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    Frenchman to be tried for erecting dummy guillotines with names of politicians who support Macron’s health pass

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    A man in France has been charged with threatening politicians by attaching their names to makeshift guillotines. He claimed it was in protest at the country’s Covid-19 restrictions.

    A 50-year-old man from the southwestern Landes region will be tried in October for making “death threats against public officials,” a local prosecutor’s office said.

    The suspect, who was identified through CCTV footage and detained on Thursday, set up dummy guillotines in the towns of Saint-Sever, Samadet, and Geaune last week. Sheets of paper with the names of 382 mayors were attached to the devices.

    The listed officials had all put their names to a recent opinion piece in the Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper, in which they had “saluted the courage” of the decisions made by President Emmanuel Macron, including the introduction of a health pass.

    The suspect was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying the guillotines were made of wood and cardboard, and not intended to be perceived as a death threat. He said he wanted to “alert the mayors to the violations of fundamental freedoms by the government’s decisions” during the pandemic.

    Nevertheless, Pascale Requenna, the mayor of Hagetmau and a regional councilor, told the media she had been frightened by the installations and, along with Samadet Mayor Bernard Tastet, had filed a police complaint.
    “The symbol of the guillotine is unbelievably violent,” Requenna said.

    “We have the right to fight with words and ideas, but to use symbols like the guillotine to challenge the positions of elected officials – I find it distressing, violent, and extremely serious.”

    A symbol of terror during the French Revolution, the guillotine was last used to execute a criminal in France in 1977. A dummy version of the lethal device has since been spotted during anti-government protests, such as those organized by the Yellow Vest movement.

    France has strict laws against threats to public officials. In 2019, a protester was detained for merely shouting the word “guillotine” at a politician from Macron’s party, the Republic on the Move (LaREM).

    The health passes to which the suspect was objecting serve as proof that a person has been fully vaccinated, has tested negative for Covid-19 within the past 48 hours, or has recovered from the virus.

    From August 9, people in France have to show such a pass to visit cafés and restaurants, or board planes and inter-city trains. The pass is already required for visits to museums, cinemas, and cultural venues with a capacity of more than 50 people.

    The authorities say the strict measures are necessary to curb the spread of the more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus. The introduction of the health pass has faced protests across the country, however, with activists insisting it infringes on peoples’ freedoms.


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    More impressive gathering en France.

    Paris earlier:

    “If a man does not keep pace with [fall into line with] his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” - Thoreau

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    Great scenes! I do beg to differ with the narrative that "the police are marching with the protesters" though, as it's evident that they're keeping the protest contained and hemmed in to a defined area.

    From what I've seen, the massive police presence seems to be confined to Paris.

    He also says that he thought Europe would be the least likely place for a revolution... he doesn't know much of our history then!
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    ...

    ... Ça va chauffer encore plus (flash point?):

    Compulsory vaccination of EVERYONE - France's hospital union chief

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    A person receives a Covid-19 vaccine in Saint-Nazaire, France, May 2021. © Stephane Mahe/Reuters

    A French hospital union boss has said a health pass will not be enough to curb another wave of Covid-19, and urged the government to make vaccination compulsory for everyone.
    "We no longer have the luxury of taking half-measures," Frederic Valletoux, the head of the Hospital Federation of France (FHF) and the mayor of Fontainebleau, told Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper.
    "Everywhere, the indicators are going up again. The context of the epidemic shows us the limits of intermediate measures."
    Pointing to the "unprecedented speed of the fourth wave" of infections, Valletoux said the government should "assume the course of compulsory [measures] along with voluntary [ones]."

    He added that the recently introduced pass had "worked in the short term, but will not be enough to achieve a real collective immunity."
    SOTT Comment: Even the UK's SAGE admits that mass vaccination will likely result in antigenic drift, whereby the virus mutates into more virulent forms as a way to evade the vaccines. They theorize that, far from being the relatively harmless virus it is now, it could actually become deadly, with the potential to kill up to 1 in 3 people.
    The pass serves as proof that the holder has been fully vaccinated, has tested negative for Covid-19 in the past 48 hours, or has recovered from the virus. People in France must show such passes to enter crowded venues and, from August 9, will have to present them when visiting cafés and restaurants, and before boarding planes and inter-city trains.

    The introduction of passes, along with the mandatory vaccination of health workers, has sparked debates and protests, with some describing the measures as discriminatory.

    At the same time, the National Academy of Medicine and National Academy of Pharmacy called for a mandatory vaccination of the general population and advised that the health pass be replaced with a vaccination pass.

    President Emmanuel Macron said earlier this month that only a "massive vaccination campaign" would prevent a new wave of hospitalizations from Covid-19 as soon as August and allow the nation to avoid a new lockdown.
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    Macron is demonstrably wrong, because Israel achieved one of the highest injections rates on the planet only to discover that, even according to the official statistics, Pfizer's experimental drug was just 39% effective in preventing infection, and health officials from the UK and Australia have admitted that the majority of those hospitalized were vaccinated. Surely the President of France and his supposedly expert advisors are aware of this data?

    Whilst being unaware of the most up to date science would be concerning, it should be even more alarming, and telling, that, despite knowing the injections do not work, they still want to coerce the public into suffering the vaccines and the draconian vaccination passes. That their reasoning does not reflect reality shows that some people in positions of power are hystericized and incapable of logical though, whilst it's becoming clear that others are clearly pursuing another agenda, nefarious in nature, that has little to do with the official, nonsensical, narrative:

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    French Constitutional Court rules health pass, mandatory vaccination of health workers constitutional amid nationwide protests

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    Demonstrators gather outside the Council d'Etat and Conseil Constitutionnel during protests against the compulsory Covid-19 vaccination for certain workers and the compulsory use of the health pass called for by the French government in Paris on August 5, 2021. © AFP / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN

    France’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the new law that makes the coronavirus ‘health pass’ mandatory for the general public, and vaccination compulsory for healthcare professionals, to be in line with the constitution.

    France’s top court ruled on Thursday that the new legislation, which tightens the coronavirus restrictions, is largely compliant with the nation’s fundamental law. In particular, the court upheld the provisions that require people to hold a valid ‘health pass’ to access restaurants and bars, and for healthcare workers to be vaccinated against the virus by mid-September.

    At the same time, the court considered it to be unconstitutional to fire a healthcare worker on a short-term contract who refuses mandatory Covid vaccination. It also rejected a provision allowing mandatory quarantine with checks for anyone who tests positive for the virus.

    The constitutional review of the legislation was requested by Prime Minister Jean Castex, as well as by multiple opposition lawmakers before the law’s enactment scheduled for next Monday.

    The controversial legislation was put forward by the French government in July, triggering heated debate and mass protests across the country. Last weekend, over 200,000 people marched through towns and cities across the country protesting the bill, which they say discriminates against the unvaccinated and tramples on individual freedoms.


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    The government, however, maintains that the main purpose of the legislation is to speed up the mass-vaccination campaign and encourage people to get the shot, rejecting allegations of a slide into “dictatorship.”

    “A few tens of thousands of people have lost their minds to such an extent that they are capable of saying we live in a dictatorship,” President Emmanuel Macron told Paris Match in an interview published Wednesday.


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    ... TAROT BY JANINE TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT THE SITUATION IN FRANCE... IS THIS A WARNING TO THE 🌎 19:50

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    TAROT BY JANINE LOOKS AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN FRANCE...WARNING TO THE REST OF US ? WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE? HOW ARE THEY COPING?

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    I used to like her until she got into bed (figuratively speaking, I hasten to add) with Charlie Ward.

    She also predicted that divorce proceedings for Harry and Meghan would be announced in the summer of 2020. We're still waiting on that one.

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    ... ^^^... I posted the above here due to the e-mail Jeanine read at the beginning of the video.

    ... events from last week:

    ‘Like a War Zone’: Scenes of COMBAT in Paris as police and citizens FIGHT in cafes, streets, and sidewalks over VACCINE PASSPORTS

    written by J.C McCallum August 1, 2021



    The streets of Paris are unrecognizable this weekend. Or very recognizable, depending on which part of history you’re comparing them against. The World Wars? The Terror?

    Once again, western civilization’s canary in the fascism coal mine is in CHAOS as citizens fight STORMTROOPERS in the form or riot police and COVID cops, as France’s pandemic regime continues to impose more and more restrictions, including vaccine passports and mandates and more.

    It didn’t start with war. It started with peace.

    But it got there.

    I used to say “it’s only a matter of time until this happens here.”

    But it’s already happening here. We just aren’t doing as much to fight it.

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    From Clif High:

    https://twitter.com/clif_high/status...51505411608579


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    Quote Posted by Gwin Ru (here)
    ... ^^^... I posted the above here due to the e-mail Jeanine read at the beginning of the video.

    ... events from last week:

    ‘Like a War Zone’: Scenes of COMBAT in Paris as police and citizens FIGHT in cafes, streets, and sidewalks over VACCINE PASSPORTS

    written by J.C McCallum August 1, 2021



    The streets of Paris are unrecognizable this weekend. Or very recognizable, depending on which part of history you’re comparing them against. The World Wars? The Terror?

    Once again, western civilization’s canary in the fascism coal mine is in CHAOS as citizens fight STORMTROOPERS in the form or riot police and COVID cops, as France’s pandemic regime continues to impose more and more restrictions, including vaccine passports and mandates and more.

    It didn’t start with war. It started with peace.

    But it got there.

    I used to say “it’s only a matter of time until this happens here.”

    But it’s already happening here. We just aren’t doing as much to fight it.
    Oh yes “we” are. You just have to recognize who “we” is. There’s more than one way to skin a [r]at.

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    France Gov’t Printed “VACCINE PASSPORT” Signs 4 days BEFORE France Ever Had a Case of COVID-19

    by tts-admin | Aug 9, 2021 | 6 comments



    This Whole COVID Situation has been PLANNED for years

    Hal Turner – Hal Turner Radio Show Aug 8, 2021

    Evidence has surfaced PROVING the French government had public signs for required VACCINE PASSPORTS printed-up FOUR DAYS BEFORE FRANCE HAD A CASE OF COVID. The signs were printed on 20 January 2020 yet France didn’t have its first case until four days later, on 24 January 2020.

    The evidence that this whole “COVID-19” situation worldwide is not only a farce, but a PLANNED attack upon humanity, has arisen in France.

    The video below, taken in France, shows the public signage being put up now in France (Sunday, August 8, 2021) telling the public they are REQUIRED to have a vaccine certification. Those signs show the printing production date of “20 January 2020” a full four days before France ever had a[n official] case of COVID in the country!

    Here is the video:



    Continues …
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    Yep, y'a un truc!

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    Watch: French Police Patrol Cafés Asking To See Citizens' Vaccine Papers

    by Tyler Durden
    Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News,
    Tuesday, Aug 10, 2021 - 09:00 AM

    Video has emerged out of Paris, France, showing police patrolling cafes and bars demanding to see people’s credentials and making sure they are not breaking the law by enjoying themselves while unvaccinated.



    Reuters reporter Antony Paone shared the video noting “The first checks of Police started as a preventive measure at Paris in cafes and restaurants where the Pass Sanitaire is mandatory as of today. Fines of 135 euros and verbal warnings from next week, up to 9,000 euros in the event of a repeat offense.”

    Watch:


    Other footage also emerged of private security, train staff and business owners checking the passes which confirm vaccination, a negative test, or (for the time being) recent recovery from the virus on people’s phones:
    ‘Proof of vaccination please.’

    This is what a hi-tech dictatorship looks like in 2021.
    And that is exactly why most cafes and restaurants in France currently look like this:
    __________________________________________________

    Yep, France under cabal occupation... No free zone, no-more....

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    A letter from France:
    'UPDATE:
    Here in France it has gone to the extreme with the "Health" Pass. Last week on the 21st ALL restaurants, bars, coffee shops, and any leisure activities like sporting events, theaters, cinemas, museums, were closed to anyone without "the pass" and all staff at these places are mandated to get the jab to keep their job.
    It is now a 6 Month prison sentence if you are caught inside any of these places without the pass (the man who slapped the president in the face got only 3 months prison time). Business owners will get a fine of 45,000 euros and 1 year prison sentance if they do not comply with the use of "the pass" and force all their employees to get the jab. (If you know France, you can commit murder and have less of a sentence)
    So the result? All the low paid employees quit, they can make more on welfare here. (for now) We can still technically "get take out food" but I just tried last night and every restaurant in our town (that is dine in with take out) has closed their doors due to the lack of staff.
    As of last week ALL doctors, nurses and health industry workers have been mandated to get the jab or lose their license, practice, job, business etc. (ALL health care here is Govt paid positions and there are no private health care Doctors or Hospitals etc.)
    Since the Health care system is state run and funded, it has been run into the ground. All the good doctors left France 5 Years ago, all the hospitals look like they are 3rd world hospitals since there is no money to repair them, half of the equipment doesnt work and not every hospital is stocked with supplies needed for daily needs (masks, gels, disposable gowns etc).
    For 5 years Nurses have been understaffed and doing double the work because the Health care system is nearly bankrupt.... So add to this the mandatory jab.
    So the result? Well they took to the streets by the millions and now all the hospitals just lost another 50% of staff capacity. My doctor just went into early retirement (a.k.a. he quit) and I have yet to find a replacement.
    As of Aug 1st ALL large malls, retail stores and grocery store owners and their staff need to be jabbed and the health pass is required to enter for employees and customers. This would be the equivalent to closing ALL Targets, Walmarts, Costcos, Home Depots, and all major grocery stores. (basically any building over 20,000 squre meters) to those without "the pass".
    Result.?? Aug 15th Truckers will be going on strike nation wide; Blocking all access roads in and out of Paris.
    Yesterday an entire airport in Northern France closed due to the majority of staff quitting.
    As of Sept 15th All public areas and access will be off limits. No farmers markets, no parks, no national parks, lakes, rivers, beaches, recreation areas, campsites etc. and no gathering over 100 people, no churches, no weddings, etc.
    As of Oct 1st ALL small vendors such as, delis, pizza trucks, sandwich shops, butchers, bakers, vegatable stands etc.
    So as of Oct 1st I will only be able to purchase food by internet and pick up (if allowed).
    Food shortages, Truckers strike, hospitals and airports shutting down unemployment going through the roof. Its going to be a bumpy ride folks.
    Is it me or does all this seem a bit extreme for a "pass" that isn't exactly working?
    America Canada England Australia New Zealand you’d better wake up.'

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    This is a reply to Jill's long post of a letter from France which begins thus:
    "A letter from France:
    'UPDATE:
    Here in France it has gone to the extreme with the "Health" Pass. Last week on the 21st ALL restaurants, bars, coffee shops, and any leisure activities like sporting events, theaters, cinemas, museums, were closed to anyone without "the pass" and all staff at these places are mandated to get the jab to keep their job.
    It is now a 6 Month prison sentence if you are caught inside any of these places without the pass (the man who slapped the president in the face got only 3 months prison time). Business owners will get a fine of 45,000 euros and 1 year prison sentance if they do not comply with the use of "the pass" and force all their employees to get the jab. (If you know France, you can commit murder and have less of a sentence)
    So the result? All the low paid employees quit, they can make more on welfare here. (for now) We can still technically "get take out food" but I just tried last night and every restaurant in our town (that is dine in with take out) has closed their doors due to the lack of staff.
    As of last week ALL doctors, nurses and health industry workers have been mandated to get the jab or lose their license, practice, job, business etc. (ALL health care here is Govt paid positions and there are no private health care Doctors or Hospitals etc.)
    Since the Health care system is state run and funded, it has been run into the ground. All the good doctors left France 5 Years ago, all the hospitals look like they are 3rd world hospitals since there is no money to repair them, half of the equipment doesnt work and not every hospital is stocked with supplies needed for daily needs (masks, gels, disposable gowns etc).
    For 5 years Nurses have been understaffed and doing double the work because the Health care system is nearly bankrupt.... So add to this the mandatory jab."

    I asked one of my American students who lives in the suburbs of Paris if this letter was also her experience, and this is what she wrote me this morning:

    "It is August here. A lot of shop and restaurant owners close and take the month off to go on vacation. It is kind of lonely in August.

    I know that we went to a restaurant on Monday and had to present our QR code on our passes to eat inside. Chairs and tables were provided outside for those people who don’t have the pass. My daughter’s friend does not have the pass and they went to KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) at the shopping center.

    The shopping center is composed of individual stores and supermarkets. No one is being asked for their pass sanitaire at a supermarket. If the stores are located in the mall then the people without the pass sanitaire are forbidden to enter. The girls could not go to the mall. Her friend could not get in there. People without the pass can not use public transportation. I am not sure about the rest.

    The vaccine is now mandatory for healthcare workers. Many Healthcare workers have chosen to quit rather than get the vaccine. I know that my doctor is retiring early because he only makes 25 euros a visit.

    Yes there are a lot of jobs open but during the confinements some people took the opportunity to train for different jobs.

    There are regular protests in Paris because of the pass sanitaire.

    I am not sure about August 15. French truckers are not suppose to roll on the weekends that is why the highways are much nicer to travel on the weekends. In addition, August 15 is a Sunday and it is August so a lot of people have gone to the coast. I am not sure about the 15th.

    I am confirming what I do know. I suspect that there will be shortages in the fall due to climate conditions, strikes and lack of workers in the Fall."

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    I am amazed to see a report on the recent protests on one of Britain's MSM newspaper websites as they've been quiet on the story so far. This is behind a paywall so I've copied the pertinent points.

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...tinous-macron/

    Quote ‘He thinks we’re stupid children’: how France turned mutinous on Macron

    Demonstrations against the country's controversial Covid passports have the president on the ropes.

    “I’ve been good from the start. I respected every rule during lockdown. When we weren’t allowed outside our homes for more than an hour a day, I was back inside before the 61st minute was over. I didn’t kiss my mother for a year-and-a-half.”

    Brigitte, a middle-aged receptionist from Hyères, southern France, interviewed on France Info news radio last week, has for many become the voice of the unexpectedly successful revolt against the Health Pass bill.

    “I am a peaceful and moderate person,” she continued. “But Macron's last address was just too harsh. This pass is a dangerous tool. It will be used for more than health emergencies. That’s why I’m marching now.”

    The bill – announced by President Emmanuel Macron on July 12 and passed on August 5 – means that anyone visiting a restaurant, café or bar, or boarding a long-distance train and plane, has to scan a QR code showing proof of vaccination, a negative Covid test or a certificate confirming that they have recovered from the virus in the last six months. 

    Collective political wisdom, on which Macron was banking, says that nothing happens in France between Bastille Day and Assumption Day (July 14 to August 15). Collective wisdom got it wrong. From a handful of people, the marches have seen up to 250,000 gather at around 200 protests. And what has Macron worried is that they are uniting his opponents on both the Right and Left. 

    Taking place every Saturday in town squares and streets across France, they have been largely peaceful, with banners reading “Vive La Resistance” and “The most dangerous variant is the Macron variant” – but show no sign of abating. Comparisons have been made to the Gilets Jaunes populist uprising of 2018-9, which began as a motorists’ campaign against rising fuel costs and ended as the most significant political crisis of Macron’s rule. A small number of the Gilet Jaunes are marching again now, spurred into action by what they see as the high-handedness of officials.
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    ... France Continues Protests – Unvaxed Enjoy Picnics Outside of ‘Vax-Only’ Restaurants

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    August 27, 2021



    France: Hundreds of thousands of people (or more) protested across the country against the vaccine passport/ Covid health pass last weekend, pushing back after the government passed a law requiring passports for entry into indoor venues. Reuters reported that only half of the restaurants in Paris were complying with the vax rules earlier this month. Restaurants that require proof of vaccination are nearly empty as citizens picnic outside their doors. -GEG

    Excerpts from information Liberation:
    The French have held massive protests against the Macron regime’s new vaccine passport.
    Video out of France shared Wednesday on social media shows protesters picnicking in the streets in front of restaurants that require vax passports to enter.

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