From the overflowing ‘A Picture Worth 1,000 Words’ file: Rob Ford
Maybe it’s just me, but I think he should consider using a different receptacle to drink stuff. Which I’m certain is water, and not something else. In related news, I’m…
Musings
John Tory math: mayoralty candidate doesn’t know how many TTC stations Toronto has
Seriously. You couldn’t make this up if you tried. .
Hey, I have almost as many Twitter followers as Rob Ford has excuses
Somewhere North of 16,000. Justins Trudeau and Bieber, watch out! .
Dear John
Things are good. The boy is back (and apologized). Talked to someone, was good. Painting again. New songs. Business is rockin’. And the new book is flying out of me…
John Tory: shameless hypocrite, in his own words
John Tory’s Toronto mayoralty campaign set a deadline for themselves. They had to be in second place by the time July 1 rolled around. They aren’t. Olivia Chow, my candidate,…
Two questions about last night’s by-elections
Question one: watching last night’s results, did Stephen Harper think once or twice about resigning, and finally going to make some real money somewhere? Probably. Question two: if he goes,…
In Tuesday’s Sun: Rob Ford, the destroyer
If you’re interested in politics, two things probably caught your attention yesterday. (1) Important by-elections took place – two in Alberta, and two in Ontario. (2) Rob Ford got out…
On Joe Cressy, party politics and me
Ordinary people usually say that the candidate or the leader matters more than the party. Young people, in particular say that: they dislike political parties, and partisanship is one of…
Rob Ford is back, like a stain in the carpet that you can’t scrub out
So I figured it’s time to reprise a video that kind of says it all about his “record” – which John Tory and Karen Stintz supported every step of the…
Eat your heart out, Kirbie
.@LisaKirbie is super jealous because @LauraJaneGrace just responded to my query about Against Me’s start time. Heh.
Kathleen Wynne plays it smart in Toronto mayor’s race; Tory, Ford & Stintz have a bad day
Right here. Take that, John Tory, Rob Ford and Karen Stintz. Doesn’t exactly suggest that the newly-elected-to-a-healthy-majority-Premier thinks you are going to win, does it? No, it doesn’t.
Globe and Mail announces Comical Ali as new editor-in-chief
There’s no other way to explain their reliance on “internal” polling by John Tory, about John Tory. Nate Silver in the New York Times on such “polls,” here. Background on…
BREAKING: SFH abandons punk rock, embraces Eurotrash dance club genre
Shocking as it may be, Canada’s best-loved geriatric punks have abandoned punk rock. As you will see in the video below, SFH has decided to become modern, and the resulting…
You don’t really see letters that change perceptions, anymore
Thus one does. Wow.
In Tuesday’s Sun: at least one guy knew he was “just visiting”
What I want to know is this: when he told Harvard University that he was indeed returning to a full-time teaching position in Boston – when he signed on the…
Ontario is a province divided
Amazing, when you see it like this. And depressing. Reminds me of the federal divide in 1980-1984 period. Learn About Tableau
Akin and Kirbie talk about Chow ads on Ford, Tory
Says Akin: “The bit that really had me, the killer there was: ‘See John Tory flip-flop!’ It is kind of funny.” Says Kinsella: “My gal is as smart as much…