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02-06-2022 , 11:16 AM
Great truck protest going on. About time they did something politically important. Canada is coming into the 21st century, next up is getting rid of that cringey theater kid PM
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02-06-2022 , 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by BrookTrout
Simply call in the highway safety dept of the OPP, start inspecting those trucks idling and watch them melt away - every truck blitz I've ever read about had a 60%+ failure rate.

The problem is you need the large tow trucks to tow them away and many tow truck drivers support the truckers. Even if they do not do you want your tow truck company's name and logo on national TV ?

Im not sure what legal right they have to disconnect the horns?
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02-06-2022 , 11:53 AM
Simply just end the restrictions like the rest of the world.
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02-06-2022 , 12:42 PM
Probably best to drop the Nazi flags if you want anyone with functioning brain cells to take a political protest seriously.

You know, the symbol of the regime that managed to not only murder millions of innocent people, but also led its own country into a devastating war it couldn't win, caused a decade of famine that killed even more of its populace and saw its landmass divided. Probably best known for it evil, but "most incompetent regime in modern history" fits well too.
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02-06-2022 , 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by lozen
The problem is you need the large tow trucks to tow them away and many tow truck drivers support the truckers. Even if they do not do you want your tow truck company's name and logo on national TV ?

Im not sure what legal right they have to disconnect the horns?
The point isn't to remove the trucks - with the number of trucks out there, it's impractical and would result in acrimony: laying charges over every infraction would be enough.
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02-06-2022 , 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Shifty86
Simply just end the restrictions like the rest of the world.
The best image of this protest had to be in Quebec City this weekend: where on one side of the street you had people shouting to remove restrictions, while on the other side families lined up for Carnival.

But yeah, they're protesting because of restrictions.
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02-06-2022 , 12:51 PM
By April pretty much all restrictions will be gone, which I think I have posted here for a while. By that time the truckers will be an "oh yeah, I kind of remember that" type thing like the 99% protests were shortly after they all went home and finally bathed (well, some of them). This kind of has the same vibe - a reasonable topic to protest, but a chunk of hard core derps are part of the mix that make it much easier to quickly dismiss.
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02-06-2022 , 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by tame_deuces
Probably best to drop the Nazi flags if you want anyone with functioning brain cells to take a political protest seriously.

You know, the symbol of the regime that managed to not only murder millions of innocent people, but also led its own country into a devastating war it couldn't win, caused a decade of famine that killed even more of its populace and saw its landmass divided. Probably best known for it evil, but "most incompetent regime in modern history" fits well too.
Your using the Plural. In all the coverage I have seen I saw one Nazi flag. Trust me if there were more CBC would focus on those flags.

If your the 5000 protesters and some idiot is caring the flag do you risk violence to remove that flag

We had a big protest here in Edmonton but the trucks only took up one lane and let traffic by. When you do that all the power to you if its peaceful.


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Simply just end the restrictions like the rest of the world.
If ICU numbers continue to drop they will and I hope Monteroy is right
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02-06-2022 , 01:33 PM
Don't worry, I am always right!

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Originally Posted by lozen
If your the 5000 protesters and some idiot is caring the flag do you risk violence to remove that flag.
There are other approaches than direct violence, and if the other protesters made a point to ask law enforcement to remove the Nazi flag bearer then that would actually help their messaging quite a bit.

I remember the G20 protests in Toronto years ago with the Black Bloc that felt the need to smash windows of evil ice cream shops. If the other protesters pointed them out and had the cops arrest them then the whole narrative of their protest changes. As played, they were essentially tolerating the behavior, so they became associated with it and that drowned out their intended message.
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02-06-2022 , 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by lozen
The problem is you need the large tow trucks to tow them away and many tow truck drivers support the truckers. Even if they do not do you want your tow truck company's name and logo on national TV ?

Im not sure what legal right they have to disconnect the horns?
Bring in the Ministry of Transportation or Department of Transportation (depending on province), colloquially known as the DOT among the trucking crowd, and have them record the trucks in question. Take photos and/or videos, record license plates, record VIN numbers, etc.

They may not be able to physically remove the vehicle today, but the DOT can certainly make life unpleasant down the road with tickets, fines, and inspections.

The DOT has a great deal of power when it comes to the registration and movement of commercial vehicles.
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02-06-2022 , 04:25 PM
They got 10 million in donations, and are very likely to be able to get millions more outside of gofundme. You think a trucker happy enough to disrupt their lives and occupy ottawa for two weeks is going to care that they got a 200 ticket?
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02-06-2022 , 05:29 PM
I think they - and anyone else who thinks they're going to be able/willing to distribute that money - would be in for a rude awakening. You think there's going to be a process whereby they'll be able to send in their receipts for gas/hotel/food and receive compensation?

Tickets for non-compliance can (in Ontario at least) start at $200 and go up to $400: that's for each violation. Couple that with the fact that they need to be paid before a license (which is a prerequisite for a trucking job) can be renewed and it's got to be a better incentive to make truckers move than the current process, which from what I can see is hoping that they get bored or run out of gas and Tim Hortons.
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02-06-2022 , 06:09 PM
I guess it is more about what they believe than what is actually going to happen. My understanding is they are being told to not worry about any of this, and since all the short term stuff like gas and food IS being provided for free, why not the next thing?

But ultimately the opportunity cost of taking days off work is far pricier than just about anything else, so if they are willing to pay that cost they will pay the other things too mostly.

Don't get me wrong, I think they should be ticketed to kingdom come, it just isn't likely to do much:/
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02-06-2022 , 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by uke_master
They got 10 million in donations, and are very likely to be able to get millions more outside of gofundme. You think a trucker happy enough to disrupt their lives and occupy ottawa for two weeks is going to care that they got a 200 ticket?
The Gofundme page has been removed and the remaining amount is being returned to donors.

The convoy folks only received about $1mill of the Gofundme monies.

Granted, the convoy folks are attempting and/or have already set up alternate methods to crowd-source funds.... apparently, some very Christian people are helping out?

As for tickets... these infractions create points which could possibly go against their safety record and insurance costs. Of course, no one is thinking about this now -- it's a party!

But in the future, will an insurance company want to insure someone or a vehicle involved in an "occupation." Nevermind trying to cross the border... which was the "original" goal of this fiasco.

I truly hope the fallout and consequences actually occur.
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02-06-2022 , 11:23 PM
From a (lunatic) friend of a friend's FB page:



Sadly, it would seem they're still able to raise plenty of money.
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02-06-2022 , 11:26 PM
They already got over 6 bitcoin
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02-06-2022 , 11:29 PM
What does it mean when more people have clicked "PRAY NOW" than "SHARE NOW"???

Nevermind... don't answer that.
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02-06-2022 , 11:33 PM
No one who’s paid attention to the grifting situation south of the border would underestimate the amount of money people are willing to donate, especially if the conman can frame the donation as ammunition in the culture wars.
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02-07-2022 , 03:25 AM
Interesting: that givesendgo funding site was cut off from PayPal last year.
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02-07-2022 , 03:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Habman
What does it mean when more people have clicked "PRAY NOW" than "SHARE NOW"???

Nevermind... don't answer that.
Yeah, there's a lot of fun to be had with that image for sure.
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02-07-2022 , 03:37 AM
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Originally Posted by lozen
....................As well who cares if money came from the USA?
Well for starters fringe lunatics from another country are bankrolling weirdos here. Would it matter to you if it was for a different cause or from a different country (you're dead on abt the refund issue which has been adjusted, that was weird)
The amount of money being made from scamming dumb white people these days is astounding. Anybody catering to this "victimized minority" is loving life

As for the squatters,
Ottawa should just classify them as homeless and they'll get stomped outta there like actual people experiencing homelessness. Justin hiding and sipping tea like a true snob is hilarious. He doesn't want to lend credit and acknowledge them, yet they should be acknowledged, not with respect ofc, but still send a message

One thing is sure; the official messaging on covid has drastically changed, timed with these freaks, and it could just be a fluke that totally emboldens them. They want to make it to spring and the latest legal issue is gas on that land. The Aboriginals with rights to the land spoke against them, and on that one fact alone they're just pricks. These morons made 10mm in abt a week...thanks to their morons buddies in the states, and that is the true story here
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02-07-2022 , 03:52 AM
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Originally Posted by BrookTrout
No one who’s paid attention to the grifting situation south of the border would underestimate the amount of money people are willing to donate, especially if the conman can frame the donation as ammunition in the culture wars.
Reminds me , How much did trump receive for the “fraud” election ?
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02-07-2022 , 08:17 AM
I would have preferred "Thoughts Now" and Prayers Now" but I still respect a good grift of the derps, and yeah of course most of the mundane derps in the protest will be left out of pocket, but at least they will not be in jail like the ones nobody cares about anymore as individuals that stormed the capital building in the US. Nobody will care later on when some rando derps talk about how they lost thousands on this (costs during it and after as some have suggested), and guessing the thoughts and prayers fundraisers will care even less, because onto the next grift!
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02-07-2022 , 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Montrealcorp
Reminds me , How much did trump receive for the “fraud” election ?
Google 'trump fund raising' if you want to be impressed/depressed - he's sitting on over $100 million.

Here's a twitter account that collects examples:

https://twitter.com/trumpemail?lang=en


ps: Google's search algorithm is pretty tight: took until the 4th page until I found a page that let me donate - they know me well.
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02-07-2022 , 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Habman

THey only agreed to do this after threats from a few states on criminal investigations for fraud. Before that you had to submit a form for a refund

Id still be curious if you donated a $1000 will you get a $1000 back or less the fees . Maybe Shifty can lets us know
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