Toronto G20 Summit experiment
Posted on 14 July 2010 by k. a. gardner
Reuven Cohen's face PhotoShopped on Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Is this a guessing game? Give us another clue, please. RT @ruv Most of the anarchists in Toronto are not from Toronto. #g20 8:59 PM Jun 26th via web
Thank you. RT @ruv G20 Riot brings Protest tourism to Toronto http://ruv.net/a/53
9:03 PM Jun 26th via web
Reuven’s link is to Toronto’s National Post’s blog, Posted Toronto. At this point I start to follow @postedtoronto
RT @Batman Toronto: I am watching. RT @ruv Awesome it’s pouring out, hopefully those rioting idiots catch a cold. #g20
10:28 PM Jun 26th via web
When the Gazette last left Reuven’s G20 Summit, he was hoping the rioting idiots would all catch colds because it was pouring in Toronto …
“I may have to revise my old line about the British police being “the most monumentally useless in the developed world”. For the G20 summit, the Toronto coppers ordered up a ton of new body armor, weaponry, gas masks, etc – and then stood around in their state-of-the-art riot gear watching as a bunch of middle-class “anarchists” trashed the city.”
“Monumentally Useless” RT @instapundit SPECTATORS IN BODY ARMOR: “Her Majesty’s Constabulary seem to be … http://bit.ly/cNSrwI 11:03 PM Jun 26th via web
Riot updates from the National Post:
“… in a desolate section of northwest Toronto” RT @postedtoronto Toronto courthouse overwhelmed by G20 proceedings http://natpo.st/aix6QF
7:46 PM Jun 27th via web
Brett Gundlock and Colin O’Connor RT @postedtoronto G20: Post photographers spend night in detention centre http://natpo.st/asRTmT
Sun Jun 27 2010 21:57:42 (Eastern Daylight Time) via web
Protesting the treatment of protesters:
“not the kind of Canada we want.” RT @postedtoronto Quebec-based protest group to mark Canada Day with G20 march http://natpo.st/dbTes Wed Jun 30 2010 13:46:07 (Eastern Daylight Time) via web
Posted Toronto ran a follow-up story:
Will it never end? RT @postedtoronto G20: Toronto police to release top 10 ‘most wanted’ list of protesters today http://natpo.st/bOGnQX 10:06 AM Jul 14th via web
“enantiomorph” tweeted a post from Toronto resident Justin Beach’s blog, What I Really Think. [For some reason the entire tweet won't copy and paste, so here is the blog link]:
An overview of Toronto and the #G20 for anyone who wonders why we’re still talking about it
image courtesy of National Post
I’ve never been on a boat, except maybe a row boat.
Hi T&I ~
The boat is the best part of Gardner’s Gazette? How encouraging. I’m still in the middle of tweeking this post so you’ll just have to come back later.
See you later.
~K
I changed the boat image out, T&I. I’m telling you this so your comment won’t seem misplaced.
testing
testing 2 – Kimberly