by Sean Orr | Fear as foreign policy: Iran ‘frightens me,’ Harper says. “It’s beyond dispute Iran is developing nuclear weapons and lying about it”. But we’re not scared that Israel is doing the exact same thing.

Chinese ownership helps drive Vancouver’s dysfunctional housing market. “B.C. should follow Australia’s lead and target foreign buyers”. And we all remember what happened the last time Australia targeted foreigners.

What the Keystone Rejection Really Reveals:

In particular, the rousing debate revealed the corrosive power of the oil patch; the centrist character of the Obama presidency; Canada’s wacky oil sand politics; the naivety of the environmental movement; the poverty of energy thinking and the unpredictability of life during the Great Stagnation.

Thanks Andrew Nikiforuk. The Great Stagnation is probably going to be the name of my band‘s first record.

I don’t why it pisses me off so much when The Province gets it right: Cameras in Stanley Cup riot trials reek of cheap politics. Unless, wait…they’re merely sticking up for the spoiled, bored, bourgeoisie, middle class, bridge-and-tunnel suburbanites. That would make way more sense.

Vancouver top cop wants more boots on the ground. But I thought Vancouver crime rates were dropping? It would appear we have exactly the right number of boots on the ground.

Dumb Meters: B.C. Hydro’s smart meters rile the skeptics. You done rile the wrong skeptics mang. No, but seriously, if this is a problem then I think I’m fine since Telus can barely get their wi-fi signal a foot away into my laptop. Perhaps it’s all the bricks in my fancy brick loft.

Speaking of bricks…

Nashville, Tenn. okays residential chicken coops. “What next for Music City? Pot cafes, bike lanes and a hockey riot? http://ow.ly/8yJI9”

Agitprop: The Ironing Is Delicious.