Members janea4old Posted February 18, 2022 Members Share Posted February 18, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted February 18, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted February 18, 2022 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). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted February 18, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted February 18, 2022 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. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted February 19, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted February 19, 2022 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. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted February 20, 2022 Members Share Posted February 20, 2022 Thanks for the updates, @Toups. It breaks my heart to see what's unfolding in Canada. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted February 20, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted February 20, 2022 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!!?? Please register in order to view this content 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. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted February 21, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted February 21, 2022 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. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 21, 2022 Members Share Posted February 21, 2022 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. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted February 21, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted February 21, 2022 I’m actually surprised a convoy protest hasn’t happened yet in the States. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted February 21, 2022 Members Share Posted February 21, 2022 Well, like the song says... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 21, 2022 Members Share Posted February 21, 2022 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. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cat Posted February 22, 2022 Members Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) 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. Edited February 22, 2022 by Cat 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 22, 2022 Members Share Posted February 22, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted February 23, 2022 Members Share Posted February 23, 2022 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). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted February 23, 2022 Members Share Posted February 23, 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. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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