Morning Brew: January 28th

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Man, sometimes the Province just makes me want to puke. Or take a chainsaw to it, or worms. Whatever.

Carnegie Theatre to stage Poverty Olympics. Oh man, we'll win hands down. It will be the biggest blowout since the USSR boycotted the Olympics in 84.

Housing affordability at new low. "It now takes 75 per cent of median income to buy a two-storey home". Yeah but the other 25% is pure profit man. Oh wait, food and whatnot.

It's gotten so bad, even the Beavers are getting the boot.

Grow-ops contributing to the rental crunch. Yeah, not the hundreds of vacant condos downtown or real estate speculators, grow ops. Maybe if farmers could grow the crop, we wouldn't have to use one story bungalows. Or...

....maybe not. High energy and land costs raise the stakes for B.C. farmers. You mean we could be using all that land for golf courses?? What kind of topsy turvy world are we living in? Food sucks.

Meanwhile, former city planner Larry Beasley gets his own condo.

BC Hydro to raise rates, and we complain?? That's what we do best. Like for example, I might say in response, "We, as ratepayers, have given private interests 15 billion dollars and get nothing in return. Or I might point to another Tyee article called BC Hydro's Billion dollar Wind Power Giveaway. Or I could link to this website about the potential dangers of run-of-the-river power projects. Wait, that's not complaining. Come to think of it, you were the one that was complaining...

Speaking of complaining, Cambie merchant Susan Heyes has got it down pat.

Will Falcon's Gateway of Cards Come Tumbling Down?. No way! They're going to use nano technology to squeeze very last drop of oil out of that sand. Technology will save us!

The business case for LRT in Surrey. Yeah sure it will save billions of dollars, but it won't be as awesomely futuristic as the Sky Train. Come on! Its a train and its in the sky! Hello?

Those trying to ban drive-throughs haven't thought the issue through. "Let's not waste our time bullying the car-friendly purveyors of frappuccinos and fried snacks -- not to mention the soccer moms and working stiffs they cater to". What would be the fun in that? Soccer Moms are the bane of all existence. They are dumb, and they are tons of fun to pick on. Besides, all environmentalists really want to do is take the fun out of everything, right? While they doff their hats in the temples of haute cuisine, laughing heartily at the poor proles, as they scheme and grin behind the closed doors of the all mighty, all powerful Green Lobby.

Push B.C. into sea: Rhinos. Also revived was the Alberta Sovereigntist Society, also known as the ASS Party, with its headquarters on Commercial Drive. Alberta out of Canada!

image by Morning Brew regular Otto O'Brien in the Beyond Robson flickr photo pool.