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Maybe Rob Ford should have bought the video that allegedly shows him smoking crack -- he could have avoided this list.

The Toronto Sun (!): get help and step aside, Rob Ford

Wow. Just, wow. The problem is the drug allegations have now paralyzed this agenda. It’s a distraction that utterly undermines Ford’s ability to manage a dysfunctional council that opposes any notion of restraint. Ford needs to directly address these allegations, or get help and step aside. He must be prepared, for the city’s sake and [...]

The Highly Effective Idiot

It’s been a full five days since the world learned of a video allegedly showing Toronto’s mayor, Rob Ford, smoking crack cocaine, and Ford has yet to answer a single question about the allegation. On Wednesday, Ford’s older brother,Show More Summary

We get letters: the last resident of Ford Nation writes in!

From “mikesunday,” at shawnawilliams@outlook.com: re Rob Ford. Do me a favor go fuck yourself you fucken idioit. you should not talk the way you do you fucken fool I think you smoke crack you fucken junkie. 24.114.69.49

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who smokes crack, has parted ways with the Catholic high school football tea

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who smokes crack, has parted ways with the Catholic high school football team he used to coaches. He's still mayor of Toronto though. Read more...

Mayor Rob Ford Has Been Fired From His High School Football Team

The mayor's time with the Don Bosco Eagles appears to be at an end. Earlier this afternoon, the Toronto Catholic District School Board announced that Mayor Rob Ford has been fired from his other job: his gig as a part-time volunteer football coach for Don Bosco high school. Show More Summary

Doug Ford on Allegations Rob Ford Smoked Crack: “Never Has a Canadian Politician Been Targeted by the Media This Way”

In a bizarre speech focused mostly on economic accomplishments, mayor's brother refuses to tackle allegations that Rob Ford smoked crack cocaine in detail. On Wednesday afternoon, six days after news first broke that two separate publications...Show More Summary

A Group is Trying to Cajole John Tory Into Running for Mayor

A few supporters are hoping disaffected refugees from Ford Nation will flock to John Tory. With all the craziness surrounding Mayor Rob Ford in recent days—did he smoke crack or didn’t he?—it’s not a stretch to imagine that some of Toronto’s...Show More Summary

It's About Time

Jon Stewart takes up the case of Rob Ford, Toronto's (allegedly) crack-smoking mayor. Watch....

Scum of the Earth

Who are these guys? They’re Rob Ford staffers, that’s who they are, passing out Rob Ford business cards and fridge magnets at Peter Worthington’s funeral. I am not making this up. Snapped by CP24 reporter Katie Simpson.

Jon Stewart on Rob Ford and Canada's National Crack-Smoking Pastime

Jon Stewart began The Daily Show last night by noting: "The great thing about mayors is that they can maintain the eccentricities that get sanded-off and focus-grouped out of statewide or national politicians." And even among crazy mayors, he says, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford stands out. Read more...

Community Group Challenges Toronto’s Star‘s Reporting About “Somali Drug Dealers”

Canadian Somali Congress argues paper focused unduly on nationality in its reporting of Rob Ford's alleged crack smoking. Members of the Canadian Somali Congress have condemned the Toronto Star for repeated references to “Somali drug dealers” in its initial story about mayor Rob Ford’s alleged drug use. Show More Summary

Mayor Rob Ford Makes The Daily Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live

U.S. late-night hosts mock Mayor Rob Ford's drug allegations. American late-night hosts who first discovered Rob Ford as a result of some of his more innocent blunders are falling in love with Toronto all over again thanks to the latest allegations against our mayor. Last night, both the The Daily Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live had lengthy segments about Ford, and the video that [...]

The glory that Rob Ford brings to Toronto and Canada

If you’re a conservative, and you still support this human shrapnel machine, you’re an idiot.

Jon Stewart is High on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford: VIDEO

On Friday, news emerged that uber-homophobe Toronto Mayor Rob Ford had been captured on a video smoking crack-cocaine. Jon Stewart thinks we should give Ford a break because perhaps it's just a plan by the mayor to clean up the...

Back 9 links: Gawker's crowdfunded 'crackstarter' aims to take down Toronto mayor

Links that got us thinking on Tuesday, May 21: Gawker has an Indiegogo campaign to raise $200,000 for alleged video of Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack.How realistic is Yahoo's promise that it won't screw up Tumblr?The why and how...Show More Summary

Jon Stewart mocks eccentric crack-smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford

$90,000 High and Rising: Rob Ford Crackstarter Update

The Rob Ford Crackstarter—our crowdfunding campaign to raise enough money to purchase and publish a video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine—has passed $90,000 on its way to our goal of $200,000. And we're adding new perks! (None of them are crack.) Read more...

Should Gawker Take Down Crack-Smoking Mayor With Public Money?

In Toronto, citizens are wrestling with a difficult scenario: wily, unstable mayor Rob Ford is now implicated in a video that allegedly shows him smoking crack cocaine. But, the video is in possession of a group of Somali men who are...Show More Summary

GRUDEN TALK: Jon and Herm Discuss Rob Ford’s Crack Problem with Professor Jonathan Rose

Jon: WELCOME BACK TO GRUDEN TALK, THE TALK SHOW WHERE WE DISCUSS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES OF THE DAY.  BANDLEADER HERM EDWARDS, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT CRACK COCAINE? Herm: YOU [...] The post GRUDEN TALK: Jon and Herm Discuss Rob Ford’s Crack Problem with Professor Jonathan Rose appeared first on Kissing Suzy Kolber.