weird. wonder why renata was 'tucked away' like that. looks like dougie was brought into the tent by diane.
someone's getting chatty on twitter...
https://twitter.com/sabrina_milla/status/493067516122370049
One aspect of this FordFest that I find troubling is the Toronto Star's coverage of it. They didn't get many pictures, and their bulk of their coverage of the fracas was one day later than most of the other media. They did not send Daniel Dale, probably because he would have been barbequed alive. They send 2 relatively unknown reporters. I saw logos for and reporters from every major media organization except the Star there.
Have we come to the point where Ford Nation has intimidated Canada's largest daily newspaper so that it has to send reporters essentially undercover to a "public event" in a public park, for fear of their safety? If so, how is that healthy for democracy? Coupled with the inability to tolerate dissenting free speech, and Frod's fanatical tone in his speech that night, the whole business has dark undertones for me.
an example how ford nation sees the events...
No media bias here at all: anti-Ford protesters booed at Ford Fest, so CTV characterizes it as homophobia
http://eyecrazy.blogspot.ca/2014/07/no-media-bias-here-at-all-anti-ford.html
my head hurts.
eta: some extended footage can be seen here: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2cc_1406358624
etaa: here's another article from this point of view... (which may have been posted on here already? i tried to double check, but can't find it.)
Homosexual Bullies Crash Rob Ford’s Family Fest
http://www.blogwrath.com/toronto-elections-2014/homosexual-bullies-crash-rob-fords-family-fest/6242/
Rob Ford apologizes after LGBT attendees harassed at Ford Fest
http://www.cp24.com/news/2014-munic...gbt-attendees-harassed-at-ford-fest-1.1933871
There were 2 guys with snakes. You can see them at the beginning of my Ford Fest video. People seemed to like the snakes and I think snakes are a good metaphor for a Ford Fest.
Yeah, that's just over doing it I think. A company actively donating and supporting someone like the Fords, yeah I can see some people not wanting to do business with said company. The Fords buying something legal from a legal business, that alone is not really much to get worked up IMO. At this point it might be a minor miracle of normality even. Edited ps: Ford probably got his booze for his dranken stupors from the LCBO if online sightings are true. Is Furr going to urge boycotting the LCBO? This small potatoes quibbling does get ridiculous sometimes.
we can't really tell anything from still pictures of one second in time. Or from random tweets by people we don't know. Renata could be right behind Diane. They could have been in and out of the tent a hundred times for all we know.
I think all the conjecture about Renata having left Rob and what not is pure fantasy. There's no hard evidence to support it. Rob's talk of "divorce" in a recording pre-rehab means little; many couples throw around that word for years before splitting (or they never do). Maybe their kids don't spend every night at home... maybe she spends some nights at her parents' place too* Maybe it's been that way for years so why assume anything new has happened.
She was at Fordfest & she and the kids were at the Woburn park playground reopening on July 21. For someone who has always been seen only 2 or 3 times a year, that's quite a lot. I don't think their family situation is any different than it's been for the last 4 years. (which is not to say that it's "good" -- just that there have been no 'developments')
Regarding RoFo's speech to the adoring masses, why did I think of Mussolini on the balcony?
Doug could be filling up on avocados and nuts, but I'm not feeling it.
Doug could be filling up on avocados and nuts, but I'm not feeling it.
Parkview Hills Mayoral Debate on Monday July 28
Olivia Chow
Rob Ford
David Soknacki
Karen Stintz
John Tory
Presteign-Woodbine United Church
2538 St. Clair Avenue East
7:30pm to 9:00pm, Doors open at 6:45pm.
Proof of residency in Parkview Hills required for admission.
http://www.parkviewhills.ca/2014-mayoralty-debate/
Edited to add: Ugh, guest panel includes Sue Ann Levy.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtgyDZrCEAEd4Wo.jpg
i'm increasingly convinced that the only way to sanely approach this whole situation is full gonzo - let's just embrace the insane absurdity of it all.
don't show up to protest ford fest wrapped in a rainbow flag, show up in a gorilla suit, and play circus music on an accordion.
as for leanne, i've also decided we ought to go all-in. nobody in canada's media has the stones, but i'm hoping that gawker or maybe even vice would sit down with her and cut her a big cheque in exchange for her story.