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Following "Terrorist-Fighting" Ban On Cash, France Passes "Le Patriot Act"
In its efforts to 'protect' its citizens from terrorists, France deemed it necessary in March to "fight against the use of cash and anonymity in the French economy," and drastically reduced the public's freedom and privacy to spend. Today, that freedom and privacy took another blow as the French government passed "Le Patriot Act" dramatically beefing up the government's spying powers.
First a ban on cash... French Finance Minister Michel Sapin brazenly stated that it was necessary to "fight against the use of cash and anonymity in the French economy." He then announced extreme and despotic measures to further restrict the use of cash by French residents and to spy on and pry into their financial affairs.
These measures, which will be implemented in September 2015, include:
Prohibiting French residents from making cash payments of more than 1,000 euros, down from the current limit of 3,000 euros.
Given the parlous state of the stagnating French economy the limit for foreign tourists on currency payments will remain higher, at 10,000 euros down from the current limit of 15,000 euros.
The threshold below which a French resident is free to convert euros into other currencies without having to show an identity card will be slashed from the current level of 8,000 euros to 1,000 euros.
In addition any cash deposit or withdrawal of more than 10,000 euros during a single month will be reported to the French anti-fraud and money laundering agency Tracfin.
French authorities will also have to be notified of any freight transfers within the EU exceeding 10,000 euros, including checks, pre-paid cards, or gold.
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And now, as Bloomberg reports, a 'ban' on personal privacy...
A proposed French law beefing up the government’s spying powers following the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks in Paris sailed through the lower house of parliament.
The National Assembly said 438 lawmakers voted in favor, 86 against, and 42 abstained. The bill now goes to the Senate which can suggest amendments but not overturn the assembly’s vote.
The wide margin of victory came even as mounting opposition to the bill united business leaders, the Communist Party, Internet activists and lawyers. The country’s two main parties -- the ruling Socialists and former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP -- back it as necessary to combat terrorism, even though some prominent members of both parties voted against it.
The bill has generated heated rhetoric: the head of the Paris Bar and a former head of the country’s business lobby said it will seriously undermine constitutional liberties while Prime Minister Manuel Valls accused opponents of being naive about the threats facing France. The fallout from the disclosure in 2013 of massive surveillance by U.S. authorities, and the enduring negative reputation of George W. Bush’s 2001 “Patriot Act” have added to the controversy.
“This law doesn’t go as far as the Patriot Act because that was never its founders’ intention and because even if they wanted to copy their American counterparts, the French services lack the means to listen to everyone permanently,” said Eric Denece, director of the French Center for the Study of Intelligence.
The proposed law sets rules on how investigators can tap phone lines, locate people through mobile phones, intercept e-mails, take secret photographs and enter homes to place microphones without preliminary approval of a judge. It also creates a new independent body overseeing surveillance activities. And for the first time, it gives France’s top administrative court the power to order an end to surveillance.
Opponents have focused on its supposed lack of effective oversight, its wide definition of threats facing France, and the use of algorithms to analyze communication patterns.
“Serious flaws include expansive powers for the prime minister to authorize surveillance for purposes far beyond those recognized in international human rights law; lack of meaningful judicial oversight; requirements for private service providers to monitor and analyze user data and report suspicious patterns; prolonged retention periods for some captured data; and little public transparency,” Human Rights Watch said in a April 6 statement.
Don't forget - it's for your own protection.. and if you do not agree - you're a terrorist too:
Valls rejected the criticism in his speech to parliament.
“The law is strictly focused on preventing serious threats,” he said. “The criticisms and postures that evoke a French Patriot Act or a police state are irresponsible lies.”
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Comming to a banana republic near you......
That'd be the USA, minus the bananas....
we gots no banana stands and no banana stands daily traders
There is always money in the banana stand.
Buckle your seat belts street traders & dealers, you're going bye bye...
(That's Wallstreet & Mainstreet in case you didn't know it...)
Inspector Clouseau: There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is not one of them.
Seriously, a major answer to this tyranny is Bitcoin.
It would be gold and silver if their advocates actually used their metals, rather than keeping them in inviolate stacks.
So if they put "le" in front of Patriot Act, is it any less tyrannical than our Patriot Act? I'll bet the French wish they had the power of freedom and liberty that the US Constitution guarantees.
I do love the croissants and baguettes in Paris. But that has nothing to do with this issue. And most tourists think Place de la Concorde is a good viewpoint of the Arc de Triomphe, Le Tour Eiffel, and a big pointy thing that looks like the Washington Monument.
As long as we're jonesin' on Inspector Clouseau:
Best Cinematic punchline ever: "That is not my dog."
Le Hang the Treasonist's.
Clouseau: Anonymity is a virtue. Every fool knows that. Anonymity's next to cleanliness and I don"t have to tell you what that's next to.
Bitcoin.
Who backs it?
Who says it's worth $235 ?
Who says it goes up or down ?
In Portland, in a shopping mall, I saw a "Bitcoin" machine. It stated the current value of "Bitcoin", and I could buy one with a credit card.
WHAT A SCAM. I thought, THAT is the business I want to get into. Get a vending machine, have some company make you up a bunch of "Bitcoins", badda bing. Copyright infringement ???? Who's to argue ? It's the emperors new clothes, it's a "snipe".
Paging fonestar, please come to a white courtesy phone....
I think he changed his name.
Bitcoin, plus DASH (the rebranded DarkCoin) for more anonymity... plus Gold and Silver for diversification.
And the down votes are from people who have not worked through the issues ....
but lots of monkeys;)
btw... there are about as much death from terrorism as from peanut allergies.........
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and why - im just scrolling back a few days and all the posts to find something here about the scandal goin on in germany, nsa told germany what data they wanted and the german secret service gave them all. heartbleed 2.0.
why now? they knew since 2009 and before, this was goin on, why now? what are they trading for? do they want Merkel to stumble? why? wtf?
they spied on everyone, nobody gave a sh*t, and now this. why? i have some feelings, what could be the reason, but no proof.
somebody?
PS link to the merkel-bnd-nsa-story:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/bnd-intelligence-scandal-put...
but no "why now" there.
and notice the france involvement. and this story here now.
theres something bigger behind all this.
All these corrupt politician lawmakers can just le fuck off.
Le arsewipes.
On the contrary, I believe that's the message they are sending the 99.9%, and it's rather loud and rather clear...
Why would you keep money in a French bank?
Why would you keep money in any bank if you don't have to.
Banks have clearly and unequivocally shown themselves to be dishonest. So why would you willingly deal with people you know to be dishonest?
DISHONEST??.............that's an understatement........banks are the scourge of the planet
ever wonder why there are no banks in N Korea?...........no one is working therefore there is no labor/wealth to steal...........banks only show up when there is something to steal....
Like this land of plenty?
Coming to a theater near you....
They're screwed.
it hasnt passed yet definitely, its against the constitution, few obstacles ahead still... might need another slaughter in the street to pass...............................
Unless they load up le bitcoin.
“The law is strictly focused on controlling our citizens,” he said. “The criticisms and postures that evoke a French Patriot Act or a police state are definitely the truth.”
lying about lying
Just circling the drain at this point.
Right, those Hebdo attackers needed so much money to pull that scene off. None of the recent "attacks" required any money at all.
Vive la liberte!
Nothing says 'FREEDOM' more than taking away your rights as a citizen.
IMO, France will face an Islamic insurrection within the next 10-20 years. My money would not be on the indigenous French winning such a conflict.
one act in the middle east, and ALL the muslim areas go up in flames.
My bet wouldnt be on the indigenous French winning any conflict....
Don't forget that they have the Trojan Rabbit
Un baguette, bien cuit.
La Fayette just spat on thr French flag.
Crap, we're fucked :/
Time for a Sixth Republic.
Wonder if with these new rules they can only initially surrender 35% instead of the more traditional 100%......
Ah, the 'ol French surrender jokes !
This kind of ugly disdain and nasty jokes come from the firm refusal of the French to join America in Irak, in 2003. Since France refused to go to Iraq, American warmongers and neo-cons made French army look like cowards – as a punishment. Surrender jokes are the left overs of the 2003 Bush hate fest against the French.
But History has proved the French were right, and that the WMD were only a dirty trick to serve as a pretext.
Nevertheless, the hate of American warmongers against France remains still there, well alive, even in ZH.
This stale hate still shows through "innocent good jokes" about the “surrender monkeys” and their white flag … As for the rest, the French can be proud of their Military History which remains despite these stupid jokes the best military record in Europe.
I don't know about budnacho, but generally when I hear French surrender jokes, I think of WWI and WWII.
But hey your comment was very well thought out and written.
I think about the fact that these people have had their Liberties stomped on before, by people who spoke German.
Of course, some took to it better than others and called themselves Vichy. What's coming to them will be a return to the good ol' days.
Yeah. I don't know about that "best record" shit.
In particular, France got its ass handed to it in WWII.
I still appreciate France's contribution to the American Revolution.
As did we in Vietnam.. enough with the stupid meme about America being home of the brave, French being cowardly and all that bullshit. Of late it's pretty clear we're good at having out rights stripped away while we ogle Kim Kardashian's ass and stuff twinkies in our mouths.
"In particular, France got its ass handed to it in WWII."
And America still believes it won WW2 when in fact, truth be told, Stalin did. The USA had very little to do with it.
Lea, I somewhat understand - barely, mind you - that Stalin is being "rehabilitated" from Nikita Sergeyevich's condemnations, in today's Russia in general and "Novorussyia" in particular
but claiming that Stalin won WW2? I vastly prefer to see the Great Patriotic War having been won by the Heroic /no sarc Russian People... despite Stalin's "leadership"
Stalin and his goon Beria butchered nearly the whole Soviet General Staff before WWII, putting the SU in a very dangerous spot, which Hitler tried to bank on
read about the Purge_of_the_Red_Army_in_1941. Don't trust us Westerners, read the official documents
Stalin as Great War Leader? Please... Compared to him, even the "Greatest Führer Of All Times" was competent
the Old Propaganda of the Heroic Soviet Soldier... well, it's true. German soldiers attested it. Plenty of the enemy's diaries tell us of the incredible hardships that Russian Soldiers suffered, while fighting a truly barbaric invader... with plenty of Western equipment, btw
so be fair to the common Russian that was thrown in uniform to defend the Rodina, and did win, despite one of the worst war leadership of all times that spent lives in the most careless way
the Russian Soldier of WWII was badly fed, badly clothed, badly shoed, badly armed, badly ammunitioned and badly led
Millions of them died. Don't sully their remembrance for a cheap propagandistic "Stalin cheering", independently of how much it's "hip", nowadays
@whotookmyalias
"when I hear French surrender jokes, I think of WWI and WWII"
- WW1
World War I cost France 1,697,800 dead and 4,266,000 wounded (of whom 1.5 million were permanently maimed) and 537,000 made prisoner or missing - exactly 73% of the 8,410,000 men mobilized (for a total population of 40 million).
This means that 60% of men between the ages of 18 and 28 died or were permanently maimed.
You can have an idea of what these figures wood represent for the present population of the US:
13,412,000 dead and 33,701,400 wounded (of whom 11,850,000 permanently maimed) and 4,242,000 made prisoner or missing. Can you imagine US reaction to casualties on that scale?
And the French DID NOT SURRENDER (the stupid Jay Leno's style jokes are not funny) … and they were not at all defeated in 1918 when the US finally decided to came significantly in action (1 division) at the battle of Seicheprey in April 1918 (only 7 months before the end the war).
- WW2
In 1939 and 1940 France was let alone (apart from only 8 British divisions, which succeeded to quickly re-embark at Dunkirk thanks to the sacrifice of the soldiers of the 1st French Army of the North). France was let alone facing a nazi-fanaticized country with a population of 80 million (vs. 40 million in France), a particularly well prepared war-industry, and an air superiority of 5 vs. 1. At the same time the “US ally” refused to sell planes on credit to France! Contrary to what has often been said, and is a result of the Nazi propaganda of that time, and the neo-cons hatred in 2003, the German advance (Blitzkrieg) encountered serious resistance from the French troops. In the six week Battle of France, from May 10 to June 22, 1940, the French lost, in military personnel alone, 260,000 wounded and 108,000 killed. A total of 368,000 casualties in six weeks is not something to pass off lightly. This is 5 times more than the losses of the American army in three months of battles in Normandy in 1944 (21000), and nearly the same amount than the US deaths in 7 months of WW1 (116700)!
It is the air superiority (over 1,000 Stuka bombers knocked out the troops defending Sedan) and the intelligent use of the German panzers that broke the defences and made ineluctable the defeat.
Since WW2, air superiority is generally the winning key of all battles …
The 1940 campaign was the most intense of all the battles that will take place later on the Western Front: the Germans suffered heavy losses in just 6 weeks - approximately 60,000 killed 111 000 injured and above 1250 planes were destroyed which will be greatly missed by the Luftwaffe during the battle of Britain. Struggling one against five, the French fighter planes weakened the Luftvaffe (defeating two German planes for one loss). Yes, the Germans gave the French a terrible beating. But it took the combined strength of the United States, Great Britain, Soviet Russia, Canada, etc., to beat the Germans. It’s asking rather a great deal of France to match such strength against hers – with an air inferiority of 1 vs. 5. The US never faced more than 15% of the Wehrmacht – 80% were in the East - when France had to face alone 100% of Hitler's war machine in 1940 – plus 22 Italian divisions in the south.
In fact, the Germans would have walked straight over the British or American armies if any of these places would have been directly adjacent to France. Remember that in 1944, at the battle of the Bulge (Ardennes) the Americans were only saved by their planes. Strangely, it is at the same place that the Germans initially broke the French line.
To conclude: All these old English racist jokes have been revivified since 2003 by the hate of american warmongers against France, and this hate still persists even in ZH.
Now now now....I am Historically knowledgeable....you make one little "French-Surrender" joke and everything turns to maird.
Do I know that the French have won more than lost....yes....Do I acknowledge that in the majority of Battles it was France on top in the end?...yes...
But jeebus....that strategy in WW2 REALLY left alot to be desired.....
Didn't read your whole post, but yea.
The French at the unit level fought like men, and died the same. They were hampered by out of date tactics, and poor leaders selected via birth and connections, not capacity.
And they alone occasionally bucked the Demon US (Gold, NATO, etc.) while most of Europe sucked the U.S.Cock.
Dunno, I think they are a freak show now, but admirably are their own freak show, unlike the UK.
I sincerely think thats the BEST description of France I've ever heard...
"Admirably their own freak show...."
Knowing their history, style and traits....thats a bullseye sir...spot fricking on.
Qu'est-ce que le fuck?
those afraid to die in order to establish, maintain, and protect their liberty dont deserve it....
Kaiser Sousa
Who the hell is Kaiser Sousa, John Philip Sousa's German cousin?
Keyser Söze
I am who I am....
Arrest that poster.
was thinking of buying real estate in France... now, not so much
Unless you’re actually planning on living there, don’t because it will be a money pit.
Countries outlawing cash has to be bullish for Bit Coin.
. . . or not.
You're really not sittin around thinking a country that would outlaw its own physical currency would even flinch at killing the internet are you? Thats a helluva lot easier than banning cash both public & private, cops or troops would just walk into the POP's and pull the plug.
Of course with France they would comply with a piece of paper delivered by a government courier like any other "civilized nation".
Just like here ;-)
Ideal to do that during tourist season that is comming up...
24 hour curfews next.
You don't know it yet but really, in all sincerity, it's for your own good.
Inspector Clouseau
"Officer, I think that Muslim has a gun."
"We don't talk to Muslims, it makes them angry.
I want to see your baguette"
"Why?"
"Weapon check."
how many muzzies they got living there now? yeah, they care so much. /s
And for the first time, it gives France’s top administrative court the power to order an end to surveillance.
so surveillance full time.
and
enter homes to place microphones without preliminary approval of a judge. wtf
and if this shit is in core eu everyone else eu will get even worse.
sorry but i have to throw up now
Placing microphones without judicial review? You can't even trust your protologist anymore.
Arrest Lloyd Blankfein before he arrests you. What is France famous for? Hint: not the chopping block.
le Fascism! And so we start to come full circle. Probably another 75 years though for the guillotines. We're still too content with our big screen TVs and lolz.
I have little doubt that the mouth breathing "I've got nothing to hide" morons here in the USSA, will have no problem with these kinds of "messures" once they land on our shores.
Heads up , they are just off in the wings and will appear soon, very soon!
I read the ZH Riot Threads.
The conclusion, ‘obey the law or get what you get’.
As soon as Obama makes a law against cash riot patriots will comply right away. Laws are laws.
We’ve convinced ourselves the Trojan Horse being deployed into the Southwest is A-OK.
Bwahahaha!!
a friendly old man in the street said tonight for the tv:
we re heading for a totalitarian state.
Get the shrapnel cannon aligned on the streets of the Commune; enough fucking bullshit. Trust no State.
Time for another Maquis.
This time against the Zionist invaders and occupiers.
Liberty is a demand. Tyranny is submission.
All this coordinated intervention is making me think we're all special.
Snoopy
Sacre Blu! How in the fuck these politicians keep pushing these kind of measures with a majority leaves me absolutely dumbfounded. The 99% are fucked.
This is all a scam.
Yes, governments worldwide are trying to come to grips with their own irrelevance and they're not real happy about it.
Good times ;-)
Cheese-eating surrender monkeys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese-eating_surrender_monkeys
"Cheese-eating surrender monkeys", sometimes shortened to "surrender monkeys", is a pejorative term for the French people. The term was coined in 1995, by Ken Keeler, a writer for the television series The Simpsons. The term has entered two Oxford quotation dictionaries. In February 2003, during the early phases of the Iraq War, the term was used by National Review journalist Jonah Goldberg. In April 1999, he previously used the term.
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Bart's Debate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8urQgD_TDk (9:56)
Charlemagne or Charles the Great was not known for surrendering to any asshole
Let alone Napoleon Bonaparte........ Vive la France!
@Goldilocks
Anyone daring to compare JEWS or BLACK PEOPLE with MONKEYS, would immediately, and rightly, be denounced by everybody as a nasty RACIST (or some sort of nazi) ...
But it seems that in this country, which in fact owe its independence to the French, this kind of ugly anti-french racism is pretty well tolerated …
Liberté, égalité, fraternité!...lol.
The same sorts of things are happening in all the ZWO occupied unsovereign states.
The best part is French politicians talking about state protection to Jews.
Once Jews are protected by the state, who will protect you from the Jews?
"President Francois Hollande vowed on Tuesday that the French state would protect the nation's Jews with all its force as he led a ceremony at a Jewish cemetery where hundreds of graves were vandalized over the weekend."
https://prezi.com/h2c-wmgfueuf/protection-for-jewish-in-france/
If I were Jewish, I would be heading for the nearest border.
Whenever i'm weary , beaten down by Tyler's tidings of comfort and joy and fight club dogma; a concoction that would make better men feel inadequate, i reach for the remote control and re re re re watch the ' Crooked E ' AND then i don't feel so sad.
Raindrops on roses and white woolly mittens
Brown paper bags holding two day old kittens . . .
Here, borrow this Luger
The French loony-left socialist gov want to force all cash back into the criminal banking system so it can be "wealth-taxed" and then "bailed-in" when the banks go belly up.
The pace at which freedom is being lost internationally is increasing exponentially. The devil knows the time is short,
All of this is coming soon to a theater near all of us in the U.S. The scumbags are wringing their hands and salivating just imagining how much more control they will have over everyone. Truly pathetic.
Meanwhile ...
In a tiny corner of Eastern Europe, a fledgling Republic struggling with the day-to-day hurdles of warfare and shaky ceasefires, has succeeded in doing what has long been overdue in the most powerful nation on the face of the earth – it has nationalized its out-of-control banks and put them to use for the good of the people.
https://quemadoinstitute.wordpress.com/
I love the smell of French pussy in the morning...
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