A new to me blog, felix hominum. Good stuff. Joe Walker is a chaplain at the University of Alberta.
From his post God Bless Canada - Rev. Harper.
         Perhaps Harper could rework his tag line:
Short form: – for local speeches, in house meetings, and the beer tent at the Calgary Stampede:

“God bless us, every one” (with apologies [...]

The Cloud Appreciation Society won the Yahoo  ‘Find of 2005′ in the wierd and wonderful website category. And nary a chem trail conspiracy to be found.:^)
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The Bishop of Calgary sees Stephen Harper signing off his last few speeches with God Bless Canada as a prayer. I admire the Bishop’s largesse of heart, I remain skeptical. Lifesite  quotes Bishop F. Henry from Stephen Harper’s home riding:
Bishop Frederick Henry of the Calgary Diocese told LifeSiteNews today that he was “greatly encouraged by [Stephen Harper's] brief statement [...]

Another blogger I wish I could help is Kathy Shaidle of relapsed catholic. She has found herself between a rock and a hard place. Kathy has been blogging a long time and struggling to make a living as a writer while battling lupus. She loves a guy named Arnie and she wants to get out [...]

I wish I was rich. I really do. I’d toss money at all the good bloggers out there that want to write for a living and just aren’t going to be able to do it. Lavishly toss it. There are people getting paid for blogging that don’t earn it, don’t have the writers fire in the [...]

Happy Australia Day to my Australian mates!
Shalom has an excellent post on what is good and not so good about Australia

Superstition and prejudice should continually be countered by rational argument. But the vitriolic invective hurled at Christian believers today is symptomatic of the passions normally associated with a fanatical Inquisitor. Like the old Spanish Inquisition, anti-religious fanatics are constantly on the look out for fundamentalist plots. Richard Dawkins’ recent two-part TV rant against religion on [...]

Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore has accused the oil industry of financially backing the Tories and their “ultra-conservative leader” to protect its stake in Alberta’s lucrative oilsands.
Canadians, Gore said, should vigilantly keep watch over prime minister-designate Stephen Harper because he has a pro-oil agenda and wants to pull out of the Kyoto accord — an [...]