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TEA & TWO SLICES: On The Parachute Club And More Dirty Politics With Clean Needles

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by Sean Orr | Smoke and mirrors: Safe drug injection site rules emphasize local input. Right, because there is just such a long line-up of communities who want one. Because the Conservatives are completely unbiased.

Bruised logic: BANANA crowd could kill middle-class. Not house prices, not reckless mortgages, not the salaried bourgeoise, not neoliberalism, and certainly not crony capitalism (as written by Fazil’s own Fraser Institute).

“I am surprised he sat on them”: Tories fought with Elections Canada over accounting for MPs’ campaign spending. This is important. Not only did they break the rules, they also think they’re above them. These guys are rotten to the core.

I’m starting to feel a little isolated from Ottawa: 10 MP resignations, party switches and departures have shaken Parliament Hill since the 2011 election. The Christy Clark syndrome/strategy: Piss off your cabinet ministers so they quit and say nothing about how horrible a leader you actually are.

Don’t be a henchman: B.C. Premier Christy Clark introduces new cabinet of old henchmen and rookies. “I don’t know that any premier has had a more difficult task in choosing a cabinet than I had.” Pimpin ain’t easy – Big Momma Kristy.

Parachute Club: Christy Clark to run for MLA seat in Kelowna byelection. This could be an amazing win-win situation. In return for stepping aside, Ben Stewart, a vintner, gets her to pass legislation modernizing BC’s liquor laws and she loses anyway.

Attention new minister of transportation: invest in transit, not asphalt, to drive economic growth. Seems like a no brainer. It’s just too bad that we elected a no-brainer.

Vice: Kyle Scully’s photographs make British Columbia look even more gorgeous.

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.