pattycakes
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I miss Mendelson Joe's letters to the editor. He was always on point.
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I miss Mendelson Joe's letters to the editor. He was always on point.
basic
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This just always takes me to your post....
EagleEye
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It's not like the old forum where clicking on the link with "new post" at the end literally took you to the newest post. I subscribe to this thread so I get an email with the link to the newest post and if I don't click on it or go to the forum, I don't get any new alerts. So your best bet is to subscribe to the thread and click on the link in your most recent email.
Roy's Square
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Towered
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It's an affront to democracy!!
It would be hilarious if they appoint a left winger to that ward.
It would be hilarious if they appoint a left winger to that ward.
Videodrome
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You mean appointing Mikey?
Roy's Square
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The first time I watched the appointment process in action, they appointed Peter Leon in Etobicoke. A right-winger, sure, but an excellent choice.
The next time, there were two seats up for grabs: downtown got their lefty, and the suburbs got their righty.
All in all, in my brief experience, the appointment process appears to work: the applicants present themselves to Council, they're questioned, and the voting—unlike an actual election—progresses until one of them receives a clear majority.
Name recognition doesn't matter so much as accomplishments and demeanour, and it saves the city a few hundred thousand dollars.
JWBF
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Worse, appoint a centrist. Dougie's head would spin at the speed of sound with the prospect of a "flip-flopper" in charge of things.
pattycakes
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I don't think we knew about the flag. I'm surprised they didn't want him stuffed and kept on permanent display.
"Rob Ford’s family pushed for open casket, Ford Nation flag at city hall"
https://www.thestar.com/news/city_h...pen-casket-ford-nation-flag-at-city-hall.html
"Rob Ford’s family pushed for open casket, Ford Nation flag at city hall"
https://www.thestar.com/news/city_h...pen-casket-ford-nation-flag-at-city-hall.html
EagleEye
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We didn't know about the flag. Thanks for my morning giggle Re: taxidermy!
adma
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Not just stuffed, but if you press his belly he goes all Singin' Santa on you.
Then again, never mind taxidermy...
Then again, never mind taxidermy...
Thinker
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So much class, small miracle they didn't roll em out to NPS for the open casket selfie on the day of his funeral. Oh yeah the vanity Ford Nation flag - nice touch. Let's face it, the Ford family is nothing short of trailer trash with disposable capital, loud, gaudy and willing to twist the truth if it suits them.
sweetlou
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There's a precedent - Jeremy Bentham, the English philosopher and educator, died in 1832 leaving instructions for his body to be dissected, and then permanently preserved as an "auto-icon" (or self-image), which would be his memorial. The auto-icon continues to be on public display at University College London, propped up in a box and appropriately clothed - a key part of the welcome tour for new students and visitors. Every few years it is "restored" to stop the whole thing falling apart.
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pattycakes
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The same guy that posed for selfies with his brother's casket. The pics would have been much better with Rob's body in the frame. Best brother ever.
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