The Most American Politician in Canada

ew Americans had probably heard of Rob Ford before yesterday evening, when a bizarre story about the mayor of Toronto allegedly smoking crack cocaine appeared first on Gawker and then the Toronto Star, and promptly went viral. Gawker editor John Cook and two Star reporters were recently shown a bizarre video seemingly depicting Ford smoking what appears to be a crack pipe in the company of two other men. (In the video, the person who looks like Ford is also heard referring to Justin Trudeau, the son of revered Canadian politician Pierre Trudeau and the current leader of the Canadian Liberal Party as a "fag.") According to the Star, the video is currently in the possession of a small group of Somali men involved in the Toronto drug trade who are trying to finance a move to Western Canada. They are currently asking for over $100,000 to release the tape.