Monthly Archives: October 2008

Man waves stuffed monkey at Palin rally

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Bene Diction

CBS News After Palin finished her remarks this morning, the man holding the stuffed monkey seemed to notice that a video camera was pointed at him, at which point he removed the Obama sticker from the doll’s head and crumpling … Continue reading →

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Illuminated World. The Book

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Bene Diction

I read this over at Today at the Mission, thought to myself, huh, another illustrated bible, clicked over to the site and… I’m grateful. Moved. This is a form of the bible you’d be delighted to have people steal. I … Continue reading →

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Conservative expert says Cadman/Zytaruk tape not altered

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Bene Diction

A judge ordered an inspection of the tape after Harper launched a $3.5-million libel suit against the Liberal Party of Canada. The suit centres on allegations that Harper and the Conservatives tried to bride Cadman into helping them defeat the … Continue reading →

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Vote for Bart the fish!

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Bene Diction

Must be Friday. ATV (the Atlantic division of CTV) released outtakes of Stephane Dion misunderstanding or apparently misunderstanding of anchor Steve Murphy’s question. It must be a Friday prior to a federal election. Let’s hope someone in Halifax doesn’t decide … Continue reading →

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McVety unhappy with Harper film tax pandering

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Bene Diction

Imagine. Politicians pandering for votes during an election. Tuesday’s promise by Stephen Harper “ to reverse plans to scrap tax credits for productions deemed offensive to Canadian viewers” is appreciated by the Canadian film industry, less so by others.  Prominent evangelical … Continue reading →

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Advance polling numbers down

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Bene Diction

David Akin looks at the advance polling numbers released by Elections Canada. Advance polls where held Friday, Saturday and Monday. Elections Canada said late last night that 1.46 million Canadians cast their ballots in advance polls, a decrease from the … Continue reading →

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Tall Skinny Kiwi – school violates their vaccination parental consent

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Bene Diction

Scary story from Andrew Jones of Tall Skinny Kiwi. He is getting excellent advice in his comment section, but the deed has been done. Now the one that did the deed needs to be held accountable. We have no overt … Continue reading →

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Is religion playing a role in the 2008 federal election?

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Bene Diction

In March of this year Listen Up evangelical host Lorna Dueck gave the five federal candidates two uninterrupted minutes to answer this question: Describe your faith and the role it plays in your life?”The end few seconds of the clip … Continue reading →

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