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the lemur
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Quintuple-expresso/vodka-Gatorade piss is like steroids for trees, folks.
John_Dee
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So, with the Fords' history of receiving 'threats' every time something bad is in the pipeline for them, and they could use a convenient distraction that allows them to play the victim, can we safely assume that Blair going ahead with his legal action against Thug might - just might, mind you - have something to do with yesterday's so-called bomb scare? You know, the one that neither the media nor the police (nor the Fords, for that matter) seem to be treating seriously at all?
SFO
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the lemur
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Most political Crown ever!
expat
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animatronic
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Lucinda
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So much this.
Doug, don't stop talking, whatever you do. Triple down, quadruple down, and so on, and so on. Don't let Bill Blair push you around, Doug, keep pushing right back.
LLtarra
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I'll just point out the quoted tooth fairy tweet happened 11 days ago, it's not a fresh response from Doug.
jml
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Yeah, it got retweeted into my feed from August 1st. Still hilarious.
requiem
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Doug in the Globe story:
'“My question is, is he getting a freebie from one of his lawyer buddies?” he said. “Is he paying out of his own pocket.”
“It’s not a fair fight,” he added.'
Because the best way to fight a defamation suit is with more defamation. And is Doug still pretending to be an average working-class Joe?
'“My question is, is he getting a freebie from one of his lawyer buddies?” he said. “Is he paying out of his own pocket.”
“It’s not a fair fight,” he added.'
Because the best way to fight a defamation suit is with more defamation. And is Doug still pretending to be an average working-class Joe?
Cooper
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I agree. The Fords say stupid/outrageous/combative stuff pretty much daily. It's hard/too easy to make case for a pattern of deflection. That said, I'm sure there are times when they've tried the tactic, but I don't think Blair's notice is one of them. How would they have known that a notice was in the wind? I'm not 100% certain of the process for paperwork, but they'd have to have someone watching court filings, no? Wouldn't the press have picked up on the filing around the same time?
Meantime, does anyone else find the Star's bomb-threat coverage strangely muted? "Rob Ford discloses threat..." My guess is they're following an internal policy on coverage of threats to avoid giving attention to the threatener. Still, I feel the pull of the tin foil. Thoughts?
tiffer24
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Doug told us they are "poor as a churchmouse", don't forget.
Lucinda
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Aside from what other posters have written, I think the Fords clearly understand that average citizens (lets call them folks) have a finite capacity for digesting news. (This probably doesn't apply to the political junkies that post here, so I think that's why people like us often forget this
). So when Do/Ro inject some manufactured crisis into the news at the same time a drug-taking video is coming out / subpoena is about to be issued / ITO is being released, they understand that the manufactured crisis will divert some amount of attention from the video/subpoena/ITO, and this is always a 100% benefit for them.Have you ever had the experience of speaking to someone who follows the Ford saga to some extent but does not read every ITO or document related to it? My experience that these folks frequently don't know about things like the numerous texts to Lisi at about the time of AS's killing, or the fact that Deco's own employees / ex-employees have confirmed the influence peddling allegations, and so on and so on. Part of the reason for this is that manufactured crisis stories were on the front pages at the same time that the real stories were, and to some extent they helped divert attention.
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Perhaps Doug could expand on what would make it a "fair fight". Maybe if Blair was a stupid idiot, it would be a fair fight. But basing fairness on income? Maybe it isn't fair because it will cut back on the wife's shopping allowance if Doug has to pay legal fees?
(And why does everything have to be a fight when it comes to the Fords -- obviously, they don't play well with others and never have)
But basing fairness on income? Maybe it isn't fair because it will cut back on the wife's shopping allowance if Doug has to pay legal fees?(And why does everything have to be a fight when it comes to the Fords -- obviously, they don't play well with others and never have)
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