Crus de Agnus Dei con quilon menthae - January 10th, 2006
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07:27 am
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PSP-controlled Honda Civic
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Israeli company claims to have produced armor 5 times as strong as steel. This story is "exclusive" to World Tribune .com, though, who consider Mark Steyn and Bob Novak to be the height of intellect, so take it as you will.
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Hurricanes don't normally have lightning. During the record-setting hurricane season of 2005 three of the most powerful storms--Rita, Katrina, and Emily--did have lightning, lots of it. And researchers would like to know why.
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08:55 am
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Yay, Canadian Politics!
Rick Mercer presents a brief cross-section of why I tend to refer to the CPC as our national socialist alternative in an only-mostly-joking manner.
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Paul Martin has added a new promise: Repeal section 33 of the Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms. Frankly, this is the best thing any Canadian government *could* do. This is the single most damaging piece of law ever passed in a civilised country[1].
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Steven Harper promises that even though he wants to "revisit" the same-sex marriage laws, he will not use Section 33 to change them from their current status - despite any change being unconstitutional.Also wading in: 133 law deans and professors sent an open letter to Harper saying there was no way he could honestly hope to change the definition of marriage without resorting to the notwithstanding clause. That's the opinion of the federal Department of Justice [http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/fs/ssm/] and, it appears, Vic Toews, Harper's justice critic. Two years ago, he called it the appropriate tool for reasserting the supremacy of Parliament when courts become pressured into fashionable issues like gay marriage.
While we're talking about Harper, last night he lied outright about Martin's proposed tax cuts affecting only the rich, and he lied outright about his proposed GST cut being "more fair" than an income tax cut. CBC's "reality check" covers the tax cut plans from the parties that matter, here. Unsurprisingly, the NDP want to cut taxes and increase spending to eradicate the budget surplus and go deeply back into debt.
Speaking of which, here's a breakdown of the current election promises, by party, date, and monetary cost to the voter. Just remember, they're bribing you with YOUR MONEY on this one.
And I haven't yet gotten a response back from my local Conservative candidate on how he can justify being pro-gay-marriage in a party that wants to ban it, knowing that by electing him we'd be supporting Harper's attempt to restrict the legal rights of Canadian citizens.
[1]:The Patriot Act does not qualify, for reasons that should be obvious - and not just the easy "the US isn't a civilised country" snipe, either.
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11:18 am
[Link] | Concerned "Christians" object to The Book Of Daniel the way they always do: rationally, calmly, with logical arguments, and by not watching the show they don't like. And by that, I mean issuing death threats against the staff of TV stations who broadcast the program.
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12:33 pm
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05:44 pm
[Link] | For all those who sent me links to this story asking me to spread it: Told you so
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07:49 pm
[Link] | Governor of Kentucky declares that creationism is "self-evident truth" because the American Declaration of Independance is now a biology textbook. Says also "Duh, I eat poop."
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08:32 pm
[Link] | The Milky Way appears to be absorbing another galaxy - and nobody noticed, until now.
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