by Sean Orr | Burnaby-Douglas MP proposes national housing strategy. Remember, folks, before Woodwards left, before the introduction of crack cocaine, the Feds stopped the Canada Assistance Plan.

Rat Goofs: Citizen’s arrest bill gives more power to rent-a-cops, police warn. I love that the pejorative “rent-a-cop” is now acceptable for use in a headline. Can’t wait for an article about fuckin’ narcs. Six-up!

Because they aren’t exactly liberals: Change of name proposed for B.C. Liberals. How about the Wild Orca Party? It reflects our natural beauty and casually references the erotic film Wild Orchid, starring Mickey Rourke.

Granola-cons: Evangelicals lean to right, but some are ‘crunchy conservatives’. Apparently, the crunchy conservatives “include those traditional Christians who oppose abortion and euthanasia and believe Jesus is the son of God, but also reject consumer culture, big-box stores and suburban sprawl, and eat organic food.” Ah, but why do you need a name for a slightly less hypocritical form of Christianity?

It created Vancouver, then it’s removal helped to create the DTES: Vancouver’s streetcar retired 57 years ago today (yesterday).

Hmm. It turns out our sawmills aren’t equipped to process dead trees: Wood dust suspected in B.C. sawmill blasts.

Sum Dynasty: Terracotta army to hit Vancouver’s streets. From the cheap appropriation of nature to the cheap appropriation of other cultures…

War on culture: Dr. Seuss’s ‘Yertle the Turtle’ deemed too political for B.C. classroom.

“I know up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here on the bottom, we too should have rights” – comes from Yertle the Turtle, the tale of a turtle who climbs on the backs of other turtles to get a better view.

So I guess Anarcho-syndicalism in the 20th Century is right out then?

News for Youse: “Just ask any multi-dimensional entity that feasts on human suffering, or, alternately, just ask Bev Oda, whose epicurean palate and taste for the good life has landed the International Development Minister in hot water more than once.” See Bev Oda shouldn’t have an option when it comes to orange juice for background.

Bonus: Could Vancouver’s next hot restaurant neighbourhood be in the suburbs?