[CalgarianExOntarian]

Anyone watch Nurse Jackie?

Yeah. Air Canada, um, enabled me to watch most of seasons 1-2 on various cross-Canada flights.

It would be interesting to force Rob to view one of the tougher episodes and comment on it at the end. Also, somehow Doug would have to watch both the show and Rob's reaction, but not actually be allowed to talk.

Hmm, complicated fantasy going on here ... don't worry, I won't hold my breath waiting for it to become a reality.

 

[EagleEye]

Your poor sister. 9 is far too young for a girl to get married.

Brilliant!!!

 

[adma]

FWIW, it's interesting that Ford's public appearances on Saturday appear to be his most "incident-free" yet post-rehab--or at least, we're not hearing through the grapevine about booing or shirtless protesters hogging the energy. It's like the "happy selfie Ford" of old--unless somebody can report otherwise...

 

[CalgarianExOntarian]

FWIW, it's interesting that Ford's public appearances on Saturday appear to be his most "incident-free" yet post-rehab--or at least, we're not hearing through the grapevine about booing or shirtless protesters hogging the energy. It's like the "happy selfie Ford" of old--unless somebody can report otherwise...

The campaign failed just about as hard as it possibly could from Monday to Friday. Not easy to extend a streak like that from 5 days to 6.

 

[EagleEye]

The people organizing the festival put up a pic on twitter of him and some dancers and thanked him for going. When people left comments condemning them for doing so, the picture and tweet were removed.

 

[stoobiedood]

Irony, Oh Irony!

My partner and I had an hour to kill between seeing 12 Angry Men at Soulpepper (a bit dated, but still excellently played and relevant) and meeting my nephew and his fiancee for dinner at Weezie's (King, one block east of Parliament, worth the trip). So we wandered west on King and found a cute little patio in the afternoon shade on Ontario St. ("Mangia e Bevi") and had a beer. We'll go back for the dinner menu, it looked great. Directly across from us was the entrance to a 1940's building with a gorgeous Art Deco bas relief sculpture over the entrance. Alas, the entrance itself was a pair of glass doors etched with the "S(t)un" newspaper logo.

But here's the punchline: the bas relief sculpture included the motto "Labour, Cooperation, Science", so I googled that on my smartass phone. Turns out that the S(t)un newspaper that has so loyally and unquestioningly licked the anus of our drug-addicted ass-clown nightmayor and his (presumed former) drug-dealing brother is head-quartered in a building that was built to house the offices of...

wait for it....

the "Drug Trading Company."

I am not making this up.

(srsly, go to Soulpepper and Weezie's. you won't regret it. No commercial interest in either enterprise, just a happy customer

 

[TonyV]

They're loving him
https://twitter.com/greekcomtoronto/status/485586669966721024

Too weird.
Explains the suit after being at the Argo game earlier. Can't see how this kind of schedule right after 2 months of peace (rehab or not) is at all ok with real counsellors. I bet Diane is there making sure Robby don't mess up her investment

… They'll take him, cuz they'll take anyone. I know that crowd quite well -- really very well in fact.

As for me, well I just came back from some revelling on Church St. with my squeeze, had a much better time than any of those Ford lovin' fucking goofs had, fer shuuur.

 

[ParkdalePetunia]

http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/757550904022828127_1283150928

Buffboy is definitely on the payroll, check the comments.

http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/757280359486450732_1395181146
Comment from the poster:

specsdon: Thanks mama it was jokes he jus kept saying respect lol

And then there's this one that I will post without comment:

There are a veritable ton of photos of him on instagram right now, it's kind of disgusting.

 

[Franks2000inchTV]

I'm WAY out in tinfoil hat land now, but....

No proof targeted killings in Vaughan linked: York Regional Police
http://www.yorkregion.com/news-stor...lings-in-vaughan-linked-york-regional-police/

...Two victims, Salvatore “Sam†Calautti, 41, who was shot and killed in July 2013 outside a stag party, and Carmine Verduci, 56, gunned down in broad daylight in April outside a west Woodbridge cafe, have been dubbed mafia killings by various sources in media reports.

Anatomy of a scandal: Mammoliti’s big bash
http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=198771

Mystery “stagâ€

Six days before the fundraiser, Red Velvet cut Mammoliti a cheque for $16,000, marked "Stag." Leiper did not consider this cheque as part of her report except to note that its "timing and source raise questions."

 

[evvabeing]

Irony, Oh Irony!

My partner and I had an hour to kill between seeing 12 Angry Men at Soulpepper (a bit dated, but still excellently played and relevant) and meeting my nephew and his fiancee for dinner at Weezie's (King, one block east of Parliament, worth the trip). So we wandered west on King and found a cute little patio in the afternoon shade on Ontario St. ("Mangia e Bevi") and had a beer. We'll go back for the dinner menu, it looked great. Directly across from us was the entrance to a 1940's building with a gorgeous Art Deco bas relief sculpture over the entrance. Alas, the entrance itself was a pair of glass doors etched with the "S(t)un" newspaper logo.

But here's the punchline: the bas relief sculpture included the motto "Labour, Cooperation, Science", so I googled that on my smartass phone. Turns out that the S(t)un newspaper that has so loyally and unquestioningly licked the anus of our drug-addicted ass-clown nightmayor and his (presumed former) drug-dealing brother is head-quartered in a building that was built to house the offices of...

wait for it....

the "Drug Trading Company."

I am not making this up.

(srsly, go to Soulpepper and Weezie's. you won't regret it. No commercial interest in either enterprise, just a happy customer

from february 2013...

Condo on historic Ontario Street site nears approval

http://thebulletin.ca/condo-on-historic-ontario-street-site-nears-approval-2/

 

[evvabeing]

hmmmm... looks like he's 2-faced too...

https://twitter.com/buffboy78/status/436541287165329408

vs.

http://instagram.com/p/nsd0DCjoWO/

 

[expat]

The G&M article by Hui talks about "... Jeff Silverstein, the newly hired communications director on the re-election campaign for Toronto’s embattled mayor." He said that Silverstein "... appeared at the mayor’s side at each of his public events, listening intently with arms crossed during interviews, and pacing around the mayor’s office between appearances." Aren't there rules that separate when a sitting city employee is working for the city versus campaigning for re-election? Don't their re-election employees have to stay out of their employer's CH office? It seems like the only work both Fords are doing is campaigning.

this.

doug and dianne can have a free pass, as far as i'm concerned, and wander into rob's office any time they like. but silverstein has literally no function at city hall. he's not a city employee. his only function is on the ford campaign, so if they need to meet they can meet at the campaign office.

it's a cut-and-dried conflict, to me. if i lived in TO i'd be complaining to the comish on this one.

-mike

 

[pattycakes]

Karen Stintz has written a piece for today's Star. The gist is that she spoke with Doug after Rob went to rehab, and told Doug she didn't want a public apology, she wanted Rob to call her personally. Of course he didn't and this is what she has to say now: "I have no interest in taking his call. Like every person in this city, I don't need spineless, pre-scripted, speech-written, rip-and-read, I'll take no questions, vacuous words."

 

[Scarberian]

Maybe it's just me.

But is there any candidates showing Shirtless Joe level of pushback?

Doug looks like an even bigger creep and a-hole to me in that Star article.

It was May 6, the first city council meeting after Rob Ford went into rehab for alcohol and drug abuse. I got on the small official elevator on the main floor of city hall only to find Ford’s big brother Doug was on the same elevator. The elevator stopped on the second floor and everyone but the two of us got out. Some other people were about to get on but Doug asked them to wait so that we could talk. The doors closed, he turned to me and said, “Rob feels really badly about what he said. He is embarrassed.”

....Like most of you, I don’t want to spend any more time on the circus. Bottom line, I am bored of Mr. Ford.

While I agree with the sentiment, I doubt that bullies of Ford's caliber respect or even understand the 'I'm bored of your antics, I'm above such disdainful behaviours, scolding finger wag'.

From what I've seen so far, kindness, politeness, benefit of the doubt = weakness, you're a sucker, to Rofo and Dofo.

 

[EagleEye]

Yesterday, Stintz was at city hall with a security guard escorting her. That's pretty sad but another byproduct of the Ford mayoralty.