s/o. Truck convoy now headed to DC

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Anonymous wrote:https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/595277-truck-convoy-organizer-eyes-dc-beltway-shutdown

"I'll give you an analogy of that of a giant boa constrictor," Bolus said to Fox5. "That basically squeezes you, chokes you and it swallows you, and that's what we're going to do D.C."

"We will be along the Beltway where the Beltway will be shut down," Bolus said, according to Fox News.

When asked about how the road blockage will affect local commuters, Bolus responded with less sympathy.

"As far as if they can't get to work, geez that's too bad," Fox5 reported.

That was supposed to happen today and as far as I can tell by online posts, no one showed up. DH is out of town and is driving home tonight so I’ve been following closely. It doesn’t look like any traffic was affected.

About an hour ago I got back from crossing town twice to go and pick up my kid from GW via the National Mall after he finished his classes and didn't see any signs whatsoever of a trucker convoy. Neither going there nor coming back. Nothing on Constitution, nothing on Independence, nothing around the Washington Monument. Nada. If it was supposed to be today it was a huge flop.

Its supposed to be March 5.

We are talking about two different ones. The boa constrictor shut down the beltway protest mentioned in this post was supposed to be today and flopped. The other one appears to be more organized and is later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LMAO. As of three hours ago:

"Convoy Organizer Who Promised to Choke D.C. Like a ‘Boa Constrictor’ Departs With Single Truck
The movement to replicate the Canadian trucker convoy in America is off to a sputtering start"

Bob Bolus left PA with only one truck and he was driving it. After delaying for hours, waiting for more to show up, he left trailed by seven mini vans and pick up trucks. Rolling Stone has a reporter following them and interviewing them at stops.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trucker-convoy-washington-dc-1311540/

Here's the Bob Bolus boa constrictor just outside of Baltimore this afternoon. He has more reporters following him than protesters. Surely he has made it to D.C by now.

[Anonymous]

The only livestreams relating to the trucker protest was a group of like 3 truckers heading here from California. I think they were still in Arizona. But there was still barely anyone participating.

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This is the flag truck immediately behind Bob. The owner is trying to raise money for a new truck. It's all about the grift.

[Anonymous]

The trucker convoy is losing steam.American truckers won’t be as successful as Canadian truckers because the American truckers lack one very important thing — a strong social safety net.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only livestreams relating to the trucker protest was a group of like 3 truckers heading here from California. I think they were still in Arizona. But there was still barely anyone participating.

“Let’s protest high gas prices by driving our rigs cross country!”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The trucker convoy is losing steam.American truckers won’t be as successful as Canadian truckers because the American truckers lack one very important thing — a strong social safety net.

I would slip that and say they have jobs. They are making a lot of money right now. And this protest is stupid. A protest like that never builds in the US. Even Occupy WallStreet fell apart and that was made up of true believers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only livestreams relating to the trucker protest was a group of like 3 truckers heading here from California. I think they were still in Arizona. But there was still barely anyone participating.

“Let’s protest high gas prices by driving our rigs cross country!”

That would be a protest that makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What exactly are they protesting?

This is what I can't figure out. They just like to be disrupters and get attention, and they will make up some fake, sensationalist, scary "cause" on the way.

[Anonymous]

Something very American about the protest where all you do is get in your big vehicle and drive.

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly are they protesting?

This is what I can't figure out. They just like to be disrupters and get attention, and they will make up some fake, sensationalist, scary "cause" on the way.

I was reading about them last night in Salon. If they sound their truck horn, it is actually a neo-Nazi salute.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly are they protesting?

This is what I can't figure out. They just like to be disrupters and get attention, and they will make up some fake, sensationalist, scary "cause" on the way.

Covid quarantines vary. To drive a truck into Canada, for example, all the trucker has to do is isolate for 14 days in a hotel room at the border.

Why can’t a trucker just wait 14 days and pay for 14 nights in a hotel?

There are other Covid restrictions which affect truckers - but apparently no one listened to the truckers at all (until now).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly are they protesting?

This is what I can't figure out. They just like to be disrupters and get attention, and they will make up some fake, sensationalist, scary "cause" on the way.

I was reading about them last night in Salon. If they sound their truck horn, it is actually a neo-Nazi salute.

Yes. “Honk - Honk” = H - H = Hiel Hitler. Not really hard to flowchart that…

They think it’s some kind of insider code, like no one can figure it out. A child could decipher it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly are they protesting?

This is what I can't figure out. They just like to be disrupters and get attention, and they will make up some fake, sensationalist, scary "cause" on the way.

Covid quarantines vary. To drive a truck into Canada, for example, all the trucker has to do is isolate for 14 days in a hotel room at the border.

Why can’t a trucker just wait 14 days and pay for 14 nights in a hotel?

There are other Covid restrictions which affect truckers - but apparently no one listened to the truckers at all (until now).

Which has what to do with the beltway in MD and VA? Still not making sense.

[Anonymous]

Apparently they don't realize we won't notice any difference in traffic here.