I’m watching live and it’s disturbing to see kids there.  What crappy parents.  This can turn ugly real quick (it hasn’t yet). 

So it’s been about 7 hours into this and it seems the police strategy is to move slowly and methodically.   They’ve been pushing protesters back and clearing section by section.  Some people/vehicles/trucks have left on their own, some have been arrested (more than 70 so far). There’s been no major injuries.  The police are getting closer to the main area, “ground zero” where the hardcore are at.  We’ll see what happens now that it’s night time.  
 

 

 

Scumbag.

 

So nothing major happened at night.  The police made another smart tactical move - they formed a line right in front of Le Chateau Laurier (Ottawa’s most famous hotel) because that’s where a lot of the police are staying, so it made things easier like shift changes/resting.  
 

Now just after 9am, the police started pushing protesters back.  They’re now very close to the main area. 
 

 

 

Thanks for the updates, @Toups.  It breaks my heart to see what's unfolding in Canada.

Yeah, it really sucks to that a lot of the nastiness of American politics has made its way up here.  There’s just too many people of the right acting like Trump followers, yelling “fake news” and “enemy of the people” and believing all that nonsense you see in America.   A woman was interviewed today in Ottawa and she said that the election was stolen…..the Canadian election!!  Are you kidding me!!?? 🤬  Reporters on the front line who are doing live hits keep getting harassed/yelled at.  
 

This happened in British Columbia today at blockade.  
 

 

 

 

How did we get here?  😥
 

 

Anyway, the police were able to clear the main area, Wellington Street, that is front of the Parliament Hill.  All the big rig trucks are gone in that area.   Once again the police move slowly and there wasn’t any major injuries.  Some protesters just got pepper sprayed.  Over 170 arrests were made in the last two days. 

After 23 long days, the occupation in Ottawa is over - it only took two full days of police action. I really hope in the next election, people will remember and punish the Conservatives for supporting this “Freedom Convoy” protest.   I also wonder why so many Republicans were so interested in this protest. You don’t often see them comment on Canadian politics.  

4 hours ago, Toups said:

After 23 long days, the occupation in Ottawa is over - it only took two full days of police action. I really hope in the next election, people will remember and punish the Conservatives for supporting this “Freedom Convoy” protest.   I also wonder why so many Republicans were so interested in this protest. You don’t often see them comment on Canadian politics.  

They want to do the same thing in the US.  It's also a way to distract and whatabout from issues they  need to spin, and are in many cases are well-paid to spin - for instance, the accounts telling people not to criticize Putin because Trudeau is worse. 

3 hours ago, DRW50 said:

They want to do the same thing in the US.  It's also a way to distract and whatabout from issues they  need to spin, and are in many cases are well-paid to spin - for instance, the accounts telling people not to criticize Putin because Trudeau is worse. 

I’m actually surprised a convoy protest hasn’t happened yet in the States.  

43 minutes ago, Toups said:

I’m actually surprised a convoy protest hasn’t happened yet in the States.  

Well, like the song says...

 

8 hours ago, Toups said:

I’m actually surprised a convoy protest hasn’t happened yet in the States.  

They're trying - some were trying to push for one during the Super Bowl. I think they will soon enough. My guess is for right now they're scared, especially with the amount of guns in America. 

So Putin has started the invasion of the Ukraine. Or at least Donetsk and Lubansk -- for now. No idea ATM if the Russian army will stop there or continue onto Kyiv.

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This will likely get little traction (for the obvious reasons) but it is noteworthy. I admit, I have yet to read this article (I will do so later).

Covid-19 put the most Michiganders out of work since the Great Depression.

Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer presides over an economy that improved the most in its history since the pandemic began two years ago https://t.co/BEzxAqnGzc

— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) February 22, 2022

To piggyback off the posts that have been discussing that ridiculous homophobic legislation that is under consideration, it seems that the timing is suspect.

Holy [!@#$%^&*]. This is big.

The former chief of Texas’s power grid testified today that Greg Abbott *instructed* officials to charge the maximum amount for power during the winter storm. Texans still owe $3.4 billion. https://t.co/ehKwnnhnxi

— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) February 23, 2022