Archive for June, 2008
They didn’t go out of their way to publicize it…
The Canadian Human Rights commission has quietly dismissed the case against Mark Steyn and Maclean’s. That’s semi good news. As Ezra points out: … the sooner they can get the public scrutiny to go away, the sooner they can go about prosecuting their less well-heeled targets, people who can’t afford Canada’s best lawyers and command [...]
Read More..>>Marry your one-year-old?
Stuff I wish I’d made up: Saudi marriage officiant Dr. Ahmad al-Mu’bi told Lebanese television viewers last week that it’s permissible for girls as young as 1 to marry — as long as sex is postponed. Al-Mu’bi’s remarkable comments also included an explanation that “there is no minimal age for entering marriage.” “You can have [...]
Read More..>>We’re all pro-choice now: discuss
That’s what they seem to claim here: An overwhelming majority of Canadians continue to support women’s right to abort pregnancies, but a recent national survey found the country is split when asked who should foot the bill. The online Angus-Reid poll — conducted June 4 and 5 of 1,000 adult Canadians — found 91% of [...]
Read More..>>I liked Juno too
But this is ridiculous: As summer vacation begins, 17 girls at Gloucester High School are expecting babies—more than four times the number of pregnancies the 1,200-student school had last year. Some adults dismissed the statistic as a blip. Others blamed hit movies like Juno and Knocked Up for glamorizing young unwed mothers. But principal Joseph [...]
Read More..>>If you didn’t like C-484…
You sure won’t like this: OTTAWA, June 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the Quebec government prepares to present a bill to the National Assembly that seeks to end the practice of hospitals treating fetuses under 500 grams as biomedical waste, Ontario is, according to an as-yet unconfirmed report, gearing up for a newly instituted “Pregnancy & Infant Loss [...]
Read More..>>I am woman, watch me spend?
OK. So I’m not a tax expert, despite having aced fiscal in law school. I pay professionals to do my taxes, in part because they do it way better than I could but also because life is too short to clutter up your brain with such regulations, unless you’re going to make a career out [...]
Read More..>>Maybe he should stop talking instead…
There’s no way to make this sound good. OTTAWA — Conservative MP Maxime Bernier did not know he left classified documents at the home of former girlfriend Julie Couillard in April and has no memory of the mistake that cost him his job as foreign affairs minister, Conservative sources said yesterday. The sources said Mr. [...]
Read More..>>Monuments honouring “amazing women”
From the WebUrbanist, 12 monuments to women. I’m good with Queen Victoria (the ultimate have-it-all woman; she had a busy career and a busy family life way back before work-family balance was in fashion) and Molly Pitcher, not sure about the Red Light woman, and somewhat intrigued by the others. An interesting feature to [...]
Read More..>>Hey, if she says so…
Angelina Jolie: “Pregnancy great for sex life”. [cross-posted to PWPL]
Read More..>>Some people scare easy
I am a bit conflicted on Bill C-484. I don’t object to it, but in a strict legal sense I don’t believe it to be necessary. I’m also far from convinced it would work as a deterrent or do anything to protect pregnant women from violence. But as a political expression of a society’s belief [...]
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