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On Willy Wonkiness And The Rhetorical Spear Of Gentrification

by Sean Orr | The view from my window: Crazy man scales back alley utility pole.

Food for thought: Former transit boss says lifetime passes are like ‘being given Willy Wonka’s golden ticket’. “At least one current lifetime pass holder says it’s time to put the brakes on the gravy bus”. Man, those metaphors are so mixed I don’t know whether I’m hungry or furious. “What a bunch of jam tarts” he said. STOP.

Meanwhile, Transit rider says he’s had enough of Translink’s free rides. “I am so fed up with hearing with seeing [sic] so many people getting onto the bus without paying when I have to pay all the time and many of us have to pay all the time.” he says, adding, ‘But I am so bad at talking that talking that you will ignore my argument and you are ignoring my argument all the time”. So…yeah.

Completely not suspicious fire of the day: Fire breaks out in Downtown Eastside building. You can smell the insurance money from here.

Info czar warns of obstructive tactics. Hmm, maybe perhaps…like this: Stephen Harper’s office bans journalist from trip after he asked question of prime minister. That’s OK. Just pretend you’re Harris from the Post.

MLA Moira Stillwell doesn’t get it: Don’t encourage dumb permanent decisions. Please. Well, at least electing her as MLA isn’t permanent. Now that would be dumb.

Sacrilege: Wayne Gretzky statue vandalized in Brantford. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?

Thank you: ‘Gentrification’ is a Linguistic Weapon Hurting Us All: “Used pejoratively to describe the process by which urban neighborhoods in particular experience changes in economic and demographic make-up, the term has become something of a rhetorical spear, the go-to weapon in ideological combat over control of what are perceived to be contested city blocks and parcels.”

Bonus: Brand new love. RIP Super Socco.

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  1. sean. how weird was that. it happened right beside our office window. one wrong move and that guy would have been smashed potatoes.

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