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Feb 9th, 2010
One of these days, and I look forward to it, we're going to think about the fact that the torch relay began as Nazi propoganda. Sure, we have a new line to the airport, and I bet it plays well...
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Feb 5th, 2010
The Australian team, who are now in the Athletes Village, unfurled a flag of a Kangaroo with boxing gloves from their balcony. But it's not an official flag of the Olympics! Team spirit at an...
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Jan 22nd, 2010
Dave Zirin is a rare animal indeed, and a bit of a shit disturber. He's a "political" sports writer who isn't willing to let sports off the hook for it's potential leadership role in bringing social...
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Jan 20th, 2010
When we criticize the city or the Olympics for certain inanities (curtailing of civil liberties, washing away 'graffiti' because city officials don't know what art is, or using military-grade...
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Jan 14th, 2010
Every day there seems to be a new needle in our eye. The latest is the Cypress Moutain closure. The slopes of Cypress were not meant to be in Olympic' hands until February 1st. If...
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Jan 8th, 2010
Vancouverites who are looking forward to the Olympics haven't been thinking about the coming financial hangover, and there will be one. Once the fanfare is done, and the Jamaican bobsled team...
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Jan 4th, 2010
Amy Goodman and why her next Column is likely to be "The Police State North of the 49th Parallel" (Laugh, cry, but whatever you do, read on.)
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Jan 2nd, 2010
Now that it's officially 2010(c) I asked my landlord to get court-approved proof that I wouldn't be arrested for writing "2010" on my rent cheque. As the Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) has...
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Dec 23rd, 2009
Warning: This story contains a merry Olympic Christmas carol at the end for our friends in Brazil.
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Dec 23rd, 2009
Once again, pesky Canadian law is in the way of the Olympic spirit shining as brightly as it must in Vancouver this February, but thanks to IOC, something is being done about it. In the tome that is...
