Outrageous: Ottawa Policemen Arrest 78-Year-Old Great-Grandfather Who Meant No Harm by Honking (VIDEO)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/02/outrageous-ottawa-policemen-arrested-78-year-old-man-meant-no-harm-honking-video/

In a viral video, a 78-year-old grandfather was arrested and handcuffed by Ottawa police on Monday after he gave the trucker a thumbs up and a honk.

Gerry Charlebois was arrested for honking his horn in support of a protesting trucker. The policeman named ‘Jones’ argued that honking a horn “is an offense.”

The old man and great-grandfather suffered cuts and bruises on his arms and hands, shoulder, and knee from the arrest.

One man who witnessed the incident confronted the policeman.

“Yes, I know you’re abusing the old man. It’s called communism. You [old man] don’t have to show anything [driver’s license]. You didn’t do anything wrong. You have the right to freedom of choice. You have the right to beep your Horn or whatever,” the good samaritan said. “Why are you doing this?” he asked the police.

The police responded, “because it is an offense, I have written down that it is. It’s actually an offense.”

The man then accused the police of being a sheep to the Canadian government.

“So you’re standing with your lying government. Do you know that your superior is a liar and he went on the media lying to the Canadian people, now you’re too,” the good samaritan argued.

Gerry Charlebois told the Toronto Sun in an interview that he “meant no harm”. “I just gave the trucker a thumbs up and a honk,” he added.

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He was not charged criminally but given a $118 bylaw ticket for “unnecessary noise.” But he did receive a physical takedown he won’t soon forget.

“I’m so sore,” said the father of four children, grandfather of 11, and great-grandfather of four. “It hurts so much.”

The cuts and bruises on his arms and hands, shoulder and knee are evident. A shade of black and blue is more evident Tuesday, say his family.

Video footage of Monday’s disturbing arrest, and agitators yelling at police during the incident, is being shared around the world.

Charlebois, who is double vaccinated and planning to get his booster shot, said he was “confused” during the incident at the corner of Besserer and Friel Sts., about four blocks from the main protest. “I was in shock,” said Charlebois. “When (the police) pulled me over, he told me I was in trouble for honking the horn.”

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End of an Era: Peter Thiel to Exit Meta’s Board to Support MAGA Revolution…

https://www.revolver.news/2022/02/end-of-an-era-peter-thiel-to-exit-metas-board-to-support-maga-revolution/

Peter Thiel to Exit Meta’s Board to Support Trump-Aligned Candidates

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/technology/peter-thiel-facebook.html

The tech billionaire, who has been on the board of the company formerly known as Facebook since 2005, is backing numerous politicians in the midterm elections.

Peter Thiel, one of the longest-serving board members of Meta, the parent of Facebook, plans to step down, the company said on Monday.

Mr. Thiel, 54, wants to focus on influencing November’s midterm elections, said a person with knowledge of Mr. Thiel’s thinking who declined to be identified. Mr. Thiel sees the midterms as crucial to changing the direction of the country, this person said, and he is backing candidates who support the agenda of former President Donald J. Trump.

Over the last year, Mr. Thiel, who has a net worth estimated at $2.6 billion by Forbes, has become one of the Republican’s Party’s largest donors. He gave $10 million each last year to the campaigns of two protégés, Blake Masters, who is running for a Senate seat in Arizona, and J.D. Vance, who is running for Senate in Ohio.

Mr. Thiel has been on Meta’s board since 2005, when Facebook was a tiny start-up and he was one of its first institutional investors. But scrutiny of Mr. Thiel’s position on the board has steadily increased as the company was embroiled in political controversies, including barring Mr. Trump from the platform, and as the venture capitalist has become more politically active.

The departure means Meta loses its board’s most prominent conservative voice. The 10-member board has undergone significant changes in recent years, as many of its members have left and been replaced, often with Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Drew Houston, the chief executive of Dropbox, joined Facebook’s board in 2020, and Tony Xu, the founder of DoorDash, joined it last month. Meta didn’t address whether it intends to replace Mr. Thiel.

The company, which recently marked its 18th birthday, is undertaking a shift toward the so-called metaverse, which its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, believes is the next generation of the internet. Last week, Meta reported spending more than $10 billion on the effort in 2021, along with mixed financial results. That wiped more than $230 billion off the company’s market value.

“Peter has been a valuable member of our board and I’m deeply grateful for everything he’s done for our company,” Mr. Zuckerberg said in a statement. “Peter is truly an original thinker who you can bring your hardest problems and get unique suggestions.”

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In a statement on Monday, Mr. Thiel said: “It has been a privilege to work with one of the great entrepreneurs of our time. Mark Zuckerberg’s intelligence, energy and conscientiousness are tremendous. His talents will serve Meta well as he leads the company into a new era.”

Mr. Thiel first met Mr. Zuckerberg 18 years ago when he provided the entrepreneur with $500,000 in capital for Facebook, valuing the company at $4.9 million. That gave Mr. Thiel, who with his venture firm Founders Fund controlled a 10 percent stake in the social network, a seat on its board of directors.

Since then, Mr. Thiel has become a confidant of Mr. Zuckerberg. He counseled the company through its early years of rapid user growth, and through its difficulties shifting its business to mobile phones around the time of its 2012 initial public offering.

He has also been seen as the contrarian who has Mr. Zuckerberg’s ear, championing unfettered speech across digital platforms when it suited him. His conservative views also gave Facebook’s board what Mr. Zuckerberg saw as ideological diversity.

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