Monthly Archives: December 2008
YAY!!!
ProWomanProLife won this year’s award for Best New Blog! Thanks to all who voted!
Now we know
All those who said that complaints about Mark Steyn, Ezra Levant and company were not about Islam but rather about showing respect and practicing “responsible” journalism? They were wrong. It is so about Islam. If you’re a Muslim, and you want to write, for instance, that: Homosexuals and lesbians should be “exterminated in this life” …
Gay penguins have rights, too
Bigoted penguins alert! A pair of gay penguins thrown out of their zoo colony for repeatedly stealing eggs have been given some of their own to look after following a protest by animal rights groups. Last month the birds were segregated after they were caught placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away …
Such tolerance
Arsonists attack Palin church. Alaska governor Sarah Palin said an arson attack on her home church could have been linked to “undeserved negative attention” from her failed Republican vice-presidential campaign. Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at one million dollars (£670,000), authorities said on Saturday. No-one was injured in Friday night’s fire, which …
Eeeee!!! Owww!!!
I love it. The Prez is totally relax about it (decent reflexes, too), but the clown who tried to hurt him starts to squeal like a scared little girl when security types haul him out of the room. Look buddy: If you’re going physically to attack the American president, the least you can do is …
Since we all agree with ourselves…
A remarkably narrow-minded and short-sighted editorial in the Ottawa Citizen on that Unicef report mentioned here yesterday. I especially take issue with this bit: The time for ideological debates are long past. Most parents of young children are in the workforce and they need and deserve high quality, accessible daycare. UNICEF has usefully reminded us …
Unclear on the concept
A review of 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days: In Romanian, under the Ceausescu regime, abortion was banned, and within 20 years some half a million women had died from having botched illegal abortions. This severe thriller from writer-director Christian Mungiu focuses on Gabita (Laura Vasiliu), a pregnant college student, and her friend Otilia …
Oooh, please don’t tell Dalton McGuinty
Seriously. You are sitting in a doctor’s waiting room with eight other sick patients and the nurse announces: The doctor will see all of you now — at the same time. That’s how the Boston Globe recently described shared visits that are being used to cope with the long waits now customary in Massachusetts. … …