The MLSE Has Failed the Toronto Maple Leafs & Torontonians...

You know, everytime the Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment Group comes out and talks about how successful they've been at running the Toronto Maple Leafs' "Business", it just makes me laugh at how obviously ignorant they are.

Running a money-making NHL franchise in Toronto is not the challenge, it's running a winning NHL franchise in Toronto that's the real task. In fact, I would beg to argue that it would be harder for the MLSE to turn the Toronto Maple Leafs into a money-losing sports franchise, than it would be for them to turn the Leafs into a winning franchise. Why? Because hockey is God here in Toronto (common knowledge), and regardless of whether the Leafs win, lose, or go on the ice and figure skate, the ACC will sell out everytime (these days they could probably charge more for tickets to the latter...).

Watching Mario Lemieux Play Still A Treat For Hockey Fans

If you're a huge Mario Lemieux fan like me, then you probably found a way to catch the 2010 Winter Classic Alumni game this morning at 9am, and if you did, then you definitely were not disappointed. The game ended up in a 5-5 tie between both Alumni squads (as much as the croud hated the fact that they didn't have an overtime period or shootout to decide the game).

And in case you were wondering, Mario Lemieux, the greatest hockey player ever to lace up the skates, has still got it! ;) Mario had 2 assists in the game, and many close opportunities.

Government Policies Partially to Blame for 24% of Canadians Driving Drunk?

It's just a question folks, and a fair one at that.

I was listening in to NewsTalk1010 the other day, and one of the topics of discussion was the results of a new CAA Study that came out which showed that 24% of Canadians drove drunk in the last year.

One of the listeners called into the show and said that the increased Taxi Rates -especially here in Toronto and Ontario- were a big driver behind the increase in Drunk Driving because put simply, people just can't afford to take a taxi home anymore because of the huge increases in the cost -not to mention the addition of the HST.

Add to this the fact that people are getting charged with public intoxication while waiting outside a bar for a taxi or their designated driver to take them home (SOURCE: Drunks fined while waiting for DD), and you now have 2 things that our Government has done to directly influence the increase in Drunk Driving in Canada.

I'm just saying...

Here's the story about the CAA Study from the CAA website:

Loblaws To Ignore Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's Plastic Bag Fee Abolishment

Regardless of whether Toronto Mayor Rob Ford wants to abolish the Plastic Bag Fee, or whether Torontonians who voted for Rob Ford want to abolish the Plastic Bag Fee, Loblaws has decided that it will continue to charge the fee.

Here's the story from the Toronto Star:

Swiss Bank UBS Pushes Invasive Dress Code On UBS Employees...

Apparently, Swiss Bank UBS is pushing a new invasive dress code on its employees in Switzerland, which includes what colour clothes to wear, requirements for the lengths of skirts for women, haircut styles, perfume usage rules, shaving guidelines for men, and makeup guidelines for women...not to mention, much, much more (44-pages worth!).

Here's the story from the Wall Street Journal:

The McGuinty Government Fails Ontarians With Mental Health Issues...

Could it possibly be yet another failure by our Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's Government?  This latest one is yet another Health Care related fiasco, and this one involves Ontarians with Mental Health issues.

Here's the story from the Toronto Star:

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to Abolish the Much-Hated Plastic Bag Tax!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, thank goodness for Mayor Rob Ford!

In keeping with his title given by the people of Toronto, Mayor Rob Ford, "The People's Mayor", is as disgusted and offended by the 5 cent plastic bag tax implemented by former Mayor David Miller and his lefty cronies down at City Hall, as the majority of the people of Toronto, and will look to abolish it as soon as possible.

The plastic bag tax, a tax based on pure stupidity, takes 5 cents for each plastic bag used when purchasing goods in Toronto (not to mention adding on an additional penny when the HST is thrown on top of it). The tax never had any kind of instruction for the retailers collecting the tax to give the money to the City of Toronto. Instead, the retailers were allowed to use the tax as they saw fit, with some giving portions to charity, and others keeping it for additional revenue. I mean, what other product can you sell with over a 500% markup, and have the full backing of the mentally un-sound former Mayor of Toronto?

Here's the story from the National Post:

Apple Monitors & Sells iPhone/iPad Usage & Personal Info to Advertisers?

"Yikes!!", is what most iPhone and iPad users were thinking when the news came out that a lawsuit has been filed against Apple for monitoring and selling to Advertising Networks, your personal information and usage statistics captured & stored on your iPhone and iPad (without your consent).

Here's the story from Bloomberg on BusinessWeek.com:

Soul/R&B/Hip Hop Artist Slakah The Beatchild Defines Chill Music...

I caught "B-Boy Beef", a track by Soul/R&B/Hip Hop Artist Slakah The Brainchild on Much Vibe today, and I was happily surprised at the old school vibe and chill flow of his music, something that has been lacking of late in the mainstream music scene.

After doing a bit of searching around, I found out that Slakah is a homegrown Canadian Artist out of Sarnia, Ontario!

Below are a couple of his Music Videos from his YouTube page:

Reminder: Dalton McGuinty's 2003 & 2007 Election Promises/Platforms

With the Ontario Provincial Election coming soon on Thursday October 6th, 2011, I felt it only right to display a reminder of your Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's Liberal Party Election Promises and Platforms from both 2003 and 2007, so that you can judge for yourself whether he has fulfilled what he pledged, and essentially, what you voted for in electing him your Premier.

ASIDE: Here's another related story, in case you're interested: List of Ontario Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty's Scandals with Details...

Dalton McGuinty's Ontario Liberal Party Election Platform/Promises from 2003

Toshiba Launches Glasses-Free 3D TVs in Japan!

One of the biggest complaints about 3D movies and now 3D TVs is the requirement to wear those uncomfortable 3D glasses. It's one of the biggest deterrents for me personally, and it's a big reason why I always look for the 2D versions of movies.

Avatar was one movie where I really felt the annoyance of the 3D glasses, and they actually ruined the entire theatre-viewing experience for me, as I spent more time being frustrated with the glasses than I did actually enjoying the 3D experience (if you can say that it is an enjoyable experience).

Anyway, it appears that our mass-complaints about the 3D glasses have been answered, as Toshiba has now released in Japan Glasses-free 3D TVs under its Regza brand, and these TVs are now going for the equivalent of $1,400 USD for the 12 inch 12GL1 model, and $2,900 USD for the 20 inch 20GL1 model.

Here's the story from a YouTube video by networkworld:

Manpower Study: 84% Of Employees Are Looking For New Jobs...

Across North America, the past few years have been a time of tightening our belts and working extra hard to keep our jobs (with the exception of unionized workers and public sector employees of course). This meant taking on the responsibilities of multiple people at work with no justifiable compensation increase, if you were lucky enough to avoid being let go by your employer.

This also meant wage freezes with not even cost-of-living/inflation increases, no bonuses, and basically the reward you got for exceeding expectations was that you got to keep your job...barely.

While the average workers were being forced to make these concessions, upper management still got their big-time raises and bonuses, and in fact were rewarded for keeping the workers down and having them live in a state of fear for their livelihoods and security.

Well folks, the every day non-unionized worker has had it, and apparently there is now a huge shift coming.

Studies coming out now show that 84% of employees hate their jobs and are looking for alternative work (84%!!), and if employers want to keep their skilled workers (and not have to do some actual work themselves), they better start making sacrifices at their level, because the job search is on and the days of screwing the employee are coming to an end.

Here's the story from CNN Money:

Smitherman's Unfair Mayoral Campaign Sign Practices Will Cost Him $8,000

Former Deputy-Premier of Ontario, or scumbag lapdog of Premier Dalton McGuinty as he's better known, Frivolous George Smitherman was outted today for having violated the City of Toronto's policies in regards to the placement of Campaign Signs during the 2010 Toronto Mayoral Camapaign.

Of course for those of you who were in a coma over the past year, Smitherman ran a shameful Mayoral Campaign that lost horribly to Rob Ford, and continued Smitherman's spiral of failure down the toilet.

And apparently even though he used tactics to cheat in the Mayoral Campaign (via illegally placed Mayoral Campaign Signs), he still lost, and now he's going to have to pay $8,000 for his vilations.

Here's the story from the Toronto Sun:

Statistic: Less Than Half of Toronto Cyclists Actually Use Bike Lanes...

Talk about a waste of taxpayer money...

Statistics being released now by the City of Toronto show that only 45% of Toronto Cyclists counted during September 2010, were actually using the taxpayer funded bike lanes in the downtown core.

The majority of cyclists actually preferred mixed traffic roads to bike lane provided roads, bringing to question the entire purpose of having bike lanes in Toronto, especially if more than half of Toronto Cyclists choose not to use them.

Here's the story from the Toronto Star:

Ignatieff's "Fetish-de-Francais" Catastrophic for the Federal Liberals

Much like his provincial counterpart here in Ontario (soon to be former Premier, Dalton McGuinty), Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has shown his stupidy knows no bounds.

His latest queste-de-stupide involves Bill S-220 proposed by his Senate which would modify Canada's bilingualism laws to require all workers across Canada at all airports, railway stations, ferry terminals and ports including all 3rd party contractors therein (ex. car rental employees, restaurant employees and etc.) and also RCMP officers, to be fully bilingual, or fully fluent in both English and French, in order to be employed in those areas.

Meaning, that if Michael Ignatieff were the Prime Minister today, all of these workers who aren't fully bilingual (an extremely high majority outside Quebec) would be instantly fired.

Here's the story from the Toronto Sun:

Toronto Councillor Adam Vaughan Misses His Beloved Miller Gravy Train...

Elitist Toronto City Councillor Adam Vaughan, the #1 enemy of the Toronto Taxpayer, admitted to the Toronto Star that the Gravy Train did indeed exist under the Mayor Miller Regime, and now complains that a new Gravy Train has been created, and unfortunately for him, it is one that is finally for the Toronto Taxpayer...

Here's the story from the Toronto Star:

Toronto's Downtown Pedestrians Smugly Ignore Traffic Crossing Laws...

This one is going to get me in trouble for sure... Oh well, here it goes...

It seems like almost every day I hear about another Pedestrian in Toronto being hit by a car, or bus, or streetcar or truck, and as bad as I feel about it, if you take a drive downtown, you see nothing but Pedestrians breaking the most basic of traffic crossing laws; laws that were taught in elementary school and even a kid in kindergarten can understand.

Therefore, as sad as I am to say it, if Pedestrians are negligent to the most simplest of traffic crossing laws, then they deserve to get hit.

Toronto City Councillor Janet Davis Shows Her Uselessness To Ward 31...

Even though residents of Ward 31 Beaches-East York re-elected Toronto City Councillor Janet Davis, she continues to fail her constituents, and the kicker is that it is the Ford brothers -Davis' exact Political Opposites- who pick up and put back together the pieces that Davis and her office leave behind.

The latest story coming out from the Toronto star -of all places- is in regards to Maxine, a 77 year old who needed to call Doug Ford to help her out, as Janet Davis, her Toronto City Councillor, couldn't be bothered to care for the safety of the Seniors in her ward.

Here's the story from the Toronto Star:

Tim Hudak to Scrap Dalton McGuinty's Eco Fees When Elected in 2011!!

Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader, Tim Hudak, announced yesterday that when the Conservatives win next year's Ontario Provincial Election, like Dalton McGuinty and his Ontario Liberal Party's future, McGuinty's Eco Fees will be tossed in the trash.

Here's the story from the Toronto Star:

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Successfully Abolished the Personal Vehicle Tax!

Wow, a Toronto Mayor that actually keeps his word... Who'd a thought it..

Yesterday Mayor Rob Ford successfully pushed his motion to Abolish the Personal Vehicle Tax through Toronto City Council!

To watch the online video of the Toronto City Council Meeting on December 16th where this vote took place, and also to watch any of the Toronto City Council Meetings, please visit: Rogers TV - Toronto City Council.

Below are the results of the votes, and which Councillors voted for and against abolishing the Personal Vehicle Tax:

Delusional Toronto City Councillor Joe Mihevc Transcends into Irrelevance...

Joe Mihevc, one of the worst City Councillors Toronto has ever had, and a yes-man to David Miller -the worst Mayor Toronto has ever had- for some reason still spouts his rhetoric like anything he has to say still holds any kind of relevance in the new Toronto, where the Taxpayer is respected and the elitist has been tossed to the curb.

Mihevc, who with his partner in crime, Adam Giambrone, completely destroyed whatever kind of usefulness the TTC had, turning it into the news headline-grabbing symbol for incompetence and waste that it is currently, shamelessly and hypocritically talks about the stopping of Transit City costing the taxpayers millions of dollars, all the while being one of Council's most wasteful spenders, costing taxpayers millions in disastrous projects like the St. Clair Right-of-way boondoggle. It's almost comical listening to Mihevc talk about fiscal prudence and about caring about the Toronto Taxpayers' pocket book.

Mihevc had this to say when asked about Rob Ford's plan to end the war on the car and therefore put an end to David Miller's horrifying legacy of Transit City:

TTC Essential Service - Workers Strikes Cost More Than Arbitration

Many people are questioning why a fiscally prudent Rob Ford would even consider making the TTC an Essential Service, when all that means is that an Arbitrator will get to make the decision on any conflicting issues, and Arbitrators always lean towards the favour of the workers and not the employers.

Well, the answer is simple.

LCBO Vintages Fine Wine Auction in Toronto from Nov 12-14 Information

For all of you wine enthusiasts out there, the LCBO is introducing the Vintages Fine Wine Auction for 2010 held in Toronto from November 12th to the 14th at Waddington's Galleries at 111 Bathurst Street (full address details are noted below). The Auction can also be accessed online via Artfact.com (link noted below as well).

Here's the story from newswire.ca:

Alcohol Tops List of Drugs Which Cause The Most Overall Harm...

Believe it or not, but Alcohol hit #1 on the list of Drugs which cause the Most Harm Overall to users and to society, significantly beating out heroin and crack which came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Here's the story from the Toronto Star:

Congratulations Toronto!! Rob Ford is Your New Mayor!!

Rob Ford has won the 2010 Toronto Mayoral Election!!

Congrats Rob! We knew you would do it! We are all so happy for you, and for Toronto!!

With the Polls at 99% complete, here are the results:

Rob Ford 379,755
George Smitherman 286,777
Joe Pantalone 94,634

Other notable winners tonight were Doug Ford (Rob Ford's brother) in Ward 2, Mary-Margaret McMahon over Sandra Bussin in Ward 32, and unfortunately Paula Fletcher was re-elected in Ward 30 over Liz West by an extremely small margin (we'll get you next time Paula, next time!!).

--jackandcokewithalime


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George Smitherman Caused Ontario's Skyrocketing Electricity Rates...

If you're in shock-and-awe at the way your electricity rates have been skyrocketing, you have one Toronto Mayoral Candidate to thank for that, and that's former Ontario Minister of Health and Energy, and not to mention Deputy Premier under Dalton McGuinty, Frivolous George Smitherman.

Apparently, because of George Smitherman's leadership as the Provincial Minister of Energy, we can all look forward to our Electricity Rates Doubling in 5 years based on current estimates.

Here's the story from the National Post:

Rob Ford Retakes Lead in Toronto Mayoral Poll Headed into Final Weekend!

The latest Toronto Mayoralty Poll taken during the week of October 13th through until October 21st shows Rob Ford retaking the lead headed into the final weekend before the 2010 Election.

Here's the story from the Globe and Mail (it must have killed the Globe to have to release this one!):

Rob Ford Takes 45.8% of Latest Poll for Next Mayor of Toronto!!

Wow, Rob Ford is now only footsteps away from becoming the next Mayor of Toronto, and it seems that no matter what propaganda the Toronto Star, that moron Marcus Gee from the Globe and Mail, or any other self-serving shameful news organization tries to push onto Torontonians to persuade us against voting for Rob Ford, we are not interested.

Toronto has spoken, and we want a new Mayor, a new City Council, and a completely new approach and philosophy in Toronto Politics. And that all begins and ends with Rob Ford!

The latest poll by Nanos Research just came out, and it puts Rob Ford in 1st place, far, far, far ahead of all of the other candidates, including George Smitherman, who is now over 24 points behind Rob Ford.

Here are the details from the Toronto Sun:

Why TTC Streetcars in Toronto Are NOT The Better Way...

There's been a lot of debate recently about the value of Streetcars versus Buses in Toronto, and being an anti-streetcar person myself, I felt it would be of use to outline some of the disadvantages of Streetcars, just so Torontonians won't get caught up in the false-hype being raised by the pro-streetcar advocates:

2010 Fall REALITY TV Show Premier Dates, Trailers & Websites...

PLEASE NOTE: This page may take a few minutes to load (depending on the speed of your internet connection), as there are many embedded YouTube videos of Reality TV Show previews, trailers and video clips on this page.

If you're a huge TV fan like me, then I'm sure you can appreciate the struggle in trying to keep track of when all of your favorite TV Shows (and new TV Shows) are going to be starting again, or premiering for the first time this Fall Season.

Well, I found a great article in the Toronto Sun where they gave a summary of the majority of the Fall 2010 TV Show Premier Dates.  I took it a couple steps further and pulled together summaries for each of the shows, their Official Websites, and also the Trailers that I found kicking around on YouTube and etc. (and when the trailers weren't available, I grabbed video from previous seasons and etc.).

Please note that I pulled together the summaries of each of the TV Shows from either IMDb, Wikipedia, or the actual TV Show's Official Website (see links below).

I tried to include all of the Comedy, Drama and Reality TV details on one post, but the time it took to load was just insane. So I decided to break them down by their Genres into separate posts instead. This post focuses on the Reality TV Shows for this fall. Please see the following pages for the Comedy TV Shows and the Drama TV Shows.

Firstly, here's the article from the Toronto Sun where I found the list of shows, and their Fall TV Debut Dates:

2010 Fall DRAMA TV Show Premier Dates, Trailers & Websites...

PLEASE NOTE: This page may take a few minutes to load (depending on the speed of your internet connection), as there are many embedded YouTube videos of Drama TV Show previews, trailers and video clips on this page.

If you're a huge TV fan like me, then I'm sure you can appreciate the struggle in trying to keep track of when all of your favorite TV Shows (and new TV Shows) are going to be starting again, or premiering for the first time this Fall Season.

Well, I found a great article in the Toronto Sun where they gave a summary of the majority of the Fall 2010 TV Show Premier Dates.  I took it a couple steps further and pulled together summaries for each of the shows, their Official Websites, and also the Trailers that I found kicking around on YouTube and etc. (and when the trailers weren't available, I grabbed video from previous seasons and etc.).

Please note that I pulled together the summaries of each of the TV Shows from either IMDb, Wikipedia, or the actual TV Show's Official Website (see links below).

I tried to include all of the Comedy, Drama and Reality TV details on one post, but the time it took to load was just insane. So I decided to break them down by their Genres into separate posts instead. This post focuses on the Drama TV Shows for this fall. Please see the following pages for the Comedy TV Shows and the Reality TV Shows.

Firstly, here's the article from the Toronto Sun where I found the list of shows, and their Fall TV Debut Dates:

2010 Fall COMEDY TV Show Premier Dates, Trailers & Websites...

PLEASE NOTE: This page may take a few minutes to load (depending on the speed of your internet connection), as there are many embedded YouTube videos of Comedy TV Show previews, trailers and video clips on this page.

If you're a huge TV fan like me, then I'm sure you can appreciate the struggle in trying to keep track of when all of your favorite TV Shows (and new TV Shows) are going to be starting again, or premiering for the first time this Fall Season.

Well, I found a great article in the Toronto Sun where they gave a summary of the majority of the Fall 2010 TV Show Premier Dates.  I took it a couple steps further and pulled together summaries for each of the shows, their Official Websites, and also the Trailers that I found kicking around on YouTube and etc. (and when the trailers weren't available, I grabbed video from previous seasons and etc.).

Please note that I pulled together the summaries of each of the TV Shows from either IMDb, Wikipedia, or the actual TV Show's Official Website (see links below).

I tried to include all of the Comedy, Drama and Reality TV details on one post, but the time it took to load was just insane. So I decided to break them down by their Genres into separate posts instead. This post focuses on the Comedy TV Shows for this fall. Please see the following pages for the Drama TV Shows and the Reality TV Shows.

Firstly, here's the article from the Toronto Sun where I found the list of shows, and their Fall TV Debut Dates:

Rob Ford Releases His Transportation Plan! Here Are The Details...

Rob Ford just released his Transportation Plan as a part of his platform as a Candidate for the next Mayor of Toronto.

I've gone ahead and included below Rob Ford's release statement in regards to his Transportation Plan, a link to the detailed plan pdf, as well as a YouTube video where Ford describes the Transportation Plan:

Sons of Anarchy Returns Sept. 7th for Season 3! Here's the Trailer...

Sons of Anarchy returns on the FX Network Tomorrow September 7th for Season 3!!

Here's a great trailer I found for Season 3 on YouTube:

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Returns Sept. 16th for Season 6!!

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is back on September 16th for Season 6, and I can't wait!!

If you haven't watched the show yet, I actually envy you! It is definitely one of the funniest shows on TV right now, and you get 5 Seasons worth of episodes to watch for the first time!  In case you're wondering what the show is about, people say it's like a Dark Seinfeld on Crack, and I'd have to agree.

I found a bunch of trailers for Season 6 on the ALLNEWSSUNNY YouTube channel, and I embedded one of the videos below for your viewing pleasure.  I've also included a link to the page, so you can watch them all.  Enjoy!

Ontario Eco Fees FAIL to Divert Hazardous Materials from Landfills...

You know, I've always been skeptical of all of these taxes/fees that we are dishing out, all in the name of the Environmental and Recycling initiatives.

For some reason (hmm... I wonder why?...), I have no faith whatsoever in Dalton McGuinty when he talks about charging us fees to ensure that certain materials (Electronic and etc.) will be Recycled instead of ending up in the Dumps and Landfills with the rest of the garbage.

Well, now that skepticism is being justified, as it is being confirmed that the majority of items which are suppose to be Recycled via the still existing Eco Fee-driven WEEE (The Waste Electronics and Electrical Equipment) program, are still ending up in Landfills.

Which leads us to the question, where is all of the Eco Fee revenue that the Ontario Tax Payers are being milked for, going? Well, it's probably going to the same place that the eHealth Billion dollars went (and you can ask George Slitherman all about that!).

Here's the story from the Toronto Sun:

2010 Mayor of Toronto Election - Official Candidates List & Websites

(I thought I would re-post an updated version of this list for those who are interested...)

As things heat up in the race for the next Mayor of Toronto, I'm sure people will be looking to review the latest list of Candidates and their platforms and etc.. So I took the liberty of looking that up for you all, and posting the links and information here.

Brazilian Bush Fire Tornado YouTube Video

There was some video going around today of bush fires in Brazil turning into a Fire Tornado (or a "Fire Whirl").

I found a clip on YouTube, so if you didn't see it, here you go:

Rob Ford Running Away with Toronto Mayoral Polls!

Toronto's Superman, Rob Ford, seems to be pulling away from the rest of the Toronto Mayoral Candidates faster than a speeding bullet!

The villains in this Mayoral Race have thrown everything they can at him, pulling all kinds of things from his past and misconstruing things from his present to try and manipulate Torontonians, but as stated in a previous post (Smitherman's Desperate Political Games Boring Toronto Voters), trying to discredit Ford is like trying to discredit Superman... The people will just not go for it.

The latest poll released by Ipsos-Reid (commissioned by NewsTalk 1010 and Global News) had the following results based on a phone survey of 400 people conducted this past weekend (SOURCE: Ford remains in lead):

Will Rob Ford's Immigration Stance Hurt His Mayoral Campaign?

Wow, that 4th CP24 Toronto Mayoral Debate was an interesting one, especially for Rob Ford, and it left me (and I'm sure everyone else who watched it) with one burning question:

In a city that celebrates diversity to the extent that Toronto does, will Rob Ford's comments on Immigration hurt him in this 2010 Toronto Mayoral Race?

If you didn't catch Ford's comments in the CP24 Mayoral debate, the entire debate is available to watch for free on the CP24 - Mayoral Election 2010 - Your Vote website at the following link:

How Much It Costs To Be Considered "Rich"

Depending on where you live, and whether you want to be rich and still working, or rich and just relaxing, you're looking at needing to have between $2 Million to $12 Million in the bank collecting interest, and between $100,000 and $300,000 coming in annually to support your "rich" lifestyle.

CNN Money had a great article the other day on how rich you have to be in order to be considered "rich" by Americans.

Here's the story:

Smitherman's Desperate Political Games Boring Toronto Voters

Poor George Smitherman... I actually feel for him. I mean, how do you take down Toronto's Superman, Rob Ford? How do you discredit Superman??! Well, if anyone could pull off the Lex Luthoresque task of trying to do so, it would be Furious George Smitherman.

JandCwithalime Tweet Featured on CP24 Toronto Mayoral Debate #3!

In Tonight's CP24 Toronto Mayoral Debate #3, as a part of the "Rapid Fire" segment, a JandCwithalime Tweet Question for the Candidates was featured at about 8:51pm!!

JandCwithalime is the official twitter account of jackandcokewithalime.

Canadian Tire Issuing Eco Fee Refunds!!

If you made any purchases at Canadian Tire after July 1st which had the new -and now scrapped- Eco Fees applied, Canadian Tire is now issuing refunds for those Eco Fees if you bring in the receipt.

Here's the story from the Toronto Star:

Eco Fees Trashed! Another McGuinty Government Fiasco...

It looks like the Eco Fees are being tossed in the trash! Yet another shameful disaster led by our beloved McGuinty Government...

Here's the story from the Toronto Sun:

AMC's Mad Men is back for Season 4 on July 25th!

AMC's Mad Men, definitely one of the best shows on TV, will be back for Season 4 on July 25th at 10pm EST.

For more information, please visit the Official AMC Mad Men website at:

Toronto Councillor Paula Fletcher's Tyranny in Ward 30 Must End

One of the worst City Councillors Toronto has ever had, former Communist Party Leader Paula Fletcher, is again running for City Councillor in Toronto's Ward 30, and this year couldn't be a better time to toss that arrogant and elitist piece of trash into the garbage.

For those of you who don't recall Fletcher's disgraced and shameful infamous berating of poor innocent Torontonian John Smith during his deputation in regards to the latest Toronto Budget, here's the story: Communist Toronto City Councillor Paula Fletcher Disgraces Herself at Budget Meeting, and here's a video of the altercation on YouTube:

McGuinty Pushing All Ontario Ministries to Add More Fees

If you thought the HST and the new Eco-Fee were enough New Taxes and Fees already, wait till you hear what Dalton McGuinty has in store for Ontarians next...

A new "Results-Based Planning document" released by the McGuinty Government is urging all Provincial Ministries to create new fees or enhance existing fees to increase revenue to stay on budget.

Here's the story from the Toronto Sun:

Leave the Ontario Place Cinesphere Alone!!!

The Ontario Place Corporation, an agency of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, issued a Request for Information (RFI) yesterday to the private sector for proposals for the redevelopment of the 96-acre Toronto waterfront amusement park.

Revitalization is great, but the problem with the RFI is that it doesn't have any requirements to keep the existing structures, like the Ontario Place Cinesphere. And for something that is so iconic to Toronto and Ontario, losing the Cinesphere would be a tragedy.