Rob Ford's Toronto

[the lemur]

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I see what he did there.

 

[pud99]

Probably Grandma Diane since she raised him

Yes. Recall that she bought the Camaro for him when he turned 17.

 

[riffraff]

out of whose stream? kathy's?

Raises the question of who's going to be groomed to lead the family business, I mean Deco, if Mike's serious about a political career.

 

[riffraff]

Yes. Recall that she bought the Camaro for him when he turned 17.

Probably Grandma Diane since she raised him

And good on her - after raising 3 addicts and a dealer, Mike actually seems "normal".

 

[animatronic]

And good on her - after raising 3 addicts and a dealer, Mike actually seems "normal".

8th time lucky

 

[fishie]

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Headshot? Now there's an unfortunate word choice...

Also, what passes for an actual acceptable headshot these days? Professional studio photo or will a duckface selfie get you in the door if you're considered "hot" or whatever the kids say these days. (Is this normal for the industry?)

 

[animatronic]

Headshot? Now there's an unfortunate word choice...

Also, what passes for an actual acceptable headshot these days? Professional studio photo or will a duckface selfie get you in the door if you're considered "hot" or whatever the kids say these days. (Is this normal for the industry?)

I believe they want actor-grade headshots. By all accounts it is standard practice for hiring "hostesses" at breastaurants and douchetertainment venues.

 

[Fromafar]

That is a very aggressive kind of cancer he has and it returned in only a few months.

Personally I think this go round with the big"C" does not bode well for Rob (as in hopeless) and likely the family finally "gets it" so is shocked into silence perhaps. Finally responding like normal "folks" and not turning this latest health event into a media publicity stunt even though the Ford theme is any attention is better than no attention!

As for young Mikey I think one should take him with a huge grain of salt as at the very least he is gramma's dumpling, very pampered life of luxury moneywise and extremely inexperienced workwise and normal people wise and seems under educated and likely not yet very mature. He does seem to think a little before he speaks and that is a huge Ford improvement! His passive personality does make him appear so much better than the uncles but we must remember they are all family and family wins in the end.
I cannot imagine that Mikey is undamaged psychologically given his parents behavior and the Ford family values/behaviors. This damage is likely to show itself at some point and this would affect his ability and judgement. Frankly if I was him I would change my name, disguise myself, get an education and a job and try to develop myself as and intelligent independent person, rather the sliding in on the Ford name/fame which makes me suspiscious I must say.

 

[animatronic]

Personally I think this go round with the big"C" does not bode well for Rob (as in hopeless) and likely the family finally "gets it" so is shocked into silence perhaps. Finally responding like normal "folks" and not turning this latest health event into a media publicity stunt even though the Ford theme is any attention is better than no attention!

As for young Mikey I think one should take him with a huge grain of salt as at the very least he is gramma's dumpling, very pampered life of luxury moneywise and extremely inexperienced workwise and normal people wise and seems under educated and likely not yet very mature. He does seem to think a little before he speaks and that is a huge Ford improvement! His passive personality does make him appear so much better than the uncles but we must remember they are all family and family wins in the end.
I cannot imagine that Mikey is undamaged psychologically given his parents behavior and the Ford family values/behaviors. This damage is likely to show itself at some point and this would affect his ability and judgement. Frankly if I was him I would change my name, disguise myself, get an education and a job and try to develop myself as and intelligent independent person, rather the sliding in on the Ford name/fame which makes me suspiscious I must say.

Pull himself up by the boot stirpes, as it were.

 

[evvabeing]

i can't remember if we had cleared this up before... why do some places state kiklas as being jennifer's father, instead of pressley?

actually... it's more like i should be saying that the other way around... why is she a pressley?

here are 3 examples...

At the time of the 1998 killing, Ms. Ford had recently moved in with Mr. Kiklas, her high-school sweetheart and the father of her first child, a girl who was then 11 years old.

http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=98fa3920-8f0f-4cb0-9543-4632a7a0fe72&sponsor=

and ...

https://books.google.ca/books?id=tlC4AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT34&lpg=PT34&dq=Michael+Kiklas+father+of&source=bl&ots=7UZH4qDYyQ&sig=nPSBAGpibxaXlkyD6fXzcg9BJVA&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Michael Kiklas father of&f=false

and ...

https://books.google.ca/books?id=NdqKCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT80&lpg=PT80&dq=Ennio+Stirpe&source=bl&ots=5cbp_INuTG&sig=alGB7k5XViCxZ1jqe7PdQcbATAA&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Ennio Stirpe&f=false

yet...

http://torontolife.com/city/rob-ford-family-tree/

so... mikey's dad killed his half-sister's (jennifer's) dad?!?

 

[evvabeing]

And good on her - after raising 3 addicts and a dealer, Mike actually seems "normal".

i still wonder how much dougie was involved in raising him... since he doesn't have a son of his own.

 

[evvabeing]

https://twitter.com/fortyfs/status/669155287127863297

 

[evvabeing]

https://twitter.com/fortyfs/status/668989905125695488

 

[riffraff]

i still wonder how much dougie was involved in raising him... since he doesn't have a son of his own.

The Toronto Life article mentions that Mike "worked" at Deco, tho I don't think Mike's ever mentioned that. He talks about Rob taking him to Council meetings while he would still have been in grade school. I think Gran's really pleased with Mike's rapid weight loss, cuz that's really important to her. As for Mike being his "own man" it'll never happen as long as he's on the family payroll. I think Doug's just a cold selfish bastard and a shy traumatized introvert like Mike would probably just try to avoid him.

 

[evvabeing]

the quebec corruption report is finally out... and there are those that want a similar look into ontario...

GTA organized crime expert Antonio Nicaso said that the problems of Mafia infiltration into construction are not unique to Quebec.

Nicaso, who testified before the commission, said he was surprised that the Mafia skimmed 2.5 per cent from construction contracts, according to testimony before the Charbonneau commission.

That meant that mobsters got 0.5 per cent less than crooked politicians.

“That was a bit of a surprise,” said Nicaso, who has studied the Mafia worldwide. “Usually they (Mafia and politicians) share the same percentage.”

Civil servants and engineers made another 1 per cent, Nicaso noted.

Nicaso said that he welcomes the creation of an organized crime task force by the Ontario Provincial Police rather than another corruption commission for Ontario.

Nicaso said he was disappointed that the commission couldn’t compel key criminals involved in construction to testify.

Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto died of natural causes while the commission was ongoing.

Rizzuto’s one-time ally Raynald Desjardins went to prison for an underworld hit and never was forced to testify about his construction dealings.

Nicaso praised the commission for highlighting how the Mafia manages to connect the underworld with the so-called respectable world of politicians, bankers and unions.


“This is what the Mafia is all about,” Nicaso said. “You can’t have a Mafia without the politicians who help out.”

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...construction-corruption-coming-out-today.html