Thank you, Suzanne from BigBlueWave!
Thank you, Suzanne from BigBlueWave!
(Updated to include a video link)
Today, there was a protest at Jim Watson’s election office. I was there, taking photos.
(And, yes – they even let me say a few words….but I was so nervous, having NEVER spoken in public before, I covered barely a quarter of the stuff I prepared. Some people took videos – I’ll post them when I see them.) As always, the ladies organizing the rally were there (and I DO use the term ‘ladies’ in the best sense).
Shirley Mosley used puppets to illustrate how Mr. McGuinty’s puppet, Mr. Watson, hippety-hoppeties from Municipal to Provincial to Municipal politics: 
Mr. Nick Vandergraght was a crowd favourite: 
As was Sharon, also from CFRA: 
Ruth Parent, a behind-the-scenes helper to Debbie and Shirley during these protests also said a few words: 
And, ‘Debbie’s sound guy’ – who has a YouTube channel called ‘TheUnsustainableTaxpayer’ where he uploads the videos from the protest, also spoke passionately: 
Despite technical difficulties, Sam also spoke:
A very pleasant surprise was that ‘Calculus’ (as he is known on this blog) came and said hello (our first real-life meeting ever):
Suzanne from BigBlueWave also said hi to me: when her video is up, I’ll post it! And, of course, there were many ‘disgruntled citizens’, exercising their freedom:
As usual, if you want any of these (or of the 200 or so other pictures I took) in higher resolution, comment and I will contact you with the pictures requested.
The videos will be posted as they come online.
This is a blogger’s nightmare: an anonymous, uninformative letter tells you ‘somebody’ complained about ‘something’ on your blog, so your provider froze it and locked you out….
No info on what the offending material was…
No means to remove it…
It’s a blogging version of that creek and lack of paddles…
Luckily, Binks is back!
Read about his struggle – and the still ongoing battle others are engaged in. It is informative. There are whole companies ‘out there’ making a living by harassing bloggers…
(FYI – This is why most bloggers start out anonymously. Unlike journalists, we do not have any employer to shield us from harassment, lawfare, or worse. Only after a blogger develops a regular readership and the online support network that goes with it do we dare reveal our real-life names.)
H/T: BCF