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Tea & Two Slices: On Liberal Marmots And The People Who Didn’t Vote For Harper…

by Sean Orr | So just in case the high levels of bad taste and douchebaggery aren’t enough to keep you away from Joeys, now there’s this: Restaurant owner eats crow on Liberal membership drive.

B.C. Liberals more than double membership. Although on closer inspection half of them are marmots.

Plans to tear down Pattullo on hold. I guess not quite enough people have died on it. “TransLink is looking into whether the 73-year-old bridge can be rehabilitated”. Because apparently it’s an alcoholic old man.

RCMP will not probe allegations in Terrace. What if a bunch of people came forward alleging they had been raped? Would they say, ‘well look at all the people who didn’t show up alleging they had been raped’? Can we elect our representatives this way, too? I mean, look at the people who didn’t vote for Harper…

Another prostitute found dead.

The struggle for harm reduction: 1965: Mounties threaten Vancouver doctor for prescribing methadone to addicts.

Non-Onion headline of the day: Canadian Broadband Regulators Annoyed That People Are Pointing Out They Don’t Understand What They’re Regulating.

Rock the Boat – Fundraiser for Canadian Boat to Gaza.

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  1. The news about the Fullers isn’t such a surprise, I heard that JJ Bean was buying its employees a new pair of Sperry Topsider deck shoes for every 10 signups for the Green Party.

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