This is the 10th Baptist church in Alabama that has been targeted by arson in the past couple of weeks.
A reward for the capture and conviction of the arson/arsonists has risen to 30 thousand dollars.
Baptist churches are the dominant church in that region, and investigators don’t believe the fires are racially motivated. What they do [...]

I noticed the Western Standard (a Canadian independent magazine) had announced this weekend online that it was publishing some of the danish cartoons in it’s print edition.
I figured it was about money, after all, anyone with access to a computer can see what they want to see.  After reading Mr. Levant’s reasoning some of the points make [...]

Rev. Mike alerted me to this church website with a rather unusual header. It’s been picked up by DashHouse and Jordon Cooper as well.
It’s a United Church of Christ in Pennsylvania. Hey, they can put any header on their website they want to. I suspect they have to use the good graces of church members [...]

The leader of the 260 thousand member Canadian Auto Workers Union has had his membership in the NDP taken after he endorsed Liberals in the election.
The Ontario NDP executive says Buzz Hargrove violated their constitution. The expulsion also pulls his membership from the federal NDP.
“I was shocked and surprised,” said Hargrove, who has held an [...]

115 US agencies ran an emergency prepardedness internet technology war game last week that included bloggers. It was called cyber storm and also involved  internet companies and other governments.
Cyber Storm reportedly not only tested against attacks by hackers, but also by bloggers - who deliberately spread misinformation in the exercise.
It was carried out on secure computers [...]

                
 
Okay. Okay. I know. I’m technically incompetent. Not only that I’m a forgetful friend. Richard Hall of connexions celebrated his fourth blogday on February 5th. His FOURTH! I couldn’t figure out how to upload the balloons at connexions so we’ll throw the belated party here. On behalf of Joel, Kim, Swan and [...]

Athletics tend to have risk taking personalities, so it’s no surprise that Operation Slapshot, unfolding in the NHL, is indicating hockey players placed some serious money in an illegal betting ring.
In Canada, sports betting is run by the government, but that doesn’t mean illegal gambling isn’t rampent. In the US Nevada is the only place [...]

The uproar over Vancouver Kingsway’a David Emerson accepting a Conservative cabinet post a couple of weeks after being elected as a liberal shows no sign of simmering down yet.
Emerson got publicly angry today as people continued to react to his decision.
In his first interview as Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the criticism of his decision is superficial.
In [...]