"The Smoking Gun turns the table on a group of pranksters allegedly responsible for terrorizing strangers over the phone." This is a pretty bizarre story.

"Police never found his mental health records from the campus Schiffert health clinic. Today investigations for lawsuits brought by two victim's families that didn't settle earlier, uncovered these 'lost' records. In the home of Schiffert's former director."

The Globe and Mail is such a shitty paper. They manage to tie this boys death to the recent protests, the loss of the war in Sri Lanka, and a resurgence in 1990s gang crime. Speculate much?

My mom mentioned the stabbing when she called last night, and said to be careful. Lucky for me, my street smarts tell me to avoid the shady coffee shop at the corner of Bloor and Lansdowne when it\'s three in the morning.

Michael\'s follow-up post is a lot less doom and gloom.

I\'m sure Chomsky would have included this story in \"_Necessary Illusion_\":/blog/necessary-illusion had it come out a few years later. I was reading about Gary Webb today in a book Matt lent me, \"_The Culture Struggle_\":http://www.michaelparenti.org/

The Toronto police look to be going after gangs operating in Rexdale; 40 homes were raided.

My coworker told me about this story today. Apparently the crime scene was so disgusting it has traumatized officers called in to investigate.

My guess is these two guys like street racing, and so they like Need for Speed, not the other way around. (Which makes more sense?)

Man, what is it with people talking about their serious crimes on Ask.Mefi.

An interesting piece on the government housing project 200 Wellesley at the edge of St. James Town.

You have got to be fucking kidding me.

Hilarious!

Ovid tracks down the guys that stole his credit card.

This dude is why you can\'t use 100 dollar bills anywhere in Canada.