Earlier today Raj Sherman help rescue three people who had rolled off the road on Highway 2 (Calgary Herald). This is one of the reasons why I really like Raj Sherman as a human being: this selfless, service above self attitude he has, where he was on a schedule to be at
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Terahertz: Has Martin Singh compromised a Gurdwara’s charitable status? #ndpldr
I posted this morning about Martin Singh’s interesting release about hosting polls for the NDP leadership race. I noted that it didn’t seem like it violated any of the NDP or Canada Election rules, but one further recollection I realized that the rules being broken weren’t by Martin Singh’s campaign
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your weekend. – Dr. Dawg highlights the fact that a shift toward private charity doesn’t do anything to escape the Cons’ politicization of public services, as the Ottawa United Way is systematically defunding exactly the same women’s programs that have come under fire from the right
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: October 28, 2011
Friday, October 28 saw another day largely dedicated to debate on the gun registry, with plenty more key points by the opposition met with the Cons’ usual wall of refusal to consider anything other than total annihilation. The Big IssueThe line of the day goes to Rosane Dore Lefebvre, questioning
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Black Friday
According to the AP: “A record number of shoppers could head to stores across the country to take advantage of deals during the kickoff to the holiday shopping weekend.” Interesting to think that 10,000 rabid consumers lined up outside Macy’s in the dead of night eager to save a few
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Evening Links
Assorted content for your evening reading.- Murray Dobbin nicely summarizes what the Cons are hoping to do in prioritizing big-money “philanthropy” over a functional state and civil society:Ideology is meaning in the service of power, and the Conservat…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The Canadian Manifesto 10: The Exploitation of Religion Has Many Victims
David Kuo was a foot soldier in the Evangelical army that stormed the White House for George W. Bush. He eventually came to realize that his role was purely political, and that the Bush administration had no intention of honouring their promises.At a p…
Continue readingTerahertz: Donate to CFI Canada to establish physical centres across the country
I don’t usually cross-post with Canadian Atheist, but I think this is an important, and ambitious campaign. I’ve had my differences with CFI Canada in the past, but we are on the same side, and they continue to do the most for freethought in Canada. I therefore urge you to donate to their “Next Big […]
Continue readingRegan Wolfrom: The Human Fund: Money for People
George Costanza was a visionary, despite being a fictional character based on Larry David. Well, in truth, I just wanted a name to describe a concept, and most names are taken. Even The Human Fund is taken, by an organization in Cleveland. But that didn’t stop me… So here’s the pitch: many of us who […]
redjenny: Ending Africa’s Hunger… by funding Monsanto?
More than a billion people eat fewer than 1,900 calories per day. The majority of them work in agriculture, about 60 percent are women or girls, and most are in rural Africa and Asia. Ending their hunger is one of the few unimpeachably noble tasks left to humanity, and we
Continue readingredjenny: Ending Africa’s Hunger… by funding Monsanto?
More than a billion people eat fewer than 1,900 calories per day. The majority of them work in agriculture, about 60 percent are women or girls, and most are in rural Africa and Asia. Ending their hunger is one of the few unimpeachably noble tasks left to humanity, and we
Continue readingredjenny: Ending Africa’s Hunger… by funding Monsanto?
More than a billion people eat fewer than 1,900 calories per day. The majority of them work in agriculture, about 60 percent are women or girls, and most are in rural Africa and Asia. Ending their hunger is one of the few unimpeachably noble tasks left…
Continue readingRob Maguire: 13 ways to promote your Facebook page
It seems that everyone and their monkey are on Facebook these days. Recent stats show that Facebook is growing at a rate of 600,000 new users each day, swelling the network to over 140 million active users. For nonprofits, these numbers represent an increasingly huge opportunity to get the word out about your cause. If […]
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