British Columbia’s Ministry of Children and Family Development  has said it is prepared to step in and get temporary guardianship of sextuplets born in Vancouver last week if the babies require blood transfusions. While the parents have been able to stay out of the media spotlight, they have said they are Jehovah’s Witnesses. There are 1, 325 [...]

As the House of Lords debates the Sexual Orientation Legislation (already in place in Northern Ireland) I am struck by the arguments by those opposing the bill.
They sound the same on this side of the pond. 
Ruth Gledhill of The Times covers ’Christian’ protests in London. Except for the accents, it could have been some Canadians speaking a few [...]

This is a fisking!
Andrew reminds us it is delurking week. (In Internet culture, a lurker is a person who reads discussions on a message board, newsgroup, chatroom or other interactive system, but does not participate -  Wikipedia)
Internet Monk wants to read blogs outside his normal sphere. Refreshing post. 
It’s good to see a Southern Baptist blogger reach [...]

A Defense Department spokesman would not confirm Wednesday that Boykin was planning to retire, but he declined to deny it either. “There have been no announcements about his retirement,” said the spokesman, Maj. David Smith. A U.S. intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity owing to the sensitivity of the subject, said that Boykin currently [...]

The US has attacked Somalia again today. The BBC is reporting civilian casualties.
A Pentagon spokesman, Bryan Whitman, confirmed that the US struck southern Somalia on Sunday, and said the target was al-Qaeda leadership believed to be in the area.
Witnesses told the BBC Somali service that areas near the town of Afmadow were being bombed on [...]

Slice of Laodicea is currently offline. When I first saw it, I thought it was a religious right parody site, but it became evident rather quickly it wasn’t. It is a blog associated with VCY religious radio in the US, run by professional Christians and it is highly critical of anyone who isn’t them. VCY is known for sending out [...]

CBC has picked up 8 episodes of Little Mosque on the Prairie, set in the fictional town of Mercy Saskachewan. The show debuts tonight and has received a lot of buzz.
Main site
It has received a lot of media coverage for it’s title and premise, while reviewers overall are liking it. The National Post:
The good news is [...]

CTV blog is reporting Warren Kinsella has apologized to Terrie O’Leary for remarks made during testimony before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts during Adscam.
CTV blog has linked the committe transcript from April 2005.
In May of 2005 a lawsuit was filed by O’Leary alleging libel.
Warren Kinsella has posted an apology on his blog - details by David Aiken [...]