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Amateur photographer, solo world traveller, seeker of solace in artistic beauty, passionate about free speech even if I don't like what you have to say

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tmayd
@tmayd Feb 23, 2019, 10:52 PM UTC

Gilets Jaunes - A Lawyer’s Testimony

This 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 cour…

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tmayd
@tmayd Jan 29, 2019, 3:35 PM UTC

The 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. https://youtu.be/NhnA3NLFdJ8 According to Olivier Cahn who teaches at the University of Clergy Pontoise and is a res…

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tmayd
@tmayd Jan 28, 2019, 4:41 PM UTC

Foulards 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 issue…

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@tmayd Jan 28, 2019, 3:12 PM UTC

After 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 and r…

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@tmayd Jan 27, 2019, 10:25 PM UTC

The 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…

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@tmayd Jan 21, 2019, 4:42 AM UTC

More To Life Than Yellow

Before 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 Hornet, a…

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tmayd
@tmayd Jan 20, 2019, 4:31 PM UTC

One 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 noisy,…

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@tmayd Jan 20, 2019, 5:47 AM UTC

And 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 strolls.…

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@tmayd Jan 12, 2019, 9:42 PM UTC

The Gilets Jaunes aka Yellow Vests - PART EIGHT - Opposing Forces

THE 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 of…

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tmayd
@tmayd Jan 5, 2019, 6:30 PM UTC

The 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 😉) https://youtu.…

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