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TEA & TWO SLICES | On Big Oil & Medieval Attitudes Towards The Homeless Of...
by Sean Orr | So sayeth the inimitable Dr. Steve Brule: “Can’t find a job, work for free, dummy!” Unpaid work good experience: BoC governor. I did some research and found this photo of him. I mean,...
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TEA & TWO SLICES | On Harper’s Jihad And Real Estate Developers Owning Our...
by Sean Orr | Well, my horoscope this week tells me to “just be content with your own viewpoint, and lighten up about proselytizing to others…” Something tells me that’s not going to happen…After all,...
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TEA & TWO SLICES | On Following Orders & The Mayor Losing The Election On...
by Sean Orr | What should be on the front page of every paper in BC: Homeless people’s life expectancy half of average in B.C.. Oh yeah, but “they all come here because of Vancouver’s temperate...
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TEA & TWO SLICES | On Gregor’s Big Victory And Calling The DTES A “Failed...
by Sean Orr | I voted neigh: Gregor Robertson re-elected mare of Vancouver. Oh, c’mon you kids! Quit horsing around!Analysis: Why Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson won. It turns out it was because...
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TEA & TWO SLICES | On Jingo Journalism And Councillors Setting Themselves On...
by Sean Orr | Analysis paralysis: Vancouver municipal election campaigns cost almost $5 million but led to very little change on council. Hey man, the status quo ain’t cheap, and I ain’t...
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TEA & TWO SLICES | On Dodging Debates And Smartass Vikings Being Mean To Jesus
by Sean Orr | Oh look, the people we elected to go and sit in a house decided they would actually go and do that: B.C. Legislature to begin rare fall sitting on Monday. What are we supposed to do,...
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TEA & TWO SLICES | On Flipping Houses & Always Believing The Person In...
by Sean Orr | Hooray! Vancouver wins injunction to evict homeless campers from Oppenheimer Park. So now they can go back to sleeping on benches and under bridges!Update: VPD to wear body cameras when...
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TEA & TWO SLICES | On NIMBYs Whining, Rezoning Shaughnessy, And Cleaning Birds
by Sean Orr | Our puritanical past future? Candidate for Burnaby mayor promises to ban kissing, holding hands in public. “Perhaps I don’t know what I’m talking about, but once I’m getting in I have to...
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TEA & TWO SLICES | On Stampeding Idiots And The Terror Of Our Addiction To...
by Sean Orr | A different kind of blowback: Ottawa shooter lived in Vancouver’s DTES. Let’s talk terror. Not the terror of Islamic fundamentalism, but the terror of mental health that surrounds us...
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TEA & TWO SLICES | On Rough Trade & The “Donnelly Group” Not Being So Bad...
by Sean Orr | A chance, perhaps, to gloat: Ottawa attack highlights differences in Canadian-American media coverage. It’s pretty depressing how we get super excited whenever the media does its job...
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TEA & TWO SLICES | On Bringing Out The Gimp For Ghomeshi & Galiano Island Brawls
by Sean Orr | To the surprise of no one, Harper Named World’s ‘Worst Climate Villain’ After Damning Report. He’s also been named the World’s Worst Regular Villain, too.To wit: Bill C-60: Tories Quietly...
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TEA & TWO SLICES | On Winning The War On Drugs And NIMBYs Eating Their Young
by Sean Orr | Quality of life: Controversial Vancouver homeless plan for former Quality Inn draws huge crowds and ire. “Once the room reached capacity, about 85 people were left waiting in a line-up...
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TEA & TWO SLICES | On Cutting The “British” From BC & The Cops Versus A Piece...
by Sean Orr | Let this stand as the defining image of The Encounter on the Mountain: Police pushing their line forward, clashing with protesters. That cop, though! And the stache! I know it’s Movember,...
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TEA & TWO SLICES | On Radio Douchebaggery & Still Blaming The Chinese For...
by Sean Orr | Red Herring of the Year: Condo foreign ownership less than 2.4%, CMHC says. Of course there are those who will still find ways to blame Chinese people: “That’s rental units. Most Chinese...
View ArticleTEA & TWO SLICES | On Deconstructing The CBC’s Merry Christmas Mr. Harper...
by Sean Orr | Well, it’s not a lump of Christy’s coal, but it’s my Christmas gift to you: Full text of Peter Mansbridge’s interview with Stephen Harper. At least he didn’t ask for a spanking this year....
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