Yahoo promises “not to screw up” Tumblr

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Yahoo has purchased the micro-blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion. It is thought Tumblr will bring millions of young users under the Yahoo umbrella. Tumbler’s front page says it owns 108.9 million blogs.  as CEO Marissa Mayer has put a casual stamp on the transaction which Yahoo says “per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business” with David Karp staying on as CEO. Charming 

Matlow tweets “resign” message about mayor

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Josh Matlow (Ward 22) has become the first member of city council to publicly call for Mayor Ford to resign. Mr. Matlow tweeted: “Serious accusations have been made against the mayor of Toronto. If they are proven to be true beyond a reasonable doubt, he should resign.” Councillor Matlow has had an on and off relationship with the mayor. In recent times, their exchanges in council have been rancorous. And while there is no record yet of any other elected members calling on the mayor to quit, the coming week would seem to be, to use a phrase, a time of truth for the mayor. Proof of what he did does not lie in scrutiny of the video made by the cocaine criminals from Etobicoke.  The public may reasonably assume the mayor has done what he is accused of unless he is able to say clearly that he did not do it.  This matter will be heard in the court of public opinion and the public will expect the mayor to prove himself innocent. There is not a politician in Canada who could not, if falsely accused in this manner, dismiss the lie with a few simple facts. The mayor’s inability to declare with conviction that this is a hoax should correctly seal his fate in the public mind.

Dear Gawker: Send the dough to Bosma’s widow

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There’s a foolish man named John Cook at Gawker, the scandal outlet. He’s on radio and TV here in Toronto just about bursting with excitement at the thought of being able to buy  the video made by cocaine traffickers so “we can all see Rob Ford smoking crack.”   He wants us all to send him some money for the  creepy cocaine movie makers.  Yes, he knows the price is high at $200,000, but what fun to have that video to drool over. Oh yes, and air it for his audience all over the world too. Well gee, Mr Cook, thanks so very much but no thanks. You may not make the people of Toronto as upset and sad as the mayor, but you are doing a good job. Airing this video will help the people of Toronto not one bit. There is already a picture in the public domain. The mayor, unfortunately for us, has failed to tackle the allegation head on. Unless he does so, we may take it that he did what he is said to have done.  Mr. Cook knows very well there’s no civic value in airing the tape. We wonder if he’s heard of Sharlene Bosma.  Maybe Mr. Cook would care to collect some money for the trust account at the TD Bank in the name for Tim Bosma’s widow and her two year old daughter. That’s where our money will be going.

Tearful farewells as Beckham plays his last game

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Never a stranger to the big stage, David Beckham was finally overwhelmed and reduced to tears as he went out in a burst of fireworks and cheers Saturday in his final home game for Paris Saint-Germain before retirement. Fans chanted his name before the game, and they chanted some more when he was finished. There was an outpouring of hugs, cheers, song and congratulations — from teammates, opponents and even former president Nicolas Sarkozy. There also was some soccer to be played. And Beckham, appointed captain for the game, was involved in two of his team’s goals in a 3-1 victory over Brest. Fox Sports

Counterfeit $100 polymer bills appear in B.C.

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The Government is warning people to be on the lookout for counterfeit $100 polymer bills. A man passed two of them in a British Columbia store earlier in May and since then others have appeared. The RCMP is starting to worry that Canadians have grown over-confident in the new bank notes. But, even though there is an outbreak of counterfeiting, the number of phony polymer bills per million is only about 25. At the peak of counterfeiting in Canada post 2000, there were more than 450 bogus bills in circulation for every million bank notes. 

$7,000 raised by Shelter Foundation Sale 2013

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The final count of receipts at the LePage Shelter Foundatiom Sale last week indicates that more than $7,000 was collected for this very worthy cause. The organizers are sending thanks to many of our business neighbors:  Cobbs, Canadian Tire, Starbucks, PODS, We Move You, Frog Boxes, Valumart and others. Thanks to all those donors and volunteers as well. Previous post.