“My capacity to understand is beyond the need for austerity…” We are approaching Bio-Diversity Deficit
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We “billed” the events, the accountability, and austerity summit. Some would like to add, “for the material and spiritual bankrupt”. The final resolutions; to target “Market Cowboys”, throw more money on the fire and wait for no quick fix, brought the summit to a close .
With it’s Fake Lake coming in at $57,000 dollars, it’s “Welcome Granite Stone” in Parry Sound for $194,000, and it’s 1.3 billion dollar security price tag . The total cost could be as much as 2 billion.
I can understand the call for accountability.
“Austerity”, reminds me of family talks about depression history including for some, the quarter century it took to return from the lost markets circumstances. Now it’s talk of austerity. Personally, my capacity to understand is beyond the need of austerity.
How can we co-operate with our neighbor without protectionist blame while working towards better fulfillment of common community needs?
Personally, I wonder at mentality that puts aesthetics before the true happiness of any human of the earth.
I suspect that’s not the case with a Fake Lake and a Big Rock. Although I must say, I really didn’t need the big laugh.
If you need to rest your eyes you can go outside and look around, we enjoy a wondrous city.
This G20 Toronto and G8 Huntsville 2010 sat well with many of the natives who viewed proceedings in Copenhagen as a minor setback after the success of the London Summit in April and Pittsburgh in September where it was decided the G20 group will become the new permanent council for international economic cooperation. That means that the much larger G20 meeting will essentially replace the smaller G8, which will continue to meet on major security issues but will carry reduced influence. The decision helps include major developing nations such as China, India and Brazil originally not included in the G8.
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London Summation
There where a number of protests in the downtown core for those that hold issues with the process. Many declaring “Believe it because we say it’s so!” will not stand. I heard calls for respect for good self government and the virtues of sovereign, parent, and teacher that every adult human is entitled to enjoy. Some say G8, G20, talk is cheap; except when world summit planners get involved. Remember this is not the first.
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1999 – 2009
Also remember Ian Tomlinson who died at a G20 protest in London. Video surfaced showing Tomlinson, who was not part of the demonstration, being assaulted from behind and pushed to the ground by baton-wielding police
Who was there? Canadian Labour Congress, Council of Canadians, Greenpeace, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, Ontario Federation of Labour, Oxfam, Toronto Community Mobilization Network.
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What to Expected – reported by – Press For Truth
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Toronto’s Sound Canons
Personally, I hope they crush them for scrap after the event or sell them to the G20. They appear needing them where ever they go. Under certain circumstances they could be seen as an affront to the dignity of human life. We’ve never needed them here before. …American Proverb quotes … “War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate” … No matter what your community is, I think that about says it all.
Contact information for the Integrated Security Unit, comprised of the Toronto Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is
Integrated Security Unit Website
Email: CRG-GRC@g8-g20isu.ca
Phone: 1.888.446.4047
The following itinerary and any updates come from the Toronto Community Mobilization website.
- Monday June 21: All Out In Defense of the Rights of All. 2:00 pm, Allan Gardens.
- Tuesday June 22: Gender Justice; Queer and Disability rights.
- Wednesday June 23: Climate and Environmental Justice.
- Thursday June 24: Tell the World the Truth About Canada’s Record on Indigenous Rights. 11 a.m. Queen’s Park.
- Friday June 25: Justice for Our Communities. 2:30 p.m. Allen Gardens. This event is a “Rally. March. Block Party. Tent City”.
- Saturday June 26:People First, Woman Deserve Better, 1:00 p.m. Queens Park. This event is a “Rally. March”.
- Sunday June 27:Human Summit Project, 11:00 am – 3:00 p.m. Woodbine Park Toronto. This event is a “Mass Meditation”.
Why or What will they protest about consists of global economic trade, banking, climate, and water.
Where? Official sites set up near Huntsville and In Toronto.
When? June 25-27
There will be Digital Dialogue, Speeches, Marches, Music, and Rallies.
Click for…G20 travel survival guide: – What’s open and closed updated regularly throughout the Summit
For other useful links visit Toronto Under Protest
For 72 hours Southern Ontario hosted the dignitaries of the world. Including their entourages and journalists.
The Friday afternoon “accountability” summit of the G8 includes invited delegates of 10 developing nations. They Concluded their talks in Huntsville on Saturday. Returning Saturday night for a larger meeting with the G20.
Beyond the “dazzling billions of dollar price tag” they will talk peace, security, and maternal health. While some, wonder about a league of mother nations, and poor remedy.
A great inspiration in my life while addressing a general audience said, and I quote, (You can read it in it’s entire format on the About page).
“TO ALL PEOPLE OF THE WORLD who have open-minded curiosity, good will, good judgment, and imagination. To Scientists and Engineers, Philanthropists, Environmentalists, Energy Developers, High Technology Investors, Healthcare Professionals, Journalists, Artists, Writers, Business People, Entertainers, and Political Leaders. Whether you are Conservative, Liberal, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or Anarchist, and whether you may be Agnostic, Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Atheist, or some other category of spirituality, this message is directed to all people of good will like you …” – Eugene Mallove
I’ve always enjoyed an appreciation of community spirit enclosed in the opening that I would like to share with everyone spending time here.
What happens at the G20 and G8 is important to the true happiness of many individuals around the world. Less than a year ago many in the world community watched the G20, G8 summit in Copenhagen with great expectation. Most only heard lip service to global causes and effects.
Atmospheric Co2 for May 2010 has risen to 392.94 ppm
Who is responsible? How can balance be restored? How can we set the environmental atmospheric clock back to it’s pre-industrialization state?
Beyond any foresaken feelings, what are the real issues? What needs doing? What is already being done? What can be done better?
Are we considering the full exponential scope of the renewables and non-renewables question, and species survival? What is the world inventory of non-renewables?
What are the important times tables of our time?
The following safety announcement is Quoted from a post by calendarization2.0 on Stillepost.ca
protesting/demonstrating, or working in the area:
- Don’t panic.
If you witness confrontation between security forces and protesters, you may be at risk for post-traumatic stress. Although the ISU has repeatedly stressed their response will be measured, an arrest can involve multiple officers subduing an individual or individuals using force. Even just being in a large group of people with a lot of noise, uncertainty, fear, or panic, can be traumatic. Protests and demonstrations can also be very tense, with groups screaming obscenities and epithets at lines of crowd control security forces, or crying or experiencing their own trauma. Although many of the events are planned on being family friendly, the situation on-the-ground can change in seconds to being chaotic and terrifying.
If someone is injured or assaulted, be prepared to assist them through First Aid, calling 911, contacting EMS, providing support (maybe just a quiet room where they can calm down), and above all, allow them to direct their own care as much as possible. Record as many details as possible.
If you or someone you work with/care about/know is exposed to crowd control measures by security personnel, be prepared to offer assistance, First Aid, support, and aftercare. If necessary, or when in doubt, contact EMS and assist ‘em in attending hospital.
- The most popular measure that security forces use is intimidation. Armoured, and armed crowd control units – usually referred to as “riot police” – will march in a line, beating their shields with their batons. This can be terrifying to witness.
- Crowd control units, whether in full armour, or in regular uniform, use batons, bicycles, shields, and barricades to physically move individuals. This can result in minor bruises and abrasions, but being knocked off balance can result in subsequent injury.
- Officers will employ pepper spray in close quarters as a way of dispersing individuals and small groups – it is briefly debilitating, can induce vomiting and dizziness, if sprayed in the eyes it will cause tearing and salivation (and the worst runny nose you’ll ever, ever, have). Pepper spray can induce cardiac arrest in very rare instances, but usually there are multiple risk factors present already. Pepper spray sticks to clothing and skin, so someone who has been exposed to it will expose others to it until they have removed the affected clothing and showered thoroughly – were someone to be pepper-sprayed and re-enter an office or store, in an enclosed environment it could be very unpleasant to be in close or even near proximity to them. Washing eyes, nose, mouth thoroughly with about 3 litres of water will reduce the immediate effects, but it is a risk that the individual will go into shock.
- Mounted crowd control units deploy in squads that will usually rely on the sheer size and presence of their mount – a police horse – to intimidate individuals into dispersing.
- Some police officers may be equipped with tasers, which are a targeted energy weapon, delivering a non-lethal (in almost all cases, but it is well-documented that there are instances where individuals have died from being tasered, e.g. Robert Dziekański) shock that temporarily incapacitates the victim. Anybody who is tasered should immediately seek medical attention, and should contact EMS by calling 911.
- Toronto Police Service spokespersons have not confirmed that they will exclude the use of tear gas as a crowd control device, but they stated that TPS has never used tear gas in its history. It is unlikely to be used as a crowd control device, given the very negative publicity its use engenders, as it is not controllable once employed.
- There have been rumours that the ISU will employ “sound cannons” or “sonic cannons”, crowd control devices that use high-pitched noises at unbearable volumes to disperse groups, but this cannot be verified. It is highly unlikely that crowd control units would employ this kind of device in the downtown core during the business day – so unlikely that I would discount it almost entirely as just that, rumour. Buy earplugs. They’ve purchased 4 LRADs (Long Range Acoustical Devices) which can deliver a focused burst of up to 140db.
For some time now, I’ve given personal time to the spirit of open dialogue with this blog. I now add, and offer, for everyone’s input an open forum for (moderated! Wouldn’t it be nice if there was no reason to be concerned about people who have nothing better than to talk about quirks of nature) expression.
How about some World Wide Online “Creative Community” and “Human Revolution”.
Sound out from everywhere in the real “Global Village”, all G192 friends!
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