What's Up with Toronto, eh?

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by mckerney

And to think there were some who speculated that Ford would never run again.

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by britrock88

I feel like he's trying to turn the corner, and the gal just decides to block him.

Well, his quarterback tryout didn't work:

[JPhillips]

From his TV show last night:

“I know in my heart everyone has personal problems,” Ford told listeners. “I urinated in a parking lot . . . what does that have to do with anything?”

[Simbo Klice]

This is all great stuff. I love that he gave that "more than enough to eat at home" interview in a customized "Mayor Ford" jersey (you can see it as he turns away at the end).

[molson]

I know the Chris Farely comparisons have been made a lot, but I'm surprised this kind of thing actually hasn't been a movie yet. Fat, drunk, coked up angry guy becomes mayor somehow and the city is just STUCK with him. The closest example I can think of is King Ralph. But that had a lighter tone. This would have been amazing as a later-Farley career dark comedy.

[cuervo72]

The Pope Must Die - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is kind of along those lines.

[NobodyHere]

More Rob Ford goodness!

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Votes 'No' on Congratulating Olympians - NBC News

[JPhillips]

There's a new Mayor Ford tape!

The recording, covertly taped by a patron of Sullie Gorman’s Monday night, captures the mayor being unruly as he’s ordering booze, complaining about his wife Renata and making lewd comments about mayoral contender Karen Stintz.

“I’d like to f-----g jam her (Stintz), but she doesn’t want ... I can’t talk like this ... I’m so sorry,” Ford says on the recording. “I forgot there’s a woman in the house.”

Make that two new tapes!

A second video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking what has been described as crack-cocaine by a self-professed drug dealer was secretly filmed in his sister’s basement early Saturday morning.

The clip, which was viewed by two Globe and Mail reporters, shows Mr. Ford taking a drag from a long copper-coloured pipe, exhaling a cloud of smoke, his right arm convulsing. The footage is part of a package of three videos the dealer said was surreptitiously filmed around 1:15 a.m., and which he says he is now selling for “at least six figures.”

Ford has entered rehab and suspended his campaign, but hasn't dropped out yet.

[Klinglerware]

Justin Bieber Reportedly Taunted Rob Ford About Crack at Toronto Club

If the Biebs is calling you out, you know you've hit rock bottom.

[JPhillips]

[JPhillips]

The sit-com life of the Ford home:

The front walkway to the Ford house leads to a modest front door. At about 10 p.m. that night, Ford and his pals arrive. Ford has a bag of McDonald’s food in his hand. Ford jiggles the front door and then kicks the door open. He, Lisi, Bellissimo and another man step in.

“Don’t worry guys, my kids aren’t here,” Ford says.

For no apparent reason, Ford turns on Bellissimo and hits him squarely in the face twice — boom, boom — forgetting that he has a bagful of Big Macs in his hand. Burgers and fries scatter. Ford makes Bellissimo pick them up.

Down the stairs they go. Ford’s wife Renata is on the couch, a tired lounger that has been described to the Star by paramedics and firefighters who have attended calls at the house over the past two years. Renata is smoking a joint.

“You’re a f---ing idiot,” Renata says.

Enraged, Ford rummages for his Don Bosco coaching jacket. “It’s where I keep my weed,” he tells people in the room. Ford turns on his wife, screaming that she has taken his drugs. Standing there quietly are Lisi and Bellissimo.

To a visitor, Ford says, almost offhanded, “You can f--- her if you want, in front of me.”

Nobody speaks. The comment is ignored by Ford’s wife. Men in the room are shocked.

“It’s okay,” Ford burbles. “She lets me f--k girls in front of her all the time.”

[Thomkal]

And his saga continues (though maybe not for much longer):

Rob Ford, Hospitalized With Tumor, Drops Out of Toronto's Mayor's Race - NBC News

[JPhillips]

Ford was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. I've seen survival odds at no more than 50/50.

Even for this clown, fuck cancer.

[MikeVic]

Can someone explain politics to me? Why would this guy win a council seat in his old area after all that's happened? Name recognition?

Rob Ford reclaims council seat in Ward 2, Etobicoke North | Toronto Star

[ISiddiqui]

Etobicoke North is basically the Ford family's machine. And he's really popular among the ultraconservatives in that area. Rob represented the area for 10 years on the city council and when he became mayor, his brother Doug took his place.

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Etobicoke North is basically the Ford family's machine. And he's really popular among the ultraconservatives in that area. Rob represented the area for 10 years on the city council and when he became mayor, his brother Doug took his place.

Thanks! I guess that makes sense, just wasn't expecting him to be back.

[Wolfpack]

Originally Posted by MikeVic

Thanks! I guess that makes sense, just wasn't expecting him to be back.

If Marion Berry can do it...

[JPhillips]

Toronto City Councillor Rob Ford has been appointed to the Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum’s board of directors.

Induction ceremonies just became way more entertaining.

[Logan]

BREAKING: Family says former Toronto mayor Rob Ford has died at 46 after fighting cancer.

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 22, 2016