BlogHide Resteemstmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoGilets Jaunes - A Lawyer’s TestimonyThis is a testimony about what is happening in France. Georgia Pouliquen is a lawyer. She is currently on administrative leave after blowing the whistle on corruption and harassment in the local…tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoThe Gilets Jaunes aka Yellow Vests - PART TEN - Who Are Those Masked Mystery Men?In French, they are referred to as “casseurs”, which means people who break stuff. According to Olivier Cahn who teaches at the University of Clergy Pontoise and is a researcher at the…tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoFoulards Rouges - who do they think they’re fooling?The Foulards Rouges (Red Scarves) are a joke, but the independent police union “Syndicat France Police - Policiers en Colère” (France Police Union - Angry Police Officers) is not laughing. They…tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoAfter the Yellow Vests, let me introduce the Red Scarves (Foulards Rouges)The bottom line: A little more fashionable than those yellow vests, I’ll grant you that. The Red Scarves were created in opposition to the Yellow Vests. It started November 26th on social media…tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoThe Gilets Jaunes aka Yellow Vests - PART NINE - Police Violence by Numbers (and a bit more)Well, so much for the police taking off their helmets and joining the Gilets Jaunes. If anything, direct orders (and bribery in the form of some payment of unpaid overtime and a 300 euro bonus) form…tmayd (54)in photofeed • 6 years agoMore To Life Than YellowBefore I go back to my Yellow Vest frenzy, I want to close the weekend with a salute to the other colors from my Barrett-Jackson Auction escapade. So take a seat, and off we go... The Green…tmayd (54)in photofeed • 6 years agoOne Year Already!It is my one-year anniversary on Steemit! So a lighthearted post on the Barrett-Jackson auto auction, and this time no focus on yellow, I promise. Just a stroll through this most joyous, most…tmayd (54)in photofeed • 6 years agoAnd Now for Something Completely Different…As you may have noticed, I have been going nuts with the Gilets Jaunes aka Yellow Vests lately, ever since the French have started sporting these most fashionable garments on their Saturday…tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoThe Gilets Jaunes aka Yellow Vests - PART EIGHT - Opposing ForcesTHE GILETS JAUNES Their estimated numbers vary greatly depending on where you get your information. For example, a total of 50,000 Gilets Jaunes was the official total number given by the Ministry…tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoThe Gilets Jaunes aka Yellow Vests - PART SEVEN - Losing Steam, Oh Yeah?According to official sources and the MSM the movement is losing steam. Oh yeah? This is Saturday 5th January in Bayonne. (And be sure to watch the hate-filled mobs in my last post 😉)tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoThe Gilets Jaunes aka Yellow Vests - PART SIX - “The Hate-Filled Mob”In the traditional presidential speech to wish the French people a happy new year, Macron made some references to the social unrest shaking France right now. He was very deliberate and stern, and…tmayd (54)in resistance • 6 years agoWishing You a Yellow New Year - ”The Deplorables” 🎶 🎶This is the first new year in decades that I have a modicum of optimism, thanks to the Gilets Jaunes movement. This song was written for the Gilets Jaunes (credits at the end of the video), based…tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoThe Gilets Jaunes aka Yellow Vests - PART FIVE - Small victoriesIn the first video the police are retreating. In the second video the “merdia” (media +merde i.e., media + shit = merdia) are forced to leave by the Gilets Jaunes. Both times, there was no…tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoThe Gilets Jaunes aka Yellow Vests - PART FOUR - “The police with us!”Yesterday, I featured the police wall of shame. In this blog I want to pay homage to the police officers who removed their helmets, to those who joined the French people because they too ARE the…tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoThe Gilets Jaunes aka Yellow Vests - PART THREE - Police Brutality Wall of ShameFrance: The powerful and the weak. This is what a police state looks like. The elderly, the handicapped, high school students, women, come get your beating! PLEASE RESTEEM. I am not after upvotes.…tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoThe Gilets Jaunes aka Yellow Vests - PART TWO - The Faces of the Gilets JaunesPLEASE RESTEEM. I am not after upvotes. Just want to make sure the word goes out. (Most if not all of these videos are in French. If you would like to translate any of them, please ask in the…tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoThe Gilets Jaunes aka Yellow Vests - PART ONE - Why you Should CarePLEASE RESTEEM. I am not after upvotes. Just want to make sure the word goes out. As a French citizen living abroad I have been wearing my virtual gilet jaune, or yellow vest, since the inception…tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoThe spirit of the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests)Even the blind are marching (approx. 30 seconds in)tmayd (54)in fr • 6 years agoGILETS JAUNES! RIC! RIC! RIC!tmayd (54)in informationwar • 6 years agoThis is getting badEven if this woman were completely barmy, which I very much doubt, this is some pretty scary stuff.