Rob Ford
THE MORNING BANTER: Banker Jailbirds, Rob Ford Going To Rehab, Shepard Smith Horseshit, and The Onion Takes On Buzzfeed
Happy Thursday! It's all going to be okay! Here's what's happening on the interweb: 1. Why Only One Top Banker Went to Jail for the Financial Crisis The New York Times did a nice feature on Kareem Serageldin, the only top banker to go to jail for the financial crisis (I assume ...read more
Farley Returns from the Dead To Play Ford
Ever since Rob Ford first rochambeaued his way into the world's heart a month or so ago, one tragedy has been lamented over and over again by millions: the fact that Chris Farley isn't alive to play Ford in a movie. There have been a couple of attempted Farley-Ford mash-ups so ...read more
Quote of the Day: Rob Ford Goes for the Easy Blame (Updated with Ford's Latest Caught-on-Video F*ck-Up)
"Typical media. You guys are all the same. You're all cut from the same cloth. You can spin it any way you want." -- Toronto Mayor, late-night punchline, and heart-attack-waiting-to-happen Rob Ford during an interview with CNN's Bill Weir I come from Miami, where the general ...read more
The Daily Banter Mailbag: Spying On Angela Merkel, Ted Cruz's Birther Dad and Smoking Crack With Marion Barry!
Welcome to this week's edition of The Daily Banter Mailbag, where the staff here at Banter respond to reader questions about politics, the media, and apparently now crack cocaine.... We're still without Bob Cesca (no doubt sunning himself on a tropical island after getting ...read more
Dear Gawker, We'll Fund Your Crack Video if You Do Some Real Journalism
Gawker wants you to pay for a video of Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto, smoking crack cocaine. Writes John Cook: As you may have heard, Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto, smokes crack cocaine. We've seen a video of him smoking crack cocaine, and the people who have the video would ...read more