Degrees
How is the killing of 6 women and possibly scores more not premeditated murder?
We Don’t Get No Respect
Canada, the land of oppressors and polluters. At least that is what some people think. In a report released Monday titled Canada and the International Protection of Human Rights: An Erosion of Leadership? Amnesty International said we are losing credibility as a global human-rights champion.
It cites Ottawa’s sudden refusal last month to fight the death penalty in all cases; its vote against a United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous people; the short shrift given to abuses in Colombia; …
Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used to be a popular guy - not anymore. Students who once were the power base of his reform movement are turning against him in ever increasing numbers.
Hundreds of Iranian students expressed their anger over a government crackdown on activists in a protest Sunday at Tehran University, the second such demonstration in less than a week, witnesses and state radio said.
Last week, a group of left-wing students said 33 students and activists including four women were …
Contradictions
Banning books that encourage readers to have an open mind. I love contradictions.
A Tale of Two Murders
I sometimes have a difficult time wrapping my head around some of the decisions brought down by our justice system. While there have been many, some of which I blogged about, I refer this time to 2 separate cases both involving murder.
Peter DeBungee happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Back in June 2006 the 45 year old Winnipegger and his girlfriend had decided to take an evening stroll to the Maryland Hotel to buy some …
Morning Humour
Found a couple of humorous items while cruising the web last night. Over on Windows Live Spaces at ComputerJy Inside I discovered the following:
Sponsored Themes Revisited
Back in April the world of WordPress was up in arms over the topic of ’sponsored themes’. I couldn’t help but throw in my two cents by writing a story of my own in which I said,
While I have no problem with sponsored themes it seems some others do referring to the practice as tacky. I see nothing tacky about it. Being a partisan political blogger this site has already oodles of external links including blogrolls. What is one more …
Heavy Metal
Strange story from ZD Net.
News just in from those sensitive folks over at the Science and Public Policy Institute in Pennsylvania. Yep, as we were warned earlier this year, Tamara Mariea (a “certified clinical nutritionist”), and the redoubtable Dr George Carlo (see here for more on this “expert on the dangers of electromagnetic radiation”) have finally published their “groundbreaking scientific study” showing that Wi-Fi causes autism.
From their press release:
“The autistic children followed specific detoxification protocols in an environment that was …