by Sean Orr | Cheque your head: Conservatives gave Duffy more money than just $90,000 cheque, senator claims. The worst part about this scandal is not that it proves rampant nepotism at the highest level, but that it affirms our detachment from the political process. I wish I could be outraged by this…

The Canada Line: Canada now dominates World Bank corruption list, thanks to SNC-Lavalin. We’re really batting above our average!

Related: Taking the Canadian flag off our backpacks. I never had one on in the first place. I prefer to use a suitcase.

Exclusive tonight: The John Furlong interview. More riveting than the Oprah-Armstrong interview that I also didn’t watch. Also, it’s not exclusive at all.

Police tackle caught on camera concerns witness. “What she captured on her camera’s video recorder sickened her and left her with serious questions about how police deal with agitated individuals”. Well, nothing tarnishes the reputation of the police better than the police.

Anti-density protests in Vancouver rooted in hypocrisy. And here I was about to agree with Mason until this unqualified statement: “People whine about affordability on the one hand and then rally against new housing initiatives that would help ease those cost pressures”. Until you can prove that condos are not just investment vehicles for the upper middle class I suggest you stfu.

Are women-only SkyTrain cars the answer to sexual harassment on transit? To answer this, I shall point you towards the urban morphology of pre-modern Islamic cities and cloistering of public space along gender lines. To wit, “religious law and decisions concerning the built environment are simultaneously a response to and record of inhabitants’ common social needs, values, and beliefs, in addition to a collection of prescriptive codes contributing to authorities’ regulation of the built environment”. – Simon O’Meara.

Quote of the week: “It looks like something they would build in Canada”. Banksy on One World Trade.

The Cambie, that beacon of good taste, decided it was a good idea to hold a Pimps and Hoes Halloween party not just a few blocks away from where 60 prostitutes disappeared. Stay classy!

Truck spills fish heads on Vancouver streets. It is not known wether or not these fish heads were roly poly. Eat them up, yum!

Photo courtesy of Scout Flickr Pool contributor Beaulawrence.