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Paris is BURNING: Huge bonfires are lit on the Champs Elysee in Paris as police blast [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | November 25, 2018 | Peter Allen and Chris Dyer

Posted on 11/25/2018 5:29:41 AM PST by C19fan

Huge plumes of smoke were seen on one of France's most iconic streets today, as protesters burned large plywood sheets, chairs and other material in demonstrations against planned fuel hikes. A water cannon and rounds of teargas were also used by riot police against thousands of French 'Yellow Vest' fuel protesters in Paris today as the Champs Elysee was reduced to a battlefield. The grassroots movement is campaigning against a what is believes to be a general decline in living standards across the country, and the recent decision to raise fuel prices. The worst violence took place on the most famous avenue in the city where a huge crowd called for President Emmanuel Macron to resign.

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


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To: C19fan

Looks like some French are going Nationalist.


21 posted on 11/25/2018 6:02:05 AM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: C19fan

Tons of pictures at the link. Interesting. Just listened to the Revolutions Podcast that covered the period of the French Revolution. Parisians love those barricades. Used them back in the revolution. Using them now.


22 posted on 11/25/2018 6:02:44 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: C19fan

Well, I am a part of the resistance.

Besides if you live anywhere with:

1.. HUMIDITY
2..SNOW

You would be disqualified.

Besides I was born here! My family has been farming in Ventura County since mid-1800s when they moved here from Germany!

And, the Resistance is peeling back many of the “Road Diets”.


23 posted on 11/25/2018 6:17:10 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!!!)
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To: Flick Lives

Its an apolitical grassroots mass movement that comes from all walks of life. Leftist, conservative, moderate - everyone in France feels left out of a political system in which they have no real voice and in which their backs are pressed to the wall.

Its an accumulation of many things but the fuel tax hikes was the final straw that broke the camel’s back. You have a government that doesn’t care about the majority of people forcing them to pay more while they get less. People are fed up and making themselves heard.

They want change and they will be in the streets until they get it.


24 posted on 11/25/2018 6:18:38 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory O f A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: BunnySlippers

At this point, the only thing that can save California would be a purge of non-citizen voters. Think the Dems will be onboard with that? I commuted in LA County for 20 years......glad I don’t have to deal anymore with the ‘political decisions’ that hamper the hard working taxpayers. I sure do miss our activities there and the beauty of California though.


25 posted on 11/25/2018 6:18:53 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: C19fan

Time to hitch the donkey to the cart and sharpen Madame Guillotine!


26 posted on 11/25/2018 6:19:30 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: dp0622

Unifying everyone against Russia seems like the way they might go.


27 posted on 11/25/2018 6:19:51 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: C19fan

The elitists are more concerned with the illegals than they are the populace


28 posted on 11/25/2018 6:20:56 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: C19fan
Anyone know how much of an increase is being imposed?

ML/NJ

29 posted on 11/25/2018 6:24:17 AM PST by ml/nj (.)
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To: ml/nj

About 30 cents US on top of 20 cents last year. A gallon of diesel is about $6.20 US.


30 posted on 11/25/2018 6:26:39 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: C19fan

Politicians here had better be thankful the same didn’t happen here when they passed the cigarette tax with the money being targeted to pay for EVERYONE’s health insurance, a Smart A$$ asked “What would happen if everyone just quit smoking”?
Of course, no one had an (obvious) answer so it was on to the next question etc...

Remember R Limbaugh encouraging everyone to stop by the groups of huddled smokers and thanking them for providing all of US with health coverage?....


31 posted on 11/25/2018 6:32:43 AM PST by xrmusn (u)
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To: C19fan
Working class people were forced out of a lot of less expensive neighborhoods by the Muzzie Mobs so now they have to drive to work rather than relying on public transportation. First the government forces them into more expensive housing and to drive more, now the government forces them to pay more for fuel to meet “green” goals that are totally unrealistic and unobtainable without crushing France back to the medieval era.

Nothin' like socialist elitists running the country to help out the "little guy", huh?

32 posted on 11/25/2018 6:33:37 AM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: C19fan

And <Macaroni says, “Shame on you for not kneeling before the yoke of Socialism.”.....


33 posted on 11/25/2018 6:34:59 AM PST by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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To: Chipper

The video I watched last night (German TV news)....showed mostly guys, and they were between 18 and 30 years old. This isn’t a 16-to-18 year old short-lived stunt. I think Macron has a problem and the cops really don’t have that much enthusiasm to ‘settle’ this. They are just as much affected as the regular population.


34 posted on 11/25/2018 6:35:04 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: Chipper

Hope so.


35 posted on 11/25/2018 6:37:13 AM PST by null and void (Socialist Worker's Party. If they ever get elected, you'll work and they'll party.)
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To: ml/nj
Meanwhile, get a load of this...

France and Germany turn up the heat on EU digital tax

France and Germany dream up ambitious EU reforms

Be sure to check out the very last bit at the latter link.

36 posted on 11/25/2018 6:37:55 AM PST by mewzilla (Is Central America emptying its prisons?)
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To: C19fan
The grassroots movement is campaigning against a what is believes to be a general decline in living standards across the country,...

Exactly what has happened here.
FReepers have been crying about "inflation" for more than a decade, but there's been little. What we've had is a rise in prices without a commensurate rise in pay...therefore, a "general decline in living standards."
Zer0 promised to fundamentally change the nation and he did. President Trump has been trying to correct this trend, but without the help of the GOP he has been left to battle the left on his own
How long before Pennsylvania Ave sees columns of smoke in protest of what Congress is/isn't doing?

37 posted on 11/25/2018 6:39:30 AM PST by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: C19fan

Protesting Macron Antoinette? Ha Ha


38 posted on 11/25/2018 6:40:37 AM PST by Vinnie
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To: mewzilla
Europe has spent too many centuries slaughtering its best all over its battlefields. What’s left are sheep.

The French haven't been worth a pinch of fecal matter since The Revolution, where they guillotined anyone with leadership skills, anyone more successful than their neighbors, anyone willing to strive and excel, anyone...

39 posted on 11/25/2018 6:40:42 AM PST by null and void (Socialist Worker's Party. If they ever get elected, you'll work and they'll party.)
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To: originalbuckeye

Did I post about this?

I’m 70. My family has been farming in Ventura since the mid-1800s. I, OTOH, have worked as an institution equities trader around 40 years.

I like LA. A lot. I like driving ... and I like driving sports cars. And I just bought a new house ... probably my last and I’m decorating, putting in wood floors and decorating in general. I wake to the sun ... NO SNOW, NO HUMIDITY for my whole life. I’m up on a hill with few neighbors.

I’m not leaving. There are things I would change, but it’s better than leaving.


40 posted on 11/25/2018 6:42:50 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!!!)
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