Archive for April, 2008


The more I watch it, the more it pisses me off

No, not American Idol. You’re safe from that here at Girl on the Right. Do any of you watch House? I love Hugh Laurie. I love the snarky character he plays. But am I the only one who thinks that he’s just about the worst doctor ever? Every episode is like nothing he’s ever seen [...]

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So why was he in minimum security?

On Wednesday morning Ralph Whitfield Morris, 73, became the second prisoner in the past two weeks with a history of escaping from custody to be placed in a minimum-security jail and to simply walk away. “Staff discovered [Morris] missing during the early morning hours,” said Dave Lefebvre, a spokesman for Corrections Canada. Morris has a [...]

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In other “Religion of the Perpetually Outraged” news

This time from the UK. First, London’s Kingsway International Christian Church, the largest church in Europe, no longer has a permanent home. Nor is there much prospect of it finding one in London. This congregation of as many as 10,000 was forced off its property to make room for the 2012 London Olympics. And now [...]

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Nothing New at the Royal York Hotel

So I headed down to the Royal York hotel this morning to catch the Law Is Cool kids’ press conference. Faisal Joseph (dressed a little like Huggybear in his gold accoutrements, yet looking a lot like a 10th grade English teacher that offers the girls “extra credit”), counsel for the Canadian Islamic Congress, sat amid [...]

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My favorite whining special interest victims hit the news again

The Nutzis are back! Bullies use peanut butter to threaten kids with allergies Ok, ok. Let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way first. Kids get bullied and beaten up all the time, and maybe it’s more dangerous (it’s certainly more comical) to threaten a kid with a peanut butter sandwich. It’s also really [...]

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