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Archive for October 17th, 2008

CBC: “Severely loaded mom” crashes SUV

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CBC reported this morning that a particularly inebriated Halifax woman had crashed her SUV.  How did this headline slip by staid CBC censors? Later, after the day shift arrived, the headline was quietly changed. I like the original better, but maybe that’s just me.

Levi Stubbs, R.I.P.

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One of Motown’s great soul singers, Levi Stubbs, lead singer of the Four Tops, has passed away at his home in Detroit. He was 72. Among the group’s many hits were “Baby I Need Your Loving”, “Standing in the Shadows of Love”, “Bernadette”, and “I Can’t Help Myself”. In this 1966 clip, they sing one [...]

Do Human Rights Commissions Threaten Civil Liberties?

October 17th, 2008 | Comments Off

My response to that question would be “Is the Pope Catholic?”, but others take a different view. I have just received via e-mail notification that Halifax is to be the site of another public meeting on the status of free speech. This in addition to the recently announced symposium at King’s College. The Canadian Centre [...]

Police: Muslim terrorists linked to child porn

October 17th, 2008 | 3 Comments

The Times of London is reporting that police in Britain and elsewhere in Europe have discovered a link between Muslim terrorist plots and hardcore child pornography. A link between terrorism plots and hardcore child pornography is becoming clear after a string of police raids in Britain and across the Continent, an investigation by The Times [...]

Political prejudice masquerading as social psychology

October 17th, 2008 | 4 Comments

Two more pseudo-scientific “studies” purport to find that liberals are psychologically and socially better-adjusted than conservatives. First, examine the rooms people live in. [T]he bedrooms and offices of liberals, who are generally thought of as open, tend to be colorful and awash in books about travel, ethnicity, feminism and music, along with music CDs covering [...]

Drug abuse a cause, not effect, of health and social problems

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It has long been observed that drug abuse by young teenagers is associated with social and health problems.  But controversy persisted regarding what causes what: Do drugs and alcohol cause problems for adolescents, or are troubled kids more likely to abuse drugs?  Are drugs bad for kids, or do bad kids do drugs? New research [...]