Rob Ford's Toronto

[Peepers]

From twitter

Katie Simpson ‏@KatieSimpson24 6m
Mayor Ford says he was rushing to his brother's defence when he ran into Cllr McConnell. Cllr Fletcher says she has a swollen lip.

Not clear if its Fletcher with the swollen lip or McConnell

EDIT: this tweet from CBC clarifies the above question

Lorenda Reddekopp ‏@CBCLorenda 4m
Cllr McConnell apparently has a fat lip after her collision with the mayor #councilwarwound

 

[LLtarra]

Not clear if its Fletcher with the swollen lip or McConnell

Blasted dangling modifiers.

 

[FromTheHammer]

They voted for him.

That - or they didn't get out and vote against him.

 

[PinkLucy]

Not clear if its Fletcher with the swollen lip or McConnell

I think it's McConnell -- can't remember who spoke to it but they said that her daughter had come to council and was quite upset. She is lucky she didn't get hurt, and why isn't that idiot being sanctioned or something for charging through the council?

And I think I love Councillor Cho just a little bit for his crazy train comment

 

[Cooper]

I'm over 50 and I got it Hot knives have been around a long time.

Amen. Luckily, I don't have the scars to prove it. But I'm sure a couple of old friends do.

 

[JWBF]

Not necessarily military (that would be a "military coup"). A coup d'etat is an illegal transition of power. The means could be military, violence (i.e. assassination), judicial, popular revolt, etc.

I always thought that a "coup d'état" was a failed or successful take over of a sitting government by a small faction comprised of by the military or supported by the military. There is also the insinuation that Canada is a third world country or "banana-republic" (or rather Beaver-Republic).

I think you misread my comment.

 

[the lemur]

It just keeps getting crazier. Davis wants Doug to apologize for being threatening, some guy in the audience is about to get thrown out for repeatedly calling Doug a bully, Fletcher wants Mammoliti to stop interrupting all the time and somewhere in there Doug is trying to make a jab at Cho for having run for all the parties at some point.

 

[James_D]

Wong-Tam is pulling no punches and not just focusing on the crack. She's mentioning, racism, homophobia, drunk driving and criminal activities.

 

[TinyTiny]

Thanks for the play-by-play everyone!

 

[inyyz]

RoFo just tickled the side of Do's ear. Yep, that's our mayor....

 

[John_Dee]

So his Oafship's to suffer no consequences whatsoever for all but slapping McConnell to the ground? Par for the course then..

 

[Lansdude]

lol at Crisanti talking about how our veterans died for our democracy, for the rights of the citizens to vote out a crack smoking mayor in a year

 

[TOvp]

It just keeps getting crazier. Davis wants Doug to apologize for being threatening, some guy in the audience is about to get thrown out for repeatedly calling Doug a bully, Fletcher wants Mammoliti to stop interrupting all the time and somewhere in there Doug is trying to make a jab at Cho for having run for all the parties at some point.

All that and more in tonight's episode of Soap.

Wong-Tam's speech and conduct was a model of how a city, its citizens, and council should be treated, with thoughtfulness, calm, and verbal force.

 

[guy caballero]

From twitter

Not clear if its Fletcher with the swollen lip or McConnell

EDIT: this tweet from CBC clarifies the above question

In this slowed down version (gif), you can see Rob Ford drop his shoulder, football-style, into Clr McConnell. Poor old lady.

The Fords are so stressed they are regressing back to high school locker room days the
last week or so.

 

[euler]

So his Oafship to suffer no consequences whatsoever for all but slapping McConnell to the ground? Par for the course then..

He apologized. It was an honest mistake, in my opinion. He shouldn't be such a oaf though.