Category: #politics

Archbishop of Canterbury statement on the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

02/08/2024 Jeroen Bouman ICJ In a statement Saturday Aug 3, 2024welcoming the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Archbishop of Canterbury has urged governments around the world to reverse the "deeply damaging trend" of upholding international law "in a selective manner".   Archbishop Justin Welby says... Continue Reading →

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Kamalanomenon is real

Source: Walmart US; get yours now The Harris campaign juggernaut continues; if a honeymoon, fine, enjoy it; but I suspect it’s something bigger and better. It will all come down to getting out the vote and for Americans of good will and thoughtful conscience to believe that collectively, they can upend one of the worst... Continue Reading →

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Bread for the journey

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Sunday, August 4th, 2024A sermon for the congregation of St. Saviour, Penticton BCThe Very Rev. Ken Gray Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father... Continue Reading →

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More from Moore . . . on Harris

Shared by Occupy Democrats on Facebook the inimitable Michael Moore spares no words in disparaging Trump and supporting Kamala Harris. He does his data homework, and gives me hope. Before your start, and when you finish reading, the takeaway is: “Get out and Vote, everyone” (GOTV) and encourage others to do so. Be a part... Continue Reading →

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Walzing Kamala

The US presidential race game board gains another chess piece in Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, a sort of Midwestern America all round good guy, an army and national guard man, dog and cat lover, former member though now critic of the NRA, almost identical in age to Ms. Harris though looking at them you... Continue Reading →

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Jasper

Properties are engulfed in flames at the corner of Cabin Creek Drive and Patricia Street in Jasper, Alta., on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Name withheld) I am of two minds watching the premier of Alberta react to the destruction of the historic and iconic town of Jasper, Alberta that was devastated by fire on Thursday... Continue Reading →

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Singing for my supper

I have now “sung for my supper,”--and I did actually sing, though not for my supper. In leading Anglican worship at the Church of the Nativity in Sandy Cove Nova Scotia on Sunday, July 14, 2024, I have now fulfilled my liturgical obligation. The deal was that I would lead worship for two successive Sundays... Continue Reading →

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AFRICVILLE

I still cannot understand why the colour of a person’s skin matters so much even in our own day to so many in our modern era. We are all created human, each a variation on a singular miraculous theme. So what is the problem with race and colour? I just don’t get it. Take Africville... Continue Reading →

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Biden’ our time in Halifax

Our travel saga continues as we are biden’ our time here. If you don’t know what I am talking about, go here, here, and here. If there is any positive aspect from our predicament it is that I have more time to think about politics especially the political quagmire evolving in the United States, most... Continue Reading →

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