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Rob Ford's Toronto

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Scarberian said:
Man this show's cast is getting bigger every season. First there was Rofo, then Dofo, then Difo and Kafo, then Mifo, now RoboRofo-call.
Haven't seen as much of Lisi, McRobb, and Chief C&$&Sucker though. So anyone going to TiFo the next episode? I heard it's an outdoor picnic episode. I keep thinking they can't jump more sharks after this.
But they always surprise me every single time.
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It's like Downtown Elitest Abbey. It was great in the first season... but started going downhill once they started killing off characters.
 
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I made a wrong turn this morning and found myself stuck behind a garbage truck on a narrow street. I had time to kill so I wasn't overly sad. Somewhat disappointed in myself, yes, but whatever. As I put the car in park to stare at the back of the garbage truck, my disappointment dissipated. In what felt like some sort of Twilight Zone moment, the newly-painted letters on the back of the truck made me question whether I was in fact awake.

G F L

To most west-end residents this wouldn't have been anything out of the ordinary. But I'm east-end... like the east-end of Canada... in Halifax.

As an expat who follows this saga with much fervour (up to and including spending the first days of my last 'vacation' home sitting in council chambers), some how a very small link in the Ford Fiasco has made it's way to my own back yard. What to most residents here represents some innocuous change of the garbage-guard, actually has some roots in the ongoing gong-show back home.

Given their business model and bad publicity they have racked up so far, I wonder how they managed to win the contract back here. I now have my own little line of inquiry. Feels good, baby!

I saved the best part for last! I have only called 311 twice in my life. The first time was a month ago, as we found a lost dog. The second time, this evening, because my motherf*cking garbage wasn't picked up.
 
eastcoastanddown said:
Sidebar:

I made a wrong turn this morning and found myself stuck behind a garbage truck on a narrow street. I had time to kill so I wasn't overly sad. Somewhat disappointed in myself, yes, but whatever. As I put the car in park to stare at the back of the garbage truck, my disappointment dissipated. In what felt like some sort of Twilight Zone moment, the newly-painted letters on the back of the truck made me question whether I was in fact awake.

G F L

To most west-end residents this wouldn't have been anything out of the ordinary. But I'm east-end... like the east-end of Canada... in Halifax.

As an expat who follows this saga with much fervour (up to and including spending the first days of my last 'vacation' home sitting in council chambers), some how a very small link in the Ford Fiasco has made it's way to my own back yard. What to most residents here represents some innocuous change of the garbage-guard, actually has some roots in the ongoing gong-show back home.

Given their business model and bad publicity they have racked up so far, I wonder how they managed to win the contract back here. I now have my own little line of inquiry. Feels good, baby!

I saved the best part for last! I have only called 311 twice in my life. The first time was a month ago, as we found a lost dog. The second time, this evening, because my motherf*cking garbage wasn't picked up.
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For customer service excellence, you could try calling Rob direct. He specialises in garbage. Every time he opens his mouth. :)

(What I wouldn't give right now for a nice bowl of chowder and a stroll down Spring Garden Road ...)
 
I'd also wonder if there's any gossip or murmurs up the pike from those who went to school with Mikey--unless he was *that* meek and anonymous, that is.

And another thing I've been whimsically mulling: given how backfiring-prone the Ford Nation machine's been this year, I wouldn't be surprised if this year's Ford Fest gets hit by a cronut-burger-esque food poisoning outbreak--now, *that'd* throw one heck of a monkey wrench into the works.
 
adma said:
And another thing I've been whimsically mulling: given how backfiring-prone the Ford Nation machine's been this year, I wouldn't be surprised if this year's Ford Fest gets hit by a cronut-burger-esque food poisoning outbreak--now, *that'd* throw one heck of a monkey wrench into the works.
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Lest we forget.
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So, back to JimmiT's latest post. (Congratulations on the twins, by the way!)

The gist is that possibly Kathy enticed Rob into the basement to make a video, for cash, and for revenge on Doug. That might explain the cockamamie production values (no sound) or perhaps that was deliberate. Did Kathy cash in, or does she have only her toothbrush heritage to fall back on. The release of stills from that video, plus the drunken audio tape from the bar that same weekend, were what pushed Rob to rehab after a short detour to Chicago, as I recall. Wondering if Doug and Rob knew Kathy's basement crack video was coming or if the media gave advance notice, as some speculated. Wow, could that family be any more bizarre. And yet, Rob and Doug are still marshalling Kathy's son for a future in politics. Also wondering where this puts Kathy and if she'll be doing any more LeDrew interviews.
 
If this hasn't been posted, it should, for UT's starring role in it...

http://www.randomhouse.ca/hazlitt/blog/what-rob-ford-and-his-critics-have-common

Though much of this rhetoric is found in the most populous parts of the digital public sphere—such as in the often insufferable #topoli hashtag on Twitter—it is the city affairs forum Urban Toronto in which the Ford fascination reaches its apotheosis. There, in threads such as “Mayor Ford’s Toronto,” posters weave elaborate theories in which the Fords are criminal masterminds, or in which the police force is very carefully building a case against Ford, regardless of whether they hold any proof or if said theories make any sense whatsoever. Speculation runs rampant, misunderstanding is rife, and the boring machinations of municipal politics give way to bombast and wide-eyed tales. Meanwhile, just as Rob Ford incessantly claims he is for the little guy while consistently voting against any and all social programs for the disadvantaged, those railing against Ford often resort to classism, fat-shaming, drug-law hypocrisy, and a profound lack of empathy in their criticisms of the mayor and his frequently disenfranchised supporters.
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Lamport Davenport said:
Couldn't help but noticing the toilet in the photo. Don't the Fords and DMW hate toilets?

Party til ya puke at Ford Fest is gonna have a missing element, no?
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Remember the old gag about the dead cat or dog at the barbeque? Everyone assumed it died of food poisoning, so raced to the hospital to get their stomachs pumped. Turned out later it had actually been a hit and run driver.
 
sweetlou said:
So, back to JimmiT's latest post. (Congratulations on the twins, by the way!)

The gist is that possibly Kathy enticed Rob into the basement to make a video, for cash, and for revenge on Doug. That might explain the cockamamie production values (no sound) or perhaps that was deliberate. Did Kathy cash in, or does she have only her toothbrush heritage to fall back on. The release of stills from that video, plus the drunken audio tape from the bar that same weekend, were what pushed Rob to rehab after a short detour to Chicago, as I recall. Wondering if Doug and Rob knew Kathy's basement crack video was coming or if the media gave advance notice, as some speculated. Wow, could that family be any more bizarre. And yet, Rob and Doug are still marshalling Kathy's son for a future in politics. Also wondering where this puts Kathy and if she'll be doing any more LeDrew interviews.
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I've been wondering if part of it has also been anger that they have commandeered Mikey.
He has been in the spotlight driving uncs around and maybe after the name change she felt it was a last ditch attempt to save her son from following a path to destruction?
 
Yaitsme said:
I've been wondering if part of it has also been anger that they have commandeered Mikey.
He has been in the spotlight driving uncs around and maybe after the name change she felt it was a last ditch attempt to save her son from following a path to destruction?
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Maybe the job at Deco working for Randy wasn't working out, so the family is demoting him to council. :confused:
 
The more I read about Mikey, the more uncomfortable I get. He's 20. Does anyone remember what life was like at that age? Did you know ANYONE then who was serious enough to dive into politics at 20? I mean, outside the university pub where we all debated and bragged and felt immortal. I can't help but feel that the kid's a patsy. I'm not saying there aren't brilliant kids out there, but honestly. I just feel bad for the guy, he has obviously been used as a servant, driving (and maybe flying) his Uncle Rob to rehab, and carrying out God-knows what other duties for the Ford family. But to think that he has to deal with his family's unfathomable history (your Dad did what?) as well as being groomed and pushed into the spotlight? Lamb to the slaughter comes to mind. I don't feel one whit of pity for any of the elder Fords....but this one is bothering me.
 
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