Trucker protest at U.S. border crossing reportedly several kilometres long

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We, our fleet, doesn’t have time for these games. We’re busy, and have been absolutely swamped since about 3 months into Covid. Beyond swamped!

Doesn’t mean they’re not opinionated but all but two are at least double vaccinated. We’re way too busy to screw around. I’ve no idea how the few truckers (with tractors in Ottawa) can afford to be there & I’m not talking about go-fund-me stuff…but their obligations to their customers and contracts who will go bankrupt or go elsewhere to stay afloat. No customers = no livelihood.

Those outside the industry would be blown away to actually fathom the insurance costs or maintenance costs or fuel costs or equipment costs and so on & so forth, and these costs don’t stop when they’re out protesting instead of generating the constant revenue needed to not become insolvent. These are tough shitty times without this goat rodeo on top of things.

TBH I don't get it either. Really, what are they betting on to get after going through this? I know they probably thought the fundraising would help but that's nixed in a lot of ways... so...

And after, will they have an easy, or tougher time being hired? Not because they protested but rather, because they preferred protesting over doing work... I don't know. I actually feel sorry for your people and your group having to deal with the side shit from this fiasco.
 
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Probably just another fake and false flag event compliments of our political Marxists in Ottawa. No doubt this was all just a staged event to make the truckers convoy look really bad. I wonder if we will ever get to hear or see their faces on TV? I will wait and see for this to happen. Personally, I do not understand as to why we were not shown their faces already? I mean this has to be a front page news story for the media to want to keep tabs on. Hmmm. :unsure:
It is , the weapons were seized from a residence in the area that had no connection to the protest . But the strategy worked as the protesters wanting no part of being associated with that activity packed up , shock hands with the police and left peaceably . And they had conducted themselves peaceably for the whole time .
 
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For now, it looks like Marxist emergency act Trudeau has won the day but for how long? I do hope that the truckers mobilize together once again and take a holiday to try and shut the economy and this Marxist country down for awhile. All that is left now is for a massive civil disobedience rally all across Canada. Otherwise, Marxist Trudeau can add another red feather in his blackface headdress.

It's amazing that a buffoon like Castro Trudeau could wear a blackface and still become the PM of Canada, but if a conservative leader did the same thing and was found out later,, the conservative leader would have been booted out of the party. I guess that we are all being told here is that a liberal can do anything and get away with it, with no consequences, but a conservative will never be allowed the same grace. Are we all now living in a Marxist caste system in Canada today? Just asking. :unsure:
The NDP leader is starting to feel heat from his constituents as he appears to be backing down from his support for the Emergency Act .
 

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Wow, just wow.
Your posts are becoming more and more paranoid. I think you should consider seeking institutional help. Anyone with such a bitter take on people and things is seriously ill.
Remember what side of history you were on twenty years from now when your grandchildren are going hungry .
 

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Those self-respecting real Americans need to carry around as much heat as possible in order to maybe have to use to save their church going lives from the likes of BLM and ANTIFA or some crazed democrat liberal supporter who like to go around and riot, loot, burn down buildings, and shoot people. Just saying. :D
Or maybe shoot up a congressional baseball game .
 

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Again, I think Trudeau et al are damned if they do, damned if they don't.

The truckers forced their hand for this IMO.

They couldn't be left as they were because despite repeated requests and then orders to leave, they weren't.

This COULD be worse, much worse, but for now it's still pretty damn tame comparatively. Think the only thing saving this from being the usual water cannons, gas and so on used to push the truckers out is where this is. And with the kids involved (which I think are being used as pawns by some at least, a "don't do this because of the children!" excuse).
B.S. the children are there with their families because they have no desire or plan for violence . If the truckers and their supporters wanted physical confrontation Ottawa would be in ruins .
 

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We, our fleet, doesn’t have time for these games. We’re busy, and have been absolutely swamped since about 3 months into Covid. Beyond swamped!

Doesn’t mean they’re not opinionated but all but two are at least double vaccinated. We’re way too busy to screw around. I’ve no idea how the few truckers (with tractors in Ottawa) can afford to be there & I’m not talking about go-fund-me stuff…but their obligations to their customers and contracts who will go bankrupt or go elsewhere to stay afloat. No customers = no livelihood.

Those outside the industry would be blown away to actually fathom the insurance costs or maintenance costs or fuel costs or equipment costs and so on & so forth, and these costs don’t stop when they’re out protesting instead of generating the constant revenue needed to not become insolvent. These are tough shitty times without this goat rodeo on top of things.
That right there shows the commitment to the cause . The truckers could all be gainfully employed in this market , how ever those unvacced still have mandate problems . How long can you eat drive through ?
 

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I bet that your favorite source for all of your bullshit fake news lies that you like to spew here are all coming from that "lyingsackofshit.dummy" website that you no doubt like to frequent every day. :eek:
Couldn't even come up with your own insult. Had to copy mine.

Not surprising.
 

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When was the last time we saw a bunch of those so called white supremacists during their peaceful demonstrations start a riot, looted stores, burn down businesses, and shoot and kill people? NEVER. BLM and ANTIFA communist thugs do those things. Blacks are killing more people on the streets in cities like New York, Chicago and Baltimore. Blacks are killing other blacks by the thousands every year in America. That is a fact. I do not go to church and so far I have never shot anyone yet. What other crazy phuckers do is not my business.

As Nancy Pelosi once replied to some reporter who asked her about all of those looters that were stealing goods from stores, and her reply was "people do what they do". Let people do what they want to do was her answer. A fine response from a politician. I can see your hero Marxist Trudeau say the same words.

Anyways, I think that I have had and heard enough of your shit. I think that I will go and have one now. Listen for the flush. :ROFLMAO:
Any time the Stanley Cup is played in Vancouver.

Or the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville in 2017.
 

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TBH I don't get it either. Really, what are they betting on to get after going through this? I know they probably thought the fundraising would help but that's nixed in a lot of ways... so...

And after, will they have an easy, or tougher time being hired? Not because they protested but rather, because they preferred protesting over doing work... I don't know. I actually feel sorry for your people and your group having to deal with the side shit from this fiasco.
Regardless of how this resolves…it’s going to be ugly. There’s such a severe lack of truckers (North America wide, not just Canada) that these yahoos will find jobs.

(As the older drivers retire out, taking their decades of experience with them, they’ll be replaced by those that qualify for the government funding for 1A (or the equivalent there of) as with the current regulations getting a 1A is $12-18 Grand and they come out knowing almost nothing. Not knowing how to hook up to a trailer, or load & unload themselves, or troubleshoot problems, etc…it’s sad.)

Those that where too busy to partake in this goat rodeo will have a stigma attached (or not?) but only time will tell. I’m doubting many will vote Liberal in the future but I’m assuming that also makes no difference anyway as they where convenient when they where needed, & in shortsightedness showing itself they’re currently not seen as essential but again, only time will tell how this will pan out, and the supply chain will balance itself?

It’s all just crazy & I’m just tired.
 
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The last couple weeks have been crazy and I’m tired. Trying to stay ahead of the protesters at the borders and juggling about 30 different trucks and drivers around all this insanity….& then trying to juggle around the government switching rules with respect to ArriveCAN, and this goddamn DEF/DPF environmental bullshit that just doesn’t function in a Northern climate.

I’d like to come here and kind of catch up on what’s happened with respect to the bigger picture instead of micromanaging putting out little fires all over Hells half acre, but from the little bit of reading I’ve been able to do…. I already know how to insult people so I’m not learning anything new.

Now I’m assuming that Trudeau hasn’t tried to talk to anybody yet and probably won’t. I have had the time to read a headline from today that states that it’s illegal to take your children with you to one of these protests now…. So that sure sounds like a vague threat.

How is this all going to end folks? Where is the light at the end of the tunnel?
I don’t know but it is no longer just truckers . And threatening families will not play well . The people I saw last weekend in Surrey were a good cross section of middle class Canada , they did not seem to be the normal protesting class .
 

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The last couple weeks have been crazy and I’m tired. Trying to stay ahead of the protesters at the borders and juggling about 30 different trucks and drivers around all this insanity….& then trying to juggle around the government switching rules with respect to ArriveCAN, and this goddamn DEF/DPF environmental bullshit that just doesn’t function in a Northern climate.

I’d like to come here and kind of catch up on what’s happened with respect to the bigger picture instead of micromanaging putting out little fires all over Hells half acre, but from the little bit of reading I’ve been able to do…. I already know how to insult people so I’m not learning anything new.

Now I’m assuming that Trudeau hasn’t tried to talk to anybody yet and probably won’t. I have had the time to read a headline from today that states that it’s illegal to take your children with you to one of these protests now…. So that sure sounds like a vague threat.

How is this all going to end folks? Where is the light at the end of the tunnel?
See, that's what you get for being an adult!
 

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Regardless of how this resolves…it’s going to be ugly. There’s such a severe lack of truckers (North America wide, not just Canada) that these yahoos will find jobs.

(As the older drivers retire out, taking their decades of experience with them, they’ll be replaced by those that qualify for the government funding for 1A (or the equivalent there of) as with the current regulations getting a 1A is $12-18 Grand and they come out knowing almost nothing. Not knowing how to hook up to a trailer, or load & unload themselves, or troubleshoot problems, etc…it’s sad.)

Those that where too busy to partake in this goat rodeo will have a stigma attached (or not?) but only time will tell. I’m doubting many will vote Liberal in the future but I’m assuming that also makes no difference anyway as they where convenient when they where needed, & in shortsightedness showing itself they’re currently not seen as essential but again, only time will tell how this will pan out, and the supply chain will balance itself?

It’s all just crazy & I’m just tired.
I understand the container backlog at the Port of Vancouver is balancing out and freight is starting to move more freely . Warehousing and drayage rates are starting to come back to earth .It was crazy for a couple of months and importers must have been taking a huge hit .
 
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TBH I don't get it either. Really, what are they betting on to get after going through this? I know they probably thought the fundraising would help but that's nixed in a lot of ways... so...

And after, will they have an easy, or tougher time being hired? Not because they protested but rather, because they preferred protesting over doing work... I don't know. I actually feel sorry for your people and your group having to deal with the side shit from this fiasco.
There is always work for owner operators . It is profitable work that counts . Many truckers couldn’t survive without their wife’s union job .
 

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Regardless of how this resolves…it’s going to be ugly. There’s such a severe lack of truckers (North America wide, not just Canada) that these yahoos will find jobs.

(As the older drivers retire out, taking their decades of experience with them, they’ll be replaced by those that qualify for the government funding for 1A (or the equivalent there of) as with the current regulations getting a 1A is $12-18 Grand and they come out knowing almost nothing. Not knowing how to hook up to a trailer, or load & unload themselves, or troubleshoot problems, etc…it’s sad.)

Those that where too busy to partake in this goat rodeo will have a stigma attached (or not?) but only time will tell. I’m doubting many will vote Liberal in the future but I’m assuming that also makes no difference anyway as they where convenient when they where needed, & in shortsightedness showing itself they’re currently not seen as essential but again, only time will tell how this will pan out, and the supply chain will balance itself?

It’s all just crazy & I’m just tired.

And honestly, I am sorry for that and the pressure it's put on you and yours.
 
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