Toronto at a crossroads: Will Ford’s austerity agenda be derailed? | rabble.caExcerpts: Lost in the rhetoric is the fact that there actually is a “revenue” problem, a problem that is deeply connected to the larger austerity agenda.The city’s budget is …
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The Equivocator: Canada ♥s Libraries
A QMI poll released today revealed that 84% of Canadians want our public libraries to remain publicly funded (7% refused to answer the question.) Now, I know the brothers Ford don’t like to read, but when the writing on the wall … Continue reading →
Montreal Simon: How to Give Toronto a Touch of Class Again
Well now we know that when he’s not flipping the bird at people, or belching loudly, Rob Ford can shake his massive butt in the street. As long as it isn’t at a gay event.Even though Pride Week brings at least five times as much money into the cit…
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: So When Does This Become a Crisis?
I walked into the Emergency Department one hot morning a couple of weeks ago and found every last stretcher — twenty-five beds, including the two we try to reserve for trauma or codes — was filled with admitted patients; furthermore, five additional patients were waiting for consultants and likely admission. We were operating at 120% […]
Driving The Porcelain Bus: Can you balance the budget (for Toronto)?
Meat or gravy: Can you balance the budget? – thestar.comThe Toronto Star has put together this interactive budget calculator. Although it seems they put this together with good intentions, they are missing some key items:Missing as a choice from the Re…
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Doug Ford as Ozymandias (or How I learned to story worrying and love libraries.)
“When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that society has found one more way to destroy itself.” – Isaac Asimov OZYMANDIAS I met a traveller from an antique … Continue reading →
Trashy's World: Friday miscellany – Liz, cowboys, Arsenal and a cottage
1. Elizabeth May’s sudden crusade against Wi-Fi has disappointed me. I had thought she would latch on to an environmental issue that was beyond reproach. The tar sands. GHGs. Volatile organic compounds. Food safety. She had a lot to choose from. But no. She picks an issue which may or may not actually be an […]
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford sleeps through deputations
Just saw this on FB via Mark B “Rob Ford sleeps through … on TwitpicOn July 28, 2011, The Executive Committee of Toronto City Council, agreed to hear citizen deputations, as invited by the mayor, Rob Ford. 344 people managed to register to speak. Ori…
Continue readingTrashy's World: The T.O. Fords – one buffoon deserves another…
buf·foon [buh-foon] –noun 1. a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc. 2. a person given to coarse or undignified joking. So, Rob Ford is an example of a gene pool gone wrong terribly … right? We can agree on this, correct? If you doubt that at all, then look no further […]
Continue readingIlluminated By Street Lamps: Jack Layton
Jack Layton’s news today was certainly upsetting. However, if anyone can fight an uphill battle it’s him. Best wishes for a speedy recovery, sir.
Continue readingRedBedHead: Mayor Ford: User Fees For Everyone…But Him
You probably don’t need me to tell you that Rob Ford is a hyprocrite and a liar in addition to being a mean-spirited prick. All that is apparent every time he opens his mouth. Nonetheless, it is useful to see the many ways in which he brings himself in…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford refused to pay election fines
City officials waived fines related to Ford’s election campaign – The Globe and MailRob Ford was fined $13,362.25 for 483 infractions of the bylaw governing the placement of election signs. He delayed almost a month past the due day for appealing the…
Continue readingRedBedHead: KPMG – Helping Tax Dodgers & Corporate Fraudsters Everywhere
The Ford Bros Circus of Stupid decided that the best way to figure out which services we ought to toss on the bonfire was to hire auditing firm KPMG. Well, that’s not quite true. Doug Ford has said that they want to “outsource (privatize) everything t…
Continue readingThanks for Nothing: KPMG and the Review that Wasn’t
When asked by Councillor Mary Fragedakis if they had considered the long-term costs of cutting support to BIAs or the economic benefits of arts funding or social services, KPMG’s answer was a short and not so sweet,no, we weren’t asked to consi…
Continue readingMy journey with AIDS...and more!: Over 400 “Friends for Life” to thank as they cycle along the shores of my gene pond, river, and canals!
There is some hope that this near-historic hot weather will return to “normal hot” by Sunday. I have no doubt that this will be a great relief to all involved in the annual Friends for Life Bike Rally which leaves Toronto that morning on …
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Is Mayor Rob Ford a liar, con-man or just ignorant? The facts say yes
The Grid TO | Top five Ford truthiness fact checks of the weekMost of the article by Edward Keenan at The Grid:This week, the brothers Ford have had a particularly bad week with fact checkers. Here’s a rundown, in no particular order, of their greate…
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Hotocalypse
Hot enough for ya? For you non-metric types, that 38C is an even 100F. I think I speak for most of my fellow Canadians when I say, “WTF?” I suppose it’s redundant and unnecessary to add that staying out of the sun, finding a cool, air-conditioned place to hole up in (if possible) and drinking […]
RedBedHead: Gee Skewers Ford
I was about to write another pithy dismembering of the lies and stupidities of the mayoralty of His Honour Rob Ford. But then I read today’s article in the Globe & Mail by Marcus Gee and, frankly, I couldn’t have said it better myself. We may all r…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Poster > Cyclist response to "Rob Ford’s Bike Plan"
Fuck Ford poster protests Rob Ford’s bike planAt the link is a poster created in response to Rob Ford’s bike plan (removing bike lanes from convenient streets for cyclists, and then building bike lanes in out-of-the-way places).Ironic how Ford’s bike p…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford will raise taxes next year
Ford opens door on 3% tax hike | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto SunAfter promising to not raise taxes or cut services, and, after finding that there is/was no waste at City Hall, and, after squandering over $533 million, Rob Ford is eyeing raising …
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