Desmond Tutu calls oil sands ‘filth’

The retired Anglican eco-cult Archbishop, giggling guru, Desmond Tutu has pronounced the Alberta oil sands “filth”. He must have flown from South Africa to Fort McMurray, where he intoned his disapproval, using jet fuel distilled exclusively from nice clean Saudi oil, the country where women are not allowed to drive, Christians are persecuted, rape victims are caned and girls are likely to have their genitals mutilated. He remains obstinately silent about that; much easier and more profitable to whine about Canadian oil sands.

From here:tutujpg

Anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu has called Alberta’s oilsands “filth” created by greed, and has urged all sides to work together to protect the environment and aboriginal rights.

“The fact that this filth is being created now, when the link between carbon emissions and global warming is so obvious, reflects negligence and greed,” Tutu told more than 200 rapt attendees a conference on oilsands development and treaty rights in Fort McMurray.

Winchester Cathedral awarded £10.5m lottery money

From here:

Winchester Cathedral is one of several sites receiving multi-million pound awards from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

A total of £47m is being shared among six heritage tourism projects in England and Wales aimed at improving visitor experience and developing their potential as tourist attractions.

The Heritage Lottery Fund gets its money from National Lottery Good Causes which gets its money from The National Lottery which, like every other lottery, is a scam that cheats people out of their money by promising them a chance – slightly less than that of being struck by lightning twice – of winning a fortune.

Wonga has something to learn from this: donate substantial sums to cathedral renovations and the pious tut-tutting from elevated ecclesiastical quarters will be replaced by:

The support of the Heritage Lottery Wonga Usury Fund is very exciting as it will enable the Cathedral both to maintain its fabric and to fulfil its potential with a fresh burst of energy and dynamism in our own generation.