The Antisocial Socialist

On a more upbeat political note, who would like to hear about the Honourable Wife-Beater's latest? Today, in Laughable Bumblefuck news, hizzoner's sobriety coach kicked a protester who was calling for his resignation. The protester was shirtless, of course, in tribute to local hero Joe Killoran:



(A pause, dear friends, so that I can, as usual shake my head and mutter, "how are these things happening in my once-boring city"?)

Meanwhile, surprisingly enough, Ford actually was in rehab. He was just a complete shit about it. According to the Star:

“Ford broke things, got into fights with other residents,” said one source with knowledge of the mayor’s time in rehab at the resort-turned-drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in Muskoka.

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Just a few days into his time there, according to sources, addiction counsellors were shaking their heads.

“We are not paid enough to deal with this guy,” one counsellor remarked during a conversation with another counsellor.

“Rob Ford literally had the run of the place. There were no rules around Rob Ford,” said another source.

So, that's a thing that happened. Also, he is claiming that he's tied in the polls with Olivia. Which is almost certainly not true, but hilarious.

This guy is like the King Midas of douchebaggery. And seeing someone take a massive, liquidy shit all over your city is never a pleasant thing to witness. The thing is, I've known a lot of people with addiction problems and I've seen how hard it is to get decent treatment and support and not have the very structures designed to protect you do what they're supposed to. Watching someone with every privilege and every opportunity, with the sympathy of every decent citizen (I mean, present company excepted; I have no sympathy for the fucker) willing to forgive him and to accommodate his supposed recovery—that's just rage-inducing, you know? Fuck him. Seriously.