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Democrats Kissing Off Canada -- Canada has an estimated 1.6 trillion barrels of oil on its territory, much of it locked in tough-to-excavate tar sands in the province of Alberta. By comparison, oil-rich Saudi Arabia has an estimated 270 billion barrels left. It isn't even close. Yet, according to the Financial Times of London, Canada's government recently sent U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates a letter of warning that it might not be able to sell the U.S. any of its oil, which the Pentagon desperately needs for national defense. For that, you can thank the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, passed with great gusto and self-righteousness by the Democratic Congress. Link 3/11/2008
Human Rights Commission Ezra Levant -- I mentioned that Shirlene McGovern, the "human rights officer" who interrogated me, has resigned from my case. The human rights commission advised my lawyer that McGovern quit because of the public backlash against the commission, and against her in particular. In other words, she didn't like being called a censor in the blogosphere. I'm not sympathetic. I believe that any government bureaucrat who makes a living interrogating citizens about their political beliefs ought to be held in public contempt. Link 2/18/2008
Lawsuit Imam Undercuts Himself By Twisting His Own Words -- Earlier this week, Calgary Imam Syed Soharwardy spent nearly two hours with the Herald's editorial board before announcing he would withdraw his two-year-long Alberta human rights complaint against Ezra Levant, the publisher of the defunct Western Standard magazine. Link 2/16/2008
Internet Innocuous Video Hid Terror Plot -- When counter-terrorism police first screened the video found in Said Namouh's house last September, it looked like an innocuous home movie of little relevance to their investigation. A new generation of terrorists has emerged in cyberspace. They are tech-savvy computer junkies scattered around the world who flood the Internet with terrorist indoctrination videos and how-to manuals. Many of them work under the banner of the GIMF, including several in Canada. Link 2/12/2008
Dhimmi Hundreds In Greater Toronto Area Get Extra Welfare For Polygamous Unions ("Harems pay off for Muslims) -- Hundreds of GTA Muslim men in polygamous marriages -- some with a harem of wives -- are receiving welfare and social benefits for each of their spouses, thanks to the city and province, Muslim leaders say. Mumtaz Ali, president of the Canadian Society of Muslims, said wives in polygamous marriages are recognized as spouses under the Ontario Family Law Act, providing they were legally married under Muslim laws abroad. Link 2/8/2008
Global Warming Jail Politicians Who Ignore Climate Science: Suzuki -- David Suzuki has called for political leaders to be thrown in jail for ignoring the science behind climate change. At a Montreal conference last Thursday, the prominent scientist, broadcaster and Order of Canada recipient exhorted a packed house of 600 to hold politicians legally accountable for what he called an intergenerational crime. Link 2/7/2008
Jihad Killing Canadians "Best Way" -- A Toronto-area man has been posting messages on the Internet supporting attacks against Canadian soldiers on Canadian soil, drawing the attention of RCMP national security investigators. Police have advised the Bangladeshi-Canadian that he is under investigation for incitement and facilitating terrorism after he repeatedly called the killing of Canadian troops in Canada "legitimate" and "well deserved." Link 1/30/2008
Jihad Charkaoui Told CSIS About Jihad Recruiting -- In a previously undisclosed interview with CSIS investigators, alleged al-Qaeda sleeper agent Adil Charkaoui described how members of Montreal's Arab community were recruiting people for jihad before 9/11. Link 1/23/2008
Human Rights Commission Frightening Canadian Free-Speech Suppression Ignored By U. S. Old Media -- The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) is busy these days -- aiding and abetting those who wish to suppress the human right of free speech and expression. Even though (or is it because?) the vehicle that enabled and emboldened the CHRC's thought police and those who complain to it was the passage of the kind of "non-discrimination" legislation Congress has considered passing for several years, US Old Media could care less. Link 1/21/2008
Human Rights Commission Lawfare vs. Free Speech -- There is a direct connection between the legal machinations some call “lawfare” that have ensnared high-profile Canadian writers Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn and the violence perpetrated around the world on a daily basis. That connection is, of course, the religion of Islam, which either has been co-opted into a vehicle for terrorism or has simply rejuvenated its plans to inflict itself on the rest of the world, depending to whom one listens. Link 1/20/2008
Human Rights Commission Muslim women cry foul -- Three Muslim women in Canada have filed a human rights complaint against Syed Soharwardy, the Alberta-based imam who brought publisher Ezra Levant before the Alberta Human Rights Commission after Mr. Levant's magazine republished the Danish Muhammad cartoons. Link 1/18/2008
Human Rights Commission It's All Very Odd, "That's For Sure' -- Why should Richard Warman be the only citizen to have his own personal inquisition? Link 1/17/2008
Human Rights Commission Muslim Who Filed Human Rights Complaint is Charged with Discriminating Against Women -- The Saudi-trained propagandist who filed a "human rights" complaint against Canadian publisher Ezra Levant for printing the Danish Mohammed cartoons, gets even more ridiculous today, as Levant reveals that Soharwardy himself is the subject of a human rights complaint—for discrimination against women. Link 1/15/2008
Human Rights Commission Mark Steyn Is Not Alone -- Award-winning author Mark Steyn has been summoned to appear before two Canadian Human Rights Commissions on vague allegations of "subject[ing] Canadian Muslims to hatred and contempt" and being "flagrantly Islamophobic" after Maclean's magazine published an excerpt from his book, America Alone. Link 1/15/2008
Human Rights Commission "It’s my bloody right to do so" (see video above) -- Ezra Levant is the publisher of Western Standard magazine, whose print version, now defunct, published the Danish Mohammed cartoons two years ago. On Friday Mr. Levant was summoned under protest to be interrogated by a "human rights officer" from the Alberta Human Rights Commission. The reason? Khurrum Awan, an imam from the Canadian Islamic Congress, filed a complaint with the HRC against him. Link 1/14/2008
Thought Crime Video: "Obviously You're Hunting For A thoughtcrime" -- Canadian publisher Ezra Levant, questioned by the Canadian Human Rights Commission for publishing the Muhammad cartoons, mounts a magnificent defense of the freedom of speech and points up the ridiculousness of these new thoughtcrime laws. Link 1/13/2008
1st Amendment Islam vs. Free Speech -- Under assault by Muslims and multiculturalists, free speech and freedom of the press are dead in Britain. The same sorts of people who killed them in Britain are killing them in Canada. They and their allies are using the British and Canadian courts and tribunals to bury our First Amendment rights in America. Link 12/28/2007
Canadian Human Rights Commission Canada's Thought Police -- Celebrated author Mark Steyn has been summoned to appear before two Canadian judicial panels on charges linked to his book “America Alone." Five Muslim law-school students, acting through the auspices of the Canadian Islamic Congress, allege that Steyn's magazine Maclean's advocated, among other things, the notion that Islamic culture is incompatible with Canada's liberalized, Western civilization. They insist such a notion is untrue and, in effect, want opinions like that banned from publication. Link 12/16/2007
Sharia Law Little Mosque on the Prarie -- It's the episode of Little Mosque on the Prairie that I missed. The one where the father is so angry with his teenage daughter for not wearing the hijab that he strangles her to death. Perhaps it will be in the special features section of the DVD version, released just in time for the holiday that used to be known as Christmas, but not any longer because the word might hurt someone's feelings. Link 12/15/2007
Sharia Law Hijab Politics -- The Toronto Star reports today on the tragic story of a young Canadian girl who was killed by her own father because she refused to wear a hijab to school: Link 12/11/2007
Sharia Law Teen Girl in Critical Condition after Alleged Dispute over Hijab -- A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition after being choked by a man believed to be her father, apparently after a dispute with her family over her refusal to wear the hijab, the Islamic headscarf worn by some Muslim women. Police arrested a 57-year-old man yesterday morning after receiving a 911 call from a suburban home in Mississauga from a man saying he had killed his daughter. When police and paramedics arrived at the house they found a 16-year-old lying on the floor without any vital signs. Link 12/10/2007
Canadian Islamic Congress Canadian Islamic Congress Launches Human Rights Complaints Against Maclean's -- Canada's largest non-profit Islamic body—has launched two human rights complaints against Maclean's and its editor-in-chief, Kenneth Whyte. The complaints' subject is "The Future Belongs to Islam," an excerpt from Mark Steyn's book "America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It," which appeared in the magazine's Oct. 23, 2006, issue. Link 11/30/2007
Deserters Even Canada Doesn’t Want U. S. Military Deserters -- Two U.S. Army deserters who fled to Canada and sought refugee status on grounds of their opposition to the war in Iraq have lost their bids to have the Supreme Court of Canada hear their cases. Link 11/16/2007
New Democratic Party New Democratic Party Calls on Government to Allow Entry to American Peace Activists -- Medea Benjamin and retired Col. Ann Wright were denied entry into Canada earlier this month because their names were on an FBI database also used by Canadian officials. Link 10/24/2007
Sharia Law Outspoken Montreal Imam Ordered Detained until Deportation -- A controversial Muslim cleric will remain in custody until his deportation next week after the Immigration and Refugee Board declared him a flight risk. Link 10/17/2007
Sharia Law Toronto Mosque Says to Avoid Infidel Holidays -- A Somali mosque in Toronto is completely open about their agenda of Islamic supremacism, contemptuously posting an article telling Muslims to stay completely away from the infidels’ holidays. Link 10/3/2007
Dhimmi When Is Smoking Not Smoking? -- Vancouver's hookah-parlour owners are celebrating after winning an exemption Thursday from a proposed new bylaw that will ban smoking on most sidewalks in commercial districts, in bus shelters and even in taxis passing through Vancouver. Link 10/2/2007
Dhimmi Blowing Smoke -- Vancouver's hookah-parlour owners are celebrating after winning an exemption Thursday from a proposed new bylaw that will ban smoking on most sidewalks in commercial districts, in bus shelters and even in taxis passing through Vancouver. In giving the bylaw unanimous approval-in-principle, Vancouver city council members bowed to arguments that hookah lounges provide an important cultural space for the city's Muslims and granted them a temporary exemption. Link 9/27/2007
Dhimmi Muslim Inmate Wins $2,000 for Bacon on His Plate -- A Muslim inmate has won $2,000 and a partial human rights victory over a Correctional Service of Canada policy not to replace bacon with a halal diet for Islam-worshipping cons. Link 9/23/2007
Dhimmi Canada Allows Voting in Disguise -- Veiled women will be able to vote in the upcoming Quebec byelections — and all future federal contests — without showing their faces, Elections Canada says. “It applies throughout the country,” said spokesman John Enright. "It applies to all federal elections, byelections and referendums." Link 9/8/2007
Dhimmi Muslim Women Don't Need to Remove Veil to Vote -- It was an explosive issue during the last provincial election in Quebec, now it is back. Elections Canada is ruling that Muslim women will not have to remove their veils in order to vote during the September 17th by-elections in Quebec. http://Link 9/6/2007
Hezbollah Pro-Terrorist Billboard Removed in Ontario -- The billboard featuring Hizballah terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah in Windsor, Ontario, has been quietly removed today. http://Link 8/13/2007
Hezbollah Backers Defend Controversial Sign -- One of the people responsible for a controversial billboard depicting Hezbollah's leader said he did it to honour freedom fighting families back home -- and it's their Canadian right to do so. "In Canada we want peace," said Hussein Dabaja, a Lebanese-born Hezbollah supporter. "We're not trying offend anybody. We have freedom of speech. It's a free country. We can do anything. (Doncha just love that "it's a free country" attitudce?) http://Link 8/12/2007
Islamofascism Landmines Found in Creek -- A country creek where children swim, fish and frolic was instead swarmed by police yesterday as Canadian Forces explosives experts detonated two live landmines. The mines, found in a culvert that runs under Inadale Drive between Strathroy and Mt. Brydges, appeared to have timers and were likely the type used to blow up tanks, Strathroy-Caradoc police say. http://Link 8/6/2007
Islamofascism Charges Stayed Against Teens Accused of Terror Plot -- Prosecutors on Tuesday stayed charges against two youths accused of participating in a homegrown terror cell after they agreed to abide by certain court-ordered conditions for one year. The two, who cannot be identified because they were under 18 at the time of the alleged offences, signed peace bonds, finalizing their cases. http://Link 7/31/2007
Islamofascism OK to Preach Jihad in Canada -- VisionTV says it will monitor one of its shows more closely after it broadcast a lecture by an Islamic preacher who said scripture requires Muslims to either fight jihad or finance it. The multi-faith channel, available in 7.8 million Canadian homes, said it took the precaution following a complaint about last Saturday’s broadcast of a lecture by the Pakistani fundamentalist. In the hour-long talk, Israr Ahmad said, "Jihad in the way of Allah, for the cause of Allah, can be pursued either with your financial resources or your bodily strength when you go to fight the enemy in the battlefield. So jihad, the highest form, is fighting in the cause of Allah." http://Link 7/24/2007
Islamofascism Hate's New Face -- I received an e-mail last week from someone called Yusuf Patel, which read, "You are a crypto-Jew on top of being a little piece of (expletive). You love money more than anything because of your Jewish origin. You talk about fairness the same way FOX news is fair and balanced. http://Link 7/21/2007
Islamofascism Pro-Jihad Lecture Airs on Canadian TV -- "The television program left some wondering how the Pakistani preacher, who claims that Jews control the world through a secret conspiracy involving financial institutions, made it on to Canada's government-regulated airwaves." Uh huh. http://Link 7/20/2007
Sharia Law Irshad Manji: Islam the Problem -- Growing up in Vancouver, I attended an Islamic school every Saturday. There, I learned that Jews can't be trusted because they worship "moolah, not Allah", meaning money, not God. According to my teacher, every last Jew is consumed with business. http://Link 6/21/2007
Air Canada Air Canada Will Appear at Air India Inquiry -- Under threat of subpoena, Air Canada agreed to appear before the public inquiry into the worst terrorist attack in Canadian history. http://Link 5/30/2007
Dhimmi The Jihadists and the Militant Fundamentalist Progressives -- Unfortunately, these forces have combined into the alliance of the Leftist/Marxist and Islamists -- with the common goal of world domination. http://Link 5/29/2007
Syria You Can't Play Nice with Syria -- In the Middle East, violence is not the result of poor communication but a tool for political gain. Nothing proves that point better than Syria's successful use of violence and terrorism to promote its interests. No amount of dialogue is going to change that reality. http://Link 5/28/2007
Sharia Law "Islamic Banking" Identified As Attempt to Introduce Sharia Law in Canada -- Canadian Islamists who have been trying to bring in Sharia into Canada, so far without success, have now chosen another route - Islamic banking. http://Link 5/28/2007
Taliban Former NATO commander, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, says Canadians are making progress in Afghanistan -- "We have wrapped up an impressive list of accomplishments. Whenever and wherever we have confronted the enemy in force, he has always taken the worst of it by far." http://Link 5/27/2007
Marxists Marxists and Islamofascists of the world unite! http://Link 5/17/2007

                                    


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