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How long before TFG calls on truckers in the US to demonstrate (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 OP
Canada's demonstrations are spilling over into the U.S. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2022 #1
On the Canadian side, right ? n/t left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #9
On the Detroit side. Fort street, jammed with stopped trucks. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2022 #12
There are already plans for it. BlueTsunami2018 Feb 2022 #2
Get their CDL pulled. Wait a week, then Alcohol & Drug Test the shit out of them. TheBlackAdder Feb 2022 #27
Rand Paul is already suggesting it. here ... IcyPeas Feb 2022 #3
Arrest 'Curly Rand' RIGHT NOW!!!!! MyOwnPeace Feb 2022 #6
He's had a good teacher and it's his way of kissing Emile Feb 2022 #7
Right! Maybe he has..... MyOwnPeace Feb 2022 #8
Park one in front of his home n/t left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #10
Didn't a whole bunch of RW states Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #14
Yes.. Wuddles440 Feb 2022 #20
Of course Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #26
As if we didn't have enough trouble with commercial transportation already. no_hypocrisy Feb 2022 #4
Well, that's the point... 2naSalit Feb 2022 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author Emile Feb 2022 #5
Hey there now, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #16
Sorry, didn't mean to offend you. You are one of a few. Retired trucker Emile Feb 2022 #17
Sorry if I came across a little harsh, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #19
+1 2naSalit Feb 2022 #23
I was still in the Marines in the 70's but I do recall the strike, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #24
Yeah... 2naSalit Feb 2022 #25
I have known only 2 truckers in my ChazII Feb 2022 #18
I'm left of center also, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2022 #21
Are the governors lifting mandates moondust Feb 2022 #11
No, Sars 2 Covid is declining as to infections . . . Lovie777 Feb 2022 #13
That seems like a huge leap. Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #15
It isn't speculation CrackityJones75 Feb 2022 #28
If it's headed in the right direction Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #30
I know what ya mean. CrackityJones75 Feb 2022 #32
"Sars 2 Covid" left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #31
Probably a GOP/Russia operation to disrupt the supply chains. Republicans will then complain again. TheBlackAdder Feb 2022 #29

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,340 posts)
12. On the Detroit side. Fort street, jammed with stopped trucks.
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 08:52 AM
Feb 2022

Exit ramps from I-75, jammed.

Nothing is moving across the Ambassador Bridge. In terms of commerce, that's the busiest crossing between U.S. and Canada.

TheBlackAdder

(28,194 posts)
27. Get their CDL pulled. Wait a week, then Alcohol & Drug Test the shit out of them.
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 11:50 AM
Feb 2022

.

They'll be parked on a public roadway and there's no way they won't go without a toot or drink.

Once they step foot in their rig, they're fucked. Or check if they have open bottles in their cab.

.

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
6. Arrest 'Curly Rand' RIGHT NOW!!!!!
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 07:20 AM
Feb 2022

He's a domestic terrorist that's inciting a riot - charge him with TREASON!!

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
8. Right! Maybe he has.....
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 07:30 AM
Feb 2022

an apple with a worm for 'Teach!'

The guy needs another visit from the neighbor......

Wuddles440

(1,123 posts)
20. Yes..
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:28 AM
Feb 2022

but that only applies to "antifa", BLM, and other liberal groups that they hate. They certainly aren't going to enforce such laws when their own supporters/cultists are engaged in these activities.

2naSalit

(86,610 posts)
22. Well, that's the point...
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 10:34 AM
Feb 2022

Disrupt everything possible to try and fuck up everything in the world for everyone.

Response to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,375 posts)
16. Hey there now,
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:19 AM
Feb 2022

not all of us owner/operators are repukes, most of my trucker friends are against such an asinine move, it costs us money and time, so before you go slamming owner/operators, think of what's coming out of your mouth before you say it.

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,375 posts)
19. Sorry if I came across a little harsh,
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:26 AM
Feb 2022

but every owner/operator I know is totally against what's going on in Canada, as you know, such idiotic actions will cost us time and money and most of us have expenses related to our profession that have to be paid, among other normal expenses.

If truckers in this country try shit like that, I, and every independent I know, will refuse to participate in such nonsense.

Have a great day.

2naSalit

(86,610 posts)
23. +1
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 10:36 AM
Feb 2022

I survived the strikes of the 1970s as an O/O. Was NOT fun. This is so stupid and smacks of the you-know-who agenda.

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,375 posts)
24. I was still in the Marines in the 70's but I do recall the strike,
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 11:09 AM
Feb 2022

I heard stories of truck drivers opening their trailer doors to show that they were empty to avoid the violence, alot of them were just going home to sit out the strike.

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,375 posts)
21. I'm left of center also,
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:29 AM
Feb 2022

but not always, I like to say that I deployed to Vietnam as a Republican and I left Vietnam as a Democrat and have voted Dem faithfully since then.

moondust

(19,981 posts)
11. Are the governors lifting mandates
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 08:04 AM
Feb 2022

trying to prevent this kind of juvenile revolt from developing in their states?

Lovie777

(12,262 posts)
13. No, Sars 2 Covid is declining as to infections . . .
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 08:53 AM
Feb 2022

deaths are still high, but numbers will be declining as well. Apparently from the data, Omicorn "may" become reduced to the effect of cold or flu and will need yearly vaccinations such as what is happening with flues.

Mad_Machine76

(24,412 posts)
15. That seems like a huge leap.
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:11 AM
Feb 2022

So far unsupported by the science. Cases/numbers may be dropping from their highs but how do we know COVID has become endemic? So far, that’s all speculation.

 

CrackityJones75

(2,403 posts)
28. It isn't speculation
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 01:52 PM
Feb 2022

I listen to lefty radio here in MN. AM950. Matt McNeil had a doctor on yesterday who runs the models and everything he sees shows continued decline in both areas with nothing new on the horizon at the moment. It was a moment of good news but prefaced with the caution that things can change. He is supposed to be back on again soon to show the models further out.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
31. "Sars 2 Covid"
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 04:38 PM
Feb 2022

OK, so I googled 'Sars 2 Covid' and found nothing.

I found :
“SARS-CoV-2 stands for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
It is a virus that causes respiratory illness in humans.”

Apparently COVID-19 is one type of SARS-CoV-2,
but one would not use ‘SARS-CoV-2' to mean COVID-19.

Also, do you have any link for:
"from the data, Omicorn "may" become reduced to the effect of cold or flu" ?

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