2. While I haven't been focusing on the QAnon self-proclaimed Queen, Romana Didulo and her entourage continue to hold court in Ottawa in their world that continues to be divorced from reality.
3. But even she seems to recognize that it is time to go home.
4. Chris Saccoccia (aka Chris Sky) continues to try to will things into existence.
6. Both Tamara Lich and Pat King remain in jail, however they were both featured on "Last Week Tonight" with John Oliver thus immortalizing their infamy internationally.
7. Alex Vriend appears to recount his encounter with the police which led to his being taken into custody with accompanying video.
10. #OttawaOccupation supporter and participant Jim Kerr posts videos of police action against the occupiers.
11. It is funny how many "back the blue" folks no longer "back the blue" when they realize the police aren't used to put down Indigenous, BLM, environmentalist, and anti-capitalist protests exclusively (even though the #OttawaOccupiers were still treated gently by comparison).
12. Get prepared?
That doesn't sound especially non-violent to me.
13. In Alberta, QAnon and Trump acolyte (and now apparently Diagolon supporter) Logan Murphy promotes the next protest which sort of has the feeling of the regular protests that take place. As it isn't on a weekend we'll see how it turns out for them.
21. Chris Saccoccia (aka Chris Sky) brags about how he was "right again" because someone on Rumble reposts a conspiracy theory that Chris himself shared having heard it from someone else.
22. He also posted a video about condemning the police who acted to arrest the #OttawaOccupiers as well as the police and military who didn't, and let's be honest about what he is suggesting, help engage in a coup against a democratically elected government.
23. Question.
Do you think Mr. Teeth is allergic to sleeves?
24. But mostly he is back to narcistic event planning.
25. I had a brain fart when I wrote earlier that the QAnon self-proclaimed Queen was returning to Victoria. She actually wrote she was going to the east coast. I'm guessing this is part of her royal tour of her domain.
Here is her proposed itinerary (subject to rv rental).
26. "New Foundland.
Don't assume this is a typo. She may have decided to rename the province.
27. She is also back to making pronouncements on world events such as pulling out Canadian troops from Ukraine despite Canada not actually having troops stationed in Ukranine.
28. Oh, and she formally recognizes Russia's right to annex territory in Ukraine.
How magnanimous of her!
30. Also, this to ensure her subjects that this is all her brain child.
31. "Nobody writes my Speeches or gives me notes."
Earlier today Jim Kerr drove by although he apparently thinks it is Saturday, February 20 which is wrong because it is Monday February 20 a Saturday was February 19.
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35. It is Monday, February 21.
It is not Monday, February 20 as I wrote in tweet #33.
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.
1/ A couple of days ago self-proclaimed leaders of the "freedom movement" held a press conference in Ottawa which was about as unhinged as you might have expected.
2/ Apparently the person who set this up was Derek Noonan who was also one of the speakers.
That would be this guy and I shall get back to him shortly.
3/ Because these "freedom patriot" types are SUPER jealous of anyone getting even a tiny bit of the noteriety they seem to believe they deserve and are entitled to, Gordon Berry was not happy with the press conference.
1. Misinformation has always been a feature on Twitter but prior to Musk's ownership there appeared to be a minimal effort (very minimal) to counter it. Those days are clearly over.
Case in point, Theo Fleury shared this with his 285.8K followers today:
2. Before I go any further, no. This is not in fact true at all and a fact check would indicate that it isn't true.
Pictured here with Chrystia Freeland is her mother and sister.
3. When asked about the photo, the original poster said it was taken in 1967: