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@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…

Debt Is Not The Cause Of The Crisis

redbedhead September 22, 2011

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…

Global Financial Leaders Recommend Cutting Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Farron Cousins September 21, 2011

Oil_Money.jpg Global financial institutions including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have released a new set of recommendations for G20 countries to meet their goal of providi...

Another sleepless night

Richard September 7, 2011

It’s 3:45am. For the past week I’ve had a churning in my stomach I can’t shake, and with it I can’t sleep. So much is on my mind, but so…

Toronto Police Services Board shows some spine

Thor September 2, 2011

Toronto News: Police board refuses to promote G20 officers - thestar.comGood for the board! The Toronto police b...

Forbes openly admits to internment camps in the U.S.A.

Richard August 29, 2011

Update* Forbes is sourcing bogus stuff. I have contacted the author to either verify or correct. Update2* I’ve contacted the author, and he was not aware the source was bogus.…

Conservatives: Doing Pork-barrel by the Book

Saskboy August 15, 2011

An election issue that was overlooked by the electorate was the G8 spending by Tony Clement, a minister in Harper’s cabinet. Tony is very active on Twitter, he’s practically the…

Toronto G20: The only organized agression was perpetrated by police

Thor August 11, 2011

Toronto News: Aggression during G20 rally ‘perpetrated by police,’ judge rules - thestar.comAlthough we now have a judge's statements that the police were unjustified aggressors on the weekend of the…

SIU Concludes Reopened #G20 Nobody Investigation | #policebrutality

Orwell's Bastard July 18, 2011

SIU Concludes Reopened G20 Nobody Investigation... aaaaand, guess what? Can't find any way to charge anyone else.Who could have foreseen such a thing?Oh, well. Maybe the Toronto Police will actually…

Joseph Harper and Atrocities During G-20

LeDaro July 18, 2011

This last Sunday I watched the videos made by different people at the G-20 summit, and the atrocities carried out there. People who were bystanders and not even part of…

Could the vote on the Jarvis Bike Lane be a turning point for Ford’s support on council?

Thor July 13, 2011

Fighting for Bike Lanes at Toronto City Hall: Pt. I « the reeves reportEarlier today, Mayor Rob Ford voted against all the community grants, while council voted unanimously to continue…

I’m sorry, @TorontoPolice Tweeter guy – perhaps I’m being a little harsh | #G20redux

Orwell's Bastard June 28, 2011

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…

@LacyMacAuley and my namesake: This is where we juxtapose, redux | #G20

Orwell's Bastard June 28, 2011

"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.…

#G20 anniversary: Queen & Spadina, one year later

Orwell's Bastard June 27, 2011

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...

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