The 84 year old founder of California’s Chrystal Cathedral has been voted off the church board.The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, who started his ministry in an Orange drive-in theater more than five decades ago, has been voted off the board … Continue reading →
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DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: DeSmogBlog’s Brendan DeMelle on Ed Schultz Show and Ring of Fire Radio Discussing Denial-a-Palooza
DeSmogBlog executive director Brendan DeMelle appeared on the Ed Schultz radio show earlier this week to discuss the Heartland Institute’s sixth International Conference on Climate Change – a.k.a. Denial-a-Palooza – and other aspects of the climate cha…
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Micheal Coren moves to Sun TV
I will host The Michael Coren Show on CTS for the last time on Thursday, June 30th. From July 4th I join Sun News TV, where from August I will host the prime time show Coren Tonight. It will air at 7pm, … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: SBC target of hoax
The Southern Baptist Convention was the target of a hoax press release yesterday from a fictional group, a fake website and a fake voice message. The fake group was called the Center for Responsible Christian Living. The fake press release … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Tertium Squid
I swear money can spoil anything. I don’t mean that I ever made much money writing. I hardly made any. But just thinking of writing in that way can ruin it. Thinking about what people might like to read or … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Stockwell Day sets up government relations firm
Former cabinet minister Stockwell Day has started a government relations strategy consulting firm in Vancouver. Stockwell Day Connex has no partners and will provide “strategic approaches to issues.” His website states his firm will not do lobbying. Day says he … Continue reading →
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: “A Little Knowledge”: Why The Biggest Problem With Climate “Skeptics” May Be Their Confidence
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Last week, an intriguing study emerged from Dan Kahan and his colleagues at Yale and elsewhere–finding that knowing more about science, and being better at mathematical reasoni…
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Morningstar Ministries preacher Jason Hooper DUI arrest in Australia
His blood alcohol level was .206, he was a visitor in Australia and he was going 110 kmh in a 50km zone. (for our US friends that is 68 mph in a 30 mph zone) Jason Hooper, a neo-charismatic evangelist … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Confusing Brad Wall with St. Paul?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. A Saskatchewan church is promoting a conference this fall. If Tommy Douglas has internet in heaven, he, for one, would read their notice, and sigh. I, for one, was unaware that … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Perhaps Masada isn’t the best example to emulate…
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Perhaps you could attribute it to Faytene Grasseschi not taking enough history at Simon Fraser University. I am happy for the former Faytene Kryskow that she apparently had a great time … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Todd Bentley practices recycling (and plans next revival to start on Monday)
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. It would seem that Todd Bentley has learned something from the collapse of the Lakeland revival. This time he appears to have a “Plan B”, if the revival that he expects … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Now available in Canada
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved, Used by Permission. GOD TV isn’t available on your cable TV, but if you’re a Canadian with a satellite dish, you may be able to arrange to watch the network now. GOD TV has … Continue reading →
Continue readingMike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics, June 21
Happy Summer! June is coming to an end but the Tuesday Morning Special Blend continues on. At 8:10 I’ll be speaking with a member of the Friends of Lansdowne group for an update regarding the legal challenges surrounding the Lansdowne Live proposal. We will also be playing music from artists who will be playing at […]
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: The Fox News Effect: Sea Level Edition
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Climate scientists–and other scientists–are always improving and updating their methods. That’s how science works. And it’s a very good and honorable thing–or at …
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Crossroads Television System (CTS) – another CBSC breach of ethics
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has found that CITS-TV’s broadcast of Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural breached provisions of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of Ethics and Equitable Portrayal Code. By alleging that “Muslims believe it is their divine call to eliminate” … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: All kinds of clean up – The 2011 Vancouver riot
For once the vandalism began, far too many of those 100,000 people refused police orders to leave the area but remained instead to take photos on their cellphone cameras and indulge in the same curiosity that the rest of us … Continue reading →
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Manhattan Institute Op-ed Exemplifies Why NY Times Should Require Disclosure of Financial Conflicts
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The New York Times ran an op-ed last week by Robert Bryce of the Manhattan Institute, a group funded by Koch Industries, ExxonMobil and other polluters to confuse the public about climat…
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Identify this idiot – the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riots
The Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver are being broadcast, Facebooked, blogged, YouTubed and Twittered. Sun Media has a feed going #identifythisidiot (van24news@sunmedia.ca) Disappointed fans who grabbed some shots – help them out. Police have brought in help from Abbotsford, many of … Continue reading →
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Circle of Moms face down a bully in the Faith category
You gotta love it when bullies get their due. It started with a blog contest at the wonderful Circle of Moms network. The group started out on Facebook in 2007 and through networking became a force in the blogging and … Continue reading →
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: When It Comes to Expertise, You Can Always Fight a Guerilla War
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You know how conservatives always have those big sign-on letters, listing X number of experts who disagree with evolution, or don’t think global warming is human caused?
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