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Rolling Thunder and Poutine Festival
Bikers vs Meal Team Six
Once again the City of Ottawa and their police department have not been dealing in good faith with peaceful protestors.
Ottawa Police Service- Ottawa Police Statement on Rolling Thunder
Live From The Shed- Ottawa Police Ban Bikers – Message From Neil
It’s not hard to see where this is going. People have a right to protest. If those in charge want to have any kind of say or control over the situation they need to be reasonable and negotiate in good faith with organizers. Failure to do so and reneging on agreements at the last minute means that at some point people will stop talking to them all together. If you want anarchy and a free for all, that’s where the current strategy leads.
Meal Team Six
Up to their usual shenanigans.
So, bikers will be rolling all over the city, not parked safely in front of Parliament Hill?
That should make everyone happy.
Genius. https://t.co/Tsgz4iva3I
— Andy Lee – Special Rebel Rapporteur (@RealAndyLeeShow) April 24, 2022
As are the media and the activists.
h/t Thucydides the Pureblood
Emergency for some but not for others
I’m more than a little curious as to why these ongoing highway blockades have not been met with a declaration of a state of emergency, bank account seizures, or at least daily denunciations in the leftwing corporate media. I guess these protests qualify as revolutionary violence or some such. I expect none of those arrested will be denied bail.
In a statement, the group says 82 people have been arrested to date at protests in Victoria, Nanaimo, Vancouver and Revelstoke, and two members are on a hunger strike until they can have a public meeting with Forests Minister Katrine Conroy.
Potential charges in such instances could include mischief or blocking or obstructing a highway, said RCMP Cpl. Alex Bérubé of the Vancouver Island district.
Zero Covid Driving You Crazy?
At least it’s a short drive.
eugyppious- Why are the Chinese losing their minds over Omicron?
Thoughts about the significance and meaning of the Shanghai lockdown.
Hinshaw’s Hickups
Alberta’s public health orders are being challenged today. For those who care to follow, Sheila Gunn Reid is live tweeting from the Court of Queens Bench. Hopefully it will all be written up into one piece later today or tomorrow.
Update: Today is only day one of three. Lots more to come.
Let Them Eat Taser
If you have the means, always have at least a month’s supply of non-perishables.
Day 16 of our Covid lockdown in Shanghai today and food is the key thing on people’s minds
We aren’t allowed to leave home so delivery is the only way
I was up at 6 am yesterday trying to get any kind of delivery but nothing was available all day
So far, same results today
Ontarians, Here’s Where Your Tax Dollars Are Going
Covid Cops Wanted
The Vancouver Police Department is hiring.
In case anyone missed what they're talking about, here's the video that was "upsetting for some, particularly during current world events" and others have called "more proof the VPD is a violent colonial occupation force."
This is who we are.#Vancouver #theplacetobe https://t.co/P7JxpcroTK pic.twitter.com/a6qZ0mmdZU
— VPD Comms (not real its a joke) (@VPDCommsFake) March 1, 2022
Why would anyone be upset?
CBC- Concerns remain after Vancouver police recruitment video deleted
“Illegal”
Viva goes through the court ruling on the Ottawa protest to try and figure out what exactly was “illegal”.
Let Them Eat Taser
Via reader Fred;
Police cleared the protesters surrounding NZ’s (in)famous Beehive in Wellington today,featured live on the NZ Herald website. Tear gas,rubber bullets and fires were noted.
PS:the lockdowns are going swimmingly down in Kiwiland: over 22,000 new cases today.
Apparently our crew had the gall to write a letter! to the Gov.General inviting her to toss the existing overlords. The nerve!
“How long were they hitting you for?”
Related: The Convoy Protestors have angered a bureaucratic state
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has driven the Freedom Convoy from the front pages. That Putin is a worse tyrant than Trudeau obscures, but does not change, the fact that peaceful protesters now face a vindictive and discriminatory application of the criminal law. This essay examines the justifications of official anger.”
Dave Solway: The government from hell. (h/t Jim)
The Music Of The Night
The trucks have left Ottawa, but ‘phantom honking’ lingers for many downtown
Not in Canada
These guys where silent when cops were beating the crap out unarmed peaceful protestors last week.
Heck, even the Chinese government was more on point than Amnesty International.
Oh?
“Reasonable and Proportionate”
Justin Trudeau- “The scope of the Act is time-limited and targeted, reasonable, and proportionate – and it gives law enforcement agencies more tools to restore public order and protect people.”
This footage shows one of many police beatings in Ottawa during the government’s ongoing crackdown on peaceful protesters. It was shot this morning by a bystander named Brian Kanabrowski. pic.twitter.com/3ypeTb8lc4
— Gregg Re (@gregg_re) February 19, 2022
Heart of the Protest
Average everyday Canadians that have had enough. Peacefully standing up to Justin’s stormtroopers.
This is an excellent point of view video, shot from the centre of everything. Well worth the watch. Of particular note are the overhead views of both the police and the crowd.
Strike Me Down
I would like to complain about the fact that you promised that this was not going to be like last weekend and they are now having a party…..in a residential area….wtf? #OttawaOccupation pic.twitter.com/IdnKrYkg5u
— Adrian Alvarez (@Ludosynthetico) February 19, 2022
More protest in Calgary today. And in Quebec as well.
Also — New respect for Jesse Brown, which are words I never expected to say.
Grannies got Guns?
More from the Coutts gun grab.
Daily Mail- Exclusive: “I don’t trust the police not to lie.” Grandmother, 62, arrested and ‘manhandled in her pajamas.
Safe And Effective ®
The missing piece: Deep concern that vaccines may have serious side effects that will emerge over time.
However, if near 100% vaccination can be achieved — including those who have been naturally infected and recovered — there’s no control group with which to compare data on outcomes.
Absent a control group, vaccine injury can be blamed on Covid infection.
Your Welcome.
This literally violent insistence that everyone get vaccines of limited efficacy and finite duration doesn't add up, especially in the face of pulling back so fast otherwise on Covid restrictions.
There's another piece to the puzzle here that the public isn't privy to.— Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) February 19, 2022