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Toronto, Ontario, CA - Things were much worse then I knew when that last post was made. On this page is a video that puts a much darker face on things. Find the video labeled CTV Toronto Extended: Anarchists Target Yonge. Unfortunately the page is set up in such a way that I cannot directly link the video.

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Well now, lets total up the score so far.

• Scratch two police cars.
• Scratch two news vehicles.
• Add two urine soaked members of the media.
• Scratch a few windows in private vehicles.
• Scratch a dozen or so large windows.

Port Huron, MI - A jury is now seated. Out of the 34 that answered the jury summons, there are now 13 jurors seated, 12 jurors and one alternate. Three failed to answer that summons and will be answering to the court. The voir dire process took up the morning ending a little after 12:30. While it was tedious, it is also comforting to see that each ( Read more... )

Port Huron, MI - The fates allowed me to witness Peter Watts' trial. Once the proceedings are over I will sit and start writing. My goal is to give an unvarnished account of the trial. After which I may or may not post my own thoughts and feelings on the matter.

It will be interesting to see if Cory Doctorow shows up. He helped make Dr. Watts' ( Read more... )

Dr. Watts has been bound over for trial by jury:

A March 16 jury trial has been scheduled for a 51-year-old Toronto author charged with assaulting a Customs and Border Protection officer Dec. 8.

Peter Watts’ last chance to plead guilty to a charge of assaulting a police officer is March 5.
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Indianapolis, IN - Have you ever read something and said to yourself, "Oh how I wish I'd written that?"

Allow me to recommend this blog post by someone I've never heard of, but makes an incredible amount of sense.

The Scriptorium: jamie mason's blog - Why Peter Watts Got Boot-Fxxxed

Anyone really interested in figuring this mess out should give ( Read more... )

Indianapolis, IN - I got to meet and talk with Cory Doctorow at Penguicon a few years ago. At the time I knew there many things we would disagree on. His politics lean somewhere just to the left of Nancy Pelosi. Doctorow's stance on copyrights and freedom to share anything digital, music and movies included, are immature and unrealistic. But even ( Read more... )