I get both kinds of false urban legend emails (political and apolitical). I do send debunking emails, but I don't think it helps. There's a study which suggests that strongly-held political beliefs only become more entrenched when confronted with opposing evidence...

Anecdotally, I know a Ford supporter (grew up in Malvern, now lives downtown) who, at the time the crack scandal broke, believed: - All allegations against Ford were part of a media conspiracy - Any criticism of Obama (however valid) was also part of a media conspiracy Just my uninformed...

IMO, to understand this mindset, I only have to look at Nick Kouvalis' twitter profile: And combine that with this quote from the article: Ford's hardcore supporters only care about the fact that their guy is Mayor. Unlike David Miller, this is a guy that Joe Sixpack can identify with, for...

Warmington seems to be a lot like Ford Nation, in the sense that the more Ford abuses (*) them, the more they love him. (* i.e. With blatant lies or literal abuse, as in the case of Rob Ford calling up Warmington and verbally abusing him.) Through the magic of cognitive dissonance, the...

Touche! (Ouch.)

If that's the case, they could've put a note to that effect at the top. Good point, though. I never considered that. Edit: Now that you mentioned it, I did a quick google and found a random interview transcript (for an Australian TV network) that was also missing all of the questions (and...

Notice how the transcript is missing all of the questions from the interviewer. The newspaper industry is really hurting these days if they can't be bothered to even glance at the stuff they post online. (I hate to see this kind of thing, because the Toronto Star has always been my favourite...

It fits the narrative put forth by his mother that his real problem is his weight, not drugs or alcohol. I love the way he indignantly complained on the FOX interview about council stripping his powers, neglecting to mention that he said he would've done the same thing in their place.

I think one of their excuses was that they believed the police were already aware of Ford's drinking and driving. And, hey, as long as it wasn't them (or someone they knew) who was injured or killed, I don't think they would've given a flying fuck, unless their careers were affected. IMO.

Yeah, and there's also this: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/11/10/ashley_madison_infidelity_site_sued_by_woman_hired_to_write_up_fake_female_profiles.html

On that note, here's what Robyn Doolittle had to say on Rob Ford's success as mayor: http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/11/15/friday_at_1245_robyn_doolittle_will_livechat_on_the_weeks_event_at_city_hall.html

Yeah, it sucks that her rep is being dragged through the mud. Meanwhile, people like Kouvalis and Towhey will probably emerge unscathed from this fiasco. I apologize if it's been posted before, but here's an article with an interview of her friend...

On the flip side, Ford didn't originally pay his staffers very much, and according to the National Post (IIRC), some were living from paycheck to paycheck, which made it hard for them to quit...

I agree to a certain extent (and I'm leaning towards Alana not being an escort), but I think from Ford's staff's POV, it's not just about their own biases. According to the interviews in the recently unredacted parts of the ITO: - There were rumours amongst Ford's staff that he used...

Except that saying "2004-2008" counts as "4 school years" really depends on context. If you say someone attended school from 2004-2008, yes, he was there for 4 years. However, if he played football for the 2004-2008 football seasons (or "school years"), then he was there for 5 years. Based...

But in this specific case, I believe it was reported that the discovery of the video itself was what prompted the re-arrest of Lisi on extortion charges. So at least from the POV of the police, the video was necessary for an arrest, right? Or is the idea that more evidence will come out...

This is the only source I've seen (not exactly the "left-wing media"). http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/03/as-rob-ford-story-goes-global-toronto-councillors-working-becoming-more-tortuous/ EDIT: ^ To clarify, this is a repost of a Canadian Press story, not original National Post reporting...

I agree, but I think Torontoist compounded the error with their sub-heading: "Morris says that he has seen the video, that it matches the description reported in the Star, but that it isn't crack that Ford is smoking." Seems the author has misunderstood what was said in the radio interview, and...

Fair enough. It was helpful. Just wanted to point out that you were responding to a slightly different point than he made. Also, I updated my own previous reply with a wiki link which states that for modern hard drives (manufactured after 2001), only one overwrite seems to be necessary (which...

He's talking about overwriting things multiple times with random information. As I'm sure you know, "secure erase" tools have several different options for overwrite patterns (it's a tradeoff between speed and security). It's more than just overwriting used sectors (which of course is the...