G8/20 PSAs

[Adios]

Too bad, I was enjoying the horrormirth.

[hooplala]

I counted 47 police officers on my way in to work today... at least Mussollini had the trains running on time!

[Adios]

I counted 47 police officers on my way in to work today... at least Mussollini had the trains running on time!

Sounds like a good time to rob a bank.

[Captain Utopia]

The only reason I kept writing them is that they were something to do and they helped me think about what kind of place/time I'm living in, but they don't *do* anything.  As a longtime activisty type, it's kind of...

Wait.  Is that... fun?  In my politics???  Just the usual mundane fill-in-the-blanks mimicry in writing these, but they were.  Fun to write, I mean.  Which I've missed...

I've been enjoying them a lot.  Sorry to hear about the job though, that sucks!

Not sure what else is bubbling under the Starbucks encounter with hoops, the Dok and TGG (which felt kind of like this), but it sparked something.  

Gah!  There was a get-together in Toronto and I missed it?  Oh well, it's my own stupid fault for flouncing  

[Hoser McRhizzy]

Charley Hawk and CU - I'm glad you enjoyed them. 

Sorry to hear about the job though, that sucks!

It does suck mightily.  Yesterday, I was set (straight-forward RA job to keep me in rent and twizzlers 'til the regular gig came back in the fall) - this morning, I'm not.  Shit falls apart.  Thanks for the sympathy <- no sarcasm there.  Just means it's time to log off til I get this house in order again.


(... 47 on a morning commute... hoops, that's fucking ridiculous...)

Not sure what else is bubbling under the Starbucks encounter with hoops, the Dok and TGG (which felt kind of like this), but it sparked something. 

Gah!  There was a get-together in Toronto and I missed it?  Oh well, it's my own stupid fault for flouncing 

  Maybe us Toronto spags can put something together for later this year (bar or even just an eggGASM-type thing)?  Other than that, Dok has a plan for another trek over the snowbank next summer (and is purportedly bringing supplies...).

Take care.  Off to do the job board thing.

[Captain Utopia]

Holy crap, I think I just saw a UAV.  Definitely not a helicopter, and smaller and more maneuverable than a light aircraft... I see a *lot* of them from this vantage point.

[Doktor Howl]

Holy crap, I think I just saw a UAV.  Definitely not a helicopter, and smaller and more maneuverable than a light aircraft... I see a *lot* of them from this vantage point.

1.  Go outside.

2.  Spot UAV.

3.  Flip the bird.  Or moon it.

4.  Hope it isn't one of the armed ones.

[P3nT4gR4m]

1 Use a lasso or a grapple hook and appropriate that bad-boy.

2 Paint it with outrageously racist slogans - "Kill all _____" (insert ethnic minority)

3 Release it then take a photo of it with the slogans

4 Send photos to newspapers

5 Spark outrage/lulz

ETA: Extra points if you accomplish step three by throwing it out a window yelling "Fly my pretties, fly!"

[Hoser McRhizzy]

But that's the last of these, I think.

^!LIES!^

...................................

Re: Security Sex


Dear officer/guard,

Reasons abound.  You've been wearing armor all day long and it makes you look about 3 inches wider than you normally do.  You've got millions of dollars of batons, tear gas, tasers, water and sound cannons, as well as rubber bullets, yet as of today, your weapons remain unused.  Crusty half-dressed protesters have repeatedly failed to do anything wrong all day long, which leaves you feeling frustrated, pent, and indeed, unspent. 

Of course you want a little release, and who could blame you?

But we must insist that you stop renting hookers.  They will steal your shit.  That is all.

- the mgt


Sex worker steals officer's gear.

[Hoser McRhizzy]

Pic o' tha week -

[P3nT4gR4m]

Pic o' tha week -

That is fucking priceless! I'm not even a terrorist but I'm overcome with the urge to blow that shit up just for the lulz.

[Doktor Howl]

But that's the last of these, I think.

^!LIES!^

...................................

Re: Security Sex


Dear officer/guard,

Reasons abound.  You've been wearing armor all day long and it makes you look about 3 inches wider than you normally do.  You've got millions of dollars of batons, tear gas, tasers, water and sound cannons, as well as rubber bullets, yet as of today, your weapons remain unused.  Crusty half-dressed protesters have repeatedly failed to do anything wrong all day long, which leaves you feeling frustrated, pent, and indeed, unspent. 

Of course you want a little release, and who could blame you?

But we must insist that you stop renting hookers.  They will steal your shit.  That is all.

- the mgt


Sex worker steals officer's gear.

Did you really post that letter?  If not, do so.   

[Telarus]

We need to pair good art with this and have Nurse R release it as a book. With tear out pages.

[Captain Utopia]

Minor police presence.



Earlier, when the police cars were on fire, you should have seen the massive crowd of them then filling up three buses.  But since I didn't take any pictures then, you won't.

I kinda wish I'd seen any weed in the last year, because I'm just juvenile enough to get a kick out of lighting up on my balcony with that many coppers below.

[Hoser McRhizzy]

Re: 10/10, would raid again


Dear Public,

As our weekend together winds to a close, we'd like to extend a warm thank-you to all the spirited citizens who took part in Toronto's G20 celebrations this weekend.  Thousands of you were cheeky enough to take part in our Street Theatre Improv and Paintball games (you were great targets!).  And we're excited to report that OVER 900 of you effervescent kooks were onsite at the film studio to volunteer for a lively Prisoner-themed RPG. Congratulations: you've just participated in the largest mass arrest in Canadian History! 

But the real thanks goes, as I think you would agree, to our friends in black.  So many shop fronts destroyed...  Those police cars in flames...  It almost brings tears to our eyes to write this, our gratitude is so great...

For weeks to come, Canadian news media will brim and burst!  Veins in the foreheads of otherwise stolid talking heads will throb!  And the words Thug, Hooligan, Mob and Criminal will once again burst righteously from lips long accustomed to naught but telecaster prompts!  They will turn to us, saying "Your job is so difficult," "Why let them protest at all?" and (admittedly, our favourite) "I guess the inconvenience and expense was worth it in the end."  But really, it was a joint effort and we couldn't have done it without you. 

As we know you had just as much fun as we did this weekend, we'll be sticking round for a good long while.  See you tomorrow!

- the mgt

Addendum:  To the many journalists and photographers we knocked about and caged-up – You are hereby ordered to cease using the pejorative "Torontonamo Bay" to describe your stay at the luxurious "Detention Centre"-themed film studio. 
Addendum 2: Provocateurs Numbers 20-32 are hereby ordered to report back to police lines immediately for debriefing and hot cocoa.  We're unsure of your current locations and your parents are worried.


It's OVER 900!!!
What was that about a film studio?
Video of dangerous 'black bloc' protester and his gang