You expressed that 2/3 of Canadians want the military called in on these protestors, that BIPOC protestors get worse treatment, that rule of law demands impartial treatment, and that recent developments are a “welcome move in the right direction.”

Welcome move? You want the standard to be that protestors get the boot put in on ‘em? You want the standard to be that protests are declared national emergencies?  

Right, but we’re not talking about indigenous populations on indigenous lands, right? That you bring that up very much comes across as a lament that police aren’t thumping skulls in this instance like they have in other instances.  I’d rather have no skull-thumping.  It was wrong then, and it would be wrong now. 

I understand why they would be skeptical.  Friends of ours live way out in the suburbs of Chicago. Last weekend, we went with them to the Chicago Auto Show. One of them has a Model 3 and offered to drive.

So why does it matter that they’re “mediocre,” “aggrieved,” or “white?” Your points about the nature of the mandates are good ones and ones with which I agree-I don’t understand why they’re whining about federal mandates when it’s the likes of Doug Ford putting the restrictions in, unless there’re some…

Ah, so the determinant is how much it costs.  I understand.  Can’t let the working classes slow down capital!  

Oh, you live in Ottawa and were there?  If not, then get fucked.  

“They’ve been afforded every privilege that BIPOC protesters have not.”

Kinda feels like the end of Occupy Wall Street, another overall peaceful protest that was ultimately inconvenient to those in power dispersed by force with arrests based on nonsense like “disorderly conduct” and “failure to disperse” and “trespassing” and reporting from mainstream sources not at all aligning with…

Lol pretending CHAZ never happened.  

What say you about this, then? Headline:

Really? No one wants the police to break this up eh? I mean, there haven’t been all sorts of people on this very website calling for the military to go in to break it up, no sir!

Uh-huh. And every BLM protestor was an arsonist and/or secessionist and/or pedophile, too, right?

I mean, they were playing hockey!  Super violent sport!  And those bouncy castles!  

This is decidedly pre-Malaise and very much an example of why Cadillac used to really be something. Every amenity 1970 could offer in an automobile, big power, acres of real leather, and an interior that was absolutely head-and-shoulders above anything in a Caprice at any price.  A couple years later, emissions…

A buddy of mine years ago had a ‘71 Cadillac hearse.  He used to say that the only thing it couldn’t pass was a gas station.  I laughed, then he took me for a ride in it.  It was *spooky* how fast it’d swing that needle toward the right side of the gauge!  

Professional conversion, well done, on a Caddy from the era when Cadillacs were still something to talk about.

Yep. Bought an ‘18 Jaguar XF Sportbrake in December, CPO, loaded to the hilt, for basically a pre-COVID price.  Got a killer trade value on my trade-in, too, like basically drove it for free for 2 years killer trade value.  

The photos were enough to get me to No Dice territory. Look at those back wheels. That’s not stance. That’s just bushings that are beyond shot. For all the talk of maintenance work that’s been done, I won’t believe that the owner could look at those rear wheels and think everything was fine.

Hear hear! My own first car was a 1986 Chrysler LeBaron GTS, a parental hand-me-down when I started driving toward the end of 1997, for which I had to pay for all gas, insurance, and maintenance. That car absolutely built character, taught me how to deal with emergency situations, and gave me a real idea of the real…