Hey everyone, I may have cursed just a little bit in this episode, so you've been warned.

As someone who cannot stand to be stuck in traffic, I've been thinking about how much I would hate to be in Ottawa, Canada these days.

Hundreds of big rigs have poured into the city and parked right in front of parliament to protest COVID restrictions.

They call themselves the Freedom Convoy.

There's been a lot of honking involved.

They even erected a little structure where they kept diesel fuel

and they have people bringing them fuel so they can basically live in their vehicles indefinitely.

Jesse Brown is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Canada Land.

That's a news site and podcast network.

There have only been a few hundred trucks at the height of it, but these are big-rig

trucks, and it's, you've got to hand it to them at least in terms of like political

theater and just the physics of this.

When I read about what's happening in Ottawa, to me, it seems like shit posting come to life.

By which I mean, there are so many absurd things happening, but also kind of on the edge of danger.

Like, I've read about bouncy castles being set up and hot tubs.

But then also, you know, local residents who are really aggrieved and have real complaints.

Yeah, all of that is true. There is a carnival-esque

aspect to this. They're lighting off fireworks. They have hot tubs, barbecues. And if you read their

accounts, they're like, hey, we're happy warriors here and nobody's getting hurt. I mean,

some people have called it an occupation. Would you go that far?

Yeah, I don't think that that's the wrong term.

There's no question that this has been a massive disruption.

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