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It's Friday August the 11 around 4:06AM and

Vancouver's Papers: Doomsdays & Purse Psychology

Blessed is today's 24 Hours cover page. You'd think with yesterday's foiled terror plot, and the news that security is tightening, again, and in some places doing away with carry on luggage, that the story, "What's Your Bag, Baby?" on purse psychology would seem to be an odd editorial choice. But bravo, if don't care about purses, ladies, the terrorists have already won.

The Vancouver Sun plays it straight up this morning with copy heavy doomsday headline medly: "A Plot to Outdo 9/11 - They planned to blow up 10 airliners, Tomorrow they were to test the plan, Today 24 suspects are in jail." Meanwhile Vaughn Palmer, who doesn't get near enough love from The Vancouverite, has an unintentionally funny story today, "NDP critic heads down the wrong hole on gas 'subsidies'" which we were disapointed to learn was not about Vancouver-Fairview MLA Gregor Robertson flautulence problems. And then it come as no surprise that everyone's favorite MP David Emerson is not having luck seducing the lumber industry. In fact, "Lumber execs not moved by minister's plea for softwood deal". Perhaps the industry wants a more "hardwood "performance Mr. Emerson. Do did the Liberals and we all know how that worked out...

The Province goes for the more hard hitting, "Terror Plot, Airport Chaos" and totally copies 24 Hours feature of handbags on the cover. But the highlight of this grand paper was their freewheeling editorial "Global terrorism kills our freedom, one small step at a time." This part speaks for itself: "What really brought it home yesterday was, as usual, the little things . . . like the ability to travel with lipstick." Profound. Hardhitting. And the province nails it. If we let them take our lipstick, the terrorists win. Meanwhile don't you feel better that our own Minister of Public Safety, Stockwell Day was in Vancouver to keep us safe? Totally feel safer, and a strange feeling of wanting to put on my wetsuit. Thanks Mr. Day!

BONUS: The Georgia Straight News Blog? Nope, nothing of note in here. No news. Carry on.

DOUBLE SECRET BONUS: How amazing is the airport worker in the red vest on the cover of Metro Vancouver this morning. Damn that bitch is hot! And really, we wonder why the terrorists think they can pull off these murderous stunts with this douche running the show.