*Because reality has a “liberal bias” Age Of The Earth “The Age of the Earth has been a matter of interest to humans for millennia, and today still causes debate, particularly between young-Earth scientists, who see much evidence that the Earth is only about 6 thousand or so years old;
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*Because reality has a “liberal bias” Age Of The Earth “The Age of the Earth has been a matter of interest to humans for millennia, and today still causes debate, particularly between young-Earth scientists, who see much evidence that the Earth is only about 6 thousand or so years old;
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*Because reality has a “liberal bias”Age Of The Earth”The Age of the Earth has been a matter of interest to humans for millennia, and today still causes debate, particularly between young-Earth scientists, who see much evidence that the Earth is only a…
Continue readingJust Another Willy Loman: is really too long a name for a blog under the new format
At the time I thought, hey look at Peace Order or Good Government Eh and I thought it would be okay. However on second thought this might lead to some interesting post titles in the future.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Honouring (beating) your Wife Islamic Style.
The Disservice takes a dim view of most religions with a few notable exceptions (sock-gnome worship is encouraged). Islam takes centre stage many Sundays for no other reason that it promotes ugly, horrible things. Today’s little gem is the proper way to beat your wife and stay on the down-low with allah all at the […]
Accidental Deliberations: On ripple effects
I’ve noted before that the main advantage for incumbents – and thus the main obstacle to substantial change – is the perception on the part of potential challengers that it’s not worth mounting the effort to compete. But it would seem to follow that wh…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: A wise and noble man
"Genuine kindness occurs when our sole motivation is caring about the welfare of others": Pirke Avos The funeral of Justice Bentley was deeply moving. The father of Canada's drug treatment courts, Paul Bentley recognized that people can b…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
A variety of content for your weekend reading.- The Lethbridge Herald nicely points out who figures to have a problem with Stephen Harper’s decision to have the Canadian public pay tens of thousands of dollars to send him to Game 4 of the Stanley Cup F…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Simplify the tax system and give us back the lost decade and a half
My beef this Sunday morning is taxes.
I haven’t had much time to think about the “revised” federal budget, and there’s not much point in tearing it apart, any honest analysis would be as long as the budget paper itself (300 pages plus). I do g…
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Cons keep leadership system Finley says wide-open to abuse
In an convention that was seriously lacking in news (which is the way the Conservatives wanted it, incidentally) the one bit of drama was the battle (which seems to happen at each of their conventions) to re-write the rules for selecting Stephen Harper…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: What Gets You Banned From Fox News North
Saying “dildo”. Not being a Nazi. Meanwhile, its official: on average Sun TV doesn’t have enough viewers to fill a junior hockey rink. But that’s better then Kory Teneycke expected. Because presumably Kory Teneycke expected to be back working …
Continue readingFar and Wide: Pound The Table
I’m not sure why we never really seem to have a national conversation about First Nations, whether it’s because of collective shame, indifference or elements of racism, but the relative silence equates to passive acceptance. Last week Sheila Fraser aga…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: A Look Into the Dark Recesses of Steve Harper’s Mind
Over at Grist.com there’s a discussion about Canada’s (Stevie Harper’s) abandonment of Kyoto. One commenter posted the following 2002 letter our Ruler sent to his then – and now – followers. It speaks volumes.
Dear Friend,
We’re on a roll, …
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Shock Doctrined Through Think Tanks
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada I’ve been reading Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine, and what I find interesting, is that American Imperialism over the past half century or so, has followed a pattern.One laid ou…
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Higher standards
I have to disagree with my blogging colleague Jymn over his way about the different ways the Democratic Party and Republican Party handle scandals.
I’d rather a party not lower itself to the level of the other guys and say “well – they did it too!”. It’s not on the same scale of this sex scandal, but the Conservative Party up here has often whined like that about “the Liberals did it too, or were far worse” when pointed out their various indiscretions.. not exactly inspiring stuff for a party that promised to do better and clean things up. It didn’t affect them this election, but it will […]
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Tail Now Wags The Dog
Angelo Perischelli writes in today’s Toronto Star that Stephen Harper has led a ” ten year revolution.” It has been, Perischelli claims, a quiet revolution:Harper’s changes are like the hands of a clock — if you watch them you don’t see any move…
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.” ~ Albert Einstein
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: WEB and Violence Fetishism
First, some idle thoughts.
McKee was released from detention in Regina shortly before May 26 (he was sighted at that time with Natalie Serafini near the University of Calgary). On June 1, Robert Reitmeier and Tyler Sturrup of the hated rival WEB were …
Continue readingEvilness: Why what we do to the environment matters not to nature.
With the climate change debate raging on, despite what the science is actually saying, there is a need to look at the long view. Now I don’t mean a short long term of a couple of hundred or even thousand years. I mean an actual long view in the million…
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