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Taking sloppy liberal thinking and tearing it a new one -- but always with a touch of class.

Weekly Archive: July 31, 2005 - August 06, 2005



August 05, 2005

Jennifer Lopez on motherhood, matrimony, and making a living
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The wisdom of J.Lo -- all prepare to be amazed....


Hottest Canadian MP -- A winner has been selected
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We have a winner!...


Stephen Taylor: Governor-General Follies
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Canada's Comedian Laureate wannabe, Stephen Taylor, takes us on a tour of the CBC training ground for future governors-general:To the left I see that Heather Hiscox is reciting a language lesson, "insurgent, extremist, gunman, militant, um, um... terrorist?" The instructor...


Disagreement is not a bad thing: Evolution and the Catholic Church
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Many people seem to have this idea of the Catholic Church as some sort of gestalt mind, a Borg-like single brain with all members thinking in lock-step. The Church does have a body of doctrine, but that doctrine was compiled...


A weak fatwa from American Islamic scholars
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A fatwa from American Islamic scholars seems as weak as the one issued to Canadian Muslims.


I guess Michael Jackson won't be back from Bahrain anytime soon
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If this report is true, the Michael Jackson acquittal was a sham....


Professor Bainbridge
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American uber-blogger Professor Bainbridge has linked to me, specifically interested in my pieces on Church and State issues, something of that he has written about extensively. Currently he is tracking that issue as it plays out in the John G....


Marc Emery: Dopehead logic
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Marc Emery speaks, and he's thrown down the gauntlet. He's willing to be a martyr for the cause. Problem is, I have no idea what he's talking about....


"I've given up on the security council."
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Those are the words of Canada's most easily recognized soldier, Retired Maj.-Gen. Lewis MacKenzie....


The seriousness of the Hans Island Affair -- the psychoanalysts agree
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Psychoanalyst bloggers Sigmund, Carl and Alfred recognize that the Hans Island Affair is not a delusion brought on by stress, or a psychotic break from reality, or a reaction to Canada's poor relationship with his father. As they put it:...



August 04, 2005

Our own Supreme Court mess in the making
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With a hat tip to Damianpenny, news that a vacancy is going to appear in Canada's highest court:Supreme Court Justice John Major will retire on Christmas Day, two months ahead of his mandatory retirement date. The departure of Major, who...


First go after the Bush twins, then target John Robert's kids [Update]
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Glen Justice, the reporter who already got a major story about John Kerry's visits to Paris wrong (requiring a correction from the New York Times), is the reporter entrusted to dig up whatever dirt can be found about Judge Roberts' children.


Danes are making a move on Hans Island
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With a hat tip to NealeNews, a report of a Danish vessel making its way to Hans Island:A Danish navy ship was heading Thursday toward a small wind-swept island off northwestern Greenland that is at the centre of a diplomatic...


Death to the twins
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Daily Kos is resurrecting that tired old argument that George W Bush needs to send one or both of his twin daughters into battle. You'd think the Left would come up with new talking points....


Judicial misconduct? Louisiana Congressman under investigation
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I bring this up because it involves the relationship between judges and legislators, something that has been discussed in Canada, with regards to apparent favouritism shown to lawyers friendly to Liberal Party when judicial appointments have been made. It also...


Blogshares
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My blog is listed on Blogshares, the online faux stock market where blogs are companies and people trade stocks. I don't play the game myself, but I am watching as my blog is moving steadily up in price. Now this:Angry...


PimpTones be gone
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From the Montreal Gazette:Wireless provider Bell Mobility has stopped selling a contentious series of cellphone ringtones that referred to women as "bitches" and "hoes" and offered a satirical take on the culture of prostitution. The company removed its PimpTones ringers...


James Wolcott: Insults from the "professionals"
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As a blogger, I try to take my cue from the pros in the media in an attempt to make my writing better. I expect I've been only moderately successful, but any success I've had has come from picking the...


New York City Subway Searches -- Critics can't make up their minds
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From the New York Times:The New York Civil Liberties Union plans to file a lawsuit today challenging the legality of the Police Department's new policy of randomly searching bags and packages in the subway system. The lawsuit, to be filed...



August 03, 2005

US Federal Judge: You need to use actual children to entice pedophiles in online stings
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Law enforcement officers in Canada and the US routinely attempt to trap pedophiles by posing as children in chatrooms. They will allow the pedophile to suggest a meeting for sex, then arrest the person at the pre-arranged meeting. Such a...


Kim Jong-il -- I guess a PDA for his birthday is out of the question
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From the Guardian:Kim Jong-il, according to a North Korean website, has powers of recall and concentration that even the most cerebral of revolutionary socialists can only dream of. The website claims that the North Korean president can cite a soldier's...


PimpTones? Who at Bell Mobility thought this would be a good idea? [Updated]
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It's one thing to swear in public, but it's another to program your cell phone to swear each time it rings. Should a cell phone company be selling "PimpTones"?



August 02, 2005

Kelo Decision: The march to take your property begins in the US
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In San Diego, a decades-old laundry employing 150 people has one month to accept an offer to vacate the land that the city wants to hand over to posh condo developers. Thank the Kelo decision for this one.


Disaster at Pearson Airport in Toronto [Good news update]
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At this hour:An Air France jet with as many as 200 people aboard has skidded off a runway while landing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, bursting into flames and sending thick black smoke pouring into the air. There is...


Battle For Hans Island Spreads from Google to Blogosphere: CRISIS in the ARCTIC!
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From the folks an Independent Sources, a round-up of the blogosphere's analysis of the tension in the Far North. Definitely worth going through the variety of opinions, including from the Danes (well, the English speaking ones, anyway). Check it out....


Does Simon Begin think an outraged response to sexualized children is an act?
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From the Montreal Gazette:Pre-teens and adolescents should not be allowed to wear provocative clothes in schools, high-ranking members of the Quebec Liberal Party youth wing said yesterday. "When you see a little girl who's 8 or 12 years old wearing...


Tax breaks for public transit use
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Finally, the Conservatives are starting to sound, well, conservative....


Marc Emery and his fans at the Globe and Mail
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Emery broke US law and attempted to profit from it over many years. The Americans have presented the Canadian courts with their evidence and a request to extradite him. Emery will have his day in court. This conservative doesn't understand the logic that suggests Emery is immune from these proceedings.