They still don't understand the scale of it all. This isn't some small group of hippies making a nuisance of itself over climate change. You can't just send in the riot squad to haul them all away. There are too many. If they move on part of the group the rest will react and lock shit down.
They know they have no capability to tow the vehicles out, so they're laying out the 'legal' groundwork to justify them "seizing" the trucks, which will include the keys, and driving them out themselves. Now, the smart protestors will have ensured their vehicle can't run anymore by the time the cops get them, but that's the only tactic that TPTB has to have a chance at 'easily' removing the vehicles, imo.
The Mayor of the City of Ottawa declared a state of emergency 4 days ago. If the province of Ontario were to do the same, things could become spicy in the coming days. Trudeau finally met with the other party leaders earlier tonight to discuss the Convoy, but it accomplished about as much as you could expect - a whole lot of nothing. It seems that the leaders at all levels of government are too afraid of losing face even though that this is what is already happening in the eyes of the public, regardless of which side of the argument they stand.
You average semi requires a borderline stepladder just to get into.
.Even if they did work up the gumption to drive a big-rig, they'd crash it.
It'll be funny watching them get driven out in granny low because they don't know how to shift them. The transmissions are 10-13 speed non-synchronized manuals. They take some getting used to.
I've driven old unsynchronized cars a handful of times and that was a disaster. I can't fucking begin to imagine doing it in something with that many gears and 50 times heavier.
Wise. It smelled like a glowie honeypot from the get-go.
I agree. the super bowl is going to be a horrible mess. there is no competent security at that stadium at all any more.
Sigma grindset rule #1: Ignore feds
They not "ignoring" them - Ottawa literally can't demand what they are.
Reminds me of this tweet I saw earlier:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I had to babysit Teamsters for 2 years, and it was living hell. Say, what're they complaining about? They get paid by the hour. They're making more money stranded on the highway.
If this is true, then why is Parliament ramping up the pressure to eleven and causing the Conservatives, who were so emboldened by this protest at the start that they ousted their own leader, to reneg on their original position?
