(Insert Title Here)

(Witty opening line goes here)




Because it's not New Zealand:

The attacks in Sri Lanka come at a time when British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is awaiting a review of the British government’s response to Christian persecution. According to the Bishop of Truro, the Rt. Rev. Philip Mountstephen, who is conducting it, post-colonial guilt about Christianity has affected attitudes in the U.K. and lessened interest in its oppression. He has spoken of British diplomats abroad who have denied Christian persecution is happening in the countries of their posting, even when believers have been targeted. With attacks like those in Sri Lanka, greater attention might now be paid to the plight of Christians across the globe.

Church leaders who welcomed Hunt’s review will want to see if it leads to concrete change, such as a block on trade and aid to countries that tolerate the targeting of their Christian communities. Forgiveness is part of the Christian creed. But so is solidarity with those who suffer for their faith.

The murders that took place in Sri Lanka were not due to anything as convoluted as "post-colonial guilt" or  as revenge for the shootings in New Zealand (what blinkered and implausible seventh century thinking that is!) but simply because small-minded thugs have such a hatred of Christianity that they will not even utter its name or admit their irrational loathing.

That goes for the popular press, too.


Also:

Sri Lankan intelligence has named the mastermind behind the Easter Sunday attacks as Moulvi Zahran Hashim, an extremist local cleric who incited his followers to violence with fiery sermons on his social media channels.

(Paws up)


And - observe this pantomime:

North Korean Christians observed Easter Sunday at a Roman Catholic church in the capital, a Pyongyang propaganda service said Monday.

Ryomyong, a North Korea site run by the regime's national reconciliation council, said Monday Easter Mass took place at Pyongyang's Changchung Cathedral. The country's Korean Catholic association's central committee, North Korean and foreign residents were in attendance, according to the website.

I'll just leave this right here:

(Kamsahamnida)

How interesting that these reports should see the light of day right after the Alberta election and when the Liberals are poised to lose one in October:

Environment Canada – run by Catherine McKenna who takes her orders from Trudeau – released a study saying oil sands emissions are releasing about 33% more carbon dioxide than previously thought.

** 

Jamie Carroll made that call in a recent article for National Newswatch, an article that is stunning in terms of how insulting, condescending, and out of touch it is.
Here are some excerpts:

“Many Albertans seem to remain impervious to the steady march of time. Many cling to a cowboy culture that can feel like an artificial import. Some openly espouse views that are understood to be racist, misogynist or homophobic outside, which is true anywhere but, as this election showed repeatedly, it seems a little more mainstream here.

But most importantly, a majority clearly believe the dead dinosaurs (i.e., oil and gas) under their province are theirs by divine right. As a result they therefore deeply resent any interference by that far away place only ever mentioned with a derisive eye roll: Ottawa.”

I'm sure it's nothing.

I mean - no one would be stupid enough to trot out such unscientific and elitist garbage that would make them look petty and moronic, would they?

Quebec, which gets its oil from Saudi Arabia (this Saudi Arabia) and gave a convicted terrorist a standing ovation, and New Brunswick have already taken enough money from the rest of Canada:

Federal Infrastructure Minister François-Philippe Champagne says he is willing to fast-track reviews of projects that could help communities deal with floods as part of an offer to provinces and cities. ...

The program set up two years ago will dole out about $2 billion over a decade, hoping to help communities like those now facing flooding in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick mitigate, prevent or adapt to the risks of high water.

If these medicine pouches were so effective, why didn't they stem the tide of deaths from diseases brought over by Europeans?:

Ethan Barclay pinches small morsels of tobacco, sweetgrass, cedar and sage into a tiny tan leather satchel he's making to wear around his neck. 

The 16-year-old is taking part in a medicine pouch workshop at the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health in Ottawa with his classmates from Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School.

"I think that it's really important for students to kind of learn more about Indigenous culture. I mean we're living on their land, so it's the least we could do," Barclay told CBC.

The workshop, however, is in danger: it's part of the Indigenous Education Program, which is running out of money fast. ...

(Sidebar: oh ... so that's what this is about!)

Since the program started, Fisher said about 800 Ottawa high school and elementary students have visited the Wabano Centre to immerse themselves in Indigenous culture through tours, workshops and information sessions on residential schools.

Valerie Van Sickle teaches at St. Pius High School and said her experience with the program has been wonderful. 

"This is reconciliation in action. This is reconciliation where the kids are learning culture. They're deepening their understanding, and that is an important part of the calls to action," Van Sickle said.

Oh, reconciliation! That's adorable! All the shame that money can buy!

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Kim Jong-Un who owes his fiefdom to Soviet help:

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on Thursday in the Russian Pacific port of Vladivostok to discuss the international standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear program, a Kremlin official said.

The visit is part of Kim‘s effort to build foreign support, analysts said, after the breakdown of a second U.S.-North Korea summit in Vietnam in February meant no relief on sanctions for North Korea.

No, Kim needs materials and he'll get them from someone who doesn't care about sanctions.