Eddie Longs New Birth school closed
The five stones New Birth Missionary Church leader Eddie Long said he had, seem to be coming at him as the year draws to a close. This thing I’m going…
2011
Todd Bentley punches man with a broken sternum in the chest
Thanks to Right Wing Watch for pulling this clip from Rick Joyner’s Tuesday Prospective Prophecies program. Bentley brags about a lot of things in the full video, his ‘open visions,’…
Bonehead + Computer = [W]e let filthy people come and populate like virmands in are country
When we receive bonehead fan mail, we often can't help but have a little fun with it. But sometimes we are given a gift such that absolutely no commentary is…
looking back at 2011: alberta mla’s who made a difference.
Each year around this time, I compile a list of a handful of Members of Alberta’s Legislative Assembly who I believe deserve mentioning following their political performance over the past…
Canada – the 51st state
“Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don’t have to buy from a foreign source.” Texas Governor Rick…
Review: Undoing Gender
I don’t want to fall into the trap of claiming there is only one proper way to take up university-derived ideas in relation to the struggles of ordinary people, because…
Closing the Strait of Hormuz?
It seems most unlikely that Iran would provoke an unnecessary war with the USA. So far, at least, the Iranian government has acted rationally from the standpoint of self preservation:…
Cristina gets cancer, Chavecito gets topical, Jezebel gets Teh Stoopid
Dear lord, what is it with progressive LatAm leaders getting the fucking C-word? First it was Dilma, then Lugo, then Chavecito, then Lula, and now Cristina? President Cristina Kirchner is…
Snow, firewood and giggles
Today was me squeaking in the smallest of chores, getting ready for hosting dinner with my cousin and her family, playing with Mallory and enjoying life. All in all a…
La Vesse du Loup : Les clés de mon pays
Quebec’s folk group La Vesse du Loup sings about yearning for independence. The lyrics are fairly powerful; the melody nostalgic with an undertone of anger, mainly targeting, I would say,…
does rick perry know something we don’t know?
You know I never comment on US election campaigns, but this was irresistible. Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil…
2011 in the Rear-View Mirror: I Should Have Seen it Coming
It’s 2011, all over again. Sarah Palin has started to run away with the Republican Party’s nomination process, and the primaries are now seen as a mere formality. President Barack…
Parliament in Review: November 4, 2011
Friday, November 4 saw another day of spirited question period debate on the economy. But for once, the main theme was total cooperation – even if much of the day…
How You Can Support the Gitxsan Blockade
Photo courtesy of Gitxsan Against Enbridge website. Despite very public chest thumping, trumpeting and proclamations by Enbridge, mainstream media and Hereditary Chief Elmer Derrick, the song remains the same: the…
Today in nickelling & diming
A news story tonight that will no doubt galvanize attention: “CBC’s 75th-birthday celebrations cost at least $6.6-million.” A news story earlier this month: “War of 1812 anniversary funding questioned.” $28…
FOX News Autism Experts Worry About DSM5 Impact on High Functioning Autistic Children, No Concern for Low Functioning Autistic Children
FOX News has published a report, Some Experts Worried Over Revised Autism Guidelines, in which two autism experts, Dr. Keith Ablow, a psychiatrist and Fox News contributor, and Dr. Thomas…
Dec.28: Back to the Future….
One of the problems in understanding the news is to figure out what to believe in various sources. For example, today I came across a story which quoted a medical…
Impact of cuts on the CBC
Further cuts by the government to our national public broadcaster would make it impossible for the CBC to effectively fulfill its mandate.
Stange Bedfellows . . .
Politics does indeed make strange bedfellows. One of the difficulties with holding views that are not considered “mainstream” is that, at a superficial level, people will find various ways in…