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TEA & TWO SLICES: On Skiing Douchebags And The Belly-Aches Of Bridge & Tunnellers

by Sean Orr | Hypocrisy abounds! Jon Ferry: Unaffordable megaprojects like the Broadway SkyTrain line must wait until economy is back on track. Oh, you mean like the convention centre expansion, the Enbridge Pipeline, and the entire Winter Olympics?

Next few days will tell if Christy Clark can survive her rebellious caucus. “Even a crash landing that produced a few survivors would be better than the plane slamming into the mountain with all lives lost”. Let’s roll.

Or just grab a parachute and jump: Why I Quit the BC Liberals. Short version: wheeeeee!

Shane Simpson offered clearest view on where NDP is headed on addressing poverty. In other words, they’re trying to restore some sort of semblance to our social safety net before the neo-liberal experiment hacked it to pieces while trying to ameliorate those very same neo-liberals in the media.

The reverse classism of the Pidgin protestors: “See the rich! 5¢”.

Rank and file: Lowest ranked school result of incomplete scores. These kids don’t have computers? No wonder the Fraser Institute hates them. Even I hate them.

Cyclists give off more carbon dioxide than drivers, Washington state legislator argues in defending tax on bikes. Cue the belly-aching talk radio hosts firing up the bridge and tunnelers stuck in traffic.

Peter Ladner’s broken legs: Mountain Crowding – what ever happened to R-E-S-P-E-C-T? Wait, so there are douchebags that ski? Weird.

Craigslist: Reality show casting “Real Hipsters of Vancouver”. No one who signs up for this is a real hipster unless they’re trying to be ironic.

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.