In case you didn't know, there is a big G-8 summit going on in Toronto. Wisely, the Toronto Blue Jays rescheduled their games with the Phillies to Philadelphia. It turned out to be a good move. Watch the animals in action. (Hat tip Vlad Tepes)
Photos from National Post and BBC
(The narrator may be a future MSNBC news anchor.)
There have been over 220 arrests. Hopefully, the Bobbies in Britain will take note.
Why don't these diplomats meet on St. Helena or something? Do they really need the pleasures and distractions of a large urban center? Is is worth the prestige of holding one of these meetings, to spend all this money on police protection?
Born 1945 in Los Angeles. Worked from 1998-2016 as adjunct teacher at University of California at Irvine Ext. teaching English as a second language.
Served three years in US Army Military Police at Erlangen, Germany 1966-68.
1970-1973- Criminal Investigator with US Customs
1973-1995 Criminal investigator with Drug Enforcement Administration. Stationed in Los Angeles, Bangkok, Milan, Italy, Pittsburgh and Office of Training, FBI Academy, Quantico, Va. until retirement.
Author of Erlangen-An American's History of a German Town-University Press of America 2005,
The Story of Papiamentu- A Study in Slavery and Language, University Press of America, 2002, and
The Languages of the Former Soviet Republics-Their History and Development, University Press of America, 2000.
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Why don't these diplomats meet on St. Helena or something? Do they really need the pleasures and distractions of a large urban center? Is is worth the prestige of holding one of these meetings, to spend all this money on police protection?
I don't even understand what these people are protesting exactly.
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