Given just how beloved our own home-grown fraudster is around these parts, somehow I suspect that Conrad Black's support of Sarah Thompson in Toronto's upcoming mayoral race isn't doing her any favours.

In fact, if I were any more paranoid, I'd also suspect that Conrad Black knows this, and is backing her simply to ensure she doesn't get elected. But I'm not that paranoid; I think Black's just a touch delusional, shall we say, about his public image.