So it has been an interesting day in convoy news. First, lets talk briefly about last night as Pat King and his group drove into Regina... and appear to have gotten mildly lost. 1/
He also has claimed the convoy has made the Guinness Book of World records (a claim since repeated numerous times by convoy supporters) which (a) isn't how it works and (b) no it hasn't. 2/
But that is all a bit petty. What really reveals their character is how they respond to having no adoring fans waving as they pass. 6/
So, in the dead of night, Pat urges people to honk their horns. Wake people up. $20 to the first person who breaks a window. Noise bylaws be damned. 7/
It sort of goes to show how selfish these people are.
But there is more.
Today Pat responded to this clip that was posted by my friend @JaneQCitizen 8/
His response is rife with lies claiming that @JaneQCitizen suggested he said this last night (she did,'t), that @antihateca was given $45 million my the government (they did not), that the clip has been reworked (it hasn't), and that we will be charged with slander (we won't). 9/
The problem with Pat King is that he has made a number of incredibly violent threats in the past, for instance, this one when he couldn't make his flight because of his vaccine status. 10/
I can go on but given the rhetoric we've seen thus far from Pat in the not-so-distant past and others, it seems almost inevitable that there will be an incident.
But let's say Pat King does behave. What about others who won't? 14/
Know that Russell is a free speech absolutist... sort of.
You see, he favours unrestricted free speech UNTILL people like him get into power. 20/
He further confirms his actual contempt for democracy in this exchange in his Telegram account. 21/
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In any case, he will also be attending the event in Ottawa this weekend, but first he discusses Derek Harrison's comment about hoping a truck drives into the wall as well as Jeremy Mackenzie's reaction. 23/
To be clear, and while Mackenzie urges people to be on their best behaviour, he himself has expressed his opinion about the need for violence in other circumstances. 24/
He also agrees with Mackenzie that people need to behave, however it would be awesome if they didn't. 26/
He couches his language very carefully. 27/
However, he is a big fan of what happened on January 6, 2022 at the Capitol Building. 28/
He encourages Canada First members and others who plan on attending to "be rowdy" and to get in the face of the police. 29/
Again, couching his language carefully, he tells his supporters to be ready in order to ensure the Liberal government is dissolved by the end of the weekend, because they are delusional like that. 30/
So, these are some of the people who plan on attending.
I could include more of a similar mindset.
Still thing that there aren't some who are going with more than a peaceful protest in mind? 31/
Also, this… 32/
But, I though Pat said he wasn’t getting any of that sweet, sweet, @gofundme cash? 33/
By the way, remember when Pat claimed to have a vet who lost his leg in Afghanistan? 34/
Yeah, we do and we have the receipts. 35/
So did he sell his bike with the profits going to vets?
I mean, I suppose he could have had two motorcycles... 🙇 36/
By the way, a thought on Pat King's claim that @antihateca received $45 million from the government.
It isn't true of course, but... imagine if it was true?
We are a bare bones operation but they think of us as the boogeymen under their beds. Imagine us with $45 million. 37
Well this letter by Hillier suggesting the Prime Minister and other political leaders are terrorists certainly doesn’t help bring the temperature of the room down. 38/
My CTV interview came out today on this very topic.
Also, plan on covering the rally in Ottawa this weekend. It will likely be busy. That said, if any of the idiots who are attending and planning to do something stupid, first don't and second I will be taking 2 hours to go to the gym so wait until it is convenient for me. 41/
So I guess Trump Jr. decided make fomenting coup attempts an international affair. 42/
1. By now I'm guessing that most of my Twitter followers are aware of the most recent threats against Trudeau and the subsequent of a suspect. I think there is an even more important story though related to the poisonous influence of social media
2. Dawid Zalewski was arrested for making death threats against the Prime Minister. The following video was posted to his second Facebook profile. Be warned that it may be triggering as it promotes graphic violence against the PM and others.
3. Zalewski is clearly not well, but I think would be wrong to dismissively call him "crazy" move on without further examination. There is a reason why he got to this point and I believe we can learn a great deal from his social media footprint.
1. I’ve been enjoying my summer break and have not been paying a lick of attention to the Olympics. Until today however since Twitter has collectively lost the plot.
2. Earlier boxer Imane Khelif defeated her Italian opponent in the first round when Angela Carini quit after 45 seconds stating that she had never been hit so hard.
To be fair, I don’t enjoy being punched in the face either so I can at least sympathize with Carini.
3. Now a preliminary fight would never be important enough to make international news under normal circumstances however we are, as the saying goes, living in interesting times.
1. Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) was arrested in Calgary on an immigration warrant apparently. He may have since been released, though he has to turn in his passport and remain in southern Alberta.
I'd prefer that he be kicked out immediately.
2. Despite claiming to have been a "political prisoner" many of Yaxley-Lennon's criminal convictions his Islamophobic "activism" and a number of convictions since have had nothing to do with his political views.
3. In 2005, he was convicted assaulting a police officer who intervened during an argument Yaxley-Lennon was having with his then girlfriend.
1/ It's been a while since I've done a thread here, but the recent focus on Pat King got me to wondering what was up with his own Salacious Crumb, Tyson "Freedom George" Billings.
2/ Last time I looked at Billings he was a part of the efforts to set up a permenant camp outside Ottawa so there could be daily protests, though the original plan involved surrounding the police and arresting politicians.
Suffice to say it didn't go anywhere.
3/ Billings and Ron Clark soon headed home, but they both soon got involved in other protests including the anti-carbon tax protests occurring in the province. The numbers at these events have been small but that hasn't stopped from politicians from courting the fringes it seems.
1/ Though I'm not especially active these days, I'm still sometimes gobsmacked by some of the ridiculous (though sadly effective) rage farming by some on the right. Harrison Faulkner of "True North" is just a recent example of that.
2/ So a bit of background. Musical artist Karan Aujla won the 2024 TikTok Juno Fan Choice Award at the award ceremony this past weekend.
I think it was this weekend. Truth be told I don't pay a lot of attention to awards shows.
3/ It should be noted that Aujla has been in Canada for years emigrating as an orphan. He graduated from high school in Canada. The album was produced by a Canadian on a Canadian label.