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Tea & Two Slices: On The Fight With Tides And Skateboarders

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by Sean Orr | Overnight work on Stanley Park seawall angers residents. She’s angry because the tide makes them have to work at night. So basically she is angry at the moon. Howl, Shauna Affleck, howl.

Meanwhile, 6 women occupy police station to protest murdered and missing women. Sort of makes your little rant about construction noise seem a little petty, huh Shauna? Also, why did it take the media 3 hours to report this? #mediafail

Dangers of longboarding in spotlight after another death in Metro Vancouver. “Are they reckless thrill-seekers or just misunderstood?”. I’m sorry Vancouver Sun, but are you talking about people who like to drive their cars when they are drunk or are you talking about a fucking skateboard? Why not just blame Marilyn Manson or something?

Because Harper refuses to recognize the viability of a certain evil cash crop, we are now an international embarrassment as US pot biz surges ahead of Canada with new hi-tech marijuana factories. To add insult to injury, someone lit a joint in the House of Commons today. And no, unfortunately, it was not Jack Layton.

Want to be happy? Move to the North Shore. Want to be happy? Make enough money so you can afford to live on the North Shore.

Hand cut paper map of Vancouver. And, like Vancouver, you can’t afford it.

With Glowing Hearts.

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.