by Sean Orr | Preemptive Strike: Stephen Harper’s most controversial quotes compiled — by Tories. Hey, just because he said these things doesn’t mean he would actually say these things. Learn the difference, gawd.

And on the complete opposite side of the House… Elizabeth May: The Parliamentarian of the Year. It’s all about the Hansard, my bishes. Put your Hansard in the air!

Politics as performance: Toronto just fired the greatest mayor of all time. “In 100 years from now, Rob will be viewed as the Andy Kaufman of Canadian municipal politics”. Or Chris Farley, but I guess that would be too obvious. Only someone as dumb as Christie Blatchford would miss the joke.

Class Notes: COPE calls for breakfasts. I dunno. As I write this at 3:46pm, I have yet to eat today and look how awesome I’m doing! No, but seriously…$1.50 grilled cheese sandwiches at Army & Navy are saving my life.

And speaking of token sandwiches: Save On Meats launches sandwich token system to help feed Vancouver’s poor. I’ll give this one to Charles Demers: “I wish Save-On-Meats would develop a sandwich token I could give to rich people; I don’t want them spending the money on condos. It hurts the community”. But just in case I run into Mark Brand in Gastown I’m just going to go ahead and endorse this lovely idea because that dude is huge and he has a neck tattoo.

And also he hires chill dudes: Artist behind ‘Dude Chilling Park’ sign comes forward. Way to have zero sense of humour, Vancouver. Or as PulpFiction just reminded me, “bureaucracy’s we-have-a-process, indifference to whimsy always worth getting riled up about”.

This is relevant to my interests: Storm brewing over change to beer tax policy. According to this article (and I would only read the first sentence), I think Rogue now makes a Mandarin Ale.

Because this could never happen to an oil tanker: Giant 279-metre-long container ship runs aground in Prince Rupert Harbour. And if you think I’m just being pessimistic, you are totally correct.

Ten Lanes to Nowhere: Will speed or cost win out when the new Port Mann Bridge opens? Wait, those are the only two possible results? Not “strengthen communities”, “improve workplace efficiency”, or that ridiculous notion that a ten lane bridge will equal less idling in traffic jams, which in turn will help the environment? No? Ok great.