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TEA & TWO SLICES: On Party Politics, Distorted Reality, And Going Off The Rails

by Sean Orr | Jacked: NDP sheds ‘comfy sweaters’ for battle gear. I really couldn’t Mulcair less. I mean, why are we Nashing our teeth, it’s Dewar die time! Topp Harper!

Huffing Gas: B.C. mayor gets death threat over proposed vehicle levies. It’s like drivers walk around with a windshield permanently in front of them. Step out of the car, sir.

Don’t you wish those same people would get upset about the massive miscarriage of public finances that is ‘military spending’? Lockheed Martin’s F-35 was Defence Department’s clear choice, says retired bureaucrat. Probably nothing to do with the massive donation…

Instead they get mad at shit like this: NDP leader Adrian Dix caught on SkyTrain without ticket. Of course, this would never happen to Christy Clark. But that could be because she’s never even been on public transit.

And it shows: Premier goes off the rails again with Evergreen gaffes.

“There’s still a funding gap for the Evergreen Line there — $30 million — and we are going to find that through an audit to TransLink”. Alas for Clark, the $30-million gap had nothing to do with the Evergreen Line, which is fully funded. It was for other projects and once again the premier had demonstrated her inadequate grasp of a major file.

Related: Dear urban Vancouver: defend our transit future!

Unraveling: Van Dongen defects. Only a guy like Gordo could keep the conservatives, neo-conservatives, reformers, libertarians, and the centre-right together. Just admit it.

I know this is awful, but I can’t help hearing a banging donk in the background while reading/rapping this headline: Abbotsford ecstasy overdose victim saves himself by remembering deaths of others. It just has such a nice flow.

Hey, here’s a good idea: Funding for the Carnegie cut.

Twit: When is Vancouver going to be finished? Because I can hear the shrill bleating drone of its death knell.

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.