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Howard Dean's opinion on what

artappraiser — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 15:28:40 +0000

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Howard Dean's opinion on what the new U.S. convoy is up to:

Traitors should arrested and held without bond. https://t.co/mFWGb3g5Cs
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) February 25, 2022

Very Trudeau: enough of this nonsense!

"Catastrophe of Canada"

Orion — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:58:00 +0000

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"Catastrophe of Canada"

This podcast is a bit hysterical. They are psychoanalyzing Justin Trudeau the way that the Left did with George W. Bush, arguing that this is his way of presenting his masculinity in relation to his father Pierre Trudeau.

There is also a right wing conspiracy that he is really Fidel Castro's love child.

I think I am beginning to see

Orion — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 22:10:23 +0000

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I think I am beginning to see why my trucker article for a progressive magazine got rejected. If the Biden administration is actually serious about intervening in the trucking industry, it could be a much more serious issue than what's even going on in Canada: https://youtu.be/rW0yol5Q4w4

there's very serious debate

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 06:01:34 +0000

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there's very serious debate still going on about it in Canada. for example

Let's be clear: there is no legal justification for using the emergencies act.

The broad powers the government has granted to police curtail Charter rights across the country.

This risk of abuse is high.

The emergency declaration should be immediately revoked.
— Canadian Civil Liberties Association (@cancivlib) February 22, 2022

Let's be clear. Had the provincial premiers done THEIR job, this never would have gotten to the federal level. But conservative premiers and MPs let it escalate, hoping to dump it in PMJT's lap.
What charter riskts have been lost? DO TELL.
— Ember November - not a Nazi apologist (@ember_november) February 22, 2022

The majority of the blockades were done before the EA and the police were able to clear downtown Ottawa in 2 days, something they could have done weeks ago and without an EA. If people can't recognize that this is an obvious power grab then I really don't know what else to say
— HalfCut (@halfcutOverH) February 22, 2022

more just retweeted from my

artappraiser — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 08:12:59 +0000

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more just retweeted from my New Zealand Twitter pal - that majority feels the "dirty rats" should #GoHome

And the two petitions are still up. But guess which one is in front? Rhetorical question of course. The majority is getting 'louder'. #GoHome Covid spreading #Clownvoynz You're NOT the heroes you think you are. You're all full of the poodark matter. Leave you dirty rats. pic.twitter.com/D1uk6ujJG1
— Tanya Robinson (@_TanyaRobinson_) February 21, 2022

edit to add, she just retweeted this as well

When some things (and some groups of people) seem out of control it’s nice to be somewhere peaceful and serene. #endtheprotest pic.twitter.com/E5J2FtRjV3
— Owhiro Bay (@OwhiroBay) February 21, 2022

and they don't even have to deal with honking horns

“ACAB except when you arrest

artappraiser — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:34:59 +0000

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“ACAB except when you arrest our political enemies” https://t.co/rFpF0q2WmU
— AnonBrieraming (@BanonBrier) February 21, 2022

Both sides of this are just straight into my veins. https://t.co/pXx3eagCAN
— Look upon my works, ye mighty, and pay me. (@ThomasHoufek) February 21, 2022

You know who's really used to being lionized or demonized depending on the situation? The police.
— Look upon my works, ye mighty, and pay me. (@ThomasHoufek) February 21, 2022

If only Minneapolis had had

artappraiser — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 02:48:36 +0000

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If only Minneapolis had had the guts to do that, they might not have had to replace a police station and a neighborhood wouldn't have been ruined. If only the Capitol Police had been amply prepared to not let anyone breach the grounds of Congress on Jan. 6, we wouldn't be spending tax money and Congress' time on investigation of how that happened.

It's simply a no go zone,

artappraiser — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 02:43:51 +0000

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It's simply a no-go zone, they don't have a permit to protest there, and it's with ample warning:

DEMONSTRATORS: You must leave. You must cease further unlawful activity and immediately remove your vehicle and/or property from all unlawful protest sites. Anyone within the unlawful protest site may be arrested. #ottawa pic.twitter.com/c8zblopzCI
— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) February 21, 2022

And yes, that is both like Tianamen Square, and the grounds and halls of Congress, or the White House.

And note they are not seizing private property, they don't want it, they want the protesters to take it along.

Protesters can protest elsewhere, they are not banning protest. The internet is a good place to do that, especially in Canada, where it's cold outside right now.

a valid argument from the

artappraiser — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 02:28:37 +0000

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a valid argument from the libertarian side:

Governments claiming the authority to *freeze people's bank accounts* because they want to crush a protest movement is tyrannical and obscene. If you would oppose China or Russia doing it, you must oppose Canada doing it.

Very glad @CanCivLib exists.https://t.co/wXBCLdtlbt
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) February 20, 2022

I'm really just: WHY O WHY DOES ANYONE HAVE TO PROTEST BY OCCUPYING PUBLIC PLACES WITHOUT A LICENSE TO DO SO, especially in this day and age? Even the UK of old limited it to Hyde Park. The public spaces are for everyone's use, not to be taken over by one interest group.

And not only that, the

artappraiser — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:25:45 +0000

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And not only that, the principles currently involved with the Ukraine issue are also about security--policing and civilization--NATO alliance vs. "libertarian" thug nation states doing whatever they damn well please against weaker nation states using their military might--

And yes, that's quite a leap because the world of nation states is not the same as policing citizens from becoming a mob. Still I suspect western leaders are making that leap and I suspect Biden is on board with that kind of thinking.