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"State Of Insurrection" As Fuel Tax Riots Engulf Central Paris
Reuters via News Trust ^ | 12/02/2018 | Leigh Thomas and Emmanuel Jarry

Posted on 12/02/2018 10:17:02 AM PST by Enlightened1

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1 posted on 12/02/2018 10:17:02 AM PST by Enlightened1
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2 posted on 12/02/2018 10:17:40 AM PST by Enlightened1
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In the future, when all cars are electric, will they create public destruction by somehow short-circuiting and firing or exploding the battery packs? Of course, then the rioting will be over the price of electricity.


3 posted on 12/02/2018 10:20:11 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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I wonder what is gonna happen when it’s us.


4 posted on 12/02/2018 10:21:53 AM PST by Celerity
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Nobody wants to be ruled by global elites in Brussels.

Why do people want to control the lives of other people? Why can't we all just live and be our own nations and communities?

5 posted on 12/02/2018 10:22:18 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Chuck Schumer has never held a private sector job in his life.)
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They are taxed enough already. I love it.


6 posted on 12/02/2018 10:23:07 AM PST by jim35 (The Tree of Liberty is in need of refreshing.)
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Macron already has a low 25% approval.
It will go even lower.

Apparently, there still French Patriots alive.


7 posted on 12/02/2018 10:24:32 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right")
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I don’t think we’ll be saying, “It’s different this time.”

But, at least we will have seen it somewhere else first.


8 posted on 12/02/2018 10:24:53 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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Now Paris looks like a post apocalyptic movie scene.....


9 posted on 12/02/2018 10:27:30 AM PST by caww
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So people burn their precious gasoline to make a statement? They must be really angry to do that.


10 posted on 12/02/2018 10:28:26 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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"Nobody wants to be ruled by global elites in Brussels. Why do people want to control the lives of other people? Why can't we all just live and be our own nations and communities? "

Very intelligent comments.

Sorry that I have to bring up the fact that Sessions doesn't agree [re: Bundys].

11 posted on 12/02/2018 10:30:21 AM PST by Paladin2
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It’s that perennial French favorite, “Auto-Flambe”.

Now, with more Couscous!


12 posted on 12/02/2018 10:31:21 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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Socialism requires the raising of lots of money.


13 posted on 12/02/2018 10:34:46 AM PST by 353FMG
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Rebirth of the French Revolution, when the riots were about the price of bread.

Now, it is much more sophisticated. The insurrectionists are much better prepared with technology now available, enabling a much more coordinated attack on higher value targets.

Still could get pretty danged bloody, though.


14 posted on 12/02/2018 10:35:08 AM PST by alloysteel (To try and fail, that is glorious. To never try at all, that is ignominy, far worse than failure.)
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Let me know when they take the guillotine out.


15 posted on 12/02/2018 10:35:23 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Assange)
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“Macron, in Argentina for a G20 summit, said he would convene ministers to discuss the crisis upon his return on Sunday”

yeah, convening a committee and talking a lot about stupidly high fuel taxes levied for ridiculous reasons should solve the problem all right ...


16 posted on 12/02/2018 10:35:59 AM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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Social insurrection and unrest are signs of the END TIMES. When will they start unwrapping the Guillotine?


17 posted on 12/02/2018 10:38:34 AM PST by 353FMG
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Socialism requires the raising of lots of money.

Yes, when done politely. What Socialism really needs is the increasing government commandeering and control of the economy. Money, either stolen by printing or by increased taxation, is a slower and more polite method of nationalization.

We all know what a basket case Venezuela is, but it's easy to forget how long it took to get to today's depths. Chavez was elected (or more precisely, took power) in 1999, almost 20 years ago. He started with taxation and printing, but soon moved on to decrees and outright confiscation of private property and enterprise. (For the children, you know.)

18 posted on 12/02/2018 10:40:40 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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Ah, Paris...the City of Lights. Lit cars...lit buildings...lit businesses...lit piles of rubbish. Leftists ruin everything they touch.


19 posted on 12/02/2018 10:43:50 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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France is a “Democracy” that the leftist SOB’s in this country want to emulate.


20 posted on 12/02/2018 10:47:49 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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