Archive for May, 2007



Wow. Big Daddy Weave is on a roll today. Let’s look at his latest post.
SBC President Frank Page has lashed out in against any SBC participation with other US Baptist groups (Celebration of the New Covenant).
 I will not be a part of any smokescreen leftwing liberal agenda that seeks to deny the greatest need in our world, [...]

This is not under the juristiction of The Conservative Party – this is the Speaker of the House of Common’s responsibility. Michael Geist:
CPAC broadcasts hours of Parliamentary hearings each week, yet unlike C-Span, it does not assert copyright over the broadcasts.  Instead, the broadcaster maintains that copyright in the House of Commons Proceedings rests with [...]

Earlier this week the Polish Children’s rights minister Ewa Sowinska ordered a psychological panel to determine if the Teletubbies were suitable for TV.
Original story here.
The Sydney Morning Herald has the change of heart by Polish officials.
Ewa Sowinska, who had earlier announced her suspicions about the Teletubby named Tinky Winky, said that her fears had been allayed [...]

If you are travelling through Kentucky this summer, you might want to stop by the new 27 million dollar Christian Entertainment Centre called The Creation Museum. Many of the exhibits were designed by a former Disney/Universal guy, and the grounds are said to be lovely.
This is not about science, it’s a belief called creationism.*  The exhibit is [...]

The Prairie Wrangler, an award winning conservative blog has a post up on a Conservative Party of Canada’s strategy being announced next week.
No, not that war, his new “War on Drugs”. I know, I know,everyone seems intent on spending their precious partisan time with the eternal question of whether or not the Tories’ new attack ads against Dion are fair, [...]

An interesting study has been released in the US, that shows conservative evangelical religious leaders (Pat Robertson, Tony Perkins, Richard Land et al) have a larger representation in traditional media than any other religious group.  From the executive summary:

Combining newspapers and television, conservative religious leaders were quoted, mentioned, or interviewed in news stories 2.8 times as often as were progressive [...]

Zheng Xiaoyu, former director of China’s State Food and Drug Administration was sentenced to death today.

Zheng, who ran the drug administration from its creation in 1998 until he was fired in 2005, saw his power increase substantially in 2002 when the government required that all drugs be approved by the agency. The change resulted in [...]

There has been an interesting discussion at science blog Pharyngula over a recent campaign by The Discovery Institute.
Interesting because all you have to do is read to start to understand what is really occurring.
You don’t need a science, political or theology degree to begin to comprehend the debate, the players or the stakes.
The smear campaign was started awhile back by The Discovery Institute when a [...]



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