In Tuesday’s Sun: the end of scandal
“Mistakes, scandals, and failures no longer signal catastrophe,” said a French cultural theorist, Jean Baudrillard. “The marketing immunity of governments is similar to that of the major brands of washing…
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Mayor On Crack? – SFH world video premiere!
The long wait is over, SFH Nation! Here it is, folks – Canada’s best-loved geriatric punk trio, SFH, offer up their newest tune and video: ‘Mayor On Crack?’ Proceeds from…
In Sunday’s Sun: not the crime, always the cover-up
It’s not the crime; it’s the cover up. As older generations may recall, that old political axiom can be traced to the Mother of All Scandals, Watergate. Back in June…
Toronto’s a small town
…from the Star’s story on Crackhead’s best friend: Price has also taken to returning the calls Ford frequently touts that he gets from Torontonians who call the number he gives…
Abused institutional survivors to Kathleen Wynne: a year later, nothing
Full disclosure: I work with the abused survivors of a number of Ontario institutions. A year ago this week, they met with Kathleen Wynne, who promised to help them. A…
Rob Ford blank verse
Anything else? Anything else? Anything else?
Blackberry sucks: an update
Downloaded that Blackberrry 10 update yesterday, before leaving for Ottawa. Device has not worked since. Dead as a doornail. In case you’re wondering, did this wee post on my iPhone.…
Ottawa tonight: me and my brother Bernie, for Israel
Over 300 tickets have been sold, I’m told. See you tonight!
The girl who has been with me for 30 years
Thirty years ago, in Ottawa, a guy walked into the place where Chris and I were sitting. He handed me a Joan of Arc medal, and walked out. I’ve been…
Rob Ford crack video exists: source
…and the source, as it turns out, is none other than Rob Ford. Link here. The Star: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford told senior aides not to worry about a video…
Sun News: fair’s fair
As the House Communist© at Sun News, I draw to your attention this and this. Fair’s fair. If CBC gets yet more “mandatory carriage,” so should the SNN. I support…
If I were still an investigative reporter, this is what I’d be asking
(And, yes, I was one at the Ottawa Citizen and Calgary Herald, many moons ago.) If Rob Ford was indeed heading out to Dixon Road to get really f**ked up…
The place where the Rob Ford crack cocaine video was shot, and people were shot
The seventeenth floor at 320 Dixon Road, in Kingsview Village. Bullet marks can be seen on a door on that floor, above. The Sun has more: “Several days after the…
This is what happens when Rob Ford is your mayor
This is the view, right now, of the Don Valley Parkway – which Son One and I take to get downtown every day. We won’t be going that way. Thanks,…
Globe: “someone had killed him for the Rob Ford video”
Just out now in the Globe: The tipster who prompted Rob Ford’s chief of staff to go to police about a video allegedly showing the mayor smoking crack cocaine was…
Unidentified young man wake boards, may have future in politics
Spotted yesterday in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. This youngster from Canada was planning on taking kiteboarding lessons, but since there wasn’t a lot of wind, he opted for the wake…
Star: Ford’s office knew where crack tape video was filmed
After more than a week of extraordinary revelations, another one this morning: the Star is reporting that someone senior in Rob Ford’s office – paid for by Ford’s mythologized taxpayer…
In Tuesday’s Sun: an unlikely Conservative pair
It’s a mystery wrapped in an enigma: Why did Nigel Wright destroy his political career to protect Mike Duffy? In Ottawa political circles, it’s one of the many Senate scandal…
Toronto city limits
H/T Cheyenne. SFH’s new record will fit right in!
Gawker less than $5K from goal in Rob Ford Crackstarter campaign
…and Ford’s two most-senior comms aides resign. All he has left are the young men who pass out fridge magnets at funerals, apparently.