In-depth research confirms the obvious
May 26th, 2009 | Comments Off
“‘Extreme’ College Drinking And A Sensation-seeking Disposition Lead To Injury” — Science Daily, 25 May
Archive for May 26th, 2009
Man charged with drunk driving causing death claims his rights were violated
May 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Cry me a river. Alexander Beers is charged with impaired driving causing death in connection with the death of a 14-year-old Moncton girl in July 2007. He has told a judge that the RCMP violated his rights on the night he was arrested, but the RCMP rejects his version of events. James Fowler, Beers’s lawyer, [...]
Kenney denounces “new anti-Semitism”
May 26th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Speaking in Israel last Sunday, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney (at right) condemned the new anti-Semitism arising from an alliance between Western leftists and Islamic extremists, calling it even worse than the “old European” anti-Semitism. “The existential threat faced by Israel on a daily basis is ultimately a threat to the broader Western civilization,” [...]
Another shining moment in Canadian justice
May 26th, 2009 | Comments Off
A man charged with criminal negligence causing death following a street-racing incident was supposed to be under house arrest at the time. One of the men charged after a woman died in a racing incident in eastern Newfoundland earlier this month had been instructed to stay at home under house arrest, CBC News has learned. [...]
Canadian Dalits call Vienna attack “an act of terrorism”
May 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Sikhism officially rejects India’s caste system, but the murder of a Sikh religious leader at a Vienna temple is believed to have been motivated by caste-based prejudice. The mayhem in Vienna sparked rioting in Punjab state, northwest India. Dalits in Vancouver have denounced the killing, calling it an act of terrorism. Outraged by the killing [...]
Saint Augustine of Canterbury
May 26th, 2009 | Comments Off
The collect for today, the Feast of St Augustine (d. c. 605), first Archbishop of Canterbury (source): O Lord our God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst call thine apostles and send them forth to preach the Gospel to the nations: We bless thy holy name for thy servant Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, [...]