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The expansion involves twinning, or building, 610 miles of new pipeline along the existing 715-mile route between Edmonton in Alberta and Burnaby, British Columbia, a suburban community just outside Vancouver.Many Canadian residents are outraged and have tried to block the expansion, some even chained themselves to fencing around a test site to prevent the company from conducting tests in British Columbia. Kinder Morgan responded by suing protesters and claiming the dirty looks they gave Kinder Morgan employees constitute "assault":
Mr. Kaplan had argued the defendants conspired against Kinder Morgan, employing social media and telephone networks to harm the oil company and pipeline builder Trans Mountain as they seek to nearly triple capacity by expanding a route under Burnaby Mountain.Opponents of the pipeline latched onto this ridiculous legal argument and the "assault" faces went viral under the #KMFace hashtag. Jump below the fold to see some of the reactions.
He entered into evidence photographs of protesters wearing facial expressions he said demonstrate anger and violence.
"One of the things I will argue is that is not only intimidation, but that is actually an assault," he said on Wednesday.
Comment: Netanyahu's relentless pursuit of terrorism that Israel created seems to be ramping up along with the rest of the Middle East's instability. The psychopaths in power cannot see the eventual outcome of their actions. Obtaining power while instilling fear is the only thing they know how to do. Humans and nature will respond to this inequality. Read Pierre Lescaudron's book Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection: The Secret History of the World for more information.