Back in April, Netflix added a stand-up comedy special by India-based comic Vir Das titled Abroad Understanding. It’s a combination of two routines, one shot in Dehli in front of a big audience, and one shot in New York at a small club.
![[Photograph of Andrew Scheer.]](https://www.canadianatheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/andrew-scheer.jpg)
On Saturday, the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada was chosen: Andrew Scheer. Andrew who?
Here’s your Canadian Atheist Weekly Update for 20-May-2017 to 26-May-2017.
![[Photo of red and white fireworks over the water against a night sky.]](https://www.canadianatheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fireworks.jpg)
Here’s your Canadian Atheist Weekly Update for 13-May-2017 to 19-May-2017.
It started innocently enough. A comment on Facebook from a patient about how homeopathy was helping them recover and the typical knee jerk reaction from the naive sceptic “Homeopathy doesn’t work”. The quick retort of “My doctor recommends it!” was quickly followed with “but none of the studies show homeopathy works and it is a… Read more »
If you’re looking for a constructive way to mark this two-four, might I suggest writing up a pair of quick letters to the Minister of Justice and your MP (assuming they’re not one and the same)? The subject I recommend is the repeal of Canada’s blasphemy law.