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" A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it is written on " Samuel Goldwyn
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kcowan wrote:
That he would countenance some of the more egregious ejaculations from a meretricious churl, rather than performing a precipitate defenestration, bespeaks a demotic equanimity that had hitherto never subtended his supercilious tergiversations and pharasiacal philippics
It is nice to see that you can speak his language! Does going down market make him a less pompous ass?
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Which may or not have been noticed.
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Elizabeth Renzetti:
Wealthy, entitled, given free stuff – you know, victims of fate
Conrad Black’s interview with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was like Festivus come early, so operatic was the airing of grievances.
it’s hard to see how two men so wildly fortunate by birth and circumstance could feel so aggrieved at the loss of their privileges. Linus after Lucy stole his blanket was never this cross.
Mr. Black then cranked the peevishness to 11 by claiming, in an interview with CBC’s Carol Off, that he and Mr. Ford were alike in their suffering: “I identify with anyone who’s been crucified by the media and has been subjected to a certain lynching
but it seems the height of bad taste to compare yourself with Christ at this time of year, or with black men who suffered vigilante justice at any time
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"Entitled" doesn't actually mean they're entitled; that's something theyhave to earn. :wink:
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Just reporting, nothing more to add, The Governor General of Canada > Termination of Appointment to the Order of Canada
Governor General of Canada press release wrote:Today, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, has accepted the recommendation of the Advisory Council for the Order of Canada to terminate Mr. Conrad Black's appointment as an Officer of the Order of Canada.

In addition, the Governor General has also accepted the recommendation from the Prime Minister to remove Mr. Black from The Queen’s Privy Council for Canada.

Both decisions are effective immediately.
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Well, I'm sure he can keep the OC as part of his honorifics: OC = Ordered to Coleman. :wink:
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Well, now we know what Barbara's column will be about in next week's Macleans - how Conrad was railroaded out of the Order of Canada.
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It's been a tough month for Black. Last week a tax court judge ruled that he was still a resident of Canada for income tax purposes in 2002 and owes tax on an estimated $5.1 million of income and benefits. FP article. Black is appealing.
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brucecohen wrote:It's been a tough month for Black.
And it just got a shade blacker, assuming he wants to try to reclaim his citizenship in "a Third World dump run by raving socialists."

Gov’t to create longer wait to become Canadian, strip terrorists of citizenship
The new legislation would also bar permanent residents with foreign criminal charges and convictions from getting citizenship. Current laws only bar citizenship for those with certain domestic criminal charges and convictions.
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Shades of Black? Isn't that a self-published Story of O ripoff written by an unknown Canadian author?
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Not Conrad's sunglasses?
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OSC bans Conrad Black as director, officer of public firms - The Globe and Mail
Conrad Black has been permanently banned from acting as a director or officer of a public company in Ontario, but has avoided a ban on trading securities.

The Ontario Securities Commission released a decision Friday saying Mr. Black and former Hollinger Inc. colleague John Boultbee will be banned from acting as directors or officers of companies, saying it is appropriate to prohibit them from directing or influencing the management of a business.
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I hope so. The OSC is a renowned Pussy. If they ignored sanctions imposed by the stronger SEC enforcer, it would be outrageous.
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Conrad Black sold his Toronto home for $21 million and intends to rent it from the buyer. He must need the cash?

Apparently the auction was cancelled when a buyer came forward
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kcowan wrote:Conrad Black sold his Toronto home for $21 million and intends to rent it from the buyer. He must need the cash?

Apparently the auction was cancelled when a buyer came forward
Agree, this is in contrast to what he said originally, ie "the place is too big for only the two of us"
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Yabbut now with $21million in new cash, to paraphrase his wife, they need somewhere to house a "mattress whose size knows no bounds."
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It also needs room to park the egos.
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Maybe he can rent out a wing as a vacation home to Donald Trump.
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IdOp wrote:Maybe he can rent out a wing as a vacation home to Donald Trump.
Why would Trump 'vacation' in that crappy town? :lol:
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CRA stalls Conrad Black mansion sale with liens over unpaid taxes
If you have a problem with the CRA remember to handle it "judicially".
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He has $15.5 million in mortgages and sold it for $16.5 million. It seems like an effort to get blood for a stone?

Maybe the lease back is free?
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IdOp wrote: 20 Mar 2016 11:53 Maybe he can rent out a wing as a vacation home to Donald Trump.
It seems that Trump has rewarded for his favourable book about The Donald:
Trump pardons former Canadian Black
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