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    • December 18, 2018 at 12:03 PM - Views: 68 #1910
      Now THAT's what you call...
      Bluesuedeshoes
      Smashing toll booths and photo...
      Ohio Barbarian
      Happy for the French
      JustSayin
      HURRAY for the French
      Piperay
      Did a search last night...
      OCMI
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      Chaos on French highways as 'yellow vests' torch toll booths

      ARIS (Reuters) – French “yellow vest” protesters caused transport chaos on Tuesday after occupying highway toll booths and setting some of them on fire.

      France’s biggest toll road operator, Vinci Autoroutes, said demonstrations were under way at some 40 sites in its network and that several highway intersections had been heavily damaged, notably in the south of France.

      The Bandol toll station, east of Marseille in the south of France, suffered fire damage overnight into Tuesday and the A50 highway was closed, said Vinci, whose network is mainly in the south and west of the country.

      “Motorists should take utmost care as they approach toll gates and motorway access ramps due to the presence of numerous pedestrians,” Vinci said in a statement.

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    • December 18, 2018 at 12:15 PM #1919
      Bluesuedeshoes
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      Now THAT's what you call a protest

      I hope those Yellow Vests don’t back down.  “The whole world is watching.”

      Greg Lapalina

    • December 18, 2018 at 12:34 PM #1929
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      Smashing toll booths and photo radars. Sometimes, you just have to love the French.

      Vive la France!

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    • December 18, 2018 at 5:42 PM #2074
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      Happy for the French

      History is proof that guillotine rescinded the royalty for a few centuries until Hillary showed up

      Never expect different result by following the previous steps

    • December 19, 2018 at 2:51 AM #2290
      Piperay
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      HURRAY for the French

      keeping up the good fight!

    • December 19, 2018 at 3:22 AM #2296
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      Did a search last night on yellow vest protests and found references to countries other than France

      Apparently there have been protests where the participants were wearing yellow jackets in Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Great Britain.  The Times of Israel has stated that protesters in Tel Aviv have been wearing yellow vests also.  Globalnews.ca is reporting that there have been yellow vest protests in Canada.  Alarabiya.net on 12/17 reported that there were protests in Turkey.

      “The revolution will not be televised” – we’ll see how long the media can continue to avoid reporting on these protests.

      The majority of mankind is ground down by industrial oppression in order that the small remnant may live in ease.
      —Helen Keller, 1911

      Joe Biden, you're no Jack Kennedy: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."—John F Kennedy, 1962

    • December 19, 2018 at 3:28 PM #2483
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      Countdown until the US Empire

      bans the sale of yellow vests . . . .

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