by Sean Orr | Happy belated Labour Day: Labour Day’s Radical Roots. Or is it actually a scam? Perhaps the Americans could use an extra letter: Labour Day lasts 17% longer in Canada because of the extra u.
The worst journalist in Canada strikes again? Corbella: Will atheism be held to account like other creeds? What this calls for is a little editing.
Canada’s Cultural Conundrum, or, how to thinly veil your racism under the guise of social commentary. Money quote: “Last time I checked, Richmond was in Canada, not China, although sometimes I truly do wonder.” The poor dear.
Facebook post of the day: Just another day in the DTES.
Back to school Tweet of the day c/o BC Ferrys:
Reminder: We’ll be slowing to 16.2 knots in school zones. Expect delays.
— BCFerrys (@BCFerrys) September 3, 2013
Jeff Wall on Vancouver’s Last Good Building.
None of them seem to notice the density of disappointment and the envelope of depression that’s been created by the total abdication of leadership by politicians, patrons, and professionals in architecture, planning, and urbanism, the hapless capitulation to institutionalized civic ugliness.
Related: Vancouver Rising.
I hadn’t linked to Vancity Buzz in a while, but then someone just had to go and get a dumb tattoo on their ass because they lost a soccer bet. Cool story, bro. Shots!
And speaking of the butt of jokes: Harper Says He Twerks Occasionally. Derp.
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