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Robert DAH Bruce Donating Member (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 01:48 PM
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G20 cleanup in Toronto begins
Source: CBC News

Toronto is slowly returning to normal after the conclusion of the weekend G20 summit, which prompted violent protests that resulted in hundreds of arrests.

As the world leaders headed home, shopkeepers on Monday were cleaning up the mess left by Black Bloc protesters and police officers were standing down.

An officer from the Chatham-Kent Police, one of thousands who came to the city to provide G20 security, tweeted Monday that he had been proud to help but was missing his family. "Two weeks in Toronto — one more day and I get to go home to my wife and baby girl."

The security fence that surrounded the site where the G20 leaders met was starting to be dismantled, a spokesperson for the Integrated Security Unit said early Monday.





Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/06/28/g20-toronto-fence.html



Ooh! Ooh! When is it OUR next turn to waste money on a 3-day photo op that produces nothing???
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izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 02:41 PM
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1. Next G20 summit
They need to go to a location where the inhabitants will not be (rightfully) angry with them:


Shhh! Don't tell the natives that these fuckers are causing global warming.
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GlennWRECK Donating Member (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 06:30 PM
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3. Everytime I see a picture of penguins
I feel good. :)
Such cute lil things!
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 08:34 PM
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4. I was thinking more like this
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-10 03:09 PM
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2. cleanup as in G20 members are fleecing their citizens? nt
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