Sister Sage's Musings » G20 http://sistersagesmusings.ca Center-left blog from Canadians across the country and beyond Fri, 17 May 2013 19:27:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Repeat performance of Bill Blair’s Goon Show tonight in Toronto? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/15/repeat-performance-of-bill-blairs-goon-show-tonight-in-toronto/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/15/repeat-performance-of-bill-blairs-goon-show-tonight-in-toronto/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:08:26 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=10833 "I'm sorry officer, is my head in the way of your boot?"

UPDATE: CBC is reporting that Occupy Toronto has won a temporary injunctionagainst eviction.

When midnight rolls around in Toronto, will we see Bill Blair’s finest descend on those Occupiers like they did during the infamous G20 police violence conducted on peaceful protesters? Blair has not shown one scrap . . . → Read More: Repeat performance of Bill Blair’s Goon Show tonight in Toronto?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/15/repeat-performance-of-bill-blairs-goon-show-tonight-in-toronto/feed/ 0 How thoughtless of me http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/03/04/how-thoughtless-of-me/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/03/04/how-thoughtless-of-me/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 05:21:22 +0000 Orwell's Bastard http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=6754 A postscript to an earlier entry: in my haste to suggest that the Toronto Police were simply using the G20 as an excuse to lash out at anyone they deemed insufficiently abject, I neglected to provide any meaningful context.

I’d like to correct that oversight, so if I could beg your indulgence once more, I’d . . . → Read More: How thoughtless of me]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/03/04/how-thoughtless-of-me/feed/ 0 Oh look, the cops are investigating themselves … http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/13/oh-look-the-cops-are-investigating-themselves/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/13/oh-look-the-cops-are-investigating-themselves/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:00:16 +0000 Orwell's Bastard http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=6555

… again.

This should go well.

(Cross-posted from over . . . → Read More: Oh look, the cops are investigating themselves …]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/13/oh-look-the-cops-are-investigating-themselves/feed/ 0 All the wankers taking cellphone pictures of TTC operators … http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/01/all-the-wankers-taking-cellphone-pictures-of-ttc-operators/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/01/all-the-wankers-taking-cellphone-pictures-of-ttc-operators/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:30:59 +0000 Orwell's Bastard http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=6430 . . . → Read More: All the wankers taking cellphone pictures of TTC operators …]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/01/all-the-wankers-taking-cellphone-pictures-of-ttc-operators/feed/ 3 Bill Blair is making Julian Fantino look good http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/12/01/bill-blair-is-making-julian-fantino-look-good/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/12/01/bill-blair-is-making-julian-fantino-look-good/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:09:03 +0000 Orwell's Bastard http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=5601 Why, yes – as a matter of fact, that was a monkey flying out of my ass. What’s your point?

But seriously, though. Doctored video, Bill? Evidence tampering? This from an admitted liar?

When you lose even your own, not to mention the Toronto Stun …

(Cross-posted from Orwell’s . . . → Read More: Bill Blair is making Julian Fantino look good]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/12/01/bill-blair-is-making-julian-fantino-look-good/feed/ 2 Dr. Dawg: ‘Toronto the Police State’ (and beyond) http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/16/dr-dawg-toronto-the-police-state-and-beyond/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/16/dr-dawg-toronto-the-police-state-and-beyond/#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:11:36 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=4262 Dr. Dawg has been doing a yeoman’s job of exposing the horrors of the post G20 police state of Toronto. Run don’t walk to Dawg’s Blawg for a sobering 15-minute video of what has become of Toronto.

Myself, I don’t think the police state is relegated to Toronto. Under the Conservative government, the violence against . . . → Read More: Dr. Dawg: ‘Toronto the Police State’ (and beyond)]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/16/dr-dawg-toronto-the-police-state-and-beyond/feed/ 0 Constable A “I Collect Human Garbage” Josephs Strikes Back! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/16/constable-a-i-collect-human-garbage-josephs-strikes-back/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/16/constable-a-i-collect-human-garbage-josephs-strikes-back/#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:24:19 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=4252 You all remember Constable Adam Josephs AKA Officer “I collect human Garbage” Bubbles?  The one who was clearly shown to abuse his power over a young girl, volunteer street medic, Courtney Winkels who was simply blowing bubbles during one of many G20 stand-offs in Toronto on YouTube that spawned many cartoons as well as some . . . → Read More: Constable A “I Collect Human Garbage” Josephs Strikes Back!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/16/constable-a-i-collect-human-garbage-josephs-strikes-back/feed/ 7 Did you expect anything else? Charges dropped against 100 G20 protesters http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/15/did-you-expect-anything-else-charges-dropped-against-100-g20-protesters/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/15/did-you-expect-anything-else-charges-dropped-against-100-g20-protesters/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:19:01 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=4202 Due to lack of evidence. Is that a riot or what? Evidence. The cops didn’t need no stinking evidence. What a sick fucking joke on us all, let alone on those innocent pedestrians and observers swept up in Harper’s paranoid version of tough on crime.

Crown prosecutors have dropped charges against nearly 100 people . . . → Read More: Did you expect anything else? Charges dropped against 100 G20 protesters]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/15/did-you-expect-anything-else-charges-dropped-against-100-g20-protesters/feed/ 3 G20 Canada’s Most Wanted–Call John Walsh!! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/14/g20-canadas-most-wanted-call-john-walsh/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/14/g20-canadas-most-wanted-call-john-walsh/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:51:39 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2777 Today, the first charges of arson are being laid. Before the Harpercon cheerleaders and Blogging SupposiTories get all excited and run for the Depends, it isn’t one of the 900 peaceful protesters, media people, bystanders or folks going from point A to point B who were rounded up like livestock at the G20 protests, but someone who . . . → Read More: G20 Canada’s Most Wanted–Call John Walsh!!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/14/g20-canadas-most-wanted-call-john-walsh/feed/ 5 Attention All Hooligans! Thugs! And Anarchists! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/14/attention-all-hooligans-thugs-and-anarchists/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/14/attention-all-hooligans-thugs-and-anarchists/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:29:35 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2770 Yes, that’s what we are; those of us who oppose the good word of Harpercon and refuse to follow dreamy Stevie blindly like a starry eyed school girls to the slaughter according to folks like  weepy fetus fetishist Dean Del Mastro (yes, Douglas Bell, he is due for a rabies test, at least; I, in fact, I . . . → Read More: Attention All Hooligans! Thugs! And Anarchists!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/14/attention-all-hooligans-thugs-and-anarchists/feed/ 0 Never underestimate the Power of Misinformation http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/13/never-underestimate-the-power-of-misinformation/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/13/never-underestimate-the-power-of-misinformation/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:13:49 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2756 That is one lesson the Obama administration can teach us.

Remember when they were trying to hammer out Obamacare, back in the days when many hoped for humane things all industrial countries offered to their citizens like public options?  More specifically, when they were discussing covering end of life counselling such as help with . . . → Read More: Never underestimate the Power of Misinformation]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/13/never-underestimate-the-power-of-misinformation/feed/ 3 Some Red Herring With Your Flap Jacks, Perhaps? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/12/some-red-herring-with-your-flap-jacks-perhaps/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/12/some-red-herring-with-your-flap-jacks-perhaps/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:20:16 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2748 Ok, all together now; YUCK!!!

I caught this piece over at  Montreal Simon’s, complete with cheesy photo (when it comes to Master Steve, is there any other kind?) of him flipping rather oddly shaped pancakes at a Calgary Stampede Breakfast, complete with plaid shirt.  I was going to comment over at his place, but . . . → Read More: Some Red Herring With Your Flap Jacks, Perhaps?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/12/some-red-herring-with-your-flap-jacks-perhaps/feed/ 4 Oh NO!!! Beware of the Killer Bubble!!! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/11/oh-no-beware-of-the-killer-bubble/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/11/oh-no-beware-of-the-killer-bubble/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:06:01 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2743 Indeed! Who knew that blowing bubbles in someone’s direction could be considered assault?

Oh no!! Those dastardly bubbles! Those cops should have brought out their gas masks. Never mind that. Bring out the hazmat suits!

Ah Pale! By the By, I think our new Governor General could well be Lawrence Welk’s long lost . . . → Read More: Oh NO!!! Beware of the Killer Bubble!!!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/11/oh-no-beware-of-the-killer-bubble/feed/ 3 Vigil For G20 Detainees in Montreal and CLAC http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/08/vigil-for-g20-detainees-in-montreal-and-clac/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/08/vigil-for-g20-detainees-in-montreal-and-clac/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:45:18 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2720 This came into my Facebook inbox today. I knew about the event as I was at a meeting planning for this earlier this week. I was waiting for the final details.  For those who will be in the Montreal area Saturday evening, July 10, here are the details and I hope to see many . . . → Read More: Vigil For G20 Detainees in Montreal and CLAC]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/08/vigil-for-g20-detainees-in-montreal-and-clac/feed/ 11 Dalton McGuinty Has The Balls To Compare Himself To Trudeau http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/08/dalton-mcguinty-has-the-balls-to-compare-himself-to-trudeau/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/08/dalton-mcguinty-has-the-balls-to-compare-himself-to-trudeau/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:26:16 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2710 Premier Dalton McGuinty doesn’t have the balls for much else though (we could go way back to when he caved in to the demands of religious wingnuts like Chuckles McVety).

Oh and he draws a comparison to Nixon’s “silent majority” (those that didn’t actively protest the Vietnam war) in addition to comparing himself to . . . → Read More: Dalton McGuinty Has The Balls To Compare Himself To Trudeau]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/08/dalton-mcguinty-has-the-balls-to-compare-himself-to-trudeau/feed/ 4 Oh Clucking Christie, Enlist In the War Effort Already! But, Maybe We Owe Her Thanks? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/07/oh-clucking-christie-enlist-in-the-war-effort-already-but-maybe-we-owe-her-thanks/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/07/oh-clucking-christie-enlist-in-the-war-effort-already-but-maybe-we-owe-her-thanks/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:43:51 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2688 Because you and many of your compatriots in the corporate media sure ain’t doin’ it.

Blathering Blatchford strikes again! Read her miserable column if you can stand the pain.   The title just says it all:

‘G17’ defendants mostly white kids with good teeth

Boris at The Galloping Beaver already went through the pain of . . . → Read More: Oh Clucking Christie, Enlist In the War Effort Already! But, Maybe We Owe Her Thanks?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/07/oh-clucking-christie-enlist-in-the-war-effort-already-but-maybe-we-owe-her-thanks/feed/ 0 If an Amputee Being Handled With Brute Force By Those Who Are Supposed To Protect Doesn’t Dawn Upon Us To Do Something… http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/06/if-an-amputee-being-handled-with-brute-force-by-those-who-are-supposed-to-protect-doesnt-dawn-upon-us-to-do-something/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/06/if-an-amputee-being-handled-with-brute-force-by-those-who-are-supposed-to-protect-doesnt-dawn-upon-us-to-do-something/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:11:45 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2682 How morally bankrupt as Canadians do we have to be to let this slide?

The other stories, videos, and pictures made me sick enough.  I already started hating Canada. I see it beginning to turn into a police state.  When I saw this story over at Dr Dawg’s, I really felt sick to my . . . → Read More: If an Amputee Being Handled With Brute Force By Those Who Are Supposed To Protect Doesn’t Dawn Upon Us To Do Something…]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/06/if-an-amputee-being-handled-with-brute-force-by-those-who-are-supposed-to-protect-doesnt-dawn-upon-us-to-do-something/feed/ 4 Testimony of a Young Representative of a of Quebec Solidaire with Transcript http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/06/testimony-of-a-young-representative-of-a-young-representative-of-quebec-solidaire-with-transcript/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/06/testimony-of-a-young-representative-of-a-young-representative-of-quebec-solidaire-with-transcript/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:34:51 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2676 I had found the video of this young lady, Emilie Guimond-Belanger on the French version of the Facebook group, Demanding an inquiry of the G20.  I did post the video in the much larger English group with the hopes of finding members who do understand French.

For those who don’t know, Quebec Solidaire is . . . → Read More: Testimony of a Young Representative of a of Quebec Solidaire with Transcript]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/06/testimony-of-a-young-representative-of-a-young-representative-of-quebec-solidaire-with-transcript/feed/ 0 What if There Were No Black Bloc (Or Equivalent)? Moment of Truth–UPDATE http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/03/what-if-there-were-no-black-bloc-or-equivalent-moment-of-truth/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/03/what-if-there-were-no-black-bloc-or-equivalent-moment-of-truth/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:05:03 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2624 Because we’re just running around in circles over this whole Black Bloc business.

The Reverend Paperboy’s last piece over at The Woodshed and The Galloping Beaver is the last such piece I came across. The first thing that came to my mind was; even if he were a sympathizer who condoned such behavior, he . . . → Read More: What if There Were No Black Bloc (Or Equivalent)? Moment of Truth–UPDATE]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/03/what-if-there-were-no-black-bloc-or-equivalent-moment-of-truth/feed/ 15 McGuinty Passes the Buck and What G20 Skeleton is David Miller Hiding? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/03/mcguinty-passes-the-buck-and-what-g20-skeleton-is-david-miller-hiding/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/03/mcguinty-passes-the-buck-and-what-g20-skeleton-is-david-miller-hiding/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:02:45 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2619 It would be what Dalton McGuinty, Bill Blair, David Miller and Master Steve are counting on.  McGuinty has finally crawled out from under his rock with more ambiguity; something along the lines of he regrets the confusion over the five feet laws  (by the by, Redneck Ryan Doyle blames the ‘lazy media for that . . . → Read More: McGuinty Passes the Buck and What G20 Skeleton is David Miller Hiding?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/07/03/mcguinty-passes-the-buck-and-what-g20-skeleton-is-david-miller-hiding/feed/ 3