Yep I think that's correct. Pictures of the scene that evening in the dark showed the blocks not stacked up against the fence. Next day when Rob gave his victim-tour for the media there was a picture in the National Post showing them stacked up against the fence.

You might have something resembling a point if that actually occurred but it didn't.

For what it's worth. Some tweets I saw today: (Graham Parley was apparently a Toronto Star editor)

If Rob wasn't such an imbecile stuck in a man's body there wouldn't have been any kind of "encounter with the mayor". Mild or otherwise.

Actually it was Donovan that said there are more bombshells coming:

I think you just explained the scenario that I was considering in my head. If that's true than honestly I'm morally ok with that. What else were they (the police) supposed to do? Just move on pretending that the Mayor of the city hadn't become embroiled in snakes nest of dangerous gun and drug...

Correct. Project Brazen and Brazen 2 are completely unrelated according to Toronto Star's explanation of events.

haha I was just about to type that! I just listened to it (twice) to make sure I really heard him say that.

(I realize it's Macleans error not yours) Malala isn't an "Afghan girl" - she's Pakistani.

Don't forget... when all else fails just bring up the gas plants. "Even on crack he didn't waste a billion dollars like the lieberals!!".

I think that was the exact interview I was referring to in my earlier example. Listening to it took my breath away.

I think this is exactly true. At this point anybody still belonging to Ford Nation will perform even the most extreme mental gymnastics to support "their guy" and nothing you or I or the media says will change this. After the Lisi ITO information came out I heard a radio show on CBC radio and...

Fair enough, I see what you're saying. But I guess what I'm implying is that it's not a few lines here and there. There's large portions of the document that we've not yet seen unredacted. At least that's my understanding. From an earlier Toronto star article:

No my understanding is that there are substantial portions left that we haven't seen. We're not just talking redacted portions of the stuff that was already released - but stuff above and beyond that.

This sounds exciting.

Of course I don't think they're perfectly representative of the general population. But do I think they're indicative of society's opinion and mood on a given issue in very general terms? Yes. They don't represent the opinions of the people I debate with in real life on a daily basis but I work...

I've already accepted that Ford is probably going to be re-elected. Have you been watching the online comment forums? Particularly the Sun and NP. When the TPS announced they had the video and then Rob admitted to crack smoking it appeared to rock Ford Nation back on their heels. It seemed we...

Fair enough and I admit I don't know how it works in Canada (or even in real life). However, on TV the US District Attorneys work with police in discussing what a person can/can not or should/should not be arrested for given the evidence at hand So I can see a scenario where the Crown and Blair...

Agreed. People are directing their outrage against Blair under the assumption that he alone was running this operation against Ford and making these decisions. But I've seen multiple articles acknowledge that he was working closely with the Attorney General's office. So it seems to me that...

In fairness though - the media doesn't have an obligation to assist the police with ongoing investigations. News is news and presumably the TPS wasn't keeping them in the loop on this case so how can they be expected to know what might or might not affect that investigation? Surely the TPS had...