Protesters in Canada block Ambassador Bridge

[Richard]

They should have been jailed the first day.

Or just shot on site,that would have taught them to fall into lockstep.

[canuck]

Or just shot on site,that would have taught them to fall into lockstep.

Yes. It’s easier with a gun than with a bread knife.

[Richard]

Meh it’s about time to shut down taxpayer assistance and incentives to the auto manufacturers anyways,if they cannot build a product that the market wants,why should the taxpayers pay them to build it,or the rest of the country to support any more labor movements,sense they feel so compelled piss on others causes.

People have long memories.

Next time the auto Union or any other union goes on strike,we will advocate for them going back to work or get arrested,just like the good old days.

I am expecting the auto manufacturers to announce that the factories are returning to full employment and production the day after the blockade is lifted,sense it has been made public that is the only reason they are unable to produce vehicles.

They really need to hold congressional hearings as to price gouging with the $10,000 over MSRP,I think they are strategically holding back the market in order to drive prices up.

[canuck]

Meh it’s about time to shut down taxpayer assistance and incentives to the auto manufacturers anyways,if they cannot build a product that the market wants,why should the taxpayers pay them to build it,or the rest of the country to support any more labor movements,sense they feel so compelled piss on others causes.

People have long memories.

Next time the auto Union or any other union goes on strike,we will advocate for them going back to work or get arrested,just like the good old days.

I am expecting the auto manufacturers to announce that the factories are returning to full employment and production the day after the blockade is lifted,sense it has been made public that is the only reason they are unable to produce vehicles.

They really need to hold congressional hearings as to price gouging with the $10,000 over MSRP,I think they are strategically holding back the market in order to drive prices up.

Enuf government regulations as is. How about leaving the big players alone for once. Am I detecting socialist tendencies from you, Richard?

[Meddle]

Perhaps on sight but only if they were still on site.

[canuck]

Perhaps on sight but only if they were still on site.

Nice. You deserve a medal.

I wouldn’t meddle with your mettle if you’re hiding metal.

[Richard]

Enuf government regulations as is. How about leaving the big players alone for once. Am I detecting socialist tendencies from you, Richard?

No I am against politicians and big players being in bed together,but that is actually and finally being addressed now with the politician stock ban.

All they were doing was trading favorites for stock options versus bags of cash under the table.

Thats why people protest against the government,if most of them had their way they would be in every aspect of your life,they forget who they actually work for.

Another week or so when the ground is frozen enough to move heavy tanks we are going to be in a war that can escalate into a world war really quick,all of this is going to be a distant memory.

[DetBill]

Actually when you think about it, numerous protesters are actually American truckers who are doing this, and they should be , and will be deported by Canadian customs immediately ,because, technically they all crossed the border and lied to Canadian customs officials as to why they were entering the country, they all stated that they were delivering or picking up product in Canada. They were not, they stopped their trucks and joined the protest, over 50% of the money to support this protest in Canada, was funded from the United States, the majority being right leaning causes. You also know that the next strategy was to use this to criticize Biden for it happening, just like many are trying to blame Trudeau, despite the fact that they are the ones that orchestrated the whole thing. It has all been pre calculated. The Canadian government has frozen the go fund me account of over $9 million that was raised to support the truckers, again over 50% of it from the United States, because their terms of service do not allow go fund me accounts that fund an illegal activity. The Canadian government has proclaim this to be an illegal activity due to them blocking illegally the international roadway and intentionally doing so.

[DetBill]

Actually and thankfully, there is a huge difference between jailing somebody for participating in an illegal activity, and shooting them. That would probably be in Russia or China where that would happen.

[DetBill]

Or just shot on site,that would have taught them to fall into lockstep.

Actually and thankfully, there is a huge difference between jailing somebody for participating in an illegal activity, and shooting them. That would probably be in Russia or China where that would happen.

[Richard]

Actually and thankfully, there is a huge difference between jailing somebody for participating in an illegal activity, and shooting them. That would probably be in Russia or China where that would happen.

Yes I know,I was being sarcastic,but I have no doubts that some would prefer that to happen.

The thing with the GO-Fund-Me - The parent of BLM raised 60 million during the summer of riots,all the top leaders have been charged with fraud because they spent millions on multiple homes in Florida and Georgia,purchased luxury cars and took extravagant vacations personally,but yet their go fund me is still active.

I am not buying it was shut down because of illegal activity,if it was,go fund me sure has some issues.

The protest and convoy has been live streamed from the start,the government had most of the streams shut down on you tube.

But the majority along the route was Canadians,there are those in the US that support Canadians and drove up there to show their support,there are those in the states that showed financial support,just as there are those on other countries holding those own convoys in a show of support.

The truckers are just the showpiece,people across the world are doing what they always have done,standing with those who oppose tyranny.

We as a country have overthrown or even disposed of dictatorships in name of fighting tyranny,it’s the people that support and wish for the tyranny are the ones that oppose opposition to it.

There is a strong socialist movement in this country,the last thing they are going to do is stand up advocating for less government,they are going tkk on be standing up a calling those people right wing nut jobs arrest them,they only support the workers party if it is in total control of the government.

Over 1/2 of the world is dropping all of their mandates,but yet here and In Canada there are still those who are trying to hold onto that last gasp of power over the people.

One has to admit it is a bit of a stretch to require somebody to have a vaccine in order to buy a cup of coffee,even more so when the science has completely changed in the last year.

This country spent an entire summer allowing cities to be looted and burned and law enforcement was expected to just step aside,very few have even been prosecuted even with video evidence.

A few truckers get together in protest and people act like the world ended,which shows you what side in all of this is really the useful tool as a means to an end.

See how quick they passed a bill outlawing blowing a horn,in a matter of hours,but yet fell free to burn,loot and prevent citizens from returning to their homes in the name of their cause and it is honorable.

I support what the Canadian truckers stand for,just as I support any Canadians fighting against tyranny,just as I support Americans opposing it just as I support any country fighting against it,I did it literally while in service.

Even at my age,and as long as it is not during the winter,of an opposing country tried a hostile take over of Canada,I would not hesitate being there,it is what we do,we have gone to world wars over it.

You can glue feathers on a skunk and convince people it is a chicken,but there will always be those who will know it is still a skunk.

[stinkytofu]

This literally is all of like 100 people. Just clear them out, created way more of a ruckus than a very small group of people should be able to.

[Richard]

^ the deadline is 12 pm so I guess we will see,until next week when the US convoy starts.

A couple of regions dropped their mandates though,it is Windsor keeping them.

The irony of border control over a border that at any given time 100 people can walk across unimpeded illegally and be welcome with open arms,even known terrorists that are on well publicized watch lists.

Maybe that is the answer to the tons of drugs coming over that border,pass a mandate requiring it to have a vaccine for entry,that should work.

[Henry Whalley]

Next time the auto Union or any other union goes on strike,we will advocate for them going back to work or get arrested,just like the good old days...

A lame attempt to make an analogy. The Wagner Act [1935] confirmed the right of workers in the private sector to strike. But if workers mount secondary boycotts, then they violate Taft-Hartley [1947] and the leaders would be punished. Striking isn't analogous to what the Canadian truckers are doing.

Just don't try to make analogies because you're not smart enough.

[Jimaz]

... over 50% of the money to support this protest in Canada, was funded from the United States, the majority being right leaning causes....

We need to stop coddling the funders of this astroturfing. The parasitic saboteurs in power need to be held accountable for their malicious intent.

Stochastic terrorism needs to be recognized as the growing threat that it has become before it becomes even more emboldened.

• Right-wing and anti-government extremism

[oladub]

over 50% of the money to support this protest in Canada, was funded from the United States

I can't find any proof of that statement. CBC mades some assumptions based on some comments but that is hardly proof. Even if true, it looks like Trudeau is operating a kleptocracy. Given that "44 per cent of those who are fully vaccinated said they could sympathize with “the concerns and frustrations being voiced by people involved in the trucker protest in Ottawa,” It seems possible that much of that money came from Canadians."

"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has refused to meet with convoy organizers, has previously used language like “fringe minority,” “racist and misogynist,” and “extremists” to refer to Canadians who are unvaccinated or who oppose vaccine mandates and lockdowns." If that's true, It seems the PM is quite the slanderer in addition to being a thief.

[canuck]

I can't find any proof of that statement. CBC mades some assumptions based on some comments but that is hardly proof. Even if true, it looks like Trudeau is operating a kleptocracy. Given that "44 per cent of those who are fully vaccinated said they could sympathize with “the concerns and frustrations being voiced by people involved in the trucker protest in Ottawa,” It seems possible that much of that money came from Canadians."

"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has refused to meet with convoy organizers, has previously used language like “fringe minority,” “racist and misogynist,” and “extremists” to refer to Canadians who are unvaccinated or who oppose vaccine mandates and lockdowns." If that's true, It seems the PM is quite the slanderer in addition to being a thief.

Would you have more respect for him if he prompted the demonstrators to storm our parliament and senate? Lol

[Richard]

^ it’s 12:06 watching the livestream,arrests were supposed to start at 12 pm but nothing yet - yawn

agree there’s probably 100 people a 5 trucks at this worldwide border shutdown that is cost 50 million a day and thousands to be laid off.

They are actually having a cool little dance party at the bridge,might have been kinda fun to join in for something to do on a Friday night,good clean entertainment,verses the standard smash n grab.

The judge granted an injunction earlier Friday to the Canadian city of Windsor in Ontario, and a manufacturing association, to allow police to begin clearing the ongoing blockade at the Ambassador Bridge, which connects the city to Detroit, Michigan.

So the judge ruled that the police and a “manufacturing association “ can clear the bridge?

So are they authorizing a private organization law powers in order to remove other private citizens from the streets and giving them arrest powers?

Are they related to the Pinkerton group?

[Gistok]

They are actually having a cool little dance party at the bridge,might have been kinda fun to join in for something to do on a Friday night,good clean entertainment,verses the standard smash n grab.

... or being "peaceful tourists with bear repellant" at the Capitol...

[Richard]

... or being "peaceful tourists with bear repellant" at the Capitol...

don’t cha know better then to believe everything you read?

A federal prosecutor acknowledged Tuesday that two men indicted for assaulting three police officers outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riotused pepper spray or mace on the officers, despite earlier allegations that highly-irritating bear spray had been used on Officer Brian Sicknick and two other officers.


Welp no arrests tonight,so much for the deadline,there are reports of some police that quit over the handling of all of this.

Dang man the leaders promised us that this violent far right radical agenda protest was going to be burning cities and destroying the economies of 2 countries by morning.

[Zacha341]

Facebook lends a hand!

[Zacha341]

Nice to know GFM is a such neutral organization, not passing harsh judgement on who funds who, what and why [or what they become].

Until they are not so judgement free .........

...The thing with the GO-Fund-Me - The parent of BLM raised 60 million during the summer of riots, all the top leaders have been charged with fraud because they spent millions on multiple homes in Florida and Georgia, purchased luxury cars and took extravagant vacations personally, but yet their go fund me is still active.

[Canadian Visitor]

Some type of enforcement action seems to have commenced:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/winds...line-1.6349424

[Canadian Visitor]

From Twitter: [[for those who don't see previews, a live update from a reporter showing police massing)

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1492490902547447809

[oladub]

Would you have more respect for him if he prompted the demonstrators to storm our parliament and senate? Lol

You must be referring to the hyperbolic Democratic Party narrative meant to obsfuscate the 7.5% inflation, sloppy Afghan withdrawal, broken borders, etc. Were any members of Congress hurt? In Wisconsin we did have one Democratic State Senator beaten for taking photos of antifa dweebs tearing down two statues at the State Capitol; one represented women, the other was the statue of an abolitionist killed in the Civil War. Does that count as storming a Capitol? The Canadian Parliament and the Ambassador Bridge were not "stormed" by the way. As far as I know, police have not battled truckers and there hasn't been much damage.

I'm on record as wanting the traffic to flow by the way.

I came across a nice article by Rupa Subramanya actually asking Ottawa demonstrators what they were about. It turned out that not all of them had Confederate flags. Also, their issues were not as focused on vaccinations as we were led to believe.

“I mean, Justin Trudeau … I mean, I thought he was kind of a cool guy, then I started to read what he said — this is a couple of weeks ago, he was — or maybe this was September, but he was talking about people who were not vaccinated. He said they ‘don’t believe in science [progress and are very] often misogynistic [and] racist.’ No, they’re not. … He said, but they ‘take up [some] space’ and with that, we have to ‘make a choice’ in terms of a leader as a country, ‘do we tolerate these people?’ It’s like, tolerate? Now you do sound like Hitler. And recently, he talked about them holding ‘unacceptable views’.” -Bill Maher 2/22/22