Migrants and homeless moved out of Paris ahead of Olympics.

RT: Migrants and homeless moved out of Paris ahead of Olympics.

The authorities say the relocations are not related to the Games, claiming emergency accommodation centers have reached saturation[.]
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“If the idea is just to hide misery and homelessness and to clear the air before the Olympics, it’s really not working on a humanitarian level,” Paul Alauzy of the NGO Medecins du Monde told Euronews.

The state’s regional security office reiterated on Tuesday that the recent relocations were the result of emergency accommodation centers reaching saturation, adding that the measure is unrelated to the Olympics.

Getting the migrants and homeless out of sight is unrelated to the Olympics, got it? It's just a coincidence that authorities noticed the emergency accommodation saturation point occurs ahead of the Olympics. Totally Unrelated to the Olympics. Repeat ze narrative!

Biden says he talked with Helmut Kohl about Jan. 6, 2021. Kohl died in 2017.

Washington Times: Biden says he discussed Jan. 6 with German leader who died in 2017.

President Biden said at a Wednesday fundraiser that he discussed the Jan. 6, 2021, riots with the dead German chancellor.
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[.]...Mr. Biden “seemed to say that Helmut Kohl (who died in 2017) was there with him at his first foreign trip as President talking about Jan 6th … Angela Merkel was the German chancellor in 2021.”

 

Biden had recent discussion with French President Mitterrand who died 28 years ago.

Breitbart: Biden Boasts of Recent Talk with French President Mitterrand (Who Died in 1996).

[Biden]...recounting meeting leaders of G7 countries in 2021 in Cornwall, England.
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"It was in the south of England. And I sat down and I said, ‘America is back,’ and Mitterrand from Germany, I mean from France, looked at me and said – said, “you know what — why — how long you back for?"

France. Germany. So geographically identical they are often mistaken for one another.

Their leaders? Virtually identical and indistinguishable from each other and Mitterrand.

Nothing to see here. He knows what he's saying. Sharp as a tack. Copious Cognitive Abilities.

France To Turn Off Street Lights In Response To Energy Crisis.

Great Game India: France To Turn Off Street Lights In Response To Energy Crisis.

France is poised to be completely cut off from Russian gas. France is set to to turn off street lights in response to the energy crisis as a result of this.

President Macron declared that public lighting would be turned off at night in order to save energy, despite the fact that he claimed “France has little dependence on Russian gas.”
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Because of the crisis in Ukraine, Macron claimed that “the summer, early autumn will be very hard” for the French people. He also stated that a complete cutoff of Russian gas was appearing quite probable.

Macron’s announcement that some public lighting will be switched off at night in select locations prompted warnings to French citizens to practice energy “sobriety” and get ready for even higher food prices.

France had a chance with Marine Le Pen, but noooooooooooooooooo...France and the globalists re-installed Cuck Macron again. 

🤣"ENERGY SOBRIETY." 🤣

Way to go France! Love your leader Macron. Better get those wind turbines spinning if you want electricity or plan to stay above freezing this winter!

Paris Police overwhelmed enforcing quarantine in No-Go Zones.

Breitbart: Paris No-Go Zone Police Overwhelmed Attempting to Enforce Quarantine.

Police in Paris no-go zones are becoming overwhelmed trying to maintain the nationwide quarantine and have handed out record numbers of fines.

The heavily migrant-populated Seine-Saint-Denis area is proving to be a tough area for police to enforce the nationwide anti-coronavirus quarantine ordered by French president Emmanuel Macron, with police officers admitting that they are overwhelmed.

A man guarding a local pharmacy told newspaper Le Temps that many of the residents do not even believe the virus is a threat to them at all

“They do not understand anything. Some even say that this virus is a fable of whites to force them to desert the street,” the man said.

Other areas of Seine-Saint-Denis also saw people gathering, including a local shopping centre where a number of minority teenagers chatted with each other, some wearing masks, others not.

Police say that enforcing the law in the area is “impossible” and that if they try to impose the 135 euro fines they would not be able to contain the potential backlash, and that the risk of a crowd forming would only increase the chances of spreading the coronavirus.
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The quarantine measures were also largely ignored by residents in the highly migrant-populated 18th arrondissement in the north of Paris, with crowds of people walking around the area despite police orders to stay in their homes.

The coronavirus outbreak has also led to pharmacies becoming targets for burglars, as in the city of Colombes just outside of Paris, where a man from Seine-Saint-Denis was arrested for stealing medical face masks and hand sanitiser.

In Seine-et-Marne, meanwhile, drug dealers donned masks and other medical gear and were seen strolling along the streets of the Almont district of Melun, even creating a video for social media advertising that they were still selling drugs, regardless of the quarantine and coronavirus outbreak.

"Novice" Macron's Gray Matter questioned by Erdogan.

("I am busy pretending to be the leader of a country.")

RT: Macron should have his own ‘brain death’ checked before attacking NATO allies, Erdogan says.

French President Emmanuel Macron should determine the level of his own “brain death,” before accusing NATO of lacking gray matter, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan has quipped.

France has no right to criticize Turkey’s military incursion into Syria, or to make presumptions about NATO as a whole, Erdogan said in a speech at the University of Marmara in Istanbul on Friday. The Turkish leader even attacked Macron personally, retooling the French president’s claim that NATO was suffering from “brain death.”

    "First of all, have your own brain death checked. These statements are suitable only to people like you who are in a state of brain death," [said Erdogan].

Daily Mail: Erdogan slams 'brain dead' Emmanuel Macron for his criticism of NATO.

'You know how to show off but you cannot even properly pay for NATO. You are a novice,' Erdogan said.

'Believe me, Macron is very inexperienced. He doesn't know what fighting against terror is. That is why yellow vests invaded France,' he added, referring to the French protest movement of the past year.

What's up with Mrs. Macron standing apart from husband Emmanuel and the Trumps?

This image is all over the web, part of the 75th Anniversary of Normandy, D-Day 2019.

Left to right is: First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and, standing off-side to herself, Macron's wife Brigitte.

What's the story of her standing at such a distance? If it had been Mrs. Trump, the MSM and armchair psychologists would be having a field day assessing the meaning of her "isolation". Why isn't Mrs. Macron standing with the rest of the group?

Lyon bombing suspect identified as Mohamed Hichem M., [age] 24.

Sputnik News: French Media Reveals Alleged Identity of Lyon Blast Suspect as Algerian.

An explosion broke out on 24 May in downtown Lyon, France near a bakery at the intersection of Victor Hugo Street and Sala Street, near Bellecour Square, one of the city's attractions. More than 10 people were injured.

According to the Parisien newspaper, the key suspect in the Lyon explosion case was identified as Mohamed Hichem M., 24, who came to France from Algeria.

French officials have yet to comment on the information.

The suspect, who was arrested on Monday, had been previously unknown to police prior to the 24 May incident, when a blast broke out in the French city of Lyon, injuring 10 people.
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"He is in custody. But so far, he refuses to speak," a source close to the investigation told Parisien.

The police questioned the relatives of the detainee — his parents, as well as his younger brother and sister.

Earlier, law enforcement officers had searched his home, where they found the materials needed for the manufacturing of explosives.

On Monday, French police arrested two suspects in connection with the investigation into the Lyon explosion, which took place on 24 May not far from a bakery at the intersection of Victor Hugo Street and Sala Street, near Bellecour Square — one of the city's main tourist attractions.

Four Arrested in Lyon, France Terrorist Attack. Main suspect a 24-year-old Algerian IT student.

The Guardian: French police arrest four over Lyon bomb blast.

French police have arrested four people over a package bomb explosion in the heart of the south-eastern city of Lyon last week that injured 13 people.

A police raid was also under way in a building in the Oullins suburb just south of the city, authorities said. The suspected bomber, a 24-year-old Algerian IT student, was among those arrested.

The man’s parents were also arrested and taken in for questioning, as was a second Algerian student who is a family relation, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office, which has jurisdiction over terrorism cases in France.

The suspect was previously unknown to police, Lyon’s mayor, Gérard Collomb, said.

World Atlas: The ??????? religion in Algeria dominates its demography, with around 99% of the population being followers of the faith.

Lyon, France Terror Attack: Suitcase Detonated Had Remote Control System

Sputnik News: Suitcase Detonated Had Remote Control System.

The suitcase that exploded near a bakery in the French city of Lyon on Friday had a remote control system, local media reported on Saturday, citing sources close to investigators.

According to the BFMTV channel, the detonated bag contained flechettes and a remote control system.
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As shown by CCTV cameras, a man, aged 30-35, rode a bicycle to the bakery and set aside a bundle, which subsequently exploded. The law enforcement forces failed to idenify the person responsible for the attack despite having the CCTV footage as the perpetrator was wearing sunglasses and a cap. The police are now searching for the suspect who is still on the loose, according to French anti-terrorism prosecutor.

Daily Mail: Manhunt for Lyon 'nail bomber' suspect in sunglasses and a cap.

The parcel bomb was packed with nails, screws and bolts outside a bakery[.]
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Police issued an appeal for witnesses on Twitter as they sought the man believed to be in his early 30s, who was picked up by security cameras on a mountain bike immediately before the explosion.

 Image via Daily Mail

Reuters: Terrorist attacker used homemade explosives.

A source close to the investigation said traces of DNA were isolated from the remnants of the bomb. Police found the attacker used triacetone triperoxide or TATP, a powerful homemade explosive.

The case is being handled as a terrorism investigation given the circumstances of the attack, committed in broad daylight, and the use of an explosive device capable of hitting a large number of people with screws and metal balls packed into a bag[.]

Sputnik News: 28th week of Yellow Vests Protests.

Activists have gathered on Saturday in different cities in France for the 28th consecutive week of Yellow Vests protests.

In the lead up to the European Parliament elections, the biggest Yellow Vests marches are being held in Paris and Amiens, the birthplace of the incumbent French president.

Sputnik News Video:  Yellow Vests Hold 28th Week of Mass Protests in Paris.

Lyon, France Attack; most MSM headlines couch their wording and Macron eventually utters, "Attack".

BBC: "Explosion" injures pedestrians in Lyon.

Reuters: "Suspected suitcase bomber blast" in Lyon.

Newsday: "Low force blast" in French city of Lyon wounds 7; "cause unclear".

Bloomaberg: "Blast in French City of Lyon...Cause Unknown."

ABC News: Blast leaves 8 with "minor injuries".

Daily Telegraph: 13 injured in Nail Bomb blast.

Daily Mail: Terror attack in Lyon: Police hunt man seen leaving parcel bomb outside bakery that left 'at least 13' injured including an eight-year-old girl, as Macron condemns the 'attack'.

Breitbart: President Macron Confirms Lyon Explosion is ‘Attack’.

It's a mystery who, or what group, is responsible for this low force, cause-unknown, explosion terrorist attack.

World News

CBS Local NY: Newark Liberty Airport Shutdown over drones.

Flights at Newark Liberty International Airport were temporarily delayed after a pair of drones were spotted nearby, Federal Aviation Administration sources tell CBS News’ Kris Van Cleave.

The sources say the drones were were seen flying at 3,500 feet over Teterboro Airport, less than 20 miles from Newark Airport.

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Japan Times: Karaoke bar shooting tied to Yakuza.

The karaoke bar is located in the center of the Kabukicho district and is about 500 meters northeast of JR Shinjuku Station. A number of yakuza are based in the area, which has become increasingly popular as the number of foreign tourists in Tokyo has increased.

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SMH: Concerns over whereabouts of writer who vanishes in China.

There are growing fears for the safety of a prominent Chinese-Australian writer who appears to have disappeared in China, with friends and family worried he may have been detained by authorities.

The writer and dissident Yang Hengjun left Sydney for Guangzhou on January 18 despite his friends warning him it was too dangerous for the Australian citizen to travel to China.
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He is incommunicado and has not posted anything on social media including popular Chinese platform wechat since Friday.

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Stuff: Iraqi admits in helping Islamic State make toxins.

Help us make chemical weapons, the Islamic State's emissaries said.
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 "Do I regret it? I don't know if I'd use that word," said [Iraqi scientist Suleiman al-] Afari, who was captured by US and Kurdish soldiers in 2016 and is now a prisoner in Irbil, the capital of Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region[.]

"They had become the government, and we now worked for them," he said. "We wanted to work so we could get paid."

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9 News: Some of the "Royals" staff is on strike. Cake price an issue.

...[staffers]’ "disappointment turned to fury" when they were made aware HRP had commissioned several elaborate and very expensive cakes from a company called Choccywoccydoodah[.]

 Royal Staffers on strike. Image: Getty

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9 News: China demands extradition charges be dropped.

China has demanded that the US drops an extradition request for a top Huawei executive, as the tech giant’s chief launched an unprecedented public relations blitz.

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, 46, was arrested on December 1 in Vancouver, Canada at the request of the US.

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Business Insider: Supreme Court hears a gun gase, first time in nine years.

...a challenge to New York City's prohibition on carrying a licensed, locked and unloaded handgun outside the city limits.

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CNN: John Kerry says "Trump should resign".

Former Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that if he could speak to President Donald Trump directly, he would tell him to "resign."

Syria's Assad and Kerry; 2005

World News

EU (still) Making Sausages Reforms in Copyright Laws

This is a Must Read by, and at, Julia Reda.com. 

Article 13 is almost finished – and it will change the internet as we know it.

... EU copyright reform law have resumed: After missing the original Christmas deadline, negotiators for the European Parliament and Council are now aiming to finalise the text on January 21, 2019.

The negotiators have reached agreement on the core of Article 13, which will change the internet as we know it: They want to make internet platforms directly liable for any copyright infringements their users commit.

What remains to be decided: Exactly what lengths will platforms need to go to to avoid or limit their liability? Just how much they will need to restrict our ability to post and share our creations online?

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NYT: New caravan forming in Honduras.

More than 300,000 Central Americans entered Mexico last year, most of them illegally, and an estimated 80 percent of them were bound for the United States border, Ms. Sánchez Cordero said.

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Reuters: PG&E multi-billion dollar bankruptcy?

PG&E, which carries a hefty debt load of more than $18 billion, is expected to soon disclose a large financial charge related to liabilities resulting from catastrophic November blazes.

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France 24: Macron looks to calm the Yellow Vests.

Macron's initiative comes after nine weeks of protests by the "yellow vests" -- named after the high-visibility jackets they wear. The disparate anti-government uprising has wreaked havoc in Paris and French cities, shaken the economy and challenged his authority.

BBC: Yellow Vests disable 60% of speed cameras.

Good for them!
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Sky News: Polish mayor stabbed on stage.

Pawel Adamowicz, who is the mayor of Gdansk, was attacked in front of hundreds of onlookers in the city during an event in aid of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.

Doctors said he underwent five hours of surgery for wounds to his heart and abdomen but that "the next hours will decide everything".
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According to Polish broadcaster TVN, the suspect shouted from the stage and claimed that he had been wrongly imprisoned by the previous government.

Sky News: Stage of stabbing attack.

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The Diplomat: China's interest in Antarctica, space, the moon AND Antarctica.

China views exploration of outer space as part of its overall national development. Its space-based BeiDou 2 system aims for global coverage by 2020. Furthermore, China aims to have a human-crewed space station by 2020-22 and a space-based solar power station by 2050, all to protect China’s national interests. Comparable to its actions in Antarctica, Chinese nationalistic goals and somewhat imperialistic advance will likely determine the shape of future conflict.

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ING: Why a Brexit delay is likely.

 ...it’s worth noting that there are at least two ways the law-making process alone could force a Brexit delay.

BBC: "Brexit Box" survival kits flying off shelves.

"People from all over the UK are buying it and those that can afford more are purchasing more than just the Brexit box, perhaps the three-month or six month packs."

BBC: Theresa May says no Brexit more likely than no deal.

Labour has vowed to table a vote of no confidence if Mrs May loses.

Its leader Jeremy Corbyn said Labour would vote against the deal and would start moves to trigger a general election if it is voted down.

Daily Mail: Boris stirs up the anti-Mays.

9 News: May says no deal means catastrophe.
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GLB News: The already overcrowded 2020 declared Dem presidential candidates.

Easier to raise hands if you're a Dem and not running for president.
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SMH: Australia, where some workers choose lifestyle over pay.
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Singapore Straits: Stowaway bird appears 12 hours into flight.

Business-class passengers [were] greeted by [ a mynah bird ]  about 12 hours into the flight. A typical Singapore-London flight takes about 14 hours.

My mind is completely blank. Can't think of a one-or-two-liner on the stowaway bird. Anyone?

France Surrenders Gets Tough on Yellow Vests

Evening Standard: New legislation to punish Yellow Vests.

France plans to introduce new legislation to punish protesters after seven weeks of violent “yellow vest” demonstrations.

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe spoke after rioters torched motorbikes and set barricades on fire on Paris's upmarket Boulevard Saint-Germain on Saturday.

Morning Star: Wearing masks will be banned.

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, who compared the protesters to “football hooligans,” said new legislation would ban so-called troublemakers from demonstrations and ban the wearing of masks.
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[The Yellow Vests] are demanding the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron whose hard-line response to the protest movement appears to have backfired with no sign of the demonstrations ending.

Concessions offered by Mr Macron, including pausing the unpopular fuel tax, have been rejected as anger grows over poverty and unemployment.

Last week saw the arrest of prominent gilets jaunes activist Eric Drouet, a truck driver from Paris, who was charged with “organising an undeclared demonstration.”

And former professional boxer Christophe Dettinger was arrested yesterday after video footage in which he appeared to be punching a police riot officer went viral.

Heh...Hooligans. Such a great, yet underused, word. BTW, 'Ze vee-dee-o ov ze box-ar paan-ching ze po-leez ovvizer iz here.

Banning the wearing of masks obviously brings the question of how will they specifically define what is, and isn't, a mask? Clown masks? Crazy Clown masks? What about a Head-Face ski mask for warmth? A Neck-scarf? I suppose these will be outlawed. What about Purdahs?

More importantly...what about Mort from Bazooka Joe? Would France deny entry to Mort for refusing to lower his turtle neck shirt?

Mort

World News

ITV - Four dead in Strasbourg shooting; search for 'extremist' gunman:

A suspected extremist is on the run after a shooting which left four people dead near a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg.

French authorities have launched a terror investigation into the shooting, which left several others injured, some seriously.

The 29-year-old alleged gunman has a criminal record and, according to the prefect of the Strasbourg region, was known by the security services as a suspected extremist.

France 24 - Live coverage

MEPs stranded. France 24:

The European Parliament in Strasbourg was under lockdown late Tuesday after a deadly shooting near a Christmas market rocked the eastern French city, shocking and stranding hundreds of MEPs, staff and officials.

ISIS celebrates Strasbourg shooting. The Express:

No terrorist group has officially claimed responsibility yet, but ISIS supporters have boasted the attack happened just “days after our threats.”

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Detained Huawei exec granted bail - The International News: 

A Canadian judge granted bail Tuesday [Meng Wanzhou,] a top Huawei executive after her arrest on a US warrant, in a case that has frayed relations between the North American allies and China.

[She] is is wanted by US authorities for violating Iran sanctions but Beijing has expressed outrage over her detention and is holding a former Canadian diplomat in China, intensifying the row.

Hong Kong Free Press: China detains Canadian, believed to be former diplomat:

“We are aware of the situation of a Canadian detained in China. We have been in direct contact with the Chinese,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters, adding that Ottawa was taking his arrest “very seriously.”

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These are the...

Sky News: Theresa May on brink of leadership challenge.

Web Financial Group - May tours "like a child":

May toured European capitals like a child presenting a parent with a new toy broken on Christmas morning. She gained plenty of sympathy but also stern reminder that there would be no renegotiation or quick fixes.

ITV: May fights, critics circle.

Aspen Daily News: May heads to Ireland.

The Irish Times: Ireland "collateral damage" in Brexit.

New Statesman: May in Tory Trouble.

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China.org: Church shooting in Brazil leaves five dead.
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Stuff (NZ/AU)- Bodies scattered, truck veers into pedestrians.

Police were told the truck, carrying bricks, was travelling south on Botany Road when it veered into northbound lanes before hitting a power pole, a bus stop, a building and pedestrians.

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The Independent (IE) - A street paved with milk chocolate:

...a tonne of chocolate flowed out of a factory and solidified.
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After hitting the chilly pavement, the milk chocolate quickly hardened.

World News

Brexit on, off, or?

The Express: Second Referendum planned to save Brexit.

Daily Mail: Lib Dem says Brexit won't happen. Or,  'hell of a backlash'.

ING: It's A Mess.

DW: May warns of risk if no Brexit.

Business Standard: Brexit defeat could topple UK.

The Irish Times: Psychologists try to make sense of Brexit.

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UNIAN: Russian inference in "yellow jacket" protests probe opens.

The Mirror: Macron apologizes, "I'm sorry," to nation.

President Emmanuel Macron will deliver an 'I'm sorry' TV address and announce further tax cuts after nationwide riots have rocked France.

On Sunday a Parisien newspaper reported that ‘after eight days of silence, the head of state’ has told supporters ‘he will speak on Monday night on television to respond to the angry French’.

Sky News: Over 1,700 yellow vests arrested.

The Algemeiner: Paris cleans up.

Workers in Paris swept up broken glass and towed away burnt-out cars on Sunday after the latest violent “yellow vest” protest[.]

The Irish Independent: Yellow vest protests an economic disaster for France, says finance minister.
 

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BBC: Saudis refuse Turkish extradition request for Khashoggi killer suspects.

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, "We do not extradite our citizens."

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SCMP: Why was Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou arrested now?

Western spy agencies have long been aware of Huawei’s intelligence-gathering function, and have exploited their knowledge to feed the Chinese with misleading information in a classic “Concordski” ploy.

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Times of India: Putin's daughter appears on television.

...an interview on state TV with a woman who has been described as [Putin's]  daughter.

Putin's daughter?

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The HR Director: Are you getting enough sleep? 

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WTOP: Slide-show of the snowfall out east. 

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SMH: HORROR STORIES from the fast food industry. 

A customer threatened to kill a shop assistant and their entire family if they refused to remake a cheeseburger that was too cold.
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"It's not just fast food, it happens everywhere."
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Zackary Stereff from central Queensland said he was physically abused at a fast food drive through.

"I asked for the correct money and the customer threw a black sock full of 50 cent pieces into my stomach," he said. "It left me with a bruise."

Macron is a Rothschild Globalist Puppet

Puppet Macron

Emmanuel Macron is a Rothschild Puppet. From Liberty Blitzkrieg:

I came to this conclusion based on an extremely enlightening article published in the FT titled, Emmanuel Macron’s Rothschild Years Make Him an Easy Election Target. Based on the title, you’d think that the man merely had a normal, brief stint at the bank, but you’d be wrong. As you read, it becomes clear that he was groomed from day one by a Rothschild partner and ended up on a fast track like I’ve never seen before.

And Macron apparently is the glue that will hold the EU together. Yeah...after the Brexit. The Independent:

It is the UK which would be the country immediately affected by Mr Macron’s stance on the European Union, and his associates and advisors [sic] lost no time in describing, publicly and privately, the tough line he wanted to be taken with Theresa May in the coming Brexit talks.

The message imparted was that Mr Macron will broadly stick to the spirit of what he had already stated about the negotiations - and it is not a line which will be a comfortable one for the British government, with his description of the referendum result as a “crime” for which Britain should face “total exit”.

The Independent article is a must read.

None of this is surprising about Macron.

There's a reason why Hollande didn't seek another term.

[Hollande] has become the first sitting president in modern French history not to seek re-election.

The person to watch, though, is François Hollande, Macron's predecessor. Where is "Frankie" Hollande going? What is he going to do? What is his next gig? Keep your eyes on Hollande.

France Elects Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron will be the next president of France. IBD:

Macron won by 65.5% to 34.5% according to projected results.
Macron has told his supporters he wanted to "calm people's fears, restore France's confidence, and gather all its people together to face the immense challenges that face us in the future".

Emmanuel Macron

Macron, in his celebratory speech thanking his supporters, said, " I will see to it that once again, the great country of France is steered deeply, irrevocably, into a boiling cauldron of Socialism, the likes of which the world has never seen."

Or something like that.