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Papers please! Paris police check shoppers are not flouting new COVID lockdown laws after tough restrictions came in at midnight, sparking exodus to the country
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | Oct. 30, 2020 | Chris Jewers, Jack Wright

Posted on 10/30/2020 4:49:30 PM PDT by libstripper

Police in Paris have begun carrying out checks on shoppers to ensure they are not flouting France's new national lockdown laws which came into effect at midnight.

The pictures from today offered a stark contrast to just a week ago when people could still freely move around the city during the day while bars and restaurants serving food remained open before the 9pm curfew.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid; europe; france; lockdown
I've posted this article because DM does a really great job of photo journalism. The pictures really capture the horrors a socialist government can inflict on its own people. Here it's particularly tragic because the level of repression is probably greater than most Frenchmen experienced under the Nazi occupation.
1 posted on 10/30/2020 4:49:30 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper

Don’t know which word to use, disturbing or evil.


2 posted on 10/30/2020 4:57:56 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: libstripper

I can’t imagine shutting your economy completely for a month.


3 posted on 10/30/2020 5:00:43 PM PDT by Undecided 2012
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To: libstripper

Excellent and very thorough article.

And notice what’s missing in all the panic about COVID?

Death rates.

They very subtly shifted the focus from deaths to cases, likely hoping nobody would even notice.

And I doubt many have.

I suppose on the bright side, more people are aware of how fragile our lifestyle is and vulnerable to disruption. I see a lot of people buying an awful lot of paper goods and products are starting to be in short supply again.

People will be much better prepared for lockdowns this time around. It doesn’t hurt, especially with winter coming and the election and potential unrest looming.

My son was out stocking up tonight. He’s not as prep minded as I am, but he follows politics quite closely and gets on more liberal sites than I do, and he sees the potential for a really messy few weeks.


4 posted on 10/30/2020 5:07:37 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

I go shopping on Saturday after work. My plan is to buy two weeks worth of food, because I fear violence after the election. And I live in a small town.


5 posted on 10/30/2020 5:14:28 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Fill that seat!)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Weekends are very busy for stores.

I am planning on going early Monday morning.

We’re in very rural Constitutional carry, NH, so I don’t feel too unsafe doing that.

Will be loading my mags this weekend, though, and checking the guns out.


6 posted on 10/30/2020 5:16:30 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: libstripper

Bump


7 posted on 10/30/2020 5:22:07 PM PDT by sauropod (Let them eat kale. I will not comply.)
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To: libstripper
All of France's 67 million people have been ordered to stay at home at all times with no visitors, or risk a fine

Incredible!

8 posted on 10/30/2020 5:22:28 PM PDT by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: PROCON

I’ll bet members of the Religion of Peace are exempt.


9 posted on 10/30/2020 5:38:03 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Fill that seat!)
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To: libstripper

And just look how happy those complicit cops are to willingly and joyfully fulfill their totalitarian duties.

JoMa


10 posted on 10/30/2020 5:40:01 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: libstripper

The Nazi’s couldn’t have done a better job!


11 posted on 10/30/2020 5:56:17 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: libstripper

For goodness’ sake, it’s a bad cold. Can it become pneumonia or some other worse thing? Of course.

Will it in most cases? No.

So for this we are destroying the lives, fortunes and happiness of millions?


12 posted on 10/30/2020 6:06:14 PM PDT by livius
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To: fortheDeclaration

Worst of all, many of those French cops are better armed and armored than the Nazi troops were.


13 posted on 10/30/2020 6:17:21 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: livius

If we tested and contact traced as many people for whatever influenza or even common cold was around a certain year, it would be very interesting to see how many cases there would be.


14 posted on 10/30/2020 6:23:31 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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