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The European Union & It's Problems.
#61
See what we can do when we unite together?   POWER TO THE PEOPLE!   smallgreendancer


Quote:French President Emmanuel Macron officially “abandoned” his proposed “fuel tax” Wednesday; with government officials confirming the leader rescinded the tariff after widespread protests.

His Prime Minister told reporters the “tax is now abandoned,” adding the administration is “ready for dialogue” to avoid future violence surrounding the policy.

Read more:  MACRON SURRENDERS: France Moves to Permanently ‘Abandon’ Climate Tax After Protests
#62
Well here is the story in English about the raping of a 10 year old girl in Finland. The English police would never give such a warning as the Finnish police did.
We can expect that more rapes will be discovered in other citys and the the Finnish PM will get a law passed to stop the police reporting them
Seven men have been arrested in Finland accused of repeatedly raping a ten-year-old girl in a grooming case that has shocked the Scandinavian country.

The girl has allegedly been subjected to multiple sexual assaults over several months in the suspects' homes in Oulu in northern Finland, police say.
The men, aged 20 to 40, have all arrived in Finland as migrants or refugees in recent years, and are thought to have made contact with the victim on social media, local media reports.
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Shocking: The ten-year-old victim has allegedly been subjected to multiple sexual assaults over several months in the seven suspects' homes 

'For young people, meeting a foreign-heritage man [a person whose parents are not Finnish or who themselves are not Finnish] can happen spontaneously, for example during a party,'  criminal investigator Markus Kiiskinen of Oulu Police told Ilta-Sanomat.
'Someone could offer them something "nice", like tobacco or alcohol, which can start a nasty chain of events. '
Kiiskinen said that the suspects all knew each other, and that the young victim is not related to any of the alleged rapists. 
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The case has prompted the Oulu Police to issue a warning to the public about 'foreign men' contacting underaged girls on social media.
'The police is urging young girls and parents to be vigilant on social media. Recently, in the Oulu region, there have been incidents where foreign-born, often non-Finnish men have contacted minors online.
'At worst, there contacts have led to serious sexual offenses,' the statement reads adding that parents need to be aware of whom their children spend time with both on- and offline. 
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Warning: The incident has prompted police in Oulu to issue a warning to parents to monitor who their child speaks to on social media

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Anger: Prime Minister Juha Sipilä expressed his shock and anger in a tweet

Finland's Prime Minister Juha Sipilä took to Twitter to express his shock and anger, writing that 'A sexual offence against a child is an inhumane act, and its wickedness cannot be comprehended.'
President Sauli Niinistö branded the crimes an 'evil' which must be fought in an interview with a Finnish newspaper. 
Oulu is a harbour city in north-west Finland, home to some 202,000 people. Of Finland's population of just over 5.5million, some 321,500 people are born in a foreign country.
Compared to neighbouring Sweden, Finland had a low intake of migrants and refugees during the recent European migrant crisis.
Last year, 31,797 persons moved to Finland, down from 34,905 in 2016 and 28 746 in 2015.
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#63
The flaming BBC couldn't help themselves but report this. Any opportunity to imply the UK's decision to
leave the European Union and the Government-funded broadcasting establishment will reach into their
bag of 'maybe, could and suggested' to deliver their anti-Brexit narrative.


Quote:No-deal Brexit: Disruption at Dover 'could last six months'

'Dover and other Channel ports face disruption for up to six months if the UK leaves the EU without a deal,
ministers have said. The "worst case scenario" warning comes after analysis of likely traffic flows, if customs
checks are delayed.

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Lorries carrying medicine could get priority at ports and planes used to fly in drugs, ministers said.
But Tory Brexiteer Andrew Bridgen said it was "Project Fear on steroids," ahead of Tuesday's big Brexit vote.

He told the BBC: "It's the last throw of the dice from the prime minister who is desperate to get MPs to vote for
her withdrawal agreement." The prime minister's claim that the alternative to the withdrawal agreement she has
negotiated with the EU is a no-deal Brexit, has so far failed to convince many of her own MPs.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock was among ministers trying to promote the deal on Friday, ahead of Tuesday's
Commons vote, which the PM is widely expected to lose. He told the BBC: "I don't know how likely 'no deal' is.
It is what happens automatically unless Parliament passes something else.
"I very strongly feel that the best thing for the country, not just for the health service but for the country as a whole,
is for Theresa May's deal to pass."

Updated advice to government departments from officials warns there could be six months of reduced access
and delays at Dover and Folkestone, if the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019 without a deal...'
BBC:


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#64
(12-05-2018, 06:02 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: The day is coming soon when their lies are going to be exposed and they will hang their heads in shame for being an obstacle to getting rid of the evil Cabal.

 A Fake Journalist feel shame? I've got my doubts about that - their usual modus operandi is to double down on stupid when they get caught out. They are, after all, leftists!
Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.

Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’


#65
Doesn't it make you smile when those who are supposed to be in charge eventually catch-up with
what everyone else knew from the beginning?


Quote:Liverpool 'child asylum seekers' found to be adults.

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'Twenty-four asylum seekers who claimed they were children after being sent to Liverpool were found
to be adults, the city's council has said. The authority said another 15 asylum seekers "should have
been identified as children" by the government and accommodated in London instead.

A Home Office spokesman said age-disputed cases remain "a very challenging area".
Liverpool City Council wants to recover £657,000 [$836,426.04] for supporting the children.
A council document said 39 asylum seekers sent to Liverpool by the Home Office in 2018 "have then
claimed they were children".

The authority "had to pay for an 'age assessment' for each one (costing £1,500 each-$190.96) that
concluded that 15 were children and 24 were adults".

£647,000 a year
Support for children includes more benefits and educational provision, "which they cannot access if they
are an adult seeking asylum", according to the document.

"The 15 children should not have been sent by the Home Office to Liverpool," it continued, "they should
have been identified as children by the Home Office and therefore received support from a local social
services (such as in Croydon) and not be a cost to Liverpool City Council".

As they had been assessed as children in Liverpool, the council was obliged to support them -the costs
of which are "approximately £657,000 per year".

It said it "should be able to recover the costs associated with the children who should never have been
sent to Liverpool".

The document also highlighted:

*the council has been "threatened" with judicial reviews from legal advisers for some of the asylum seekers
found to be adults
*it was providing them with accommodation at a cost of "approximately £350,000 per year" [$445,584.65]
to avoid legal costs
*it has decided to fund legal advice to challenge the next six cases "where the young person is assessed as
an adult and a judicial review is threatened by the asylum seeker's legal adviser"
*the council has asked the Home Office to fund independent age assessments earlier in the process

A Home Office spokesman said "safeguarding children" was a priority, adding "age-disputed cases remain
a very challenging area of work in which no single assessment technique, or combination of techniques,
is likely to determine an individual's age with precision".

"The Home Office will treat someone claiming to be a child as an adult where their physical appearance and
demeanour very strongly suggests that they are significantly over 18." He added that funding for unaccompanied
asylum-seeking children was under review.

'Threat of court'
David Simmonds, deputy chairman for the Local Government Association, said the issue was spread
nationwide. "The process at the border is pretty weak because there is no definitive way of checking age.

"Lawyers know a judicial review will cost a council between £20,000 [$25,461.98] and £60,000 [$76,385.94]
and use the threat of court to get their client what they want.
"Fair play to Liverpool for trying to stand up to it. But win or lose, the taxpayer always loses out."...'
BBC:


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#66
For anyone who has a Twitter account, have a look at this thread. Mike Totes has been doing some excellent coverage of the Yellow Jackets in France. 

Here is the first Tweet to the thread:  https://twitter.com/MikeTokes/status/107...7778287616
#67
Welcome to Europe, a place where civilised folk cower in fear.


Quote:Strasbourg Christmas market shooting: Thai tourist among three killed as gunman escapes

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The suspect was wounded after being cornered by armed police but managed to escape, triggering a huge manhunt.

'A gunman still on the run after killing three people near a Christmas market in Strasbourg has been identified by police
as Strasbourg-born Cherif Chekatt, 29.

French interior minister Christophe Castaner said there would be an increased police presence in towns and cities
across France and border security would be heightened as the search continues.

As well as the three deaths, 13 people were injured, eight seriously, when gunshots were heard just after 8pm near
the market in Place Kleber, which attracts millions of tourists each year. Sky sources have confirmed that one of the
three victims killed was a Thai tourist. Witnesses earlier said he was shot in the head and did not respond to attempts
to revive him.

The Thai embassy in Paris named him as 45-year-old Anupong Suebsamarn. it said he had just arrived in Strasbourg
and was planning to travel to Paris on Thursday. Police with machine guns were seen running into the square moments
after the first shots were fired and it was quickly evacuated.

Officers chased the gunman for more than two hours before they cornered him and there was a shootout.
The suspect was wounded, along with a soldier deployed for Operation Sentinel -set up after the 2015 Paris attacks
to protect areas which could be a terror target.

Chekatt escaped the shootout and is still on the run but five people have been detained as part of the investigation.
Police said Chekatt is a suspected robber who was due to be arrested earlier on Tuesday morning.
His home was searched and they found explosive materials, but he was not there.

Authorities said he was an "S file" security risk - a list of anyone in France suspected of being a radical.
There was a police operation near the city's cathedral on Wednesday morning but witnesses reported it quickly
ended and officers were seen leaving. No more details were immediately available.

A terror investigation has been opened for murder and attempted murder in relation with a terrorist enterprise,
the French prosecutor's office said. A Sky News source said MEPs were among many people stuck in buildings
in Strasbourg in the hours after the shootings because of a security lock down. They were later allowed to leave.

Emmanuel Foulon, a press officer for the European Parliament, which is based two miles away, was in the square
at the time and said there was panic and everyone got to the ground in restaurants around the square.

Sinn Fein MEP Martina Anderson, who had just left the market, told Sky News: "We were walking towards the scene
of where the shooting took place.
"I heard over six shots and at that stage, there was chaos, confusion, everyone was running - there was pandemonium.
"There were some people with children walking towards the incident and we were telling them to move back.

"Most people were shocked, confused -there was pandemonium -people didn't understand what was happening -we
hadn't [either]. We had heard the shots quite clearly and there were people running away from the scene."

French president Emmanuel Macron is being kept informed and is sending his interior minister, Christophe Castaner,
to the eastern French city, an Elysee palace official said. Theresa May said she was "shocked and saddened" by the
attack and that her thoughts are "with all those affected and with the French people".

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, said his thoughts are with the victims and that
Strasbourg is a symbol of the peace and democracy of Europe.
"Values that we will always defend. The Commission stands alongside France," he said.

Sky News' Europe correspondent Mark Stone said that an airport-style security system to get on to the island where
the market is held -in place two years ago -is no longer there, but police and soldiers were at the scene.
Strasbourg Christmas market is one of the oldest in Europe, with 300 wooden stalls set up in the city's historic centre
from 23 November to Christmas Eve.

Ten suspected Islamic militants plotted to blow up the market on the millennium and were jailed for up to nine years in 2004.
France remains on high alert following a series of Islamic State inspired attacks in 2015 and 2016, which killed more than
200 people...'
SOURCE:

And only the source of the possible radicalisation and past-terrorist attacks are mentioned in the last two sentences... typical!


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#68
The chap -who undoubtedly be accused of mental issues, is named.


Quote:Strasbourg shooting: Police appeal to find Chérif Chekatt.

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'French police have issued a call for help to find the man suspected of opening fire near a
Christmas market in Strasbourg. Hundreds of police, soldiers and border agents on both
sides of the Franco-German border are trying to find Chérif Chekatt, 29.

Two people died and 13 were injured in the gun attack in the eastern French city on Tuesday
evening. The gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest") as he opened fire.

Chérif Chekatt was already known to the French authorities as someone who had been
radicalised into following an extreme form of Islam while in prison for crimes including robbery.

Police say anyone who sees the "dangerous" suspect should not approach him, but instead
call an emergency hotline.

How is the manhunt going?
France's Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told the parliament that more than 700 police
officers and other members of the security forces were searching for the gunman, who was
injured in an exchange of fire with soldiers who were patrolling the Christmas market in
Strasbourg when the attack occurred.

Across the nearby border, German police are also conducting searches after France's Deputy
Interior Minister, Laurent Nuñez, acknowledged that the gunman might no longer be in France.

Border agents are also checking vehicles crossing the Rhine river, which marks the Franco-German
frontier, leading to long lines of traffic in both directions...'

'...As he fled he came into contact with four soldiers, Mr Heitz said, and began firing at them.
The soldiers fired back, apparently hitting him in the arm.

The attacker boasted to the taxi driver that he had killed 10 people, and also said he had been
injured during a firefight with soldiers.
He ordered the taxi driver to drop him in the vicinity of the police station in the Neudorf area...'
BBC:

(I bet that hurt the BBC Diversity Department!)


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#69
Ladies and Gentlemen... we got him.


Quote:Strasbourg Christmas market gunman shot dead.

Cherif Chekatt killed three and injured another 13 people at a Christmas market in the French city
of Strasbourg on Tuesday.

'The man suspected of opening fire at a Christmas market has been shot dead, France's interior minister
has confirmed. Cherif Chekatt killed three people and injured 13 at a Christmas market in the French city
of Strasbourg on Tuesday.

Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner confirmed that the 29-year-old was killed in the Neudorf-Meinau
area of the city after a police operation was launched at around 9pm local time on Thursday.

Three police officers had stumbled across a man they had believed was Chekatt and when they went to
arrest him he turned to fire on them, Mr Castaner said. The officers had then shot and killed him.
A French official was earlier quoted by the Associated Press as saying the suspect had been armed with
a pistol and a knife...'
SOURCE:
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#70
Tis' the season to be jolly and in the city, jolly means fighting for your begging spot.

Well done Sadiq, the affluent districts of London now look like a third-world bazaar with
scrounging people attempting to trick those with cash.


Quote:Brit beggars being forced out of regular spots by Eastern European gangs

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British beggars are being muscled off the streets by mobs from eastern Europe.

'The gangs - mainly from Romania - have descended on London to prey on Christmas shoppers.
They turf homeless Brits from their pitches at prime tourist spots, steal the cash they have been
given and threaten violence if they resist.

Council chiefs have urged shoppers to call police if they see beggars brawling. Two homeless men
were seen fighting for a spot outside luxury department store Selfridges.
They dropped their sleeping bags and threw punches at each other in a row over the prime pitch.

Alex Pugh, 28, who moved to London two years ago after losing his home in Cornwall and sells
Christmas wreaths to tourists, said: "There's a lot of dark stuff out here on the streets.
You've got to be ready to fight.

"They'll sit in your spot if you move for two minutes. When I slept near a station I woke up and they
had nicked all my change and my pot. “The foreign beggars come over for Christmas and go back
in January. It's not right."...'
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#71
I take back my mild-slur on Belgium, you guys rock.


Quote:Brussels protest over UN migration pact turns violent

'Thousands of demonstrators in Brussels have marched against a UN migration pact, signed in Marrakech last week.
Flemish right-wing parties called the march, which took place near major EU institutions, amid fears the pact could
lead to an increase in immigration.

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Police deployed tear gas and water cannon as clashes broke out. About 5,500 protesters took part.
A counter-protest organised by left-wing groups and charities in the city centre drew about 1,000 people.
The largest member of Belgium's ruling coalition, the right-wing N-VA party, left the government last Sunday in protest
against the prime minister's decision to sign the agreement.

In July, 196 UN members agreed the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
It was signed by 164 countries in Marrakech last week, with the US and a number of European states -including Austria,
Hungary, Italy, Poland and Slovakia - refusing to formally adopt the agreement.

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Some demonstrators carried signs reading, "First our people" -a sentiment from around the world and
one of Trump's!

The deal, which is not legally binding, seeks an international approach to migration that "reaffirms the sovereign rights of
states to determine their national migration policy" and asserts the "fundamental" importance of legal migration.
But critics in Europe believe it will lead to increased immigration to the continent.

Bart Claes, the president of the youth wing of the Flemish nationalist party, Vlaams Belang, told the BBC that people
should have been consulted before Belgium signed up to the deal.
"It's been approved apparently," he said. "But the opinion of the people was never asked. That's strange for something
that goes this far."

Dries Van Langenhove, from the nationalist youth organisation Schild en Vrienden, agreed, saying the protesters wanted
to "raise our voice against the Marrakech pact". "We think the decision was not made in a democratic way, with a minority
in government and a minority of the Belgian people," he said. "That's what we are protesting against."

A smaller number of counter-demonstrators objected to the marchers.
"We want to raise the alarm to show that the organisers of the other demo are fascists groups," Naomi Stocker said.
"They advertise hate and discrimination and are violent. We want to warn people and send a different message."

Fellow protester, Barend Claessens, said that although they did not want a confrontation with the "extreme right",
the counter-demonstrators wished to show "there are still a lot of people who agree with the pact".

More and more countries in Europe have clamped down on migration in recent years.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was forced to cancel its migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean
this month after repeated battles with Italy.
And in June, Hungary made it illegal to help asylum seekers...'
BBC:

Recently said:
"The fragility of the EU is increasing," warns EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker. 
The cracks are growing in size."

Come on world, keep your shoulder to the wheel.


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You may be aware that the European Union has rules that all the members have to abide by.
Greece's debt crisis came about by following EU directives that drastically altered the country's traditional
way of sustaining itself.

During the 20th century, Greece enjoyed a modest public debt and considering it's average global market impact,
kept its head just above water. But when joining the Eurozone and being hit by the global recession (and the little-known
European debt crisis), Greece's income from tourism and small industry just couldn't sustain its GDP position.

Greece wasn't alone, Italy and Spain were struggling too. The rules and regulations that were mandated by the EU had
taken these coastal countries -known for their tourism and tourist-orientated industries, and urged more debt onto them
with the EU trade-diversity plans.

Settled economies based in culture and tradition were weakened and loans began to pile up and to avoid default on its
sovereign debt, the EU loaned Greece enough to continue making payments. Russia had offered assistance, but since
the European Union is built on controlling the countries within the union, it took other countries monies and bailed-out a
still-flagging Greece.

To counter the falling economy, the EU imposed austerity measures. Worried investors, mainly German banks, demanded
that Greece cut spending to protect the banks' past investments which were basically loans.

What happened -alongside external influences created by the global recession, was that the 'poor cousins' of the European
Union -mainly funded by Germany, France and Great Britain, were stuck in an agreed pact that they couldn't afford to maintain.
Constant fines and other penalties from the EU are not helping either.

Greece owed too much money to the EU and that's a no-no. God forbid any of the 'big boy'-countries ever got into difficulties!
That would be like the USA bailing out California because it likes to pay Mexicans to clean the pool.

Waaaaait a moment?!!!


Quote:Macron in meltdown: Ratings hit record-low as £9bn concession sets up clash with EU.

'French President Emmanuel Macron is struggling to contain the anti-government protest movement 'gilets jaunes' despite
giving up £9bn concessions that will set up a clash with the EU.

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The embattled French president Emmanuel Macron has suffered a record-low plummet in poll ratings after a fifth weekend
of anti-government protests. A shock survey showed the French leader drop to 23 per cent approval rating -an astonishing
turnaround for a leader who was elected last year with a 66 percent of the vote.

Even though Mr Macron backed down from his controversial domestic policies and given in to a £9bn concession, 66,000
people still turned out to protest his leadership on the weekend.

In Paris, the 8,000 police far outnumbered the 2,200 protesters estimated by local authorities.
According to a major poll, published by the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, Macron's approval slipped to just 23 percent.
The number of people "very dissatisfied" with his leadership jumped six points to 45 percent of the country.

Mr Macron remains under extreme pressure despite cancelling controversial fuel tax rises and even raising the minimum wage.
The huge concessions, intended to quell the furious and violent protests, could put the French leader on a collision course with
the European Union.

The cost of the concessions will blow a £9bn hole in the 2019 budget which will raise the public deficit next year to 3.4 percent
-above the mandated ceiling of three percent, per European Commision rules.
A major survey of the French private sector saw the economy shrink for the first time in two and a half years.

The IHS Markit survey showed the purchasing index dropped from 54.2 points in November to 49.3 points -officially becoming
an "economic contraction".  Veteran sociologist Herve Le Bras from the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
(EHESS), said the anti-Macron government was waning due to the Christmas period and the concession.

But he added: "It is calming down, but what remains of it all is a strong feeling of hatred towards Macron.
"Even by being more humble, it’s going to be complicated."

Richard Ferrand, the head of the National Assembly, welcomed the “necessary” weakening of gilets jaunes rallies on Saturday,
adding that “there had been a massive response to their demands"...'
The Express:

It only works when it benefits you.
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I think it will be uncovered in time that the 9 billion that Junckers pet bum boy is using comes direct from the EU as they try to hold the doomed EU together
#74
The continuation of deceit from the mainstream media is more pronounced these days,
as the European Elite feel their control shudder and shake with the masses show that
enough is truly enough.

Those who serve their masters are letting their false work slip.


Quote:French News Channel Caught Doctoring & Changing Sign Of Yellow Vest Protester.

IN BRIEF
The Facts:
French mainstream news channel, France3, has been caught doctoring a photo
of the Yellow Vests movement. They completely erased a word from a sign that was calling
for the Macron to resign. They blamed it on 'human error.'

Reflect On:
Why would they do this? How much power does the mainstream media still truly have?
Think about how many people are not as easily fooled by this today as opposed to 10 years ago.
Why is alternative media deemed as 'fake news' all of a sudden?

'The Yellow Vests began hitting the streets and raising awareness about the latest economic austerity measures
in France that have impacted everything from taxes to gas prices for the middle class and much more.
The distaste for how things are in France has been building for many years and simply boiled over.

Like most other protests we’ve seen over the past few years, the mainstream media seems to constantly focus on
violence, often brought forth by just a few to steer attention away from the actual issues and onto ‘an out of control
public.
 In fact, I would personally not be surprised if people were hired to purposefully cause destruction.
It happened here in Toronto for the G20 years ago.

We have to ask ourselves: would a grassroots movement of concerned law-abiding citizens (which most citizens are)
motivate these ordinary citizens to set someone’s car on fire? How could destroying another citizen’s car actually
help the movement?

Looting and breaking store windows? Why would law-abiding citizens take their frustrations out on innocent retail vendors?
Would ordinary citizens contrive to harm civilians with bombs and gas attacks? –Richard Enos (Why The Yellow Vests
Movement Could Erupt Into A Modern-Day French Revolution)

This type of deception has been seen before, more so on a global scale, where events are created by the same people
who propose the solution, 9/11 being a great example, or perhaps the chemical gas attacks in Syria that received so
much mainstream media attention, accusing the Bashar regime of gassing their own people… yet there was absolutely
no evidence of that.

Mainstream media is the greatest tool for perception manipulation that the deep state uses.
This time, it appears someone has been caught doctoring a photo of signs from the Yellow Vests demonstrations.

Editing Your Perception
The picture below is from French mainstream media channel, France3, as they were covering the Yellow Vest protests.
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When discussing the protests they used an image provided by Agence France Presse (AFP) which looks like this:

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Notice the difference? You can see the one on the left which in says MACRON DEGAGE, meaning Macron Resign,
is now edited to only say MACRON when you see it in the news coverage on the right.
Why would France3 edit this photo before running it if the media was truly about reporting facts?

According to the broadcaster, as explained by RT, “the sign was broadcast reading just Macron, due to a “human error.”

How could “human error” erase a word from a sign in a photograph? This is a sad explanation to cover up something
that has such a simple explanation. France3, like most other mainstream outlets, are trying to manipulate people’s
perception. It should not take alternative media to provide the truth to people, but it does...'
Collective:



Quote:Der Spiegel reporter Claas Relotius sacked over 'invented' stories.

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'German news magazine Der Spiegel has sacked an award-winning staff writer after accusing him of
inventing details and quotes in numerous stories.

Claas Relotius "falsified articles on a grand scale and even invented characters", Der Spiegel said.
Among the articles in question are major features that had been nominated for or won awards, the magazine
added.

Mr Relotius, 33, admitted deceiving readers in some 14 stories published in Der Spiegel, the magazine said.

In a statement on Wednesday, the German publication said it was working to establish the full extent of Mr Relotius'
"fabrications" after a colleague who worked with him on a story raised suspicions about his reporting.
After initially denying the allegations, Mr Relotius confessed last week to inventing entire passages of text in several
instances, Der Spiegel says.

In some articles, he is said to have included individuals he had never met or spoken to, "telling their stories or quoting
them". "By his own admission, there are at least 14 articles," the magazine said, adding: "Could that figure actually be
considerably higher?"
Der Speigel said the reporter's actions were committed "intentionally" and "methodically".

An investigation into a story by Mr Relotius about immigration and the US-Mexican border revealed that he had fabricated
information about seeing a hand-painted sign in a town in Minnesota that read: "Mexicans Keep Out."
Fraudulent information appeared in other stories including one about inmates at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay
and another about the US NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Mr Relotius, who joined the publication as a freelancer in 2011, told the magazine he regretted his actions and was deeply
ashamed. He has written some 60 articles for the magazine, many of which he has said are accurate.
The Hamburg-based publication, which has apologised to its readers, said it was "shocked" by the revelations, describing
them as "a low point in Spiegel's 70-year history"...'
SOURCE:

Who'd have thought it?!!!


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"Fake News" still remains the biggest threat to the world.   tinyok  But, people are waking up, mainly because they have been called out and shown just how fake they are. People need to turn them off completely.
#76
(12-19-2018, 10:50 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: "Fake News" still remains the biggest threat to the world.   tinyok  But, people are waking up, mainly because they have been called out and shown just how fake they are. People need to turn them off completely.

In regards of another type of Fake -as in not reporting negative information that stains the establishment,
my sister-in-law from France rang on Christmas eve to wish us all the best and mentioned what she knew
from her Policeman son about the French riots.

The violence is still going on -though smaller than before and this mainly due to Macron shifting the goalposts
with his so-called 'deal'. Mys sister-in-law even mentioned their were people walking the Parisian streets with
'Brexit' written on their high-viz jackets...! Nobody wants to be in the EU it seems!

Her friend of the sister-in-law had a her son's van torched after he and a work-mate were pulled from the
vehicle and beaten up. One is in hospital.

Three motorcycle Policemen were patrolling an area when a 'rioter' threw something at one of them and he was
thrown from his bike. An unknown group approached the dismounted patrolman and proceeded to beat him up.
The other two Policemen stopped and went to assist their colleague and had to draw their weapons to dissuade
the crowd to move back.

When they holstered their firearms, the crowd came forward again to attack the guy attempting to get back on
his cycle and the guns were drawn again.
Later, complaints were made about the firearms threats from police!

My sister-in-law knew about the EU insignia on the French armoured vehicles, but she had no idea why they
would be there. Her general opinion is that the French citizens are sick of the EU control.
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#77
I don't agree with the violence, but sometimes desperate times calls for desperate measures to make your voice heard.  I want to see them freed, but I hate the "message" of how they are going about it.
I do hope your nephew will be safe during all of this @"BIAD".


Quote:Eiffel Tower is shrouded by smoke as Paris burns into the night: Iconic landmark shines through choking black pall after Yellow Vest protesters set cars ablaze for the seventh weekend as they call on Macron to go
  • Protesters set cars alight and left them to burn in the streets of the Capital city as demonstrations resumed 
  • Earlier today yellow vest demonstrators clashed with riot police who fired tear gas at the crowds in Paris
  • Tear gas also fired in Nantes, western France, and protests were expected in Lyon, Bordeaux and Toulouse  
  • Small groups took to streets in Paris and elsewhere in France calling for resignation of President Macron 
  • Despite it being the seventh weekend of protests, momentum for the movement appears to be waning 
The streets of Paris have been set ablaze during 'yellow vests' protests in Paris this evening leaving the Eiffel Tower shrouded in thick black smoke, after riot police fired tear gas at crowds earlier today.

Protesters have set cars alight and left them to burn in the streets of the capital city, as a demonstration against the French government's tax policies resumed for the seventh consecutive week. 

Shocking images show the iconic tower masked by a covering of smoke and cars engulfed by burning flames sit abandoned on the roadside as demonstrators continued their stand off with authorities.

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The streets of Paris have been set ablaze during 'yellow vests' protests in Paris this evening leaving the Eiffel Tower shrouded in thick black smoke, after riot police fired tear gas at crowds earlier today

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Protesters have set cars alight and left them to burn in the streets of the capital city, as protests against the French government's tax policies resumed for the seventh consecutive week

Earlier today yellow vest demonstrators clashed with riot police who fired tear gas at crowds in Paris today after  demonstrators from the grassroots movement turned out this weekend to resume their stand off with authorities. 
But the turnout for round seven of the popular protests that have rocked France appeared low. 

Despite it being the seventh weekend of protests, momentum for the movement appears to be waning as only small groups took to the streets in Paris and elsewhere in France.

"The movement appears to be waning." 

Oh, I hope they're not giving up!  They need to stay strong and fight these corrupt so-called leaders until they are forced out. The people have to fight, fight, fight and never back down!

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#78
Carrying on from Mystic's above posting -and a whole week later, may I add, it seems the
anger in France hasn't receded, only the amount of protesters feeling it.

It'll be interesting to know how much the media in France are reporting this and I'll ask
my nephew's mother when she rings today!


Quote:Restaurant ablaze on eighth weekend of 'yellow vest' protests in France

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A boat restaurant on the River Seine is set ablaze and a number of vehicles are overturned and torched.

'Tear gas has been fired as the eighth consecutive weekend of "yellow vest" demonstrations in France
erupted in violence. Riot police moved in when the march deviated from an officially approved route.

A boat restaurant on the River Seine on the Left Bank was set ablaze and a number of vehicles were
overturned and torched. Police boats patrolled the river while beyond the Seine, motorcycles and a car
were set on fire on the Boulevard Saint Germain.

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Riot police and firefighters moved in as barricades mounted in the middle of the streets were also set alight.
The protests are against President Emmanuel Macron's economic reforms which are seen as favouring the
rich while squeezing the household income of ordinary people...'

Always a bad sign when they wheel out that quote!!


Quote:'...Earlier the atmosphere had been calm and numbers of demonstrators appeared to be down on previous
marches. But the violence erupted when protesters tried to cross the river on a pedestrian bridge not on the
official route from City Hall to the National Assembly.

Police used clubs and tear gas and then held the bridge in a stand-off while violence broke out.
Clashes between police and protesters flared up in other cities across France, with tear gas fired in Bordeaux
and in Rouen, Normandy.

There are no official figures on the number of protesters who turned out but one police estimate put the marchers
in the capital at 3,500. Protesters were looking to boost the yellow vest movement as numbers of participants had
fallen since the first Saturday protest in mid-November.

The government has toughened its stance against protesters, saying they are agitators who want to topple Mr Macron.
On Wednesday, a key figure in the yellow vests movement was arrested for allegedly organising an illegal demonstration.

Government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux said before Saturday's march that those still protesting "want insurrection".
He called on the French to express their views during a "national debate" organised in the coming weeks in all regions
rather than by taking to the streets.

The yellow vest campaign was launched following fuel tax hikes affecting working people who commute by car.
It expanded to encompass wide-range anger over Mr Macron's economic policies, which ordinary people say favour
the rich.

Mr Macron has already agreed a number of concessions, including scrapping fuel tax rises, tax cuts for pensioners and
extra money for those on the minimum wage...'
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Thanks to Mystic again for the Twitter-grab.

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Well it's nice to see some traditions in Europe are still continuing.
tinylaughing

Quote:BATTLEGROUND PARIS:
Police fire water cannons and tear gas at yellow vest campaigners in ninth weekend of protests in Paris

'Police have fired water cannons and tear gas at yellow vest campaigners in the ninth weekend of protests in Paris.
Repeated scuffles broke out between French anti-government protesters and cops near the Arc de Triomphe monument
on Saturday.

Thousands also marched through the Grands Boulevards shopping area close to where a major gas explosion in a bakery
killed three people this morning. Central Paris was in lockdown against another feared eruption of violence by radical elements
in the "gilets jaunes" (yellow vest) movement.

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Bridges across the Seine river were closed and official buildings such as parliament and the Elysee presidential palace
protected by police barriers. Activists also gathered on and around Paris's famous Champs Elysees boulevard -many calling
loudly for French President Emmanuel Macron to resign.
One banner read: "Macron, we are going to tear down your place!"

Witnesses said riot police unleashed water cannon and tear gas at the crowd, who are protesting against Macron's
economic reforms, after being pelted with stones and paint. The French Interior Ministry says about 32,000 people
have turned out in yellow vest demonstrations across France, including 8,000 in Paris.

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The ministry said more than 100 people have been arrested, including 82 who were in police custody.

There were also thousands of marchers in the cities of Bordeaux and Toulon in southern France as well as Strasbourg in the east
and the central city of Bourges. Bourges authorities said nearly 5,000 yellow vests stuck to the designated demonstration area
but another 500 had pushed into the city centre that was off-limits for demonstrators.

Many businesses in Bourges had boarded themselves up to avoid damage from protesters and authorities had removed street
furniture and building site materials that could be used for barricades.

In Strasbourg, up to 2,000 demonstrators gathered in front of the European Parliament building and later marched to the centre
of the city on the Rhine river border with Germany.

Protesters set bins ablaze and police fired a few tear gas grenades, but no serious violence or looting was reported.
More than 80,000 police were on duty for the protests nationwide, including 5,000 in Paris.
The "yellow vests" take their name from the high-visibility jackets they wear at road barricades and on the street.

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Their rage stems from a squeeze on household incomes and a belief that Macron, a former investment banker, is indifferent
to their hardships. Macron, often criticised for a monarchical manner, is to launch a national debate on January 15 to try to mollify
the yellow vest protesters, whose unrest has shaken his administration.

The debate, to be held on the internet and in town halls, will focus on four themes - taxes, green energy, institutional reform and
citizenship. But aides to Macron have said changing the course of Macron's reforms aimed at liberalising the economy will be
off limits...'
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