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Caught On Tape: Furious French Workers Attack Air France Executives, Rip Their Clothes Off

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Earlier today amid the general gloom of Europe's sliding non-manufacturing PMIs, the one place that stood out like a sore thumb bucking the deteriorating trend, was France which not only posted an increase from August but also beat expectations.

We strongly doubt this metric has any basis in reality because among numerous other contrary-specific factors, Bloomberg reported that as part of Air France’s long-running spat with workers over cost cuts, violence erupted earlier today as protesters stormed a meeting where managers were presenting plans for 2,900 jobs cuts, causing executives to flee with their clothes in tatters.

According to the report, human resources chief Xavier Broseta and Pierre Plissonnier, the head of long-haul flights, scaled an eight-foot high fence to escape, shielded by security guards, with Broseta emerging shirtless and Plissonnier with his suit shredded.

Casting some serious doubt on the service PMI "recovery" is that the attacks happened Monday as Air France told its works council that after the failure of productivity talks with pilots last week some 300 cockpit crew, 900 flight attendants and 1,700 ground staff might have to go. The cuts could include the first forced dismissals since the 1990s, according to the carrier, which subsequently postponed the meeting.

The company, unhappy with the terrible publicity that the photos and video clips presented below will unveil about the corporate culture at Air France, promptly tried to downplay the incident, saying in a statement that "these attacks were made by isolated and particularly violent individuals as the demonstration by personnel on strike was going on calmly," adding that a complaint had been filed for aggravated violence. We expect many more complains will be filed before the latest surge in anger at the upcoming layoffs dissipates.

It's not just bad news for up to 3,000 soon to be unemployed workers but for Boeing too, which may be about to see the first scrapping of Dreamliner orders:

Under the savings plan announced today, Air France’s fleet would be reduced by 14 jets, with orders for Boeing Co. 787s scrapped and aging Airbus Group SE A340s phased out. The Air France-KLM Group unit indicated there was scope for compromise should unions come forward with serious savings measure.

 

Air France said last week it was planning cuts to jobs, jets and routes in the absence of a deal with pilots, who had been asked to work more hours for the same pay to help end annual losses that began in 2011. Government ministers had urged the sides to continue talking so that jobs could be saved.

The upcoming layoffs were once again blamed almost entirely on events in Asia: "The changes would require a shrinking of Air France’s network, with a reduction in frequencies and more sweeping seasonal capacity cuts next year, following by the termination of some routes in 2017, especially to Asia, where competition is toughest. Frequencies to 22 destinations would be affected."

Expect more outbursts of violence and even more profits for tailors in Paris, confirming the Keynesian "torn suit fallacy", because the job cuts are said to be implemented around mid-December at the earliest, or just in time for the holidays.

Meanwhile, this is the outcome as the anger of several thousand French workers finally spills over.

 

And roll the tape:

 

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Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:09 | 6630904 JustObserving
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They did not have any guillotines handy?

Off with their heads is far more impressive than off with their clothes.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:10 | 6630919 Hubbs
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I was about to say the French have gone soft. Now as much ferociousness as the sheep biting a piece of the Serta mattress.

 

But hell, still more than here in US. We go back to our TV's to watch football because it makes  us feel so macho.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:14 | 6630939 The Juggernaut
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This type of retribution needs to happen to every fascist.

 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:18 | 6630965 BaBaBouy
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You Could Just InVision Lloyd and Jamie In There...

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:22 | 6630978 Haus-Targaryen
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Oh, the French. 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:54 | 6631146 Latina Lover
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I'd be more impressed if the "furious french workers' placed Hollands head on a spike. Where's ISIS when you really need them?

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:05 | 6631220 TBT or not TBT
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The quotation marks should be used as follows:  French "workers"  

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:24 | 6631342 wesson
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Robespierre reviens, ils sont devenus fous !

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:32 | 6631394 TruxtonSpangler
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Now THATS a protest! At least the french can do one thing well: complain.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:15 | 6631652 SafelyGraze
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nous avons besoin de meilleurs chemises

these ones that they are issue to us, are not made from the "rip-stop* fabrique

 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 14:07 | 6631895 Pairadimes
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Look at that. The corporate oligarchs will literally give you the shirt off their own backs.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 15:26 | 6632187 giggler321
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Ofcourse normally you'd get the sack for work place bullying and harassment but then if you're one of the 2900, you probably don't work for them anymore anyhow so what the hell

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 18:04 | 6632860 COSMOS
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The Ruling Elite with Fear in their Eyes.  If we can just cast off our dual passport citizen ruling class, we may stand a chance.  Just look at the basket case we have become as a country since these fuckers have been running the show.

Hey sweets for the execs at this function...

http://www.collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=12031

 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 19:26 | 6633223 Scooby Dooby Doo
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Attack a senior manager, board member, or high level executive.

Bonus point if you attack a majority stock holder like Carl Icahn (with a fucking knife, is his blood really red? Bet not.)!

Tue, 10/06/2015 - 01:13 | 6634248 Manthong
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Gee, I would like to rip the heads off all the Houston Continental Airline schmucks that destroyed United Airlines.

I would delight on watching the glaring red viscous  tendrils of their necks wither as their long gone independent premium  customers laughed.

 

Calling Senor Munoz...    Que WTF Pasa ????  

Su Continental hombres muy malo por prosperidad.

..maybe butchered Espanole , but the truth.

  

 

Tue, 10/06/2015 - 01:27 | 6634290 Macchendra
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I checked snopes.  It is just an advertisement for a new fragrance from Beau Monde called "Jet Set".

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 15:28 | 6632194 Md4
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Yeah, but I'll bet not many of them are going to lose THEIR job among those 3000 cut.

Never works that way, and just one of them would likely save several rank-and-file employees too.

m

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:27 | 6631713 FringeImaginigs
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As opposed to the American way. Just remind me when any fired Americcan worker complained? Or not even fired, just as a result of a discussion about possibe layoffs? No, no, no... The american way is to just move on. No complaints, just join the unemployment line. And then read in the paper about the bonuses and payouts to the executives that put him there. Vive la Capitalisme! Vive le AmericanWay!

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 15:09 | 6632122 eforce
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It's called not being an entitled socialist scumbag.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 16:36 | 6632475 Lea
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"It's called not being an entitled socialist scumbag."

No, it's called being a born slave.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:17 | 6631294 giovanni_f
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Would like to see this in US, however, militarized Police won't allow it, would shoot on its brothers and sisters. This is the advantage when you are a memeber of the club ruling over a 3rd world banana oligarchy such as the US or Ukraine.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:34 | 6631408 RaceToTheBottom
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When the Financial crisis first hit the fan and Paulson went crying to Congress about his world ending, the WS CEOs were talking daily with NYC police about thier safety.....

That concern has long since abated....

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:18 | 6631638 Paveway IV
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"...Would like to see this in US, however, militarized Police won't allow it, would shoot on its brothers and sisters..."

Militarized police in the U.S. do not consider anyone in a crowd 'family' nor would they hesitate to shoot the little people under the most marginal of justifications. It's cops and the little people they control - they are two very different groups. Cops do not have consequences for shooting someone besides paid time off. Little people get life in prison or death by lethal injection (if they survive the initial encounter).

I have to agree in sentiment though, giovanni. The very first thing I thought of is that this would be all over CNN/NYT as an act of terror. "I'll rip your damn shirt off, you heartless bastard!" is not an expression of frustration at psychopathic managers, it is - to (my) U.S. legal system - a terroristic threat. The act of ripping the bastard's shirt off would be an additional charge of aggravated assault (or, in the case of a woman executive, attempted sexual assault). This same event, if played out in the U.S., would result in some little people sitting in jail awaiting charges and coming up with thousands of dollars in bail money until their trial. Which they don't have because they will be unemployed soon. But there's a whole criminal high-interest loan business just for them.

On the other hand, overpaid but incompetent executives who run their businesses in such a haphazard fashion that they suddenly decide that they need to cut hundreds of jobs and eliminate a family breadwinner's job and paycheck is 'just business'. It's never the exec's fault - there are no consequences for their repeated bad decisions or lack of foresight and planning. In fact, they are rewarded by like-minded psychopaths for big cost-savings measures like shedding human resources.

Businesses conditions sometimes warrant job cuts, but it's the job of the executives to see that coming a long ways away and gradually adjust to changing conditions. Since there are absolutely zero consequences for remaining blind until the last minute, they're unlikely to react at all until it's way too late, and then overreact and feign guilt. They go ballistic if anyone suggests they may be at fault. They have about as much of a sense of responsibility as a spoiled child. I work with these guys all the time - they are psychopaths in every sense of the word. Sad part about it is they like working with me because they feel I 'understand' them. If they only knew...

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:32 | 6631734 Never One Roach
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"We restructured some folks."

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 16:59 | 6632559 Oliver Klozoff
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Just had to chime in here...

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 15:13 | 6632141 boattrash
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Paveway, + 100

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 16:04 | 6632342 11b40
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Yes, me too, Paveway.  The concept of shared sacrifice that once was alive and well when we have way more small to mid-sized, family controlled businesses.....the kind of businesses that built this country and nurtured the local economies.  Now, it just 'professional' management by MBA's and corporate lackeys, all with their polished resumes in their desk drawer, just waiting for their next move and watching the quarterly reports.  No caring, no vision, no skin in the game.  Barbarians at the gate, indeed.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 21:04 | 6632907 Bring the Gold
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I remember people trying to get redress in the system for among other things predatory student loans and rampant Wall Street Greed. It was called Occupy Wall Street. ZH commenter's  (mind you there may be more paid trolls than real commenters even back then) response? It was a Communist/Socialist/Muslim/Nazi/Terrorist/Soros/LeftWing/GayAgenda plot to take over America.

The one time since 1999 World Trade protests in Seattle that we've seen a populist push against the Bankers/FED/Wall Street and ZH commentators freak out and support the Fascist Establishment. So really if you didn't support OWS then, you probably shouldn't be bitching about the lack of protests NOW. Unless of course you realized it was a mistake not to support OWS. To admit that takes balls. It's hard to admit when you made a mistake. It requires being a real man.

Nobody wanted to educate the young on why Socialism wasn't the answer. Nope. Just support the Police state and what...? Hope a bunch of greh hairs in suits and or feedcaps and tractors start protesting? Problem is all you guys in suits support that system every day. Where were you guys during OWS to help inform the upset youth as to positive options such as Ending the FED (a plank of OWS btw) and restoring the Republic and rule of law?

When you support the fascist police state you are DRIVING the young into the arms of Socialists and Communists. Don't think you can support Fascist police tactics and LATER educate the young on their mistake. By that point they will see you as part of the same establishment that cracked their heads in and swabbed tear gas in their eyes. That's not going to make them receptive to what their elders have to offer.

So dumb. A massive popular resistance to the banking cartel and Wall Street greed and socialism for the rich and yet it was all the rage on ZH to deride it. Soros this, Communist that. No attempt to reach out and educate the young. An incredible wasted opportunity. Next time reach out to those young people. Maybe reform will occur when grey hairs in suits are next to young unshaven punks with foot long beards and dreads. 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 14:43 | 6632039 daveO
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In Langley's basement, or Tel Aviv?

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:55 | 6631156 pods
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Full Monty FTW!

But seriously, Air France hasn't made $$ since 2011?  Is it a charity?

Maybe they should start delivering letters, or aborted baby parts?

pods

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:31 | 6631387 Chris Dakota
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Don't worry, the migrants are coming to save these workers.

Thu, 10/08/2015 - 08:58 | 6643699 cooky puss
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Actually, the airline went back in the "green" in august, first time since '08, which was labeled "bad news" because the execs lost their excuse for dumping people. Workers just reacted accordingly ;-)

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:57 | 6631169 Main_Sequence
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We definitely need to have more hot female executives for situations like this.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:00 | 6631197 Bro of the Sorr...
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i know right. only start working hard and taking action once they lose their jobs. 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:37 | 6631074 Eirik Magnus Larssen
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Try not to spoil the moment.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:53 | 6631141 Handful of Dust
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If only the diverse looters and rioters in merica's inner cities had an IQ above 85, they would learn from this and instead of burning down their own ghettoes [along with Popeye's!], they would go after the Big Shots & Bankers who are above the law as we see here in France.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:59 | 6631188 Bananamerican
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those execs need to hit Le Gym more than Le Buffet...

and always be wearing clean underwear

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:58 | 6631858 A Nanny Moose
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Carla Bruni. If this had happened to a female, it would have been called a war on Wyminzez

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 16:57 | 6632549 pebblewriter
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I'd pay to see that! You could put it on Pay per View, make enough money to balance the budget.

 

 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:20 | 6630967 NoDebt
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THERE IS A REASON YOU FIRE PEOPLE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, YOU STUPID FUCKING SOCIALISTS!

Jeezez, is there anything the fucking French can't fuck up?  You would think firing people would be a fairly cut-and-dry HR operation.  But nope, not when the French do it.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:31 | 6631033 Deres
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When compared to similar pilots at Luftansa or British Airways, Air France Pilots are globally paid double for 25% less hours. 

They are sure ready to fight for keeping those advantages !

This compagny has also many issues because in some airports, such as Marseilles, the unions are making the law, so they are completly overstaffed and are unable to move people to a usefull place ...

So for instance, some planes are based in Marseilles but fly nearly empty to Paris for their first commercial flight of the day ...

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:07 | 6631233 TBT or not TBT
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The first rule of sclerosis club is you Do Not Talk About Sclerosis.   

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:38 | 6631428 longwood
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This compagny has also many issues because in some airports, such as Marseilles, the unions are making the law, so they are completly overstaffed and are unable to move people to a usefull place ...

 

OK - so tell me that US airports are not overstaffed with almost as many NSA assholes as travellers in the airports - drives me crazy!

Tue, 10/06/2015 - 03:07 | 6634390 nufio
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someone has to make sure you take off your shoes before you step into the xray machine.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:31 | 6631035 Deres
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When compared to similar pilots at Luftansa or British Airways, Air France Pilots are globally paid double for 25% less hours. 

They are sure ready to fight for keeping those advantages !

This compagny has also many issues because in some airports, such as Marseilles, the unions are making the law, so they are completly overstaffed and are unable to move people to a usefull place ...

So for instance, some planes are based in Marseilles but fly nearly empty to Paris for their first commercial flight of the day ...

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:45 | 6631473 Son of Loki
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Air France is almost as bad as Air Italia. Filthy toilets and horrible service.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 20:33 | 6633484 Killdo
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In my experience both Air France and Lufthansa are better than any US airline

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 20:35 | 6633491 Killdo
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In my experience both Air France and Lufthansa are better than any US airline

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 20:36 | 6633494 Killdo
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In my experience both Air France and Lufthansa are better than any US airline. Better seats, planes and food

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:50 | 6631128 Lost My Shorts
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Well, um ... Air France workers ultimately want their loss-making cushy employer subsidized by the taxpayers, which is a less than totally noble crusade.

The difficulty of making judgements is:  corporate management is sometimes evil, but not always.  And workers are sometimes noble, but not always.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:36 | 6631415 MASTER OF UNIVERSE
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"This type of retribution..." ?

 

Looks to me like they lost half a Sears Sucker Suit, and one cheap white dress shirt. This type of retribution is woefully inadequate IMHO. This is why we have purchased pitch forks, and hand files to sharpen the tines of the pitch forks.

 

Corporatists are fascists in sheep's clothing. Hang em' high.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 15:14 | 6632149 eforce
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How are these guys fascists?

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 16:15 | 6632390 MASTER OF UNIVERSE
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Google _How are Corporatists Fascists?_, eforce.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:24 | 6630993 Lore
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Wall street bankers, take note. Consider wearing western shirts, which have snaps instead of buttons.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:38 | 6631425 RaceToTheBottom
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I would like to ask Jamie Dimon whether he feels his White House cufflinks help out on situations like this?

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:03 | 6631590 ajax
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"I was about to say the French have gone soft. Now as much ferociousness as the sheep biting a piece of the Serta mattress.

 But hell, still more than here in US. We go back to our TV's to watch football because it makes  us feel so macho."

All you fat, burger eating, gun toting, anti fair labour practices surrender monkeys in the USA should really learn just how fierce the French (Gauls) are and have always been. Plus: they've got a great sense of humour as well.

Eat your own shit USA and quit calling for Madame La Guillotine" unless you are at least willing to REALLY SEE YOUR OWN EMPERORS WITH NO CLOTHES.

VIVE LA FRANCE!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv6bGHpPSDM

 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:11 | 6631632 ajax
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"I was about to say the French have gone soft. Now as much ferociousness as the sheep biting a piece of the Serta mattress.

 But hell, still more than here in US. We go back to our TV's to watch football because it makes  us feel so macho."

All you fat, burger eating, gun toting, anti fair labour practices surrender monkeys in the USA should really learn just how fierce the French (Gauls) are and have always been. Plus: they've got a great sense of humour as well.

Eat your own shit USA and quit calling for Madame La Guillotine" unless you are at least willing to REALLY SEE YOUR OWN EMPERORS WITH NO CLOTHES.

VIVE LA FRANCE!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv6bGHpPSDM

 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 15:54 | 6632282 Down to Earth T...
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so when I said Americans have gown fat, dumb, lazy, spoiled an cowardly I was quite right , hey ? if you don't believe me just look around maybe closer than you like to think  :)

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 17:26 | 6632665 DrinkTheKoolAid
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Haha. Speak for yourself. I polish my big gun. 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 18:00 | 6632839 Remington IV
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Did you watch the JETS game ???

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:10 | 6630920 Vampyroteuthis ...
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In the US the executives would be in the bunker style corporate HQs with an army of guards protecting them. No way it would happen in the USSA.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:23 | 6630968 Dr. Engali
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I watched Fear the Walking Dead last night and a herd of walkers ran over an army base, and it made me think that  if the herd is large enough it doesn't matter how well protected they are. Eventually they will be overwhelmed no matter where they go.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:23 | 6630990 NoDebt
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I can't imagine that happening in France.  That would take something really crazy.  Like them letting millions of Muslims set up their own countries inside France's borders where they make their own rules up and the French aren't allowed to do anything about it.  Which, of course, is never going to happen.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:28 | 6631011 Dr. Engali
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Whoa, I thought you were talking about Detroit for a minute.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:30 | 6631027 NoDebt
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Tomato, tamatoh

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:44 | 6631469 toady
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The city was named by French colonists, referring to the Detroit River (French: le détroit du lac Érié, meaning the strait of Lake Erie), linking Lake Huron and Lake Erie; in the historical context, the strait included the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:34 | 6631744 Never One Roach
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I thought the word, detroit, came from the word, "detritis"?

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 14:10 | 6631908 roddy6667
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It's an alternate pronunciation of the Ebonics phrase "de toilet".

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:30 | 6631028 Lore
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That's about as likely as losing control of your money system. The very notion is absurd!

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 14:05 | 6631886 TAALR Swift
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"I can't imagine that happening in France.  That would take something really crazy." -NoDebt

I can imagine that happening in France or the EU.  I just can't imagine that happening in the US.

Guns are no substitute for courage, but booze & guns can enhance it if all else fails.  A shot of courage, anyone?

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:29 | 6631024 Jethro
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I was an Embassy Guard (MSG) several years ago, and worked a POTUS/SECDEF detail in support of SS. What I learned then, was that if somebody really wanted you dead, and was committed, they could succeed.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:05 | 6631223 MANvsMACHINE
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I imagine the person would have to be committed enough to take their own life as well.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:14 | 6631282 ATM
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Of course they can. The show of force won't stop someone committed to killing someone no matter the costs. The only people they catch are the ones too stupid to actually do anything right. The ones they don't catch are the people marginally smart enough to get the job done or who are being coached.

 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:08 | 6631611 BeansMcGreens
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Rule #1

Never stop and take the time to take a selfie.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 19:57 | 6633334 Vendetta
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Rule #2

Double tap

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:44 | 6631097 exi1ed0ne
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A bunker or fortified place is always a tactical error for defense.  A determined adversary gets to pick the time, place and method; while the defender has to be vigilent 24/7 in all directions.  A siege also doesn't have to be sucessful to turn a it into a prison.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:30 | 6631382 Bollixed
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True, just ask Tony Montana...

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:12 | 6631636 BeansMcGreens
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My brother was sent to and fought in Vietnam in one of the forward firebases. He said every night and about every hour of the night a vietcong would shoot a burst, keeping everyone awake all night. This went on for months.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 15:58 | 6632307 Down to Earth T...
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but that would require anger and anger would require thinking? and after all that it would require actual action taking  ?  so France has apparently shown more balls than USSA today ! there is a twist of fate .

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:18 | 6630960 Antifaschistische
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Yah, why haven't they adopted that policy like the a handful of other loser countries where....once you get a job, you can NEVER lose it, and you get your bene's for a lifetime.

The wake-up call for the world is coming.

In the meantime perhaps those losing their jobs should consider taking up tailoring and suit making.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:07 | 6631232 MANvsMACHINE
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How about making KevlarTM clothing and use titanium zippers to fasten?

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:20 | 6630970 glenlloyd
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Unfortunately no guillotines today...

As for job cuts, it's always the lower laboring ranks (read productive) that get cut first with little sacrifice at the top. Then again those finely tailored suits don't make themselves and how would those upper crust non-productive executives survive a pay cut...the horror.

I suppose the other side of the argument is that mathematically we know that labor unions do create unemployment, so there is that.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:22 | 6630985 HungryPorkChop
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In other news, the Kardashian Sleeze is back in da' news as the Amerikan jobs have been completely and utterly gutted without a single CEO having lost their shirt. 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:35 | 6631060 dipsit
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ridiculous

a company should be allowed to cut jobs without fearing violence

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:41 | 6631445 RaceToTheBottom
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When regulation is not feared, other fears will take its place.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 15:19 | 6632164 dipsit
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did these execs break rules & regulations?

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 19:49 | 6633299 RaceToTheBottom
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Relish the free market, in all its forms.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:35 | 6631061 yogibear
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"Off with their heads is far more impressive than off with their clothes "

Make millions off of pay-per-viewing it as well.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:00 | 6631575 Demdere
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https://thinkpatriot.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/lebowski-enlightenment-3/

 

"So the world’s financial system is leveraged 37-to-1, based on sovereigns, 60% of which will become insolvent."

I approve of not killing them, I bet they all remember having their clothes ripped off by an angry mob much longer than they would have remembered being killed, so also much more deterrent effect as they spread their experience through their social links.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:17 | 6631660 Eireann go Brach
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Coming to a Wall St building soon!

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:38 | 6631769 hangemhigh77
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Too bad they didn't kill those fuckers

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 14:23 | 6631971 post turtle saver
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pro tip for the international traveller... Air France is terrible, never use them ever if it can be avoided...

and gee, I can't imagine why a bunch of French Airbus nutswingers would cancel 787 orders... it's not because the Airbus is better, that's for damn sure...

Tue, 10/06/2015 - 03:20 | 6634407 tooktheredpill
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U  have to hand it to the french. Who knows if the execs deserved it but thats the risk u take when the top dogs have no skin in the game any more. What happened to all the clawback talk?

Tue, 10/06/2015 - 04:08 | 6634447 soniii
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haha im french this stuff is happening more and more, we can thanks labor unions for it, they are really powerfull in France.

one time they locked the CEO for like 6hours inside the company in a room, to dicusss aggressively a plan, once again labor unions though.

u don't fuck with advantages in France :D but that's why the country is not growing..

 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:07 | 6630908 lehmen_sisters
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Good time to implement "Cash for Boeings" program.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:52 | 6631136 azusgm
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That was the Ex-Im Bank.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:07 | 6630910 Jason T
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jsut wait till the cooly labor in China starts building planes .. and they will.  

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 20:04 | 6633361 Vendetta
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Airbus built a factory there in China .... watch in real-time intellectual property flow to Comac, china's state run aircraft manufacturer

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:08 | 6630913 RacerX
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Say what you will about the Frech, but they sure know how to give a good protest.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:20 | 6630947 Ignatius
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I hypothesize that that is one of the reasons jokes about the French persist in corporate media world.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:21 | 6630977 Ghordius
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one of the minor ones, methinks. most of the jokes in the US media come from the time when Paris insisted that Saddam Hussein had no WMDs

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:14 | 6631279 TBT or not TBT
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We must have our chronologies mixed up. I thought De Gaulle and Vichy and for that matter Pepe Le Pew preceded ChIraq's shenanigans.   

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:27 | 6631714 ajax
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"We must have our chronologies mixed up. I thought De Gaulle and Vichy and for that matter Pepe Le Pew preceded ChIraq's shenanigans."

How dare you mention de Gaulle and Pétain's Vichy in the same sentence.

Haven't you ever heard of "Ici Londres"?

http://www.doctsf.com/dossiers/index.php?dos_numero=47

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 16:10 | 6632370 TBT or not TBT
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De. Gaulle quit NATO, doubled down with the Algeria thing, and was a pompous ass in perilous times.  How does that algeria thing look now, in your banlieux, La Zone?  But he was proudly French.   

Tue, 10/06/2015 - 04:13 | 6634452 soniii
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De Gaule was a really good president, one of the last one sadly .. he saw the bullshits comming from america and leave NATO also wanted more power for his country wanting to give it a place in world leading ones.

He was a patriot and maybe the last non-corrupt president in France .. 

Also the banlieu issue came from the after-war, when we needed workers to rebuilt the country but i agree the Algeria war was a mistake though .. like any war btw

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:35 | 6631752 ajax
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"Say what you will about the Frech, but they sure know how to give a good protest."

Not only that, I'd rather fly Air France than any US carrier. US has utterly lost the fucking plot.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:09 | 6630918 Osmium
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How many of these "Executives" shit their pants?

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:11 | 6630922 Chippewa Partners
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For our sake don't attempt to undress Janet Yellen.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:11 | 6630931 nnnnnn
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stop it   im eating

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:37 | 6631072 XitSam
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Unlike Air France, the Federal Reserve has its own police force. With machine guns.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 15:30 | 6632204 TAALR Swift
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Few people know that the Secret Service works for the Federal Reserve.

Before becoming associated with protecting the POTUS, their main function was to track down (other) counterfeiting operations.

Some claim that at least two US presidents, who have been assassinated when the security detail was inadequate (Lincoln, JFK), wanted to issue currency without using the Fed.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:34 | 6631405 Tim Knight from...
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I think a paper bag over her head would be better. Make it two, in case the first one rips.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:11 | 6630927 jellen
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Coming to a corporation near you.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:12 | 6630934 RacerX
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We can only hope..

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:40 | 6631779 ajax
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Non non mon ami - jamais aux Etats-Unis: JAMAIS

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:11 | 6630929 nnnnnn
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heads off

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:12 | 6630933 Dr. Engali
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"The upcoming layoffs were once again blamed almost entirely on events in Asia:"

 

I wonder if telling the truth one time ever enters these asshole's minds. 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:36 | 6631068 yogibear
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"I wonder if telling the truth one time ever enters these asshole's minds."

It's why their at the top.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:48 | 6631117 SillySalesmanQu...
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It won't enter their minds until they hear the WHOOSH of the blade, hurtling towards their neck.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 15:35 | 6632231 TAALR Swift
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Given how brazen they have become, and how apathetic the populace has become, I wonder if it would actually make a difference if they actually told the truth.

Maybe the GOP front-runner is setting a standard or example for them, as to how truthful and brazen they can be, and still get away with it?

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:14 | 6630940 Global Hunter
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Fantastic, I loved these pictures thank you very much!!!

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:14 | 6630943 Omega_Man
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wait till Michelle's clothes come off

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:21 | 6630973 Jethro
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I'd do a GoFundMe to pay for her to keep them on....

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:39 | 6631080 Jena
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I'd chip in...

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:37 | 6631076 TalkToLind
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It will be like The Crying Game on steroids.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:28 | 6631371 TBT or not TBT
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Never go full Crying Game. 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:39 | 6631435 TalkToLind
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Never go full Crying Game. 

I like that, wise words there. But I can't help but wonder how many of these bitchez are old enough to know what we're talking about.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:54 | 6631529 TBT or not TBT
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Welll Tropic Thunder was a cultural gem in its own right.  

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:40 | 6631081 IndianaJohn
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The rest of US will learn that she is a man.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:15 | 6630945 ThroxxOfVron
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This is the proper response to executives that kick labor to the curb while looting the company to cash in their options and golden parachutes.

Real responsibility is taking a proportionate share of the losses out of you fat management compensation packages.

Labor has been robbed of it's productivity gains for the last 35 years and is fucking sick of it.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:16 | 6630949 cowdiddly
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How many stock options got cancelled? yes, what I thought

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:16 | 6630950 LawyerScum
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The pictures of those scared shitless executives are priceless.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:18 | 6630959 JPMorgan
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A sign of things to come.

They are lucky it was just their shirts that were torn off. 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:22 | 6630981 ThroxxOfVron
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"They are lucky it was just their shirts that were torn off.  "

 

THAT was with security on the job.  Security paid for by the Corporation no doubt!

Without security they would have ended up stripped bare -and quite possibly hanging from that fence by their silk ties...

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:43 | 6631462 JPMorgan
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I guess CEOs will be making sure their security people are well vetted.

You can never really tell... are they your security or are they our security.

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

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:29 | 6631718 Taffy Lewis
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I wish I could rip the shirt off of the United Airlines exec for the 2 shitty flights I had last week... In both directions, the flights were one hour delayed before the first plane took off, causing me to have to run through the airport to make my connecting flights. And the employees don't give a damn - they all just smile and think it's all a big hoot.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 13:44 | 6631798 ajax
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@Taffy Lewis: see my post about Air France. US carriers don't come anywhere close to the superlative quality of Air France.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:18 | 6630963 chunga
Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:26 | 6631003 cowdiddly
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lol, I wonder what ever happened to that dude. He used to put out one regular. Funniest crap you'll ever watch.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:49 | 6631119 ThroxxOfVron
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Wall St. Pro. FTW.

Funny?  So much truth no one dares speak you gotta laugh when it finally gets said..

Putting to rest the lie that 'flyover country' is full of ignorant isolated people.

He knows the score full well -and he's pissed.

He isn't alone.

He is showing tptb the baseball bat and hoping they get the message.  

He didn't show any guns.  Maybe he doesn't have any personally.

He isn't alone.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:58 | 6631177 chunga
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I'd have him bat cleanup on my softball team!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-eJ-t_XzOE

He's probably in a FEMA camp but he had a good one about the fRench dealing with greedy boss men by kidnapping them LOL!

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:20 | 6631313 ThirdWorldDude
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The FED should employ him AND his baseball bat. Just imagine him breaking stuff (& windows) and stimulating the economy with that same ferocity for 8 hours every day! 

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:32 | 6631393 NuYawkFrankie
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Yeah - he was hero of mine ;)

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:51 | 6631513 ThroxxOfVron
Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:20 | 6630972 o r c k
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How noble. Giving workers the shirt off their backs.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:22 | 6630982 fowlerja
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Does not look good..suggest everyone use up their Air France airline miles credits before this really gets serious..

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:22 | 6630984 Praeda2
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But... but, immigrants, good for GDP.

You mean, no one wants to visit a Paris where Mohamed & Co. are literally praying in the streets? Shocker!.

Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:22 | 6630986 Agent P
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Any sign of Jean Valjean? 

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