Monthly Archives: November 2007

The politics of parades The Milton Santa Claus Parade

Then one night last week the Milton parade committee met, and the person responsible for chastising me for wanting to walk, told his colleagues he intends to call the Halton Regional Police and have me arrested if I show up … Continue reading

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Self described Canadian nazi fined for internet hate – Jessica Beaumont

Have you ever heard of Stormfront? A 21 year old Calgary woman who posted on the nazi christian identity white supremacy site based in the US has, and is paying a price. (Stormfront has a Canadian thread) Between 2003 and 2006, Jessica Beaumont, writing under … Continue reading

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“Now, now, now, wait until the medical evidence is in, don’t jump to conclusions”

30 hours after a mentally ill man was tasered in Nova Scotia while being booked at Dartmouth Correctional centre, he is dead. He went into medical distress after being tasered, (police administered first aid - read CPR) was taken to hospital, checked and released back … Continue reading

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Utah dad tasered for refusing to sign ticket

The officer pulled out the taser and zapped a father while his wife and children screamed in the car. ABC news The cruiser dash cam captured the police officers actions. A 36-year-old man was still listed in “extremely critical” condition yesterday after … Continue reading

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Adrian Warnock

Dr. Adrian Warnock entered blogging with big ambitions, and I think he worked hard to fulfil them. He started a blog aggregator for evangelicals at The Truth Laid Bear called The Blogdom of God, and made efforts to reach out to … Continue reading

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Conservapedia and sexually obsessed readers

November 22, 2006, Conservapedia was launched. Founder Andrew Schlafly (son of Eagle Forum President Schlafly) started it as a project for home schooled kids in New Jersey.  Schlafly felt Wikipedia was liberal, biased, anti-Christian and anti-American. It is also used  … Continue reading

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Canada’s kids

 - 7.8 million children ( under 20 years of age) in Canada. According to Unicef, we rank 12th out of 21 industrialized countries in child wellbeing Poverty – One in six living in poverty – Rate is 20 per cent higher … Continue reading

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Joe Carter joins the Huckabee team

The Evangelical Outpost’s Joe Carter, who is employed by The Family Research Council as Director of Web Communications is taking a leave of absense. Carter is heading to Little Rock to work for the Mick Huckabee campaign in research and rapid response communications. … Continue reading

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