Monthly Archives: November 2008

Round Two at the Canadian Blog Awards

Yippee-dee-doo! ProWomanProLife made it to the second round! Thanks to all who voted. You may now vote again in this round, here.

Too drunk to walk

Great news: Drunk women who stagger about in high heels are to be protected – at public expense – from twisting their ankles. They will be handed flip-flops to wear by police outside nightclubs as they wend their way home. the potential recipients seemed quite pleased yesterday at the prospect of a free pair

And why not?

I’m not in favour of a Liberal/NDP/Bloc coalition, and would not vote for it myself. But what the heck, that’s roughly what we always get anyway. And besides, in our system, the “government” is that group of MPs that can reliably command a majority in the House, and that can pass money bills. So go

No, really, get lost

For once this Conservative [sic] government has a good idea. Yes, by all means, scrap public financing of political parties. Let them raise their own money if they can. And if they can’t (or if they won’t operate on smaller budgets), let them get lost. UPDATE: Figures. If I like it, this government kills it.

You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me.

Please?

PWPL in the running

Yay! ProWomanProLife, of which I am a proud contributor, has been nominated for Best New Blog. If you want to vote for us, you can do so here.

For the gal who has everything

A, ahem, different kind of gift certificate. To help celebrate the holiday we observe in honour of a very famous, er, whatchamacallit, oh yeah, birth. I wish I were making it up. INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, November 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Planned Parenthood of Indiana has announced just in time for Christmas that it will begin selling

I like this idea of ‘choice’, really

So Michelle Obama describes her role as “mom in chief”. I find that splendid – and I am not a big fan of hers. She has two young daughters and she is choosing to devote her energies to raising them. My first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom in chief,”

Suddenly I feel like a complete klutz

Something only Bruce Lee could do… [h/t The Corner]

Feminists need apply

Stories like this one really get me. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghan police have arrested 10 Taliban militants involved in an acid attack this month against 15 girls and teachers walking to school in southern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said Tuesday. The attackers squirted the acid from water bottles onto three groups of students and