Rob Ford's Toronto

[basic]

I guess that means Donovan knows what's in the ITO.

I asked Cooke if this was a warm-up for the ITO, he said yes.

 

[basic]

Here we go again folks:

Retweeted by Jonathan Goldsbie
Michael Cooke ‏@TorStarEditor 29 mins
Threatening a woman with acid ... and other news about #robford friend Sandro Lisi, by i-reporter Kevin Donovan. Tomorrow's Star.

Kvein Keast ‏@r4v4g3dsku11s 20 mins
@TorStarEditor a warm-up before release of the ITOs and Ford's impending arrest?

Michael Cooke ‏@TorStarEditor 19 mins
@r4v4g3dsku11s certainly the former.

That was my tweet

 

[DTGeek]

Oh god, I hate that idea. Bob Rae got the better portion of the blame in Ontario for the effects of a worldwide recession. Revenue-generating things like photo radar and making the 407 a toll highway were demonized by the right (the same group who feel user fees are fair, takes issue with fees that affects *car* users). The NDP raising the minimum wage and instituting the (now gutted) rent control act probably did more to keep Ontario's recessionary losses to a minimum than anything the Feds did. *sigh*

All the evidence out there indicates that rent control is bad for all parties, so you might want to omit that one.

 

[zang]

All the evidence out there indicates that rent control is bad for all parties, so you might want to omit that one.

What evidence?

 

[AlbertHWagstaff]

Thread derailment alert in effect...

 

[SecretSquirrel]

All the evidence out there indicates that rent control is bad for all parties, so you might want to omit that one.

Hang on - are we talking 1970s rental prices locked in forever, or are we talking "stopping landlords from raising more than a certain % each year"? The former is obviously ridiculous, but the latter is surely an essential safeguard!

 

[pattycakes]

Thread derailment alert in effect...

 

[Johnny Au]

Read this and spot any similarities with Ford Nation: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Ray_Comfort

 

[VTB]

hmmm ... I thought he might have been exhausted from the walk from the studio to his SUV.

Been off the grid today tip now so kind of late to the party.

But I think this pic is of them arriving at the studio, before the red tie, before the interview. Towards the end of the clip, DoFo was jovially saying hi to the staff. Bet he probably wasn't in the same mood when they left. I would love to see a clip of that!!

 

[animated]

I wonder if this is one of Robbie's pet candidates...

[video=youtube;1iGnHr_IqYU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iGnHr_IqYU[/video]

http://supermagnetics.com/

 

[Johnny Au]

I am done with Rob Ford's Toronto thread. I have served my purpose (and will continue to lurk in this thread), since I no longer have anything to add with substance here. I will still be in UT to post mainly in the Transportation forum, where I truly belong.

 

[LaineyMac]

I wonder if this is one of Robbie's pet candidates...

[video=youtube;1iGnHr_IqYU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iGnHr_IqYU[/video]

http://supermagnetics.com/

uhhhh...I got nuthin, oh except the the STILETTO part, this man has thought of everything. Very inclusive, ya know

 

[DTGeek]

What evidence?

http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel/poll-results?SurveyID=SV_6upyzeUpI73V5k0

Edit: mind you, this is a panel of *elites* from Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, so maybe they shouldn't be trusted. /s

One of the the most "socialist" pinko latte-sipping liberals of all, Paul Krugman, thinks that "Rent Control is a textbook case of economic stupidity".

 

[Bob But Not Doug]

All of Rob Ford's Awkward Giggles On Kimmel Last Night

 

[Jado]

'Bye Johnny Au! Thanks for contributing - hopefully there will be more interesting stuff for you to read in the VERY near future