But the fact that said "renovate" is so tawdry in execution indicates that one might lead logically into the other. Like, to take more of a "restoration" approach rather than treating the old as something "dated" that requires "freshening up" could be even *more* of a raising-rents alibi (or...

I wonder if Starlight's habit of wrecking the integrity of decent 50s/60s/70s buildings (paint job, glassy balconies) is deliberately meant to prime them for future redevelopment like here...

Case in point: a normal "walk of Presidents" would avoid overly moralizing talk about Nixon & Watergate, Hoover & the Great Depression, Harding & Teapot Dome, Jackson & slavery, etc

Well, the news ban is strictly a Canadian thing, of course. However, it might be argued that even *before* the ban, comment-thread culture was making a mockery out of news--essentially, it amounted to the delinquents in the back of the classroom making fun of teechur. In which case, the...

But another striking thing about the "6ixbuzz youth" is the likelihood that they have absolutely *no* "legacy media" foundation--not even in the household. Older generations may have grown up with the ubiquitous shared presence of print and broadcast media, front-page headlines and all of that...

Let's also remember, re young people moving rightward, what I've been saying over and over--they probably disproportionately come from the kinds of households that are disposed rightward in the first place. Whereas the "educated left" is, in practice, not all that "reproductive".

Re the United Church: it might also say something about the role of "religiosity" in today's culture--plus the fact that the most "thriving" United congregations are the likes of Cheri DiNovo's Trinity-St Paul's. But by and large, those who abandoned the United Church were those who "went...

RFK Jr. probably thinks Tylenol was responsible for Reiner's son's "issues".

Thus my "literate" vs "post-literate" (civic literacy included) point.

Yet the trouble is that even under his continuing leadership and MP attrition, his party remains around 40% support and even in the lead in some polls--and it's probably because he represents a vast demographic of Canadians who themselves feel "irrelevant" (and not just rural rednecks, but GTA...

If Trump deserves any award, it's this one

Again, they should just whip together a "Noble Peace Prize" with a little gold spray paint and what have you. His supporters prefer to call it "Noble" anyway, because "no-BELL" sounds too "furriner" and it's all about honouring people who are noble, right?

From who? Don Jr?

I believe he also did at least one private home in Toronto; but have never been able to verify what and where it is. (And it's almost like contemporary traditional/historical-style homes, no matter how expert the design or illustrious the designer, don't offer themselves to architectural...

My mother used to get the National Enquirer. I "learned stuff"--actual stuff, not just disinfo--perusing its pages (even if it was filler amidst the tabloid junk). It doesn't mean I'd cite it/link it as a source.