At an appearance in New Hampshire last week, Mr. Perry, struggling to regain momentum in the race, made reference to the quote, which he said was sent to him by his son. “This was in Toronto,” he told the crowd … Continue reading →
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DeSmogBlog: Score Another Victory for Scientists, Michael Mann, and the Freedom of Inquiry
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Yesterday in a Virginia courtroom, Michael Mann—who is quickly becoming the Galileo of climate science—triumphed over the conservative American Tradition Institute, an…
Continue readingMike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics, Day of the Dead edition
Happy Day of the Dead!
We’ve got an exciting show lined up. At 8:05, we’ll speak with Citizens for Safe Cycling VP Alex DeVries about their upcoming AGM. A 8:30, well speak with one of the organizers for Rock and Roll speed dating. Also, funding drive. So do listen and dial in often.
We’ll also hit some […]
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Charles McVety starts Canadian Religious Broadcasters Association
In February of this year, religiousbroadcasters.ca was registered. The organization is housed at Canada Christian College in Toronto. This registration occurred shortly after Charles McVety’s program was kicked off Crossroads Television System and his show Word.ca was dropped by the … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Picking up bad habits, in the church, and in the newsroom
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permissions There was an interesting online column from London’s Daily Telegraph newspaper a few days ago, which reports that some newer churches in the London area have learned some of the wrong … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Toronto 911 not amused at Mayor Rob Ford’s verbal abuse
Wow. Just wow. I have been following the Rob Ford, This Hour Has 22 Minutes story and wrote up a post last night that I trashed. I don’t think the crew was in the right showing up at his home … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Tim Hortons Blenheim – public display of affection
Once this story hit the internet this week, all heck broke loose. It’s become a confusing story about reactions. Tim Horton’s issued a statement on Facebook apologizing to the two women (the assistant manager supposedly said if they didn’t leave … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Harold Camping leaves Family Radio
The Christian Post and Charisma Magazine are reporting that 90-year-old false prophet Harold Camping has been forced to step down from Family Radio. The Christian Post: Harold Camping, who predicted Oct. 21 to be the day Christians would be caught … Continue reading →
Continue readingMike Powell Fanclub: Happy Tuesday! It’s funding drive!
Hi all! We’ve got an exciting show lined up today. The main focus, though, will be for funding drive. For 2 weeks a year, CKCU passes the hat to keep the station running. This year, our target for the station is $111,000, with this show looking to raise $1000. We’ll talk about where that money […]
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Why Hard Core Climate “Skeptics” Don’t Change Their Minds
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I’ve been watching with interest the blogosphere uproar over the release of results from the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project centered around physicist Richard Mulle…
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Bloggers: “Phew!”
By Rick Hiebert. All rights Reserved. Used by Permission. A Supreme Court of Canada decision earlier this week will have an interesting impact on blogging, and on the Internet in genera Wayne Crookes, a former Green Party campaign manager, had … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Federal Conservative MP’s and staffers, It gets better
In 2008 former pastor, now Senator Don Meredith hopes those who bullied Jamie Hubley are punished. CBC: “Individuals who have caused this should be punished to the nth degree, according to the law, because there’s no way that anyone should … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Another lawsuit for Eddie Long and New Birth Missionary Baptist Church
If I was an elder at Eddie Long’s church, I’d be getting a bit tired of the lawsuits coming my way. a)After reaching an out of court settlement with four men who had accused Long of sexual abuse in May, … Continue reading →
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Why Communicating Science is So Money
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I’ve been meaning to thrown in my congratulations to Gavin Schmidt of NASA and RealClimate.org, who is the first recipient of the American Geophysical Union’s new…
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Revile those who revile and persecute you?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission It’s tough to be a friend of evangelist Todd Bentley. Until you unleash your security guards and rhetorical castigations, anyways. Recently, a protestor came to a meeting where Bill Johnson was … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Hill Times interview with Dennis Gruending
Hill Times Kate Malloy interviews author Dennis Gruending: Competition among religious ideologies will continue with ‘an enduring intensity,’ says Gruending How much of a force is the religious right in Canadian federal politics and how does it compare to the American religious right … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: The Occupy movement
OccupyWriters – a one sentence letter. OccupyWriters.com is an open letter of support by creative writers for Occupy Wall St and the Occupy movement around the world, signed by more than 1,000 writers to date. There are many well-known writers … Continue reading →
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Why Did Climate Progress Stall? It’s Called Conservative Ideological Activation
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There has been much reaction to this weekend’s Elizabeth Rosenthal New York Times piece—“Where Did Global Warming Go?” Clearly, the issue has falle…
Continue readingApril Reign: Occupy Wall Street Commercial
April Reign Reposting in the tradition of the people’s mic h/t LeDaro April Reign – In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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