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Adding video to channels (Canada) - requested by calvados.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'the today show, jon stewart, rob ford, toronto, mayor' to 'the today show, jon stewart, rob ford, toronto, mayor, crackstituents' - edited by calvados

This story got even better today. Can't wait to see what Jon's remarks are about this afternoon's press conference.

You realize ...

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WHAT DO I REALIZE?

Smoking crack while making "racist and homophobic comments."

News Orgs in the U.S.: From their tired playbook, their standard-issue ammunition of disinformation and diversion includes race-baiting, derogative argument (in place of discussions involving critical thinking), and of course, red-team/blue-team side-taking, allll to feed the illusion the viewer creates from fantasy, that they have a fucking clue whats REALLY going on.

Obese mayor on crack, news news news infotainment @ 11:00

Mmmm... I've been reading about this story in several Canadian newspapers and watching different news shows from different allegiances and in both official languages (Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, La Presse, CBC, CTV, so on) and they're all pretty much saying the same thing Stewart is saying. So go ahead and tell us, please, what's REALLY going on. I'm dying to know.

This is the kind of bullshit I expect from mainstream media. At least in the Lewinsky scandal there was some actual evidence made available to the public. Here they are just speculating on the personal life of a politican based on an alleged tape that no one has seen. And besides, the personal life of a politican is irrelevant. If it's affecting how he actually performed his job than focus on that. They're reporting unverified accusations against a person which aren't really any of the public's business in the first place. They only report it because it grabs more eyeballs than dissecting policy.

You forgot to tick the sarcasm box!

Please tell me you forgot to tick the sarcasm box...

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Invocations (dead) cannot be called by phyman because phyman is not privileged - sorry.

Thank you! Fixed.

No, no, thank you for fixing!

100% not sarcasm. A politician's personal life is none of your business. When a reporter asks a question that is none of their business they deserve to get a lie or Clinton-esque evasion (the latter is what happened in this case). He said he does not use it and is not an addict, both statements being consistent with having tried it in the past. One puff does not make him a crackhead. The scientific literature on this issue demonstrates that cocaine is about as addictive as tobacco. Even if the unverified accusations were true, that wouldn't be automatic grounds for resignation.

Also, whether he used crack is not a moral issue, it's a health issue. Concern for his health isn't a reason for torches and pitchforks. I may hate his policies and think he's a douchebag, but whether he once inhaled something isn't the proper grounds for dismissing a mayor. If Clinton had inhaled, that wouldn't have made him forever unfit for office.

1. We'd like to know that the person in charge of our city and our safety, in an emergency, will not be cracked out of his mind.

2. He repeatedly lied about the existence of the video. Now he's admitted and apologized simply because the truth came out. He attacked, villified and slandered anyone who called him out for all this.

3. Today's video - insane. If it's not on the sift it will be shortly.

But hey, if crack needs a spokesperson, we know who to call now !