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Rob Ford's Toronto

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So, about a page later, we may be getting closer to the "weird thing" between TPS and our ex-mayor.

I've expressed my growing suspicion that the cops weren't trying to catch or charge Robbie, but to both protect him and themselves from Robbie getting whacked by his bad lifestyle choices on THEIR/Blair's watch. I wonder if any of the press outlets have initiated a FOI request for the amount of time, cop-power and costs they incurred in their investigations, especially since all it produced were extortion charges against Lisi.

Enquiring minds, eh?
 
the lemur said:
Maybe it's not part of their everyday production, but they're clearly able to produce something like this:

... with their trademark flair for graphic design.
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I had a product about a decade ago that needed labels/packaging printed. Deco, at that time, was unable to do the packaging in-house but had partners who could help. My employer went a different way.

They may have equipment for large-scale one-off proofs, or boards for sales pitches, but it's just as likely their team designed the graphics and paid another company to print the signs.
 
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Funny thought I've been thinking, reflecting on summer box office figures: Ford in 2010 as the "Straight Outta Compton" to Smitherman's "Fantastic Four".
 
next_to_herb said:
I think there is, or officially was, more than one admin for their page, so the use of "we" would have been appropriate. On occasion, the page seemed less insane and childishly angry - I think Flagg left the updates to others at that time. Now that Doug appears to be concentrating on Deco and Rob becomes a smaller player, it looks to me as if Flagg is running the admin duties himself.
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In the early days, wasn't Connie Harrison co-admin? Y'know, self-styled St James Town-dwelling NDP-supporting single mom, or something like that. (She broke with Ford Nation for good after Doug went autistic-group-home-bashing IIRC)

So, yeah; I guess Flagg might/must be aww awone now.
 
adma said:
In the early days, wasn't Connie Harrison co-admin? Y'know, self-styled St James Town-dwelling NDP-supporting single mom, or something like that. (She broke with Ford Nation for good after Doug went autistic-group-home-bashing IIRC)

So, yeah; I guess Flagg might/must be aww awone now.
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Just noticed - if you look at their Twitter account, it's just Flagg now.
 
Even though Americans generally don't accept socialist ideas about inequality, I think many of the working class are resentful and want to see someone appeal to them and shake up the establishment. It might not even be an improvement for American society overall--a Trump presidency might create new winners and losers in society--but poorer people with little to lose can take that chance. It makes more sense than supporting the establishment because that doesn't result in substantial gains in wealth. There are many parallels between Rob Ford and Donald Trump. We know an uncouth, unintellectual populist can rise to power on a wave of popularity. Working class people will support that kind of charismatic leader with a self-made image if he appeals to them with certain policies.
 
One thing, perhaps, to be grateful for is that Cannucks have a tradition of largely defining ourselves as "NOT Americans", tho in a globalized world and Harper re-writing our history, this too may be changing. To think of Trump firing up the masses with his inflammatory rants to dominate media attention is frightening enuf. When you realize the Yanks have more guns than people, many of whom are feeling empowered in their resentments, Trump doesn't have to win the nomination or the presidency. American society has been so debased by their hyper-militarism and corporate control maybe its pleasanter spending your life following Miley Cyrus and Kim Khardashian than thinking about how your life could be better.

I haven't seen reports of Dougie out on the stump for his pal Patrick Brown, and his "make me your leader" pitch to the CPC doesn't seem to be resonating with the party "base", but the real thing is the FoFam doesn't have the $$$ to make a concerted attempt for the Party's leadership. They should perhaps go back to their Canadian Kennedys delusions.
 
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