It certainly isn't unheard of for people to get confused about what level of government does what, and for politicians to exploit that ignorance. Ford already has at least once before, when he made that racist remark about changing immigration laws to keep gun criminals out of Toronto. But...

Yup, although every religious group has segments that act this way. If you're evangelical Protestant you don't even go to confession, you just confess by yourself to your Bible and come out saying that Jesus forgave you so everyone else has to as well. Hell, it doesn't even have to be a...

Is this in an article somewhere or just random jerks on Twitter? It's not usually considered feminist to tear someone's looks down that way.

The beating was two years ago, so the attempt to visit Bruno Bellissimo in March 2013 isn't connected.

Yes.

Thanks. Yeah, that is probably what happened. She had no advocate so the only people notifying her of changes were at the Crown's office and they didn't do a very good job. Anyway, if they're that bad at notifying complainants you can imagine how piss-poor they are at notifying the public.

I used to work for a woman whose ex was on trial for various criminal offences against her and more than once she was told to show up for criminal court, showed up and found out that the date had been postponed, no warning, no explanation. Granted this wasn't in Ontario but it doesn't seem...

Yeah, but if police are subject to "no drop" policies then Renata shouldn't have been able to stop the prosecution by recanting.

If police didn't see him do it and she isn't willing to report it there's not really anything they can do. I'm not sure what happened the time that he was charged for assaulting her (2008-ish?). The charges were dropped because of "inconsistencies" in her statements, but I don't think it's...

Or, you know, just a run of the mill abuser. Seriously, being a bad boyfriend doesn't mean you're gay. It just means you're a bad boyfriend.

I agree, but Ford has repeatedly and belligerently stated that he's not an addict. Why would he need to avoid temptation if he's not vulnerable to it? He can quit drinking whenever and however he wants, etc. etc. Partying with friends from time to time is one thing, but I really don't think...

I think it's a stretch to call Fredericton "urban." I suppose it is by Maritime standards, but really, you can walk from one end of downtown to the other in 15 minutes, and I don't mean "downtown" in the Toronto sense -- I mean "the area of Fredericton that has any shops whatsoever." Then...

Well to be fair, wife-beating and church dancing are both fully compatible with social conservatism. Or at least, no less compatible with conservatism than with liberalism.

Although I imagine there's some pretty ugly stuff in RoFo's upbringing, I don't think his mind DID go there initially. I think he came to the pedophile idea only days or months after the incident with Daniel Dale. He didn't mention it at the time; Dale said that Ford yelled "Are you spying on...

I think Doug Ford is right about Ford Nation's resilience (he said Rob could murder someone on the steps of city hall and people would still support him). If it turned out Ford was a child molester, I expect many of the people currently smearing Daniel Dale, and taunting Kathleen Wynne about...

If Ford supporters had a problem with dishonesty and deceit they would have stopped supporting Ford a long time ago. Ford Nation is a cult of personality. If they didn't mind the rumours of wife-beating and sexual harassment, and the verifiable sexual humiliation of Ford's wife re: the...

Don't know Ontario, but I know that's still the case with current purchases in Nova Scotia. It's usually "$1 and other good and valuable consideration", but same diff. If you go on the NS land registry website you can see the title documents with the "and other consideration", and see the tax...

Yup. I suggest reading Bob Altemeyer's "The Authoritarians" -- tremendously applicable to this situation.

Indeed, a deity could exist and do stuff that no one understands for reasons no one knows. Not sure that jibes with most religious doctrine, but eh. Don't know, don't care, don't see how it comports with your earlier assertion that no one knows why God does what He does. Perhaps you should...

Not how all Christians think, sadly. I have no idea about this particular church, but I know plenty of highly religious Christians who use "Christian" as a synonym for "good." "No need to check that guy's references, he's Christian." "She's Christian, so I'll believe what she tells me and not...