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Dick Cheney cancels Toronto trip, says Canada is too dangerous
This is not a story from The Onion.
Pathetic. :-(
When teachers are afraid to stand up for their students, as were Justin’s, and when leaders stand by and allow masses to trample over the vulnerable, what is there left to teach, and who is left to lead?
America, you have a problem. You need to grow up. Life is too short and the world too complicated. You have too much to give to your country and others to be dragged down over gay and straight. So please look up.
When you do, you will see a country of multiple faiths that is learning to live with faith, difference, and dignity. Civility and decency are not virtuous aspirations; they are necessities. Like it or not, to borrow a lesson from one of your favourite books, we are our brother’s keeper.
I know this is none of my business. Yet I couldn’t stay silent any longer. It’s like watching two trains headed towards each other in slow motion.
From time to time it’s necessary that friends speak from the heart. And frankly, you need it now, because from your big neighbor to the north, not only literally, but also figuratively, you’re looking kind of small.
Dear America: You Have a Gay Problem (via kileyrae)
Undercover Nun applauds Mr. Scheinert for his letter.
(via vinylsticker)
Ontario teen struggling for life against Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.
Yay! This year's Canada Reads winner is a book I've READ!
It’s The Best Laid Plans, by Terry Fallis. On hearing that his book had won, Mr. Fallis had this to say:
If I’m sounding a bit muffled it’s because I’m curled on the floor of my library in a fetal position breathing into a paper bag.
Yeah, he’s a funny guy. I recommend the book wholeheartedly. For US readers, it’s a great insight into how Canada is governed. It’s a real eye-opener for most of us USians to see a multi-party system at work.
Go read it! You’ll laugh your way through!
"What is Stephen Harper reading?" project ends
The Saskatoon author who was sending the prime minister a new book every two weeks is ending the stunt, dubbed “What is Stephen Harper Reading?”
Yann Martel announced Wednesday that in the four years of his campaign he had shipped 100 books for Harper to read and that was a good number to end on. …
You know the saddest part of this story? Mr. Martel sent Prime Minister Harper one hundred books over four years. He paid for the books and the shipping himself. He wrote and enclosed a personal letter with each book. And Stephen Harper did not respond to him ONCE.
Mr. Harper, I know your mother taught you better than that. You’re CANADIAN, for heaven’s sake! I know you were brought up to write thank-you letters. Even if you don’t appreciate the statement that Mr. Martel was trying to make, basic courtesy demands that you acknowledge these gifts. Now, you sit yourself down and write a thank-you note to Mr. Martel. It is the bare minimum that courtesy demands of you.
Mr. Yann Martel, Undercover Nun is thankful for your gift of writing and for your mission to increase literacy.
Prime Minister Harper, Undercover Nun prays for your immortal soul.
(Source: whatisstephenharperreading.ca)
![A Cheap Alternative To Canada’s Expensive Internet [PIC]
Canadian ISPs are setting monthly bandwidth caps and charging $2 per GB after that, making it cheaper to transfer data by mailing expensive SSD hard-drives.
Hmm… Undercover Nun senses something terribly wrong with this picture. *scratches head* Maybe you can find it?](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg2cexHKWr1qc9m1oo1_500.jpg)
A Cheap Alternative To Canada’s Expensive Internet [PIC]
Canadian ISPs are setting monthly bandwidth caps and charging $2 per GB after that, making it cheaper to transfer data by mailing expensive SSD hard-drives.
Hmm… Undercover Nun senses something terribly wrong with this picture. *scratches head* Maybe you can find it?
This poster has been placed at every school in the Toronto District. It says
ALL CHILDREN ARE WELCOME
All children living in our community, including those without immigration status in Canada, are entitled to admission to our schools.
Undercover Nun approves.
A few years ago, when she still lived on John St. in Arnprior, she read in the local newspaper that the town had released a few new burial plots in the Albert Street Cemetery. Everyone in my family had always loved this spot – we didn’t know a single person who was buried there, but nonetheless, we all liked to walk there, enjoying the quiet calm that can be found only in an old cemetery.
My mother was quick on the draw, contacted the town immediately, and became the proud owner of her own little plot of land – a burial site. The next time I came to stay with her, she took me to visit this new piece of real estate. I, of course, while happy to indulge my mother, didn’t really think of this an opportunity for entertainment, but I couldn’t have been any more mistaken.
We arrived at the site, stood there and surveyed it briefly… gravely… seriously, and for a moment we regarded it in total silence. And then, crazy woman that she was, my mother did the unthinkable. She flashed a smile at me, took off her shoes, lay down on the spot, and stretched out on the grass, her arms crossed over her chest.
Unfazed by my shock, she grinned at me, and asked “So….. how do I look?” …
I started to laugh and responded “Beautiful, Mama. Just beautiful”.
And, thanks to her sense of humour, that is the image of her eternity that I will always carry with me.
A beautiful story from a wonderful eulogy.
Piper’s Girl, Undercover Nun prays for your mom and for your whole family.
Canada – The Best Kept Secret in the U.S.
Some interesting stuff revealed here:
Because of our point-based immigration system Canada is know for attracting some of the best and brightest around the world, resulting in a phenomenon known as the brain drain. But Canada often experiences its own drain, with many professionals and stars seeking bigger markets and opportunities in the U.S.
In a recent edition of The Medical Post, Matthew Sylvain notes an interesting phenomenon (Brain drain reversed? August 17, 2010). American physicians are moving to Canada, albeit in small numbers. …..
See, the economy hits doctors, too. People let their health insurance policies lapse — or find themselves unable to afford health insurance under COBRA after losing their jobs — and so they don’t go to the doctor unless they really have to.
And Canada’s a tempting place. No HMOs to insist you take lower fees. A whole lot less litigation. Tax brackets similar to those in a number of states.
This all spells good news for Canadians — as long as some of these physicals make it to places that are short doctors — and bad news for the US. Unless, that is, we have leadership that can recognize this for an opportunity and bring about transformation. Alas, I suspect too much of our leadership fears what that transformation might look like.
Undercover Nun prays for all of our Christians in authority. May they take to heart the transformation promised to each of us by God — living in the Resurrection rather than in the anxiety and paralysis following Jesus’ death. May they work to bring about God’s kingdom on earth as it is in heaven, so that the lowly are lifted up, the humble are exalted, the hungry fed, the thirsty given drink, and the sick healed.
