9 out of 10 masked anarchists agree: riot cops are too anonymous.

So the rioting started in earnest today. I wonder how bad it’s going to get. The protestors have had years to prepare for this, so it’s entirely likely that we have 17 days of interesting shenanigans to look forward to.

Today they vandalized the Hudson’s Bay Company. I won’t be surprised if other major corporate sponsors, such as McDonald’s, are systematically targeted in the coming days.

Well, it’s safe to say that the Vancouver Olympics are off to a somewhat inauspicious start. Yesterday’s impressive opening ceremony—Hallelujah for k.d. lang!—was dampened by the shocking death of a Georgian luger on a hugely controversial sliding track, a large anti-Olympic protest outside B.C. Place, a major technical glitch that almost kiboshed the climactic cauldron, and pissing rain that almost but not quite penetrated Wayne Gretzky’s granite coiffure. And now the start of what could be two weeks of anarchist riots.

Have fun, everybody!