WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) -- Canadian police move in to remove protesters at bridge border crossing ...

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[gab13by13]

1. Meh, they look like Tim Horton's security guards.

[brewens]

2. Whut? They cain't do that! Them people ain't black! n/t

[livetohike]

3. Good. Suspend their CDL (or whatever it's called in Canada).

There has to be some penalty involved.

[Slammer]

19. fliers

The police handed out fliers yesterday notifying the truckers that what they're doing is newly permanently against the law with up to $100,000 fine and a year in jail. Probably Canadian dollars.

It also said that they were considering revoking their license to drive commercially.

[L. Coyote]

47. Imagine if BLM had shut down DC for five days by blockading the district.

Link to tweet

[LW1977]

4. Impound! Impound!

Poor antivaxxer babies!

[KS Toronado]

31. Went to bed dreaming last night that I'd wake up to find

Police arrested every trucker and towed their trucks to an impound lot in Alaska, charging them $100 a mile.

[gab13by13]

5. This isn't about truckers,

isn't about vaccines, isn't about masks, it's about anti-democracy.

[sanatanadharma]

10. Yes, on the macro level it is anti-democratic

On the micro level it is some number of mini-me,me,me,me's, saying my POV, my needs, my desires, my ignorance trumps yours and "yours' will be ignored.
That is anti-democratic selfishness.

[Tommymac]

16. Yup. Cut through the M$M Kabuki and that is what one will find.

Good call and thanks.

[luvtheGWN]

43. Heard on the CBC NEws this morning that

the vast majority of donors to the "Christian" fundraising site were all linked to a poor woman in Missouri. Her email had been hacked and several front orgs with names like "Protect Our freedom" and others like it were all using her address. And they were from the US and many other parts of the globe -- especially east European countries.

[tiredtoo]

22. ditto EOM

[Farmer-Rick]

28. Exactly right.

Look through the pretense

[Scrivener7]

6. Wow. This is happening right now.

[Beachnutt]

7. They were warned...

lock em all up in the unvaxxed cells..

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. But but what about free dumb?

[Beachnutt]

9. Uh officer is it ok if I leave now ?

hehehe, Ruh Roh.

[SergeStorms]

11. Long overdue.

Bring on the heavy machinery to remove and impound the trucks. I'd say a fine of $1,000 should cover towing and labor costs.

They have to make it hurt enough so this crap never happens again.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

24. I had evil visions this week.....

of Army tanks using huge chains to drag those rigs away with transmissions left in gear and dumping them in the Detroit river.

Forgive me Donkey for I have sinned...... .......

---------------

Serge, just noticed this in an article in The Guardian....

A judge on Friday ordered protesters at the Ambassador Bridge over the US-Canadian border to end the blockade that has now entered a sixth day.

On Friday, the Ontario premier, Doug Ford, declared a state of emergency in the province that will allow his cabinet to impose $100,000 fines and up to one year in jail as punishments against people who continue to illegally block roads, bridges, walkways and other critical infrastructure.

Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz of the Ontario superior court issued an injunction giving protesters blocking cross-border traffic until 7pm Friday to clear out. However, the deadline came and went.

Windsor police immediately warned that anyone blocking the streets could be subject to arrest and their vehicles could be seized.

KY

[SergeStorms]

32. Wow!

They're being a lot more punitive than I would have been, but they certainly have the right idea.

Make it hurt and this crap will stop.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

69. As I said Serge, that was just my vision during a spell of anger....

over these antivaxxers. It's pure selfish and self-centered behavior helped along by right-wing corporate media and Russian trolls. They won't drag those trucks into the river but let's hope they impound a large number for a very long time.

Can't recall anything else in my 74 years to match this degree of a very large group of people not giving a damn about their fellow Americans. Obviously, there's a substantial group of Canadians with similar beliefs.

I cannot imagine what will happen if we ever go to war again.......

[SergeStorms]

70. The height of selfishness.

The country is so polarized now I don't know if it can ever be put back together.

Humpty-Trumpty pushed everyone off the wall, and you I agree Putin had a hand in that. Of course TFG was so eager to get his tacky name on a hotel in Red Square, he would have done anything - and did - to please his buddy Putin. Small consolation that TFG'S dream will probably never come to fruition.

You're one year older than myself, KY, and I don't know about you, but I'm glad I'm closer to the finish line than the start line. I feel bad for my children and grandchildren. They're going to have to sort this mess out somehow.

Enjoy the weekend, buddy, but every day is a weekend day for us now, right?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

72. You have that exactly right, Serge. One day at a time (ODAT) for me.....

and I hope I remember to show some gratitude every day. Thank goodness for animals, nature, children, music and chocolate....

You and I remember the days before internet and globalization of everything, most businesses were local, America made most everything we needed, people acted like ladies and gentlemen and gross vulgarity was rare, and politics was only discussed around election time. All I know is that folks were much more unselfish, serene and content.

I just have one grandchild and like you, worry about her future. Further divisiveness and climate change will make for a rough ride.

Regarding Putin's internet troops, one event stays vivid in my mind from the 2015 presidential election period. Our government internet sleuths proved without a doubt that his infamous trolls were responsible for starting race riot in Texas, just by planting false and inflammatory shit on popular Twitter and Facebook sites. Seems that our unfettered freedoms are killing us and destroying community and democracy, yet some very selfish idiots are blockading international trade over getting a vaccine no more risky than a measles or flu jab.

Enough of my Sunday ranting. I'm grateful for DU and to have laundry to finish for me and my son today.....

Have a good, peaceful Valentines week and take care of yourself......

[SergeStorms]

73. You as well, KY.

Yeah, the memories of a kinder, more civil country. That seems like a million miles away right now. Have a wonderful day, amigo.

[Mopar151]

25. my cousins do HD towing

Better triple that cost! Depending on how badly the trucks have been "Locked up", driveshafts have to be removed, brakes "backed off" or "aired up" from another truck. Trucks will have to be impounded somewhere.


The occupants of the truck need to be removed, before this happens, or it's demo derby time.

[Lovie777]

12. Majority of the terrorists protesters are not truckers . . .

many are from the USA gunning to oust the present Canadian Government.

[Frustratedlady]

13. I can't believe this action isn't violent. They didn't mess around...police/snipers everywhere.

In seeing so much violence erupting all over the world, this has to be internationally incited.

In my lifetime, I've never seen so many disruptions/arguments/battles going on at one time as we have now.

Is this Russia or China related?

[Dave says]

14. I was a child during Vietnam war protests

At least, when people marched against the Vietnamese war, it was against an unjust war that was killing hundreds of thousand of Vietnamese and 58,000 American soldiers.

The trucker protests are against being asked to wear a mask and get vaccinated so hundreds of thousands more are unlikely to die.

We live in an upside down world.

[Scrivener7]

17. I think it all goes back to Russia and seeded disinformation.

And then their paid lackeys in each country acts as a megaphone.

[SergeStorms]

34. Bingo.

I believe you're correct. All of these "protests" didn't arise organically. Someone has been stirring the flames of unrest, and there's always one country on the top of that short list: Russia.

[gab13by13]

36. I agree about Russia,

but Russian disinformation isn't even needed now that Fox and others are pushing to take down our democracy. They have taken Russia's side in the Ukraine conflict. He have own very own home grown anti-democratic "news networks" pushing to end our democracy, protected by freedom of the press.

[Scrivener7]

39. Yes. Which doesn't even make sense, because Fox has legally

been defined as not press but entertainment.

It's hard to know what is the chicken and what is the egg. TFG fawns over Putin so Fox does. Putin owns TFG (I am convinced). Fox was here long before any of it creating this bizarro right wing culture.

Makes me dizzy.

[malaise]

71. Precisely n/t

[malaise]

59. How many Russians were insurgents on Jan 6?

Many of the RWs are homegrown American white supremacists. Do they ahve support from RUssia and other RW in Europe - yes.

What is going on in Canada is a trial run for the US - financed by the same folks

[gab13by13]

33. I believe you will find

this has been funded my American oligarchs. This was practice for doing it here.

[Midnight Writer]

57. I agree. Chaos allows them cover to grab more power and more money.

As long as we are fighting with each other we won't fight with them.

"Planting seeds of mistrust in a garden of assholes."

[Farmer-Rick]

35. Protests during the Vietnam War were much worse.

Protests during the Republican Great Depression were pretty bad too.

These are really kind of small protests. Just that they get a ton of media attention. If they were fighting for better wages, you would probably only see 1 or 2 media outlets covering them.

The corporate media never cover war protests or strikes like this.

[luvtheGWN]

46. One does wonder why the timing of this

coincides with Russia's buildup towards an invasion of Ukraine......

[58Sunliner]

67. Follow the money if you can. Millions donated in 2-3 days? Ain't grassroots organizing.

I'm going to bet Russia.

[Beachnutt]

15. CNN, MSNBC

Get on it, I wanna watch this play out..

[Tarc]

20. Nah, that's what they want, one of their stooges to be Ashli Babbittized

So they can be martyred for the cause.

[Beachnutt]

27. You do have a point there.

[True Blue American]

49. I fought the Law and the Law Won!

[Slammer]

18. Damned shame

that the police have to hide their identities just to do their jobs.

[BlackSkimmer]

21. It's freezing there. And forecast to become much colder by tomorrow.

I’d be wearing a face mask too.

[Jedi Guy]

52. Oh my sweet summer child. -6C is by no means freezing by Canadian standards.

For this time of year that temperature is positively balmy. There have been times over the last few weeks when wind chills have dropped to nearly -30C overnight.

That's not to disagree with your post and say that they're hiding their faces out of fear, of course. -6C is still uncomfortable if you're out in it for an extended time like these cops are, particularly if it's windy.

[BlackSkimmer]

58. Exactly, those guys are going to be out in that weather for hours.

I spent many years in a very cold environment. I’m a hiker, downhill and cross country skier.

My face was always covered anytime the temp is below 30.

[Jedi Guy]

62. I grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and then moved to Arizona in my late teens.

Then I moved to southern Ontario in my early 30s. If the temp is below 0C, I just stay inside. The pupper is welcome walk himself if he wants to.

[Sympthsical]

65. Bridges also tend to have wind

One of my favorite things is watching tourists walk across the Golden Gate Bridge or take a ferry out to Angel Island or Alcatraz when they think, "California in the spring, should be warm!" Oh, no no no.

Once, after they opened up the eastern span of the Bay Bridge to pedestrians, a buddy and I decided to bike across it to Treasure Island in April.

Once.

[BlackSkimmer]

68. Good point.

Last edited Sat Feb 12, 2022, 02:35 PM - Edit history (1)

Bridges can be very windy.

I remember a nice breezy day I bicycled across to Arlington on whatever bridge that is that crosses from DC. I ended up walking the bike once on the bridge lol.

[Spazito]

60. The mask mandate is still in effect in Ontario...

The face covering is doing double duty.

[multigraincracker]

23. My hero Dudley

[BumRushDaShow]

56. You gotta have THE ORIGINAL!

[blogslug]

26. That Sean O'Shea account says the trucks have pretty much cleared out

https://twitter.com/ConsumerSOS

Link to tweet

[Beachnutt]

29. They're all slithering away

quietly...
Good that noone was hurt but they should be held accountable.

[ProfessorGAC]

30. Of Course They Have

Their "principles" aren't important enough to them to risk $100k in fines & 12 months in the slammer.
It was a bought & paid for fake grassroots tantrum. The money won't come in forever & the penalties are beyond their pretend principles.

[gab13by13]

37. This was funded by American oligarchs.

[ProfessorGAC]

41. That Was My Point

There were no "principles" involved. It was a paid tantrum.
Once there were legal consequences, and the checks cleared it wasn't important enough to stay.

[BlueIdaho]

54. I suspect those oligarchs

Aren’t just American. I suspect there is some Russian dark money in there too.

[Captain Zero]

38. They should go ahead and fine ringleaders

Surely there's some law they've broken. Your just gonna let them drive away from this? Should be a fine for every day after they were first asked to leave.

[ProfessorGAC]

42. Seems Reasonable

Though conspiracy is hard to prove, make them defend themselves.
Clearly, that many people didn't simultaneously have the exact same idea.

[Beachnutt]

40. You can bet that they all

have been documented via zoom lens pictures and video, the authorities by now know exactly who every one of them are and where they live and work.
Long arm of the law will reach out and grab them at some point.

[halfulglas]

44. Also, the American ones (or unAmerican ones) will have to pass through customs at the border.

And Homeland is probably comparing them with when the crossed the border into Canada.

[True Blue American]

45. Tiffany Cross just said,

“ Oh, well, everything is peaceful!” Hint, let us go back to the drivel until violence happens.

Thank goodness for the internet and your link!

[gab13by13]

48. Those people caused a lot of grief,

and I don't believe anyone was arrested. What message does that send?

The cops sent a message to the Occupy Wall Street protesters, don't mess with American oligarchs.

[L. Coyote]

50. More auto plants are shutting down. Putin's plan is working thanks to duped idiots.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[NowISeetheLight]

53. If they want to protest

Get some signs and stage a march. Don’t block commerce and traffic. Park your trucks somewhere legal and hit the sidewalk or march down the street. This whole “seizing commerce” BS is BS. Arrest the drivers, impound the trucks, make the impound fee $10k a day, and go from there. If they don’t settle and recover their truck in 30 days sell it. Easy.

[Traildogbob]

55. Those truckers

Could potentially face bigger fines and jail time than American Terrorist attacking our capital with intentions to kill. Shameful. The lady justice statues throughout our courts should be melted down for scrap medal.

[gab13by13]

61. At least take off her blindfold.

[Traildogbob]

64. Good point!!!

She sees clearing who writes the checks.

[intheflow]

63. Can I just say it's good to read they brought the snipers out.

I have been to SO MANY peaceful protests in DC, under Repuke presidents, and they always had snipers trained on us from atop every federal building. I’ve never heard of snipers at RW DC protests, including, obviously, January 6th. I’m not saying I want them shot, but I’m relishing the irony of the gun-humpers being in the sights.

[XanaDUer2]

66. I'll bet that got their attention

Shit got real