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TEA & TWO SLICES: On Shaving Gentrifying Heads And Riding On The Poor People’s Bus

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by Sean Orr | We gave her a mandate! Christy Clark gets hammered at the Leos. “In Ontario, Rob Ford smokes crack, and here, Christy Clark makes everybody want to smoke crack.”

Well then, “actors”, you shouldn’t have picked ham and pineapple: First Past the Pizza. All that video did was make me hungry…for electoral reform! Am I right?

A page from the “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” book: Vancouver sex worker has claimed that Premier Christy Clark does not care about people in her industry.

Spies like us: Mounties spied on native protest groups. Oh, and the Americans are spying on us. Oh, and so are the Canadians.

The lotus has not only be eaten, it has been digested, passed, and finally used as compost to grow more lotus. Exhibit A: Huff Po.

Although it’s been very difficult to take The Pickle Party COPE seriously lately, they have called on Vision to reject the Regional Context Statement.

At least I’m doing my part. What have you done?

Exclusive living: Vancouver condo deal falls through when strata says dog is two inches too tall. Go figure. Even condos hate people who live in condos.

How the other half lives: A bus full of knives, drugs and sometimes furniture: Welcome aboard the No. 20. Who knew Province columnist Gord McIntyre was a slumdog millionaire!

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.