Morning Brew: May 31st

Morning Brew: British man eats corgi to make a point with Royal Family. Does Harper have a pet? I'm feeling a wee bit peckish myself.

Science says safe injection works. So why shut it down?. Other than the fact that Conservatives will try at every turn to try and discredit science so that it fits their ideology?

Potvin: "First the police get in trouble for pretending to be the media. Then the media get in trouble with the premier for not pretending to be the police. Yet the Anti-Poverty Committee gets in trouble with everybody for being the only one not pretending to be something besides what it is-a bunch of political activists".

Bus Riders Union gets ready to fight a new increase in transit fares. So they can pay for...

..."Cops and cameras -- that's what needed at crime-plagued transit stations". Yes, the pink whistles are a juvenile, victim-complex based solution, but why not address the economic roots of crime? Oh god, I sound like a fucking college student. But really though, cameras?

But wait! Everything is going to be fine! Left's future looking so bright COPEsters wearing cool shades! I think I'll let Vancouver Kid field this one.

Credit Check: + 5 An MLA wondered how a crappy, inaccessible, chemically-contaminated piece of property was flipped for a $1.9 million dollar profit in only a week. Coincidently, it is in the right-of-way for the Gateway project.

Ferguson: "Some people can't stand the guy, but I'll take Arnold Schwarzenegger any time over the sackcloth-and-ashes brigade of breast-beating enviro-fanatics who want you to plant a tree in India every time you drive your SUV to the mall".

Dude, this isn't about you. It isn't even about the planet, it will be fine. It is about the fucking human fucking race. I'm tired of this horseshit, I can't even joke about it anymore. I'm sorry.

While Gastown can't even turn the lights off in the daytime.

Yet Langara College is the first post-secondary school in Canada to go cage-free. That's good. We totally should not be keeping our students in cages.

The guardians of the Vancouver Wiki. Hey, remember when I edited the Vancouver music page on wikipedia. That was fun.

Maybe they should spend their time teaching our children about why Vancouver is named Vancouver. A man with last name Van came to the area. He slept in a cove.

B.C. man turns bad web typing into cash. So if you find this a shameless cooptation, be sure to bookmark Beyond Robson so you never type in beyondrobson.cm

The Hub: "Think of it as condo marketing as inspired by laundry detergent marketing. Honestly, for a moment I thought this was an ad for Tide".

Greenbelt collective CD RELEASE and Ghost House cd release at the Media Club
with Sean Wesley Wood and the Vancouver Vipers, Jane Vain and a surprise shared stage.