Rob Ford's Toronto

[Racquette]

Yippee! We made the New York Times again:

"Toronto on a Bender"

"Now that Toronto’s most famous and most grotesque son will definitely not be mayor again, the mild-mannered citizens of Toronto will go to the polls with some relief on Oct. 27. After four years of being led by a violent addict, the quiet life has a profound appeal."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/o...l?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

Oof. Well, they got that right... :\

pattycakes:

What does that elitist, downtown Commie rag know about the man of the people huh?

AoD

I'm thinking we should start referring to Doug's Lincoln SUV as the Folkswagen.

*clapping*

 

[Greg Banks]

I don't see how that's relevant. There's the Provisional IRA and several other versions of the IRA name, but there doesn't ever seem to have been a group whose name contained the words People's and Republican with regard to Northern Ireland.

It is relevant in the fact from my experience most "People's Movements" tend toward violence....given the Provisionals history they could easily be misinterrupted as a "People's Movement" of Green Irish....

 

[casita]

"Now that Toronto’s most famous and most grotesque son will definitely not be mayor again, the mild-mannered citizens of Toronto will go to the polls with some relief on Oct. 27."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/o...l?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

True. But, he definitely could become Deputy-Mayor. < shudder >

 

[Grinder]

View attachment 35897
Not that I don't trust "graeme", but I prefer to verify.

"This candidate's nomination papers indicate that they live 9.56 kilometres outside of Ward 2 in Ward 6."
http://everycandidate.org/toronto-city-council/andray-domise-2127/

Maybe he will see Rob hanging around his Ward 6 polling station when he goes to vote; that would make an excellent selfie!

 

[the lemur]

It is relevant in the fact from my experience most "People's Movements" tend toward violence....given the Provisionals history they could easily be misinterrupted as a "People's Movement" of Green Irish....

Yeah, but they didn't use the term. It seemed to be implicit that all paramilitary groups in NI operate(d) on the premise that they supported 'the people', for varying definitions of the term.

'Green Irish'?

 

[TOBorn]

"This candidate's nomination papers indicate that they live 9.56 kilometres outside of Ward 2 in Ward 6."
http://everycandidate.org/toronto-city-council/andray-domise-2127/

The Rob Ford entry is enlightening only due to it's brevity. No contact #, no responses to questions asked. It's
almost like Robbie doesn't care about his Ward.

 

[nohostages]

I love the NY Times piece for its non - fudgey statement about Karfo's supposed Jewishness. I quote:
"Turns out, she's not."

 

[animatronic]

The Rob Ford entry is enlightening only due it's brevity. No contact #, no responses to questions asked. It's
almost like Robbie doesn't care about his Ward.

He does live closer to the ward than Andray.....

Note the robf@decolabels.com email address - first time seeing that. Does he get his secretary to read all emails to his cell phone mailbox?

 

[Videodrome]

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/66881

This reminds me of WorldNutDaily.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I love the NY Times piece for its non - fudgey statement about Karfo's supposed Jewishness. I quote:
"Turns out, she's not."

Well, I guess NYT must know lots of Jewish lawyers too, just in case they wanted hotmail to act on their threats.

AoD

 

[animatronic]

Well, I guess NYT must know lots of Jewish lawyers too, just in case they wanted hotmail to act on their threats.

AoD

The Fords' legal threats are so weak you could probably even get by with a Protestant lawyer.

 

[casita]

The Rob Ford entry is enlightening only due it's brevity. No contact #, no responses to questions asked. It's
almost like Robbie doesn't care about his Ward.

If I had a Twitter account, I would have tweeted back @graemeTO: "Wearer of many hats for Doug Ford Campaign" to ask how many years of his adult life has his new boss lived outside of Canada.

 

[Greg Banks]

'Green Irish'?[/QUOTE]

Again it maybe a term familar to only me and mine nevertheless here goes...If you have an Irish background you probably can explain it using other terms
It goes back to the troubles of the 19th and early 20th century....three colours
Green Irish...Irish Catholics loyal to Dublin and Independance
Orange Irish...Ulster Protestants and all that goes with it
Black Irish...Irish Catholics who viewed Britain as a help rather than an occupier (the Greens looked on them as quislings) and many them immigrated to Canada (witness the Black Donnellys)

 

[Cooper]

Well, I guess NYT must know lots of Jewish lawyers too, just in case they wanted hotmail to act on their threats.

AoD

Either that, or Stephen Marche is one of the few Toronto media types who honestly calls it as they sees it.

 

[Racquette]

Yeah, but they didn't use the term. It seemed to be implicit that all paramilitary groups in NI operate(d) on the premise that they supported 'the people', for varying definitions of the term.

'Green Irish'?

They did use it, though. cf my earlier post with 2 referenced links (selected at random from a number of mentions found in a Google search). The things I learn on this board!