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Tea & Two Slices: On Being Made To Feel Super Safe And Democracy As Obstruction

by Sean Orr | Victoria top cop guilty for blabbing about anti-Olympic spy. But hiring a spy to drive a bus full of peaceful protesters is totally OK just as long as you a.) don’t crash it, and b.) don’t brag about it later.

Military revising domestic strategy after Olympics reveal huge flaws. So basically your response to 9/11 included all the logistical flaws as America on 9/11? That makes me feel super safe (endorsing Mubarak, giving Israel a hall pass and guarding opium fields in Afghanistan aside).

If it wasn’t apparent in Egpyt, it’s apparent here in BC: free-market fundamentalists hate democracy… “Whether it’s mega casino or the Prosperity mine, there are too many folks who are against any activity that creates jobs and tax revenues”.

They were wrong about the minimum wage too: Myths and Facts About the Minimum Wage in BC. Fact: McDonalds gives a lot of money to the BC Liberals in exchange for the 6 dollar “training wage”.

Family searches for missing mom…on the day of the Women’s Memorial March.

Meanwhile, former Vancouver mayor apologizes to man who tried to tell authorities a serial killer was at work in Downtown Eastside. Wow, it’s a good thing Lorne Mayencourt wrote that sorry law a while back…

And up north, Taxi drivers hand over DNA samples in RCMP bid to solve Highway of Tears murders.

Polluter Harmony Ad: Peter and Janet’s Story.

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