Morning Brew: OMJ!

Supporters of Iranian protestors gather in downtown Vancouver. "They came together on a night when Michael Jackson rules headlines". Supporters of Iranian protestors vie for the attention of the media who only months ago were calling for Iran to be bombed, away from the death of a man whom only years ago they were calling a pedophile.

Meanwhile, local media turn to Twitter, further cementing the death of Pop Media (says he with a straight face while linking to a Tumblr page).

Ministry removes controversial Middle East question from B.C. history exam. "They have been fighting to regain a homeland since they were driven out in 1948. Some have lived their entire lives in refugee camps. Forty years later, Israel still refuses to recognize their right to exist as a nation." The question should have read: which group of rock-throwing terrorists hate Jews the most? Duh.

RCMP using intimidation to silence Olympic protest, group says. I do not think that this is true. That being said, I'd like to, um, voluntarily list a few items of public record:
I am a big, big, fan of the RCMP.
I hereby do not condone violence of any sort except for in hockey.
I never once said that I was going to throw human feces at the Olympic torch parade.

Don't

Ganging up on rhetoric. "If we don't invest in prevention, we're going to see a real gang war in 10 years". I like the cut of your jib.

Alcohol ban on Victoria buses for Canada Day riles civil libertarians. Thanks for the heads up, I'm gonna take my car instead.

City, province play chicken for housing. We'll let you keep your temporary shelters if you let us demolish Little Mountain. Meanwhile Gary Mason offers this logic: It's time Mr. Robertson brought some leadership to the issue. Or opened up a shelter near his house. Actually he probably would open one up near his house, and there probably would be drug deals. Which is indeed what goes on in the DTES. Don't you remember you're own paper's romantic series, "The Fix: the Story of an Addicted city" calling for the decentralization of a so-called drug ghetto.? Fucking grow some balls and get used to living in a big city you pussy.

Metro Vancouver signs deal to compost kitchen scraps. No more walking on egg shells.

Japandroids on Pitchfork.

Local artist Andrew01 unveils Public Private Cubic Couple, at the Cambie Annex Front at Cordova and Cambie Streets, on Saturday, June 27, 2009 from 3:00 to 6:00 PM.

Today's title courtesy of Jeff O'Brien