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TEA & TWO SLICES: On The Aversion Theory And The Blaring Of Drum-Heavy Music

 

by Sean Orr | If it wasn’t already so glaringly apparent, Harperization of Canada in full swing with majority.

New vision for BC education. If memory serves Mr Abbott, one needs teachers to implement an education plan. Even…um, Mr. Abbott agrees.

Overstated Claims for Positive 2010 ‘Games Effect’. I have a slight aversion for these kind of audits.

The Tweet of the Day is by Christian Flores: “Hey genius if u put ur wet umbrella on a seat the seat gets wet.”

A close second is from CKNW: “Occupy Vancouver protesters have moved into Georgia Street, blaring drum-heavy music.”

Handy guide to this weekend’s insurrections by the VPD: Vancouver Police are expecting a busy weekend. I so rarely say it, but I really love Vancouver.

What Would Allen Garr Say? Vancouver Art Gallery may not be best place for civic showdown. Lululemon, Bentall, and Vancouver Club are all good ideas, but may I add City Hall, Granville Square, empty condos, Pantages and…

…The Palace Hotel: 71 tenants on Downtown Eastside facing eviction

Forget the Riot Squad – Send in the Taxman. One need only read the headline to know what Don Cayo is on about (and roll up a copy of the Vancouver Sun to flog the dead horse he rode in on). His inability to even recognize the debate amazes. It’s as if – in his mind – no taxpayer has ever been subject to the brutal whims of the abstraction known as the economy, and nevermind that it’s the 1%, who are themselves under-taxed. I mean, it was only the entire point of yesterday’s Robin Hood march. It’s absurd; absurdist; the tyranny of structurelessness.

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  1. One comment on that Cayo piece from his blog: “When you reduce the factors in the equation to their ultimate derivative it is not taxation that is the issue, but the contrived shortage of property that results in astronomical prices and rents.”

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