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Lucinda said:
Showing up at Ford Fest with a sign that says 'FOLKS' -- inspired.

Going to Steak Queen for a selfie after getting kicked out, with CP24 on the TV in the background -- priceless.

Michael Dunbar Jr., my hat is off to you, sir.
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I think I did a slightly booze-addled post a few days ago trying to make the point that the youth of today are better than the youth of, uh, the era in which I was a youth. I meant it, even if I wasn't totally coherent.

As the nerds say, the plural of anecdote is not data.

Still, I just can't imagine even the smartest, most tuned-in person of my generation coming up with such an eloquent one-word protest.
 
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Stayed for less than an hour. Large turn over of guests/supporters. One thing the media is going to have a major fail on is whatever the polls say a larger % of Ford supporters will actually go out and vote.

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Red Mars said:
Pics taken Sept 27, 2014

Stayed for less than an hour. Large turn over of guests/supporters. One thing the media is going to have a major fail on is whatever the polls say a larger % of Ford supporters will actually go out and vote.
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For sure they came to see Rob. Some probably see him as their hero, for others, maybe it was like showing up at the scene of a plane crash.

But, if Rob was a no-show, how many would have come to see Doug/ And of that #, how many would actually vote for the guy?
 
casita said:
For sure they came to see Rob. Some probably see him as their hero, for others, maybe it was like showing up at the scene of a plane crash.

But, if Rob was a no-show, how many would have come to see Doug/ And of that #, how many would actually vote for the guy?
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I suspect a high number just came to get the free food/entertainment.
 
kbdid said:
I suspect a high number just came to get the free food/entertainment.
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I suspect a good number of them aren't eligible to vote in Toronto AND came for the free food/entertainment. The one chick yelling "I love you Rob" at Doug I think exemplifies the majority of those people. There to touch a celebrity with zero idea who that celebrity is.
 
kbdid said:
I suspect a high number just came to get the free food/entertainment.
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I read somewhere that some of the "folks" are actually so hungry that they do show-up for the food.

Although, judging by the size of some of them, it might not hurt to skip a meal now and then.

Lots of cops and security, that's for sure.

If Doug gets in, I think he will have a massive security detail.

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Another guy showed up in a hearse ( driving it ).

Ford Fester reminds me of the sideshows at the CNE when I was a kid.
 
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I read somewhere that some of the "folks" are actually so hungry that they do show-up for the food.
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Really? Goddamn, that would be frightening in a few different dimensions, including (1) WTF, last I heard, Toronto is not part of the Third World, and (2) it's a given that FoFam will exploit ugly prejudices for political advantage, but exploitation of literal human hunger is not something I would have expected ...

Although, judging by the size of some of them, it might not hurt to skip a meal now and then.
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Yeah, there's no doubt that some proportion of every population gets more than enough to eat ...
 
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whatthe said:
Remember that "defend" doesn't necessarily mean "try to get off". Ari assisted him in pleading guilty to 100 charges in April.
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Thanks for that, whatthe. Didn't see it in that light. I too am always happy to be schooled and sometimes get clouded by certain preconceptions.
 
CalgarianExOntarian said:
Really? Goddamn, that would be frightening in a few different dimensions, including (1) WTF, last I heard, Toronto is not part of the Third World, and (2) it's a given that FoFam will exploit ugly prejudices for political advantage, but exploitation of literal human hunger is not something I would have expected ...
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Olivia is right, there are hungry children in this city. I never understood why. But, I remember four-year olds weighing 8 lbs.
 
casita said:
Olivia is right, there are hungry children in this city. I never understood why. But, I remember four-year olds weighing 8 lbs.
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That is just terrible--4 years old and 8 pounds are not numbers that belong in the same sentence. I hope you didn't come across that very often.

More broadly, I agree that cities and towns nationwide are full of hungry kids, albeit mostly not to such an extreme degree. It's grim that things like a micro-smidge reduction in taxes seem to have more political traction than making sure that every kid gets the food he or she needs to get stronger and smarter every day.
 
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