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2025-09-11 Europe

France burns: Violent protests break out across country with flaming barricades in Paris and other cities, Eurostar hub targeted as fury over Macron grows; hundreds arrested

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-09-11 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1795 views ] Top
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1 Why bad things happen to good people?😎

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-09-11 02:02|| 2025-09-11 02:02|| Front Page Top

2 Around 80,000 police deployed across France

Where would we even find 80,000 police?

Posted by Skidmark 2025-09-11 05:49|| 2025-09-11 05:49|| Front Page Top

3 Its call for a day of blockades, strikes, boycotts, demonstrations and other acts of protest came as Bayrou was preparing plans to massively slash public spending by $51 billion to rein in France's growing deficit and trillions in debts.

Maybe they shouldn't have sent that money to Ukraine.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-09-11 13:14|| 2025-09-11 13:14|| Front Page Top

4 Or the Paleos, OR...

Posted by Frank G 2025-09-11 13:25|| 2025-09-11 13:25|| Front Page Top

5 Spanish PM laments country’s lack of nukes as reason it can’t stop Gaza war

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-09-11 13:43|| 2025-09-11 13:43|| Front Page Top

6 laments country’s lack of nukes as reason it can’t stop Gaza war

Never brandish a weapon unless you are willing to use it. Spain got rid of its Jews once before, which did not work out well for them. Now they want to emulate Hitler and cleanse the entire world of us? Fascinating.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-09-11 18:09|| 2025-09-11 18:09|| Front Page Top

7 Never brandish a weapon ~~unless you are willing to~~ until you use it

Posted by Skidmark 2025-09-11 22:43|| 2025-09-11 22:43|| Front Page Top

8 By definition you must be more right than I on this subject, dear Skidmark, given that I once in my life held a gun in my hands, while you have done so … more. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2025-09-11 23:13|| 2025-09-11 23:13|| Front Page Top

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