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GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:I saw that on CNN during lunch. I would wonder if that was a homeless guy just traveling around, maybe from protest to protest?

There have been a lot of gypsy protesters in town. They were even advertising for billets for them. They just travel around from protest to protest. They are often the troublemakers apparently.

delsdad wrote:There have been a lot of gypsy protesters in town. They were even advertising for billets for them. They just travel around from protest to protest. They are often the troublemakers apparently.

well the chainsaw was a nice touch, I wonder if he was going for a thunderdome sort of vibe with that?

delsdad wrote:...I went for a walk today down to the "zone". All the fences are in place. Streets are deserted. At 11 am it was like early on a Sunday morning. Most of the office towers are shut down for the week. The banks have removed much of their signage. Lots of contractors putting up plastic film over windows to contain the broken glass. lots of city works trucks full of barricades just sitting on standby, waiting to be told where to put them up....

Just a heads up, you may want to avoid doing that for the foreseeable future. It's currently illegal .

The Globe and Mail: Police given greater arrest powers near G20 security zone

glendalais wrote:Just a heads up, you may want to avoid doing that for the foreseeable future. It's currently illegal .

The Globe and Mail: Police given greater arrest powers near G20 security zone

Yeah, clever those politicians! I don't mind providing to the cops. When they run it, they will find that I have been cleared for some events I have worked that required me to be within reach of the Pope, the Queen of England, the Prime Minister of Japan, and the Rolling Stones. Combine that with the fact that I hold a federal pyrotechnics license, and it always raises eyebrows when they run my passport at the airport. Apparently that all pops up when they run my ID. They are only arresting those who refuse to provide ID or submit to a search. Carry nothing but ID and you are fine.

They locked the zone down earlier today for the duration.

As I type this the cops and protesters are scuffling outside the subway station I use to get home. :(

I'm glad i took the car today. I'd hate to be trying to get home through that with my case of Blue Moon (which is sold as Rickards White up here).

Just had a 'great' idea for a riot vehicle. Instead of a SWAT car with a water cannon,load that bad-boy up with beer. The protesters would be so hammered and you could make a fortune on 'pay-toilets' and aspirins. :D:
(must get together with ktulu on this. making a few practice runs of course) ;)

darph nader wrote:Just had a 'great' idea for a riot vehicle. Instead of a SWAT car with a water cannon,load that bad-boy up with beer. The protesters would be so hammered and you could make a fortune on 'pay-toilets' and aspirins. :D:
(must get together with ktulu on this. making a few practice runs of course) ;)

the only problem with that is that the protesters would be trampled by guys looking to save a buck on beer....

holy moley...I think you just hit on the perfect solution, just put the designated protest area next so say, some bars near a steel works factory or other similar type of factory.

then have the cops stand on the OTHER side of the fence, and watch the fun.

Last night was pretty noisy with the tent city at Allen Gardens. A friend whose apt overlooks the park was kept up most of the night by chanting. 2 blocks away, I just closed the windows and blocked it out.

The big marches are today. several idiots with Molotov cocktails were arrested. Today's is a big labor march that the anarchists have pledged to infiltrate, and it looks like they have succeeded.


Thankfully no violence so far, but the rain is letting up and that may heat tempers.

delsdad wrote:Thankfully no violence so far, but the rain is letting up and that may heat tempers.

Hmm, may need to chill their hot tempers with a cool island song. :p:

Apparently police are starting to put on gas masks. Not good.

Things are getting ugly. But police are being passive. Anarchists are trying to reach the Fence.