By Kaleb Horton Rob Ford is dead. His story is finished: he has reached the peak scandal level afforded by his office. Rob Ford drinks vodka in the woods and smokes crack on camera and darkness has descended on Toronto. There is nowhere to go and there are no jokes left to make. It’s done. He would need to murder a man in low-earth orbit to top himself. No longer is it a mere novelty that a man who looks like Chris Farley can be so unrepentantly evil yet walk the earth a free man.
There is no legal mechanism for getting rid of a mayor who has not been convicted of a crime. Although some councillors are thinking of asking the provincial government to intervene.
Ford Nation really and truly only cares that he has lowered their taxes. Full stop. I can think of two times in the past year or so that he has opened his fat mouth and said something which totally goes against the policies developed through consultation, thought, research, time, and money for the city- once on what to do with the lands around the mouth of the Don River, and more recently about including 20% affordable housing in all new residential development. He does not understand the vision that a city needs to become more than buncha people living in the same place. All that he and Ford Nation care about is that TAXES GO DOWN- and they would forgive him anything, up to and probably including murder (Anthony Smith, anyone?), if he keeps doing what they want.
Considering the number of people on a Toronto-centred site I'm on are STILL breathlessly defending this fat fuck because they hate left-wingers who want to SPEND THEIR MONEY so bad, I have got to be increasingly glad that I left in 1983 and moved to the country.
Not only did it include elements from the Odyssey, but they did the most amazing job of mixing and matching from the original. I actually used to use it in an English class- not a university-destination one, either- where the kids had to prove it was based on The Odyssey. These kids, who had never read a book in their life, were really good at finding references that even I hadn't picked up on. I've never seen a Coen Brothers film I haven't liked. Oh, ok, maybe Miller's Crossing.
Ooooh. Blood Simple ... that movie left a mark in a really good way... "To tell the truth, I don't think he was dead when I buried him..."
I just read the other day some asshole old drinking buddy friend of my husband on FB spout the crap about Canada being built on a Christian foundation, so how dare others come and ask to be able to do their thing. That must have the First Nations people laughing their asses off, seeing as they weren't even allowed to keep their own religion, let alone tolerate whitey's. I told hubby it's time to unfriend that racist prick. Oh, and Ford? From the Globe and Mail: Aug. 4, 2010: Mr. Ford endorses the views of a fundamentalist Christian pastor who said same-sex marriage could "dismantle" a "healthy democratic civilization." Appearing alongside Pastor Wendell Brereton, Mr. Ford says: "We're together. We have the same thoughts."
Agreed on Clooney- until then I thought that he was just a pretty face. Besides, such a rich mine for quotable quotes! "Gopher, Everett?"
I’m guessing he lives longer than 6 to 7 years because he has a health care system that works. Most likely he’ll start commenting on Wonkette and slowly drink himself to death because his P points never get over 100.
Seriously, I'd prefer a Congress full of Tom Fords over one full of Bachmanns and Gohmerts. If this is the worst Canada's got, they're miles ahead of the U.S.
There is no legal mechanism for getting rid of a mayor who has not been convicted of a crime. Although some councillors are thinking of asking the provincial government to intervene.
Ford Nation really and truly only cares that he has lowered their taxes. Full stop. I can think of two times in the past year or so that he has opened his fat mouth and said something which totally goes against the policies developed through consultation, thought, research, time, and money for the city- once on what to do with the lands around the mouth of the Don River, and more recently about including 20% affordable housing in all new residential development. He does not understand the vision that a city needs to become more than buncha people living in the same place. All that he and Ford Nation care about is that TAXES GO DOWN- and they would forgive him anything, up to and probably including murder (Anthony Smith, anyone?), if he keeps doing what they want.
This is a brilliant piece of analysis on the whole thing: <a href="http://braythwayt.com/2013/..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://braythwayt.com/2013/11/02/toronto-you-re-b...">http://braythwayt.com/2013/...
Considering the number of people on a Toronto-centred site I&#039;m on are STILL breathlessly defending this fat fuck because they hate left-wingers who want to SPEND THEIR MONEY so bad, I have got to be increasingly glad that I left in 1983 and moved to the country.
Not only did it include elements from the Odyssey, but they did the most amazing job of mixing and matching from the original. I actually used to use it in an English class- not a university-destination one, either- where the kids had to prove it was based on The Odyssey. These kids, who had never read a book in their life, were really good at finding references that even I hadn&#039;t picked up on. I&#039;ve never seen a Coen Brothers film I haven&#039;t liked. Oh, ok, maybe Miller&#039;s Crossing.
What&#039;s a phone book?
Ooooh. Blood Simple ... that movie left a mark in a really good way... &quot;To tell the truth, I don&#039;t think he was dead when I buried him...&quot;
I just read the other day some asshole old drinking buddy friend of my husband on FB spout the crap about Canada being built on a Christian foundation, so how dare others come and ask to be able to do their thing. That must have the First Nations people laughing their asses off, seeing as they weren&#039;t even allowed to keep their own religion, let alone tolerate whitey&#039;s. I told hubby it&#039;s time to unfriend that racist prick. Oh, and Ford? From the Globe and Mail: Aug. 4, 2010: Mr. Ford endorses the views of a fundamentalist Christian pastor who said same-sex marriage could &quot;dismantle&quot; a &quot;healthy democratic civilization.&quot; Appearing alongside Pastor Wendell Brereton, Mr. Ford says: &quot;We&#039;re together. We have the same thoughts.&quot;
Agreed on Clooney- until then I thought that he was just a pretty face. Besides, such a rich mine for quotable quotes! &quot;Gopher, Everett?&quot;
Best actor to play him would have been the late, great Sam Kinison.
&quot;One third of a gopher would only arouse my appetite without bedding it down.&quot;
I&rsquo;m guessing he lives longer than 6 to 7 years because he has a health care system that works. Most likely he&rsquo;ll start commenting on Wonkette and slowly drink himself to death because his P points never get over 100.
You forgot the Brutus Beefcake angle: <a href="http://www.citynews.ca/2013..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.citynews.ca/2013/11/07/brutus-beefcake...">http://www.citynews.ca/2013...
The Coens have no need to fictionalize the story.
Seriously, I&#039;d prefer a Congress full of Tom Fords over one full of Bachmanns and Gohmerts. If this is the worst Canada&#039;s got, they&#039;re miles ahead of the U.S.
This is a great opportunity to re-make &quot;The Terror of Tiny Town.&quot;