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scarface

#100
If some of you are currently in Paris, I advise you to stay at home.

The clashes that erupted on the Champs Elysees and now reach other parts of the capital have left at least 65 wounded. The police arrested 183 people. The Minister of the Interior has identified 75,000 demonstrators in France.

Some rioters are now attacking the former place of the stock exchange, the palais Brongniart, in the 2nd arrondissement.
https://twitter.com/Francois_Bougon/status/1068903744929230850

humbert

Quote from: scarface on December 01, 2018, 06:44 PM
The clashes that erupted on the Champs Elysees and now reach other parts of the capital have left at least 65 wounded. The police arrested 183 people. The Minister of the Interior has identified 75,000 demonstrators in France.

And it's spreading to Belgium. The TV news was showing yellow-vested rioters in Brussels. Incidentally, did you see Macron getting off the plane in Buenos Aires and being welcomed by a guy wearing a yellow vest? Hilarious!

What are these people so mad about? The news says it's got something to do with fuel taxes imposed by Macron. Can you elaborate?

scarface

#102
Quote from: humbert on December 02, 2018, 06:32 AM
And it's spreading to Belgium. The TV news was showing yellow-vested rioters in Brussels. Incidentally, did you see Macron getting off the plane in Buenos Aires and being welcomed by a guy wearing a yellow vest? Hilarious!
What are these people so mad about? The news says it's got something to do with fuel taxes imposed by Macron. Can you elaborate?
The NYT released an interesting article about it and I'm going to quote it:
"The problem the government faces is that different factions of the Yellow Vests have different demands. While they all want a better standard of living, some are furious at Mr. Macron for what they see as unjust tax policies that help the rich but do nothing for the poor, and they want him out of office. Others are more focused on raising the minimum wage and reducing the amount taken out of employee paychecks to cover social security and related services"

The movement is spreading indeed.
Hopefully it will echo in the US where half of the population is living below normal standards. But while some yellow jackets are demanding the resignation of Macron, I'm afraid a similar movement in the US would be cracked down and result in a significant number of casualties.




And here are a few new videos.

A trip to Hyderabad. This town is not in Pakistan, but in India.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeBAkmwlsYo

A new short animation about the labour market
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V36LpPkwJ7I

The predator papy (in French)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTsJcAuAhHc


humbert

Quote from: scarface on December 02, 2018, 04:18 PM
The movement is spreading indeed.

From what I'm seeing on the news, this is getting out of hand. It's one thing to try to bring about change by protesting legally, but quite another to engage in looting and destroying property. I agree that not all gillets jaunes do this, but unfortunately they end up paying the sinner's wages.

Quote from: scarface on December 02, 2018, 04:18 PM
Hopefully it will echo in the US where half of the population is living below normal standards. But while some yellow jackets are demanding the resignation of Macron, I'm afraid a similar movement in the US would be cracked down and result in a significant number of casualties.

Basically it's what I just said. Nobody will bother people dressed in yellow vest peacefully protesting and speaking against the government. But there is no tolerance for looting, setting fires, defacing government property, etc.






scarface

To humbert: note that I was at centre deux, a commercial center, in Saint Etienne, at 3pm on Saturday 1 December. The atmosphere was pretty calm. I was there to buy food for the week. Half an hour later, I came back home. And at 4pm, a situation of Insurgency began but I didn't know it yet, since I had left. Some rioters were taking to the streets, and the commercial center was closed. They broke some tramway shelters and the CRS used some tear gas.
A few weeks ago, I remember I saw a Syrian refugee (more likely than someone from Qatar) with a scarf on her head at the crossroads of Rue docteur Charcot and Rue alexandre Pourcel begging money at the traffic light, and I guess she has never seen that. She probably took the first boat heading for Latakia.

scarface

#105
Tonight, some new videos are available on the forum.


Fashion's toxic threads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko_BZhIpI1Q

At Issue: Homelessness and Housing in California
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJopp3CStck

Sammy looked a bit sick in the previous video (not Sikh). But he had his abscess removed and his hooves trimmed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX0aaCpPRPw

Japan's Population is decreasing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tiqNlrUsHE



in French:

In the Val de marne, a new poverty is settling at the very gates of Paris, in its southern suburbs. The inhabitants of these new slums come from Moldavia. Driven from their country by destitution, they entered France with a status of political refugees, and without any means of subsistence. To survive, only one solution: car thefts, prostitution and holds-up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQv-OQfRz24

Ecology, social divide and violence. A conference of Vincent Mignerot, in French.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC3HkARfCB8


humbert

Japan is without question a very advanced country. As the video shows, they've succeeded in lowering the birth rate to at below 2.1 children/woman. Sadly many of these other countries, especially those that are underdeveloped, continue to breed like rabbits. One day there will be no more resources and population will inevitably drop, or at least stabilize.

There is no question in my mind that people smugglers are the criminals responsible for waves of migration seen in US' southern border and in Europe. Consider this: the 7000 or so Honduran migrants don't know each other, yet somehow they got together to form the march. These people have to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom etc. Who takes care of this during the march? Obviously the smugglers. To make matters worse, the prospective immigrants are fed these stories that in the US (and Europe) the streets are paved with gold and all their problems will be over once they make the crossing. People smugglers should face severe prison sentences, or even hanging.

scarface

I agree with you. Most migrants probably have worse life conditions where they go.

aa1234779

Hello folks

Here is the episode of Patriot Act with Hassan Minhaj which Netflix removed on a Saudi government request.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUhbZdvtzcw

I haven't found the time to watch it yet, but if it was censored it must be worth watching and sharing.


An article on the matter worth reading.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/01/01/hasan-minhaj-criticized-saudi-crown-prince-patriot-act-netflix-pulled-episode-saudi-arabia/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a1ba679b2351

Peace
Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said “Surah (chapter of) Hud and its sisters turned my hair gray"

Hud (11)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiqxo4UDVfU

scarface

Thanks for your message and the video. But I won't watch it. There is no conspiracy behind the Khashoggi case, and we already know who the culprits are. Actually, I wish you had commented on my previous videos.
The reason behind all this is simple, KSA is an obscurantist country. The royal monarchy of Saudi Arabia reminds me of the court of King Louis XIV, also known as Sun King.


Maybe you don't know him, so I will introduce him. He was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France and Navarre from 1643 until his death in 1715. Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661, after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin, who was an adherent of the concept of the divine right of kings, which advocates the divine origin of monarchical rule. It's Louis XIV who turned the castle of Versailles into a palace. It's not surprising if Bin Salman, the god of Saudi Arabia (the former one refused to meet with Trump) bought the most expensive home in the world in 2015, called...Chateau Louis XIV, in Louveciennes. The analogy is perfect.
Those who are overshadowing this God have no place in Saudi Arabia. Not even a caliph, a prophet, a journalist, or a scholar of the forum. Fortunately, you made a choice and you decided to leave. I hope you'll find what you are looking for.

Maybe the oil rents is not distributed fairly amongst citizens. Unlike Qatari citizens, many Saudis are poor. Indeed, despite an annual oil revenue of more than $200 billion, most Saudis lack adequate housing, healthcare, sanitation and education. Author Karen House highlights these issues in her book On Saudi Arabia. Most of the oil revenue flows right into the hands of the royal family (the richest family in the world). At least 80 percent of the revenue in the Saudi treasury comes from petroleum, but the average Saudi citizen does not benefit from those gains. The central government in Riyadh, where the royal family is settled, receives most of the oil profits. This sustains a strong monarchy and keeps the majority poor and powerless. The public simply has no say in how the government spends its money.

Moreover, with so much revenue coming in from oil, the government is still unable to provide jobs for its citizens. Saudi Arabia provides one in four barrels of oil exported around the world, yet 40 percent of Saudi youth between twenty and twenty-four are unemployed. The unemployment is partly due to the fact that 90 percent of all employees in the private sector are foreign workers.

The consequences of having a corrupt government are highlighted in times of chaos. In January 2011, during the Cairo revolution, the city of Jeddah flooded because the monarchy failed to establish basic protections against the weather. Ten people died due to improper sewerage and drainage. The inadequate preparation was blamed on corrupt businesses and government stealing money from both sewer and drain-related construction projects.