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Toronto isn’t immune

Posted on August 11th, 2011 Be the first to comment

There are some who think that what’s been happening in London over the last week or so couldn’t happen here.

Well, last year’s G20 fiasco notwithstanding, the doubters really should think again. The many parallels are hard to ignore:

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Weekend of weekends (part 5)

Posted on July 15th, 2010 5 Comments

…continued from previous part.

Okay, it’s now been well over two weeks and I’m just about ready to put this puppy to bed.

But before I do, let me round out the G20 weekend for you, dear reader. Let’s start with the Black Bloc, the attention whores of the summit.  While I was trying to figure out who they are and where they came from, a few glaringly obvious pieces of evidence jumped out at me with a, “zut alors!”

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Weekend of weekends (part 4)

Posted on July 9th, 2010 2 Comments

…continued from previous part.

One of the most iconic images of the G20 riots a couple of weeks ago was the that of the burning police car. You know the one:

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A little more G20

Posted on June 27th, 2010 2 Comments

Here’s a video from Miguel Barbosa of YEAH! Films who graciously contacted me through Twitter to see if I’d be interested in posting his footage here. Hells yeah I would!

Just a shame it couldn’t be of something happier…

Visit Miguel’s YouTube site to watch this in HD.

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