Morning Brew: July 29th, 2008
Photo: "Put the sledgehammer down and step away from the ATM" by schmaltzherring, member of the blogTO Flickr pool.
Your kinda wacky Toronto morning news roundup for Tuesday July 29th, 2008:
Statistics can often be interpreted and conclusions shaped in a number of different ways. CityNews is the latest Toronto media outlet to suggest that we're having another "summer of the gun" citing statistics from Toronto Police Services. Do the stats warrant the fearful tone being projected, or does the blogosphere have one more media outlet to take to task?
Over 500 "winning" Ontario Pick3 lottery tickets remain unclaimed after the ball dropping machine thingy malfunctioned, prompting officials to grant prizes for two sets of winning numbers. It's the OLGC's way of rewarding those that fail to realize that the lottery is a tax for the stupid.
A Toronto-based hockey player was sentenced to a year in prison for a violent and perverse outburst he had on a flight from YYZ to Dallas last year. After being refused an alcoholic drink, he slapped a female flight attendant, head-butted a fellow passenger, and then "whipped it out" for all to see. Claaassy.
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In an attempt to piss off as more people than his counterpart Spenny, Kenny commissioned a plane to fly around Toronto harbour yesterday, waving a banner that read "Jesus Sucks." While this would have likely achieved the desired effect in, say, rural southern Alberta, Torontonians thought it was an ad for a Will Farrell's newest blockbuster film.
Berry pickers in northern Ontario spotted an 8-foot tall, upright walking, hairy creature. I'm hoping we get a follow-up report on an expert's interpretation of the plaster cast they made of the large, 6-toed footprint, and that we can rule out Kenny and Spenny as the pranksters who fooled us.
And developers that are tearing down the Chum building to build luxury condos in its place have proven that they know how to do just that - promise to keep the iconic sign, and no one will complain.
Comments (18)
Citynews is running a survey right now. The question?
Do you believe Toronto is enduring another 'summer of the gun'?
And the choices?
A) Yes, we've had too many shootings
B) No, it's always this way now
C) Only in certain areas
D) It's not just the summer
E) Other
Yes, that's right. The only options they are giving you are ones that agree with their sensationalized view of gun crime in Toronto. Why is there no "No, I don't think shootings have gotten worse" option? It's either Yes, wholehearted yes, mostly yes, another wholeheartedly yes and 'other'
apetimberlake 
on July 29, 2008 9:47 AM
KENNY VS SPENNY = BEST SOW ON TV!!!
People that hate it need to change out of thier tapered pants and purple american apparel shirts and get a grip.
apetimberlake on July 29, 2008 9:51 AM
That interview from the national post was idiotic.
It sounded like my 4th grade religion teacher
"what do you think gives you the right to make fun of christians?"
"what about the 11 year old girl making her first communion"
What a joke
Christians - not just for breakfast anymore!
As for the CHUM sign - seriously, this city has torn down more important iconic architectural structures than this.
I also enjoyed that the interviewer didn't seem to know that Kenny was Jewish. They didn't know that Kenny -Hotz- was Jewish. Even if they couldn't figure it out by the name it would take about 5 minutes to discover that bit of info on the Internet. It's sad that the interviewer couldn't be bothered to look that up before talking to him.
Then they asked him "Do you know any Christians?"
What kind of ridiculous question is that? THREE QUARTERS of Ontario's population is of Christian background.
Spenny can't win this time. The banner stunt is too good.
Kenny's deliberate cheating means that Spenny only ever wins in Tortoise v. Hare scenarios.
sniderscion on July 29, 2008 1:24 PM
Re: Chum-a better picture than the Star ran; almost looks like they were trying to downplay the sign's coolness:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sniderscion/2289322669/
Re: Kenny; he's attracted the ire of the Republican Christian blogosphere south of the border:
http://www.shelleytherepublican.com/2007/04/30/lack-of-morals-and-decency-the-canucks-part-2-kenny-vs-spenny.aspx
Why is it our 100+ year old architectural treasures can be torn down/burned down/condemned without anyone taking any notice whatsoever, but as soon as a developer eliminates one of the utilitarian-but-ugly buildings built in the '40s or '50s that dot our city's landscape, people lose their shit because said buildings feature 'cool signs'?
sniderscion on July 29, 2008 1:40 PM
@Ben; I was thinking the same thing at first but I can't decide; I think she could be real.
Tony - I don't want century-old architectural treasures or cool signs of Canadiana lost to sterile glass rectangles, but I don't care much for the concrete slab buildings of my father's day.
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