Will Benny Hinn Succeed...

... in emptying Torontonians pockets, where David Miller failed? I'm cynical enough to believe that while God moves in a mysterious way, He probably does not do so by limousine or private jet and He probably doesn't wear gold decorated suits.

So while Benny is slaying demons this weekend, why not stay home and play Benny Hinn: The Video Game?

So It Begins...

The Canadian left's favorite poster boy introduces good ol' banana republic democracy.

Will those who complain so vocally that Stephen Harper is 'authoritarian' be similarly bleating caterwauling about Chavez becoming president for life? Or is it different for communists?

We Don't Need An Excuse For This

... in our house right now, since daughter has reached the 'I want those songs on the CD player' 24/7 stage, but cue Raffi.

How's That Working For Ya?

If only we gave First Nations more money and greater independence; if only they had more self-government, none of this would have happened:

Discouraging Demographics

A 2006 community profile prepared for the department of Indian and Northern Affairs by the community's tribal council, South East Resource Development Corp., lists the demographics of life in Pauingassi:

• 98 per cent of adults are alcoholics. That includes 99 per cent of the community's residential school survivors.
  
• 80 per cent of youth up to age 18 are solvent abuse addicts. There are youth suicides.
  Half of the kids under age 18 are child welfare wards, the result of parental neglect and abuse related to alcoholism. Dozens live off reserve in group homes in Winnipeg.
  
• 20 per cent of all youth under age 20 are suspected of suffering from varying degrees of fetal alcohol syndrome.
  
• Kids as young as 13 and under have sexually transmitted diseases and there are high rates of domestic violence, sexual abuse, promiscuity, family break-ups and sexual practices euphemistically described as "deviant" by residents.
  
• $100 will buy a bottle of bootleg whisky on this dry reserve.
  Deaths from violence and drinking, despair, poverty and isolation go back 30 years. One woman disappeared 15 years ago; her body was never found.
  
• This year, two girls aged 13 and 15 were charged in May with the beating death of a 22-year-old woman.
  
• One 15-year-old youth and two adults were charged in the death of Jeremy Crow, who died last year after being hit in the head with an axe.
  
• In 1999, the band went into receivership. One former chief was convicted of fraud.

[Ottawa Citizen]

Cool Britannia

A new, occasional series taking a look at life in modern Britain - and reminding us why we would never go back.

Agence France-Presse
Published: Thursday, August 16, 2007
LONDON - A British company is offering to provide stab-proof school uniforms, lined with the same material used by soldiers, to parents worried about knife crime among youngsters.

h/t: Doggerelle.

Lookalike

Sharp eyed readers will have noticed the resemblance between new Defence minister Peter MacKay, as pictured on the front page of today's Ottawa Citizen, and Agent Smith, of Matrix fame.


Sharper still readers will note that while Agent Smith was duplicated, MacKay has on occasion been accused of being duplicitous, after not honouring an agreement with David Orchard on merging the former Progressive Conservative Party with the Canadian Alliance.

Sharpest readers will not need photographic evidence to realise the resemblance of David Orchard and his followers to a gang of blithering idiots.

A Makeover

Courtesy of Neo, who very kindly contributed the new header image above. Thanks!

Move Along....

... nothing to see here. Muslim men carry pipe bombs in their cars near US Naval Bases all the time.

Angie The Corgi

... contemplating the extra kibble prospects arising from Toronto's Global Warming induced cat problem and the consequential success of her cat sequestration business.


h/t Neo.

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