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Toronto-Age |OT3| Going Off the Rails on a Gravy Train
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The Elite
BOSS
This is exactly how any intelligent person would handle the situation.
Ford isn't an intelligent person and the idea of him smoking crack cocaine isn't that far-fetched.
Very true. I guess without being able to review the video, it must be difficult for Ford's lawyer.
We had plenty to talk about in this city before Ford was elected. One bad lame duck Mayor being kicked out won't solve all our problems, so there will be plenty to discuss. Especially if Stintz somehow wins.
I don't think we're going to stop complaining about the TTC anytime soon, so look forward to that.
How are they going to be identified to be arrested?
Exactly. Hate to say it, but would the police even be able to arrest them at this point, even if they knew who it was?
AlphaTwo00
Member
Yup, the TTC is the perpetual train wreck. The talks of a DRL will be fascinating for YEARS.We had plenty to talk about in this city before Ford was elected. One bad lame duck Mayor being kicked out won't solve all our problems, so there will be plenty to discuss. Especially if Stintz somehow wins.
I don't think we're going to stop complaining about the TTC anytime soon, so look forward to that.
im pretty sure Ford knows them or where to find them. they have allegedly been selling him crack for some time.
unless he just hanging around random drug dealers.
they are drug dealers, so im going to say yes.
So Ford should tell the Police who the dealers are that he buys from...?
anonymous tips exist right? 222- something
Coldnoodle
Member
:lol
This is why I follow The Sun on Facebook.
Why would Ford help the police arrest people who could potentially reveal information that would screw him over?
it would suck if the eviedence was siezed during a drug raid.
hopefully there are lots of copies being made.
Ding.
If it's an anonymous call-in crime stoppers tip, it will be given no more priority than any other anonymous call-in, which is to say it could take quite a while for TPS to get around to actioning it.
And I'm not so sure Ford would trust any TPS officer enough to give the info as a CI and trust that the info doesn't get out.
And besides, if TPS did scoop these guys, it would only make them more likely to squawk on Ford and any other possible high-profile customers as mentioned in the gawker piece in order to get considerations for their charges.
No, my gut is that Ford can't use the police to help him get out of this mess.
He should use the youth that he has coached and would be dead if it wasn't for him.
Drug dealers do. They're pretty much Pixar.
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Toronto/ID/2385859036/
interview with Robyn Doolittle, one of the star reporters.
Damn. shes hot.
interview with Robyn Doolittle, one of the star reporters.
Damn. shes hot.
He must not have got the memo that Joakim was #teamreal.
If it were CG there would've been FoxEngine watermarks on that video.
She's like a fusion of Britta and the reporter girl from House of Cards
He's just upset that nobody ever fixes his teeth when they shoot video of him.
so they replayed a bit of the holyday interview, im sure it will be up soon on cbc's site.
here's the interesting thing. he never denies the existence of the video. he just keeps claiming that video can be doctored and hes seen very realistic movies that arent real. my money is on, they know that video is going to come out, and are trying to instill the #teamcg bullshit in everyones mind.
they also spoke with John Cook, the gawker editor. he raised a good point. they keep attacking the credibility of the "drug dealers" by saying that they cant be believed because they are shady characters. John's retort was, he wasnt smoking it in church. his point is that it would be very hard to find a honest source (a priest was his example) when someones smoking crack in a crack house or a dealers house. shady characters kinda come with the territory when your sitting around huffing on a crack pipe in a group setting.
here's the interesting thing. he never denies the existence of the video. he just keeps claiming that video can be doctored and hes seen very realistic movies that arent real. my money is on, they know that video is going to come out, and are trying to instill the #teamcg bullshit in everyones mind.
they also spoke with John Cook, the gawker editor. he raised a good point. they keep attacking the credibility of the "drug dealers" by saying that they cant be believed because they are shady characters. John's retort was, he wasnt smoking it in church. his point is that it would be very hard to find a honest source (a priest was his example) when someones smoking crack in a crack house or a dealers house. shady characters kinda come with the territory when your sitting around huffing on a crack pipe in a group setting.
Funny how the target has doubled since it first launched.
tossed in 20. even if we dont get the tape, its going to a good cause.
you can barely go to the movies for that, and this will be far more entertaining.
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Toronto/ID/2385870064/
holyday interview
"the mayor says there is no video. thats not to say there isnt a video" LOL.
you can barely go to the movies for that, and this will be far more entertaining.
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Toronto/ID/2385870064/
holyday interview
"the mayor says there is no video. thats not to say there isnt a video" LOL.
He had you carry you through Jade Barroth.
I want to have another MonHun meetup sometime.
laesperanzapaz
Member
i cant believe you guys are trying to reason with a Ford supporter...again....lol
Oh well, at least speaking as a Vancouverite way out here in the West Coast...this is just pure entertainment for me.
Oh well, at least speaking as a Vancouverite way out here in the West Coast...this is just pure entertainment for me.
gonna ignore the last BC election... :/
I don't care what Ford is smoking out of a pipe. The Mayor shouldn't be smoking anything out of a pipe.
And I'm sure the mayor has at least one or two cops in his back pocket he can have pick up these dealers for any reason. He doesn't need 222-TIPS, he can make it happen.
I really hope this video doesn't get destroyed. The guy with the video couldn't even keep his phone charged. If I were the dealers, I would post the vid to pirate bay with the heaviest encryption possible. First 100k gets the key.
And I'm sure the mayor has at least one or two cops in his back pocket he can have pick up these dealers for any reason. He doesn't need 222-TIPS, he can make it happen.
I really hope this video doesn't get destroyed. The guy with the video couldn't even keep his phone charged. If I were the dealers, I would post the vid to pirate bay with the heaviest encryption possible. First 100k gets the key.
If you were the dealers, you wouldn't know how to do that.
I'm guessing they don't, because of how badly their meeting with the gawker writer went. I think there's like a 40% chance the video exists only on that phone. I'm also resonably sure that if they drop the phone or something and it stops working they think it's 'destroyed'. Ford's #1 priority is destroying that evidence. I hope they copied that video, I really really do.
BladeWorker
Member
Yes. Put simply: of course drug dealers can't be relied upon. That's why you shouldn't smoke crack in front of them.
Of course, I have to wonder why drug dealers would try to out their customers, if in so doing they would a) potentially lose that source of income, and the income of other high-profile people as demanding of discretion and b) feel they would be risking their lives and require substantial resources to move away and start over. By its description, this is a video that would be better suited to, say, attempted blackmail than fodder for tabloids.
With that being said, I can hardly consider the drug trade one full of logic and reason. So, who knows.
And one of the dealers is already dead due to the biz.
BladeWorker
Member
There would have to be some kind of trigger for them wanting to "start over" with the use of $200K. Or $100K. Or $20K, which was the price at which it was allegedly shopped to 1010.
If they just wanted to move west, they could have done so with a $50 bus ticket (or whatever they cost these days.)
Post-script: and the dead fellow would count, but why wait until now? I imagine that if you're a criminal under threat, you don't stick around to shop a video to the media and then say you're feeling some heat and need to get out out of town. You just get the hell out of dodge.
Remember that dude in Batman that wanted to blackmail Bruce Wayne?
And maybe the dealers just don't like Ford and want to see him fail.
True. You get a juicy vid like this, and you know there's an appetite for it? Get that paper, son!
i had nothing to do with that.
I wonder when they'll panic and just sell it for $20k. Gawker's got that covered already.
bonesmccoy
Banned
I don't see how Ford can continue on as mayor.
Actually, I didn't see how he was able to continue after narrowly beating the conflict of interest removal back in late 2012...
Or the alleged groping back in early 2013...
Or after being accused of being kicked out of a party for excessive drunkenness in early 2013...
Seriously, if this is your past 6 months, and then a video surfaces you - or something who looks so much like you 2 veteran journalists are staking their careers on it being you - how can you NOT resign? How can your supporters not demand that you do?
Actually, I didn't see how he was able to continue after narrowly beating the conflict of interest removal back in late 2012...
Or the alleged groping back in early 2013...
Or after being accused of being kicked out of a party for excessive drunkenness in early 2013...
Seriously, if this is your past 6 months, and then a video surfaces you - or something who looks so much like you 2 veteran journalists are staking their careers on it being you - how can you NOT resign? How can your supporters not demand that you do?
they are waiting to see if the tape comes out. if it doesnt, nothing happened.
Well, see, like Ford or not, there is this magical thing called Law.
There's no "narrowly beating the conflict of interest removal", you either win or lose. There's not really a middle-ground.
If he did in fact smoke crack, no one can defend that. But until that has been determined, I see no need to make these assumptions/allegations. Video or gtfo.
Edit: Why doesn't Ford just do a urine test? If he hasn't done drugs recently (I know some stay in your system longer than others, etc), then he has nothing to worry about.
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