by Sean Orr | More tacky than attacky: BC Liberals launch “RiskyDix” attack ad, website. We would have also accepted “Too Many Dix on the (House) Floor” if they’d done a remake of the song by Flight of the Conchords. Or “Whistling Dixie”. Or “You don’t know Dix”. Or “The Dix Files”. Or ‘Dix In a Box’. Or…

Cirrhosis of the River: Albion ferries sold to B.C. company for fraction of asking price. And just in case you forgot, it was ferries that brought down the previous provincial government. Chances of that happening again? Zero.

Surrey MLA to live on welfare rate of $610. I love that he waited until after Christmas/Boxing Day. Smart.

Ye Olde War on Culture: Downsized, decentralized CBC remains key goal for Tories: Heritage Minister James Moore. The National Post wants you to know that it’s not them saying this, but the actual guy appointed to preserve our heritage. I mean, they say this also, but just this time it was someone else.

Tweet of the…oh fuck it, I’m just stealing this dude’s line: “Slobbering fans of Sun News Network oddly lecture us that journalists should be balanced and objective. Adorable”.

Even the left wingers at The Tyee know how to write some good sensationalism: Why We Shouldn’t Ban Shark Fin. The same reason we shouldn’t ban foie gras, trans fats, and even egg whites in cocktails.

Shrapnel from the battle against fun: BC’s Five Looniest Liquor Laws. NO DANCING!

The Shape of Racism to Come? How precedent forces courts to bend over backwards for First Nations defendants. Just when you think Blatchford couldn’t go any lower than trashing Layton after his death…

Make-shift bomb blows up patio in Abbotsford, B.C. Uh oh, it’s 2012 and the hicks are gettin’ ready for the Apocalypse!