Monthly Archives: June 2007

Rhetoric

Although I continue to post here at the God’s Politics blog on occasion, and I believe in the power and potential of the blogosphere, I share my friends’ frustration with the kind of disrespectful dialogue that frequently ensues in the … Continue reading

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Blogging Tory says show me the numbers – Steven Taylor/Garth Turner

Is anyone able give me a link to where Halton MP Garth Turner personally says: Garth Turner says his webcast is downloaded by about 30,000 to 40,000 viewers every night. That is the sub head on an article in The … Continue reading

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Finding Common Ground

Alan Chambers directs Exodus International, widely described as the nation’s largest ex-gay ministry. But when he addresses the group’s Freedom Conference at Concordia University in Irvine this month, Chambers won’t celebrate successful “ex-gays.” Truth is, he’s not sure he’s ever … Continue reading

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Parliament mercifully heading into summer break

Lawrence Martin – Globe and Mail Members of Parliament head off for a three-month break this week. Animal house mercifully shuts down, not to be reconvened until late September. The consensus around the capital is that this session ranks as … Continue reading

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Seymour Hersch on Antonio Taguba

The General’s Report: How Antonio Taguba, who investigated the Abu Ghraib scandal, became one of its casualties. In The New Yorker. They knew. They lied. Mainstream Baptist: This administration’s debasement of the public trust and its criminal contempt for even … Continue reading

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Canada’s No Fly List

As of today if you plan to board a commercial flight in Canada, you are checked off against Canada’s new no-fly list. Federal authorities say there are ‘only’ about 1 thousand names on it (which airlines haven’t seen yet) but … Continue reading

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Paul Potts wins Britain’s Got Talent

Brilliant of The Guardian to live blog this. 10.23pm: This final half hour has fallen on its arse. But brilliant comment from one of the Kombat Breakers “I can’t imagine meeting the Queen. I got starstuck meeting Ant and Dec … Continue reading

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CBC News – consulting the TV show repairman

via: The Tea Makers CBC News has hired this firm to revamp, er CBC news. This is depressing. Bleck. You’d think I could come up with something intelligent and rational, but I can’t because I have a visceral response to these … Continue reading

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