Lloyd the Comma Shifter

Back in 1997 my wife and I were paying admission to a museum and the woman behind the counter asked if we were from nearby. We said no, we’re from Canada. She brightened. “That explains why you seem so calm,” she said.

GOOD.

Primary the hell out of all the collaborators.

And the whole time, he was Rogers Communications Inc.’s man on city council.

(Maybe she’s ruling out a run for mayor so she can run for council in Toronto-Danforth, he said hopefully.)

We do actually have an eccentric councillor who does prop comedy (Stephen Holyday, Etobicoke Centre), but the kicker is that he isn’t hilarious on purpose. So I will join you in wishing there were someone who did comedy on purpose!

We once considered moving to a small city about 100 miles down the road, and the big drawback was that we’d need a car. One of those places with a gorgeous and thriving downtown, but everyday services like groceries are all on the periphery.

I went out this morning and mailed a letter, did some banking, picked up a prescription and shopped for tomorrow’s dinner. And got in a walk of two miles or so. I wouldn’t trade it for anything!

For most of the past 35 years, I’ve lived in central Toronto neighbourhoods that would be an urbanist’s dream. I’ll be 60 this year and have never owned a car. But when I moved here in 1991 I could get a nice basement bachelor for a week’s pay. I only wish that were available to Gen Z.

If only the rent weren’t too damn high.

More handshakes with arch-conservatives.

“I wasn’t kicked out. Don’t put it in the paper that I got kicked out!”

Bunchafuckingwankers.

I wondered the same thing about the HBO series about the Los Angeles Lakers. It didn’t just take dramatic licence, it took liberties with people’s reputations.

You don’t have to be legacy media to manufacture consent.

’It’s not easy, let’s be clear’: Carney speaks frankly about dealing with Trump at an event in Australia | RCI Carney said Trump is open to hearing ideas and solicits opinions from those he speaks with.

2. Carney tells us that what he says is shaped by concerns about upsetting Trump. Not transparency with the Canadian people, not upholding principles, not defending international law. Appeasing Trump.

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It's not ambiguous or even debatable at this point. Canada is in the position we're in -- seriously discussing war with Iran -- as the *direct* outcome of Carney's deals with Qatar and UAE despite brutal human rights records, and his continued prioritization of not upsetting Trump.

Israel, the country famously held to account for respecting international law. Canada, the country that allowed Netanyahu, wanted by the ICC for war crimes, fly through its airspace. Sure.

And that oaf’s solution is to take over all the school boards.

If they’re bound by international law, then you can’t support their violation of it. Pick a fucking lane.

Also, did she even listen to that stupid Davos speech? Her boss clearly said there ain’t no international law no more.

Oh for sure. Even a move like stopping the Spadina Expressway, which few would dispute was a good decision, was an example of Queen’s Park getting into Metro Toronto’s business. (I’m somewhat surprised Ford hasn’t exhumed that one.)

Going back further, the city’s weird phobia of density can be traced back to city and Metro politicians of the 1970s and 80s, not premiers like Bill Davis.

Doug Ford didn’t pin his legacy on a downtown park without checking to see if the air rights had already been sold. He didn’t commit the city to rebuilding an elevated expressway awhile use didn’t justify the cost. He didn’t stick us with useless streetside garbage bins.

Doug Ford didn’t stick us with the bill for cohosting the FIFA Peace Cup. He didn’t sign the snow-plowing contracts (or forget to provide fur snow REMOVAL). He wasn’t the one who proposed a route for a transit line through land where high-rises had long ago been built.

Mark Carney’s Stance On Iran Throws His Davos Doctrine Into Question “What we’re hearing right now, at a time when it really matters, is … that we’re giving in.”

NEW: Mark Carney’s ‘regretful’ support for the U.S.-Israeli war of aggression against Iran is a capitulation to Trump, and an abandonment of any notion of ‘middle-power’ leadership.

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Bullshit.

ANALYSIS: Why John Tory wanted his old job back — and why he won’t seek it | TVO Today The former mayor is sitting out the upcoming election. Who will fill the void?

This is why journalists should not be friends with the people they cover. It‘s embarrassing for all concerned.

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It’s embarrassing for all concerned that Paikin is still employed by TVO.

Christ on a cracker.

(And the cheese has clearly slipped off Doug’s.)

Shithole country

“The rain falls down on last year’s man / An hour has gone by and he has not moved his hand / But everything will happen if he only gives the word” — Leonard Cohen

Toronto Police civilian oversight board chair resists calls for public inquiry into Project South allegations Province’s top police watchdog already vowed to hire an outside official to conduct a review of corruption

The mayor needs to yank Shelley Carroll off the police board today. This is bananas. Here’s a gift link. Are there any elected officials in Toronto standing up for residents? She must go.

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