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TEA & TWO SLICES: On Pizza For Lunch & The Scourge Of Gentrification In Yaletown

by Sean Orr | Stop Thinking: String of terror incidents no reason to ‘commit sociology’: Stephen Harper. Well, I was thinking of taking a nap first but I was planning to do some sociology later on tonight, if you catch my drift…

You’re bound to be disappointed when you reject everything: B.C. NDP disappoints anti-poverty activists with campaign promises on welfare rates. OK, OK, I take that back, the NDP needs to do better. May I suggest a scalpel and some crazy glue?

Yaffe while you can: Barbara Yaffe: If B.C.’s NDP wins, those of us needing to work can always move to Alberta. Oh, please do! In this case, those of us needing work are those of us who are corporate shills willing to ram the free market narrative through the fourth estate. “A new Raven coal mine on Vancouver Island, or a Prosperity gold copper mine in the Cariboo-Chilcoten, or BC Hydro’s Site C dam near Fort St. John? No, no and no.” Yes, yes, yes!

Hagiographic tripe: Christy Clark, a politician first (and reckless driver second). “In her son’s bag is the pizza and Krispy Kreme doughnut Clark packed for his lunch. Left on the dining room table at home is the raffle-ticket sign-up form that still needs to be completed”. Ignoring for a second that this actually passes for journalism in 2013 (shudder), she packs pizza and doughnuts for her kid’s school lunch. Healthy family strategy, my ass!

Finally, a candidate you can believe in: Mischa Popoff Will Not Be Bullied. Oh, I can smell the manure from here!

BC Election 2013 Wildcard: How ’bout those Canucks? You didn’t need to give people another reason not to cheer for them, sheesh.

So…now anytime a business goes bankrupt we get to blame gentrification? Tapas bars and bottles and cans: when your neighbourhood leaves you behind. Just to make sure, you guys realize you are talking about losing a tapas bar in Yaletown, right?

Another real estate scam: Who is Kerri Lynn McAllister?

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  1. Who is Kerri Lynn McAllister?

    She pushed her brother off the Tallahatchie Bridge.

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