I’m sorry, I had to give my head a shake.Fluoridation?Look, we’ve all seen the passage in Dr. Strangelove where General Ripper talks about what an insidious Communist plot it is, but the thing is, that’s not just satire. Fluoridation of our d…
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Core Services Review: Rob Ford is a hazard to Toronto’s public health / #TOpoli
I’m sorry, I had to give my head a shake.Fluoridation?Look, we’ve all seen the passage in Dr. Strangelove where General Ripper talks about what an insidious Communist plot it is, but the thing is, that’s not just satire. Fluoridation of our d…
Continue readingKate’s royal ass cheek: #sunmedia triumphs again, @davidakin makes sure we all know about it
Sad, isn’t it. When this is what occupies our imaginations and dominates public discourse, is it any wonder that so many people don’t bother to take the responsibilities of citizenship seriously? Look at the energy it’s consuming, for Chrissakes.  …
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If the last Friday-night music post was something that aged well over four or five years, well … give this a spin.
Continue readingGarrett Styles – The Blue PR machine spins up again | #policeculture
From teh Tumblr.Lives on the line.Sudden tragedy.A sobering reminder.Heroes in blue.Gave his life in the performance of his duty.Officers coming from all over to pay tribute to a fallen comrade.It’s a mythology with a lot of miles on it. You can prac…
Continue readingEvaluating Mammoliti, redux | #PrideTO #TOpoli
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Continue readingOn second thought, Rob, stay at the cottage | #PrideTO
The whole idea of Mammoliti at the Dyke March just seems … wrong.[View the story “Watching Mammoliti at #PrideTO: Ya know what, Rob? Stay at the cottage” on Storify]
Continue readingThe capacity for critical thought – how do we build it?
Just as we wind down the first half of 2011 in preparation for Canada Day, three disparate blog posts are jumping out at me:At Sixth Estate, Government of Canada Issues Statement Opposing the AlphabetAt Politics and its Discontents, Sun News …
Continue reading#RCMP complaints body says it’s playing ball with @cancivlib | #G20
Something about the Tumblr / Tweeter interface is not working … (mumbling obscenities under my breath … )
Continue readingI’m sorry, @TorontoPolice Tweeter guy – perhaps I’m being a little harsh | #G20redux
On reflection, maybe I ought to cut you a little slack. Maybe you really are committed to fixing the organizational and occupational culture.Maybe you really do want to fix the bridges between the police and the community they’re sworn to serve and pro…
Continue reading@TorontoPolice Tweeter guy: Is this your idea of building relations? | #G20
Don’t know what this guy was doing … … but even if we grant for the moment that the apprehension was lawful and justified, can you explain why the Toronto Police officers effecting the arrest decided they had to grind his face into the concrete whi…
Continue reading@LacyMacAuley and my namesake: This is where we juxtapose, redux | #G20
“Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn’t matter: only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you—that would be the real betrayal.”She thought it over. “They can’t do that,” she said finally. “It’s the one thing they can’t d…
Continue reading#G20 anniversary: Queen & Spadina, one year later
Hundreds of citizens arrested on bullshit pretexts.Detained arbitrarily in conditions that were gross violations of human rights.Subjected to racist, sexist, misogynistic and homophobic slurs and harassment.Assaulted indiscriminately.Beaten, tear-gasse…
Continue readingCreekside: G20 : Caught in the Act
Creekside: G20 : Caught in the Act: “When police stick to phony script : the Miami Model”Have I mentioned that Alison rocks today?
Continue readingA whole year of this self-important bastard? Christ on a crutch …
Just realized: tomorrow marks exactly one year since the day OB jumped into the blogosphere. The inaugural post:The G20 narrative: whose story is it?Guess we’re still struggling with that, but since you’re all clamouring for a speech, I’ll just keep it…
Continue readingHow to hold them accountable: let them embarrass themselves | #policeaccountability
Because there isn’t going to be any meaningful institutional response.But this might be even more effective. Just show them being assholes, and then let public scorn do its work.If they don’t act like this, they won’t have to worry about being embarras…
Continue reading@SousLePave: Best tweet from yesterday’s #G20rally
Please tell me someone got a picture …Related posts:The day they turned the Charter of Rights into toilet paperCare for a chaw, S-Supt. McGuire?No name tag? You disgust me, Officer
Continue reading#Brigette DePape rocks the rally at Queen’s Park
Guess it’s good to have the occasional reminder. From Jason Kenney’s favourite left-wing kook.
Continue reading@TorontoPolice Tweeter guy weighs in | #G20
… with a few nice words about accountability and regaining public trust.Here are some suggestions for you.Do something about the assholes who brutalized Lacy MacAuley.Out the sons of bitches who kicked Adam Nobody in the face after he was cuffed and …
Continue readingNew poll finds ‘monumental shift’ in public perception of Toronto police because of G20 actions – thestar.com
New poll finds ‘monumental shift’ in public perception of Toronto police because of G20 actions – thestar.comI might just have to revise my opinion of the Star again. This is clearly adding to the pressure for a public inquiry, although I’m not get…
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