Canadian Truckers "Freedom Convoy"

[RickeyM]

Some are still in Ottawa but at the bridge...

https://news.yahoo.com/freedom-convo...ycsrp_catchall

[Mark B]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

Some are still in Ottawa but at the bridge...

https://news.yahoo.com/freedom-convo...ycsrp_catchall

That news may be wrong. I haven't found any definitive news that the blockage of the Ambassador Bridge has been ended.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americ...er-2022-02-12/

[Mark B]

According to the latest report I can find the bridge has not been cleared.

https://nypost.com/2022/02/12/ambass...test-drags-on/

[donquixote99]

This AP report is pretty comprehensive. Was updated around 9:00 PM Eastern. They say that a blockade by semis at Ambasador Bridge by semis was cleared this morning, but more ptotestors have arrived and road is still blocked.

This item in the report regarding protests in Ottawa caught my eye: “Safety concerns — arising from aggressive, illegal behavior by many demonstrators — limited police enforcement capabilities,” Ottawa police said in a statement late Saturday.

Accounts I've read of troubles in Italy leading to Mussolini's takeover spoke of ineffectual responses by government troops to the blackshirts, due to strict orders to avoid hurting anyone.


https://apnews.com/article/coronavir...d255a2ce23eb84

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

This AP report is pretty comprehensive. Was updated around 9:00 PM Eastern. They say that a blockade by semis at Ambasador Bridge by semis was cleared this morning, but more ptotestors have arrived and road is still blocked.

This item in the report regarding protests in Ottawa caught my eye: “Safety concerns — arising from aggressive, illegal behavior by many demonstrators — limited police enforcement capabilities,” Ottawa police said in a statement late Saturday.

Accounts I've read of troubles in Italy leading to Mussolini's takeover spoke of ineffectual responses by government troops to the blackshirts, due to strict orders to avoid hurting anyone.


https://apnews.com/article/coronavir...d255a2ce23eb84

Damned global warming. Where's a good blizzard when you need one. I guess this is how you stage an insurrection north of the border. A Reich-wing minority takeover in the US and Canada? Why not, the money behind both is the same. Democracy wiped out in North America in one fell swoop.

[BigElCat]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Accounts I've read of troubles in Italy leading to Mussolini's takeover spoke of ineffectual responses by government troops to the blackshirts, due to strict orders to avoid hurting anyone.

Budget's kinda tight right now.

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[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by BigElCat

Budget's kinda tight right now.

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You often seem to find a lighter side to what is occurring.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by BigElCat

Budget's kinda tight right now.

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Well, that's an oldie. US M-48, or earlier. Dates to 50's. Sort of thing the Canadian army just might own, though I expect we probably surplussed them a few dozen M-60's by now....

[RickeyM]

Well Canada is part of NATO after all.

[BigElCat]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Well, that's an oldie. US M-48, or earlier. Dates to 50's. Sort of thing the Canadian army just might own, though I expect we probably surplussed them a few dozen M-60's by now....

Damn. They have my supply line cut.

I'll have to forge my own Johnson sprocket.