Wednesday, November 2 saw the House of Commons debate two bills dealing with democratic reform. And the result was a remarkable gap between the values the Harper Cons presented in justifying their party’s policy orders, and the ones they actually apply in practice. The Big Issue The bill which received
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Harper shutting out auditor general from Commons committee meetings
I’ve largely refrained the past few weeks from posting about the grossly anti-democratic manner in which our government has chosen to conduct itself. Other bloggers have been documenting the atrocities better than I could and let’s face it, the whole corrupt Contemptuous mess has me silenced. For once. But this
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto G20 Protests – Police Officers Were Given Orders to Make Illegal Arrests
Toronto News: Man settles G20 lawsuit, claims police brass ordered false arrests – thestar.com Officers detaining Wall on June 27, 2010, told OPIRD investigators they were instructed to arrest people wearing bandanas, masks or gas masks concealing their identity. One officer said he was told to search anyone with a
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Blog Navel Gazing – Tweet Heard ‘Round The World
I’ve never had a tweet of mine be ReTweeted so much. It was an excerpt from a Facebook post that got liked and shared by about 15 people by this point, but the Tweet is at 83 ReTweets, and that doesn’t count the dozen or more who’ve rephrased it and
Continue readingG20 investigation: RCMP spies vs conspirators
> The JIG is up. An RCMP-led Joint Intelligence Group comprised of federal, provincial and municipal police infiltrated activist groups prior to the G20 and Vancouver Olympics in what they call “one of the largest domestic intelligence operations in Canadian history”. Constable Bindo Showan of the Ontario Provincial Police, one
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: That Annoying Twitter Access
I’ve seldom seen a journalist whine so much about politicians who are too accessible to the public. Look no further, you can find them in the Calgary Herald. Mayor Nenshi has even replied to a tweet from me, and I don’t even live in Calgary, so obviously he must be
Continue readingArt Threat: Two docs explore violence & resistance – Tales from the G20 & End:Civ compliment but still incomplete
Having been there during the G20, images of Toronto becoming a war zone—burning cop cars foregrounded by throngs of protestors clashing with riot gear-clad police—are burned into my mind. It was a dark time for the city, and it raised serious questions: when is it truly necessary to take a
Continue readingHellberta: November mid-month round-up: Occupy dies, the New World Order is born, the revolution begins
The Occupy movement is dead. Seriously. In it’s place however is the new American revolution. They look similar, and the new American revolution is still calling itself Occupy, but they are very different. I’ll point out this difference for you in a very simple contrast of thought:1) Occupy: When it
Continue readingRepeat performance of Bill Blair’s Goon Show tonight in Toronto?
"I'm sorry officer, is my head in the way of your boot?" When midnight rolls around in Toronto, will we see Bill Blair’s finest descend on those Occupiers like they did during the infamous G20 police violence conducted on peace…
Continue readingRepeat performance of Bill Blair’s Goon Show tonight in Toronto?
"I’m sorry officer, is my head in the way of your boot?"
When midnight rolls around in Toronto, will we see Bill Blair’s finest descend on those Occupiers like they did during the infamous G20 police violence conducted on peaceful protesters? Blair has not shown one scrap of regret over his bubble-bursting bad boys kicking and beating last summer so there’s no reason to expect anything else
Continue readingOverheard at G20: Sarkozy and Obama diss Netanyahu
Sarkozy on the subject of Netanyahu : "I cannot stand him. He is a liar."
Obama: "You’re fed up with him, but I have to deal with him every day!"
Ba Dum. Ching!
Continue readingImpolitical: Shortsighted
This may come back to bite: “Harper says no Canadian money for European bailout.” Pay some now or will we be paying much more later? We’ll see. Great photo accompanying that story too. That look on Obama’s face as he interacts with Harper is priceless.
Continue readingImpolitical: It’s that time again
It’s G20 time, that is. Here is POTUS’ G20 Schedule for the day. They’re very forthcoming, the Americans about such things. Us, not so much. So what can we say about what to expect?We’ll probably see another nation showing us that it really doesn’t cos…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Weapons of mass economic destruction
Shorter Stephen Harper:Unless the beatings intensify, morale will never improve.
Continue readingThings Are Good: G(irls)20 Summit 2011
The 2011 edition of the G(irls)20 Summit is happening this weekend!
The G(irls)20 Summit brings together one delegate from each G20 country, plus a representative from the chair country of the African Union. The delegates debate, discuss and design innovative ideas necessary to empower girls and women globally. While the agenda is the same as the […]
The door’s this way, Chief Blair
So it seems Bill Blair isn’t getting with Team Ford’s austerity program.Instead of being a good boy and implementing the 10-per-cent reduction the mayor’s team is demanding of city managers, he’s looking for a budgetary increase. Not a lot, mind, but t…
Continue readingNo freedom of assembly in Harperica
Dawg had a timely post yesterday on the scandalous conduct of the NYPD during the Occupy Wall Street protests.To that, add this “long line of Canadians being arrested for protecting Canada” on Parliament Hill today:Pic tweeted by @thevillagegreen
Continue readingNYPD tarnishes image. Sullies memory of 9/11 heroes.
It’s a sad sight to see the NYPD, riding a decade of media worship and hero status for its role on 9/11, now reduced to bully status. The US doesn’t have Canada’s Conservative-dominated media so the NYPD will not escape being put under the microscope u…
Continue reading@LornePW keeps the police accountability file up to date
Big tip of the porkpie to Lorne over at Politics and its Discontents.There are times when the sheer inertia and toxic, paranoid self-pity at the core of dysfunctional cop culture makes you want to just give up. Fortunately, Lorne’s got the energy and d…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Debt Is Not The Cause Of The Crisis
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Stephen Harper are all over the media attacking European Union politicians for failing to take decisive action to deal with the “debt overhang”, particularly in places like Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy. This failu…
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