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Jul 01
Toronto’s CUPE 79 Distributes Cheap Chinese Sweatshop Trinkets In Failed PR Stunt!
In an effort to try and get people to stop hating them, some genius at Toronto’s CUPE Local 79 came up with the brilliant idea to distribute cheap Chinese made trinkets! This counteracts CUPE policy on a couple of levels. First, there is no mention on these goods that they are union made- this is …
Jul 01
The NDP Vampire Union Squid That Ate Occupy’s Soul…
There is a lot of debate on whether the Canadian Occupy movement was organic, or if it was a construct of the unions. personally, I believe it is a bit of each. It is the unions who put a lot of funding, and who sent a lot of the people who put it together. But, …
Jul 01
An Honest Report From Someone Who Attended The Past Two Vancouver Casseroles Marches
I found this first-hand report of what happened at the past two Vancouver Casseroles marches on Facebook today. Read this in comparison to the radicals like Sasha Wiley-Shaw who were saying that the arrests were all a part of a Stephen Harper led conspiracy to ‘criminalize dissent’. Sounds much different- doesn’t it?
Jun 30
A Funny Video By Patrick Ross About Last Week’s Black Bloc Attack…
http://youtu.be/0CvHwMYYP_s Conservative Alberta blogger Patrick Ross has made a funny video in response to the attack I got from the Black Bloc guys at last week’s Toronto Casseroles march. It isn’t very flattering to them- but, I couldn’t resist sharing… FYI, the woman at the end of the video, Megan Kinch of the Toronto Media …
Jun 30
Vancouver’s Stanley Park Is Burning! (What’s up with that?)
It all began on June 21st, Aboriginal Day, when a late night two-alarm fire was alerted in Stanley Park. Someone had lit the ticket station for the parks miniature railway on fire- putting the whole park at risk of being burned down. Luckily, the park was saved, but two firefighers were sent to St. Paul’s …
Jun 30
The Occupied Vancouver Sun- BCTF Edition!
I’ll be writing more about how people from the unions hijacked Occupy Vancouver soon- think of this as a teaser. I was going to wait, but with all of the attention being paid to the BCTF’s Sasha Wiley-Shaw and her involvement with the shenanigans at Vancouver Asseroles march this week.
Jun 30
Who Is Sasha Wiley-Shaw And What Is Her Agenda?
The shenanigans at Vancouver’s Casseroles Gone Stupid march are no coincidence- we aren’t talking about an innocent young teacher who was randomly attacked by the police. The real story is about a group of politically connected professional activists who were out to create a media storm. This is a group of people with deep connections to …
Jun 30
Lesson On The Charter Of Rights & Freedoms For The Vancouver Casseroles!
Update: There was a story published about this incident in the (highly biased) Vancouver Observer- I believe Ruth Meta’s words are the perfect response:
Jun 29
MediaWatch: Ethan Baron Of The Vancouver Province Gets It Wrong!
I expected the Media Co-Op, Rabble.ca and The Tyee to publish inaccurate/slanted stories about the antics of the last two Vancouver Casseroles marches- this is pretty much a given. But, I was rather surprised this morning to wake-up and find similar crap in the Vancouver Province. Sure, like most papers the Province is often filled …
Jun 29
Chris Hedges On Why We Shouldn’t Wear Masks And Use Violent Tactics…
Video streaming by Ustream Scroll ahead to 31 minutes into the video…