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Vancouver's Uncommon Media -
a weekly cyber-magazine published every Sunday morning (or so) by published author and former newspaper editor Harry Langen, featuring unbridled social commentary and philosophy.
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NO POPPY FOR ME
My Dad was a war hero. Last one left for dead at Rimini. And then his letters show he was prepared and expecting to return to the front.After the war he suffered the memories of his dead fellows in the river of blood. As to his command: The failur...
9 views | aggregated: 3 weeks 2 days ago
topics: investigation, writer
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Winning Back Our Earth
This morning as I strolled I noticed a patch of ground, block perhaps, that had been transformed into an urban garden. I couldn't make out exactly which vegetables were growing as the gate was locked but it reminded me of my mentor's comment: A...
15 views | aggregated: 4 weeks 4 days ago
topics: downtown, downtown-eastside
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Leadership Credentials?
The following letter was posted to the Vancouver Sun and The Globe and Mail on Sept 26th. The only way this amateur pundit can imagine the victory of the Liberals is if Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae step up to the plate more aggressively; or if they ...
16 views | aggregated: 7 weeks 1 day ago
topics: liberals, political, politics
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The No-Vote Smart-Asses
So here comes your local news reporter asking if you voted today. Nope. I don't vote. No. I never have. No. I don't understand the politics. Sawee. (Vancouver)Etc etc.When these nicely dressed smart-ass nobodies find themselves in a foreign jail,...
10 views | aggregated: 7 weeks 1 day ago
topics: politics
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Discovering the Depth of the Moral Black Holes
Well, well.How deep the people are now paying where it hurts to have discovered the moral black holes of their communities. They used to be visible at every corner but as they retreated, consolidating their so-called services (charging you to give y...
17 views | aggregated: 7 weeks 1 day ago
topics: fashion
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Summation at Supreme Court
SUMMATION OF HARRY LANGEN in the matter ofREABURN, MAW AND LANGENFile Registry #S053208Preface:I came here without representation because I had no legal fund to which to apply. And I had failed to negotiate paying for Counsel over time. No disrespect...
30 views | aggregated: 9 weeks 5 days ago
topics: investigation, political, supreme-court
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Being in Supreme Court
Summation of Harry Langen in the matter ofREABURN, MAW AND LANGENFile Registry #S053208Preface:I came here without representation because I had no legal fund to which to apply. And I had failed to negotiate paying for Counsel over time. No disrespect...
23 views | aggregated: 9 weeks 5 days ago
topics: investigation, political, supreme-court
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A Weekend Day, Downtown, Last Day of Summer
I travelled by bus, alongside all the zombie-like passengers looking out at the downpour on a Saturday (that morning the weatherwoman proclaimed gleefully that we were in for a grand day). After having phoned ahead and speaking to the proprietor and ...
34 views | aggregated: 10 weeks 3 days ago
topics: chinatown, coroner, downtown, downtown-eastside, gastown
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China Gushing
The Globe and Mail,The Vancouver SunDear Editors, All this gushing in the general media about how niftily the powers-that-be in China handled the Olympics and the assorted sentimental ceremonies serves to eliminate or diminish the memory of their bru...
13 views | aggregated: 14 weeks 3 days ago
topics: olympics
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The Magnificence of Man
For the first few years after I returned to Vancouver from the Kootenays, I walked and shopped alone. Having been on my own since I was 16 arriving from Toronto at English Bay to join the sand mites, I was accustomed to my aloneness. What I didn't ex...
14 views | aggregated: 1 year 16 weeks ago
topics: west end
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Gassy Jack
"Gassy Jack" by The Evaporators (SOCAN). Video directed by Jason Margolis from the CD/LP &...
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jumpfilm
active: 3 hours 31 min ago |
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When Jesse Was Born
Explores the turbulent, sometimes painful, and often humorous lives of one blue-collar family as the...
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tovah-paglaro
active: 12 hours 9 min ago |
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A Piece of Glass
With the 2010 Olympics rapidly approaching, many people are concerned about the issue of homelessnes...
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 Kristin
active: 1 hour 56 min ago |
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