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• Televangelist Launches Prophecy Hotline
  By: Suzanne Lucas
  
  ... end-of-times predictions that detail how and when the world will end -- all at the bargain basement cost of $10.00 per minute. The hotline will feature some of today's best psychotics, such as Kanye West, Charlie Sheen and Rob Ford, who will describe the most plausible end-of-the-world scenarios such as meteors, locusts, zombies, sinking continents and overthrow of world governments by IT technicians named Dave. "The Lord can do anything,"...
  
  
• Rob Ford, Prepare Yourself for the Red Planet
  ... and Mars, Prepare Yourself for Rob Ford.
  By: Joanne Hagen
  
  (SNN) - We have had our share of not-so-honest politicians, but Rob Ford has trumped them all. For over a year, Ford has monopolized the world news with his outrageous, obscene, and humiliating behavior. I must admit, at first I watched with a mixture of horror and curiosity; a Mayor smoking crack?! It seemed inconceivable. Yet as the story unfolded it revealed a man of epic proportions in his ability to: Outright lie to our nation and the...
  
  
• 2013 - The year WE STOPPED being 'Canadian'
  By: Steven James
  
  ... possible risks of climate change, coastal water poisoning, and the loss of Forests and Ice has on this country? We won’t. We will be more interested in the make-up of the Canadian Olympic hockey team, Justin Bieber, Rob Ford’s promise breaking, Drake, The Bachelor Canada, and the rest of the celebrity culture that is based on the reader’s individual own lack of worth. Even the vaunted Social health-care system we enjoy is...
  
  
• A Quiet Christmas -a Loud 2013 - Dec 28, 2013
  By: Steven James
  
  ... Otherwise, this year’s Festive news cycle was headed by Heads of Governments going on vacation, a non-Bieber-act-of-vadalism-moment, and the Wrath of God being aimed at Toronto. I did get excited momentarily when Rob Ford was asked about the Ice Storm. Surely he couldn’t take another everyday situation and, while trying to answer it, carefully put his foot in his mouth again, could he? No – He concentrated hard, and said...
  
  
• Mike Duffy and Rob Ford Found New Political Party
  Bozos of the World; UNITE!
  By: ian Hunt
  
  (SNN) - In a surprise move today, Mike Duffy and Rob Ford announced that they are forming a new political party to run federally. Mr. Duffy, the party's interim leader and spokesman, stated: “It is the intention of Mr. Ford and me to form a new party so that the true voice of Canadian politics can be heard. Our party is built on the twin pillars of accountability and fiscal restraint. It is unfortunate that the police and auditors...
  
  
• Post Grey Cup Day By-elections? Bad idea
  By: Steven James
  
  ... these opposition parties, then prorogue and jump into hiding until Spring, concentrating on changing Senate reports, and generally living in fear of a summons from the Prime Minister’s office. And people wonder why Rob Ford is the only Canadian political story that everyone’s is talking about. Steve James is an Actor, Stand up, and Comedy writer in Vancouver BC. He hasn’t seen his MP since she was elected, except for sitting...
  
  
• Media Outlets Sick of Rob Ford: Decide to Focus on Something Else
  By: Suzanne Lucas
  
  ... news outlets are finally getting tired of him. The message came straight from Shaw Media's news director, Boonfink Jumblespork, in a press conference held on Wednesday at Shaw's corporate headquarters in Toronto. "Rob Ford's headline-making behaviour may provide fodder for stand-up comics and late night talk shows, but we've had enough of his antics and more-than-ample girth dominating our airwaves and media," said Jumblespork. ...
  
  
• 12 Shocking Things to Watch For When Seeing 'Gravity' Again
  Because You Will.
  By: John "Cork" Corcoran Jr.
  
  ... the person seated in front of you. At approximately 35 minutes and 10 seconds into the movie, when the astronauts pass over Toronto, watch the far right side of the screen about a third up, and you can spot Toronto Mayor Rob Ford standing in an a field of freshly powdered snow. On the next pass, Ford is still there, however, all the white powder has disappeared. Just because you know the plot, don’t re-visit the concession stand mid-flick...
  
  
• Halifax Mayor Booted Out of Office "Cause He's a Good Guy"
  By Suzanne Lucas
  
  ... cans in my garbage.” Long-time residents of Halifax, such as Ian A. Trailer, remain unimpressed. “Seriously? Where does this guy get off doing good things for the city? This guy could learn a lesson or two from Rob Ford and Michael Applebaum. Now they’re real mayors.” Notwithstanding his celebrity good looks, Savage continues to tarnish his reputation by his involvement in community organizations such as the Heart and...
  
  
• The sodden politics of the BC Liberals
  By Steven James
  
  ... press, electorate, Christmas visitors into Vancouver, and probably the Downtown East side’s homeless population: “If your major revenue is in natural resources, and the global price of these is lower than Mayor Rob Ford’s IQ, then how is the week-long Christmas break going to make them rise? Especially when hardly anyone on the planet is going to be working then?” Following the admission of this somewhat Instagrammed...