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CTV.ca | MPs hike expense allowance by 20 per cent
Read this article about the Canadian Government increasing the living allowances of the MPs. My favourite line is “There were members who were having a hard time staying within the limit.” …yeah… not even going to comment on that.
After living here in Kenya for a year, such a statement makes me want to puke. God bless Canada.
CTV.ca | Drug paraphernalia turns up at corner store
Read about the corner store that is selling hash pipes and the shop keeper that is trying to claim that they are being sold to be used with tobacco. It’s great to see that there stupid people in the world who are trying to make it easier for youth to get used to seeing ‘drug paraphernalia’ and effectively seeing it as less of a problem.
Read this article from my cousin Lyndsay’s blog. I thought it was funny and worth mentioning because it is a great idea. In Western culture we tend to be too much to ourselves and not really wanting to approach people if we don’t have to. However, I don’t see Christ falling into such a shadow. Perhaps we too could learn to talk to people more often.
Props to my cousin. I love her and miss her and she’s the smartest person I know!
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CTV.ca | Boy may have been killed by driver on cellphone
This article tells the story of an eight year old boy who was crushed under the wheels of an SUV after the driver was driving through a residential area while talking on his cell phone. It's a very sad story, but it does not surprise me.
After living in Toronto for two years, I have encountered enough stupid people in traffic while crossing the street at intersections. I cannot count how many people there were on my hands who pulled a stupid stunt in the middle of the intersection. And after looking to see who the idiot is behind the wheel, you see they are on their cell phone. (more…)
Rise of sunshine Samaritans: on a mission or holiday? | csmonitor.com
This is an interesting article written about short-term missions trips. It's written by the Christian Science Monitor, so that's kind of scary. But I think their comments are still worthy of mentioning.
Considering the fact that I hope to one day be leading short-term missions trips, this article was interesting to me. It was basically saying that people (more…)
