Last week, a UN Security Council resolution censuring Israel narrowly escaped passage by virtue of a hesitant veto by the United States – a veto roundly condemned by the World Council of Churches. At the same time, for murdering thousands of his own people, Libya’s lunatic despot, Muammar Gaddafi earned the stern reproach from the UN’s Secretary General: “This is Not Acceptable” and Libya retained its seat on the UN Human Rights Council; the WCC expressed little condemnation but “deep concern about disturbing reports”; Fred Hiltz offered prayers.

We can rest assured that the US military is prepared to deal with what promises to become Middle East mayhem: it is giving its troops gay sensitivity training while on the battlefield. This makes us all so much safer.

Millions of Muslim refugees will undoubtedly flood into Europe and Canada encouraged, in the latter case, by the Anglican Church which is exploring this new avenue of hastening its own demise.

Western Anglicans are predictably upset about the revoking of the bishop of Jerusalem’s – Rev. Suheil Dawani – permit to remain in Israel. I met the bishop when he was in Canada for the ACoC general synod. He is more in favour of “dialogue” with Muslims than in their evangelisation and, therefore, by Canadian standards a true Anglican; he obviously deserves to be an Israeli citizen even though he wasn’t born there.

On a saner note, a Toronto man was surprised to be hit in the head when he peered over the edge of the platform as a train arrived. He wasn’t badly hurt.