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Started by scarface, February 01, 2015, 05:10 PM

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scarface

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During the week end, new photos will be availabe.
The message with the Vuitton foundation will be updated with some exceptional photos too.
Maher, usmangujjar and aa1234779 must be wondering if there will be new movies or new games on the forum. Maybe.

Those who are reading the finance topic must be thinking I was right. I told you to avoid Bitcoin and snapchat. in both cases they lost 2 third of their value since the beginning of the year. I told you to avoid valueless securities, that you will sell for a token amount.
And the markets are likely to keep crumbling.

scarface

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Tonight, I'm going to tell you why you shouldn't take your car tonight if you are in France.

Nowadays, we can see protests in many countries, and for various reasons. In Pakistan, some Islamists took to the streets because Asia Bibi was drinking the water of the wrong well. Apparently the water, or the well, or probably both of them, belonged to the Muslims. It sparked weeks, if not years, of demonstrations.
Today, some similar demonstrations took place in France. The word revolt seems more appropriate. I would even use the French word "Jacquerie", used to depict the peasant uprisings, especially during the revolution of 1789. I wanted to buy a pizza tonight and I knew this would be difficult to go out with all those demonstrators blocking the road. I've not been disappointed. The roundabout near the cours Fauriel in Saint Etienne was totally blocked. And I still have a matriculation with the number 75, being a foreigner would make things more difficult. To go back, and avoid the filtering road block, well, I just took the same road...on the wrong side of the road for about 50 meters.
humbert and panzer24 must be wondering why demonstrators were blocking the traffic. Actually they are protesting against higher fuel prices, and demand a better tax justice.
If you want to know more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/17/one-killed-16-injured-yellow-jackets-protests-rising-fuel-prices/

A car forces a dam as protesters wearing yellow vests, a symbol of a French drivers’ protest against higher fuel prices, block a road in Donges.





scarface

Here are a few unusual photos...


A camel that had escaped from a circus was found wandering on a road in Essonne. It was captured by the firefighters of the department.


shadow.97 or Murtlap must be wondering: Is it monsieur baboon? It looks like him, but there is no doubt, he has put on too much weight. Vasudev must be thinking, bullshit! it’s an elephant.
So what is it? Learning again how to walk in a swimming pool: it’s a revolutionary treatment for an elephant tested for the first time in Thailand.


A golden pheasant from Hangzhou safari park in China bore a remarkable resemblance to a certain US president elect.


A cat had its fur trimmed to look like a “stegosaurus spine” at a pet shop in Taiwan.

scarface

Tonight, I'm going to hold a conference about the demonstration that took place today on the champs Elysées against Apple.



The launch of an Apple store on the Champs Elysees in Paris was greeted Sunday by a protest against the US multinational's controversial fiscal practices.

Activists from the tax campaign group Attac gathered on the famous boulevard, wearing coloured wigs and party hats, throwing confetti and chanting: "Apple, pay your taxes!"

The group had staged a sit-in at Apple's flagship Paris store in December 2017, and in February a French court declined to approve a ban on such actions following a request by the US computer giant.

"We have come to celebrate in our own way the inauguration of Apple's Champs Elysees store, to remind people that Apple is one of the biggest tax evaders in the world," Attac spokeswoman Aurelie Trouve told AFP at the protest, which featured a brass band.

Apple, the first US company to attain one trillion dollars in market capitalisation, grew in part owing "to the fact that it extorts billions of euros from citizens, notably European and French, through fiscal evasion of its profits, first in Ireland and now in Jersey," the spokeswoman said.

Meanwhile security personnel allowed customers to enter the new store to a boisterous welcome by Apple employees.

Attac -- the Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and Citizens Action -- criticises French President Emmanuel Macron for failing to tackle multinational tax practices.

French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire has pushed for a Europe-wide tax policy on computer giants such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple but Ireland, which attracts such companies, is opposed while EU heavyweight Germany has voiced only lukewarm support for the French initiative.

Attac staged a sit-in at Apple's flagship Paris store in December 2017, and the US giant lost a legal bid to ban further such protests






scarface

Here are some old photos that were once available on the forum.
I know that humbert, Daniil, aa1234779 and some users on the forum are looking at them.


Those ones were taken in December 2015 in the 18th arrondissement...












And those ones were taken on August, 10 2016 in the 1st arrondissement





























scarface

I hope that humbert, usman and shadow.97 are fine.
Today I'm in Lyon and it's a bit cold.
https://ibb.co/CmnWZgz

humbert

Quote from: scarface on November 28, 2018, 01:07 PM
I hope that humbert, usman and shadow.97 are fine.
Today I'm in Lyon and it's a bit cold.

I'm fine. A little cooler than usual here but OK. In fact, I'd give anything to live in a place where I would never again have to use air conditioning. I've had the misfortune of living in warm climates most of my life.

Incidentally, I would absolutely love to be able to buy that small car you took a picture of. Sadly it's not available for sale here. Most of these Americans prefer these huge pick up trucks or SUV's, especially here in Texas.

scarface

Quote from: humbert on November 30, 2018, 05:17 AM
I'm fine. A little cooler than usual here but OK. In fact, I'd give anything to live in a place where I would never again have to use air conditioning. I've had the misfortune of living in warm climates most of my life.

Incidentally, I would absolutely love to be able to buy that small car you took a picture of. Sadly it's not available for sale here. Most of these Americans prefer these huge pick up trucks or SUV's, especially here in Texas.
So you are like me, you don't like when it's cold and you don't like when it's too hot either. Then Paris or Saint Etienne are not for you, there is a cold and damp climate in winter, and more and more often there are heatwaves in summer. But maybe you should insulate your house and make it home energy-efficient. In France there are subsidies for thermal insulation work, it's probably the case in the US with a President who cares about its citizen and the environment. For example you need to have stores or shutters that you can close when it's hot.


Now we are going to examine the photo below. And no, It's not the roundabout of happiness in Raqqa.
Actually, This evening, I took this photo, near the commercial center of Monthieu, in Saint Etienne. It closed on Saturday, when the shopkeepers saw a pack of Barbarians with yellow jackets heading towards them. We don't know where these people with yellow vests come from, and apparently some of them are sleeping on this roundabout to defend their ideas, even if temperatures will go below 0ºC this night. Maybe they come from Sweden or Russia, they are not afraid of the cold.
Currently, they are probably eating some saucisson and drinking some mulled wine. And they are waiting some brave people, some leaders like you humbert, to carry through the political revolution and build a more equitable world. And yet, should the leaders of the forum meet them, and I'm thinking about shadow.97, Vasudev, akaubee, shhnedo, iih or Maher, I'm afraid it would result in a cultural shock.
I'm wondering whether aa1234779 is laughing after reading this, or if he finds this pathetic. I don't know myself what to think about the situation.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4r9AWRsVxE

humbert

Quote from: scarface on December 10, 2018, 09:29 PM
So you are like me, you don't like when it's cold and you don't like when it's too hot either. Then Paris or Saint Etienne are not for you, there is a cold and damp climate in winter, and more and more often there are heatwaves in summer. But maybe you should insulate your house and make it home energy-efficient. In France there are subsidies for thermal insulation work, it's probably the case in the US with a President who cares about its citizen and the environment. For example you need to have stores or shutters that you can close when it's hot.

I don't mind the cold, in fact I actually like it. What I can't take is the detestable heat. Unfortunately I've been cursed with having to live in hot climates all my life. I would love to move to Canada if it were possible.

There are still tax credits for energy saving things such as insulation and solar panels. The only problem is that these things aren't cheap. Also I don't make enough money to be benefited by the tax credits.



scarface

Tonight, a few interesting photos published in January are available on the forum.


These men participate in the festival "Jallikattu", a Hindu religious tradition, also known as Manju Virattu (bull hunting). Celebrated in the south of India, this practice takes place in the state of Tamil Nadu, during the Ponga festival.
Some human participants have to attempt to grab the large hump on the bull's back with both arms and hang on to it while the bull attempts to escape. Participants hold the hump for as long as possible, attempting to bring the bull to a stop. In some cases, participants must ride long enough to remove flags on the bull's horns.


A team of Chinese scientists have announced that they have cloned five monkeys, copies of a single specimen whose genes had been modified to make it sick: an initiative that could help medical research. This type of biomedical advances, however, often causes controversy, especially in China.


Incidents broke out in Athens with more than 20 injured, mostly police officers, during a demonstration that brought together between 60,000 and 100,000 people against the agreement on the new name of Macedonia, which the Greek parliament must ratify shortly. Scuffles took place between the police and about thirty hooded young people, who managed to throw projectiles while trying to force the entrance of the Parliament. Riot police retaliated by firing tear gas, which resulted in the dispersal of many demonstrators.


Juan Guaido, head of the opposition-controlled Venezuelan parliament, proclaimed himself the country's interim "president," and was immediately recognized by the United States and its allies in the region. The Venezuelan army, the unwavering support of Socialist President Nicolas Maduro, rejected the self-proclamation of Juan Guaido.