It's Monday June the 16 around 8:08PM and
Well hooray for us in Vancouver! We now have two candidates for Mayor. NDP star candidate Gregor Robertson is set to face off against Peter Ladner after winning the Vision Vancouver nomination. So now there is the Happy Planet juice empire builder and "ardent bike commuter" facing off against the man who wants to see "Vancouver build on its global reputation as a green city that sets new standards for One Planet Living."
This is just like Hilary vs Obama, Bud vs. Bud Light, Tastes great, less filling and all that. Unless someone else enters the race.
Other than the political geeks of Vancouver's civic hothouse -- who vote for their party's mayoral candidate with the same amount of thought that lemmings give to running over cliffs -- Vancouverites also seem to be expressing deep ambivalence over the candidates. Presented with the batch of wannabes in the current race, 40 to 50 per cent of voters say they don't really know whom to pick.
Miro Cernetig, The Sun.
It's Monday June the 9 around 8:40PM and
"Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan's dream of waving the Olympic flag from his wheelchair during the 2010 Olympic Games has been shattered.
In a surprise move, Sullivan's party -- the Non-Partisan Association -- voted to dump Sullivan and make two-term NPA councillor Peter Ladner its nominee in Vancouver's upcoming mayoralty election in November." [CTV]
Meanwhile, The Sun's Douglas Todd asks, "Should Sam Sullivan 'die for' Vancouver?"
I guess he didn't launch enough Obama hope bombs or whatever.
It's Monday June the 9 around 8:16PM and
So Steve Jobs unleashed the news that the new iPhone will be out, even in the far outpost of Canada by July 11 at Rogers. It's faster and cheaper, which kind of underscores the achillies heal of Apple (hyped overprice and nearly immediate 2nd generations).
PS: What was with Steve Jobs today? He looked kind of awful. Nervous? Although Best Week Ever gave me a chuckle: "Steve Jobs strapped on his moose-knuckliest jeans to announce that all of the people who already own an iPhone are actually secret a$$holes." More insight on this at Gawker.
It's Monday June the 9 around 8:04PM and
(Photo: youngdoo)
Okay, weather blogging is completely lame. But it's like February in June and even I think its pretty awful out there. Although I did find one huge upside. The preponderance of flip flops at this time of year has been dealt a swift blow to flip flop wearing dirtbags throughout the city. Having said all that, I'm sure I'll run into some complete idiot walking around Yaletown tonight wearing some. I blame Al Gore.
