thanksgiving. Sounds horrible to me.
To: BenLurkin
Probably offensive to the muzzlemen who beat their heads on the ground five times a day and gather on friday.
To: dfwgator
I can hear Rush quoting him now. For some reason it stuck in my head.
To: dfwgator
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posted on
11/28/2019 2:12:57 PM PST
by
EvilCapitalist
(If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
To: BenLurkin
Well, I suppose they could always eat cake.
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posted on
11/28/2019 2:17:55 PM PST
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: BenLurkin
Exactly. The elites want to have all the resources to themselves, and administer the rest as they see fit.
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