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Morning Brew: September 4th, 2008
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Your Toronto morning news roundup AND POLL for Thursday September 4th, 2008:
Residents of a building in Bayview Village, where a woman was found bound and brutally murdered by stabbing, are questioning how police have handled the case so far. Their concern? It wasn't until the media cornered the lead investigator (24h later) that they learned that no suspects were in custody. Sleeping with one eye open must be traumatic.
Here we go. Waterfront Toronto has discovered that surprise costs are everywhere, and hard costs are currently estimated to be 65% higher than originally anticipated (5 years ago). They've announced major pushed back dates for a number of waterfront revitalization projects, and are seeking permission from the province and feds to borrow cash.
A phone poll conducted with Canadians puts support for Obama over McCain at a whopping margin of 66-15. Even those identifying themselves as Conservatives seem to like the Democratic candidate, with those polled favouring Obama 55-27. My prediction in the US in November? McCain 50.1, Obama 49.9, with voter irregularities swept under the rug (because the 3rd time is a charm). Vote in our poll below.
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Since when is the federal government committed to fighting gang crime in Toronto? Since an election is coming in five weeks. Seriously, you can't deny that the timing is calculated and that Stockwell Day is putting on a poker face (then heading to the rodeo).
Avoid the westbound 401 express at the 404. A tractor trailer hauling paper slammed into an overpass and burned intensely enough to melt the asphalt. The area isn't expected to be cleared for a while still.
Should new, city-wide bylaws be created for Toronto to better regulate outdoor advertising signage? Furthermore, should a new tax be implemented on billboard advertisers to help pay for said regulation? Howard Moscoe is leading a charge to do this by next summer.
Popular Kensington cheese shop Cheese Magic has been temporarily shut down pending listeria microbiological testing. And the mouse poop? Not really a surprise there. It's Kensington.
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These are the same people who decided to rip down 2,000 trees at Cherry Beach/Unwin Ave to install a "temporary" soccer field, then (oopsy-daisy) realized with the first dig of a shovel that the ground is oil-soaked. So the soccer field became a concrete sarcophagus over the chemical soup, to be passed on to a future generation. The field was still not open in mid-August, 14 months after if was supposed to be used for FIFA U-20 practice.
I guess it'll be a while before they can fill the port lands with condo towers and Starbucks.
She shouldn't be on the ticket because she's nuts.
and another thing - did you think that Obama's kids being given the mic and spending a couple of minutes saying "Hiiiii Daaaaadeeeee. Where are you???" wasn't a prop? pfft. Democrats and almost as bad as Republicans. Actually they're worse if you consider that they make you think that they'll help you when in reality they couldn't care less. (At least with republicans you know you're getting frakked)
- Palin, because McCain isn't healthy
- Republican = Democrat, same thing
- Ralph Nader
- Flying Spaghetti Monster: I've been touched by his noodly appendage
WTF?!! Could no one pick up the phone and call the police, or were they just so bored that they waited to see what would happen next?
I don't care about Palin having kids, I care that she can't differentiate between when it is appropriate to involve them and when it isn't. I SUSPECT she is trying to boost her family image due to her 17 year old daughter's pregnancy.
Why is it somehow wrong that a baby is getting passed around by a family (pretty silently), but giving a microphone to the (cute) child of a male candidate ok? Why is her family being on stage inappropriate or a sign that she's hiding something, but every other candidate having their family involved isn't?
The fact is, that her family has been in the spotlight before news about her daughter's pregnancy came up (Bristol was carrying her baby brother to hide the baby bump on her)... The media is kind of blowing her family's situation out of proportion when they really should be focusing on why she's unfit for VP (and there are MANY reasons).
If McCain wins we might still have a trading partner - but if the US economy gets worse, we could eventually be in trouble as they won't be buying our stuff.
All the shit that's going on in *our* Parliament and the impending CANADIAN election.
a. A 17 yo daughter getting pregnant raises issues about how her family and home is run. She didn't just go to get milk and come back knocked up like catching the flu.
b. The 17 yo choosing (her own press releases use the word "decide") to keep the baby while Palin is entirely against abortion (and thus wants to eliminate people's ability to decide) is hypocritical.
Her family situation is more relevant than Obama's in terms of political relevance. Obama's family is only relevant to show people he's got a family, as only 3 of 42 presidents were elected while childless.
McCain may be Bush-2, but Os.., sorry, Obama will be a disaster.
- Bob Barr
- Jesus
- Ron Paul
- Cynthia McKinney
- Angelina Jolie
- Hillary Clinton
And the cat poop? Is there really any excuse allowing that?
They either need to:
1) Get their cat a litterbox...or you know, not have animals in a place that sells food
2) Fix that goddamn giant-ass hole in the wall in the event it -isn't- their cat and one that has found it's way inside.
But then again...who'd honestly call an exterminator over an infestation of kittens?
Cheese shop=Mouse Heaven=Cat Heaven even more because the cat can snack on the cheese and have nice cheese-fattened mouse for the main course.
At least there were no rats.
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