ecosophia | Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 109

We are now in the third year of these open posts. As the phrase "died suddenly" repeats in the mass media like a mantra, statistics for work days lost to illness and all-cause mortality mount up in heavily vaccinated nations, and more and more ugly facts about the official response to Covid spill out into public, we are entering what may well turn out to be the most difficult period of the Covid disaster -- the phase in which denial rises in lockstep with the death rate, and a great many people try not to admit what has been done to them by the people and institutions they trusted. It could get ugly, folks.

So it's time for another open post. The rules are the same as before:

1. If you plan on parroting the party line of the medical industry and its paid shills, please go away. This is a place for people to talk openly, honestly, and freely about their concerns that the party line in question is dangerously flawed and that actions being pushed by the medical industry et al. are causing injury and death. It is not a place for you to dismiss those concerns. Anyone who wants to hear the official story and the arguments in favor of it can find those on hundreds of thousands of websites.

2. If you plan on insisting that the current situation is the result of a deliberate plot by some villainous group of people or other, please go away. There are tens of thousands of websites currently rehashing various conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 outbreak and the vaccines. This is not one of them. What we're exploring is the likelihood that what's going on is the product of the same arrogance, incompetence, and corruption that the medical industry and its tame politicians have displayed so abundantly in recent decades. That possibility deserves a space of its own for discussion, and that's what we're doing here.

3. If you plan on using rent-a-troll derailing or disruption tactics, please go away. I'm quite familiar with the standard tactics used by troll farms to disrupt online forums, and am ready, willing, and able -- and in fact quite eager -- to ban people permanently for engaging in them here. Oh, and I also lurk on other Covid-19 vaccine skeptic blogs, so I'm likely to notice when the same posts are showing up on more than one venue.

4. If you don't believe in treating people with common courtesy, please go away. I have, and enforce, a strict courtesy policy on my blogs and online forums, and this is no exception. The sort of schoolyard bullying that takes place on so many other internet forums will get you deleted and banned here. Also, please don't drag in current quarrels about sex, race, religions, etc. No, I don't care if you disagree with that: my journal, my rules.

With that said, the floor is open for discussion.

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Dylan kindly ‘blew the horn’ on the criminal trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber – two of the main organizers of the Freedom Convoy – with the smear campaign by our friendly neighbourhood mainstream media (CBC - the Corrupt Bullshale Corporation). If convicted, each may face up to 10 years in jail.

Fortunately, the ‘free’ media is out in full strength covering the trial in as much detail as they are allowed. I’d like to share a few interesting tidbits of each of the first two days. (The trial is scheduled to last 16 days: 10 by the prosecution and 6 by the defence).

Day 1: the first piece of evidence provided by the prosecution was a painstakingly manicured video that tried its best to portray the protesters as utter savages (yeah, groups chanting ‘love over fear’ is really violent; so is the sight of all streets having one lane cleared to allow local traffic to move – both of these were in the video) and the police as Dudley Do-Rights (no scenes of trampling by quarter-horses or cops repeatedly kneeing wounded combat veterans or breaking the windows of trucks and hauling the occupants out for a good sound thrashing). Those who saw the video in the courtroom stated that it was pretty unconvincing. Another interesting development in Day 1 was the prosecution’s repeated use of the term ‘occupation’; the defence lawyer objected, giving the dictionary/military definition of the term and the judge seemed to side with the defence.
A more detailed summary with little video here: https://www.rebelnews.com/tamara_lich_and_chris_barber_freedom_convoy_organizers_day_1_trial_recap

Day 2: the first witness was Ottawa Police Service Inspector Russell Lucas, who served as an incident commander during the protest. Lucas stated that his efforts to work with the convoy to reduce the trucks’ footprint and impact on downtown Ottawa businesses was stonewalled by the Police Chief’s office who told him to not concede “one inch” to the convoy. (The frustrating thing is that the convoy had actually planned to park in the least disruptive parts of downtown but when they entered the city streets had been blocked off by the police and were directed where to park their vehicles, which included in highly populated areas). Outside the courtroom there was a scene of Chris being pursued by a wack-job on a tricycle (crazies gotta do crazy, I guess) and Tamara stopping on the way to the courthouse to erect a bicycle that had been knocked down by the media scrum surrounding her and to say a kind word to the cyclist who was seated on a bench beside the fallen bicycle (she’s such a sweetheart!).
A more detailed summary with little video here: https://www.rebelnews.com/tamara_lich_and_chris_barber_freedom_convoy_organizers_day_2_trial_recap

More summaries to come periodically over the next few weeks.

Freedom! Liberté! Justice!

Ron M

Thank you Ron. All best wishes to the Not-Occupiers.

Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 109

Trial of Tamara and Chris: First Two Days

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