Word Press 2.0 has an awesome spam filter called Askimet.
I get a lot of spam and the filter is doing it’s job well.  However, I’ve run into a minor problem. If someone commenting puts in more than one link the comment winds up in the moderating cue. Depending on the amount of spam that hits BDBO on any given day, I [...]

The new government will be sworn in February 6th.
Good. Nice to see MP’s are ready to get back to work.

…The signs are clearly all around us. The mission and purpose of the United States is now that of a permanent war economy patrolling the globe and exterminating the infidels (1 Samuel Eight).
The office of the president, with the acquiescence of the Congress, is fast becoming the office of a supreme leader who can change [...]

A US study highlighted in Live Science shows that politicians are adept at ignoring facts. This is a US study so I’ll use the parties they studied, knowing it would be the same all over the world.

Democrats and Republicans alike are adept at making decisions without letting the facts get in the way, a new [...]

In the past several years, American evangelicals - and I am one of them - have amassed greater political power than at any time in our history. But at what cost to our witness and the integrity of our message? 
Recently, I took a few days to reread the war sermons delivered by influential evangelical ministers [...]

 Sources said a prelude to the impeachment process could begin with hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee in February. They said the hearings would focus on the secret electronic surveillance program and whether Mr. Bush violated the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Administration sources said the charges are expected to include false reports to Congress as [...]

Christine Blanchford introduces us to Mrs. Stephen Harper.

Andrew Coyne, Canadian poltical writer, has a piece in the New York Times:
…attempts to explain the significance of this election to the Americans. Included are such intricacies as the meaning of minority governments, the nature and longevity of the Liberals’ dynastic rule, the particular history of the last 12 years of one-party government, the scandals and [...]