tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post4443278814579035638..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: He'll SurviveOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-46308454597320761042022-11-27T16:33:35.886-05:002022-11-27T16:33:35.886-05:00I'm sure there will be better material, jrk.I'm sure there will be better material, jrk.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-41949890112498706752022-11-27T15:24:15.924-05:002022-11-27T15:24:15.924-05:00That's why he'll survive, PoV.That's why he'll survive, PoV.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-4682559290374036402022-11-27T15:22:50.623-05:002022-11-27T15:22:50.623-05:00The original failure was a local policing failure,...The original failure was a local policing failure, lungta. That meant that the problem had to be kicked upstairs.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-68230236703319627492022-11-27T14:23:00.990-05:002022-11-27T14:23:00.990-05:00Watched for 50 years "the law" selective...Watched for 50 years "the law" selectively applied.<br />This was no different.<br />Complicit, compliant selective buddy cops confused by the hard-on this convoy gave them, overlooking law after law after law.<br />Overstay one day in a camp ground and it's fees ,fines and towing.<br />Am I to believe that there wasn't a single law enforcement officer in Ottawa that was able to tell the difference between parking lot and roadway?<br />On day 3 a simple parking warning stating that on day 4 would be a $1000 parking ticket; day 5 would be $10,000; day 6 would be $25,000; day 7 would be contempt charges and confiscation of property as deemed abandoned or used in the attempted commission of an crime. <br />The emergency wasn't so much a bunch of unemployed broke ass truckers and admittedly every squirrelly Q anon conspiracist, quasi militant domestic terrorist promoting dissidents or discredited ex military or law enforcement instigators occupying roadways as it was a bunch of "law enforcement officers" on paid work to rule inactive duty.<br />Virtually any other "profession" that overlooked that many violations that they were employed to enforce for that many days with international coverage would be fired on the spot.<br />It wasn't about the barbarians at the gates, it was about mutiny in the ranks, staying on the fence while they waited for a winner.lungtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06526204597913219959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-19741890361404371502022-11-27T13:21:25.866-05:002022-11-27T13:21:25.866-05:00We can't ignore the role of the oil industry i...We can't ignore the role of the oil industry in right-wing politics, Cap. They'd burn the house -- or the planet -- down to get their way.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-32261232496310816822022-11-27T13:18:40.494-05:002022-11-27T13:18:40.494-05:00Time will tell, John.Time will tell, John.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-76017097158295487772022-11-27T12:10:06.766-05:002022-11-27T12:10:06.766-05:00Had Paul Martin ignored the so-called ad-scam, per...Had Paul Martin ignored the so-called ad-scam, perhaps we would've never been plagued by Harper.<br /><br />It was an absurd act of pollical suicide, birthed in a petty jealousy.<br />Canada is diminished because of what it led to.<br /><br />OTOH, I think Jr's testimony finished off any lingering doubts about the blessed EA and the end of the convoy. Thank god Jr left the drama-teacher guise behind and (for the first time since the 2015 election campaign) spoke with intelligence and clarity. Northern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-80582616482029162862022-11-27T11:54:41.415-05:002022-11-27T11:54:41.415-05:00DJF points to billionaire libertarian Charles Koch...DJF points to billionaire libertarian Charles Koch in particular, but it's important to remember where the Koch Brothers made their money - the oil and gas industry. If you want to understand the Freedom Convoy, you need to understand how the oil industry worked to create motivated citizens groups to fight carbon taxes. <br /><br />Freedom Convoy organizers and advocates like Tamara Lich, Pat King, James Bauder, Glen Carritt, and Mark Friesen all cut their teeth in the anti-carbon tax and anti-immigration activism of the <a href="https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/the-oil-industrys-frankenstein" rel="nofollow"> Yellow Vests </a>movement. Lich even showed up to an Ottawa bail hearing in an "I ❤️ Oil and Gas" sweatshirt. The Yellow Vests then became an anti-lockdown movement that in turn led to the Freedom Convoy. One academic who studied the movement views the Yellow Vests, United We Roll, and the Freedom Convoy as "a continuous and evolving right-wing movement."<br /><br />The Conservative Party also opposes carbon taxes and is closely aligned with the political goals of Canada's oil and gas industry. In fact, its Reform Party predecessor was basically CAPP's political wing. The Emergency Act hearings never explored the guiding hand of the oil industry, and Skippy is keeping a low profile to keep it that way.<br /><br />CapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-47379012484565459582022-11-27T10:56:17.802-05:002022-11-27T10:56:17.802-05:00The Liberals will be successful. Justin has alway...The Liberals will be successful. Justin has always struck me as being a "too easy" kind of guy. I just hope we don't see more of it.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07402794337521523610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-17312260759265317662022-11-27T10:53:46.560-05:002022-11-27T10:53:46.560-05:00I agree, DJF. The Libertarian wing of the Conserva...I agree, DJF. The Libertarian wing of the Conservative Party is ascendant.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-90317305140019469542022-11-27T10:52:42.223-05:002022-11-27T10:52:42.223-05:00We still like to think of this country as The Peac...We still like to think of this country as The Peaceable Kingdom, Lorne. And, occasionally, we live up to our ideals.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-13564934233408560832022-11-27T10:50:50.895-05:002022-11-27T10:50:50.895-05:00Let"s see. Pictures of Skippy delivering coff...Let"s see. Pictures of Skippy delivering coffee to Convoy drivers and a few clips of him endorsing bitcoin should make interesting campaign materials for just about any party in Canada except for his own.<br /><br />Of course, by the next election we may have more and better material. Spoiled by too much choice.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-12121429440909329182022-11-27T10:46:12.441-05:002022-11-27T10:46:12.441-05:00There was a big disconnect between those Republica...There was a big disconnect between those Republicans running for office and the voter in this past round of US electoring - overturning Roe vs Wade being the main one. I theorize that an organized group, such as the billionaire class led by Charles Koch is setting the agenda, the pols are doing their yapping on the hustings, but the majority of voters are firmly opposed. <br />Looking back to what Poilievre and Bergen said and did early this year during the convoys occupations, it is hard not to conclude they were marching to orders/suggestions that came from outside the CPC.<br />I think we have to keep alert for signs of outside influence to the CPC. And we must keep tabs on the CPC to look for signs of leadership roles within the party being occupied by Libertarian forces. DJF (that’s 2 days in a row; so I’ll shutup for a while.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-15910395072424655482022-11-27T10:37:30.815-05:002022-11-27T10:37:30.815-05:00I think for most Canadians, Owen, the invocation o...I think for most Canadians, Owen, the invocation of The Emergencies Act was a welcome relief from three weeks of inactivity by police. It might have been otherwise had violence or death resulted, but it seems to me that it was solved in a typically Canadian way, peacefully.Lornehttp://politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-40131106337528827702022-11-27T10:34:51.570-05:002022-11-27T10:34:51.570-05:00I suspect that Poilievre will have a hard time kee...I suspect that Poilievre will have a hard time keeping his mouth shut, zoombats.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-69910278009434328802022-11-27T09:45:50.883-05:002022-11-27T09:45:50.883-05:00And that's why Pierre Poilievre is keeping his...And that's why Pierre Poilievre is keeping his mouth shut:<br /><br />One can only hope.zoombatsnoreply@blogger.com