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So Harris-Decima and Canadian Press recently reported that fewer than three-quarters of Canadians believe in a god. Here’s the breakdown:
The poll found 72 per cent of respondents said they believed in a god, while 23 per cent said they did not believe in any god. Six per cent did not offer an opinion.
Results [...]

Dear Mom

13May08

I got taller. But not gayer.

I joke here about loving to scandalize my Mom — with all the swears and nudity and gay sex and unbridled grumpiness and whatnot — but the fact is, my Mom is the greatest Mom who ever lived and I love her to bits. I probably wouldn’t be able to [...]

Who says Canadians don’t have their priorities straight?
Is the top story for Toronto Star readers the race for the U.S. presidency? No. Is the top story for Toronto Star readers the Myanmar cyclone disaster? No. How about the bullshit opposition to the removal of “the lord’s prayer” from the Ontario Legislature? God, no!
A single mother [...]

No Action

24Apr08

Depressing news from a recent poll by Britain’s The Independent:
The Independent’s survey of more than 35 leading Aids scientists in Britain and the United States found that just two were now more optimistic about the prospects for an HIV vaccine than they were a year ago; only four said they were more optimistic now than [...]

Nothing, but nothing says “your Dublin vacation is so very, very over” like spending an hour or eleventy in Newark airport. (21 April 2008)

Appendix Removed Via Mouth; First Such Surgery In U.S.

And then, scarcely two weeks later…

Appendix Removed Through Vagina: U.S. First

(Thanks to Dale for the tip.)

Thank goodness for mainstream media like CBS, whose mandate appears not only to fill your head with “news” vetted by the political and commercial interests which control such things but also to fill your head with “news” you’d have to possess a single-digit I.Q. to not already know.
Because, good golly, after being frightened into believing [...]

No, really. We’re almost there. Soon the robot monkeys will have lasers and be able to take over the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSaBOd4pQpM

May I be a wee bit superpretentious for a moment and quote myself? (Hey, if Madonna can do it…) This is from my New Year’s Eve post a couple of weeks ago, in which I suggest various ways you can alleviate feelings of loneliness, helplessness, alienation and depression:
Turn off fucking CNN. No, wait…

TURN OFF FUCKING [...]

“A heart.
A home.
The nerve.”
The nerve!!!!
Here’s a different kind of organ rejection:
Sexually active gay men no longer allowed to donate organs (CBC News)
A number of organ donation groups said Monday that they are unaware of new Health Canada regulations that mean sexually active gay men, injection drug users and other groups considered high risk will no [...]


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