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Sep 15
Open Letter To Marcia Lane (Kevin Annett’s Assistant)- Please Stop!
Dear Marcia, First, let me say, I feel bad about what’s happened to you. After putting your trust into Kevin Annett, you are now stuck in a place where your the world has discovered that he’s been a false messiah. These must be really challenging times for you. Please accept my apology on behalf of …
Sep 15
Kevin Annett: A Man Who Tried To Hijack The Canadian Occupy Movement…
There have been a lot of bizarre and unlikely characters who came to Canadian Occupations- people of every type. Some were innocent, and some more sinister. We had people coming from feminist and anarchist groups who tried to hijack the movement. Then, we had Kevin Annett- a man who brought a magical story about imprisoning …
Sep 15
Will There Soon Be Fleets Of Drones In Canadian Skies? (Here’s How To Stop Them…)
Dear Canadians, Are you ready for armies of drones in your skies? If not armies, how many drones would be acceptable to you? What should be the rules for these drones? Will they be allowed to hover a video camera over your back yard? How many times are you willing to be analysed by a drone in …
Sep 14
Occupy Anniversary: My CBC Interview- The Long Version!
I was a bit disappointed with the Interview I did on CBC’s The National when I saw it last night. It turns out that the video I posted last night was only a ‘teaser’ version. Today a friend sent me the full version of the interview- I’m much happier with this one. It was a …
Sep 13
Occupy’s Anniversary: My Appearance On CBC’s The National…
I was contacted last week by one of the producers at the CBC. He had read some of my stories here, and was interested to take with me about my story about leaving the Occupy movement- it was the story where I discussed the 5% vs the 99%. It seemed like it could be a …
Sep 13
CUPE, CAW, OCAP, Black Bloc Anarchists and Flying Squads…
There were two things one was attacked for criticising at Occupy Toronto & Occupy Vancouver- Black Bloc anarchists and the group’s relationship with the unions. At first, when I was in Vancouver, I thought that the two subjects were unrelated. But, once I was in Toronto, it quickly became apparent both groups are closely related. …
Sep 13
It’s Official- Occupy Canada Has Been Hijacked!
I’ve always been a bit pensive about the Occupy Canada page on Facebook. When I was in Vancouver, I knew one person who was an admin, but didn’t know much about the others. When I got to Toronto I learned that the page was setup by Derek Soberal. I’ve written about Derek before when he …
Sep 13
A Short Rant About Recycling And Being Green…
Have you ever noticed how recycled goods always seem to be printed with a notice that they are recycled- how sensible is that? Sure, on this envelope I’ve posted, it doesn’t take very much ink- but, how about on all of our envelopes combined- is there a significant environmental impact?
Sep 12
Another G20 Vandal Is In Court This Week…
There’s, yet another, G20 criminal going to court this week. This time it is Eva Botton, a BC based criminology (yes, that isn’t a typo) student from Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Botton faces five cases of mischief over $5,000 and is alleged to have caused over $160,000 of damage during the G20. She was also charged …
Sep 12
Where’s Waldo? (And where’s Kevin Annett…)
The mystery of the Kevin Annett Titanic is getting quite fascinating. His last public appearance on video was released on September 4th. It was a short of Kevin filmed by John Deegan, a nutter who is reported to have chained himself inside of a church, Annett was reportedly involved too. That said, this may be …