2 Comments May 6, 2014 at 4:40 pm

Extra, Extra: Rob Ford Talks Garbage, Attack of the Midges, and Animal Heroes

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Photo by Flickr user Stefan Berkner.

After Rob Ford turned back/was turned back at the U.S. border, some believed he’d headed to a rehab facility in Guelph. But do rehab facilities generally let new patients carry on conversations about the privatization of garbage with Denzil Minnan-Wong?

“They hang out around water and are attracted to light. They’ll often end up mushed on windshields, smeared on clothing or in people’s mouths, noses and eyes.” The CBC is talking about those little insects called midges, and how they’re back again and will soon end up on our windshields and clothing, and in our mouths, noses, and eyes.
Today, four dogs and one cat were inducted into the Purina Animal Hall of Fame here in Toronto. They received this honour because they had all been responsible for heroic, valiant, and selfless acts. And if you are not moved by the accounts of their bravery and/or feel the need to say something like, “Oh, they’re not heroic—they were just trying to safeguard their food supply,” then we despair of you and consign you to the midges.