Saturday, December 8, 2018

FRANCE BREAKING:  OFFICIAL ESTIMATES ARE 125-THOUSAND 'YELLOW VEST' PROTESTERS TODAY, 1,385 ARRESTS



(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)


"Very sad day & night in Paris.  Maybe its time to end the ridiculous and extremely expensive Paris Agreement and return money back to the people in the form of lower taxes?.."


President Trump on "Twitter"  12/8/2018



"Yellow vest protests show that Europe has failed on democracy, human rights, and freedom"


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks today 12/8/2018



The "yellow vests" protest today has drawn strong reactions from the President of the United States all the way to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Erdogan denounced "chaos" caused by protests and "disproportionate force" used on protesters and took the opportunity of the protests to slice into opposition to Islamic influence in Europe:

"Europe's walls of security and welfare are not being shaken by migrants or Muslims, but by Europe's own citizens."


Official government figures released tonight are 1,385 arrests nationwide Saturday as police cracked down to head off anyone who looked "dangerous" or "violent".    People were searched randomly with "dangerous items" being cause for arrest.     Others had gear to protect them from tear gas and concussion grenades taken from them.   975 of those people arrested today are being kept in jail.

1,150 of the arrests were in Paris as the protests and clashes occurred in cities across the country.

The government and media are hyping the notion that some of those arrested are "extremists".

Just like the Bunkerville Standoff and Oregon Standoff cases in the USA with the Bundy's and their supporters there will be a push by the government of France to punish those targeted and arrested like Eric Drouet (mentioned in earlier posts) and many others.

Some reverberation across the Channel in the UK with United Kingdom Independence Party leader Gerard Batten calling out a false flag online post for tomorrow's UKIP rally against Theresa May's so-called Brexit that told people to wear yellow vests.    The government and media in the UK are spreading fear about that rally pointing the finger at prominent speaker Tommy Robinson.   (The rally is at 645am Eastern time US, 1145 am in London)

126  injuries were reported with seven of them among the police.

The total estimate of protesters nationwide was upped to 125-thousand tonight.   Last week the estimate was 126-thousand.

GETTING BACK TO EARLIER POSTS ON THE USE OF PHOSGENE GAS BY THE POLICE.
CAN'T CONFIRM IT BUT IT WAS POSTED BY THE BBC FOR AWHILE EARLIER IN THE DAY.

THE STORY GOT REPOSTED TO THIS WEBSITE FOR EXAMPLE AND YOU READ THE PHOSGENE REFERENCE IN THE 8TH PARAGRAPH.....PHOSGENE GAS STORY AS REPOSTED FROM BBC

THE CASUALTY FIGURES SEEM LOW FOR THE USE OF SUCH A SUBSTANCE, BUT I WANT TO NOTE THE STORY EXISTED EARLIER IN THE DAY FOR WHAT ITS WORTH.

The new tough tactics only went so far that have included rubber bullets during today's protests for the first time in addition to the concussion grenades, tear gas and water cannon that have been used.

The story of France is a story that is being replicated everywhere with a division between the rich business and government elites and the rest of the people who are poorer.

A priest who attended the 'yellow vests' march for 'peace and justice' and spoke to a National Public Radio noted that urban and rural France are also divided against each other.   That is the story even here in the USA where the big cities of wealth on the coasts have a gutted out heartland between the.
The richest counties in the USA are dominated by the urban conglomeration around Washington DC.

The Macron regime thinks its "contained" the protest and is said to be looking forward to the "President of the Republic" breaking his silence on Monday to lead the country forward.

He did send out a tweet tonight to thank the police.

But the crowds in the streets across France today had one simple message that they shouted with gusto:

"Macron resign"


The government, business and media elites in France may be whistling past the graveyard tonight with their attempts to spin events in a positive way.

Links below........



(ADDITIONAL EDITING AND ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ADDED BETWEEN 630 AND 830 PM EASTERN TIME US SATURDAY)

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