Lord Black lauds buddy Trump.
You get the feeling that there could be another boring book by Lord ‘Cross-the-Pond’ in this. Yes, Conrad Black came out of seclusion on his Toronto estate the other day…
Doug Ford
Every time you bug this 85-year-old city councillor, your library could lose a few books! Have you got that, people?
PHOTOS: St. Albert City Councillor Bob Russell – fending off annoying letters from voters since 1950-something! Time to send him back to the greenhouse? (St. Albert Gazette photo.) Below: A…
The Desperate Stephen Harper and the Rob Ford Nightmare
I suppose for a man as desperate as Stephen Harper, it must have have seemed like the answer to his prayers. In his crazed mind it must have seemed like…
EPIC OLD MAN RANTS #3 Rob Ford – Blame Other People For His Own Problems
EPIC OLD MAN RANTS #3 Rob Ford – Blame Other People For His Own Problems So Rob and Doug Ford don’t like Fiona Crean’s report on the failings of City…
No Doug, No Problem
If at first you don’t succeed, try something you’re even less qualified for? Not exactly conventional wisdom, but very little of that applies when talking about the Fords. For example,…
Why libraries – and library users – need their librarians and other library workers to be union members
Maureen O’Reilly, president of the Toronto Public Library Workers Union, speaking in Toronto last weekend. Below: Renowned author Margaret Atwood on an Alberta union picket line, circa 2000, Doug Ford…
The Wonderful Day the Ford Nation Died
Well it was closer than I thought it would be, the bestial Fordzilla put up a desperate struggle.But at last he could hold on no longer.And after four long nightmarish…
Toronto Mayoral Election: A Brief Note
I just told a Doug Ford Robo-Call I’d vote for him. But I lied! Tee hee! #TOpoli PS. He’s now promising 32 K of new subway lines.— Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) October…
John Tory, the leading Conservative Party candidate for Toronto…
John Tory, the leading Conservative Party candidate for Toronto mayor, has gotten endorsements from the Conservative Toronto Sun (after they previously promoted the Ford brothers), the Conservative Globe and Mail,…
Doug Ford should drop out of the Toronto mayoral race – he is…
Doug Ford should drop out of the Toronto mayoral race – he is splitting the anti-John Tory vote. John Tory should drop out of the mayoral race because he is…
The Dogs of Ford
The term “dog whistle politics” refers to politicians making a public statement, which also has a deliberate unspoken message for a targeted group of supporters. Like a real dog whistle,…
Gallery: Doug Ford campaign posters.
Gallery: Doug Ford campaign posters.
Dangerous Games
I have called Rob Ford a coward. I have a criticized his politics, his ability to govern, and his morals or lack there of. I have made jokes about his…
The Ford Family Political Machine
The recent switch of Doug for Rob in the Mayor’s race, and Rob for Michael in the Ward 2 race is in a sense shocking, but not surprising. Speculation about…
The Ford Family Political Machine
The recent switch of Doug for Rob in the Mayor's race, and Rob for Michael in the Ward 2 race is in a sense shocking, but not surprising. Speculation about…
The Ford Family Political Machine
The recent switch of Doug for Rob in the Mayor's race, and Rob for Michael in the Ward 2 race is in a sense shocking, but not surprising. Speculation about…
The Ford Family Political Machine
The recent switch of Doug for Rob in the Mayor’s race, and Rob for Michael in the Ward 2 race is in a sense shocking, but not surprising. Speculation about…
Rob Ford statement on dropping out of Toronto mayoral race
The scandal-plagued mayor dropped his bid for a second term at the helm of Canada’s largest city after being hospitalized with an abdominal tumor on Wednesday. The post Rob Ford…
Chief Blair…Unchained
Seen at the bottom of Sue-Ann Levy’s latest: I posed a question while on a media panel at the last mayoral debate which stated Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair has…
I’m surprised I have never seen anyone post this song…
I’m surprised I have never seen anyone post this song (click on the video link above) in relation to the fucked-up Ford brothers, Doug and Rob. Maybe I have just…