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Title: Rob Ford dies
Post by: Josephus on March 22, 2016, 10:12:49 AM
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/former-toronto-mayor-rob-ford-dies-at-46/article29327087/
Title: Re: Rob Ford dies
Post by: Grinning_Colossus on March 22, 2016, 10:16:14 AM
Live fast, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse. :(
Title: Re: Rob Ford dies
Post by: derspiess on March 22, 2016, 10:19:06 AM
RIP :( 

He was somehow both loathsome and lovable.  And of all things that could have killed him, it ended up being cancer.
Title: Re: Rob Ford dies
Post by: Malthus on March 22, 2016, 10:21:23 AM
There goes the dream of Ford being Canadian PM to Trump's US Pres.  :(

I'm sorry for his family's loss.
Title: Re: Rob Ford dies
Post by: Eddie Teach on March 22, 2016, 10:40:55 AM
And thus ends Toronto's 15 minutes of international notoriety.
Title: Re: Rob Ford dies
Post by: Josephus on March 22, 2016, 10:50:30 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 22, 2016, 10:40:55 AM
And thus ends Toronto's 15 minutes of international notoriety.

Whatcha talking' about...we're hosting the 2017 Invictus Games

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/03/16/toronto-to-host-invictus-games-and-prince-harry-in-2017.html

:lmfao:
Title: Re: Rob Ford dies
Post by: Barrister on March 22, 2016, 11:20:32 AM
RIP Rob Ford.

His antics in the end of course made him deeply unqualified to be Mayor, of course.

But he was so... refreshing.  Conservatives have had a decent amount of success on the provincial and federal levels, but municipal politics have long, long been the sole domain of the left wing.  It was nice to see some push-back on that from Toronto of all places.  And Ford was so unapologetic about his agenda, which simply boiled down to cutting spending.
Title: Re: Rob Ford dies
Post by: Grinning_Colossus on March 22, 2016, 11:41:30 AM
He wasn't as strong on law and order.
Title: Re: Rob Ford dies
Post by: Malthus on March 22, 2016, 12:23:36 PM
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on March 22, 2016, 11:41:30 AM
He wasn't as strong on law and order.

He's the first mayor who could cut down the crime rate simply by changing his recreational activities.  ;)
Title: Re: Rob Ford dies
Post by: alfred russel on March 22, 2016, 12:25:34 PM
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on March 22, 2016, 11:41:30 AM
He wasn't as strong on law and order.

He was a man of law and order except in his personal life.
Title: Re: Rob Ford dies
Post by: garbon on March 22, 2016, 01:46:04 PM
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on March 22, 2016, 11:41:30 AM
He wasn't as strong on law and order.

I don't remember that episode.