2. First a few things I caught before but didn't post.
First, Tyler Russell of the hate group Canada First believes because he was on a far-right video stream which attracts far-right listeners that they are "inevitable."
Folks, classic example of the echo chamber at work.
4. Also, and though this was posted earlier elsewhere by other people, the #OttawaOccupiers and their supporters are now targeting tow companies removing vehicles from the streets of the city.
5. Yesterday I missed a CBC article discussing Pat King's bail hearing.
Apparently his lawyer's name is not the Jewish "Mike Shalom" as he had suggested, but a newish lawyer named James Gilbert.
16. Looks like Pat King's side kick Tyson "Freedom George" Billings recorded his own arrest just as Pat did as well.
17. I mean, I'm not the only one who thought this, am I?
18. Moving on to Diagolon members, the de facto leader of the hate group Jeremy MacKenzie (who yesterday leaked a private chat and phone numbers of police officers who were working in Ottawa to clear the occupiers) has been fairly quite albeit cryptic this morning.
21. Not to be outdone, fellow Diagolon member Derek Harrison is celebrating the escalating harassment and (seemingly at this point) inevitable violence towards journalists for reporting news they don't like or want to hear.
22. And there is the lashing out at the Conservatives, conspiracy theories, and other totally normal things.
23. Harrison also posted a couple of clips from what looks to be another Diagolon supporter/member who thinks it is hilarious that the @HMcPhersonMP mentioned them in Parliament.
24. Based on my experience, members of hate groups who laugh and ridicule their infamy come to regret that decision.
You won't believe me, I know. You folks never do... until you you do and by that point it really is too late.
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26. Alleged murder plots are no longer memes, son.
28. Back to the #OttawaOccupiers, some grandiose claims that there are still 1000s of them in the city and the truckers are regrouping, ready to storm the castle once again.
29. Hey, this is an excellent thread focused on disinformation related to the occupation. Give it a read.
59. Diagolon de facto leader is still railing against the official leadership of the #OttawaOccupation claiming they were compromised and determined to sabotage the effort from the start.
62. And with that I'm tapping out for the night. As things currently look to be slowing down a bit this might be meaning that we are coming to an end of these long threads.
Time will tell.
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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.