Down With the Sickness: Canadian Politics 2022

I posted another clip from when they Zoomed in from Kent St. but that's a good one. They'll have my vote for mayor in the fall. Idk if they can win.

Amazing moment when Menard quoted Barrhaven councillor Jan Harder on crime from 09: "The problem arises when a large group of -- I'm going to say it -- non-whites comes into our community looking to cause trouble."
Her response was to essentially invoke procedure and say something to the effect that those comments were in a police report, which was why she hadn't been formally asked to rescind them at the time, without giving either an explanation or apology. I was just glad Watson's cronyism wasn't strong enough to get her on the board in place of Meehan.

Oh shit, reading the news now, looks like Meehan also resigned after I stopped watching. Hope Harder doesn't get on there despite losing that vote.

66% national support for Emergencies Act, acc to Maru opinion poll (don't know this firm): https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a17333eb0786935ac112523/t/620d9994ac49674e50dd99d6/1645058455817/Emergencies+17+02+22.pdf

A coworker stormed into my office today raving about Trudeau - he’s freezing the bank accounts of anyone who donated to the protest - I hate his fucking guts - if I had nothing to lose I’d drive across the country to shoot him, etc. I listened in stunned silence.

Windsor mayor received a bomb threat from a woman upset about pandemic restrictions. Multiple people arrested on conspiracy to murder in relation to the Alberta border blockade. & so on. What is it about Trudeau and about the pandemic that is driving otherwise normal people into this frenzy - that they’d rather commit murder than get a perfectly good vaccine and/or wear a mask? My hippie ex has travelled from Montreal to Ottawa to live among the protesters, constantly posts about how it’s nothing but peace and love and that the media is the enemy of the people. I think we’re in the middle of the early stages of a mass delusions/madness of crowds type event here. Or in the beginning of the middle stages? I wonder, as Germany collectively lost its mind in the 20s and 30s, did it feel like this? I’m genuinely weirded out & somewhat frightened by all this.

On an Ottawa downtown street corner. pic.twitter.com/q8Ye42zDOD

— Jorge Barrera (@JorgeBarrera) February 17, 2022

I feel like loudly ranting about shooting the prime minister in the middle of your workplace would result in, at the very least, a sit down with HR.

What is it about Trudeau and about the pandemic that is driving otherwise normal people into this frenzy - that they’d rather commit murder than get a perfectly good vaccine and/or wear a mask

I would venture that part of it is the same as in the US, that rich liberals in power cause cultural reaction in ways singular to them.

The other bit is that so much of the fraud of modern life has gotten a certain subset of people having such a reduced horizon that only feelings of personal comfort in that moment is the priority. So anything that could possibly intrude on that, be it quarantines or disrupted supply chains or being told to wear a mask or even encountering people different from yourselves, causes anguish and reaction that has to go somewhere.

"Canadian style tyranny" pic.twitter.com/oOWUimVNfl

— nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) February 16, 2022

What's particularly galling about the claims of "tyranny" and "dictatorship" is the extent to which the occupation and blockades have been tolerated and accommodated so far.

On that note, though, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were arrested:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/tamara-lich-chris-barber-arrested-ottawa-1.6355960

I'm on Zoom right now with three friends, and we're killing ourselves over "Canadian-style tyranny."

Polite tyranny: "Look, you have to do what I say...I'm really sorry; I know you're not happy about this."

Self-deprecating tyranny: "As a tyrant? I don't know, I guess I'm okay--not the best, but not the worst."

i'm sure a good 2/3 of americans would appreciate the tyranny of public health care and mat leave.

ha ha - also that is hilarious, clem!

"I'm really sorry; I know you're not happy about this" was pretty much the letters the Ottawa police force handed out... "we apologize, but hugging is frowned upon because social media."

Nice discussion of it from a leftist canadian podcast: https://thebottlemen.podbean.com/e/highway-to-hell-part-1-ft-matt-christman/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbfBzWJVbX4

Haha I didn't think mayonnaise is more popular in Canada than the US? I hate it anywhere.

trudeau has just personally frozen your bank accounts.

Looks like things are getting heated at Rideau and Colonel By.

Yeah we just went out to the nearby rec centre. Cops and checkpoints everywhere. They haven't cleared the roads up here at all, maybe to keep people moving slowly? I gathered that the suburban streets are different.

I'm just watching a livestream. A group of protesters is facing off with police at that intersection.

Stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/themayor_mccheese

It's nice to know Mayor McCheese is keeping an eye on the Canadian Hamburglar there.

He just mentioned "the Battle of McDonald's last week" (??)

Whatever I saw either in person or on video still looked exceptionally respectful, especially compared to the police response at G20 or Mtl student protests. I genuinely wonder what the people crying "tyranny" think would happen if people blockaded the streets of DC, London, or Paris for three weeks straight.

xpost Maybe referring to the McDonald's in Windsor, right near the Ambassador Bridge onramp and the University? It's been ubiquitous in the background on TV news coverage the past few weeks (alongside my old residence building)

https://images.app.goo.gl/QRFk1DHwAApqDpwR6

Damn
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna15632

I quit

you're gonna have to describe vividly with words.

CTV feed rn showing them towing an RV from the parking lot of the Rideau/Sussex Chapters, which brings me joy. You know how hard it usually is to park there??

And they're out! We toasted it with a fine rum.

apparently they are using their kids as a a shield between them and the police?!

Think it's finished? I think the police line is slowly pushing towards Parliament and thinning out the crowd, and many of the truckers have abandoned their vehicles.

Oh yeah we were just toasting the removal of that RV.

lol, gotcha

Apparently they're building snow walls.

more importantly: which rum?

Oliver & Oliver Puerto Plata Club

I just walked over to Kent St. Still completely blocked up.

This is so fucking surreal. Fox claiming that Stella Luna is under attack by 'government forces'.

In case anyone was maybe still considering their support for Stella Luna, the owner went on Fox News.

So. #OttawaOccupied #ottnews #cdnpoli https://t.co/wV776TpO8J

— Bad + Bitchy Podcast (@badandbitchy) February 18, 2022

o_O

Esoteric Canadiana from a friend: "I did see one funny post on Facebook tonight: 'Bye Bye Mon Convoy.'"

haha

A conservative Christian FB friend of mine posted a link to some religious "liberate Canada" website yesterday, with this accompanying text:

Pray for Canada! They no longer have freedom, and the dictator infringing on their liberty has clearly chosen the side of evil.

So, Canadian friends — sorry for your freedom, R.I.P. :(

If this means right-wing americans never dare set foot in Canada again, I'm ready to call the convoy a win

So fox is apparently telling their drones that the police tramped someone to death for loving freedom.

Are we the new Venezuela in conservative fantasies?

Yes, including Canadian rightists.

The screengrab of Tucker’s “Canadian-style tyranny” is of course hilarious, but did you know there’s a long, long screed about it? It’s truly bonkers. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-how-long-until-canadian-style-tyranny-comes-to-america

The false story of the woman being trampled to death by a horse was retweeted by Ted Cruz before the original Fox News reporter backtracked on her statement (without deleting her first tweet):

This…is…horrific. https://t.co/2mf6XBfH02

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 19, 2022

The Reports I was given earlier yesterday from sources on the ground that someone may have died at a hospital during the trampling was wrong.👇someone was taken to a hospital with a heart condition -not due to trampling.I want to clarify this again and apologize for any confusion pic.twitter.com/FVC2sTeeZy

— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) February 19, 2022

You could hear that false story spreading through the crowd last night on one the streams.

Kent and Laurier last night: https://photos.app.goo.gl/89Toy1GQ47hThSB2A

And just now: https://photos.app.goo.gl/AQmzFtYFcY3gT5WR9

I had almost given up on it happening.