JWBF
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Interesting idea of placating or at least confusing the Nation.
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Rob Ford's Toronto
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Jimmi T
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Lance Armstrong had stage 4, didn't he? It'd spread to his lungs and brain. Honestly, I hope Ford pulls through. He's got young kids, it seems he and Renata have turned things around, he's full of life... Maybe God would do a trade--Ford for Lisi. At least Ford has helped a lot of people making those house calls and through coaching. Lisi's contributed squat to society and how many more women will he terrorize?
Lance was an exception and lives a very different lifestyle (health wise at least) than Ford.
toonderly
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How much did Ford really contribute through coaching? He boasted of keeping kids out of jail and then we find out one of Don Bosco's captains was involved in assaulting and killing Christopher Skinner. And he apparently promised to pay for equipment and then didn't pay after it was already bought.
Jimmi T
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He took a school with no team and turned them into one of the best in the city. I think that's something. He used the players for political purposes and coached on the taxpayer's dime but I still think, overall, it was a positive thing he built there. I had an anti-jock mindset and found him to be an embarrassing manchild but I'd bet the vast majority of the players loved him too. Everyone I knew aside from maybe one other guy thought he was the greatest.
AlvinofDiaspar
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Not all Stage 4s are created equal - there are subgrades within the same cancer type as mentioned, and survival rates across different cancer types can be quite different. Generally speaking, as long as it hasn't metastasized to different parts of the body there is still hope for cure - after that, it's mostly control and palliative (and if you've pancreatic, it really doesn't really matter what stage you're in).
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AlvinofDiaspar
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Beg to differ - Lisi is small beans that won't amount to anything; someone charismatic like RoFo/the Fo's has a far greater damage potential due to proximity, familiarity and access to power (like can you think of anyone else a sitting PM would associate with after all the relevations?), as well as his proven ability to corrupt and otherwise short-circuit fail-safes in the system.
Whether he got young kids or a family is not germane to whether he is a rotten sack of ****.
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Jimmi T
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But Lisi threatened to throw acid in a girl's face and to microwave another girl's dog... Ok, Ford threatened to shoot Renata but, unlike Lisi, I don't think he'd ever act on his threats.
animatronic
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I think he was referring to the fact Armstrong had cancer in his small beans vs. shotgunned all over his body, providing a different prognosis.
Also, in your note above Stage IV by definition means the cancer has spread.
AlvinofDiaspar
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Actually I was referring to the hypothetical Lisi vs RoFo trade, and nope - not all Stage IV by definition meant mets - it can simply be locally advanced. Like I said, it depends on the type of cancer. eg: Head & Neck:
http://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/oral-and-oropharyngeal-cancer/stages-and-grades
Even IVB doesn't give you mets - it's only the case when you get to IVC.
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AlvinofDiaspar
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The threat of violence is by itself disconcerting - but the ability to use one's influence and slip out of the law is even more so.
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dforthandbview
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I wonder if we'll ever hear the audio tape the Star has of Ford's "wild night in March"....
Roy's Square
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I'd happily trade both of them to get David Bowie back.
JWBF
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the lemur
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That has the potential to be embarrassing for them, no? Same as if they were to sue for defamation.
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