This is the scene that greeted me as I opened the front door at sunrise to get the morning paper—note the golden light kissing the snow in the foreground before giving way to the blue daylight. …
Denisé (wife) took this image of Tiger, our Jack Russell. Tiger’s a smart, very active little dog, and Denisé has done a great job capturing his “essence”. …
Here’s a photo from my visit to the East Coast last summer. I’ve shown a version of this image before in colour, but I think it works really well in black and white also. …
Kokanee, a resident of Muskoka Wildlife Centre at Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada. This Mountain Lion lives in a large enclosure with his best friend, Kootenay, a black bear. …morehere, Cycroft Photoblog: Photo of Mountain Lion.
Chéticamp is a charming fishing community on the Cabot Trail on the west coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. St. Peter’s Church (a.k.a. l’Église Saint-Pierre) was built in 1883. …more here, Cycroft Photoblog: Photo of St Peters Church at Chéticamp, NS.
Taken at the seashore in Prince Edward Island. Made me think of the many decisions we all make every day of our lives. Thank God, we live in a democracy and are free to make those decisions. …more here, Cycroft Photoblog: Where Paths Divide.
Taken at Muskoka Wildlife Centre near Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada. This is Luna, a female Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)—she’s about the size of a coffee cup and not a large one at that. …more here, Cycroft Photoblog: Saw-Whet Owl.
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Two groups that push so-called "reparative therapy" for gay people in the United States and abroad have teamed up to make a documentary explaining their junk science in an attempt to counter efforts to ban the practice for minors. Family Watch International - a group affiliated with the World Congress of Families that supports the criminalization of homosexuality abroad and retains Uganda anti-gay crusader ...
According to Counterpoint's Monthly Market Pulse report for October 2013, Apple's iPhone 5s continued to be the bestselling phone globally during October. Apple's iPhone 5s sales saw an upward sales momentum as Apple continued expansive roll-out for its flagship model thus further widening the gap with its arch rival's flagship model Samsung's Galaxy S4. Apple's iPhone 5s topped the best-seller's list despite the component ...
Whatever the likelihood of Amazon delivering by drone anytime soon, the concept certainly captures the imagination. This is what the future is supposed to look like, right? A century of science fiction can't be wrong. Tapping into the current frenzy stoked by Amazon's Prime Air experiment, DHL released video footage this week of its own delivery drone in action. The German shipper one-upped Jeff ...
Even those who may not be persuaded that our surveillance technologies have dangerously outpaced democratic controls should agree that in democracies, surveillance of the public must be debated by the public. No official may decide the limit of our rights in secret. This choice nugget of farcical altruism is the money shot of Snowden's statement on being added to the list of Foreign Policy's ...
The Hawaiian health official who verified the authenticity of President Obama's birth certificate died in a small plane crash. The plane, carrying a pilot and eight passengers, went down Wednesday in the water off the Hawaiian island of Molokai, the Maui Fire Department said. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser was among the first outlets to report that the lone fatality was Loretta Fuddy. Tom Matsuda, the ...
By Sibel Edmonds More: BFP Breaking News- Omidyar's PayPal Corporation Said to Be Implicated in Withheld NSA Documents The U.S. Government, An Implicated Billionaire, Fortune-Seeking Journalists & A Public in the Dark The 50,000-pages of documents obtained by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden contain extensive documentation of PayPal Corporation's partnership and cooperation with the National Security Agency (NSA), according to three NSA veterans. To date, ...
Russia's largest government-owned news agency has warned defiantly of "a tightening of state control" over the country's media after Vladimir Putin announced plans to close it down and replace it with a new organisation headed by a controversial anti-Western television talk show host. In a surprise decree published on the Kremlin's website on Monday, Mr Putin "liquidated" the RIA Novosti news agency and created ...
He was in his late teens and still some years away from entering the Jesuit Order. She was in her mid-30s, a revolutionary and a feminist far ahead of her time. They met around 1953 or 1954 in the most unlikely of places - a laboratory where she worked as a pharmaceutical biochemist and he as an apprentice chemical technician. The two could not ...
The Michigan Republican legislature is forcing women to buy separate insurance for abortion, believing that it shouldn't be covered under regular medical insurance. And once you become pregnant, even that won't be available for purchase under any circumstances. For that reason, it's being referred to as "rape insurance." More: 'Rape Insurance' for Women in Michigan, Thanks to GOP Legislature
There are already 2 Bryan Fischer pages going, may as well make it a trifecta. YouTube On his radio broadcast yesterday, Bryan Fischer spent two segments laying out his argument that, when the founders of this nation used the word "religion," what they really meant was "Christianity." As such, authorities in Oklahoma have every right to reject an effort by Satanists to erect a ...
Just two days after referring to Democratic women as "abortion machines," on Friday's show serial sexist Rush Limbaugh made a vulgar reference to single mothers as "receptacles for male semen." The right wing talk show host made the comment about unmarried Democratic mothers voting in this week's Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli. Audio below: * More: Daily Kos: ...
Years of growing friction between the Republican Party leaders and its Tea Party faction has erupted into what one conservative said today was "full-scale civil war." House Speaker John Boehner, whose strategies have been repeatedly thwarted by Tea Party revolts in recent years, was blunt today when asked whether he thought the ultra-conservatives should get in line. "I don't care what they do," Boehner ...
Federal authorities are seeking to expand their jail misconduct investigation by convincing sheriff's deputies to provide evidence against colleagues and higher-level officials in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, according to interviews. Some sheriff's officials are already cooperating with federal investigators, including at least one who agreed to become a confidential informant earlier in the inquiry. Legal experts who reviewed the indictments unsealed this ...
Esther Inglis-Aakell over at over at Io9 takes a look at some of the strangest bible passages and their meaning. The Bible has been called an historical document, a guidebook for moral living, and a work of fiction. No matter how you view it, there is no question that certain parts are confusing. We'll take a look at the possible meanings of the nine ...
More: Religion in America's States and Counties, in 6 Maps It goes without saying that religion is big in America. It played a starring role in the founding of the nation and continues to be the source of policy fights. Just this week, a group of Satanists launched a donation drive to erect a monument on Oklahoma's Capitol grounds, in what some see as ...
Previous posts:Family-Friendly RPGs - Teach Your Kids RoleplayingUPDATE/SIGNAL BOOST: Family-Friendly RPGs Bundle of HoldingUPDATE #2: Family-Friendly RPGs Bundle of Holding Allen Varney, leader of this effort, says: Owing to the huge surge in sales yesterday after Wil Wheaton's plug -- US$10,000+ in 18 hours! -- I'm extending the Family-Friendly RPGs run by a little over one day, until 1PM Eastern US time (GMT -4) ...
Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre helped coach Oak Grove High School to the Mississippi Class 6A state fotoabll championship Friday night. The former Super Bowl winner and three-time NFL Most Valuable Player is the offensive coordinator at Oak Grove, which won its first state title with a 14-7 win over Tupelo. More: Brett Favre's High School Team Wins State Championship In a hilarious coincidence, ...
There are indeed things we don't talk about and it's long past time we do talk about it, share it and stop feeling it's our fault. Mental, emotional and financial abuse is widespread. It may not leave bruises, but the injuries run deep. Women from all walks of life can be subject to it. It happens to people of all races, all faiths, all ...
Posting this as a San Diegan and why I haven't bought that fish rag called the Union Tribune in years. I've literally turned down free copies of it, its that worthless a paper: Recently Papa Doug has taken time out from cheerleading for a new football stadium that will cost the local taxpayers upwards of around $300 to 500 million (the same taxpayers who ...
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