By Hubie and Bertie
We cats have some observations about the end of the Ottawa occupation. Mind you, we'll have more — because the fallout from this nightmare is just beginning. But here's what we're thinking tonight.
In case you're seeing alarming reports, relax. The Trumpsters were spreading disinformation yesterday that a protester had been trampled by a police horse. Fox "News" even said that the person had died in hospital. All false. No one was trampled, no one died.
There's a disturbing similarity between the Ottawa occupiers and the January 6 crowd. Today, Ottawa police confiscated flagpoles (i.e., weapons), and the insurrectionists were screaming about "hanging" Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. And in case you were doubting the US connection, Rafael "Ted" Cruz, born in Canada, tweeted, outraged, about the alleged horse-murdered protester. Sorry, Ted. Didn't happen.
Tamara Lich, one of the organizers of the Ottawa occupation, is in jail right now — and her bail won't be ruled upon until Tuesday, since this is a holiday weekend. Good! Let's hope the woman who wore a "I Love Oil & Gas" sweatshirt to court today stays hauled off in the hoosegow not just this weekend, but forever.
By the way, it's super-fab that Lich's bank account, and the bank accounts and credit cards of the other insurrectionist organizers, have been frozen by the Emergencies Act. We hear that a lot of them are crying in jail. That's probably why. Next step is for their wealthy right-wing shadow financiers to abandon them. You know it will happen.
Meanwhile, in Quebec: We cats have been interested to see how the province would react, since the last time a national emergency was declared (by PM Pierre Trudeau, under the War Measures Act in 1970), things got dicey there. But this time around, la Nouvelle France seems just fine with what's going down in Ottawa. As Josh Freed in the Montreal Gazette reports:
"Premier Legault quickly faced down the first convoy of truckers [in Quebec City], warning no disorder would be tolerated or trucks parked illegally. He knows he doesn’t need emergency measures, since Quebec and especially Montreal have a secret army of troops that are the most ferocious in the country.
"Ottawa’s problems were made worse by foreign intervention: US extremists, crackpots and funds pouring across the border. Far right-wing and religious American groups latched onto the 'freedom convoy' and magnified it into another culture war.
"America’s far right wing is obsessed with so-called 'liberty' — and the 'freedom' to bring down democratically elected leaders like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (and US President Joe Biden)."
We agree. Is the US prepared? We certainly hope so. We cats PURR.
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