tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:14:22 +0000BP oil spillBairdDarcy SheppardElliottFlahertyBudget Bill C-9Armageddon FactorSnowdyhomophobianot terrorismGuergisIgnatieffEzra LevantHarperAfghanistanenvironmentIsraeli Apartheidcivil libertiesanit-semitismMichael BryantGuy GiornoMillerDavid FrumIsraelfaith warAvatar IIhopeMarci McDonaldMcGuintysolar powerMammolitihonour killingMartin Gladstoneanti-semitismOdaCouillardBlatchfordTony Haywardyour tax dollars at workAbortionPreston ManningMulroneyGlemaudFriday Photo FolliesRitzBernierobstuction of parliamentary committeesG20 JusticeBubblesRaittblackmailIncome Trustsdetainee tortureSeparated at BirthhumourPhoto FolliesSchreiberanimationsGillaniClementPensionsLibby Daviesagent provocateursCanada DayLaytonLiberalsBlairListeriosisMacleansLPCHell's AngelsinjusticeJason KenneyGazaQueers Against Israeli Apartheidpolice brutalityGaza blockadethe usual suspectsJafferBrian MulroneyConservative sign languagecuts to women's groupsMarc OuelletG20Rona AmbroseApartheid deniersBreitkreuzGay Pride TorontoAsqa Parvezreligious rightJust another pixel-stained wretch trying to get at the truthhttp://fillibluster.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)Blogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-8914099024185544137Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:57:00 +00002010-08-02T18:57:03.177-04:00i'm sitting at home again after fracturing my wrist and breaking my arm just below the shoulder. a very good and wonderful friend took me to emerg and stayed with me into the nexy day while they x=rayed and re-set the joint. i'm in a cast, and a sling and under heavy sedation. the pain was/is intense. i go back to the fracture clinic for more x-rays on thurs and my friend will be taking me. http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/08/broke-my-wrist-no-posts-for-awhile-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-832849769231524483Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:38:00 +00002010-07-25T23:38:43.857-04:00humourAvatar IIanimationsI admit I have turned away from the tragedy of the gulf oil spill and the mediocrity of our politicians to enjoy a little of this fleeting summer. No, I'm not relaxing outside, I'm indoors obsessing on Go Animate, the cool online cartoon creator that was used to make the famous Officer Bubbles vid. But, because it is summer, it's time for the blockbuster movie. Here'a a trailer for the fictionalhttp://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/07/summer-is-blockbluster-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-775303341915829883Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:40:00 +00002010-07-18T03:13:28.470-04:00animationsHarper My first foray into animation. Please enjoy responsibly.http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/07/harperstan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-7194853913613152922Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:30:00 +00002010-07-16T12:30:02.607-04:00Harperthe usual suspects Are Canadians beginning to get the message? Today it was announced that "Ottawa", ie Harper and his government of thugs and scoundrels, will spend $16 billion on an untendered contract with Lockheed Martin for 65 new fighter jets, after recently spending $2.6 billion upgrading existing jets. Does anyone still think we're going to be getting out of Afghanistan, as promised, in 2011? At the samehttp://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/07/fighter-jets-good-health-care-not-so.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-1884891979349440458Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:25:00 +00002010-07-13T02:25:02.456-04:00the usual suspectsG20So much so that I can barely summon the energy to write about it. But then, that would play right into their hands wouldn't it? A scenario in which people become so disgusted with politics that they simply disengage, when what we need to do is engage fully, and vote these conniving slime balls out on their collective asses at the earliest opportunity. So, yeah, here we go again with another http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/07/cons-try-to-block-g20-hearings-its-deja.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-8664516434646993862Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:47:00 +00002010-07-10T01:47:45.733-04:00 This was originally written by Naomi Wolf about the US, but I think in light of recent events we can see how well our glorious leader has been taking notes and rolling out the program. The original article appeared in the Guardian in April 2007. We're a lot closer to the endgame now. The G20 was merely a test. 1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy. "After we were hit on http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/07/fascism-in-10-easy-steps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-1340466563771362547Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:22:00 +00002010-07-09T17:26:34.159-04:00civil libertiespolice brutalityG20 For 48 hours on June 26 and 27 Toronto was turned into a police state. A place which, according to police was not part of Canada. A terrifying place called "G20 Land" where civil rights do not exist, a phantom state more like a South American dictatorship than the civilized democracy we have come to take for granted. Under the pretext of stopping vandalism, (which they failed, utterly, to dohttp://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/07/july-10-day-of-action-for-civil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-8258500566476223544Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:11:00 +00002010-07-08T12:10:09.895-04:00G20 JusticeBlairpolice brutalityMcGuintyG20Dalton, I hate to break it to you but you are not Trudeau. Not even close. And the G20 Summit protests are nothing like the situation in which Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act. In case your memory needs refreshing, the October Crisis involved the actual kidnapping of a British trade envoy James Cross and the kidnapping and murder of Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Laporte by the FLQ. It was http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/07/mcguinty-who-hell-do-you-think-youre.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-8059226674033026531Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:07:00 +00002010-07-07T17:08:54.345-04:00police brutalityG20 From the Real News, another account of police brutality at the G20 Summit in Toronto. "I was not there to protest. I was there to ride my bike, through the city of Toronto, which I thought was legal." Evidently not. This man ended up being charged with inciting. Also illegal: witnessing police brutality. Witnesses were threatened with charges of obstructing police. http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/07/we-asked-them-for-mercy-they-laughed-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-31806873629854681Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:31:00 +00002010-07-07T13:31:39.669-04:00Blairpolice brutalityBlatchfordG20Christie Blatchford is what used to be commonly referred to as a "sob sister" -  a female journalist who covers human interest stories, heavy on the pathos angle. The term originated in the early 1900s when a relatively minor homicide was ramped up by a fevered press into the "crime of the century". A jealous man murdered his wife's lover. Three newspapers detailed 4 women writers to provide http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/07/christie-blatchford-real-journalist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-7022963772065546289Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:06:00 +00002010-07-04T14:13:02.346-04:00police brutalityagent provocateursG20 How unfortunate that the vandalism of the Black Bloc turned media attention away from the legitimate messages of the peaceful demonstrators. Or so we're told by Bill Blair, Toronto's chief of disinformation and outright lies er, Police, sentiments that were echoed by several other media outlets. Oh yes, poor media, prevented from covering anything at the real protest rally by the urgency of ahttp://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/07/if-there-were-no-black-bloc-it-would.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-926848395282253091Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:29:00 +00002010-07-03T00:29:29.311-04:00BlairMcGuintyMillerFriday Photo Follies Left to right: McGuinty, Blair, Miller. Or maybe that should be Harper in the middle... whaddaya think? http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/07/three-fucking-stooges.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-4306686547905948954Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:38:00 +00002010-07-02T15:38:58.912-04:00G20Any one of these events indicates a public inquiry is needed. 1. Police exercized powers they did not have. 2. Province did nothing to clarify police powers to the public. 3. Community activists targeted and subjected to harrassment. 4. Police ordered to stand down during only real violence. 5. Police use of agent provocateurs. 6. Hundreds of people arbitrarily arrested contrary to Charter of http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/07/why-we-must-have-public-inquiry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-3712650576358479615Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:13:00 +00002010-07-01T21:15:52.434-04:00Canada Day So many things that could be said, but today we needed this holiday. A return to normal, a gathering in the park, a reminder of what democracy looks like. Happy Canada Day!http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/07/toronto-canada-day-2010-we-have-our.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-6031462128607421950Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:38:00 +00002010-06-30T17:46:03.685-04:00G20Many suspected, now Paul Warrington confirms in his column: "As downtown Toronto witnessed burning police cars and a small group of thugs on a rampage, a police source tells me the only thing that stopped the officers from doing that was an order telling them not to. They tell me they could have rounded up all, or most of them, in no time." He goes on to detail mass confusion at the command http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/06/toronto-sun-reports-cops-ordered-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-5566352276111337218Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:07:00 +00002010-06-30T03:08:19.406-04:00G20The Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Amnesty International, Jack Layton and a Facebook group which has grown to 21,751 in a day are calling for an independent inquiry into the police conduct during the G20. As well, numerous rallies are being planned in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto over the next couple of days, with a nationwide rally scheduled for July 17. The Toronto rally will be at http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/06/pressure-mounts-for-inquiry-into-police.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-8719199161293598500Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:11:00 +00002010-06-29T18:00:22.997-04:00agent provocateursG20 I have no doubt there were plenty of regular police officers who were angered and shamed by the fact that vandals were allowed to rampage for an hour and a half through Toronto on Saturday. I had an earful from one such officer last night, the partner of a close friend of mine. She was furious with me (I assume over what I've suggested about agents provocateurs), and talked about the http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/06/blair-lies-citizen-rights-in-toilet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-3942351116866560596Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:45:00 +00002010-06-28T13:45:52.664-04:00G20 It's Monday morning and after a weekend spent glued to summit coverage, it now seems like a bad dream. Now that's it all over but the cleanup and the licking of wounds, the dominant image left is that of massive phalanxes of robo-cops pushing peaceful people first this way, then that, banging their shields with batons chanting "move! move!" then charging without warning, a scene that played outhttp://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/06/cops-attack-peaceniks-real-perps-get.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-3071846011290695155Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:59:00 +00002010-06-28T00:59:43.600-04:00G20A billion dollars spent, and for what? Shock and awe http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/06/gee-steve-thanks-for-inviting-your-thug.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-5829526805889896602Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:45:00 +00002010-06-27T22:45:09.848-04:00G20Why did no police follow the "black bloc" when they split off from the main group?Why were vandals allowed to rampage for 43 minutes with not a cop in sight?Why were police cars left unattended 4 times during the day?Why did police stand half a block away en masse and simply watch the fires?Why did it take Toronto Fire Department over 30 minutes to respond? http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/06/i-would-simply-like-to-ask-why.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-7203844480111083181Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:29:00 +00002010-06-27T14:52:19.505-04:00G20 After allowing "Black Bloc" vandals free reign to set police cruisers afire and smash store windows on Yonge St., police chief Bill Blair said he knew who those people were and that many were subsequently arrested while trying to hide in the peaceful crowd at Queens Park. The video shows some of those arrests. Isn't it convenient for police that everyone they needed to grab was http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/06/toronto-police-have-some-explaining-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-4185869932915204908Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:45:00 +00002010-06-27T00:45:22.237-04:00G20 Why were vandals allowed to smash windows on Yonge St unchecked, with no police anywhere near? Why were police cars abandoned on Queen St W? Why were the police cars on Queen St W. allowed to burn for almost 20 minutes before the fire dept. arrived? http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/06/why.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-1898640289766364883Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:17:00 +00002010-06-26T15:22:24.466-04:00G20 Note: a lot of YouTube videos about the summit are being taken down within 24 hours after posting, so it's a good idea to download anything you want to save right away. Here's a useful tool to help you do that. http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/06/charlie-veitch-my-g20-toronto-arrest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-6956573967012511484Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:53:00 +00002010-06-26T14:54:54.475-04:00your tax dollars at workG20Calling the accommodations "extremely sufficient and extremely reasonable", but nothing sumptuous, the French President said the upcoming French G8/20 will cost ten times less than Harper is spending. Oh snap! The Globe comments that this "bold declaration could come back to haunt him". Really? Let's do a little simple math. Last year's summit in London cost $30 million. This year's summits in http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/06/sarkozy-takes-dig-at-summit-costs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386699987695200348.post-2377509235977657117Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:24:00 +00002010-06-26T01:29:53.021-04:00 Friday night, full moon, day one of summit down, done and in the books. Officially summer babies. Time to kick back with a tune and chill.  http://fillibluster.blogspot.com/2010/06/shout-out-toronto-we-can-do-this-thing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fillibluster)0