Monthly Archives: February 2008

Seeking safety – domestic violence – the war on women

 A few days ago  white supremacist James Leshkevich smashed his wife’s face in several times, strangled her, suffocated her and then hung himself. His last rambling entry on his blog  gives a glimpse into hatred, rage, entitlement, paranoia, pain, depression and ownership.  The head of … Continue reading

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Canadian Baptists in Atlanta

Recently Baptists held a convention in Georgia to affirm their heritage, express their unity and be a public counter voice to an appendage of the Republican Party, The Southern Baptist Convention. The SBC, which receives a lot of media attention … Continue reading

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Political lolcats

moar funny pictures

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What if Cdn bloggers used the lolcat meme for spoofing election ads?

I got the idea from Frameshop by Jeffrey Feldman who is getting bloggers to do lolcat style images about presidential candidates positions on the Iraq War.  You can see where he is going here. If you’re like me, you’ve noticed, … Continue reading

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Jim Bakker from Heritage to Morningside

“Live from the Morningside Studios in the heart of the Ozarks, it’s ‘The Jim Bakker Show’,” Shorey shouts, yet barely audible over the rapturous applause. Why? The St. Louis Dispatch has pics. Why? “It’s a little like Disneyland,” one stunned … Continue reading

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Eclipse

I wasn’t expecting to get a picture with a small digital camera, I’ve been outside watching the eclipse, and thought I’d give it a shot. Wishing I had my old SLR. What I wasn’t expecting was the camera to catch … Continue reading

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Domestic extremism – terrorism at home

- domestic extremism tends to fall into three categories: political, religious and youth cultures – usually young alienated males – not mentally ill – right wing extremists groups usually engage in 480 planning events (meetings, phone calls) before carrying out an act – … Continue reading

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Cuba, Castro resigns Pakistan party backing Musharraf admit defeat

In the letter, published on Granma’s website during the middle of the night in Cuba, Mr Castro said he would not accept another five-year term as president when the National Assembly meets on Sunday, because of the health problems. Excerpts … Continue reading

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