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France to probe possible

artappraiser — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 01:37:18 +0000

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France to probe possible Russian influence on Yellow Vest protests:

French unresthttps://t.co/fpX36mQ2Do

This makes sense
— Cheryl Glancy (@cherylmglancy1) December 10, 2018

highly recommend this 1.5 min

artappraiser — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 02:13:57 +0000

In reply to French 'gilets jaunes' protests turn violent on the streets of Paris

highly recommend this 1.5 min France 24 video, gets across how the protestors include both far left and far right

found it here:

As “Yellow Vest” Protests Rip Through France, Paris Museums and Galleries Close

The Arc de Triomphe was vandalized and had one of its sculpture’s smashed by protesters while cars burned outside the Jeu de Paume and Orangerie.

By Zachary Small @ Hyperallergic.com, 4 hrs. ago

From NYTimes current home

artappraiser — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 21:22:42 +0000

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From NYTimes current home page

‘Yellow Vests’ Riot in Paris, but Their Anger Is Rooted Deep in France 8h ago

The demonstrations present a venting of rage and resentment by ordinary working people, aimed at mounting inequalities.
Relying mostly on social media, the protests have moved from France’s poor rural regions to the banks of the Seine.
An official said France would consider imposing a state of emergency. Dec. 2

Jolly, have you even thought

Peter — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 01:56:17 +0000

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Jolly, have you even thought about what you want to impose on your victims so that GW might or might not be reduced by a fraction of a degree by 2100? French socialism is taxing their working class into poverty already and this new green tax will only make the green crony capitalists richer by transferring wealth to the globalist green blob. Macron is the infant terrible of the third way neo-Marxist agenda and the French people are finally seeing this clearly and reacting to this growing threat.

French CO2 emissions per capita are only slightly greater than the world average and their emissions per unit of GDP is quite low because they get 75% of their electricity from nukes. To appease the extreme left Macron is promising to shut down 25% of their low carbon producing nukes and replace them with intermittent and unreliable wind and solar. This will be a huge windfall for the Big Green Industrial Complex and will produce mega amounts of CO2 emissions during its construction to replace the zero emission nukes. French ratepayers will be stuck with all these new costs and the cost of retiring all the nukes.

If you are one of the green Marxists who demand sane people sacrifice for your insane cause you might join the anti-capitalist mobs that are burning Paris because they can't wait for the third way globalist incremental destruction of Western Civilization.

I'm getting the impression

artappraiser — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 16:10:18 +0000

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I'm getting the impression that while it started out as a protest against the new gas tax, that was more a "straw that broke the camel's back" kind of reaction, and it has become more of a movement about the overall tax burden on middle and working class, i.e.

"The forgotten middle class" has taken to the country's streets. "They feel like the political elite is forgetting about them," one expert said.

and this one I posted upthread ‘People are in the red. They can’t afford to eat’

i.e., mad as hell, can't take one more tax on top of all the others...

Of course, there are the violent "agitators" now, but then isn't that often the case with long-lived street protests unless strenuously organized? (I looked at several videos of small groups engaged in such activities, and must admit some did look like the usual suspects > bored male teens learning how to burn police cars....)

Paris hit by worst riot in a

artappraiser — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 15:58:07 +0000

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Paris hit by worst riot in a decade during protest over rising taxes. Stores looted, cars burned, Arc de Triomphe sprayed with graffiti. https://t.co/ZMnZLVhy4c
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) December 2, 2018

This bodes so poorly for any

jollyroger — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 09:36:16 +0000

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This bodes so poorly for any meaningful counter to global warming...Macron's carbon tax was really a trifle compared with what is needed.

Dunno if he made it strenuously income neutral, or better yet, strenuously progressive, but clearly a preemptive allocation of the proceeds of any carbon tax (perhaps leaving the poor doubly indemnified) is a pre requisite.

Hundreds of arrests in Paris

artappraiser — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 00:02:39 +0000

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Hundreds of arrests in Paris as ‘gilets jaunes’ protest turns violent; At least 100 people injured in street battles, with cars being torched and shops raided @ The Observer Dec. 1, 15:56 EST

Video of fire on the grounds

artappraiser — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 23:49:22 +0000

In reply to French 'gilets jaunes' protests turn violent on the streets of Paris

Video of fire on the grounds of the Jeu de Paume art museum:

The Jeu de Paume - one of best art galleries in Paris - is on fire. A mob is storming through the Tuleries Garden. pic.twitter.com/pHaPJxI3Yt
— Peter Allen (@peterallenparis) December 1, 2018

It's getting worse.

artappraiser — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 21:55:12 +0000

In reply to French 'gilets jaunes' protests turn violent on the streets of Paris

It's getting worse.

Paris department stores close amid escalating violence https://t.co/shVsJeEbvz pic.twitter.com/vuFA8nqLFG
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 1, 2018

more pictures:

photos de Boris Allin.Hans Lucas
pour @libe pic.twitter.com/jS3059ryUN
— Mathilde Larrere (@LarrereMathilde) December 1, 2018