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Tea & Two Slices: On The Fools Of April And Absolutely No Sympathy For The Big Smoke

by Sean Orr | Drug traffic must go, or Chinatown must go. I see from the above that the Vancouver Sun has gone with a retro look. Oh…nevermind.

And just so you all know, I hate April Fool’s Day and none of the below links are fake, except for this one and this one.

New TransLink pass to be named Compass. Hey! Would you look at that! Voting for a transit pass yields safe, boring results. Due in part, perhaps, to the fact that the electorate was scared of a Starfish majority.

2011 Election, the meme: COALISHUNS R BAD.

And then there’s this: “Michael Ignatieff likes vitamins, not yak flesh“. “He can also lift things”. Priceless. Although this could have been made by the Conservatives themselves, in a weird Elders of Zion way.

Jack Layton’s Orange Wave begins. Somebody please either photoshop his moustache orange, or him surfing on a wave of gatorade. That would be awesome! Thanks.

Toronto’s Now newspaper removed from city locations after poking fun at Mayor Rob Ford. It really sucks that you guys have a shitty mayor and a shitty hockey team. We went through something similar like three or four years ago.

PS. Is Beyond Robson finally dead?

On Ken Sim’s So-Called “Swagger” and ABC’S Class War

Sean Orr is back from his hiatus with a rundown of the local headlines that have been running on a ticker tape through his mind over the past six months...

On Post-Election Recuperation, Platform Paradoxes and Refund Communities

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds irony in "safety, affordability, and sustainability", and shouts out a bunch of amazing local organizations working on the frontlines.

On Running for City Council, Playing Whack-a-Mole with Homelessness, and the Public Washroom Deficit

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr finds a park ranger with a grudge, a gross misuse of air quotes and Tripadvisor slander.

On Living in a City Preoccupied with Street Cleaning, Chandeliers, and Campaigns Against the Homeless

In his latest read of the local news headlines, Sean Orr hones in on the recent Langley shootings, and the ongoing criminalizing and dehumanizing of the homeless population.