September 2011
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The city has a plan in place. A plan, remarkably, with funding and development approved by all three levels of government, a plan dating from the time of Mayor Ford’s predecessors that he intends to swat away and replace with a half-baked plan of his own.
What? No, I’m not talking about Transit City. The Waterfront. Budget chief Mike Del Grande has as much as said it’s a...
August 2011
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The Best Little Whorehouse in the Don Lands
“There will be a lineup from here (the Port Lands) to City Hall wanting to invest in this area”
That’s Councillor Doug Ford, brother of Mayor Rob Ford, talking about their grand waterfront plans for Toronto. To be honest, it sounds like a brazen, neon-filled tribute to the worst parts of Vegas (okay maybe not the worst parts, I don’t know if they’re advocating...
“You’ve gotta start with the customer experience, and move backwards to the...”
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“We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.”
– Steve Jobs (CEO Apple Inc) PBS Triumph of the Nerds 1996
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Apple “demands” all Samsung Galaxy phones and... →
Apple sort of comes off as a whiny brat who didn’t get what he wanted for his birthday, so he smashes his friend’s toy, too.
infinityandroid:
Theres been another sensational escalation in the PATENT WAR, with Apple now asking a Dutch court to ban ALL Sa… http://p.ost.im/p/e8J6TM
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“Here’s how to install Google’s Android OS on your iPhone. Be...”
– How to Install Android on Your iPhone
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Posted Toronto Political Panel: Should Ford slash...
Goldsbie: On Saturday, you wrote an op-ed concluding that, “Layoffs would be painful for a lot of people. But if the city’s fiscal health requires them, then with appropriate regret, the cutbacks must begin.” This echoes the grief expressed by Rob Ford when he said of cyclists that “My heart bleeds for ‘em when I hear someone gets killed, but it’s their own fault at the end of the day.” While the...
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Life During Wartime
I wonder if Apple simply enjoys stirring up trouble.
For the better part of a year, now, Apple Inc. has been in the centre of a whirlwind of lawsuits. HTC, Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, Kodak and others have all been part of these legal actions, either by or against Apple. In quite a lot of those cases, Apple instigated the legal battles. It’s entirely likely there’s a showdown...
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Highlights of the Core Service Review Deputations
undergrievances wrote:
So, I decided to attend part of the “slumber party” at City Hall last night to watch the deputations before the Mayor’s executive committee on the core service review. I was only there for about 2.5 hours (props to those who stayed all day and night), but what I saw was absolutely amazing. I could not have been more inspired by my fellow Torontonians’ show of support and...
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A Pale Shadow of the South
There are those, in Toronto and across Canada, who look at Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and see echoes of the American ‘Tea Party’ movement. In a lot of ways they’re not wrong, as such. Hard-right Conservatism; slash-and-burn fiscal policies; fundamentalist social policies; drastic reductions in size of government bodies. Sounds like Mayor Ford. The Tea Party Movement is all those...
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“Mayor Ford is trapped in a web of his own conflicting promises, and needs cash....”
– Matt Gurney, National Post
August 18, 2011
The Fords Come Unravelled →
“I’ll try buddy, I’ll try, … I don’t know this shit, but I’ll fucking try to find...”
– Rob Ford, June 2010
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Par for the Course
Originally posted July 27, 2011
So, what else is in the news, lately. Well, a couple days ago Rob Ford had (another) altercation with the public. The first reported one since he was elected as Mayor, so that’s significant. The story goes, according to Ottilie Mason, that Ford was spotted driving in Chinatown on Saturday, talking on his cell phone. When both cars, Mason’s...
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Participatory Government
Originally posted July 30, 2011
Giorgio Mammoliti is “disgusted.” Last night, hundreds of Torontonians descended on City Hall to claim their 5 minutes of face time with Rob Ford’s executive committee. Last week, Ford promised everyone who came would get 5 minutes to speak and be heard. He didn’t care if it took 3 days and if they had to stay all night. Of course, ...
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The Truth About Tim Hudak →