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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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CBC apologizes to Chris Hedges (The Lang & O’Leary Exchange)
“Listen, don’t take this the wrong way, but you sound like a leftwing nutbar.” Kevin O’Leary to Chris Hedges on The Lang & O’Leary Exchange October 6, 2011 I’ve not…
Paul Crouch Jr. abruptly leaves Trinity Broadcasting Network
TBN’s legal spokesman didn’t have much to say this week other than “Paul Jr. has resigned from the organization to pursue other ministry work.” TBN is the largest Christian network…
The Old War on Science Returns Under Rick Perry
Galveston Bay.gif In an August post about the return of the “war on science”—prosecuted by the political right—I drew a key distinction between attacks on knowledge that h...
Journalists Ask NYTimes To Set Disclosure of Conflicts Policy For Op-Ed Contributors
New-York-Times-Logo.png Back in June, I wrote about my effort to seek answers from The New York Times public editor’s office regarding the paper’s lack of a policy for disclosure of…
Once And For All: The Precautionary Principle is Not Unscientific
Sharp Edges.jpg Some conservatives are immensely more fun to debate than others. In the past month, a debate over left-right science abuse with Kenneth Green of the American Enterprise Insti...
Mike Powell Fanclub 2011-10-10 23:04:57
Happy Tuesday! I hope that everyone had a good long weekend and is getting over respective tryptophan comas. Here’s what we’ll be talking about tomorrow: Election reasons rolls on: Incumbency,…
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By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. “Archdiocese develops ‘Nixonian’ policies” reads the arresting headline in the recent B.C. Catholic newspaper. Before we call Woodward and Bernstein, let’s…
A $6 million slap on the wrist for Mr. Trost?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. The Conservative government has decided to give the International Planned Parenthood Federation $ 6 million to fund “sex education and contraception…
Rick Mercer & Mike Holmes install solar panels
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Radio Topics, October 4th
Happy Tuesday all! At 8:05, we’ll be joined by CCCA president Jordan Charbonneau to discuss what’s going on in Centretown, as well as their upcoming AGM. We’ll also touch on…
Peter Youngren re-marries
Grace TV: Marriage announcement Peter Youngren and Taina Kuusiluoma were married on Friday, September 30th, 2011 in a ceremony at the Toronto International Celebration Church. The officiating minister was Rev.…
Why we need to pray for, and about, the Supreme Court of Canada
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission I like to give credit where credit is due and today, Faytene Grasseschi may be pleasantly surprised to realize that it…
Insite ruling
The Supreme Court of Canada rules unanimously in the facility’s favour. Macleans Applause and a sigh of relief. One of the most powerful things I’ve ever read online was this…
Televangelism – the pale substitute
In 1988, a former employee of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries wrote a piece for The Kansas City Star about his dismissal as a Swaggart bible college staff member. He had been…
Evolution and Climate Deniers: Natural Allies?
Churchsign(1).jpg On the face of things, there is no clear reason why the same person—like, say, Rick Perry—ought to deny accepted science about both evolution, and also global warmin...
Canadian women, apply your discernment…
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. I hope that the ladies gathering in Calgary later this week for the Women on the Frontlines Christian conference are on…
Angry Bird creators
I like Angry Birds. My family and most of my friends like Angry Birds. What is not too like in a simple game that doesn’t cost and wing and a…
Unequivocal: Today’s Right is Overwhemingly More Anti-Science Than Today’s Left
reality.jpg Last week, I took to task a really poor USA Today op-ed making the following claim: "In short, for every anti-science Republican that exists, there is at least one…
Former Sportsnet personality Damian Goddard working for NOM
Former Sportsnet on-air host, Damian Goddard is now working for a new branch of the National Organization for Marriage, a US anti-gay group. Goddard is named as a primary staff…