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Sunday, October 17, 2010 10:09 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Ah, the French...so slow to act, so quick to anger
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Ten of France's 12 oil refineries were stopping production Friday, an oil industry spokesman said, as the country went through a fourth straight day of strikes over pension reforms.

Unions said workers at all 12 refineries were taking part in the strike.

Yves Le Goff, a spokesman for the French Oil Industry Association, said there is currently no rupture in the fuel supply, but that did not stop consumers from lining up at gas stations across the country to stock up on fuel, just in case.

The work stoppage at the refineries was having a direct effect on the two main Paris airports, Orly and Charles de Gaulle. Both are supplied by a pipeline that comes directly from refineries that were shut down Friday, according to Trapil, the company that owns the line.

The strike is over government pension reforms, which have passed the lower house of Parliament and are now awaiting approval by the Senate.

Workers are especially upset over plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, a provision that has already been approved by both houses of Parliament. It will not become law, however, until the Senate approves the full spate of reforms.

Another concern Friday was the increasing number of high school students joining the protest. There were demonstrations Friday in several French cities including Paris, where students were in front of the Senate to protest the bill.

Student protests led to "disruptions" at 342 schools across the country Thursday, the Education Ministry said.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/10/15/france.strikes/index.html?h
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Striking workers burn tires at an oil refinery in Saint-Nazaire, France, on Friday


Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off





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Sunday, October 17, 2010 10:26 AM

WISHIMAY


Burning tires? Yeah that'll teach 'em...

Now all the kids with athsma in that neighborhood can cough out their gratitude.

No cancer causing agents here...

Dumb asses.

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