All the wankers taking cellphone pictures of TTC operators ...

... should take a fucking pill.

Honestly, they're like kids with extremely annoying toys.

A 'terrorist fist bump' to Alex Hundert

That's right. Give the wanktards something to get all excited about.

What thwap said (how many are we up to now?)

Go. Read this, now.

The narrative. Always with the narrative.

There are times when it's possible to allow oneself a small measure of optimism, and kayn ayhoreh, this might be one of those times.

Fire up the Blue PR machine again!

Well, looky here.  The Special Investigations Unit is re-opening another investigation into G20-related police brutality.

Coalitions and reclaiming the discursive turf

This is how Steve Harpoon wants us to think about the idea of a coalition.

(All right, all right. I wanted an image for "monster under the bed," and, well ... whaddayagonnado. Cheap laugh.)

Keith Olbermann out at MSNBC

And here I was thinking that broadcasting in the United States couldn't get any dumber.

Now that the tribal display is over ...

A few worthwhile links, thanks to Jymn and John Lorinc, among others.

That's awful! Really awful!

Best / worst line from yesterday's massive Blue PR offen – er, funeral! :

"Time to stop the gravy hearse."

Sometimes I just hate myself.

As long as we're asking quis custodiet ipsos custodes ...

I know, I know, it's Sunday night and people just want to wind down the weekend and fall asleep in front of the Golden Globes and for chrissakes, can't you just give it a rest already?

Yeah, well. Michael Geist flagged this last week, and pogge and Jymn have picked up on it, but it bears more than a little emphasis. The Star and the Globe seem to think it's important too.

Hey, RCMP? How's that kicky, tasery, shooty thing workin' out for ya?

Not much to add to this. Kelowna RCMP pull a guy over, order him out of his vehicle, he complies, and cop kicks him in the face for no apparent reason.

Cue up the Internationale

(big h/t Sabina Becker)

They won't get away with this!

Well, who could have foreseen it? Especially during budget season.

Broadcasting, media and internet policy: the confluence of the absurd

This is where we juxtapose:

The Blue Tribe spins up its PR machine

Dear Lord, it's still going on.

For the last hour, CBC radio's been on about Sgt. Ryan Russell.

The U.S. Constitution, explained

(h/t downwithtyranny)

Can't really argue with this

A meta-narrative for the Tucson shootings

Not much to add to the chorus of horror and outrage regarding the shootings in Tucson. Everything that can be said in terms of immediate reaction and analysis has already been said, and for that I must acknowledge, once again, the stellar work of the Dawgmeister, Cathie, and Montreal Simon, among others.

Nice country you got there

There's a light unto the nations for you.

Police budgets, and how a phony narrative gets manufactured

Earlier this week, the Star ran an essay in which the best mayor Toronto's had in the last half-century argues that there's plenty of wasteful spending in the police budget, and that if the Ford regime is serious about trimming fat and stopping the gravy train, there's lots of room to cut there.