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The death of George Floyd was tragic and horrific and the outpouring of outrage justified. So where was this anger when Tony Timpa died in exactly the same way? Why is Black Lives Matter silent over the death of retired police captain David Dorn at the hands of looters and so many others? What kind of sick and depraved individual takes video of Dorn's death and uploads it to Facebook Live instead of rendering aid?
Some people may not like what I have to say, but it has to be said. We need real conversations, and BLM is not at all interested. I'm angry too. But I have some pointed questions for those who buy the narrative BLM is selling. -
I was loath to edit this one. The audio on my side took a lot of work to correct because of some glitch in the audio chain, but I think it came out well in the end. The volume was all over the place and I had to take the time to go through it and alter the volume envelope. Better late than never!
For Feb 6, 2020...
Assisted dying news - Justice Minister David Lametti to table new legislation expanding access to medical assistance in dying; Catholic authority predictably plays the fear card; a British Columbia hospice refuses to comply with MAID poloicy; BC court sides with father and orders children to be vaccinated over mother's objections. -
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Terry Gilliam in memoriam:
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Student group wins free speech court battle:
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Alberta government and campus free speech:
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MAID story links:
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Hospice refuses to offer MAID:
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Catholic Watch...
More Catholic opposition to MAID:
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Quack Tracts...
Anti-vaxx story links:
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It's been a while, but we're back!
The topic du jour has been welling up inside me for some time and I need to get this rant out. We'll have a look at how our entertainment has been hijacked by those who want to use it as a propaganda tool for their political agendas, starting patient zero (Ghostbusters 2016) and ending with some truly spectacular failures. And of course men are to blame for poor box office showings.
Seriously. They actually say this.
And movies like Joker and Ford v Ferrari can't be allowed to do well at the box office or at major film award events.
We will finish the discussion with one of the most godawrful shows - nay! THE worst thing on any medium.
In other news, in a BC court a judge has sided with a father who wished his children to be vaccinated over the mother's objections.
An anti-choice student group at the University of Alberta claiming its free speech was suppressed by being forced to pay an exorbitant amount for security at an event has won in court.
The federal government is in the process of fixing the mess Jody Wilson-Raybould left MAID legislation in and wants your input.
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For episode 264, Sunday, August 11, 2019...
The Regressive Left Files...
The Democratic Socialists of America had their national convention and showed why they aren't fit to run a lemonade stand, let alone a nation state...
http://tiny.cc/i200azSerial HRC complainant Jessica Yaniv is in hot water following a YouTube debate with Blair White (also trans)...
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http://tiny.cc/a500azVancouver Pride bars the Public Library for merely being the venue for speaker Meghan Murphy, who the Coalition Against Trans Antagonism alleges promotes "hateful views".
http://tiny.cc/l800azWe discuss an Aero piece by Melissa Chen titled "Why postcolonial theory is not helping Hong Kong".
http://tiny.cc/6b10azQuack Tracts...
The retrial of David and Collet Stephan continues, but the bickering over whether the the testimony of medical examiner Bamidele Adegabo should be admitted into evidence as expert testimony (seriously?) in voir dire sessions means we have nothing to report. Things may get spicy when a former medical examiner testifies that she disagrees with Dr. Adegabo on his conclusions. Sorry, Justice Clarkson... No vacation for you!
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http://tiny.cc/uk10azEye on Islam....
The Barbaric Kingdom of Saudi Arabia now allows women to travel without requiring the permission of their male guardian. Imams are in an uproar over this loss of patriarchal control.
http://tiny.cc/0p10azLincolnshire school girls are being asked to wear a hijab for a day because that will show them the hijab means - how did Ilhan Omar put it? - "power, liberation, beauty, and resistance". Yeesh.
http://tiny.cc/hq10azReligion Watch...
Vancouver doctor Ellen Wiebe has been cleared of wrongdoing after she disobeyed the edict of an Orthodox Jewish care facility that no assisted death take place on the premises. The question is, will care givers who force their own religious nonsense on those they purport to care for?
http://tiny.cc/8u10azMeanwhile, in New Jersey, Bishop James Chechio says medical assistance in dying is an utter failure of the government to protect the vulnerable. And if there's one thing the Catholic Church knows, it's how to fail to protect the vulnerable!
http://tiny.cc/0410azTwo Red Deer candidates for Maxime Bernier's NeoCon spin off People's Party of Canada propose a wedge bill which would prohibit abortions past 24 weeks, and treat violators as criminals with up to five years imprisonment. El Salvador, here we come!
http://tiny.cc/h910azWe discuss a Global News piece on how a proposed ban on conversion 'therapy' is mobilizing the Canadian religious right.
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For episode 263, Sunday, July 21, 2019...
This week marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings, yet not only are we NOT back on the moon, conspiracy theories claiming the moon landings were faked still abound...
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http://tiny.cc/0ga19yThe Regressive Left Files...
Scarlett Johansson is roasted for daring to say she can play any character she wants
http://tiny.cc/f12z9yBC trans woman claims salon violated her human rights for refusing to Brazilian her male genitalia
http://tiny.cc/kha19ySlate publishes article violating social justice dogma, says 'trigger warnings' are bad
http://tiny.cc/v12z9yFeminist design student creates a chair of misandry to stop the non-problem of 'manspreading'
http://tiny.cc/f12z9yEye on Islam...
Saudi mother loses custody of daughter when a photo of her in a bikini is presented to a judge, crickets from feminists
http://tiny.cc/n02z9yMike Pence calls for the release of Saudi atheist blogger Raif Badawi
http://tiny.cc/3z2z9yCatholic Watch...
Well, he actually did it! Colombian bishop uses holy water to ‘drive out the devil’. Not from a helicopter, but from a fire truck
http://tiny.cc/zy2z9yNorthern Ireland bishops cry foul as Parliament passes a bill legalizing abortion and same-sex marriage. Yay Parliament!
http://tiny.cc/5x2z9yAmerican Theocracy Today...
Remember that Texas town which wanted to become a 'sanctuary for the unborn'? They played a game of chicken with the ACLU and blinked
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For episode 262, Monday, July 15, 2019...
The Regressive Left Files...
Well, it happened. Just like I predicted. An armed Antifa terrorist was shot dead as he tried to firebomb the ICE detention facility in Tacoma, WA. The same one that Ted Wheeler would not allow police to respond to a 9-11 call from. This is on YOU, Wheeler.... http://tiny.cc/z8lp9yAn interesting Twitter thread illustrative of the Regressive Left.... http://tiny.cc/p6cp9y
Rapper withdraws from Detroit music fistival over racist ticket pricing.... http://tiny.cc/aedp9y
Nicki Manaj won't appear at a music festival in the Barbaric Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.... http://tiny.cc/3cdp9y
Author on a Scientific American blog claims fat is not the problem - "fat phjobia" is... http://tiny.cc/acdp9y
Eye on Islam...
Muslim leaders in Britain complain about "Islamophobic" signs at London's Pride event... http://tiny.cc/bulp9yAn Australian teen rescued from arranged marriage in Lebanon because her family decided she wasn't "pure" after she was raped... http://tiny.cc/jadp9y
American Theocracy Today...
In India, a student dies after being stung by a scorpion because the school principal summoned an exorcist instead of a physician... http://tiny.cc/xcdp9yFLDS Bountiful elder James Oler is to be sentenced for removing a child from Canada in order to facilitate sexual offences... http://tiny.cc/m9cp9y
The anti-choice propaganda film "Unplanned" opens in 24 theaters across the country... http://tiny.cc/sddp9y
Stephans' Retrial Saga...
Evidence is mounting that the trial judge is losing his patience with David Staphan...
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For episode 261, Sunday, July 7, 2019...
The Regressive Left Files....
Antifa assaults journalist Andy Ngo in Portland...
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http://tiny.cc/j3dd9yTo dismantle 'fat phobia' the whole of Western civilization must be dismantled! Wouldn't it be easier to just lose some weight?
http://tiny.cc/l4dd9yCatholic Watch...
Bishop in Columbia plans to spray city with holy water to combat his city's high murder rate.
http://tiny.cc/04dd9yCleric in Muenster, Germany calls for parishioners to forgive pedophile priests. Many congregants respond by walking out.
http://tiny.cc/39dd9yQuack Tracts...
An update on the re-trial of David and Collett Stephan
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http://tiny.cc/ieed9yWoman in St. Louis arrested for hiding her daughter's diabetes and allows her to die horribly
http://tiny.cc/efed9yAmerican Theocracy Today
New study shows what we atheists already know, that we treat the religious better than they treat us...
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For episode 260, Sunday, June 23, 2019...
The Regressive Left Files....
Why women's national soccer teams think they should get the same pay as the men's (and why theyt don't)
http://tiny.cc/erip8yMore on the Oberlin College civil suit
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc...Coleman Hughes speaks out against slavery reparations in the US Congress, gets called racial slurs
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http://tiny.cc/puip8yWilliam Shatner owns podcaster who whished he was dead instead of Leonard Nimoy
http://tiny.cc/2vip8y20,000 Christians embarrass themselves by signing a letter calling for the removal of Netflix's "Good Omens". Only one problem....
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http://tiny.cc/49ip8yUK advertising is banned from using gender stereotypes
http://tiny.cc/dcjp8yQuebec's Bill 21 passes and minorities fear workplace surveillance
http://tiny.cc/8yip8yMedical Assistance in Dying...
In New Zealand, 1,000 doctors sign a letter in opposition. We look at why
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...In Oz, Victorian Health Minister says offering the option of a dignified death is itself a comfort, while Catholic authority continues to impede progress in its opposition to MAID
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http://tiny.cc/f7ip8yCatholic Watch...
Archbishop orders a Jesuit preparatory school to fire teacher in a same-sex marriage. School says "NO!"
http://tiny.cc/p8ip8yQuack Watch...
Judge in Stephans' retrial approves testamony to become part of the court record following voir dire. A (bizarrte) petition to dismiss the charges was denied
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http://tiny.cc/6ejp8yEye on Islam...
In Pakistan, the rape and murder of a 10-year old girl resulted in protests and suspension of the chief of police following accusations that police refused to investigate the crime.
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For episode 259, Sunday, June 9, 2019...
Catholic Watch...
We take a look at the grounds for appeal Cardinal Pell's lawyers believe will reverse their client's guilty verdict. It is debatable if the court will find the com-Pell-ing. http://tiny.cc/vyoy7y http://tiny.cc/kcpy7yBishops in California bravely state the "seal of confession" is more important than reporting child molestation that a recent law would require them to do. Hope you like "orange", clergy! http://tiny.cc/o3oy7y
A Rhode Island bishop orders Catholics to not support the LGBT community during "Pride month". Accusations of homophobia ensue... http://tiny.cc/a7oy7y
Illinois bishop refuses the "sacrament of communion" to the state's Catholic legislators because they enshrined access to abortion services into law. http://tiny.cc/h9oy7y
The Regressive Left Files...
According to "researchers" and the University of British Columbia, the sport of dodgeball is now to be considered a tool of oppression. And these so-called progressives wonder why we laugh at them. http://tiny.cc/6koy7yA piece in Vice claims that "conservatives" like Lindsay Shepherd are unable to name a single example of hate speech laws being used to silence speakers inappropriately. Guess they hadn't heard about R. v. Keegstra... http://tiny.cc/kvoy7y
In American Theocracy Today....
Colorado ignores Alberta's lead in not banning gay conversion therapy. Good! http://tiny.cc/jmoy7yConservative party leader Andrew Scheer tests the waters to see if religion in politics has become acceptable to voters, proclaiming "I believe we are all children of God and there is equal and infinite value in all of us." So... We as nonbelievers don't? http://tiny.cc/clqy7y
Quack Tracts....
Jennifer and Jeromie Clark were sentenced this past week after being found guilty for failing to provide the necessaries of life in the death of the their infant son in 2013. http://tiny.cc/jlpy7yInfamous purveyor of woo David Stephan, himself currently being tried for a second time in the death of his young son Ezekiel back in 2012, called the Clark's sentencing "appalling". http://tiny.cc/enpy7y
We take a look at the testimony in the first week of David Stephan's trial, which has been scheduled to run over the next several weeks.
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For episode 258, Monday, June 2, 2019...
The new government of Alberta has canceled the process which would have banned so-called "gay conversion therapy".
A pro-"forced birth" group in Lethbridge is taking the city to court over its refusal to place their ads on buses.
Ken Ham's "Ark Encounter" is suing its insurers for $1M after it refused to cover costs due to rain damage to the access road. The irony is not lost on anyone.
A UK nurse 'sacked' by the NHS for repeatedly proselytizing to patients loses her court appeal.
The Regressive Left Files...
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For episode 257, Monday, May 20, 2019...
Quack Tracts....
Germany may adopt fining parents who refuse to vaccinate their children http://tiny.cc/t4sw6y
Kentucky teen anti-vaxxer contracts gets poetic justice when he contracts chicken pox http://tiny.cc/75sw6y
Ontario court rules doctors can't impeded access to medical assistance in dying services by refusing to make referrals http://tiny.cc/36sw6y
South African preacher Ruffus Phala urges congregants to embibe 'jik' - essentially bleach - to wash away their sins. The result? 27 dead, 18 in critical condition. But at least their souls are whiter than white! http://tiny.cc/bytw6y
But this wasn't his first rodeo... He's previously tried Dettol and antifreeze on congregants (http://tiny.cc/h1tw6y) before switching to jik (https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news...), killing 6 in 2018. There has to be a word for a serial killing preacher.
The Regressive Left Files...
Excellent article in The Atlantic pleading for university administrations to stop students running the show https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc...Harvard's first black law school dean will not be replaced because administration bowed to pressure for removal after he was part of Harvey Weinstein's defence team http://tiny.cc/qctw6y http://tiny.cc/8etw6y http://tiny.cc/3ftw6y
LA Times writer Carla Hall wonders if the royal parents of Archie (Archibald?) will raise him to be black http://tiny.cc/sgtw6y
American Theocracy Today...
We look at recent anti-choice bills passed in Alabama and Missouri, as well as states about to embark on drafting similar statutes
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Still whinging and whining in Burmingham, Muslims show their displeasure at public schools teaching that being gay is okay. But they're not homophobic. No siree! http://tiny.cc/zntw6yA Philadelphia city commission said Monday it’s investigating an event last month at which Muslim children were captured on video speaking in Arabic about beheadings. http://tiny.cc/kptw6y
A Seattle school district faces a lawsuit filed by the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund for urging teachers to offer children an Arabic greeting for Ramadan. http://tiny.cc/zqtw6y
Writing for CNN online, Saeed Ahmed instructs us on how to act around those observing Ramada. http://tiny.cc/outw6y
Ex-Muslim Yasmine Mohammed writes an opinion piece an the why we should not be celebrating the burkini. Will feminists listen? http://tiny.cc/4vtw6y
Austria plans to ban the wearing of hijabs by primary school children http://tiny.cc/q6tw6y
Catholic Watch....
Pope makes reporting of abuse mandatory. Why do we have a problem with this? The answer won't surprise you in the least... http://tiny.cc/78tw6yIn their yearly publicity stunt, over 100 students from Catholic school were bused to the Alberta capitol Edmonton for an anti-choice rally. How much of our tax dollars went to this, we wonder? http://tiny.cc/2cuw6y
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For episode 256, Sunday, May 5, 2019...
Evolutionary biologist Colin Wright joins us to talk about evo, the new science denialism from the left, trans women in sport and sex differences in behavior. Colin is an Eberly Fellow at the Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University.
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For Episode 255, April 28, 2019:
Eye on Islam...
Of course we'll talk about the Islamist attacks in Sri Lanka.Linda "Cockroach" Sarsour was invited to speak in Winnipeg, but the city's mayor Brian Bowman is demanding she be disinvited.
The Sadistic Sultan of Brunei defends signing the death penalty by stoning for homosexuality and adultery into law against its European critics, writing that there is a high bar for finding someone guilty. Cuz yeah. That's what the problem is, not that these are considered crimes in the first place.
Writing in the Guardian, Owen Jones makes a plea to the Muslim community to band together to fight the far right which threatens
The Regressive Left Files...
What's this? An American college where students engage in discourse with someone they disagree with? How dare they! After Middlebury College cancelled an event mere hours before Charles Murray was scheduled to speak, one class quietly decided to invite him and engage his ideas. Wow. What a concept!At Sartoga Springs High School parents were up in arms about an assignment wherein students calculated their privilege, as if a single number could sum up anyone's life experiences. Victimhood culture poisons everything, just like religion.
Catholic Watch...
Easter has come and gone for another year. Pope denounces the "glitter of wealth" in front of giant gold-guilded candle inside of opulent St. Peter's Basilica, designed to project the Church's power and wealth, not to mention the favor of God. No one has ever accused the Vatican of a good sense of self awareness.Meanwhile, non-Roman Catholic catholic churches are on the rise in the US. I wonder why?
New Jersey governor Phil Murphy signed a bill into law allowing medical assistance in dying in that state. This despite his Catholic beliefs and the protestations of bishops. Yes, Virginia, it is possible to act in the best interests of all despite one's personal beliefs.
A Philadelphia court ruled against the archdiocese who took the city to court over its refusal to renew a contract to place children in foster care. Why? The Catholic Social Services refused even in principle placing foster children with same-sex couples. One question - why the hell is Catholic Social Services a thing?
Quack Tracts...
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Episode 254, for April 7, 2019....
A paper published Evolutionary Psychological Science claims atheists are really X-Men! (X-Men? Not very woke, is it?)
The Regressive Left Files...
Speaking of "woke"... New York Times op piece "I broke up with her because she's white" - how being woke is a barrier to interracial relationships.We comment on the Jussie Smollett debacle...
Quebec government tables a bill banning public employees from wearing religious symbols. At least this time they moved the crucifix from the Quebec National Assembly...
A quickly-retitled Forbes piece originally called "What if 'toxic masculinity' is the reason for climate change".
Quack Tracts...
Journalist Heather Yourex-West (Global News) takes a look a the pockets of regions of low vaccination rates.Meanwhile... The British Columbia government has been funding an anti-vaccination group called Health Action Network Society for over a decade to the tune of nearly half a million dollars.
New York county has taken the unusual step of banning minors from public places to stem the tide of a recent measles outbreak.
Catholic Watch...
Pope Frances claims the fight against the pedophilia rampant amongst clerics involves 'spiritual combat'.Eye on Islam...
The Barbaric Sultanate of Brunei has made homosexuality and adultery punishable by stoning.We comment on an NBC News report on atheists in Iraq and the oppression they face.
Ahmed Bhamji, chairman of the Mt Roskill Masjid E Umar mosque in Aukland, claims the Christchurch shooting was a Zionist plot.
Masih Alinejad publicly calls out so-called feminists who wear hijabs in solidarity with Muslim women. We look at this in light of a recent tweet by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
We also look at several assistance in dying stories, from Spain to Toronto.
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The elephant in the room... We look at the horrific hate crime in New Zealand. This was a heinous act. But the reaction of the regressive left won't leave it alone, and we look at some of the reactions indicative of what Gad Saad has called "collective munchausen syndrome".
Catholic Watch
The state of West Virginia is suing a diocese, charging they knowingly employed pedophile priests.
Alain de la Morandais demonstrates his pedophilic propensities and child molestation apologetics on a French television program.
Pope Francis says corruption is a devastating cancer harming society. He should know, as head of the world's largest organization of corruption.
A poll taken in the US suggests more than an third of Catholics are questioning their membership. What the hell does the Church have to do before they finally leave?
Quack Tracts...
The Calgary Health Region has set up a "vaccine hesitancy clinic" whose goal is to convince parents on the fence to get their children vaccinated.
In the face of a recent measles warning, at least one clinic in Calgary has asked that parents not bring their unvaccinated children. A father of three young boys with a rare genetic disorder which compromises their immune systems makes an appeal to Albertans to vaccinate.
Meanwhile, physicians are urging Health Canada to take action against the sale of homeopathic vaccine "alternatives".
Eye on Islam...
A human rights lawyer in Iran has been sentenced to 33 years in prison and 148 lashes. Nasrin Sotoudeh is well known for defending women who dared to show their hair in public. Her crime? "Gathering and colluding to commit crimes against national security" and "insulting the Supreme Leader".
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Catholic Watch....
Cardinal Pell makes prison his new home after he was found guilty on all 5 charges laid against him in the sexual abuse of two choir boys 22 years ago.
Not to be outdone, the archbishop of Lyon, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, was found guilty for failing to report allegations of sexual abuse.
Police in Costa Rica raid the offices of the Archdiocese of San José and the Costa Rican bishops' conference as part of their investigation of two predatory priests.
But Pope Francis remains undaunted and steadfast, finding that silver lining, saying that the revelations of sexual abuse is purifying the Church!
Meanwhile, in Argentina with Catholic tendrils infiltrating its laws forces an 11-year old girl to carry to term a pregnancy resulting from rape.
Quack Tract
Quebec-based homeopathy 'aid' organization Terre Sans Frontières has been receiving moneys from Global Affairs Canada to push their Chagas' placebo treatment on Hondurans. After this was exposed by CBC journalist Vik Adhopia, doctors questioned this policy and successfully lobbied to end funding.
The Alberta Party has announced mandatory vaccinations as part of their policy platform for the upcoming election.
The Regressive Left Files
New Zealand is the latest to repeal blasphemy laws.
White oppressor and physician Deborah Cohan prostrates herself at the altar of social justice in a self-flagellating piece of garbage in - of all places! - the NEJM.
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For episode 251....
Quack Tract
A "Down Under" chiropractor is fined $30k for claims he made of his profession curing cancer. Not enough, I say, but still good news. What about up here in the Great White North?
Hundreds protest in Washington for the "right" to not vaccinate their children.
Organizers of an upcoming "natural health" (as if there's an "unnatural health"...) conference on Toronto have canceled the appearance of prominent anti-vaxxer Del Bigtree.
Sentencing hearings have concluded for Jennifer and Jeromie Clark, found guilty of criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessaries of life in the death of their 14-month old son John. During the trial, jurors were shown online searches for natural remedies for gangrene, which included cabbage leaves and cayenne. Jesus H. Christ on a Popsicle stick...
Eye on Islam
Canadians fighting for ISIS in Syria want to come home. One says that it's okay because he hasn't broken any laws here. Wrong, buddy. To paraphrase Batman, we won't kill you. But we don't have to save you, either.
Apple and Google offer an app which here in the West would be deemed creepy-stalky by normal people. What does it do? It tracks the movements of women. I wonder what Gillette would say?
Catholic Watch
Nun abuse - the latest scandal to come out of Catholicism - is coming to the fore.
Miscellaneous
This is an election year in Alberta. Anti-choice groups have been busy pushing their candidates in the Ultra-conservative Party. Despite assurances from UCP leader Jason Kenney that he will not open the abortion "debate", we should not be sanguine about this.
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For February 3, 2019....
Eye on Islam...
Asia Bibi, recently acquitted on charges of that fictitious crime blasphemy, is likely headed to Canada. Let's see... Canada's middle finger extended to the Barbaric State of Saudi Arabia - check. Canada's middle finger extended to Pakistan - check. Who's next?
February 1st is World Hijab Day.
Screw that. When these women take off their hijabs in support of their sisters in the Middle East or in families living in the western world whose values are stuck in the 7th century, I might have some modicum of respect. But I will never - NEVER! - allow the normalization of an instrument of misogyny, religion be damned!
A petition to Nike to recall their Air Max shoes has been started at Change.org. The reason? The logo on the sole when viewed upside down looks like the word "Allah". I"m not kidding. Nike has a recent history of moralizing, unless it hurts their bottom line. And of course, CAIR is involved.
The Regressive Left Files
Counter Terrorism Policing UK wants citizens to call police if you see anyone at a hardware store buying knives or hammers while sinister music is playing.
The Twitterverse responds negatively. Who would have seen that coming?
The two Laurier "professors" at the center of the Lindsay Shepherd scandal, Nathan Rambukkana and Herbert Pimlott, are suing Shepherd over their unsolicited slanderous comments comparing Jordan Peterson to Hitler.
Seriously. They're blaming her for Peterson's lawsuit for the comments they made of their own volition because it was her act of recording the inquisition they formed that drew Peterson's attention to them.
Catholic Watch
The Vatican official handling cases of sexual abuse has resigned after allegations leveled against him surface for - wait for it! - sexual abuse.
And finally a good news story in Catholic Watch. Governor Andrew Cuomo, himself a practicing Catholic, signed into law a pro-choice bill, causing bishops in Tennessee and Texas (who couldn't have voted for him anyway) to call for his excommunication. Cuomo dared to suggest that his religious views are separate from is gubernatorial duties. What a concept!
American Theocracy Today...
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders claims God wanted Donald Trump to become president. Does this mean that God fixed the election? Why have elections if God always gets the candidate it wants?
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