Frothers Unite! UK

Hermit wrote:We've sunk to a new low here on frothers. Now we're talking about a fat Canadian's crack.

cf PMT - moral highground

Goldwyrm wrote:I've heard the hottest Canadian web cam girls are from Toronto. Can anyone confirm that?

Matter of opinion of course, but I'm going to go out on a limb here ....



Ka-ching!

I know I'm putting my hopes up too high, but I wonder if he'll take his own advice.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/rob-ford-on-crack-then-and-now-1.2417384

Probably not.


Too bad I can't link you all the mock scrum clip from "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" starring Ford and his currently-before-the-courts driver Lissi, because most of you wouldn't be able to watch the CBC's Canadian-only video feed.

It's not the entire skit, but here's goes nothing:
http://www.cbc.ca/television/posts/22-minutes-the-media-scrum-that-lead-to-toronto-mayors-shocking-admission

(If you can't play it, don't say I didn't warn you)

Now, back to wondering if the new city council we elected this Sunday is getting down to business...

I believe they have their crack pipes at the ready, yes.

He's now been captured virtually frothing at the mouth ranting that he's going to murder someone, rip his throat out, poke out his eyes, etc. Apparently captured on a cellphone:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/0 ... 34120.html

The guy's clearly barking mad, but at the same time this really is a symptom of this modern world of ours. Any private moment you have can become suddenly very, very public. Everyone has recording devices that can steathily capture awkward actions or statements. Well, alright, it takes a certain kind of fellow to supply this sort of fodder for the press, but still.

Had all this tech been around in earlier times, so many revered politicians would be somewhat less revered. We'd have all this lurid footage of JFK bonking Marilyn's brains out, just awful. Who would want to see that? Not me, that's for certain.

And because it's so easy to dig up information about people now, heaven help you if you come into the public eye and have led other than an immaculate life. It's happened numerous times -- an anonymous citizen steps in and helps fight off a crime, he or she is a hero for exactly five minutes, then the press starts digging into his or her past....

Hermit wrote:I believe they have their crack pipes at the ready, yes.

No, I'm talking about my city council, not Toronto. We just kicked out a bunch of incompetent people (although some managed to slip through) and other cities throughout the province kicked out corrupt ones. Now we just have to wait and see if it's just more of the same.

Meanwhile, Ontarians will have to wait an entire year before they can do anything.

da_bish wrote: We'd have all this lurid footage of JFK bonking Marilyn's brains out, just awful. Who would want to see that? Not me, that's for certain....

You might want to check your location

What you say is true - however we the general public might also want to reconsider how we cast our vote for 'fun' telegenic characters rather than for track record and policies. Hello London.

Levied Troop wrote:however we the general public might also want to reconsider how we cast our vote for 'fun' telegenic characters rather than for track record and policies. Hello London.

Its all 'bread and circuses'.
I think Russell Brand is a KnobHead of epic proportions but he's right that voting makes no difference to anything. Its all a reality TV show. Parliament has no real power - it does what global capital says it can and no more.
Why the fuck are we electing mayors and Police Commissioners? One look at how well that's all worked in the USA should have had us screaming, running in the opposite direction. But no...it gives us ownership - bollocks it does. It's just 'Britain's Got X Factor Strictly on Ice'. If you like your life being run by charismatic psychopaths - that is the way to go about it.
And while we are about it - what is the fucking point of putting the heads of the intelligence agencies on TV? For fucks sake! If you want to have intelligence agencies stop trying to make them fluffy media friendly types. They should fucking assassinate Snowden and have done with it. (Oddly I still think Miranda's detention was unlawful - God I'm a sad conflicted old Bolshevik).
I feel better for that.
Thank you.
Have a nice day.

Bronshtein wrote:Why the fuck are we electing mayors and Police Commissioners? One look at how well that's all worked in the USA should have had us screaming, running in the opposite direction.

In the case of Police Commissioners, 85% of us did.

The 'don't vote' argument is tempting, but the consequences of it are unacceptable. Vote responsibly and hold people to account for the laws they break, including political assassination. Hello Israel.

Levied Troop wrote:Hello Israel.

Perhaps naively, I was shocked by that news story yesterday.