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• Is Canada Falling Apart? When In Doubt, Ask Jon Stewart

  As the resident Canadian, I feel obligated to both comment on the situation that's (strange)brewing in the Great White land of your Northern neighbors. However, as I'm only mildly ashamed to admit, I have no idea what I'm talking about. (Apparently, someone is staging a coup! Or so says one response to my desperate Facebook status plea for an explanation.) And so, in lieu of feigning any understanding of my homeland's politics, I'm going to leave both of those obligations to Jon Stewart. His thoughts -- which include some Clinton zingers and Queen Elizabeth's corgis -- and shockingly clear explanation, after the jump... Read More... Posted Dec 09 2008, 04:26 PM by Verena von Pfetten with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: daily show, canada, jon stewart, Canadian coup, Stephen harper, provinces in peril, Canadian politics, jon stewart Canada

• The 15 Most Promiscuous Countries

  USA! USA! USA! Not this time... and that's a welcome change. After all, aren't you beyond bored with the perennial sex surveys that trash our Puritan nation's filthy, condom-buying pervs? Not this time: suck it, Australia, Germany, and the rest! But not literally, of course, since we're prudes compared to you guys... Read More... Posted Dec 01 2008, 10:18 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: sex, canada, condoms, australia, promiscuity, united kingdom, European Union, sex life, germany, america, Europe, men and women, purity, australian

• This Week In Gayness: Lesbians Under Attack

  Wanna know what Prop 8 supporters think of the gays now? Then check out this hate mail. Utah may finally emerge from the Dark Ages if the Mormons are as good as their word(ed press release.) Diego Luna and James Franco haven't convinced us they enjoyed kissing their male co-star... Read More... Posted Nov 11 2008, 12:40 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: lesbian, courtney love, james franco, mormons, canada, e!, sean penn, keith olbermann, california, california gay marriage, utah, hate crime, california gay marriage ban, prop 8, harvey milk, hate mail, diego luna

• Cheerleaders "Streak" High School Football Game

  We put streaking in quotes in our headline because the girls in this video are not actually naked-- they are about as naked as we feel comfortable with and can legally get away posting images of. Does that make sense? Never mind, you'll just have to see for yourself... Read More... Posted Nov 07 2008, 09:08 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: high school, Cheerleaders, canada, funny, prudes, lingerie, pranks, parenting, graduation, sfw, cheerleader

• Happy Early 65th Birthday, Joni Mitchell

  This is a great day for the peace movement that flowered (pun intended) in the 1960s. One person who must be thrilled at the prospect of an Obama presidency is the great Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, one of our personal heroes, whose birthday is on Friday but is for some reason is celebrated in a story in today's Wall Street Journal. Read More... Posted Nov 04 2008, 01:34 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: feminism, music, birthday, canada, the seventies, Neil Young, the 60s, pop stars, singers, joni mitchell

• Sarah Palin Gets Punked

  Sarah Palin received a call this weekend from French president Nicolas Sarkozy, or so she thought. It was really a comedian in Montreal, but somehow, even with her extensive foreign policy experience, she let the call go on for five minutes. In fact, even after the comedian said his hot wife was good in bed, and that he loved the documentary on her, "Nailin Paylin," she still had no doubt (er, clue) she was speaking to anyone but President Sarkozy. Full transcript, and a recording of the entire phone call, after the jump. Read More... Posted Nov 03 2008, 10:57 AM by Emily Farris with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: canada, france, radio, pranks, nicholas sarkozy, sarah palin, nailin paylin

• The Funniest Craigslist Personal Ever?

  This had better be a fake, dude... From the Toronto Craigslist's m4w section comes the personal ad of the century. This guy must've received hundreds of responses-- yeah, from guys playing a joke on him... Read More... Posted Oct 27 2008, 03:49 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: dating, relationships, asian fetish, saturday night live, craigslist, canada, asian, video game, geek love, japanese, toronto, Craigslist ad, real or fake, computer, personal ads, planets, nerd, manga, roleplaying, anime

• This Week In Gayness: Baton Twirlers Busted For "I Kissed A Girl"

  Only 30-something percent of California voters are supporting the proposal to ban gay marriage there, but that doesn't stop the measure's wacky supporters from saying "elites" are denying the will of "the people." Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr is such a nice, well-rounded individual, he won't let anyone use the words "gay" or "lesbian" on his website. Even in a positive manner. We used to think Canada was the sane, folksy antidote to our crazy U.S. culture, but not after this guy burst onto the national scene there... you won't believe what he said... Read More... Posted Oct 07 2008, 10:32 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: lesbian, politics, transgender, lgbt, mad men, advertisements, texas, canada, bigotry, this week in gayness, libertarians, montana, gayness, georgia, lawsuit, california, california gay marriage, homosexual, katy perry, cheerleader, gay and lesbian rights, execution, televangelist, california gay marriage ban, madison avenue, bob barr, amc

• While You Were Sleeping: Mark Foley's Replacement's Sex Scandal

  A homeless man in Florida was arrested for sleeping nude on the steps of a City Hall. Insult to injury: he was given $150 in bail which, obviously, he probably can't even pay. Farm Aid 2008 is playing in a loop here. (The lineup: Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews, Kenny Chesney, Arlo Guthrie, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Pretenders, Jakob Dylan, and much more.) How much would you pay for a date with this porn star? Read More... Posted Sep 23 2008, 09:08 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: porn star, sex scandals, Mark Foley, canada, florida, dane cook, comedians, Democrats, naked people, homeless, willie nelson, Neil Young, auction, greyhound, kenny chesney, dave matthews

• While You Were Sleeping: Posing Nude For Fun Or Charity

  Jude Law's new girlfriend is posing nude for the upcoming edition of Playboy in France. If this guy keeps winning elections, maybe there isn't any reason to vote. A conservative Canadian mayor is finding out that just because those nude photos of her made headlines over five years ago, people are still going to bring them up when she runs for higher office. Uncensored photo after the jump... Read More... Posted Sep 22 2008, 09:09 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: new york, stripper, beer, playboy, charity, canada, nsfw, france, florida, strippers, england, cheapdom, election, camera phones, arrested, Jude Law, mayor, sex scandal, perverts, detroit, nude photos, lawyers, stripping, conservative, strip club, girlfriends

• The Top 5 Hottest Female Politicians

  Ever see those obnoxious ads in your Gmail for inside info about Bill Clinton and the above woman? Maxim just released its list of the Top 10 Hottest (Female) Politicians, which is missing a few that we thought of off the top of our heads... Read More... Posted Sep 10 2008, 04:06 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: new york, lists, maxim, Bill Clinton, canada, top 5 lists, argentina, ukraine, belgium, politcians

• Groove Is in the Heart, the Grocery Store, the Ontario Science Center...

  This guy looooves to get down in unexpected places. He brings his moves to Fortino's grocery store in Hamilton, Ontario and people are, well, unfazed. But lack of public support cannot stop the muse of dance. The dancing man is actually a guy named Mike who at the time of this interview had uploaded on Youtube a video of himself dancing a day for 329 days, and on May 5, 2008 had successfully uploaded a dance a day for an entire year.  His last dance, Joy Division's "Digital," in the park and after the jump... Read More... Posted Sep 08 2008, 12:02 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with no comments Filed under: youtube, canada, dancing, dipsetmuthafucka

• While You Were Sleeping: Sex and Chocolate

  The government took over Freddie Mac and Sallie Mae, once again proving that if you bring in enough money, it doesn't matter who you fuck over, there will always be someone willing to bail you out. That Asian junkie you've been reading about has thankfully kicked his addiction. You remember the story: he's an elephant. Gisele Bundchen clears up those rumors about her "impending" marriage to Tom Brady: Read More... Posted Sep 08 2008, 09:29 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: chocolate, marriage, advice, microsoft, Barack Obama, gisele bundchen, sex, canada, john McCain, engaged, 9/11, money, seinfeld, heroin, asian, Tom Brady, elephant, sex blogs, government, conservative, teri hatcher

• Colin Farrell Plays Fairy Godmother to Homeless Canadian

  Remember a year ago when Colin Farrell, in Toronto for the Toronto International Film Festival, gave a homeless man $3,000 and implored him to get sober and get his life together? Yeah, neither did we. But some Canadians haven't forgotten. They've actually gone as far as to track down the man Farrell gifted last year. So how's he doing?   Read More... Posted Sep 02 2008, 12:50 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with no comments Filed under: charity, Colin Farrell, canada, alcoholism, hollywood, celebrities, angelina joile, homeless, Homelessness, acting

• Sloppy Seconds: New Apprentice Set To Be Worst TV Show Ever

  If you're a woman in your late twenties and going to have sex with your seventeen-year-old lover, please don't get drunk first. Also, please don't get drunk with your teenage lover, have sex in a train station, and refuse to leave when you are loudly asked to stop fucking each others' brains out over the public address system... Despite the operator’’s pleas for them to get dressed and desist, the woman of 29 and her boyfriend aged 17 carried on. In fact... Read More... Posted Aug 26 2008, 04:42 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: public sex, Barack Obama, london, canada, Joe Francis, england, military, brooklyn, the apprentice, nude photos, anne hathaway

• Sloppy Seconds: Lil' Kim To Be A Playboy Centerfold?

  The new DIY porn station in Canada is sure to give us lots of blog material over the next several centuries. A six-year-old boy had the adventure of a lifetime when he was accidentally transported to Mexico. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough money for the "around the world" package the girls were offering him. A McCain advisor, who thinks the economy is doing spiffy, invested in porn movies... Read More... Posted Aug 19 2008, 05:01 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: spencer pratt, heidi montag, the hills, playboy, MTV, mormons, canada, mexico, nude photos, McDonald's, lil' kim, porn tv, diabetic

• Nude Beachgoers Run Rampant In The Streets... As A Protest, Of Course

  The city of Vancouver, BC, was overrun yesterday by naked, aroused, fast-moving hippies who violated our decency laws and represented one massive offense to God. Well, at least, that's how some could look at it. The rest of us will just enjoy the photos and perhaps even donate to the cause... you mean you didn't see that coming? More photos after the jump... Read More... Posted Aug 18 2008, 04:29 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: nude beaches, canada, naked people, peeping tom, protest, nude photos, topless photos, vancouver

• You Oughta Know: The Rumors About Dave Coulier and Alanis Morrisette...Totally True

  Dave Coulier--or Uncle Joey, as most of us know him--has confirmed that Alanis Morissette's 1995 hit "You Oughta Know" was about him. This is totally weird and as we've always feared and suspected. Just to recap, the lyrics to "You Oughta Know" go something like this... Read More... Posted Aug 15 2008, 12:32 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with no comments Filed under: music, oral sex, canada, theater, songs, the 90's, alanis morissette, full house, dave coulier

• Add Denver To The List Of "Places That Scare Us"

  In random news today was the terrifying tale of a mountain lion that crept into a couple's bedroom... Read More... Posted Aug 06 2008, 04:45 PM by Verena von Pfetten with | with no comments Filed under: canada, denver, greyhound ad campaign, greyhound, mountain lions, mountain lion eats dog, scary news

• The 5 Hottest Men And 5 Hottest Women Of The 2008 Summer Olympics (Part Two)

  Did you catch our hottest women of the Summer Olympics list? (If not, see directly below this post.) Here's part two... the male olympians... By the way, we are going to go with almost all American athletes for this one just because it's been harder to find hot Olympian dudes on the internet unless you can Google in other languages... Read More... Posted Aug 06 2008, 02:29 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: lists, athletes, canada, China, soccer, olympics, beijing, top 10, swimming, sexy photos, tennis, males

• Canada Is A Scary Place Where Mountains Fall Down And Heads Get Decapitated

  Canada -- coincidentally (or, perhaps not so coincidentally...) Scanner Verena's homeland -- is a scary place today.  Read More... Posted Jul 31 2008, 04:25 PM by Verena von Pfetten with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: canada, decapitation, whistler rock slide, greyhound decapitation, sea-to-sky highway, greyhound murder, vancouver, 2010 olympics

• Sloppy Seconds: Half-Naked Woman At A Blue Jays Game

  ...which begs the obvious question... what were these knuckleheads doing actually watching the game?  Minnie Driver publicly thanked the biggest bunch of airheaded surfer dudes for their heroic efforts after video aired of the beach bums pounding some paparazzi into submission. The very pregnant Driver was trying to enjoy a day on the beach when privacy-invading photographers swept in with their long lenses. Check out the story and video, complete with full "don't photo me, bro" goodness.  There's a new movie playing in London about a boat orgy that ends when one guy hits a girl in the back of the head during sex and kills her. The title? "Donkey Punch," of course.  Is Grey's Anatomy going to kill off Katherine Heigel's character? Read More... Posted Jul 16 2008, 05:01 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: sports, katherine heigl, subway, sex, canada, julia allison, fights, paparazzi, food, baseball, knives, grey's anatomy, minnie driver, surfer, voyuer, toronto, arsenio hall, exhibitionists

• Today in WTF: Guy Gets Off (For/On) Getting 14-Year-Old Girl Drunk, Violating Her

  This is such a crazy clusterfuck of a court case, we're going to do something we almost never do: take the entire article relaying the facts of the case and present them to you, without abbreviation. You have to read every word to get the full picture... Read More... Posted Jul 15 2008, 04:20 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: jail, parties, sex, canada, court, sexual assault, jailbait, teenage girls, sexual abuse, today in wtf, teenage boys, trials

• Disembodied Canadian Foot May Have Been a Hoax

  We told you about the six feet that have washed up on British Columbia's Southern coast recently. Turns out someone may be running a scam on those of us who are tirelessly and obsessively following this news item. According to the Globe and Mail... Read More... Posted Jun 20 2008, 12:53 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: crime, canada, feet, foot

• Watch My Feet...As They Wash up on Shore

  Lately, feet have been turning up in the strangest places, or should we say, place.  So, where should you go if you wake up one morning missing your pedi?   Read More... Posted Jun 19 2008, 12:10 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: mystery, crime, canada, feet

• Where Have All the Strippers Gone?

  According to this article in the Toronto Star, gone are the days when strip clubs saw a $20 in every g-string and a dancer on every lap...at least in Toronto. It seems the number of strippers in the city has declined from 2,834 in 1998 to 1,254 certified strippers in 2007. But what could be causing the rapid decline of the exotic dance industry? Read More... Posted Apr 28 2008, 03:01 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: strip clubs, canada, strippers

• Is Céline Dion the Worst Singer Alive? Or Just, Like, the Second Worst?

  In a stroke of journalistic genius, Nick Lewis in the Calgary Herald tackles the itching and burning question of why Céline Dion is so fucking famous despite the fact that she is so fucking loathed. The woman responsible for the third most annoying song ever according to Maxim Magazine is also up for six Juno awards this weekend (Canadian Grammys...just to clarify). Oh God, this woman is so foul. And that thing she does when being interviewed, with the singing her talking...you know, "eeeeeeeooooo-iiiiiiii am very glaahahahahahad to be heeeeeeeeeeeeere Oprah"--that is fucking dispicable.   But people still dig that shit, and apparently your derision only makes them love her more. So what, according to Carl Wilson, author of Let's Talk About Love a book dedicated to the very question of why Céline is so popular, does the woman sold 200 million albums with her voice of a large, dying rooster have to look forward to in her career?   Mystery solved after the jump:   Read More... Posted Apr 03 2008, 03:01 PM by Nicole Pasulka with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: canada, celine dion is so horribe

• Today In Drugs: Salvia is the New Loco Weed

  "Sally-D, Magic Mint and Diviner's Sage... whatever you call it, Salvia is all the rage!" Read More... Posted Mar 11 2008, 04:10 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: canada, marijuana, pot, drug addiction, second life, salvia, lsd, pcp

• Sex Tip of the Day: Don't Have Your Threesome in a Moving Car

  Even if you've never done the beast with three backs, chances are there are some things you could probably guess about it in advance. Like, for example: don't do it in a moving car. Read More... Posted Feb 26 2008, 04:27 PM by Bryan Christian with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: canada, threesomes, unsafe sex, moving cars

• My Year Beats Your "Le Weekend"

  Canada has just broken new ground in the ongoing sexual revolution (which began with the invention of rectal thermometers in 1342) with a new daily dosage of Cialis. Yes, "Le Weekend," as Europeans call the 24-36 hour anti-impotence drug, is now "Le Year," as this new version means men can be "spontaneous" and get boners all day long. Great-- just what we need... sex day and night. Yawn. Read More... Posted Feb 25 2008, 04:30 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: underage-ness, drugs, sex, penis, canada, france, medicine, erections, promiscuity, impotence, french, cialis