or more people might have tuned in to Dawna Friesen’s “One on One” interview with stevie this evening.Basically, she ripped him a new one and he didn’t look at all comfortable about it. Note how he says “The platform we’re not running on is real” at t…
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The definitive record of stevie in one place.Spread the word . . . .H/T “drf”Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Continue reading"Bless Me, Father" – There’s an App for That . . . .
But Bennie and his Jerks don’t like it.Via the New York Daily News:Officials in Rome have declared that an app available on Apple’s iPhones, iPads and the iPod touch cannot serve as a confessional.”One cannot speak in any way of confessing via iPhone,”…
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As soon as harperco “improves” their citizen’s arrest legislation, we can all live like we were in Mayberry, North Carolina.Yee haw . . . .Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Continue readingWelcome to 2011, Vancouver Style . . . .
It will be interesting to see the crowd estimates for this year’s Polar Bear Plunge into English Bay. Under sunny skies and a “balmy” 3 degrees, the crowd was HUGE.”Happy New Year,” ya’ll . . . .Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
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Check out Bennie’s leer at the 0:56 mark and tell me he’s not having impure thoughts . . . .Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Continue readingComing to Canada Soon ? ? ? ? Part II . . . .
Thanks to an email “heads up” from good friend Joylene, the following CBC “The Current” broadcast was brought to my attention.Chris Hedges was interviewed on the November 2nd show and it blew me away. Hedges gives – in a 26-minute interview – the caus…
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Welcome to Crazytown . . . .H/T: drfRecommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Continue readingAnd So It Begins . . . .
The organized lynching of truth-telling by way of FoxNoise, of course.From The Guardian this morning:A Fox News contributor and former state department adviser has accused WikiLeaks of conducting “political warfare against the US” and called for those …
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With today’s release of 400,000+ Department of Defense documents on the Iraq war by WikiLeaks, once again the MSM is playing the Pentagon’s mouthpiece quite well.Reuters: (Lead paragraph.) The Pentagon said on Friday it does not expect big surprises …
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giving peace a chance.Happy Birthday, John . . . .Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
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This vs this.It appears the current government’s spending priorities need a fiscal adjustment . . . .Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
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Michael Moore gives the definitive review of Bob Woodward’s new obama administration novel.Excerpts:In fact, after you read Woodward’s book, you’ll split a gut every time you hear a politician or a government teacher talk about “civilian control over t…
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bennie and his Jerks are the gift that keeps on giving.Check this out via The Guardian UK today:Vatican bank chief investigated over money laundering claimsIn unprecedented move, judge freezes €23m held in account at financial institution with close …
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*Updated link due to the Lady Alison’s astute discovery. (Thanks, Alison!) Apparently the story disappeared off the web ’til it reappeared this morning at the updated link to the Montreal Gazette below . . . .As “drf” exclaimed when he pointed this* …
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Corporate USA is doing their damnedest to mess with your Internet for the benefit of their profit structure. You now have another chance to express your displeasure at this prospect.Via PC World today:September 02, 2010 6:18 AM FCC Takes Net Neutralit…
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This article from the local paper in our former homeland is too good to pass up. Here in it’s entirety because as “drf” says, there’s too many good lines to single out just a few*:Bikini-clad strippers protest church in rural Ohio August 27, 2010 By J…
Continue reading"Praise the Lord" and Pass the Bullets . . . .
Jeebuz, these people are really whacked.Bring your gun to church to protect yourself from what, fer cryin’ out loud? Disciple gangs? Meth lab zealots?Get a grip down there, ya’ll . . . .Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Continue readingGay Pride, Vancouver Edition . . . .
This is the fifth year we’ve been able to view the Pride Parade in Vancouver. It’s also our second Pride Parade of this year, as on our trip to Portland in June we also enjoyed theirs. (More on Portland below.)The parade included all the usuals:Polit…
Continue readingFireworks Finale . . . .
This year’s Celebration of Light finished up Saturday night with a “Tribute to China.” The show was actually produced by a Canadian firm but there was some confusion as lots of folks thought it was a Chinese production.The winner of this year’s compet…
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