#canaa

A lawyer appointed to a committee tasked with recommending new judges in Alberta has resigned after CBC inquired about his recent comparison of a future COVID-19 vaccine to Auschwitz tattoos and posting of a video that called Black Lives Matter a "leftist lie" controlled by a Jewish philanthropist.

Criminal defence lawyer Leighton Grey's numerous online posts included opinions that legal and anti-racism experts said should disqualify him from being on the Provincial Court Nominating Committee (PCNC).

"I do not accept this resignation decision lightly. Mr. Grey is a successful Indigenous lawyer with an exemplary record of service," Alberta Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer said in a statement Friday.

"I also do not make judgments on Mr. Grey's ability to carry out his professional duties in practising law."

CBC asked several legal and anti-racist experts to review Grey's social media posts and blogs, including Tom Engel, who chairs the policing committee for the Edmonton-based Criminal Trial Lawyers' Association in Alberta.

"My overall impression is that Mr. Grey is on the outer fringe of the right wing and just has no place on a committee ... that is in charge of screening," Engel said.

Bernie Farber, chair of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, said he was "disturbed on the basis of just pure humanity" when reviewing Grey's commentaries and posts.

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A lot of people on twitter were trying to defend OP by “explaining” what they meant, weren’t they? Its a damn shame that someone who considers themselves a queer TTRPG creator couldn’t have come back and tried to explain for themselves or at least acknowledge how shitty that post came across - especially to those of us who are constantly called less-than and “not gay enough.” 

  Me, looking at Liam O’Brien’s outfit for the live...

all of them in goth looks makes me WEAK.

GALICIA MAGICA: LOS TEMPLARIOS Y LA RELIQUIA DE LAS BODAS DE CANAA

La Reliquia Milagrosa de los Templarios que acabó en un pueblo coruñés

Una iglesia románico de Cambre acoge un tesoro traído de Tierra Santa por un cruzado al que se le atribuyen poderes curativos. Según la tradición, su pila baustismal es una de las hidrías usadas por Jesús para convertir el agua en vino en las bodas de Caná. Este es el primer capítulo de una serie dedicada a los mitos…

Oof, I feel like World’s on Fire could be a lot of his self-talk in the early episodes, like in e26, when he’s saying he really should leave...

“Face the endWalk out the doorYou're leaving, giving up on us allJust yourself by yourselfNo one else here who can help” 

I think some of the lyrics could also work for Scanlan (“Where did we go wrong?Fighting for so long”).

(Unrelated but that album art looks a bit like some art of the Raven Queen I’ve seen.)

A Slow Descent is very accurate, damn. I think this is how he thinks of himself and how he “deserves” punishment for what he did:

“In the shade of the fire/ No desire for the comfort/ Pleasure's pain” 

But they’ve gradually allowed him to let down his walls, and they have his back:

“It's a slow decay/ You'll never be alone” 

I love how dark this song sounds — I think that conveys his terror at having friends very well.

And oh no Gone works painfully well for Nott and what she hopes Caleb can do to her, like look at this:

“I hope you're winning the war/ To make everything like it was before/ All that we were we can still be again” 

And “if you're gone I will drown” murdered my heart, so thanks.