Archive for May, 2007



No. Not Beijing. Vancouver.
At the rate developers are snapping up land, in 2010, there will be one homeless person in B.C. for every media person that goes to the Olympic Games. There will be 10 thousand media people covering the games.
That’s the conclusion of a three-month investigation by The Tyee, which found that unless Mayor [...]

The late Rev. Jerry Falwell scrapped concepts of child development (young children 0-5 are non-sexual) when he came out roaring against purple teletubbie Tinky Winky, calling the character gay, he had his eye on the political, not developmental. (Tinky Winky’s transitional object is a red purse)
Now it’s Poland. Children’s rights minister Ewa Sowinska wants psychologists to [...]

The Evangelical Outpost has a fun post up on a phenomenen sweepping the web - lolccat. (lol-laughing out loud - cat) Funny stuff, with it’s own styling, a unique internet folk art sub culture.
Two of my favorities:
 
Head over to the Evangelical Outpost for more lolcat art.

A mother’s grief: ‘The cult guru who turned my son into a zombie’ Daily Mail.
In March 2006, William (Rita’s son) and Edo moved to Wales, setting up the Pine Forest Sangha retreat in a rambling property William bought, using his savings and a mortgage, for £300,000.
It’s a heartbreaking story.
Apologetics Index: Cult FAQ The Index also provides help [...]

This is rather funny. It is no secret many Blogging Tories have an obsession with MP Garth Turner. For some reason a few feel they would not be welcome at Turner’s Town Hall meetings and posted this at Free Dominion.
We must be out in force at his meetings to remind people of his past. The [...]

Government is business and The Federal Conservatives have decided some of their employees can no longer participate on the social networking site Facebook. It’s a loose lips sink ships policy. Stephen Taylor tries to put a positive spin on it.
Facebook, perhaps the most popular social networking site in the world where one can build a network [...]

…I am all for religious tolerance, but one thing is clear: the followers of Jesus simply don’t manufacture bombs. Nothing could be more remote from the teaching of Jesus, the Prince of Peace.
Faithful Progressive on Mark Uhl, the Liberty University student charged with the manufacture of explosive devices - Uhl was upset with the possibility of [...]

Guess the PM’s image consultant couldn’t make the trip.



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