Morning Brew: February 28th

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February 28, 2007

Morning Brew: Down 600 points. Sell! Sell! Sell!

"The United States was not the only country to respond to the horror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with policies that went much too far in curtailing basic rights and civil liberties in the name of public safety. Now we see that a nation can regain its senses after calm reflection and begin to rein back such excesses, but that heartening news comes from Canada and not the United States. "

Poor old people. No really, old people are poor!

Poverty Row: I always wondered why those dudes were there.

Another hotel in the Downtown Eastside faces closure.

You know what that means... (You can't evict ideas).

City council decision a joke says coppper. Report recommended 139, they asked for 65, they got 17.

Intimate profiles of four sex trade workers from very different walks of life.

Going green takes green. From your wallet. Your seal skin wallet.

While Vancouver's new buses still grounded.

And the Province publishes an editorial about Al Gore's energy consumption, while conveniently omitting the truth that its all green energy. (Did you get awesome pun?)

Vancouver Podcast featuring Jeff Lee.

Sex Negatives, Hybrids Of Various Mistakes, Totally Ripped, Botox Sharpei. 4 of the best band names play Fake Jazz @ The Cobalt

Holy crap it's snowing right now. Heavy like.

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There's a protest today at 12:00 for the Piccadilly Hotel closure, as promoted by the Save Low Income Housing Coalition.
http://slihc.resist.ca/

620 W. Pender
(Between Seymour and Granville)

Posted by: statusq at February 28, 2007 9:56 AM | Quote Comment

Oh, haha, you got it. Sorry, dude.

Posted by: statusq at February 28, 2007 9:59 AM | Quote Comment

Re: The Al Gore story. Yeah - looks like The Province didn't check all the facts. Not only does Gore have 20 rooms in his residence (incl. offices, security rooms and a guesthouse), but also he chooses to use green energy which actually costs more.

You can see all the math here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9D7IE60AcI

Posted by: Simon at February 28, 2007 10:48 AM | Quote Comment

As an aside, since when is Pender between Granville & Seymour on the "downtown eastside"? That would place A&B Sound squarely in the downtown eastside - no wonder it hasn't been doing well!
That block (along with the half block north of The Bay) had in the early 1990s been bought out by a large developer (Trizec, I think) for another "downtown" mall (with Woodwards), but the City refused to rezone, and the parcels were sold off piecemeal.

Posted by: Ron at February 28, 2007 12:11 PM | Quote Comment

my bad. thanks ron

Posted by: Sean Orr at February 28, 2007 2:31 PM | Quote Comment

your letter made the Province today.

stop looking at me like that... i like the sports section, ok.

Posted by: Quinn at February 28, 2007 3:29 PM | Quote Comment

Hey, I read it. For, um, research...

Posted by: Sean Orr at February 28, 2007 4:30 PM | Quote Comment

My comment was aimed at the news media, not your post.

Posted by: ron at March 1, 2007 1:00 AM | Quote Comment