~ THE PLAINTIFFS who are fronting for the actual complainant vs. Macleans– the lovely & talented Mohamed Elmasry & the CIC– get some more media-time: “Attacking human rights commissions attacks us all, by MUNEEZA SHEIKH , KHURRUM AWAN and DANIEL SIMARD AND NASEEM MITHOOWANI.” (lots of G&M comments). The Daily Bayonet weighs in: “The Osgoode 4’s choice to join with the Elmasry CIC outfit to use the human rights commissions to attack us all leaves us no viable option than to attack the commissions for daring to overstep their authority to hear issues that could directly limit free expression in Canada“… (G&M)
~ TRANSCRIBED BY A READER— A Partial Transcript of Ryerson Meeting.. UPDATED …. (steynian)
~ SOCON.CA— Coffee or Tea? Pope joins revolution against the Left’s attempt to squash free speech; Hot for Sharia …. (socon.ca)
~ MIKE BROCK: When You Can’t Fix Yourself, Fix Everyone Else— “When Nora Loretto, President of the Ryerson Student Union, took her pen and ceremoniously signed the agreement in principle on behalf of the RSU, to join in an alliance to mount an offensive against alleged bias in media against Muslims, whether she understands her actions or not, she fired a shot across the bow of your fundamental freedoms” …. (noncogent.blog)
~ MORE LAWFARE?— Muslim groups sue counter-terror activist: Claim they were threatened by his protest tying organization to Hamas …. (wnd)
~ SHAIDLE: Important Richard Warman update. More here, here, and here …. (5fof)
~ PETE VERE: Canada goosed. One correction: John Pacheco is not the creator or editor of this site, though we’re glad for his links & experience …. (chp.ca)
~ AGAINST Islamic Apartheid, by Mark D. Tooley …. (frontpagemag.com)
~ HOT AIR— Canada is going insane: Parabolas and posters are the proof. And other comments …. (hotair.com)
~ IT CAN HAPPEN HERE. It just has. The bullsh*t of Canada’s “Human Rights” Commission seems to have leaked down into Minnesota …. (americandigest)
Revisit: Rex Murphy on the Steyn Case
~ SOLOMONIA— Anti-Libel Tourism Legislation Introduced in New York …. (solomonia.com)
~ FRESH TANTRUM: HOLLAND— “A senior Iranian lawmaker warned the Netherlands on Monday not to allow the screening of what it called an anti-Islamic film produced by Dutch politician, claiming it “reflects insulting views about the Holy Koran.”” …. (sf, spiegel.de)
~ BOSTON GLOBE: Politicians Pairing “Islam” and “Fascism” is the Real Danger …. (stoptheaclu)
~ COURT RULES British Airways May Prohibit Crosses but not Symbols of Other Religions …. (theagetocome)
~ GOOD NEWS for the Lederhosen Posse @ LawIsCool …. (huettengaudi.de)
Mark Steyn on Multiculturalism
~ FRESH EZRA— Odds and ends: “The actual legal complainant in those cases is Mohamed Elmasry, as you can see here and here. But the CIC has made the public relations decision not to make Elmasry their front man — probably a good idea, given his public approval for terrorist attacks. His four surrogates are slightly more polite company, but only slightly” …. (ezralevant.com)
~ WILLIAM GAIRDNER: A Great Speech; Canada’s Thought Police ~ Shame On Us! …. (williamgairdner)
~ EZRA LEVANT on TVO’s “Agenda” tonight; The Debate: Free Speech, Hate Speech, and Human Rights Commissions …. (sda, TVO)
~ MARK SHEA: “When has it *ever* happened that a North American State has turned against its own citizens and behaved tyrannically? When has some evil precedent in American law been taken as the basis for a further assault on human life and human rights?” …. (markshea.blog)
~ IN THE AGORA: Human Rights Commission, Belasrusian Style, By Seth Zirkle …. (intheagora)
~ CANADIAN MOSLEMS diss Seinfeld: “Truth once again turns out to be stranger than fiction. Even in Canada. Or is that especially in Canada?” LMOTP clips online via YouTube …. (americanthinker)
~ UPDATED: Islamofascist-Dhimmi Axis Assault on Free Speech: Latest Casualties …. (muslimsagainstsharia.blog)
~ MUSLIMS VS. SHARIA— Muslims vs Islamists! …. (muslimsagainstsharia.blog)
~ ASTUTE BLOGGERS: “The Assaults on Speech (by Thought Police) are alive and well in Canada”
~ SOBERING THOUGHTS: “Simply the best thing written about HRCs — launch human rights complaints against them” …. (soberingthoughts.blog)
~ FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE CRUSHING OF DISSENT: The heinous remark? “If you are a black, vegetarian, Muslim, asylum-seeking, one-legged lesbian lorry driver, I want the same rights as you.” Seems admirably universalist to me …. (instapundit)
~ MELANIE PHILLIPS: “The war within and against the west” …. (spectator)
~ PROTECTING Our Journalists From Libel Terrorism: By Assemblyman Rory Lancman …. (muslimsagainstsharia.blog)
~ THE SWAG— Ezra-Palooza Continues: Buy Ezra Levant Gear Here, Profits Go To Legal Defense Fund …. (thenoseonyourface)
