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Tea & Two Slices: On Expensive Fighter Jets & Port City Lights

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by Sean Orr | Everyone is freaking out about Harper spending 9 Billion dollars on some fighter jets but I say these are just the tools we need to defend ourselves from terrorists, global warming, and poverty. And baby seals. Haters gonna hate.

Calgary Stampede ride breaks, 10 injured. When are the people going to stand up and demand an end to this barbaric form of entertainment?

Looks like Campbell is doing is damnedest to stop the flood. B.C. orders repairs to 143 dams. You see what I did there? You know, like, with the HST and stuff?

The Vancouver website where the arts world goes Booooooom!. The rare occasion when a major Canwest daily ventures into the area of actual blogs. Welcome to the real world, bitches.

Tassels on The Man Game.

New local music magazine: Port City Lights Good name, too.

On Ken Sim’s So-Called “Swagger” and ABC’S Class War

Sean Orr is back from his hiatus with a rundown of the local headlines that have been running on a ticker tape through his mind over the past six months...

On Post-Election Recuperation, Platform Paradoxes and Refund Communities

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds irony in "safety, affordability, and sustainability", and shouts out a bunch of amazing local organizations working on the frontlines.

On Running for City Council, Playing Whack-a-Mole with Homelessness, and the Public Washroom Deficit

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds a park ranger with a grudge, a gross misuse of air quotes and Tripadvisor slander.

On Living in a City Preoccupied with Street Cleaning, Chandeliers, and Campaigns Against the Homeless

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr hones in on the recent Langley shootings, and the ongoing criminalizing and dehumanizing of the homeless population.