by Sean Orr | The editorial I predicted in the last T&TS: Occupy leftovers annoy Vancouver union and lose another friend. Leftovers? Tell that to Oakland. Tell that to Portland. The point is, if the job is that volatile and so important that a small delay can cost a driver an entire day’s pay, then they should be treated like it. They don’t even have washrooms for Christ’s sake!

Even the Bank of Canada admit things went terribly wrong: Growth in the Age of Deleveraging. “The stagnation of middle-class real wages (itself the product of technology and globalisation) meant households had to borrow if they wanted to maintain consumption growth.” Until debt to us part.

Sometimes, it’s just so easy: Blogging cop conjures up the smell and taste of misery. After all, they say one should write about what they know. No, but seriously, if a cop sees the neighbourhood he patrols as miserable, how does that affect his actions? When are we going to start seeing it as a success story? What of Insite, Onsite, Woodwards/W2, United We Can, Carnegie Centre, DNC Sunday Street Market, Hope in Shadows, Gallery Gachet, The Dugout, Megaphone, First United, SOLEfood, Beauty Night, Community Vintage and Window Arts, The Met Community Pub, VANDU, Save on Meats, 60 W. Cordova, Aboriginal Frienship Centre, Pigeon Park Savings, Vancouver Street Soccer League, and pretty much all of Gastown?

DJ Qualls seeks apology from Vancouver police for beating. Don’t hold your breath, bro. It took them decades to apologize to the entire DTES. Actually wait, you were in Road Trip? On second thought, do hold your breath. Forever.

Society of Spectacle: Crown applies to have Stanley Cup riot cases televised. Ooh, can we set up a huge outdoor viewing area downtown? And lets feed them beer. All day long.

B.C. anesthesiologists set to withdraw services. Reminds me of the Bloom on Demand track by Les Savy Fav: “This giving in is wearing thin“. Just hopefully not in the middle of surgery.

A Horse with No Name™: New Vancouver police horse shares name with corporate donor. Now before you get your knickers in a twist, the police had no obligation to name it after London Drugs. They were just hoping to get some sweet new electronics.

And to think this whole time they could have just kept the Skytrain running longer. Counterattack compromised by social media. Maybe this means you’re doing it wrong.