The Canadian ‘Freedom Convoy’ of truckers, pushing back against COVID mandates and forced vaccinations, began late last week and has gained massive support from the public.Β The fundraiser for the effort now exceeds $3.3 million dollars and climbing.
Rebel News and other alternative media outlets have joined the convoy [LINK HERE], which not only includes big rig truckers but massive numbers of regular Canadian citizens who are joining the convoy as they head to Ottawa for an arrival date of January 29th.
It is difficult to estimate the scale of the groups as they are coming from multiple directions.
The truck convoys started from British Columbia in the west, Newfoundland in the east, and Windsor, Ontario in the south.
However, cars, SUV’s, vans, and small commercial trucks are now included in the massive convoy lines and joined with the big rigs.
Along the routes people are gathered at intersections and highway overpasses to cheer on the effort.Β The scale of growth amid this grassroots movement is really quite remarkable.Β Β For the people of Canada, millions have latched on to this protest as an opportunity to tell the government and public officials that enough is enough.
As noted by Rebel News: ” The nationwide movement is being launched in protest of a federal vaccine mandate that came into effect January 15, requiring all commercial truck drivers crossing into Canada to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.Β The federal vaccine mandate for truckersΒ hasΒ already caused significantΒ supply chain chaos, with delays and shortages affecting many regions across the country. The mandate could result in a loss of 12,000 to 16,000 cross-border commercial drivers, according to the Canadian Trucking Alliance.”
Around 1am on January 24, 2022 the freedom trucker convoy made its way through Airdrie, Alberta, Canada outside of Calgary.
All across Canada, Canadians have come out to support the convoy as it makes itβs way to Ottawa to protest mandates next weekend.pic.twitter.com/9vyD4UlWwz
— Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) January 24, 2022
Shout out to Canadian truckers driving from all over the country to the capital to stand for freedom ! God bless ! π pic.twitter.com/BdwbmjXPRf
— VeBeeπΊπΈβοΈ (@VeBo1991) January 24, 2022
Lots of crowd support for the #TruckersForFreedom in Acheson, Alberta on route to Ottawa. pic.twitter.com/MQcgDhxgLl
— Efrain Flores Monsanto π¨π¦π (@realmonsanto) January 24, 2022
Huge send off rally near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for truckers joining the freedom convoy to Ottawa to protest mandates. pic.twitter.com/F7c03sJ0Ux
— Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) January 24, 2022
The trucker freedom convoy is greeted by supporters in Salmon Arm, BC, Canada as it makes itβs way to Ottawa to protest mandates. pic.twitter.com/nSPtPOh9kv
— Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) January 24, 2022
You can follow the convoy at CONVOYREPORTS.COM
What follows is a little off topic, but I think it is important to bring it up:
There is a reason why money is considered the root of all evil and itβs not just what people are willing to do for it, but also the control it grants to person giving it over the person getting it.
Washington, for example, controls the states by granting them money and once they are hooked they threaten to take it away if they do not do what Washington tells them to do. So they do it.
So is it any wonder to learn that the reason schools require and strictly enforce masking children – one of the biggest crimes against humanity in history – is because they are paid to do so by the CDC?
https://www.bitchute.com/video/VZDUxbGnLhzD/
So money, of course, corrupts everything. And who controls the money spigot? People like Lord Rothschild. Here he is now, posing with the witch Maria Abramovic in front of a painting titled: “Satan Summoning His Legions”:
The adversary really does have the world in the palm of his hand.
It’s not money that is the root of all evil, it’s the LOVE OF MONEY. An important distinction. Money, just like a firearm requires the intentions and actions of an evil person for it to be used for an evil purpose.
Thank you, Cynthia. No one could say it better!
Money tends to have bad effects on people, almost as if it is cursed. You’re probably right, but I would argue that the saying – the love of money or just money – works either way.
It’s not “a saying” – “the love of money is the root of all evil” is a caution from Scripture. Unfortunately, for many people it probaby has become just a saying….
No. People are sinners. Money is an inanimate object and has no will, free or otherwise.
Itβs not about money or the love of it, it about elected representatives stepping out of their lane and dictating how we live our lives. ALL 535 representatives showed how ineffective they are in standing up to the administration, refusing unconstitutional mandates, and not deconstructing agencyβs carrying out an illegitimate president EOβs.
THEY do not represent us and are nothing more than carnival hawkers suppressing our liberty.
It’s a uniparty & has been for years now. They work only for themselves, not the chumps who voted for them. You know, the chumps who won’t use the term limits which already exist via the ballot & stupidly hope that Congress will exact a law to limit themselves!
Thank you, Cynthia.
The money buys power, the more money you have, the more power you have. They love the money that gives them the POWER.
“I don’t care too much for money. Money can’t buy me love.” Sir Paul McCartney
Griever, you are not off topic.
Sundance opined about a year ago when the sheep shot was being tossed around. He wrote about how it would become mandatory (abused) (or was it the masks? I forget)….Sundance called it right…I truly forget the context of the article, though…but the implication was there.
That it would be necessary to participate in society and our lives…he also ventured to guess it would be mandatory for buying food…or working…
People need their jobs to buy food for their families…and provide shelter….
I firmly believe that we on the North American continent, are approaching a crossroads.
Aggiegirl,
This is exactly what is happening in parts of Canada. Big box stores in Quebec are now requiring that patrons show their “COVID pass” QR code on their phones, to verify they are “current” with their vaccinations, boosters, and never-ending COVID testing before they can enter the store to shop.
This has been compelling even more people who have held out until now to get vaxxed.
https://canoe.com/news/local-news/covid-19-vaccine-passport-required-at-big-box-stores-in-quebec/wcm/11184c5f-a0f2-434b-ac29-3c7e9d6adc0f
Saying, “money is considered the root of all evil” is equivalent to saying, “guns kill people”. Timothy said “For the love of money is the root of all evil”. A thing is not evil. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
No, but IMHO, CREDIT is certainly a major tool of evil.
25 years ago, my household changed things, taking a vow to “neither a borrower nor a lender be”.
It WAS a little difficult, AT FIRST, as we learned to live within our means, and to make investments that would lower our monthly bills.
We now have an annual income that, by Govt standards puts us just above their arbitrary “poverty line”, and yet we “live well”, eat “high on the hog”, have very little stress in our lives, are “happy”, and have around $1200/mo. “left over”, after meeting all of our “monthly expences”.
We see credit as a “trap” that 80 percent of those “using” credit, become entrapped by.
Its like opiates; they CAN be used to legitimately treat someone, but far too many become addicted.
So, while many have numerous credit cards, and pay the minimum payment on each, every month I have over $1000, for “discretionary spending” in MY wallet.
“WHATS in YOUR wallet?”
The Rothschild’s are pure evil, and everyone knows it. No one even knows how much money they have, or how many businesses they help front. They probably own every bank and financial building in the world
I would also point out that the THREAT of withholding Federal funds from States that don’t “tow the line” is largely an EMPTY threat, and State legislatures and Governors should NOT “Kow Tow” based on such empty threats.
Coming from the DEA, etc. the Feds initially threatened to withhold funds from States that “legalised” Marajiuana, but actually,….DIDN’T.
PDJT threatened to withhild Federal funds from “sanctuary states”, but ultimately DIDN’T.
Reason is simple; Court precedent is, the Federal gov. can ONLY withhold Federal funds, IF the ORIGINAL AUTHORISING Legislation FOR the funding, included specific, relevant requirements the State must meet, in order to qualify FOR the legislation.
As an example, in order to qualify for matching Federal funding for highway construction, the highway must meet specified (in the legislation) requirements, which could even include (again example) mandatory seat belt laws.
However, the funds can not be withheld if the State legalises mj laws, cause there is nothing in the original legislation about MJ, nor can it be added in, later.
It is weak, corrupt or ignorant State legislatures and Governors who have enabled the Federal gov. to intrude into every aspect of our lives, and it will take STRONG State Governors and Legislatures to force the reduction in Federal gov intrusion into our lives, by “extreme Federalism”, openly challenging the Federal gov. on a whole host of issues.
A state could, for example declare Ivermectine and HCQ as “OTC medications” within the State, and there is NOTHING the Federal govt could do to stop it.
There are so many examples of Federal gov overreach, that it is a “target rich environment”; this means State governments can “pick their battles” focusing on easy victories that will gain the greatest “bang for the buck”.
It requires at least ONE State, to have a Governor, majority Legislature, AG and SOS who are committed to such an “extreme Federalism” approach.
At least in the West. Not in Arab countries.
why do you think we went after Saddam, Ghaddafi, Assad and eventually Iran. They do not want a world bank. With it comes slavery. TPTB will destroy them for it.
They do. Try finding out who owns vanguard because I have tried and cannot figure it out. Vanguard owns everything. Owns Blackrock! Everything! I bet it somehow goes back to the Rothchilds after a few more front men.
I met him once. He called himself Baa Vomit. He looked a little put out when I laughed.
Money is a tool. Similar to a hammer.
It can be used for good or evil. It’s he who wields it who is responsible for how he uses it.
Oh money, is that you blushing over there, quit turning me on and get over in my pocket you sexi thing.
Sorry but it’s very much off topic. Now is the time to talk about our fellow Patriots to the north and the tremendous risks they are taking on our behalf. My family is physically divided by this border. I can’t even begin to describe the pain and hardships we have endured just to see, hold, hug and comfort one another over these past two years. May God bless these Canadian Patriots.
One of the main commenting rules here is to stay on topic. I do wish people would respect that rule. We have multiple posts daily to accommodate different topics, and there is always the open thread for everything else.
Menagerie….HITTING that NAIL SQUARE….OUTSTANDING!!!!!
I had to bypass the nonsense on “money”—thread is about OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH who are
“GETTING ‘ER DONE”!!!!!!!!!
Thank you…
Just curious why you don’t delete those off topic comments or move them over to that thread?
In total agreement with your comments – but, respectfully, delete the word “sorry.”
I’m not. She or he was way off topic, and she or he knew it before posting.
Agree about the topic and so very sorry to hear about the struggles your family is having to endure. Blessings to you….
praying and rooting for you – The off topic string made me crazy when I was feeling more patriotic and hopeful than I have in a long time reading about the truck convoy.
Your first instinct was correct. It’s off topic. And there’s a good chance that you knew if posted on the Open Thread, your comments wouldn’t get half the mileage.
Since your comments address “money,” while this thread addresses “mileage” of sorts, you may want to donate to the Canadian truckers.
Spot on. It is always the bankers.
That is freaking wild.
Those are evidently real photos of Philipine de Rothschild. Says she died at 80 years of age.
Sort of wonder what her tattered soul might be thinking about her family now, not that I know them personally or anything like that (I really don’t).
Trudeau Didnt Win
We All Know It
He lost the popular vote.
The Liberals were anticipating a solid majority in the last election. Instead, they received less than 1/3 of the popular vote, with actual voting turnout at a very low amount (just over 60% voter turnout).
With 32.6% of the popular vote, Sparkle Socks has been governing like he has a solid majority, because the “Opposition”, led by O’Toole (kinda appropriate according to many Canadians) is completely on board with the policies. Much like the US, the Liberals and Conservatives are two wings of the same global predatory bird. O’Toole has been asked multiple times to state on the record whether or not he supports the truck protest, and he refuses to commit to supporting the grassroots action.
https://www.thecountersignal.com/news/bernier-supports-trucker-convoy-otoole-refuses-to-say
Maxime Bernier has not only come out in full support of the protest, he has spoken at several of the pre-departure rallies, including a very large one in Queen’s Park, downtown Toronto (the grounds of the provincial legislative building).
#FJT
God bless and best wishes to every person participating against the Covidia tyranny. Thank you as well.
Where the hell are our American truckers?
Ooida is organizing a strike on our side, itβs coming.
(I heard it this morning from a relative who is a trucker)
For the non-truckers: Ooida = Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.
Thank you.
Someone down thread posted this: “The videos show tractors and no trailers, though there are a few, in the protest. This means that the people driving the tractors are the owners of the vehicle(s). Most truck drivers here in the states drive for a company, which means that they wonβt be joining in any protest unless the company says so and that company is prepared to spend a lot of money with no income.”
Still, even beyond truckers, I wonder where are the Americans? We see massive protests across Europe and now this in Canada and yet there’s precious little happening here. And yet, we love to pound our chests about our love of freedom, often speaking with passion and much bravado.
Ooida has 150,000 members which should clog up DC for a month.
Bring that SLIMY, MONEY INVESTED, BACK STABBING CITY TO IT’S KNEES!!!!!!
I’m ready to join the drive here in the U.S. whenever it takes place.
Little granny in a minivan will travel and pick up patriots along the way.
Similar to what took place a little over a year ago, and going to the same place.
Let’s roll.
I agree, and I think 1/6 had the intended chilling effect. That’s what we must overcome. Fear. It’s what most of us here have felt all along – not fear of the virus, fear of the government.
Yes. I think about that a lot, as well. And it dovetails into what RFK Jr. was speaking about yesterday – how big tech and big government working hand in glove seek and are achieving total control. In my opinion, that control covers both what they actual do and/or can do as well as the effect on one’s psyche – the fear. It’s sobering to realize how this shift has steadily occurred and the impact it has had on so many of us.
Greetings!
Sometime last winter or spring, you had an article about masks and vaccines I think…I clearly remember your speculation regarding something necessary to work or shop…
If its not too much trouble, would you re-post it? As a reminder for all of us, that TPTB are not very creative?
I am filled with hope, from the north, as I watch our Canadian Brethren stand firm. My fear for them is that the government has lost face…bigly. And that the response will be ugly.
DOR #142
We just missing our Transportation Secretary in all this, no?
Where is Mayor Petey on the discrimination of US truckers by Canadian Government Covid policies?
Curious minds want to know.
As horrible as this is all is, things would be much worse if he showed up. Leave his useless carcass wherever it is.
At home strapped into fake breasts pretending to be “mommy” Peetie.
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I prefer to envision he is at home, under house arrest, for personally trafficking in children . . .
Amen.
Drop the “carc…” and you’ll have a proper description of Sweet Pete.
BJ
Carcasses are usually on the side of the road….JUST SAYIN’
Yesterday, I drove from south of Seattle two hours north and back. This put me about an hour from the British Columbia border.
In four hours of driving time, I saw 5 18 wheelers with Canada plates going north. They would obviously be vaccinated to go into Canada and my hopes were that they were going to βpark itβ when they arrived.
On my return drive around 6 p.m., I counted 7 18 wheelers with Canada plates on Interstate 5 headed south. These would also have to be vaccinated drivers who had come through the order.
Most importantly, I did not see a single 18 wheeler with U.S. license plates during the entire drive. No5 a single one.
This simply never ever happens. Not only are there by far fewer trucks on the road but the U.S. drivers appear to be protesting in their own quiet way. Time will tell if this is correct.
We can get more accurate information if all Treepers weigh in on what youβre seeing in your areas.
The problem is whether visible or silent the protest will not change FJB’s mind, nor likely Trudope’s either. FJB has absolutely nothing to lose. If he did he would have cancelled the mandates himself instead of forcing the courts to do it. His handlers have complete control over him and they repreesent the global cabal trying to implement the global reset. They are trying to succeed is by creating total chaos and collapsing economies, especially America’s because if ours collapse so goes everyone else. His Mexico/Canada trucker mandate is being hidden behind national security and falsely generated fear mongering. However as President Trump displayed, economic security is national security. Thus far God and our Constitution are slowly winning. I pray it continues.
It’s a conundrum. On the one hand, for example, you look at massive Pegida protests that went on for months on end in Europe to no avail and you realize how futile such things can be. On the other hand, you know that doing nothing is not an option, either. I suppose every human being throughout human history must always face what comes at them, make choices, and stand for freedom as best as they can, knowing that in the end (or at least by the end of their own life) they may not win.
MamaPete is useless. If his status remains “missing”, it will ultimately be better for everyone.
You struck solid gold with “MamaPete” Sharon!
Lactating?
He is still trying. He just cannot figure it out.
Maybe drawing a picture might help!!!!
We may have Lactating Mama Bear as our Transportation Secretary, but Canada’s is a former head of the Canadian Arab League, which lost their federal funding to help settle immigrants, because of ties to both Hamas and Hezbollah and alleged support of raising funds in Canada for both organizations.
So, of course, that was the perfect pick for Sparkle Socks for Minister of Transportation – with oversight for airports, airlines, roads, bridges, rail lines, etc.
Many in the Jewish community were very upset by this pick, but the Liberals have made any criticism of him or his former activities while heading up CAF proof of “racism” in Canada and Islamophobia. Noticing is not allowed.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/ottawa-appoints-former-canadian-arab-federation-leader-to-senior-foreign-affairs-position/
Cue up the song βConvoyβ by C.W. McCall!
“crossed the line…went for broke…1000 screaming trucks….”
I’d be in that microbus behind the suicide jockey….
Yup! He needs all the help he can get!
Long haired friend of Jesus??
Seeing is believing. Are today’s truckers anything like yesteryear’s independent drivers?
This is getting very serious very fast. Not for the truckers as it was already serious for them. Canadian politicians should be getting very nervous.
How big would this be if US truckers did the same? They may not need to.
If you think more than a handful of DC Kongress reps give a spit over our lives, you need a cold shower. They only worry about βlittle peopleβ when an election rolls around and they almost have that taken care of too.
Oh, they are getting nervous because this is outside of any control they have. They are not nervous about elections as those are mostly controlled. They look at this and see thousands of people willing to stand out in the cold and make a statement about what they think of politicians and politicians know that for every one that is willing to get out in the cold there are ten or fifty or a hundred that they do not see. This is not about elections. This is not about polls. This is about people that suddenly are doing things they do not do. That makes them unpredictable creators of random actions. If you are any way in charge and a random event happens, things happen fast and furiously. They know that and they are nervous because they have no way to know from which direction it will come and how large it will be. Politicians live in the world of the predictable and this is anything but predictable.
Let me make a comparison from recent news. Here in Kentucky we had a series of terrible tornadoes. If you live here there is a threat of tornadoes quite often. We prepare as best we can, but in every case there is a very good chance that it will miss your house. However, if you look out a window to the southwest and see a funnel cloud, life suddenly becomes focused and very unpredictable. A force is bearing down that you cannot control and your preparation is looking weak. All you can do is hunker down and hold on hoping you can ride it out. This protest the politician’s tornado. It may not hit, but they can not know that it won’t.
Thank you for a very good synopsis of “random” events. The TPTB worst nightmare π€π€π€.
Especially since the gamed out plans are tossed out when random events occur.
Wouldn’t hurt.
I don’t know how big a convoy of truckers would be in the U.S., but I’m guessing that if the general public is invited to “attend” like they were in Canada — whether to take part in the cross-country trek or wave from the overpasses — that the convoy would be YUGE.
God bless the truckers in Canada! They are making a stand and confronting their govt. people are following them, joining in and supporting this effort in large numbers. I love this! These brave truck drivers are taking time from their jobs to go tell their elected officials they have had enough. Look at the money people have sent to help pay their way! Keep going everyone! The world will watch and listen to what you are doing!
Wonder if USA truckers will do anything like this. I hope so.
I hope so too! Many of us would donate for the gas and food!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/taking-back-our-freedom-convoy-2022?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer
and To those asking where the American truckers are, I have read elsewhere where they have βjoined the Canadian truckers in their protestβ.
It’s freezing in Canada right now yet Canadians are coming out in droves to support the truckers. It’s beautiful.
The weather for most of southern Canada the next few days looks mostly pretty good for Canada in January. That is a good thing.
Apparently American truckers joining in.
Hopefully similar action on the US side of the border soon.
Bless our truckers!
michael breton
@michaelpbreton
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Canada.
The convoy coming out of British Columbia heading to Ottawa is now 70 kilometers long.
American truckers are joining.
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We are watching history being made in real time.
“American truckers are joining.” Joining how? Heading to Ottawa or D.C.?
I only have information on ooida, they are planning to strike on our side of border. No details.
“convoy coming out of British Columbia heading to Ottawa is now 70 kilometers long”. That’s over 43 miles long!!!
So, those American truckers joining in are vaccinated, right?
And, if the Gov. statements on how many Canadian truckers are vaxxed are accurate, this convoy has many Canadian truckers who are vaxxed, as well.
Covid false narrative, like every previous false narrative, initially benefited the liars, only to bite them in the end.
If Republican State Legislatures had done their job, we might not be in this mess
Wow. It warms my heart to see how many people get it and are willing to do something about it.
What the puck is going on in Canada? Look at all those violent domestic terrorists protesting for their freedom and liberty. RESIST! But resistance is not enough. We also need full accountability for the perpetrators of these crimes against humanity.
https://rumble.com/vswv23-january-19-2022.html
I had to stop playing the videos, because all the honking horns got my German Shepherd howling . . . in support, of course.
The supporters of the Canadian truck convoys have the same feel as supporters at Trump rallies! They are the majority, but the media will tell you they are the minority.
Go Canadian Truckers and all supporters!
True Patriot love in all of us command!
Git-er done Cannucks!
Tears in eyesβ-God, hear the cries for freedom. Amen.ππΌππΌππΌ
Yea, God β£
Me, too! Sending up prayers for the safety of everyone participating – and all those folks lining the roads in support!
God bless our truckers and their families!
The potential loss of 12,000 to 16,000 cross-border commercial drivers translates potentially into one very large rolling protest.
When was the last time Canada ever experienced anything like this?
Tip of the spear.
If only the “medical” or “science” communities had this kind of integrity we wouldn’t have had to go through all of this.
spot on
No kidding. They could have been a powerful line in the sand. Instead the professional became yet another collapse adding another shock to the system.
Unless this brings down the Trudeau government, it’s a useless gesture.
i dont know that its useless or that it “must” result in bringing him down… but I would suggest a lot more than driving through town and honking. Start by blockading every entry and exit to the imperial capital, with about 200 trucks deep. let that ride for about 2 weeks and see how it goes after that.
Someone posted here a few days ago…the powers that be can ignore protests because they go away; if you want to make an impact , don’t leave. So I agree with you, they need to park those rigs right in the middle of all roads going into Ottawa…indefinitely.
and flatten the tires. and take out the motor components needed to turn it on. and have more waves to replace them if they try to move them.
Make trudeau deploy the army to save his own hide. let those images blast around the kakistocracy for a few weeks and THEN see whether it brings him down.
Some limited battles during WW II were “lost”. So are you suggesting that the soldiers’ lost lives, those who didn’t walk away, constitute a useless gesture???????????????? Might want to send an open letter to their children and grandchildren, letting them know.
Since we can never see into the future, all we have is today. And each person must make decisions each day as to how they will, or won’t, stand for freedom, knowing there is no assurance they will be victorious. But I understand your cynicism. I fight against that all the time because, for me, I’ve seen so many things that gave me hope, only to be let down. Hard. So it’s difficult to have hope because we’ve all seen how Western governments have morphed into tyrants and how our voices are silenced on every front. Still, one must never lose hope or allow their cynicism to keep them from staying engaged in whatever ways they can.
Awesome!
It always amazes me how far out of touch with the People leaders can be. I always say to myself, “My God, can’t they see it”?
However, they do not have Rationale, Judgment, Commonsense. It is like asking a one-arm man to hang wallpaper. If it is not there, it is not there.
It has happened in EVERY civilisation; an small elite class develops, which hoards wealth and power unto itself and its progeny.
Wealth and power enables it to “insulate” it from the negative consequences of its actions, and from “the common folk”, hence “let them eat cake” and “Oh! Fireworks,..how lovely!”
Fangdog: Sparkle Socks is perfectly in touch with his fellow globalist, New World Order types. That’s where his attention is focused, not on the hopes, desires and needs of Canadians.
Yes, “in touch with like kind” but not the people.
They sell their souls. All they see is the multi-million dollar payoff when they leave office. Think of the homes Zero bought.
Interrupteur! Interrupteur! Ici, c’est le canard en caoutchouc! This needs to be the cry heading west toward Ottawa!
(Breaker, breaker, this here’s the rubber duck) π
Push back is building against these WEF elites and their “Great Reset” plan and they know it. Hopefully at the end of this “culture war”, Klaus Sshwab, Bill Gates, Foulche, Xiden, et al “will own nothing and be very unhappy” in prison where they belong for crimes against humanity.
literally the only way that ever happens is through the people’s court and in the streets. no western government will ever stand against them.
I’d like to see Truckers block I-95, The Parkway (295)and the beltway around DC, Northern VA and MD.
THIS.
Not the beltway. Any street named for a state. Trucks from Pennsylvania on Pennsylvania etc. Every street and every state. It would be poetic. Except Hawaii. That would be tough.
They would automatically lock up the beltway just getting there.
They need to block any tunnel entrances as well…
And clog the entrance/exit to every metro station.
permanently!
I had written a scenario quite a few years ago for a novel I wrote but never published. In it, truckers arrive en masse around the 495 Beltway (much like you are seeing with the Canadian protest), set their trucks on fire and walk away. Miles and miles and miles of trucks burning, and the bridges in and around the imperial city were destroyed.
They would just have to occupy all lanes on 495, lock their cabs and leave them for complete chaos to occur. Look how long it took the State Police to try and move the small number of vehicles that people had abandoned on 495 between Quantico and Fredericksburg during the big snow storm. Now imagine trying to find the equipment to try and move all those trucks – if you could find operators willing to cooperate.
Theoretically, in mine craft of course.
That’d do the trick.
Interesting plot…
I’m afraid Thomas Perry got there ahead of you: Metzger’s Dog.
I would like to see them clog up Georgetown Pike and inconvenience all the Audi and Range Rover drivers.
Proud of the Canadian truckers βοΈ and hopefully the truckers in the land of the free will follow their example.
Screw that obama clone trudeau and his commie – socialistic – fascist “illegitimate” canadian government!! It is as illegitimate as the joe – bama freak side show!!
He has been a buddy like barry obonzo to their masters the murderous chicom commies and murderous radical islamic jihadist!!
Let us not forget the american government and canadian government traitors as well as 5hroughout nato!!
President Trump had it all right!! Pull out of NATO and the U.N. (UNITED NONSENSE)!!
Then let all our tratorious backstabbing “allies” dangle and do the Danube 2 Step with Vlad leading!!
Pull out of the world bank and invoke a more “nationalistic – Monroe Doctrine” like foreign policy!!
Let the tratorious – brits, the current world warish french frig vichy governments as well as the ever present and on going nazi german reich – now known as the 4th of germany.
Maybe its time to start pulling back in U.S. presence on Europe and throughout Asia.
Since they only want our money and offer us nothing in return then I say cut the global dreggs loose.
Just got home from a 4,566 mile, 12 day trip, the last leg of which was roughly 1,000 miles from Fort Worth to Minneapolis. We spotted one Bison truck on this leg, and one other Canadian truck on the whole trip. It is hard to overestimate how critical Bison is to Manitoba’s supply chains– in both directions. The $64 question here is: how many vaccinated drivers are in this convoy?
By the way, semi traffic on such arteries as 10 and 40 is massive. In the heartland, what we call “town to city traffic” appears to be in free fall. This is cars and pickups traveling the interstates between outlying communities and the cities. In daylight hours, we would expect the big rigs to account for 27%, and cars/pickups for 72% of total traffic. On this trip, the numbers came in at 62% rigs, 37% cars/pickups.
A new wrinkle in commercial transport may have emerged: pickups hauling flatbeds with single containers from the big shipping lines. Is anybody else seeing this? We are wondering if it’s a workaround to increase container flow from the California ports.
Yep. I have seen the gooseneck flats, pulled by a dually or ton+ flatbed, with a container strapped down. Not a lot of farm work happening, and those flatbed tractor and hay haulers are available for double duty. However, if they have farm plates they are prohibited from being used for hire. They could move an empty container around without a problem, a full one would present a problem.
My son is out on the road hauling for UPS.
I just called him and asked him if heβs seen any of those pickup workarounds at the inland rail port or on the road.
He said he hadnβt seen any here in the NY, PA, NJ, area yet.
Those pickups with trailers are called “Hot Shots” and they haul just about anything that will fit on their trailers that make axle weight. They’ve been around since the invention of the pickup truck. They are “supposed” to run a log book. They are “supposed” to have a D.O.T Authority. They are “supposed” to abide by all commercial motor carrier rules and regulations. But not always. Many get around it by having a placard on the truck : “Not For Hire”. Oh- in general you dont need a CDL. Good money in it. I know drivers that retire from driving tractor trailers and became Hot Shots.
Thanks, Mike. FYI, rail traffic along the line paralleling 40 between Albuquerque and Flagstaff was way, way over the top … double stack container trains with as many as four pushers in the mix, sometimes running in line of sight of one another. Rail traffic alongside 10, in contrast, was hardly visible in the long stretch between Tucson and Las Cruces. And the word on the street is that a strike has already been scheduled against BNSF.
By the way, have you ever hauled a rig through Hatch, NM? We were eating at Sparky’s, which is on the corner where the state highway makes the turn. It looked like a scene straight out of CONVOY. Rigs outnumbered cars 8:2. In 45 minutes, no less than 7 SWIFT trucks came through!
Remember the “Fried Green Tomato” movie that highlighted the Whistlestop Cafe in rural GA? It’s about an hour south of Atlanta in the middle of nowhere. My sister and I went there Friday. She’d been there years ago and we went to eat fried green tomato sandwiches at the Cafe and saunter into the antique store. Everything is still the same as in the movie.
Anywhere, two trains whizzed by in about a 30-minute span. Both had double-tiered containers loaded on them. Containers were the only load on both trains. Bunch of them.
Patty’s truck stop in N Georgia is world famous – Get some pie at Patty’s
Seeing it here in Florida…Doolies w/trailers coming from Miami going North on Turnpike and I-95!!!
Most Canadians don’t even know there is a truck caravan. There’s a total blackout on the TV news. The tyrants know that most people would side with the truckers and that this could be the beginning of a revolution if it’s not totally suppressed. Bastards.
Word of mouth, still best form for spreading info. π
Horrible and predictable. Do your part to spread the word in any way that you can.
This Convoy has support and enthusiasm like nothing Iβve ever seen in Canadian history.
Theyβve got Trudeauβs nuts in a vice. If he sends out the military or police to stop it the optics will be terrible for him. If he does nothing, heβll be forced to deal with them.
If he were smart, heβd do what Bojo did in the UK and set the whole country free to save his own hide.
Enough indeed. Canadians are FED UP!
Not sure exactly HOW the Police or military stop a 70 kilometer long convoy.
Assuming you block the road, with huge bulldozers, the trucks in front radio notice, and the trucks further back simply take on offramp to another freeway, and circumvent the roadblock.
So, unless they are prepared to block ALL freeways, the excercise is futile.
The government has 3 options, all bad but one worst.
A) they ‘allow’ the convoy to reach its destination, which is bad, and a news blackout is not sufficient to prevent everyone from noticing the Capitol shut down.
B) They successfuly (somehow)block the convoy, arrest drivers which creates martyers, and only fuels the movement.
C) WORST option; they UNSUCCESFULLY attempt to block the convoy, which simply goes around them, like trying to “corral” an amoeba or jellyfish.
They STILL get the option A result, but are shown to be both rediculous AND powerless.
SUCKS to be them! Actually hoping the government WILL try to blockade, although praying for no violence.
Dutchman,
If you pull out a map, you will see how none of the options are good to counter this protest.
In eastern Ontario, the 401 is the main arterial highway for traffic, commercial and otherwise, and roughly parallels Lake Ontario.
There is NO other “interstate” equivalent highway that runs from East to West along the main urban centers and ports – Montreal unloading on the St Lawrence Seaway to – Toronto in particular.
So, if they stop a 40+ km long train of trucks and supporting vehicles, from both sides at the turnoff to Ottawa, what have they done?
Completely shut down the only commercial arterial roadway.
It would be like if the US had ONLY I-10 to count on for commercial traffic to move freight. And TPTB decided to halt the convoy on I-10 just outside of Jacksonville, Florida in BOTH directions.
Now look at the map again, and see where they will be turning north from the 401 to Ottawa, the 416. I have driven this route many times when my mother was in a Memory Care facility in Ottawa, and I would cross the US/Can border at Cornwall to visit her. It’s not a major road. Shut that down? Now what?
Look at the NW side of Ottawa. Do you think that the 2 lanes roads through Arnprior to either Huntsville or North Bay can hold the amount of traffic that a major interstate like the 401 does, daily?
They have no good options.
Many truckers have said they are going all the way to Ottawa, parking their rigs and waiting out Sparkle Socks. Their demands are either an end to ALL mandates (vaccines, masks, COVID passes, etc) or the government resigns.
The only way Sparkle Socks holds on is if O’Toole continues to support him, hence the ratching up of pressure on O’Toole. The vast majority of ridings (seats) that the Conservatives hold are in Ontario (outside of the Toronto GTA) at 37, Alberta at 30, Saskatchewan at 14, British Columbia (outside of Hongcouver GTA) at 13, Quebec at 10, and Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces making up the remainder. The bulk of the seats held by the Conservatives is in the very territory with the strongest base of support and well spring of activity for the “#FreedomConvoy.
Sparkle Socks stays in power as long as O’Toole allows it to happen. O’Toole wants to stay on the Globalist/WEF side of the fence, but HIS base of support comes from the areas that have birthed the #FreedomConvoy.
Sparkle Socks is done the moment O’Toole withdraws his argument to support his, and triggers a vote of non-confidence.
And Bernier waits in the wings, leader of the PPC, with open support of the #FreedomConvoy, speaking at rallies and condemning the COVID policies of the government.
It’s a multi-prong pincer move: practically (the physical terrain), emotionally (over $3M in small money donations from real grassroots, and an estimated 500,000 people (and growing) now accompanying the convoy, and politically (Liberals only hold 159 of 338 seats), and a large base of support for the #FreedomConvoy comes from Quebec, where the Liberals have over 22% of the seats of their total amount, with 35 seats vs 32 seats from the separatist party Bloc Quebecois.
Make. Popcorn.
Hope those trucker CLOSE THE VICE -REAL TIGHT AND WELD THE DAMN THING SHUT!!!!!
Man Over-Board Drill comes to mind!!!!
Maybe wishful thinking on my part but it looks like people are pulling their vehicles to the side and giving the truckers a clear road all the way to their destination.
The videos show tractors and no trailers, though there are a few, in the protest. This means that the people driving the tractors are the owners of the vehicle(s). Most truck drivers here in the states drive for a company, which means that they won’t be joining in any protest unless the company says so and that company is prepared to spend a lot of money with no income.
I don’t know, my dealings with the Trucking industry was a lot of truckers who owned their Tractors. They would go through truck-brokers to get their loads. At the time, I used a lot of Trucks and truckers out of Mexico for hauling perishables.
There are far more independent Truckers than you may think. In fact, I would think the same percentage as Canada.
There are over 3,000,000 CDL holders in America.
Yes, there are owner-operators that get their loads through brokers. Another poster has posted that OOIDA has 100K members.
Swift has more than 15,000 trucks, Schneider has more than 19,000, Walmart private fleet probably has north of 10, 000 trucks, and that is just 3 fleets out of how many? Add the grocery chains, food distributors, and other large fleet operators.
Can 100,000 drivers make a difference? How many people did it take to win our Revolutionary War?
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Well, there is the weather to consider, also.
How many of those β18-wheelsβ would you want to put tire chains on . . .?
Just one view from up North. Spicy/normal-folk lingo warning.
There’s some good back channel links and in the comment section there’s a description how their media has indicated the protests are over “bad roads.”
Yes…you read that: BAD ROADS(TM)
More fun than a barrel full of monkeys, kids.
https://bittercenturion.blogspot.com/2022/01/disconnect.html
This warms my heart to see the Canadians have the courage to do this. This would never happen in Australia and New Zealand.
I did read up on this, a little bit. The truckers are NOT previously pissed off, with “cold anger” turning hot, because of “bad roads” as in poorly maintained.
They are ticked over policies to allow unqualified drivers, who can’t even back a trailer, or that know how to do basic safety inspections and maintenance, who are passing in areas they shouldn’t be passing, etc.
Unsafe roads, DUE TO Government policies to allow unqualified drivers to drive big rigs.
Again, many years of “cold anger” building up, until a “flashpoint” (in this case Covid mandates) simultaneously causes a mass of people to turn hot.
It is why revolts, like avalanches and bankruptcies happen “verrrry slowly, and then,..
allatonce!
thanks for the link, like centurions style & acumen
Thank you to our dear northern Canadian friends and brave truckers for leading the way to opening the door to a return to normalcy in North America. Sending God’s blessing and wishes for safety for everyone from the USA. πΊπΈπ¨π¦
Why do you think we’re seeing massive protests across Europe and now this in Canada, yet nothing like that here in the United States where we fancy ourselves lovers of freedom and often speak with much bravado about it?
Itβs coming.
I don’t think the mandate for trucker starts here until the 29?
There was a good show for Sunday’s mandate protest in DC and there were other small ones around the country.
Thanks sundance I have NOT seen this posted anywhere else.
Just stopped at local Kwik Trip for gas (Wisconsin). Bought a few $5 gift cards. Walked over to trucker filling his tanks and handed one with sincere “thanks”. He was extremely grateful.
This sort of comment just makes my day. Shoot, the way things keep going, it makes my entire WEEK! π
Yes, and it is such a small thing to do for those who have kept things moving throughout this past two years. Please consider it if you can afford to in these lean Biden times.
If anyone hears anything about the protest coming from Newfoundland’s timeline please pass it along. Would like to show my support but where I’m not on Facebook it’s hard to find any information.
More specifically I would like to know when they would be going through Nova Scotia. (Cape Breton to Amherst/New Brunswick border) Hope I haven’t already missed them.
Thanks
Canada-unity.com can help you find out.
Or you can email [email protected]
That email address takes you directly to one of the men in charge of the timing for the Canadian convoy. He is out of one of the western provinces, but knows the leaders of the other groups.
Love Cape Breton and Nova Scotia. God bless you, and I pray you have plenty of time to join up with your posse!
Hell Yes!
Hopefully everyone will remember at voting time what they have put everyone through. Remind everyone if you have to.
I put C W McCall on audio, turned it up, watched all the videos—with tears running down my face.
I think SparkleSocks should be made to shake hands with 75 or 100 of these men.
His knees would buckle before he got to #3.
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At the very least, his eyebrows would fall off . . .
I admire the truckers and citizens of Canada who are participating in and supporting this defiance to the tyrants.
Around the world, the freedom movement against the Mengeles’ continues to ignite.
Extremism in support of liberty is no vice. Barry Goldwater said something like that.
I suspect that many people in other countries see the communist takeover in the US and are scared to death. They know they can no longer wait for the US to act first, etc. They know that they must stand alone.
Will “Bad Roads” be Canada’s “Let’s Go Brandon” !
I hope they block all the roads into Ottawa and surround what ever they call the building the Canadian government sits in and refuse to move until the mandate is removed. My only question is why American truckers aren’t doing something like this?
It is time people realize the government is not for the people, actually has not cared for the people for many years. Their priorities are power (which keeps them in office), money and big business which is their true constituent. Every move they make has very little to due with the citizenry, except at election time and that is probably moot now that have installed cheating to ensure their hold on power is insured.
Local Aldi’s (dallas) shelves looking depleted for a lot of basics. Their eggs are up 40%.
I bought several dozen eggs and froze them in ice cube trays then popped them out and placed in zipper lock bags to keep frozen. Theyβll be good frozen up to a year. I suggest getting medium as my large eggs overflowed the ice cube sections, making some sections just egg white. No problem, they are still good.
Half a million protesters on Sunday had tear gas and water cannons turned on them to shut down the gathering. Today the press is reporting the demonstration turned violent. Itβs a lie. Police in plain clothes were attempting to provoke the crowd. Sound familiar? These tactics were used already on Americans. FJB.
Yeap. We were teargassed the minute we walked on the grass of the people’s house a little over a year ago. We did nothing wrong, but were teargassed a head of time, just to fit the narrative they were planning.
OK America Truckers letβs start here in America we SUPPORT you letβs stick to Buck Fiden π.
These commie criminals are destroying our Nation itβs time to take to fight them. ππππ€