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[Altitude sickness]

I choose to pick on Q bec simply because they speak French and are aligned with French socialism.

But unfortunately there are a handful of cities in the U.S. that the Crocodile will eat first.

 

[Aaron N]

For those in Canada, can you tell us anything about what happened with the recent military exercise explosion?

Reports saying there was some sort of detonation during live fire training resulting in mass casualty event.

I have heard two stories, this base is less than an hour from where I grew up. One I heard from my parents was that they hit a pipeline during live exercises. Another story I heard was that they hit some sort of old munition. Now that wind yesterday, let me tell you, I’m not sure if I’ve seen a stronger one in out area. We were finishing up getting the yard ready for winter when it hit out of nowhere and I’m certain I have some downed trees in the back lot. Any fire yesterday would have moved quickly.

Either way this was a tragic incident and I hope those lucky enough to get a shot at recovering make a full and speedy one.

Also, I’m not sure why someone felt the need to make a YouTube video about this already, but that’s just me being a curmudgeon

 

[RLD]

I choose to pick on Q bec simply because they speak French and are aligned with French socialism.

But unfortunately there are a handful of cities in the U.S. that the Crocodile will eat first.

It's a longer discussion but I think it would be tough to tie the PQ or CAQ into French socialism, except perhaps on the issue of intolerant secularism. They are a very unique culture over there.

 

[Pheroze]

I choose to pick on Q bec simply because they speak French and are aligned with French socialism.

But unfortunately there are a handful of cities in the U.S. that the Crocodile will eat first.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/french-lycee-student-protests-spread-quebec-9.7385998

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

An excerpt from the link provided by @Pheroze

"There's a movement in France and all over European countries — people want some change, and the students of Quebec are not going to sit and wait until something happens in another country," said Abdelmajid El-Mouhib, president of the Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec (FECQ), an organization representing CEGEP-level students across the province.

Abdelmajid El-Mouhib Now there is a French sounding name if I ever heard one

 

[Brent in Az]

Whackadoodles

 

[Aaron N]

Whackadoodles

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Won’t that increase auto sales, which would lead to increased manufacturing and economic growth?! Don’t forget the spin off in maintenance and autobody repair jobs created.

Also, might as well add money to govt coffers on those license fees

 

[rookhawk]

Who's burning down France, India, and Brazil simultaneously? The American leftist Singham from his palace in Shanghai.

Supported by the following groups that will surely coordinate for election mayhem in the USA in two weeks. The one thing the USA has going for it is the RICO statutes.

This is the left's coalition: Labor Unions for the Illegals, Marxists, Student Unions, Environmentalists, Government Workers, Foreign Chaos Inc. investment, Socialists, Pro-Palestine Groups, Muslims.

STUDENT UNIONS AND YOUTH GROUPS (16)​

COMMUNIST AND SOCIALIST STUDENT AND YOUTH GROUPS​

1. Communist Youth of Greece — COMMUNIST: A Greek communist youth organization that has publicly supported French students, connecting their education demands to opposition to military spending and government austerity. It has also supported communist protesters in Madrid, Spain, and Greece.
2. La Jeunesse Communists — COMMUNIST: A group coordinating communist youth activism visible in the French demonstrations, including hammer-and-sickle flags and banners calling for "Class War!"
3. Le Poing Levé — The Raised Fist — REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST: A revolutionary student and youth organization associated with Révolution Permanente that works to connect high-school and university protests.
4. Union de la Jeunesse Communiste (UJC) — Communist Youth Union — COMMUNIST: A French communist youth organization that called on supporters to join and amplify the student struggle.

STUDENT AND YOUTH GROUPS​

1. AFGES – Les étudiant·e·s d'Alsace — The Students of Alsace: A Strasbourg-based student federation affiliated with FAGE that posted about the early October mobilization while describing itself as politically independent. It coordinated protests in Strasbourg on Oct. 17 with an Instagram post that said, "MOBILISER," which means "MOBILIZE." Another post invited activists onto the streets with the message, "LE COMBAT CONTINUE," or "THE FIGHT CONTINUES."
2. Étudiants Musulmans de France (EMF) — Muslim Students of France: A Muslim student association involved in student representation and campus solidarity whose social-media activity appears in the protest research; its exact Oct. 17 role remains unconfirmed.
3. Fédération des associations générales étudiantes (FAGE) — Federation of General Student Associations: A national student federation that joined calls for student mobilization against the "extremely violent repression" of youth. It shared footage of its members marching on Oct. 17, with the hashtags #manifestation #genz #17octobre.
4. Fédération Syndicale Étudiante (FSE) — Student Trade Union Federation: A left-wing student organization whose activists appeared in demonstrations and announced "Democratic and Antifascist Vigilance Committees," linking high-school grievances to the treatment of anti-Israel activists and union members. On Saturday, it posted videos with its trademark solid red flags. One message read: "In Bordeaux, protesters invade the house of the mayor! On October 17, the whole country is on a standstill. Everyone is mobilizing for better living conditions, and against cutting the budget for public service! In Bordeaux, we hear echoing in the protest: Only one solution, the Revolution! The mobilization of the 17 continues: let's block everywhere in France!"
5. Interfac Île-de-France — Regional Student Coordination: A student coordination organization among Oct. 17 organizers involved in discussions over demonstration routes in Paris.
6. Les Lycéens! — The High School Students!: A high-school student organization active in the early school blockades.
7. Renouveau lycéen — High School Renewal: A high-school student organization identified in coverage of the October school mobilization.
8. Rassemblement pour l'égalité et la démocratie Jeunes — Youth for Equality and Democracy: A youth civic and political organization associated with organizing support for students in Seine-Saint-Denis; its specific Oct. 17 role has not been independently established.
9. Solidaires Étudiant·e·s — Solidaires Students: A left-wing student union that supported the high-school movement and helped connect university students with the October demonstrations.
10. Union Étudiante — Student Union: A national university student union that helped mobilize students for the Oct. 6 demonstrations and encouraged participation in the broader movement.
11. Union nationale des étudiants de France (UNEF) — National Union of Students of France: One of France's established student unions, it was among the organizers of the Oct. 6 nationwide demonstrations.
12. Union syndicale lycéenne (USL) — High School Students' Union: A French high-school student union that helped organize the initial school blockades and October demonstrations before publicly supporting students joining the Oct. 17 Yellow Vest mobilization.

COMMUNIST, MARXIST, TROTSKYIST AND REVOLUTIONARY-SOCIALIST ORGANIZATIONS (11)​

1. International Communist League — TROTSKYIST: An international communist organization whose French publication Le Bolchévik called on labor unions to mobilize in support of the school protests.
2. Jeunesse du Monde — COMMUNIST PUBLICATION: A communist publication associated with the Organisation Communiste de France; separate organizational participation in the October 17 protests has not been established.
3. La France insoumise (LFI) — France Unbowed — LEFT-POPULIST / SOCIALIST: A political movement whose elected officials supported student blockades, including lawmaker Louis Boyard, who waved a Palestinian flag alongside students at Paris-Est-Créteil University.
4. Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste – L'Anticapitaliste (NPA) — New Anticapitalist Party — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: A revolutionary anti-capitalist party that urged continued mobilization after the Oct. 6 protests.
5. Organisation communiste révolutionnaire — REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST: A communist organization identified in the wider research whose precise legal identity and direct October protest activities require additional verification.
6. Parti communiste français (PCF) — French Communist Party — COMMUNIST: Party leader Fabien Roussel publicly supported student demonstrators in Paris alongside communist elected officials and activists as demonstrators carried party flags.
7. Parti des Indigènes de la République (PIR) — Party of the Indigenous of the Republic — DECOLONIAL POLITICAL MOVEMENT: A political organization that defended the student revolt and circulated imagery of protesters outside Lycée Paul Éluard holding a Palestinian flag.
8. Parti de l'égalité socialiste — Socialist Equality Party — TROTSKYIST: A French socialist organization that called for workers' action committees and broader mobilization in support of the student movement.
9. Revolutionary Communist Group — COMMUNIST: A British revolutionary communist organization that published an article connecting the French student revolt to opposition to capitalism, imperialism and support for Palestine.
10. Révolution Permanente — Permanent Revolution — TROTSKYIST: A revolutionary socialist organization and publication that reported on university blockades and encouraged solidarity between high-school and university students.
11. World Socialist Web Site — TROTSKYIST MEDIA: An international socialist publication that covered the French school blockades and placed them within a broader argument about austerity, militarization and capitalism.

MUSLIM STUDENT AND PRO-PALESTINE ORGANIZATIONS (2)​

1. Union juive française pour la paix (UJFP) — French Jewish Union for Peace: A Jewish peace and Palestine-solidarity organization that publicized "support for high school students" who joined protests in early October.
2. Urgence Palestine — Palestine Emergency: A French Palestine-solidarity organization whose protest-related social-media activity appears in the research, although direct organization of the October 17 demonstrations is not established.

LABOR UNIONS, TEACHERS' FEDERATIONS AND FARMERS (12)​

1. CGT Éduc'action — CGT Education: The education-sector organization of the General Confederation of Labour that joined union mobilization calls.
2. CFDT Éducation Formation Recherche Publiques — CFDT Public Education, Training and Research: A public education and research union that joined education-sector statements supporting the school movement.
3. Confédération générale du travail (CGT) — General Confederation of Labour: One of France's major national labor confederations that supported the October school mobilizations and joined the Oct. 17 cost-of-living protests.
4. Confédération nationale du travail (CNT) — National Confederation of Labour — ANARCHO-SYNDICALIST TRADITION: A revolutionary-syndicalist labor organization that endorsed the student movement, declaring that students were right to revolt.
5. Confédération paysanne — Peasant Confederation: A farmers' union that called on agricultural workers to join Oct. 17 protests, linking rural economic grievances with the national mobilization.
6. Fédération syndicale unitaire (FSU) — Unitary Trade Union Federation: A major education and public-sector union federation that supported the school mobilization.
7. FNEC FP-FO — National Federation of Education, Culture and Vocational Training–Workers' Force: Force Ouvrière's education federation, which joined calls supporting high-school demonstrations.
8. Force Ouvrière (FO) — Workers' Force: A national labor confederation whose education affiliates joined calls supporting high-school students.
9. SUD éducation — SUD Education: A left-wing education union that joined mobilization calls involving students and education workers.
10. Syndicat national des enseignements de second degré (SNES-FSU) — National Union of Secondary Education: A major secondary-school personnel union that supported strikes and demonstrations in solidarity with students.
11. Union syndicale Solidaires — Solidaires Trade Union: A left-wing labor federation whose regional branches promoted Oct. 17 demonstrations and strikes after earlier student solidarity mobilizations.
12. Union nationale des syndicats autonomes (UNSA) — National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions: A national trade-union federation whose education organizations supported the school movement.

HUMAN-RIGHTS, PARENTS', ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC-JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS (11)​

1. Amnesty International France: The French section of Amnesty International that reported on police treatment of minors during the school protests.
2. ATTAC France — Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and Citizen Action: An economic-justice organization that linked protest grievances with opposition to austerity and restrictions on civil liberties.
3. Coordination nationale du mouvement du 26 septembre — September 26 Movement Coordination: A climate-mobilization network that encouraged participation in Oct. 17 protests and connected environmental concerns with household economic pressures.
4. Extinction Rebellion: An international environmental activist movement whose imagery appeared in photographic coverage of the French demonstrations.
5. Fédération des conseils de parents d'élèves (FCPE) — Federation of Parents' Councils: A national parents' federation that called on members to demonstrate and announced participation by its national board in Paris.
6. Gilets jaunes — Yellow Vests: A radical far-left French protest group revived around fuel prices and the cost of living whose Oct. 17 demonstrations converged with the student mobilization.
7. Intersyndicale nationale VTC — National Private-Hire Drivers' Union Coalition: A professional drivers' coalition that promoted participation in the Oct. 17 mobilization, including a gathering at Place de la Bastille.
8. Les Soulèvements de la Terre — Earth Uprisings: A radical environmental movement that celebrated the student revolt and called for an antifascist uprising.
9. Ligue des droits de l'Homme (LDH) — Human Rights League: A French civil-liberties organization that publicized support for students and criticism of police repression.
10. Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l'amitié entre les peuples (MRAP) — Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Between Peoples: An antiracism organization identified in earlier coalition activity around the student demonstrations.
11. SOS Racisme — SOS Racism: A French antiracism organization included in coalition activity supporting the school movement.

INTERNATIONAL AMPLIFIERS AND ADDITIONAL OCT. 17 ORGANIZERS (2)​

1. BreakThrough News — COMMUNIST SINGHAM NETWORK: A New York-based outlet that reported on French student demonstrations and previewed their participation in the October 17 cost-of-living mobilization.
2. Indian Alliance Paris — COMMUNIST SINGHAM NETWORK: A France-based Indian diaspora organization that connected French and Indian youth protests through its social-media messaging. It has partnered with the SIngham network's People's Forum for an event.

THE NEXT MOBILIZATION: NOV. 20 EUROPEAN YOUTH STRIKE​

1. Counterfire — United Kingdom — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST / ANTI-WAR: A British socialist organization that advertised the Nov. 20 strike and connected opposition to war with campaigns involving universities and Palestine.
2. International Socialist Alternative — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: An international socialist organization that endorsed the Nov. 20 action and connected opposition to militarization with criticism of capitalism.
3. International Youth Strike coalition: The international organizing coalition announced plans in August for coordinated Nov. 20 student walkouts and demonstrations across Europe under the slogan "Fight for Our Future, Not Their Wars!"
4. Socialist Party — United Kingdom — TROTSKYIST: A British socialist party whose October commentary linked France's student revolt with wider European mobilization and the forthcoming strike.
5. Socialist Students — United Kingdom — SOCIALIST: A British socialist student organization that promoted the Nov. 20 strike and sought to connect student opposition to military spending with wider socialist campaigns.
6. Stop the War Coalition — United Kingdom — ANTI-WAR: A British anti-war organization that promoted the youth strike and encouraged demonstrations opposing military spending.

 

[rookhawk]

Whackadoodles

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It looks like her #1 priority was the donuts in the break room.

 

[fourfive8]

Whackadoodles

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Tactic of several states and part of Dem playbook that has been hiding in plain sight for years. Non-citizens being automatically registered to vote when getting driver’s licenses.

 

[spike.t]

 

[Boyd Brooks]

Holly shit, the way everything is turning to crap, I think we are going to need a couple million Kyle Rittenhouse’s! I am positive that the New World Order, thinks they are ready to strike. No one is fighting back in Europe! It is already starting here in Canucistan with Quebec students. Check out the name of the student spokesperson.

 

[Altitude sickness]

Hey Man, the Kids are Alright.

Nothing to see here.

Just a few more years and we will have destabilized western society.

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[RLD]

An excerpt from the link provided by @Pheroze

"There's a movement in France and all over European countries — people want some change, and the students of Quebec are not going to sit and wait until something happens in another country," said Abdelmajid El-Mouhib, president of the Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec (FECQ), an organization representing CEGEP-level students across the province.

Abdelmajid El-Mouhib Now there is a French sounding name if I ever heard one

So only people with Tubby approved names should express political opinion in our democracy?

Your racism is about as subtle as a brick.

 

[RLD]

Holly shit, the way everything is turning to crap, I think we are going to need a couple million Kyle Rittenhouse’s! I am positive that the New World Order, thinks they are ready to strike. No one is fighting back in Europe! It is already starting here in Canucistan with Quebec students. Check out the name of the student spokesperson.View attachment 801314

New World Order. That's a professional wrestling thing right?

Can you post a list of approved names so we can tell what ethnic and cultural groups are allowed to participate in our democracy please? It will make life so much easier for us.

You better get comfortable in your bunker. Trouble is surely a comin'!

 

[rookhawk]

So only people with Tubby approved names should express political opinion in our democracy?

Your racism is about as subtle as a brick.

I realize that you're a multiculturalist and that you ascribe racism to Tubby's concerns. I think there is a possible alternative:

Quebec is a French-Culture Province of Canada. And the person leading for revolutionary changes in Quebec is a Youth of North African extraction. Whereas Quebec's social fabric is founded on a French-Catholic identity, you have a foreign national leading a call to mayhem, and his name literally means:

• Abdelmajid (عبد المجيد): “Servant of the Most Glorious,” referring to Allah. Al-Majid is one of the traditional 99 names of God in Islam.
• El-Mouhib (المحب): “The loving one,” “the affectionate one,” or “the one who loves.”
  

 

[Altitude sickness]

Some sobering numbers. The video uses an AI generated speaker. But the numbers may help some of you retirees. Especially lower income retirees.

Most of us are loaning money to our banks and the federal government. From our savings accounts. And yes it’s designed that way.

 

[Brent in Az]

2 weeks before the Midterms, and I paid $4.75 a gallon this morning.

 

[RLD]

I realize that you're a multiculturalist and that you ascribe racism to Tubby's concerns. I think there is a possible alternative:

Quebec is a French-Culture Province of Canada. And the person leading for revolutionary changes in Quebec is a Youth of North African extraction. Whereas Quebec's social fabric is founded on a French-Catholic identity, you have a foreign national leading a call to mayhem, and his name literally means:

• Abdelmajid (عبد المجيد): “Servant of the Most Glorious,” referring to Allah. Al-Majid is one of the traditional 99 names of God in Islam.
• El-Mouhib (المحب): “The loving one,” “the affectionate one,” or “the one who loves.”

Ummm. I am not sure how well you follow Quebec. But your comment doesn't seem to grasp their situation.

The province while it has a Catholic heritage is overwhelmingly secular. In fact it has the most restrictive secular anti-religious laws in our country (which many of us are quite opposed to).

The person in question is the current president of a student federation which has been concerned about the costs of education getting high, over a number of years. It is not a new issue, a new organization, or "revolutionary changes" unless you think students being in favour of lower education costs is revolutionary. This has been in a live issue in Quebec for about 25 years.

Since you don't seem to understand the history of the issue here is the timeline:

A timeline of Quebec’s student protests | Globalnews.ca

MONTREAL - A timeline of events in the tuition dispute between the Quebec government and student federations, which has sparked more than 100 days of unrest in the province:

globalnews.ca

And honestly I don't know where this chap was born. Do you? But there is nothing remotely Islamic or foreign about Quebec students protesting, it has a long domestic tradition. You may agree with them or not, but trying to paint them as some sort of foreign force is ignorant in the classic sense.

 

[Dirtdart]

Won’t that increase auto sales, which would lead to increased manufacturing and economic growth?! Don’t forget the spin off in maintenance and autobody repair jobs created.

Not at all. The "growth" is in services provided by emergency medical personnel, law enforcement, and funeral homes.