I mentioned in a post below Focus on the Family Colorado is in it’s third year of layoffs, mostly because of the economic upheaval and market forces.
Now Oral Roberts University, which received a 70 million dollar bailout from a private businessman after it’s latest scandal is laying off 100 employees - 10% of it’s workforce. The [...]...
SharkBoy and I are walking to work when I spy coming towards us a couple wearing matching Aeropostale over-stitched lettering hoodys, Tim Horton’s in their hand and baseball caps. They might have pulled it off (exactly what were they trying to pull off?) had one not been slightly too old and too tall for Aeropostale…
I snort and say: “Oh god, look at these two–”
I stop suddenly when I realize that SharkBoy and I are wearing near identical used motorcycle cop jackets, black baseball caps and......
Focus on the Family laid off 46 people a few months ago, went and spent $539,000 in cash and another $83,000 in none monetary support for California’s Proposition 8. That political contribution would pay the salary 19 people for a year. Donations are the primary revenue for FotF, making up 96% of their revenue.
I’ve never [...]...
Discrimination does not begin in our courts or in our government — it ends up there. The fear and misinformation that drives unjust legislation gets its start within society, and the primary source of the problem is the sanctuaries, wealthy mega-churches, and powerful religious institutions of this country. With gigantic and captive national audiences, both [...]...
All yours for a suggested donation of $81.85 US. Shipping included from the folk at The American Family Association.
via: Box Turtle Bulletin...
It’s fascinating watching the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints try to play victim over their participation the California Proposition 8 campaign.
They are pulling out all the stops after tag teaming with the Roman Catholic Church, and groups like Focus on the Family. pogrom? I’m sure a Jewish group which has tried [...]...
Sometimes the good guys win....
Richard Bartholomew has two stunning must read posts on the the children of Nigeria who are being tortured, killed, blamed, put into slavery and cast out of their families for being ‘witches.’
He links to a couple of group attempting to help these castaways many who are being imprisoned in pentecostal churches. He highlights groups such [...]...
Dr. Dawg got applied for on site blogging privileges at the Conservative Party Convention in Winnipeg where policy issues are presented and voted on. Great read and solid information in his posts so far.
Sore Thumbs Chronicles: Prelude
What do Conservatives eat?* What are their rituals? Their beliefs? Their daily habits? I can promise a faithful if [...]...
Ted Haggard is back in the spotlight.
He could no more stay away from it than a moth can from a flame.
When we seize the spotlight it should come as no surprise when it swings back at us, fairly or not.
I think he’s failing to understand that his use of a bully pulpit for years and [...]...
At the 11th hour
On the 11th day
Of the 11th month
Canada remembers...
The leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are boggled by the public outcry of their financial and church mandated support for Proposition 8 in California and Proposition 102 in Arizona.
As protesters continue to gather outside LDS temples, Utah leadership issued a statement.
It is disturbing that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day [...]...
It’s interesting to me that an article in Canadian Christian on the US election featuring 4 thinking Canadian evangelicals has no comments.
If this had been written up in the US, there would be a lively and polarized discussion.
Dr. John Stackhouse (who is probably better known in religious media in the US than in Canada) of Regent [...]...
The FRC wants to scare its constituency into unquestioning support of its political agenda. If you think they are “informing” people or sharing “research,” you must have been recently abducted by a UFO. The nightmare scenario described in FRC’s recent letter rivals anything that you’ll find in the museum of propaganda, and it reveals something [...]...
Mark Byron has a request which has been picked up for discussion at connexions.
Dr. Byron’s post in full:
Here’s an odd request for the left wing of the Peanut Gallery. As regular readers might know, I go to a Southern Baptist church, one that is a bit less old-school then some (open to the Holy [...]...
The church defaulted on a $1 million loan due in August, prompting the California-based Evangelical Christian Credit Union to file foreclosure proceedings Tuesday.
The filing also includes a $12 million loan made in December 2003, when Without Walls was looking to expand its ministry headquartered at 2511 N. Grady Ave. On Thursday, the credit union initiated [...]...
“Maya from Florida” over at JMatch is no longer using Rachel Cunliffe’s picture. If the administrator had kept it up after being asked to take it down, the site could have been in for a world of hurt.
Bloggers were on ready to post. Media would have been notified. A prominent Canadian internet law firm is [...]...
USA President-elect, Barak Hussein Obama:
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party [...]...
The nomination process is open for The Canadian Blog Awards. 27 categories this year, rules are simple - Canadian bloggers.
Anyone can nominate in any category; this year instead of being able to cast one vote a day, you’ll get one vote a round.
If you read blogs, this is a great way to say thank you. [...]...
Jedis By RodTO
Halloween on Church Street. You will never find a more retched hive of scum and villainy.
The evening started out good with a group of us getting together at Casa RoboShark, slapping on layers of makeup while we sucked back beers during rounds of Guitar Hero and Mario Kart Wii. It sounds very involved but it was pretty relaxed. I wound up doing Dollar Store cuts on a few guys but the wax wounds didn’t last too long after leaving the apartment… I blame sweat and not having a proper sealant to make it stick. That and they wrinkled their faces too much. NO LAUGHING!
Here’s where I apologize for not taking any pictures this year. My lightsabre for my Jedi costume was a two hander. RodTO (Photog 2) took some amazing shots, as usual. Go see them and praise him...
In
halloween,
costumes,
laugh,
stranger,
Wii,
queen,
surprise,
longing,
faces,
grabs,
swings,
screams,
sharkboy,
crowds,
crowd,
photogs,
dicks,
sweat,
dick,
laughs,
tart,
General
Wow. This is so blatant and so stupid I’m almost laughing.
This isn’t funny though, it’s a case of identity theft and there is absolutely nothing funny about that.
What is bizarre is I have personal pictures of Rachel and Regan on my computer from their last visit to Canada, and it’s quite strange to see someone attempt to take away someone I know.
Nor [...]...
Destiny Church is planning to create a holy city for its followers in the heart of South Auckland.
The church’s leader, Bishop Brian Tamaki has told supporters the plans are well advanced, and that donations for the project have topped $2.4 million.
He is urging church members to sell up their homes around the country and move [...]...
If you are going to accuse someone of calling you a racist and Nazi, and willfully use that belief to further your agenda, wouldn’t it be wise to make sure you aren’t the one who used that language? Make sense? Didn’t think so.
Kathryn Joyce is an outstanding writer, and I go out of my way [...]...
Eugene Jarecki, the award winning film maker of Why We Fight and author of The American Way of War: Guided Missiles, Misguided Men, and a Republic in Peril talks about his experience with John McCain’s office shortly after his film came out.
Now I’m not one to kick a man when he’s down, nor even to [...]...
Last night Sharkboy, Mom and a couple of her friends were treated to A Chorus Line by my brother Michael, who I thank with all my cultured heart.
Mike had “arranged them”. So I had to get them from the press desk at the theatre, which resulted in this conversation with the two most bitterest press desk employees ever:
Me: “I’m here to pick up tickets”
PD1: “Name?”
Me: “They’re under Michael Healey.”
PD1: “You’re not Michael Healey!”
Me: “I’m his brothe–”
PD2: (finding the tickets during all this and thrusting them at me) “CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT!”
Me: “…And his mother is coming too, you really don’t want to cross her.”
Bitter cow. Not even giving me the...
In
collection,
excuse,
medicine,
cabbie,
theatre,
centre,
mom,
brother,
wham,
2am,
asthma,
box office,
brother michael,
canon theatre,
chorus line,
city blocks,
david mirvish,
different city,
every ten minutes,
main entrance,
navel,
popular theatre,
street entrance,
tunes,
victoria street,
sharkboy,
General
According to an affidavit filed by an ATF special agent, the men met through the internet and planned to engage in a “killing spree” that included shooting 88 African Americans and beheading another 14. Targets included a predominantly African-American school. At the end of the alleged spree, the men intended to try to kill Obama.
…The [...]...
I don’t know what is funnier, the ‘Silence! I kill you’ or Walter ’sounding’ like he is coming from the suitcase. This guy is good.
You can see more of Dunhams characters on YouTube....
Jim Pankiw, a chiropractor and former politician is before a Canadian Human Rights tribunal this week, facing four complaintents. It has taken four years for the case to get to this point.
A Canadian Human Rights tribunal heard Monday that pamphlets mailed to Saskatoon residents in 2003 and 2004 by then-member of Parliament Jim Pankiw were [...]...
Dr. Dawg links to articles about the Richard Warman civil case won on assault and defamation against an internet user.
I recommend reading the comments on the blogs and the Free Dominion forum.
The Western Standard Shotgun also posts, and links to the Ontario Superior court judgement.
Free Dominion also discusses the civil case and see the [...]...
A Quebec teenager has stirred up the passions of Roman Catholics. I like Douglas Todd’s take on “Dominiques” YouTube videos - looking at his possible reasoning behind his videos.
1) He appears to be just a teenager and
2) it appears English is his second language
3) no matter how this plays out, the videos probably come [...]...