Monthly Archives: May 2007

More homeless than athletes

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 … Continue reading

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Tinky Winky can’t catch a break

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 … Continue reading

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Memorial Day fun for US friends

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 … Continue reading

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Mother fights to get son out of Wales Buddhist ‘cult’

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 … Continue reading

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Free Dominion, Turner Town Halls; access & obsession

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. … Continue reading

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Face off with Facebook

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, … Continue reading

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Liberty University would be bomber – Wish I’d said this

…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 … Continue reading

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Not a pretty picture

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

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