ParkdalePetunia
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Oh neoliberalism is 100% responsible for Rob Ford. And thanks to years and years of education cuts and "streamlining if curriculums" we have a generation of populists hitting voting age soon.
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Rob Ford's Toronto
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dforthandbview
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I think a lot of people lost faith in him all thanks to one word he used and that was "imminent". The first time I saw him use that word was when he said the crack video was about to be uploaded to liveleak.com, which obviously it wasn't. That was pre-Twitter MM so he didn't get that much flack for it, but now he's revealed himself and he lost a lot of followers (not in a Twitter sense) with his "imminent arrest" talk. If only he had said "it's possible he may be arrested soon" or something along those lines.
the lemur
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That's vaguely interesting in that Sawision is a weasel who normally goes out of his way to avoid saying anything critical of Ford, but given his usual conspiracy garbage ('The NDP controls the condo industry! The NDP stole my ideas!') it should be taken with a boulder of salt.
the lemur
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Isn't that just the Rob Ford way? Make a whole bunch of noise about money being wasted and 'gravy', resist doing the right thing until compelled to at the last minute, then do it in the most ineffectual, money-wasting way possible.
pw20
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He lost me when he referred to his followers as "MetroManiacs" in a non ironic sense...
newearthling
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newearthling
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Then we will soon have half the council filled with RoFo clones.
SFO
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The guy seemed to have some reliable sources at one point, but that was quite awhile ago. He lost the sources but gained a following. He's been clearly loving the attention, but grasping at straws and speculating to keep his audience ever since. I can't remember the last time it seemed like he had a legitimate inside track on anything.
Adjei
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I don't think this was posted back when it was published in March. But it is a great article, so well worth a re-post!
Also, Dissent is awesome.
It details how RoFo came to power and reviews the neo liberal history of Canada, Ontario and Toronto.
The Passion of Rob Ford, or the Neoliberal Making of Toronto’s Municipal Crisis
By Paul Cohen - March 19, 2014
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Excellent article, our society is going down the drain and fast.
vic
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Ugh. Horrible date format. It's backwards. Otherwise I like the idea.
the lemur
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pud99
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Yes, but I believe (although cannot recall the details) that the story is that the OPC would not allow Doug Sr to contest a different riding (after some boundary changes), which supposedly would have enabled him to obtain a nomination.
Anyone?
Sweet Mister
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I prefer the dd-mm-yy format they use there because I'm English I guess. The American one (mm-dd-yy) is horrible because it doesn't go from most significant to least significant or vice versa. yy-mm-dd is ok but as the lemur says, feels like an entry in a spreadsheet.
Standard time format (eg UTC) goes from most significant to least significant left to right (like numbers) so I guess the bureaucratic one is the most sensible though.
(Because I work for both LA and London I always write dates out explicitly as 14 April 2014 or 14 Apr 2014)
Standard time format (eg UTC) goes from most significant to least significant left to right (like numbers) so I guess the bureaucratic one is the most sensible though.
(Because I work for both LA and London I always write dates out explicitly as 14 April 2014 or 14 Apr 2014)
pud99
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Yes, but I have this idea - although perhaps it is a false memory - that the story is that Doug Sr could have contested a different one of the ridings (so would not have had to go up against Stockwell) with a good chance of getting the nomination but the OPC would not support him doing that (because he was no longer in much favour with the party as a major donor).
However, as said, I do not much trust my supposed recollection on this.
voxpopulicosmicum
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Shhhh! Don't say that around here. A bunch of people on UT say Toronto is doing great and is only poised for greatererer things.
And, whatever you do, don't use the word "underclass" to describe the growing plurality of Toronto's population that are on the losing end of neoliberalism. That word makes people feel bad.
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