Monthly Archives: May 2006

The Lost Boys of Bountiful BC

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Bene Diction

Bountiful BC is a Morman polygamist communitee of about 8 thousand, split right down the middle after a fall out from FBI fugitive Warren Jeffs and another prophet/leader in Canada, Winston Blackmore. The polygamists have been in the news recently … Continue reading →

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Oh My News to get headlines at Herald Tribune

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Bene Diction

Jeff Jarvis of Buzz Machine is reporting that the International Herald Tribune will be running headlines from Oh My News. From The Guardian: A spokesman for the International Herald Tribune was unavailable for comment yesterday, but the company confirmed that an initial deal would … Continue reading →

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In God’s Cross-hairs

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Bene Diction

I mentioned recently that Conservative MP Garth Turner got caught in an ambush panel with Dr. Charles McVety of Defend Marriage Canada. Turner wrote a strong piece at his blog dealing with the ongoing issue of stacking candidate meetings with insta-members … Continue reading →

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In the stupifyingly simple search for Jesus Junk department…

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Bene Diction

The winner is The Heresy. Bloggers find amazing Jesus Junk all the time, but this has to be the all time granddaddy find of them all. But wait! Wait! There’s more! Worst. Theology. Ever. Mind numbing stupifying email over at Street … Continue reading →

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Dad blogs

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Bene Diction

Neat post over at the the  Blogher network. We’ve got infertility blogs, mommy blogs, daddy blogs, multiples blogs… really, just about anything you could want is out there. So I thought I’d look for some dad-to-multiples blogs to see if I … Continue reading →

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Theories of navel gazing in the holy huddle – The God Blogs

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Bene Diction

The other day The Evangelical Outpost ran a link fest. Joe Carter tends to do that from time to time, as do many of us, it’s a way to boost one of the measurable currencies of a blog, and it was done with … Continue reading →

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GodBlogCon – shaping up at Biola U for 2006

Posted on May 30, 2006 by Bene Diction

It’s GodBlogCon time again at Biola University. Last years event drew over 100 people, and sadly some organizers got prickly about criticism. Offered without comment. GodBlogCon 2006 Oh, well, one. The site is none standards compliant, and doesn’t handle 800 resolution. If you have … Continue reading →

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Canada’s religious right gearing up again.

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Bene Diction

MP Garth Turner got caught in an ambush interview (panel discussion) at CHCH TV in Hamilton with a  religious right fundamentalist.  Turner had been told  he’d be discussing a certain topic and wound up face to face with Defend Marriage Canada’s  Charles … Continue reading →

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