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TEA & TWO SLICES: On Vague Moral Entities And Deserving Everything That We Get

by Sean Orr | DTES protesters hit West Vancouver. Wouldn’t that make them West Vancouver protesters? Oh right! I forgot that the DTES is a vague moral entity that the media uses in place of words like poverty, housing, drug addiction, gentrification, and mental health.

Darwin Award waiting to happen: Woman injured trying to catch Skytrain. Seriously, I have seen this exact same type of buffoonery at least a dozen times.

Moby Dicks: Beached whale not Canada’s fault. Phew! So I can go back to feeling morally superior to the States?

Kings crowned, Canucks mocked.”BREAKING NEWS: Vancouver breaks out in another riot after the Canucks failed to win the Stanley Cup yet again”. Haha (we deserve everything we get).

Like this guy: One-month jail sentence surprises Stanley Cup rioter. Who knew participating in a riot was a punishable offense? I think your lawyer was at the wrong bar association, buddy.

Speaking of bar associations, nobody show the following ad to the Donnelly Group: 235 seat liquor primary license for sale ((originally DTES)).

Stripping down and trying out for Lingerie Football. This is actually a great little video. And not (just) because of all the slow motion shots.

Bonus: Matt Chambers is missing. Intellectually speaking, of course.

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.