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Sep 30
City Of Toronto Schmucks It Up- Uproots Vegetable Garden One Day Before Harvest…
One of the best moments in Occupy Toronto’s history was on May 1st. About 30-40 Occupiers showed-up at Queen’s Park, behind the Ontario Legislature, and ‘peasfully’ planted a communal vegetable garden that day. The Toronto police were very well-restrained, they stood back quietly while Occupiers poured out the soil and planted the seeds. When it …
Sep 24
Culture Jamming (At McDonalds…)
I’ve never seen a more inept nor insulting set of ads from McDonalds before. They’ve covered the city with posters with questions about the content and nutritional value of their food (if you can call it that). This one in-particular caught my attention…
Sep 22
I Want A World Without Police…
This may surprise some people- but, the world I’d love to see in the future is one without police. This doesn’t mean that I want to see police services immediately disbanded though. That would be an obvious disaster- the world isn’t ready for it yet. If they would disappear in a flash, we’d have a great …
Sep 21
Grizzly Adams Ploughs Into A Sea Of Raw Milk! (feat. Jason Bowman)
Jason Bowman is a mixed bag. On the one side, he performs a self-parody that’s on par with Mel Brook’s best work- he’s amusing, so it is easy to kind of love him. He walks on a thin line between impersonating a lawyer and hilarious incompetence. However, there are victims of Bowman’s deceptions- this kind …
Sep 20
Open Letter To Gary Paterson Of The United Church- Please Help Us Stop Kevin Annett
Dear Mr. Paterson, Back in 1996 the United Church disposed of a problem. Kevin Annett had been causing unrest and friction within your organization, he was bounced between churches until he finally left. I’ve read Kevin’s history, and can understand why he had to go- it appears he was not healthy, and his presence was …
Sep 18
MediaWatch: Media Co-Op Cooks The Books On Occupy Toronto’s Costs To The City…
The Toronto Media Co-Op put out a rather humorous story today, claiming that Occupy Toronto saved the city of Toronto $83,440 during it’s encampment. First, the story is a day late and a dollar short- Eric Hamilton-Smith did this at Occupy Vancouver last November. But, at least, they admit that his work is the motivation for theirs. …
Sep 18
Occupy Anniversary: Canadian Activists Are, Once Again, Snookered By The Unions And The NDP
A couple weeks ago I wrote about Take Canada Back– an initiative to get Occupiers to travel to Ottawa for ‘the mother of protests’. I left a warning for people that the entire tone of the event seemed a bit dodgy- perhaps the NDP and the unions were going to use Occupy or their own …
Sep 18
The Continuing Incompetence Of The Toronto Police (And Detective Anthony Williams of 14 Division)
I wrote a while ago about my assault by Occupy Toronto’s Black Bloc in a park in Kensington Market. It was vicious- a guy named Alex came charging at me with a thick flagpole, smashed me over the head with it and nearly cracked my skull. Next, a group of cowards came running to join-in …
Sep 17
The Story Of CUPE’s Smear Campaign Against Me During The Occupy Movement
Never in my existence would I have expected to tell a story about being attacked by a union. The worst thing that ever happened to me was that I was hit with a tomato while entering the building of a client who was in a labour dispute. But, then came my involvement in the Occupy …
Sep 17
Surprise Performance In A Park At Toronto’s Kensington Market
Out of nowhere a band showed-up in the park. They setup their instruments and start playing their music. A small party erupted for the next 10 minutes. They then packed-up and went for their next performance. They flew in and out of the park with Batman’s grace. It was perfect. The video is below: