ideals, breaches, disappointments and inspirations
Dr Tiller was one of the few doctors in the USA providing late term abortions (SotBO: which are sometimes sadly necessary and usually involve a traumatic crisis in a wanted pregnancy). He has long been a target of anti-choice activism, including being shot before.
He was murdered as he attended his church for the Sunday morning service. A suspect is now in custody.
I bet this post is not what you think it’s going to be. What cheeses me off is Temporarily Able-Bodied (TAB) folk leaping to attribute accessible parking problems to “permit abuse”. (This can be broadened to other disability accommodations, also.)… Read More ›
School and university exam writers often invent scenarios. They play with made-up names for people, they dream up companies, they have fun devising original scenarios and puns to spice up their questions. But what happens when they get bored doing… Read More ›
…wishing to take part in the longstanding boycott of their products by conveniently displaying a wide selection of their food products in a new TV advertisement (and presumably a related print campaign) aiming “to raise the profile and relevance of… Read More ›
Just one today. Post your own favourite philosophical cheez o’ t’ week here, and wait for admin image magic to make it appear. Please post a link to a FULL webpage, rather than a direct link to an image only… Read More ›
..and he plays along, feeding them lines that make them think he’s on their side, maybe doing some things he’s not proud about so that he is at least in partial control of the situation and successfully fools them sufficiently… Read More ›
A loving tribute to their best friend, anti-vaccination campaigner Jenny McCarthy, from Measles, Mumps and Rubella.
Today, a senior chemist who assisted in a re-enactment of the incident in similar conditions told the inquiry the air temperature in the back of the van reached 50.4C [123 F]. He also told the court the surface temperature of the metal floor in the back peaked at 56.6C [134 F] during the re-enactment.
Now, I’m no expert on either Tai Chi or Christianity but that’s never stopped me having an opinion before.;) So when I read this story about a group of mainly senior citizens being thrown out of a church hall for practicing… Read More ›
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