Due to the rather old school publishing practices of the Toronto Star I cannot link to the article until tomorrow morning (Update: here’s the link). But in tomorrow’s paper the Star reports that Mayor Rob Ford (the crack-smoking Mayor, if you haven’t been following along) knew and told his staff the apartment number and address of the apartment where his crack-smoking video was apparently being held. Read More
On cutting dependence on oil, Exxon CEO says: “What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?”
‘Somali’-Canadian shows up at City Hall press conference with crack for Mayor Ford. Video after jump … Read More
In the last few days of the Ford crack smoking scandal, the most explosive new suggestion is that Anthony Smith, the young man pictured here hanging out with Mayor Ford, may have been murdered because of the video tape of Mayor Ford smoking crack. To date, though, the evidence for this has been pretty thin. It all stems from conversations between Mayor Ford’s new ‘logistics’ chief David Price and Ford’s former Chief of Staff Mark Towhey. On top of that, we only have anonymous accounts of what was said in those conversations. Read More
In order to be fully transparent in the on-going mayoral crack scandal, Mayor Rob Ford’s staff has apparently ordered all staff emails and electronic records destroyed. Read More
Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales to admit to massacre of 16 Afghan villagers to avoid death penalty.
Michele Bachmann’s announcement that she would not seek re-election was greeted with surprise and a good deal of skepticism:
Suburban New York school guard threatens to go home for his guns and come back and blow up the school.