PARIS BURNS: Riot police fire tear gas as 30,000 protestors furious at Macron

[One Bad Pig]

It is a bit cheaper down at my brother's than here but down there they have gasohol (10% ethanol)

I think there's one station I know of near me which sells straight gasoline; every other place I stop has 10% ethanol.

[rogue06]

I think there's one station I know of near me which sells straight gasoline; every other place I stop has 10% ethanol.

All the stations around here saying that the gas MAY contain up to 10% ethanol

[One Bad Pig]

All the stations around here saying that the gas MAY contain up to 10% ethanol

You can pretty much rest assured that "may" pretty much means "does", and "up to" can safely be ignored. There's a mandated quota to meet, and it's not a small number.

[Sparko]

You can pretty much rest assured that "may" pretty much means "does", and "up to" can safely be ignored. There's a mandated quota to meet, and it's not a small number.

No gasahol around here. We get the pure, Jurassic stuff!

[rogue06]

No gasahol around here. We get the pure, Jurassic stuff!

Coming from a connoisseur of huffing it.

[seer]

Looks like they scrapped the tax for good...

French President Emmanuel Macron has scrapped a fuel tax rise amid fears of new violence, after weeks of nationwide protests and the worst rioting in Paris in decades.

France suspends planned fuel tax increase after violent protests

An official with the Elysee palace told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the president decided to get rid of the tax.

Philippe told lawmakers that "the tax is now abandoned" in the 2019 budget, and the government is "ready for dialogue." The budget can be adjusted or renegotiated through the course of the year.

Three weeks of protests have left four people dead and were a massive challenge to Macron.

https://abcnews.go.com/International...speak-59624047

[Sparko]

Looks like they scrapped the tax for good...

And now the French people know that violence will get them what they want. Not a good thing.

[seer]

And now the French people know that violence will get them what they want. Not a good thing.

Correct...

[One Bad Pig]

Looks like they scrapped the tax for good...

No, it doesn't look like they did. It looks like they scrapped it for 2019, for now. I think they've left themselves plenty of wiggle room to bring it back.

[rogue06]

Source: France's protesters are part of a global backlash against climate change taxes

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[Starlight]

And now the French people know that violence will get them what they want.

Didn't they learn that lesson when they guillotined all their nobles?

[One Bad Pig]

Didn't they learn that lesson when they guillotined all their nobles?

It turns out that the first atheistic anti-church regime was the norm, not the exception, in turning to violence to achieve their preferred state.

[Terraceth]

And now the French people know that violence will get them what they want. Not a good thing.

I mean, Bastille Day is a national holiday that's basically a celebration of how violent insurrection can get you what you want (eventually, at least; they had to sort through things like the Reign of Terror and Napoleon first).

[Starlight]

It turns out that the first atheistic anti-church regime was the norm, not the exception, in turning to violence to achieve their preferred state.

The US has its own history of violent revolution and violent civil war. Lots of countries have had major violence at one time or another. Your random attack on atheism is irrelevant and bizarre.

[Cow Poke]

Didn't they learn that lesson when they guillotined all their nobles?

The French had nobles?



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