The Galloping Beaver has a story about the new deck of playing cards issued to US military in Iraq. 50 thousand of them.
They do not depict these 2003 most wanted.  This time the cards show Iraq historical sites being destroyed by the invading and occupying military.
Each card in the deck is illustrated with an ancient artefact or site, with [...]

Jesus Camp (2006) an Oscar nominee for best documentary (An Inconvenient Truth won) was shown on A&E tonight.
It will be re-broadcast tomorrow, December 31, 2007 at 2 pm on A&E.
Jesus Camp was  nominated for a Chicago Film Critics Association Award, Online Film Critics Award, Satellite Award; and won the SilverDocs Grand Jury Award.

 
Now that I’ve finally seen Jesus [...]

Catholic Insight Magazine, a Toronto orthodox apologist magazine  for The Roman Catholic Church has been served with a Canadian Human Rights Commission complaint. The complaint has been filed by Rob Wells of The Pride Centre of Edmonton. It appears the magazine has only been served  (I could be wrong) and the complaint has not yet reached [...]

”We terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to defeat mujahideen.” These were the words of al-Qaeda’s top commander for Afghanistan operations and spokesperson Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, immediately after the attack that claimed the life of Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto on Thursday (December 27).
…“This is our first major victory against those [eg, Bhutto and [...]

Supreme Court of Canada rules on Jewish religious and civil divorce laws.
Voice of the Martyrs Canada takes a look at the misue of Human Right Commission Tribunals here and here.

The Mad Priest has a post on what he calls Not the Lambeth Conference; the Global Anglican Future Conference.
Of course it’s an alternative, they’ve split from the Anglican Church.
The language of the conservatives who have left is really something and reads like something right out of the Institute of Religion and Democracy playbook. 
(see: Following the Money:  [...]

Comedy Central says Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert returning to their shows January 7th. Both performers are members of the Striking Writers Guild of America.
In a joint statement, Stewart and Colbert said: “We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers [...]

How was your Christmas? 
Mine was quiet, except for one thing. Everyone I talked to today is seriously ticked at Foreign Minister Peter MacKay.
Everyone isn’t a lot of people - under 10. I try to keep Christmas quiet.
I don’t know what my friends and family vote, I don’t care. The anger was at the flat out lying, [...]