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Rob Ford: Still smoking crack. On video. Taking leave of absence.

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Akuun

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Divvy said:
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EDIT: Ford sounds like shit today, like he's on the verge of crying lol
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He can cry when he's fucking out of his fucking job.
 
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Zombie James

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Doug Ford now saying council doesn't have the moral or legal authority to do what they're doing because people voted for Rob Ford in the last election, democracy, blah, blah, blah.
 
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Divvy

Canadians burned my passport
Looks like they stripped him of emergency powers too.

Ugh Norm Kelly as essentially acting mayor.... I guess it's slightly better
 
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Zombie James

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Last three votes were 41-2. Doug Ford also voted against excusing two councillors who couldn't make this meeting. Oh yeah, Doug Ford said he wouldn't be back after this term (the gallery cheered).
 
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gabbo

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Zombie James said:
Last three votes were 41-2. Doug Ford also voted against excusing two councillors who couldn't make this meeting. Oh yeah, Doug Ford said he wouldn't be back after this term (the gallery cheered).
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Well, I guess that seals it. He's gunning for provincial MP territory. Good luck selling that campaign, Hudak. Not a white paper in existence can help you now (not that they've worked out thus far.)
 
dragonfart28

dragonfart28

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Rob says:

(On council) I would've supported what they're doing.

If another mayor did what I did, but since it's me, I have to support myself.
 
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Akuun

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Zombie James said:
Not surprisingly, Ford is saying this is an attack on the taxpayers because "its going to cost them an arm and a leg." Can't be more expensive than a subway to nowhere.
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Not to mention that taxpayers are still paying everyone's salaries while:
a) Both Fords are pretty much just making asses of themselves and
b) The entire city's government is wasting massive amounts of time (and thus salary money) dealing with the Fords constantly making asses out of themselves.
 
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Azih

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Stumpokapow said:
I caught that too, and I'm very confused.
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I think it's part of the 'code' that Rob Ford lives by.

So for I've got two things:

1. Don't be a rat.
2. Stand up for yourself no matter what.

Which kind of makes sense in a completely short sighted grade school kind of way.
 
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Dr.Acula

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gabbo said:
Well, I guess that seals it. He's gunning for provincial MP territory. Good luck selling that campaign, Hudak. Not a white paper in existence can help you now (not that they've worked out thus far.)
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Thing about party politics... You need a party. No party is going to back a Ford.
 
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Archer

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A better picture of the city council meeting...

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"Rob Ford faced open, council-wide defiance at Toronto City Hall Thursday as the beleaguered mayor turned up to council moments after a delivering profane statement to the press."

The guy is SHUNNED.
 
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Zips

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Stumpokapow said:
I caught that too, and I'm very confused.
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Getting the position of mayor is an achievement in his mind, and he feels the position is his now - he owns it, and will refuse to give up something he feels he won. That would seem to also tie into the talk of the Ford family doggedly defending their own. It could also tie into things like his past failures to complete higher education, or play on a varsity football team, and combine with living in the shadow (and off the teat of) his father's success.

It's the only thing I can think of that gives some sort of explanation to his refusal to resign. He doesn't care about the city (obviously), or its people, or the council - only about having that title of mayor. The parts where he seems at his most broken are when the things he's taken on as part of his identity are threatened or taken away, such as the football stuff.

If the city finally does manage to boot him out, forcefully, I can see him shattering then. Though who knows whether that would be in the public view.

He's got an extremely simple and just bizarrely dense mindset. Just so childlike, like that article above talked on.
 
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Divvy

Canadians burned my passport
Zips said:
Getting the position of mayor is an achievement in his mind, and he feels the position is his now - he owns it, and will refuse to give up something he feels he won. That would seem to also tie into the talk of the Ford family doggedly defending their own.

It's the only thing I can think of that gives some sort of explanation to his refusal to resign. He doesn't care about the city (obviously), or its people, or the council - only about having that title of mayor. The parts where he seems at his most broken are when the things he's taken on as part of his identity are threatened or taken away, such as the football stuff.

If the city finally does manage to boot him out, forcefully, I can see him shattering then. Though who knows whether that would be in the public view.

He's got an extremely simple and just bizarrely dense mindset. Just so childlike, like that article above talked on.
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It's clear that his family has been grooming him to be mayor for a long time considering what John Tory has said about him. It's almost certain that it's become his personal identity.
 
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jstripes

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Zips said:
Getting the position of mayor is an achievement in his mind, and he feels the position is his now - he owns it, and will refuse to give up something he feels he won. That would seem to also tie into the talk of the Ford family doggedly defending their own. It could also tie into things like his past failures to complete higher education, play on a varsity football team, and combine with living in the shadow (and off the teat of) his father's success.

It's the only thing I can think of that gives some sort of explanation to his refusal to resign. He doesn't care about the city (obviously), or its people, or the council - only about having that title of mayor. The parts where he seems at his most broken are when the things he's taken on as part of his identity are threatened or taken away, such as the football stuff.

If the city finally does manage to boot him out, forcefully, I can see him shattering then. Though who knows whether that would be in the public view.

He's got an extremely simple and just bizarrely dense mindset. Just so childlike, like that article above talked on.
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He's also a sports nut, and thinks this is all a game. In sports, even if you're hopelessly behind, the game isn't over until the clock runs out. (In other words, his term.)

So he's gonna run the clock out, with his arms crossed and a pout on his face.
 
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dubq

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Ford stripped of key executive powers

The Toronto City Council voted 39-3 on Friday to strip controversial Mayor Rob Ford of key executive powers.

Just before the council voted, Ford addressed the chamber and threatened to take legal action, saying he was concerned about setting a precedent that could affect future mayors.

"If someone else steps out of line as I have, it will affect mayors for years to come," he said. "I can't support it. I completely understand where they come from."

He also said he regretted the cost to taxpayers of a legal battle over the council's action, but that he felt he had no choice.
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smh
 
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Pakkidis

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Divvy said:
It's clear that his family has been grooming him to be mayor for a long time considering what John Tory has said about him. It's almost certain that it's become his personal identity.
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Would not surprise me in the least if the wife told him that as soon as he is no longer mayor their marriage would be coming to an end.
 
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Dr.Acula

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Zips said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5d8511elwM

The latest Colbert clip on Ford.

It's gotta stop at some point. Even Colbert and Stewart's hilarious bits are going to wear out. They've already talked on him, what, 3 or 4 times each within the past few weeks?
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Yeah, but Ford keeps saying and doing crazy things. I mean, when Clinton had his scandal comedians were going after him every night, and he wasn't giving them nearly as much material to work with.

Daily show did "Carlos Danger" for the entire summer.
 
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daemonic

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Remember when this city had actual municipal issues to discuss? Never thought I'd long for the transit debates to resume. I really wonder how much this debacle cost the city when it's finally over and done.
 
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dubq

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Scythe27 said:
Remember when this city had actual municipal issues to discuss? Never thought I'd long for the transit debates to resume. I really wonder how much this debacle cost the city when it's finally over and done.
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Probably less than what Ford supposedly "saved" us.
 
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Divvy

Canadians burned my passport
Even shitty vodka doesn't want him

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Also:

Coun. Sarah Doucette said a concerned parent told her young children at one school are playing a playground game of “cops and Rob Ford,” a take on the traditional game of “cops and robbers.”

The object of the game, according to the kids? Chase Rob Ford “because he’s drinking crack,” a parent told Doucette.

"The tides are changing. Residents are now upset because this is what our children are seeing," Doucette told CP24 reporter Katie Simpson.
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loooooooooool
 
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