A Canadian blogger is a “catspaw of Putin” for pointing out a member of Pussy Riot is a Canadian permanent resident?

What a frigging idiot.

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Still reading sentence in court… Guilty, but what’s punishment? Crowd tense.

Okay, my source just outed himself on Twitter, so I can too. It’s Darrell Bricker.

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@euronews: Russian Judge says three women from punk band #PussyRiot guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred (Reuters)

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My source:

Opinion here very divided. Lots upset with what PR did. Immature, disrespectful. Don’t appreciate foreign busy bodies showing off.

While PR act condemned, think govt over-reacting. Sympathy for young girls, especially those with kids.

Rolls together with overall sense of Putin becoming imperial, plus general crack down on free expression. Although, press here very candid.

While lots of bar chatter about this, talkers are cautious. Want to know where you stand before they talk.

In the car. Lots of streets blocked by police.

Heavy police presence, chanting crowd (free pussy riot), lots of media.

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SFH’s drummer, Davey, is about to go on CBC to discuss this morning’s verdict.

Another friend is going to be at the courthouse in Russia for the verdict. He/she will be sending updates I’ll try and post here.

Finally, there are rallies all over the civilized world. Toronto’s is outside the Russian consulate on Bloor East at Jarvis. Members of SFH will be there to sell Pussy Riot T-shirts for the band’s legal defence fund.

UPDATE: While the Toronto Star doesn’t, the National Post gives credit where it’s due, here. That video was broken by blogger. Not a newspaper.

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Marc Garneau is a very impressive guy. Glad to hear he’s thinking about running, and I hope he does.

Justin, meanwhile, remains elusive. I don’t expect Liberals will hear from him or other caucus candidates until after Labour Day.

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Wherein, I opine that Harper become more popular after dissing Miley Cyrus’ new haircut.

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So, Tony Genco: was a federal Liberal, lost. Became a provincial Conservative, lost. Now he’s running again, although not for the NDP. He’s still a Conservative, although he’s a bit hard to pin down the issues and whatnot.

Thus, this sign. It’s a little hard to make out (perhaps it was snapped by Mayor Ford as he was driving around).  But I can assure you that it is a Conservative sign, and it’s for Phony Tony, the affectionate term we Ontario Liberals have for Tony Genco. There’s just one problem, however.

It’s in the wrong riding. It’s in Thornhill. That’s a problem, because Phony Tony is running in, you know, Vaughan.

Is Phony Tony finally going to win something? Well, I dunno. If there was a by-election taking place in Thornhill, he’d be way out in front.

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Important column by Tim Harper. Read it.

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Amazing investigative reporting by Linda Diebel. A must read.

It is also long, long overdue. Those of us who work for animal protection/welfare – my firm has worked for years for the OSPCA, the Humane Society of Canada and the Humane Society of the United States, and against seal and whale hunting – detest Marineland and have been pressuring to get it shut down. We haven’t been successful.

Hopefully Linda’s reporting will finally do that. We shall see.

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