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Tea & Two Slices: On Corruption And Ryan Kestler’s New Hotness

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by Sean Orr | We live in Canada, that wonderfully peaceful place where a cop who threatens to arrest a girl for blowing bubbles can sue Youtube and we throw protesters into solitary confinement.

Canucks’ Practice Jerseys to Be Adorned with Ads. Oh, what I would give to see Kestler wearing a jersey with a huge Interactive Male ad on it…

Gordon Campbell says Basi-Virk corruption trial has nothing to do with government, except of course that it involved the sale of a government owned corporation, two government aides who worked at the seat of the government where the government deleted evidence relevant to the case and which cost the government thousands of dollars, and so on. Also…government, government, government.

Meanwhile, the Greens are the only ones talking about a Guaranteed Livable Income. Now all the Greens need is a miracle like Proportional Representation to happen. Ha!

Prison chief admits more mentally ill offenders being jailed. Oh, what a giveaway! D’you hear that? That’s what I’m on about! You saw him repressin’ me.

Surrey man charged with alleged kidnapping of sex-trade worker. This is a class issue, not a moral one, and we are getting schooled.

B.C. receives grade of C- on women’s rights, says new report from West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund. Hey Carole James…you’re a woman…get outraged.


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  1. Thanks Sean. Always a good read. Better still when you throw in a bit of python.
    Cheers.
    Jeff H

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