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TEA & TWO SLICES: On The Perils Of Herbal Tea And Protestors Dressed As Big Vaginas

by Sean Orr | I saved Latin. What did you ever do? Chinese signs in Richmond ‘way out of hand’, says delegation appealing for more English. This is the same thing as moving to Southern California and complaining about all the Spanish everywhere. There is only one bi-lingual province in Canada and it’s called New Brunswick.

Fewer people sleeping on Vancouver streets, homeless count finds. Oh good! They’ve either all died or found a place to live!

World needs a steep learning curve on brewing controversy. Yup, tea. It’s what Baby Boomers are now talking about when they admonish Generation Y for not growing up.

And speaking of brewing, the group of First Nations youths nearing Ottawa are being almost completely ignored by Big Media: The Quest for Unity.

The sword of Damocles: BC Has Plenty of Room to Raise Taxes. In other words: damned if you do, damned if you don’t. “Next time someone says we can’t, here are debunking facts”. Go ahead and bookmark this story in preparation of The Prov/Sun running a loop of anti-tax editorials between now until the election.

GreenNDP vote-splitting a ‘non-issue’. More people don’t vote at all than vote for the Greens, Liberals, and NDP combined.

Snakehead of the Year: That Dragon’s Not Breathing Fire. Oh, weird. Hockey is totally sexist?

Bwahaha! Cyclists should pay for their own pumps. To all the sweet, archaic, predictable curmudgeons — we salute you!

Huge balls: Stephen Woodworth, Anti-Abortion MP, Shouted Down By Protester Dressed As Vagina. I love the hushed voices in the video: “Uh yeah…so maybe we should pack this up”. Haha. That’s best idea you’ve ever had!

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.