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Fascinating world we live in.
Here’s the facebook page that is calling for dissent, and here’s some BBC video of what is happening on Cairo streets today.
It seems that 6 month old Trig Palin, the son of some American politician, is making his weight felt in not just one, but two countries. In particular, Trig has sparked something in Dr Andre Lalonde. Dr Lalonde, according to the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) has “developed an expertise and [...]
Democratic bloggers claim Palin faked pregnancy
Democrats can’t understand how a middle-aged woman can have both a career and a family, especially one that includes a baby with Down Syndrome.
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Hornrimsylvia, who blogs on the Progressive Democratic site “Daily Kos”, believes the video shows that Palin’s pregnancy was faked. “I have never seen a [...]
I’m not going to debate whether he should have gotten the award. What caught my eye was a quote in the Globe and Mail:
“The fact that some people are opposed on religious grounds mainly, well, that doesn’t bother me as long as they’re not allowed to influence other people by force or by whatever [...]
The Persians were barbarians, the Greeks thought, not because they were weak (they were mighty) or stupid (they were clever) or rustic (they built lavish cities). They were barbarians because they were not free. Or, to put it more precisely, they had become accustomed to living under despotism; they lacked the will to rise up [...]
Zimbabwe opposition fears vote-rigging
Zimbabwe’s election commission today began releasing a trickle of results from Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary elections as the opposition voiced fears that the count was being manipulated in favour of the president, Robert Mugabe.
The Guardian
Human Rights Gone Awry
What I do not associate with this deep and noble concept is getting ticked off by something you read in a magazine – or for that matter hear on television – and then scampering off to a handful – well, three – of Canada’s proliferate human rights commissions – seeking [...]
Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated in a suicide attack.
Ms Bhutto had just addressed an election rally in Rawalpindi when she was shot in the neck by a gunman who then set off a bomb.
At least 16 other people died in the attack and several more were injured.
from the [...]
Update: The Canadian Islamic Congress has a pdf on their site entitled:
MACLEANS MAGAZINE: A CASE STUDY OF
MEDIA-PROPAGATED ISLAMOPHOBIA
Prepared by:
Khurrum Awan, Muneeza Skeikh, Naseem Mithoowani
LLB (Osgoode Hall Law School – 2007)
Ali Ahmed
LLB Candidate (Osgoode Hall Law School – 2008)
Daniel Simard
LLB Candidate (Osgoode Hall Law School [...]
Update: the interwebs are interesting…
One of the folks involved in the complaint appears connected to the group blog “Law is Cool”. It is by a group of law students. Go figure. There has been some, err, discussion around that blog. I’ll get all the links up later.
a comment left at Magicstats:
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