@jje, Johnny and rbt... Thank you for making the point. I was about to do the same. As my brother says, "Remember, recycling is the third R."

Whenever I hear people say "government should be run like a business," I wonder, which business? Nortel? Blackberry? Bombardier? I hate to imagine what things would be like if every call to a government office was like calling customer service at Rogers. And there's the issue of debt-financing...

FYI for those who like to follow polls and surveys: http://angusreid.org/ontario-pc-elliott-mulroney-ford/

Run!

I'm thinking it might have more to do with Warmington. He brands himself as the reporter who rubs shoulders with the movers and shakers and gets the inside story. (The man does love a cliche.) He needs the Ford family to maintain appearances, even if they are becoming yesterday's news. I'm sure...

They do have a lot of time to listen to the radio.

I like Kat's posts.

Hmm... I'm thinking Giorgoi might want to review the tape. Looks like he's turning his back, too. It's haf-hearted, but I don't see him standing with Rob on this one.

Question for the group: Among the mainstream media, who do you think provided the best coverage of Rob's death, memorials and funeral. I don't watch much TV or listen the radio, so I can only comment on newspapers. My vote goes to the Post. It stuck pretty much to covering the news and put...

Is that possible? I thought there were rules around the timetable for filling empty seats.

That's a stretch.... and rather mean-spirited, if I may say so.

I think the provincial PC's may warm up to a Doug Ford candidacy in the next election. Patrick Brown is a fresh face with a new broom. And Doug has been supportive of Brown in comments to the media. Given that the next election is a ways off, there's time to put some distance between Doug and...

Nah. I know how it ends.

@JG... I was hoping you'd comment on the significance of sedation for pain management. I know noting about that. So, thanks for the insight. My point re palliative care is only that it's not an indication on it's own that a patient's death is imminent. My mother was a palliative patient because...

End-of-life care is palliative, but palliative care can start well before a disease enters its terminal phase. My mother was a palliative patient for two years before she died.

I sometimes wonder if I should feel sorry for the guy. The Ford's are notoriously inarticulate. Is it possible Dan is hogtied by their instructions? (A long shot... I know.)

That's my take, too. But there's a lot of mixed messaging in Dan's statements over the past few days, IMO.

Huh? http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/6399740-reports-of-rob-ford-being-moved-to-palliative-care-at-mount-sinai-not-accurate-executive-assistant/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter I think it's time for the reporters and Dan Jacobs to sit down with some medical experts and sort out...

Oh, grow up.

Could be. Who knows? The Fords are big on the "fight to the end" rhetoric, so I'm not surprised they're talking about Rob's doctors saying they can try a different chemo cocktail if they can improve his overall condition. It's the shot that they have. The question is: what's holding the doctors...