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Archive for November 12th, 2008

Critics pan Saudi-led UN religion and peace confab

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Saudi Arabia is leading a UN conference on religion and peace. Once again, the UN allows itself to be used to lend legitimacy to a malicious cause.
Seven years after 15 Saudis hijacked U.S. jetliners and flew them into the World Trade Center, Saudi Arabia is leading a UN forum in New York this week [...]

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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Many Motorists Don’t See Need To Heed Speed Limits — Science Daily, 8 November
Don’t shoot strange-looking escaped deer — CBC Ottawa, 7 November

Judge allows mind control lawsuit to proceed

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

A British Columbia judge has refused to rule frivolous a lawsuit by one Jerry Rose, who claims that his mind has been controlled by, among others, Microsoft, Telus, the RCMP, Wal-Mart, the University of BC, and the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Mr. Rose’s claim says “he has been subject to invasive brain computer interface [...]

What if Jesus talked like a post-modern Anglican?

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

If our Lord spoke like a post-modern Anglican, his encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well might have gone something like this.
Exhausted from global warming in oppressed Palestine, Jesus chilled at Jacob’s Well in the realm of “the other” called Samaria.
Jesus’ cohort left him to buy organic at the nearest kiosk.
A Samaritan woman-”the other [...]

British town council: The word “British” is offensive

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

The suicide of British civilisation continues.
A town council in southern Wales has decided that the word “British” should be avoided for fear of causing offence.  Who might be offended?  Just about everyone.
The word ‘British’ can be as offensive as ‘negro’ and ‘half-caste’, according to a race relations body.
The publicly-funded organisation’s views have been adopted by [...]

Mark Steyn lays it out for John Miller

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Ryerson University journalism professor John Miller has crossed a line, and Mark Steyn has had enough.
At a recent Halifax Free Speech debate, Prof Miller said that he was unable to locate the source of a quotation from Ayatollah Khomeini that Mr Steyn had cited in a column. The only place Miller mentioned searching for [...]