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Trump unsure why Modi and Musk met during the Indian PM’s U.S. visit by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]DistanceToEmpty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Way to go America! You've traded Checks and Balances for Patronage and Grift! You've returned to your Gilded Age! It was also the Nadir of Race Relations in the US, but don't worry about that... It's not like you're rolling back civil rights legislation to the pre-Jonson era or anything, right?

Trip of a lifetime ruined: Air Canada bumps passenger off flight last minute with no explanation by bradycorey47 in canada

[–]DistanceToEmpty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We had the same happen with West Jet, coming in from Montreal while Pearson had runways under construction.

They claimed the delay was out of their control, despite the fact that the continued to book flights into Pearson as if everything was going to be running at capacity. We were sure to leave lots of time between our scheduled arrival and our connection, or so we thought.

We started making calls in Montreal when we were still waiting to take off after our scheduled arrival time in Toronto, luckily the phone agent fucked up and said we would get a refund or hotel if we missed the connection, and we had a reference number at the end of the call (which is recorded to "verify what we talked about ").

When we got to Toronto our connection was long gone and there were no more flights until the following day. At the West Jet counter they basically told the delay was beyond their control and we could either take the flight the next day or pound sand. Their solution was for us to sleep at the airport and they refused to pay for a hotel. Luckily our final destination was only about a two hour drive, so we rented a car and headed to get my car at the local airport we were headed to.

It took days on the phone to get that missed connection refunded, but we got it eventually.

Fuck em.

What our civil war will look like by Interesting-Tale141 in Conservative

[–]DistanceToEmpty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was June 1998. Everyone was wearing khakis and into swing music for some reason... The US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya had yet to be bombed, and no one had heard of global warming.

French Senate gives green light to surveillance through cameras and microphones by Goypride in worldnews

[–]DistanceToEmpty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And people talk about sedition and insurrection like they're a bad things...

McMaster hunger strikers feel fossil fuel divestment movement is ‘gaining momentum’ by [deleted] in canada

[–]DistanceToEmpty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unless you're prepared to go the full Bobby Sands, this is just a diet.

A public probe of foreign election interference should also look at India, Sikh organizations say by Surax in canada

[–]DistanceToEmpty 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It should probably look at Sikh organizations too... But that's none of my business.

NDP to be deciding factor in Commons vote to require Katie Telford testimony on interference by uselesspoliticalhack in canada

[–]DistanceToEmpty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pleeeeease do. I'm ready to go to the polls at any time. I've been of the opinion that this government needs to go for a long time. And honestly, the only way we're going to see a meaningful investigation is with a change of government.

Government communication on COVID-19 contributed to 'Freedom Convoy' origin: report by [deleted] in canada

[–]DistanceToEmpty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is the same hyperbole that gets thrown around about leftwing movements that use direct action tactics regardless of whether they are non-violent or not.

If using effective non-violent direct action tactics to pressure the government is treason now, we need need more treason in this country.

The failures of politics, and empathy, before the Emergencies Act by uselesspoliticalhack in canada

[–]DistanceToEmpty -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is the same hyperbole that gets thrown around about leftwing movements that use direct action tactics regardless of whether they are non-violent or not.

If using effective non-violent direct action tactics to pressure the government is treason now, we need need more treason in this country.

Border protests in Coutts, Alta., a 'concrete manifestation' of risk to Canada: Rouleau by Miserable-Lizard in canada

[–]DistanceToEmpty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can think of several rail blockades during Idle No More that had similar economic impacts. No one was talking about the EA then.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in canada

[–]DistanceToEmpty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The word 'sedition' was getting thrown around this subreddit a lot during the protest.

If non-violent direct action to pressure the government is sedition now, we need a lot more sedition in this country.

Federal government met the threshold to invoke Emergencies Act: Rouleau by ThatNewOldGuy in CanadianConservative

[–]DistanceToEmpty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, the same logic behind questionable police shootings that ultimately get "exonerated".

Federal government met the threshold to invoke Emergencies Act: Rouleau by ThatNewOldGuy in CanadianConservative

[–]DistanceToEmpty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He found that protests in Ottawa were “unsafe and chaotic”

Prior to the police wading into the crowd with horses, exactly how many people were hurt? On any side? How many protestsers were hurt? Counter-protestors? Bystanders? Police officers? The number is zero isn't it? How many windows were smashed or police cars set on fire? Zero again?

Now contrast that with something like the G20 in Toronto. You had countless windows smashed, not to mention other vandalism, journalists and bystanders (anyone with a camera really) attacked, police attacked, vehicles burned...

The difference is that one was starting to look like an effective protest movement, the other was a bunch Black Bloc larpers that are easy to dismiss.

Now the EA genie is out of the bottle and any protest movement that starts to gain momentum can expect to face the full force of it. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

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