by Sean Orr | Capitalising on the hype garnered by his dramatic j’accuse after quitting corporate media, The Tyee scoops up Kai Nagata. Leading to the old standby: ‘Never heard of media monopoly? Guess why? Media monopoly’.

Obfuscation 101 by Corporal Dan Moskaluk. There are unconfirmed reports by the media that we have not yet confirmed. (Oh, and by the way, they got the bad guy).

Obfuscation by disclosure: Tony Clement responds to questions by tweeting this: “Sitting on my couch, listening to the Chili Peppers while my kids appropriated the TV for the True Blood premiere, I don’t know”. Me too, bro. Me too.

Speaking of the Twitterverse (whatever that is), here’s today’s best tweet: “In a desperate attempt to sway public favour after the Mulroney era, the PCs briefly elected a cigar-smoking orangutang as national leader”.

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest: Missing patients, illicit drugs in Vancouver hospital. Gee, I hope they are hiring orderlies.

How many Langley’s do we need? Oh man, you guys ask yourselves that too? I mean, just the other day I was in Hamilton and I was like, how many Langleys do we need?

Actual Headline: Canada’s richest neighbourhood is not on the West Coast. Let’s define ourselves on what we are not.

Never fret, we’re still relevant! Vancouver’s Burrard Street third most expensive for office space in Canada. Phew!