by Sean Orr | Rob Ford video won’t prove crack use, lawyer says. And the numerous clandestine meetings with a drug dealer don’t prove anything either. Also, there is no video. And best of all, “Ian” from Etobicoke says it isn’t true. Also, COMMUNISTS!!! Also also, anyone else see the resemblance between Ford and the Mayor of Halloweentown?

Meanwhile, apropos of nothing, for the Toronto police Staff Sgt. Chris Boddy tweets, “Just say no to crack”. Like everyone, not just street level thugs, but you know, everyone.

Leading to the political cartoon of the day via Jorge Amigo.

Politics are a gas: Wilson an LNG skeptic as recently as April. If you can’t beat ’em, pay ’em off. Unless, of course, I’m just being a sore loser. Nah!

Globe and Mail Falls for Hoax that Michael Hayden Shot Dead at LAX, via Broken News. The most terrifying thing of all: “the tearing down of the gates of the media establishment has created a world where anyone can be a journalist”. One shudders to think.

Perhaps that’s why we’re all so vulnerable to good satire: Chris Hadfield ejected from movie theatre for loudly heckling Gravity.

New Westminster wins Halloween. Real Kitchen in Chicago gets top American entry.

Kanye West blames second Vancouver show cancellation on a traffic accident. “At press time, there was no confirmation on the rumour that the Yeezus truck was rammed Gone in 60 Seconds-style by Taylor Swift, who was driving one of the above emblazoned-with-her-face 18-wheelers while squelching “Imma let you finish your tour next year” on the CB radio”.