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K'naan, Wavin' Flag: Mitt Romney's Offensive Use of Refugee Rap Anthem

1 Feb 2012

Mitt Romney, the current frontrunner in the Republican's endless -- and endlessly nasty -- presidential primary, has spent the past few months throwing red meat at the party base. One of America's richest men, he's been arguing for lower corporate taxes and more military spending while stoking anti-immigrant jingoism. So it makes sense, then, that in his Florida primary victory, Romney's people ...

A Restaurant List for the Lonely Hearts Club

26 Jan 2012

Your soul mate is probably not at Southern Hospitality, but okay. Zagat has organized a list of ten different restaurants for ten varieties of singletons, from "down-to-earth alcoholics" to "American Psycho types." What, nothing for " Dorito-eating bad grrrls " or " self-promotionally-confused chefs"? [ Zagat Buzz ] Read more posts by Alyssa Shelasky Filed Under: love and sex ,

No shortage of freaks, geeks and dance parties this Halloween

22 Jan 2012

The 1932 cult classic Freaks screens at Vancity this Halloween. If the thought of donning a costume for Halloween to shimmy and shake among freaks spooks you out, there are other options.