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\u00a0The Premier himself in damage-control mode evidences how rattled are the Powers-that-Be.\u00a0\u00a0 The letters to the editor page – echoed by CHEK tv\u00a0 – is a polutical [ sic ] science case study in how government co-opts newsmedia for stoking hatred = outright\u00a0 hatred<\/strong> =\u00a0 against its critics
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Victoria City Council was so terrified of the rumored \u2018occupation\u2019 that they brought in new traffic bylaws.\u00a0 That dirty trick was played on us, Saturday March 19th<\/sup>.\u00a0\u00a0 As I got there, I noticed cops setting up big bright orange pylons a block away from the Legislature,. but didn\u2019t think anything of it.\u00a0\u00a0 At 11:30 am, I was puzzled by how few were on site for a day with a scheduled Big GATHERING.\u00a0 I stayed put, fraternizing.\u00a0 At quarter after 2:00,\u00a0\u00a0 the sight of Red and White flags en masse,\u00a0 coming down by the Inner Harbor past the famous Empress Hotel,\u00a0 was thrilling!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By 2:30 the marchers were all back,\u00a0 exhilarated,\u00a0 at the peak of a beautiful sunny spring day. The drum circle was soon in full throat.\u00a0\u00a0 More speakers underscored As for world famous Convoy, we are starting to wonder.\u00a0 On the last 3 Saturdays, it was announced from the stage that The Convoy (c)\u00a0 would roll in the following Monday.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m pessimistic that the BC version of\u00a0 The Bearhug ( c )\u00a0 has anywhere near the sheer numbers of supporters \/ vehicles to pull off such a prank.\u00a0\u00a0 Then again, as Lenin said\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cdecades go by when nothing happens. Then decades happen in a week\u201d.\u00a0 Metchosin British Columbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n checkpoint Charlie set up in your town<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pressurization of the Freedom Protests in Victoria Last December, when Joseph Roberts reminded us of the Nuremberg trials,\u00a0\u00a0 PROTESTation at the Legislature took on a life of its own.\u00a0 Every Saturday since,\u00a0 has been a big EVENT with crowds of … Continue reading
Around noon, when the MC called for folks to assemble at the steps of the Legislature, the crowd was much smaller than predicted…\u00a0 maybe 300.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Around 12:30 pm, I got word from folks trickling in, that police were diverting traffic at Belleville, up Douglas,\u00a0 the main street of Victoria.\u00a0 Only traffic local to James Bay neighbourhood \u2013 where the Rockpile is \u2013 was allowed past checkpoints.\u00a0 Like the analogy of how pigs were corralled in the swamp,\u00a0\u00a0 communism came to our town under color of law, one seemingly-polite soft barrier at a time
Speakers had been told to shorten their remarks so the march would go sooner than first planned.\u00a0 I\u2019m not a fan of appearance by video at an outdoor venue.\u00a0\u00a0 Even if they\u2019re not professional,\u00a0\u00a0 much more information is gained from live humans,\u00a0 in what we used to call \u201cthe real world\u201d.\u00a0 These people were outstanding.\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Maddocks, Dr Chris Shaw and the lady lawyer from Ottawa, –\u00a0 others whose names I didn\u2019t get – each made it as clear as can be :\u00a0 The NDP government\u00a0 smearing us with utter lies day-by-day, attempting to divide citizenry, sez we are now in a full-on crisis.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NOT a health crisis, rather,\u00a0 illegal interference with basic civil rights.\u00a0\u00a0 The veteran who spoke called for everyone to \u201cstand to\u201d. Be ready to do whatever is necessary.\u00a0
At 1:20, Christian McCay exhorted: \u201cIf the Convoy can\u2019t come to us, let\u2019s go find them and bring them back here!\u201d\u00a0 The crowd of about a 1000\u00a0 ( by then )\u00a0\u00a0 moved off.\u00a0\u00a0 For eight previous Saturdays, traffic going by a rally had been a solid parade of trucks + vehicles,\u00a0 honking.\u00a0 Because traffic was so sparse this time, the crowd just took over Belleville Street.\u00a0 Cops on motorcycles with lights flashing, and walking, fell in to provide a professional police escort all the way up Douglas to City Hall at Fisgard,\u00a0 then back.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
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\u201cthis is not over\u201d<\/strong> .\u00a0 When I left the scene at 3:30, they were warning about Bill 233 : the wording of how communism is supposed to be imposed on Canada.\u00a0\u00a0 And not a shot is fired
From two sources, I got the story re a bit of drama unfolding afterwards.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As planning for the rally had been in the works, \u00a0for weeks, a guy tried to wrangle use of the WWFR logo for himself.\u00a0 But been thwarted.\u00a0 Somehow he\u2019d found out that the organizer had obtained sanction from the Legislature Protocol officer to use the grounds from noon to 4 pm.\u00a0\u00a0 He showed up with his own sound system.\u00a0 A minute after 4:00, he cranked it up,\u00a0 venting unhappiness from 100 yards away,\u00a0 personifying the contest going on for moral leadership of the Freedom movement.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Such minor irritants are inevitable in the midst of enormous energies swirling around.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As my old man used to put it: ” Nothing is so useless it cannot at least be used as a bad example<\/em>.\u00a0“<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lack of moral courage shown by politicians in British Columbia during the SARS2Covid19 nightmare, is one of the ways our institutions failed us.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you can point me to one single exception, please do.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The medium IS the message. I was on CHEK tv for one minute, explaining that the defiance swirling around the Legislature precinct, is an attempt by dispossessed people, \u00a0to convey two years\u2019\u00a0 accumulated pain to incompetents in power. Horgan Dix and dyspeptic Minister of Misery Farnworth walled-themselves-in behind halfinch Plexiglass \/ steel security doors at MLA offices, refusing to do the basic duty under the Westminster model of government, i.e. meaningful dialogue with electors.\u00a0 \u00a0 They take their cue from how their confrere in Auto-Wa-Wa Crime Minister Trudeau dealt with authentic complaints, there.\u00a0\u00a0 Terrified, showing their true colors – void of any grace under pressure – the Non-Democratic Pricks resort to calling in minions in the uniform of the state with loaded guns on hips. \u00a0\u00a0 The wicked flee when no man pursueth<\/em> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
The boulevard outside the Ministry of Health at 1515 Blanshard Street is a better spot to reach the public,\u00a0 on Wednesdays.\u00a0\u00a0 I plan to be at the office of saint BonBon Henry at noon.\u00a0 Not abandoning my friends at the Leg. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Culture jammers have to take a page out of the handbook for guerrilla war.\u00a0 Being flexible as circumstances change, is crucial<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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