Off Topic Mini - Bomb Cyclone, CanadaTruckers, Jimmy Kimmel Racist

​@VideoMattPresents talks with the tribe this Saturday morning about the recent Bomb Cyclone that is taking over the East Coast as we speak. Meanwhile up above America in Canada a massive protest is taking place but you wouldn't know it because the mainstream media will not cover it. Then head back down to Hollywood, ca where late night host Jimmy Kimmel is under fire for saying what we all have been wanting to say about the boy band BTS.Show more

Time Stamp Chapters
Chapter. 1 - Bomb Cyclone [0:10]
Chapter. 2 - Jimmy Kimmel Is racist? [6:45]
Chapter. 3 - Covid Trucker Protest in Canada [11:00]
Chapter. 4 - VMP Speaking his mind [22:50]

Jimmy Kimmel Is Receiving Backlash For Allegedly Making An Offensive Joke Comparing BTS Fever To COVID-19
https://www.buzzfeed.com/natalieoganesyan/jimmy-kimmel-bts-covid-joke-backlash

You had the big ones like Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, and then that mutated into O-Town and 98 Degrees. The JoBros popped up, Big Time Rush, they kept splitting off in different directions, eventually One Direction," he continued. "And they took pieces, and it popped up all over the world until eventually we get to one that’s so contagious it destroys all life on earth."

A powerful winter storm that the National Weather Service classified as a “bomb cyclone” began pummeling eastern Massachusetts on Saturday, dropping as much as a foot of snow from Long Island to New England, where people were bracing for flooding, more snow and near-hurricane strength winds.

On the far east area of Long Island in New York, nearly a foot of snow had fallen, and the area could see another foot by the time the storm finishes. People across the region were bracing for continued freezing temperatures, heavy snowfall and treacherous travel conditions.

Canadian confusion: Truckers protest vaccine mandate as officials scramble to clarify misinformation
https://www.thetrucker.com/trucking-news/the-nation/canadian-confusion-truckers-protest-vaccine-mandate-as-officials-scramble-to-clarify-misinformation

OTTAWA, Ontario — Canadian officials admit to major confusion over whether truckers would remain exempt from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate after bureaucrats misinterpreted policy in more than one federal agency — including the one that coordinates Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Canadian Broadcasting Company reported that “the trucking industry was caught by surprise on Jan. 12 when the Canada Border Services Agency sent a statement to media saying that unvaccinated and partially vaccinated truck drivers crossing into Canada from the United States would remain exempt from the vaccine mandate. …”

The Trucker had reported that news on its website and social media.

However, the Canadian government has now said in a statement that the information was sent to members of the press “in error.”

Canada’s truck drivers will need to be fully vaccinated if they want to avoid a two-week quarantine and pre-arrival molecular test for COVID-19 before crossing into Canada.

Additionally, any truckers who are not U.S. citizens crossing from Canada to the United States must show proof of vaccination before crossing the border.

The Canadian government provided no more explanation for the botched messaging, which one trucking industry association said prompted some unvaccinated truckers to be dispatched across the border during the period when everyone thought Ottawa had backed down.

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Meanwhile, many truckers in Canada are participating in a strike against vaccine mandates that’s been dubbed as Freedom Convoy 2022.

The group had raised more than $2 million as of Sunday. The money will be used to help with fuel costs, food, lodging and other incidentals needed to help sustain the striking truckers.

The truckers are traveling from Vancouver to Ottawa, where they say they will sit until the mandate is abolished. The hashtag #FreedomConvoy2022 has thousands of posts and videos showing long lines of truckers slowly making their way to Canada’s capital.

The trucking industry is vital to ensure smooth flow of goods since more than two-thirds of the C$650 billion ($521 billion) in goods traded annually between Canada and the United States travels on roads.

But as many as 32,000, or 20%, of the 160,000 Canadian and American cross-border truck drivers may be taken off the roads due to the mandate, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) estimates.

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The CTA, however, said in a statement on Saturday it does not support any protests on public road ways and the only way to cross the border on a commercial truck is by getting vaccinated.

On Facebook Monday, thousands of posts were dedicated to talking about the Freedom Convoy.

“We are standing up for everyone!” wrote Paul Splinter on Facebook. “From the mom and pop restaurants to the doctors and nurses! Every single person in Canada are being represented in this Freedom Convoy.”

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