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TEA & TWO SLICES: On the Parlance Of Our Times And Never Getting A Free Lunch

by Sean Orr | Tory MP who appeared in anti-bullying video once called homosexuality a sin. If only he had used the parlance of our times: “Hate the game, not the playa.”

The Fraser Institute-influenced flag-bearers of the ‘Nobody Gets a Free Lunch’ mantra write: Urban foraging: There’s a free lunch if you are willing to look for it. I’m willing to look for it. And I’m willing to bet there are some awesome meals in the office fridge at Granville Square.

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead: Cleanup underway at former U.S. air base in B.C.. Oh, Ozymandias! “Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.”

House values skyrocket in Vancouver’s Cambie corridor. Or, ‘From Bakeries to Burger Joints: A Study on Why Nobody Cares about the Gentrification of Cambie Street’.

Occupy 12th and Cambie? That’s actually not a bad idea. There’s lots of green space and even an organic garden!

Meanwhile, 24 Hours gives editorial space to a blog that was started by a NPA council candidate. No conflict of interest there.

The Province, predictably, is even more partisan: Mayor must stand up for regular citizens. Because taxpayers, mortgage holders, teachers, students, artists, conservatives, postal workers, nurses, servers, environmentalists, journalists, catholics, Arabs, immigrants, celebrities, and billionaires, are all not regular.

If you can’t smell Post Media’s pungent perfume of fear from that editorial, just look at what they’d rather occupy your time with: Sexy, funny costumes make Halloween good time for romance. “Picture by Value Village”.

Dubgee raps on the Vancouver mayoral campaign trail. And that’s no Bullworth.

Bonus: Last Candidate Standing.Not your typical all candidates debate!

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.