(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY FINAL POSTINGS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS EVENING AFTER 9 PM EASTERN US TIME)
LATEST COVID PROTEST NEWS
BEFORE THE OTTAWA NEWS HERE'S THE LATEST FROM NEW ZEALAND WHERE THERE APPEARS TO BE A STANDOFF BETWEEN FREEDOM CONVOY PROTESTERS OPPOSING COVID MANDATES AND POLICE.
THERE HAS BEEN TOUGH TALK AND BUILDUP OF FORCES INCLUDING MILITARY SALVAGE VEHICLES IN WELLINGTON IN THE LAST DAY OR TWO BUT THE "NEW ZEALAND POLICE" HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE WHERE ITS NOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
POLICE COMMISSIONER ANDREW COSTER SAYING IN PART:
"de-escalation is the only safe way"
"the situation where any enforcement action is taken runs the risk of much wider harm"
MEANWHILE THERE IS EXTENSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE PAINTING THE PROTEST IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT...(TV One New Zealand, New Zealand Herald.)
NEW ZEALAND CELEBRITIES LED BY WORLD CHAMPION YACHTSMAN SIR RUSSELL COUTTS ARE JOINING THE PROTEST...(New Zealand Herald)...TV ONE WEBSITE...NEW ZEALAND HERALD WEBSITE
LIVE VIDEO OTTAWA JUST AFTER 9 PM LOCAL TIME....OTTAWA TRUCKER FREEDOM CONVOY THURSDAY NIGHT 2/17/2022 LIVE STREAM...ADDITIONAL LIVE VIDEO FROM LATE TONIGHT LINKED BELOW.
BREAKING NEWS: TRUCKER FREEDOM CONVOY PROTEST ORGANIZER TAMARA LICH ARRESTED TONIGHT IN OTTAWA...
TIWTTER VIDEO OF PROTEST ORGANIZER TAMARA LICH'S ARREST THURSDAY 2/17/2022 (THE MARIE OAKES)
ANOTHER ORGANIZER OF THE TRUCKER FREEDOM CONVOY PROTEST, CHRIS BARBER, ARRESTED BY POLICE IN OTTAWA TODAY...CBC NEWS
A FOOT OF SNOW IS FALLING TONIGHT IN OTTAWA AND HERE IS LIVE VIDEO JUST BEFORE 11 PM LOCAL TIME...OTTAWALKS LATE NIGHT LIVE VIDEO STREAM THURSDAY 2/17/2022
POLICE IN OTTAWA PUTTING OUT THE WORD THEY PLAN SOME 100 CHECKPOINTS THAT WILL RING THE CITY AND PARLIAMENT HILL AS THEY CONTINUE TO FOLLOW A PLAN TO SHUT DOWN THE TRUCKER FREEDOM CONVOY PROTEST.
A STRONG POLICE PRESENCE IN THE CITY TONIGHT...(CBC NEWS)...
POLICE REMOVING A POPCORN MACHINE AT THE PROTEST....EZRA LEVANT TWITTER (VIDEO EMBEDDED)
A VIEW OF OTTAWA AS STREAMED BY "OTTAWALKS" LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SUNSET ARRIVED...LIVE OTTAWA VIDEO OTTAWALKS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON 2/17/2022...HEAVY WET SNOW WAS FALLING IN THE CITY.
TODAY IN PARLIAMENT DEBATE ON THE EMERGENCIES ACT THE OPPOSITION CONSERVTIVE AND BLOC QUEBECOIS PARTIES CHALLENGING PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU.
IN OTTAWA DAVID FREIHEIT IS LIVE "VIVA FREI" ON THE STREETS AT THE TRUCKER FREEDOM CONVOY.
AMONG HIS OBSERVATION'S TODAY ON PARLIAMENT HILL THE PRESENCE OF 'NON-RECREATIONAL DRONES' OVERHEAD....
DAVID FREIHEIT VIVA FREI LIVE OTTAWA THURSDAY 2/17/2022
OTTAWA POLICE WARNING ANYONE BRINGING CHILDREN TO THE PROTEST OR NEAR THE PROTEST COULD BE FINED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IMPRISONED FOR FIVE YEARS...
ANIMALS OWNED BY PETS COULD ALSO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM ACCORDING TO OTTAWA CITY OFFICIALS...(REBEL NEWS)
(MORE PROTEST NEWS LATER IN THE SUMMARY)
"sincerely believes that receiving a vaccine that was derived from or tested on aborted fetal tissue in its development would violate her conscience and is contrary to her faith"
That's part of the lawsuit from a US Air Force officer that led a US District Judge in Georgia to overrule the Pentagon and give relief from mandatory COVID vaccination.
Judge Tilman E. Self III said the Air Force did not have much of an argument to make its point and that 99.76 percent of all religious exemption requests in the Air Force had been rejected...
NBC NEWS
DAILY MAIL UK
In anticipation of her impending arrest, Ottawa Trucker Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich posted a video late last night saying in part:
"I'm OK with that and I'm not afraid"...
TWITTER LINK (VIDEO CLIP EMBEDDED ALSO TAMARA LICH'S FULL VIDEO MESSAGE)
CANADIAN PASTOR ARTUR PAWLOWSKI DENIED BAIL AT A COURT HEARING IN ALBERTA YESTERDAY.
HE IS CHARGED WITH MISCHIEF AND INTERRUPTING THE OPERATION OF ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER A LAW PASSED BY ALBERTA'S CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS LEFT-WING PROTESTS OPPOSING OIL PIPELINES.
PAWLOWSKI ARRESTED AFTER HE SPOKE TO THE TRUCKERS AT THE NOW ENDED COUTTS BLOCKADE IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA ON THE US BORDER WITH MONTANA.
THE JUDGE REFUSING TO RELEASE PAWLOWSKI ON GROUNDS THAT HE 'WILL NOT FOLLOW COURT ORDERS'...CBC NEWS
NEW ZEALAND FREEDOM CONVOY PROTEST THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17TH, 2022
"What is happening there is illegal"
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's latest characterization of the Freedom Convoy protest near Parliament in the capital city of Wellington.
Ardern was outside the capital city today speaking in the city of Rotorua. Ardern saying her concern the rising numbers of positive tests related to the Omicron variant of COVID.
Meanwhile Defense Minister Peter Henare says military salvage vehicles would in his words "wreck the cars" if they are used to move them. Four military vehicles already in the city.
An emergency police and security meeting held today in Wellington as media messaging builds against the protesters in Wellington and in other locations in New Zealand where protest camps have been established...NEW ZEALAND HERALD...(Information from TV One News also contributed to this story).
Parliament Speaker Trevor Mallard reported late Thursday to be seeking agreement from all political parties to dialogue with protesters on condition they remove their protest camp and clear streets near Parliament....(TV One New Zealand)...
And now back to the story of the woman arrested without her clothes on at the New Zealand Freedom Convoy protest last Thursday.
She said she wanted to protect male protesters from police violence during the assault that led to 120 arrests including her own a week ago today outside Parliament.
A police officer at one point placed his knee on her neck during the takedown.
The woman says she also covered herself with coconut oil to make it difficult for police to arrest her...(Warning Disturbing Material)...VIDEO STORY FEATURING THE PROTESTER TELLING HER STORY FOLLOWING HER RELEASE FROM JAIL...
Also in New Zealand the story of a nurse who defaced a billboard questioning the COVID shots.
This is the mainstream media version...TV ONE NEW ZEALAND
TRUCKER CONVOYS IN THE USA?
(INCLUDING COMMENT)
HERE IN THE USA THERE ARE "FREEDOM CONVOY USA" AND "THE PEOPLES CONVOY" TELEGRAM ACCOUNTS OPERATING AND PUTTING OUT MATERIAL INCLUDING VIDEOS.
SOME TALK ABOUT CONVOYS OUT THERE BUT ONE VIDEO POSTED ON YOU TUBE LAST NIGHT FEATURES A SPEAKER NAMED MIKE LANDIS SAYING THE STATED GOAL OF 'THE PEOPLES CONVOY' HERE IN THE US.
HE SAYS IT'S REMOVAL OF THE COVID STATE OF EMERGENCY IMPLEMENTED SOME TWO YEARS AGO IN MARCH BY THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS....
(COMMENT) WE SHALL SEE WHERE THIS LEADS? IS RAY EPPS IN THE ROOM? DO I SEE AN FBI FOOTPRINT ON ALL THIS?
BOTTOM LINE I HAVE NOT MADE MY FINAL JUDGEMENT BUT LET'S WATCH AND SEE WHERE THIS LEADS....PEOPLES CONVOY WEBSITE
SWITZERLAND IS DROPPING A VACCINE PASSPORT AND MASK REQUIREMENT FOR RESTAURANTS, SHOPS AND OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES AND EVENTS STARTING TOMORROW...NEWS AGENCIES ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
(UPDATING WITH LATE NEWS AT TOP)
Russia kicking out the Deputy US Ambassador in retaliation of the US treatment of a Russian diplomat...TASS RUSSIA
Russia out with a statement calling for de-escalation over Ukraine.
Russia says that steps need to be taken including the withdrawal of US forces in areas near Russia...TASS RUSSIA
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov is warning that the situation near Russia's border is volatile.
Right now he calls the dispute with the West a "mud slinging" affair but he warns it could ignite into something worse...TASS RUSSIA
Shelling in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine by the Ukrainian military forcing Russian separatist forces to return fire...TASS RUSSIA...
The BBC has a daily news blog operating with its version of events related to Russia and Ukraine...BBC NEWS BLOG RUSSIA UKRAINE 2/17/2022
DISAGREEMENTS WITH THE NEW MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN MALI LEADING FRANCE AND OTHER NATIONS TO PULL THEIR TROOPS OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON.
THE MULTINATIONAL FORCE WAS ENGAGED IN OPERATIONS AGAINST ISLAMIC TERRORISTS IN THE WEST AFRICAN NATION...(BFM-TV France)
Israel says it has downed a drone in the north.
The drone came from Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement...YNET NEWS
13 people are dead and two others injured after they fell into a well during a wedding ceremony.
A piece of metal placed across the well for people to sit on gave way...BBC NEWS
IN LOUISVILLE A LEFT-WING ACTIVIST OUT ON BAIL AFTER HE SHOT AT A JEWISH CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR EARLIER THIS WEEK AT HIS CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS.
CANDIDATE CRAIG GREENBERG SAYS HE AND HIS FAMILY AND CAMPAIGN ARE 'TRAUMATIZED' BY THE RELEASE OF QUINTEZ BROWN...CNN
TESLA TYCOON ELON MUSK SAYS HE'S BEING TARGETED BY GOVERNMENT REGULATORS OVER HIS CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT POLICY...BBC NEWS
THE OREGON SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT FORMER NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST NICOLAS KRISTOF CANNOT RUN FOR GOVERNOR....
WORLDOMETERS COVID NUMBERS TODAY
In the 103,377 new positive tests and 2,017,348 Worldwide.
In selected nations outside the US new positive tests....
Russia 180,622
South Korea 93,127.
Japan 90,522.
Indonesia 63,956.
The UK 51,899.
Chile 35,789.
Ukraine 33,330.
Austria 30,914.
Iran 17,545.
Israel 16,257.
Canada 9,357.
New Zealand 1,541 (Record Number).
China 92.
That's the way it really is Thursday February 17th, 2022, Day 703 of the Dictatorship of COVID 19, Day 703 of America and the World held hostage to COVID shots.
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