Political tidbits
This is stupid. If you don’t like the Mayor of Toronto, you vote against him next municipal election (or his councillors that support him). You don’t utter death threats, or…
Rob Ford
I Heart Giorgio Mammoliti
It's not every day that a politician comes along who is so totally and completely ridiculous and juvenile, such a cartoon character, that they are a like a gift from…
Comrade Mammoliti
This is the sort of thing that makes me want to cry for GTA politics:Tips for people who want to join Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti’s new Facebook group: Don’t wear a…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Andrew Jackson describes the next phase of the global economic crisis: Now we face a new financial crisis, or at least a…
Libraries and the governments that love them
Don't tell the Ford clan but some governments get libraries and why they are important: “The Burnhamthorpe Library plays an important role in the Mississauga community,” said Stella Ambler, Member…
Harper-Ford BBQ Footage
In case you’re interested, here’s the YouTube video featuring “Canada’s best known fishing buddies” that was described by Tim Harper in the Toronto Star the other day. Better hurry though,…
Breaking: PMO Censors Rob Ford’s BBQ Video !!!
OMG. The plot thickens. In my last post I told you how a video of Jimbo Flaherty getting a "Finance Minister's Championship Belt" from Rob Ford had mysteriously disappeared.And how…
How to stop Ford Nation
How do we stop the cuts to core services and the wasteful spending by Rob Ford and his supporters on city council?Talk to the councillors.Now, we know that there are…
The transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich and how this affects Toronto
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…
A Neocon Barbeque Cooks up a Plate of Ignorance
If you are wondering what Stevie is up to this summer, besides bombing for oil, wonder no more. He's cooking up neocon burgers, hold the lettuce, with his buddy Rob…
Stephen Harper’s Horrible Fishing Trip
Well I see Stephen Harper has surfaced at last, and I was shocked to see that he was looking a little pale around the gills.At first I thought this might…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Martin Patriquin offers up the definitive response to the pearl-clutching over Nycole Turmel's Bloc membership (italics in original, bold added):(H)ere’s the wee nuance that…
Torontonians beginning to realize you get what you pay For(d)
Running through the public and media discourse during and immediately after the ‘Historic Toronto Council Sleepover,’ as it will be etched forever in city lore, were two dominant threads that…
Welcome to Rob Ford’s Toronto
Although there certainly wasn't a lot of merriment around the gravy fountain at my election night party last October, the one consolation I took from Rob Ford's victory was that…
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…
Rob Ford’s Horrible Animal Farm Story
Well I suppose it was inevitable that Rob Ford's City Hall would turn into yet another Con version of Animal Farm.With the hero of the Ford Nation morphing into another…
Hey, Mayor Mud! I want my vote back!
Toronto News: James: A thousand times no - thestar.comFor those who couldn't or wouldn't see the writing on the wall during the election campaign, and ended up believing Rob Ford's…
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…
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.” -…
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…