Daily Archive: November 11, 2011

Nov 11 2011

Remembrance Day – My Grandfather

Reposted from here. My grandfather was a war veteran. I didn’t get to say goodbye before he passed away, from long-standing health concerns that finally caught up to him. I was in Toronto at the time, and was actually in the process of saving up to make a visit back to Nova Scotia when I …

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Nov 11 2011

Teachers and Students Occupy Wall Street

Don’t mind the repeating — it’s not ritualistic chanting, it’s a technique to allow the people at the back to hear the speaker. It’s completely necessary in these protests because megaphones or speakers or other volume amplification techniques require city permits. Heh. That last guy doesn’t know how to work this crowd-based megaphone very well, …

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