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Jun. 2nd, 2013 11:35 amA few people have asked about FordWatch and why I've stopped posting a count of how many days it's been since the Honourable Wife-Beating, Drunk-Driving, Ass-Grabbing, Bird-Flipping, Crack-Smoking, and Possibly Drug-Dealer-Murdering Mayor has done something stupid. The answer is that I designed the graphic to display only whole numbers demarcating full days, and he can't go a single day without doing multiple things that are so stupid that it breaks my brain to even think about it. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bcholmes still has it up on Under the Beret, but as you can see, the counter is permanently stuck at 0. Apparently someone asked her why there was space for four digits there. Heh.
So! What's going on with our fair city today? Well, a body was discovered in the Humber River in Etobicoke, but it appears to be that of a missing man who drowned rescuing his dog and not that of our still-missing video guys. The Star is now saying that Anthony Smith was not killed over the crack video but because of local drug feuds. I wouldn't rule out the possibility that said local drug feuds involve the Fords in some way, but the Star is, and it's kind of their business to go after Ford. So. The HWB and/or allies likely did not kill Smith, but with the whereabouts of the video guys still unknown, I'm not striking "potential murderer" off his list of crimes.
Link round-up from the Star:
Premier Kathleen Wynne, who had previously hinted that she might step in to save Toronto from its current chaos, actually can't do anything. Good. I respect her for trying, but it's best for everyone if she keeps this at arm's length and lets Doug Ford's connection with Tim Hudak take down her biggest opponent. (You know, not that I want Wynne to win the next provincial election—I'm still hoping for Andrea Horwath to do something impressive.)
The latest on Ford's popularity and chances of re-election. Unchanged. The interesting thing is why it's unchanged, and what this says about the various factions of the wingnut right.
I know if my job title was consistently prefaced by the terms "embattled" and "scandal-plauged," I wouldn't go courting any additional controversy and I'd be out there trying to make friends. But then, I'm not Rob Ford. So he's once again decided not to go to Pride. Heh. Again, good.
Here's an article about yesterday's (poorly organized and disappointing) demo calling for Ford's resignation. Hopefully we can build up some momentum—after I've sold and distributed more t-shirts. And here are some photos from the demo. Bothrbowspryte and I can be seen in some sporting said t-shirts.
I think that's about it. I don't think I posted Corey Charron's new track, "Smoking Crack With Rob Ford," so in case you haven't heard it yet, here it is:
bcholmes still has it up on Under the Beret, but as you can see, the counter is permanently stuck at 0. Apparently someone asked her why there was space for four digits there. Heh.So! What's going on with our fair city today? Well, a body was discovered in the Humber River in Etobicoke, but it appears to be that of a missing man who drowned rescuing his dog and not that of our still-missing video guys. The Star is now saying that Anthony Smith was not killed over the crack video but because of local drug feuds. I wouldn't rule out the possibility that said local drug feuds involve the Fords in some way, but the Star is, and it's kind of their business to go after Ford. So. The HWB and/or allies likely did not kill Smith, but with the whereabouts of the video guys still unknown, I'm not striking "potential murderer" off his list of crimes.
Link round-up from the Star:
Premier Kathleen Wynne, who had previously hinted that she might step in to save Toronto from its current chaos, actually can't do anything. Good. I respect her for trying, but it's best for everyone if she keeps this at arm's length and lets Doug Ford's connection with Tim Hudak take down her biggest opponent. (You know, not that I want Wynne to win the next provincial election—I'm still hoping for Andrea Horwath to do something impressive.)
The latest on Ford's popularity and chances of re-election. Unchanged. The interesting thing is why it's unchanged, and what this says about the various factions of the wingnut right.
I know if my job title was consistently prefaced by the terms "embattled" and "scandal-plauged," I wouldn't go courting any additional controversy and I'd be out there trying to make friends. But then, I'm not Rob Ford. So he's once again decided not to go to Pride. Heh. Again, good.
Here's an article about yesterday's (poorly organized and disappointing) demo calling for Ford's resignation. Hopefully we can build up some momentum—after I've sold and distributed more t-shirts. And here are some photos from the demo. Both
rbowspryte and I can be seen in some sporting said t-shirts.I think that's about it. I don't think I posted Corey Charron's new track, "Smoking Crack With Rob Ford," so in case you haven't heard it yet, here it is:
