<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Swift Sunrise]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://steynian.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Binky]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://steynian.wordpress.com/author/binky/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Steynianism 59.0]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<h2>Steyn News</h2>
<p><b>A CLARIFICATION</b> via Mark&#8217;s recent appearance <a href="http://www.am770chqr.com/station/blog_the_world_tonight.cfm?bid=22549" target="_blank">on </a><font size="-1"><a href="http://www.am770chqr.com/station/blog_the_world_tonight.cfm?bid=22549" target="_blank">Rob Breakinridge&#8217;s show</a>&#8212; </font></p>
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<p align="justify"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/img528.imageshack.us/img528/2203/elmasrymohamed011106492xw0.png" align="right" border="1" height="120" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="160" /><b>Mark Steyn:</b> &#8220;[Mohammed Elmasry] .. has got himself four sock-puppets from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto that he puts up on the TV shows and the radio-shows and all the rest of it: <b>and in fact, they&#8217;re not the complainants</b>.</p>
<p>&#8220;This case goes to trial in British Columbia in June, and subsequently at the Federal Human Rights Commission; and in both cases Dr. Elmasry is the complainant; and these four, you know, fresh-faced, very charming, personable, attractive Osgoode Hall Law students <i>have nothing to do with it</i>.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Now, you <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Elmasry#Elmasry_on_the_Michael_Coren_Show" target="_blank">understand why Dr. Elmasry</a> is doing this: <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Coren_Michael/2008/01/05/4753903.php" target="_blank">he&#8217;s the guy who said</a> on Canadian TV that he thought all Israeli civilians over the age of 18 <a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1098643916793_32?hub=Canada" target="_blank">were legitimate targets for murder</a>. In other words, he is an objective supporter of terrorism&#8211; I&#8217;ve got no complaint against that: he&#8217;s entitled to his views, I just wish he thought I was entitled to mine.</p>
<p><b>But it does show you how absurd this is, that a guy who is an active supporter of terrorism is suddenly the poster-boy for Canadian human rights</b>.&#8221;</p>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><i>A  <strike>Jew</strike>  <strike>Israeli</strike>  Target-Rich Environment,</i></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><i>at least according to Dr. Elmasry&#8217;s original</i></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><i>comments on the Coren Show. </i></div>
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<blockquote><p>* <a href="http://kafircanada.blogspot.com/2007/11/bit-more-on-elmasry.html" target="_blank"><b>A Bit More</b></a> on Elmasry</p>
<p>* <a href="https://steynian.wordpress.com/elmasry-hanged-by-his-own-words/" target="_blank"><b>2004 Articles</b>: Elmasry hanged by his own words</a>  &#8212; Rosie Dimanno &amp; Michael Coren <a href="https://steynian.wordpress.com/elmasry-hanged-by-his-own-words/" target="_blank"><br />
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<p>* <a href="https://steynian.wordpress.com/wp-admin/A%20Bit%20More%20on%20Elmasry" target="_blank"><b>Google</b></a>: Mohamed Elmasry</p>
<p>* <a href="http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/transcript.htm" target="_blank" class="l"><b>Transcript</b> Of Dr. Mohamed Elmasry&#8217;s Remarks</a><span class="l"> On Michel Coren Show</span></p>
<p>* <b><a href="http://www.damianpenny.com/archived/003387.html" target="_blank" class="l">Daimnation!</a></b><span class="l"> &#8212; Elmasry under investigation</span></p>
<p>* <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041027.welmasry27/BNStory/National/" target="_blank" class="l"><b>Globeandmail.com</b>: National</a> &#8212; Mohamed Elmasry &#8216;Clarification&#8217;</p>
<p>* <a href="http://jihadwatch.org/archives/003706.php" target="_blank" class="l"><b>Jihad Watch</b>&#8212; Canada:</a><span class="l"> Islamic leader apologizes but won&#8217;t quit</span></p></blockquote>
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<p align="justify"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/img340.imageshack.us/img340/2929/steyn4652654sr7.png" align="right" border="1" height="129" hspace="8" vspace="8" width="103" /> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/:entry:fivefeet-2008-02-21-0010/" target="_blank"><b>SHAIDLE</b></a>&#8212; &#8220;Remember: every copy you buy helps me keep blogging. And Mark Steyn says you&#8217;re supposed to buy it, so there&#8221; .. and &#8220;<a href="http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/:entry:fivefeet-2008-02-21-0007/" target="_blank">My talk at the U of T Faculty Club</a>: March 6&#8243;  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(fivefeetoffury)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://thejewishstate.net/feb1508podhoretz.html" target="_blank"><b>KISSINGER AND STEYN ON WORLD WAR IV</b></a>: Seth Mandel reports on the Powerline Book Of The Year Award to Norman Podhoretz &#8211; plus: <a href="http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/faine_denies_saying_what_he_did/" target="_blank">Unconvincing back-pedaling</a> from ideological cleanser  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(jewishstate, andrewbolt)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/img259.imageshack.us/img259/6962/minipuppbi0byf9.gif" align="left" border="0" height="197" hspace="9" vspace="9" width="197" /> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.steynonline.com/content/blogsection/14/128/" target="_blank"><b>STEYN: THE CANADIAN ISLAMIC CONGRESS vs FREE SPEECH</b></a>&#8212; UNREQUITED LOVE.. The last broad-minded man in Ottawa &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(steynonline)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify">~ <a href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1039351.html" target="_blank"><b>FRESH SOCK-PUPPPETRY</b></a>: &#8220;<font>Access the issue, not censorship, </font><font>By MUNEEZA SHEIKH,  NASEEM MITHOOWANI  and KHURRUM AWAN</font>&#8220;.. Daily bayonet on &#8220;And Then There Were Three&#8221;&#8211; <a href="http://dailybayonet.blogs.com/the_daily_bayonet/2008/02/censorship-the.html" target="_blank">Daniel Simard appears to have signed off</a><font size="-1">; and Mark Steyn&#8217;s (pbum) <a href="http://www.steynonline.com/content/view/975/128/" target="_blank">recent link on the matter</a> &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(herald.ca)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/:entry:fivefeet-2008-02-21-0009/" target="_blank"><b>REMEMBER</b></a>&#8212; Radical Islam: the real front is domestic  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(5fof)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.williamgairdner.com/" target="_blank"><b>GO &amp; BUY &amp; READ</b></a> William Gairdner books now. OH, OH CANADA!, War Against the Family, and The Trouble With Canada  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(williamgairdner)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"><a href="https://w1.buysub.com/pubs/MH/MME/MME_apr07_sudoko_3.jsp?cds_page_id=36313&amp;cds_mag_code=MME&amp;id=1199645524227&amp;lsid=80061252041023848&amp;vid=1&amp;cds_response_key=V75ABNRWN&amp;cds_mag_code=MME" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/img87.imageshack.us/img87/1508/macleansmg0.gif" align="right" hspace="8" vspace="8" /></a> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://deborahgyapong.blogspot.com/2008/02/sing-about-freedom-freedom-of-speech.html" target="_blank"><b>DEBORAH GYAPONG</b></a>&#8212; Sing about freedom, freedom of speech! Why I am <a href="http://deborahgyapong.blogspot.com/2008/02/why-i-am-proud-to-be-anglican-catholic.html" target="_blank">proud to be an Anglican Catholic</a>  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(deborahgyapong.blog)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/327932" target="_blank"><b>ONE LEGAL SYSTEM</b></a> best for all Canadians  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(thespec.com)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.pencanada.ca/media/feb42008-statement.pdf" target="_blank"><b>PEN CANADA</b></a> takes a stand (.pdf format). <a href="http://pencanada.ca/" target="_blank">Their site</a>, and the section on &#8216;Free Expression in Canada&#8217; &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(pencanada.ca)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://cjunk.blogspot.com/2008/02/nigeria-hell-progressive-fantasy.html" target="_blank"><b>REALITY</b></a>&#8212;  What part of this do &#8220;progressives&#8221; not get? Sharia seems to be spreading like an unstoppable pathogen in some parts of the world; <a href="http://cjunk.blogspot.com/2008/02/embrace-barbarians.html" target="_blank">Embrace the Barbarians</a>  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(cjunk.blog)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2008/0218/dignity021808.shtml" target="_blank"><b><s>BEAT THEM WENCHES!</s></b></a> Pope Benedict XVI decries chauvinism, violence against women: Dignity belongs to women in law and reality; TimeImmortal: </font><a href="http://www.timeimmortal.net/2008/02/21/from-our-bulging-but-all-religions-are-really-the-same-file/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to From our bulging “But All Religions Are Really the Same” file">From our bulging “But All Religions Are Really the Same” file</a><font size="-1"> &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(wcr.ab.ca)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/img301.imageshack.us/img301/5626/crnwnttheworldtonight3fib0.png" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="10" /> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.am770chqr.com/station/blog_the_world_tonight.cfm?bid=22544" target="_blank"><b>MORE RADIO</b></a>-goodness from Rob Breakinridge: &#8220;<a href="http://www.am770chqr.com/station/blog_the_world_tonight.cfm?bid=22545" target="_blank">A Tale of Two Denmarks</a>&#8220;; and &#8220;Genocidal Fascists&#8221;; and &#8220;<a target="_blank">CJC on Hate Speech</a>&#8221; (click down <a href="http://www.am770chqr.com/station/podcasts.cfm" target="_blank"> / Kosovo&#8217;s Independence</a>the page on the pod-player. <a href="http://www.am770chqr.com/station/blog_the_world_tonight.cfm?bid=22569" target="_blank">Warren&#8217;s Petulance</a> (and Hypocrisy) &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(am770chqr.com)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://www.am770chqr.com/station/blog_the_world_tonight.cfm?bid=22569" target="_blank"> ~ <font size="-1"></font></a><font size="-1"><a href="http://noncogent.blogspot.com/2008/02/weakness.html" target="_blank"><b>MIKE BROCK</b></a> on Kate @ SDA: &#8220;Weakness&#8221; &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(noncogent.blog)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/02/an-outcome-wors.html" target="_blank"><b>THE OSGOODE-4</b></a>: Is there an outcome worse than censorship?  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(shotgun)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/02/the_left_wing_school_agenda_an.html" target="_blank"><b>AMERICAN THINKER</b></a>&#8212; The Left Wing School Agenda and the Banning of Patriotism &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(americanthinker)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.warrenkinsella.com/index.php?entry=entry080220-201523" target="_blank"><b>APOLOGY BY THE NATIONAL POST TO RICHARD WARMAN</b></a> Cock-a-doodle-doo from Warman Kinsella  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(warrenkinsella)</font></i><img src="https://i0.wp.com/img177.imageshack.us/img177/2945/denyseolearysm4a6d5c2bs2.png" align="right" border="1" height="108" hspace="9" vspace="9" width="72" /></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://post-darwinist.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>CHECK OUT</b></a> Freespeecher Denyse O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s two blogs.  Post-Darwinist; <a href="http://mindfulhack.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mindful Hack</a>; and <a href="http://twgauthors.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Canadian Authors Who Are Christian</a>  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(post-darwinist.blog, eyc)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://blazingcatfur.blogspot.com/2008/02/gee-what-surprise-bar-association.html" target="_blank"><b>PRAISE YE THE LAWYERS</b></a>, or else &#8212; Gee what a surprise.. Bar Association against anti-SLAAP legislation. As Shaidle says, &#8220;Lawyers ARE the problem!&#8221;  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(blazingcatfur.blog)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://hallsofmacadamia.blogspot.com/2008/02/worth-work.html" target="_blank"><b>IF CITIZENSHIP</b></a> in a democratic country is a precious commodity&#8230; why shouldn&#8217;t prospective immigrants be prepared to show&#8230; that they really appreciate the prize?  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(hallsofmacadamia.blog)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/008086.html" target="_blank"><b>SMALL DEAD ANIMALS</b></a>&#8212; &#8220;There is a story, which I hope is apocryphal&#8221; &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(sda)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.christianweek.org/stories.php?id=86&amp;cat=canada" target="_blank"><b>MISSING THE POINT</b></a>&#8212; Abolish human rights commission? Not so fast  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(cw)</font></i></p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://steynian.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/red-alert-go-do/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/img100.imageshack.us/img100/8310/supportm446et6.gif" /></a></div>
<h2>Ezra News</h2>
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<div align="justify"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/img263.imageshack.us/img263/8049/620b462d521wn5.png" align="right" border="1" height="109" hspace="8" vspace="8" width="99" /><font color="#ff0000"><i><b>REALITY-CHECK</b>.. A Reminder from Ezra: &#8220;1. Soharwardy says he&#8217;ll <a href="http://news.google.ca/news/url?sa=t&amp;ct=ca/4-0&amp;fp=47bd034147b8c777&amp;ei=nc29R8rWIYz4-wGfg6GNBg&amp;url=http%3A//www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html%3Fid%3D304005&amp;cid=0" target="_blank">drop his complaint</a>, <font color="#000000"><b>but hasn&#8217;t yet</b></font>; 2. Even if he does, the case against me proceeds, as the two complaints were over the same &#8220;offence&#8221;, and <font color="#000000"><b>both are being heard in tandem</b></font>.&#8221;</i></font></div>
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<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://ezralevant.com/2008/02/haters-against-hate-speech.html" target="_blank"><b>EZRA LEVANT</b></a>: &#8220;Haters against hate speech &#8221;  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(ezralevant.com)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.timeimmortal.net/2008/02/21/irony-at-the-hrc/" target="_blank"><b>TIME IMMORTAL</b></a>: &#8220;Irony at the HRC&#8221;  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(timeimmortal)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify">~ <a href="http://www.canadianchristianity.com/nationalupdates/080220ottawa.html" target="_blank"><b>LLOYD MACKEY</b></a>: OttawaWatch: Free speech, beagles and spot-changing<font size="-1">  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(cc.com)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://kraalspace.blogspot.com/2008/02/any-old-stick-will-do.html" target="_blank"><b>KRAALSPACE</b></a>&#8212; Any old stick will do: &#8220;The kangaroo court showtrials of Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn have shed a lot of light on Canada&#8217;s authoritarian Human Rights Commissions&#8221; &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(kraalspace.blog)</font></i><img src="https://i0.wp.com/img180.imageshack.us/img180/1326/274217vbdaw53996daqc3.png" align="left" border="1" height="139" hspace="8" vspace="8" width="102" /></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://blazingcatfur.blogspot.com/2008/02/national-post-retraction-quitters.html" target="_blank"><b>BLAZING CAT FUR</b></a>: National Post Retraction &#8211; Quitters! &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(blazingcatfur.blog)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><b><a href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=5A916419-01B1-4D30-93BD-C5B5CF0A7995" target="_blank">FRONTPAGEMAG</a></b>&#8212; Jihad and Jew-Hatred&#8211; Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/11; and &#8220;The State Department considers sending a signal <a href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=E41AB0CC-E454-466C-93E4-E058460B7C10" target="_blank">that America will tolerate terror</a> against its own citizens&#8221; &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(frontpagemag.com)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/02/quitting-canadian-inquisition.html" target="_blank"><b>NO-O-OBODY EXPECTS</b></a> to leave the Canadian Inquisition!&#8230; Quitting the Canadian Inquisition, by Baron Bodissey  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(gatesofvienna.blog)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/008089.html" target="_blank"><b>NEO-NAZIS! LUTHERANS</b></a>! Today A Bomb Exploded In Copenhagen. <a href="http://www.timeimmortal.net/2008/02/21/foreign-looking-suspects-set-off-bomb-in-denmark/" target="_blank">Foreign-looking youths</a> sought  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(sda, timeimmortal)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=956744&amp;contrassID=1&amp;subContrassID=1" target="_blank"><b>JUST FYI</b></a>&#8212; Iranian official: Countdown to Israel&#8217;s destruction has begun  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(haaretz)</font></i></p>
<p align="center"><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe class="youtube-player" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h3PV34CzYWM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation"></iframe></span></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://godscopybook.blogs.com/gpb/2008/02/whos-afraid-of.html" target="_blank"><b>AN INTERESTING TAKE</b></a>&#8212; Who&#8217;s Afraid of the Big Bad Muslim?  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(godscopybook.blog)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2008/02/netherlands-smu.html" target="_blank"><b>IT ALL MAKES PERFECT SENSE</b></a>&#8212; Netherlands: Smurf + Burka = Smurka &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(weaselzippers)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://blazingcatfur.blogspot.com/2008/02/someone-has-sense-of-humour.html" target="_blank"><b>GO VOTE</b></a>! Blazingcatfur has been nominated at the Catholic Blog Awards  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(blazingcatfur.blog)</font></i></p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://webelf.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/webelf-report-blogroll-9/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/img171.imageshack.us/img171/5546/cannanncph9.gif" border="1" height="226" width="312" /></a></div>
<p align="center">Let the ever-growing Army of Pre-Dead Minions<a href="http://webelf.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/webelf-report-blogroll-9/" target="_blank"><br />
rejoice, read, and inwardly digest</a>.</p>
<h2>Rowan Williams News</h2>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=319752" target="_blank"><b>ELSEWHERE, IN ROWAN-LAND</b></a>&#8212; A 30-year-old problem. When sociology trumps Revelation, where can one possibly stop?  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(np)</font></i></p>
<p align="justify"> ~ <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/020048.php" target="_blank"><b><s>REGINA</s></b></a> Iranian Man Sentenced to 4 Months in Jail, 30 Lashes for Walking Dog  &#8230;. </font><i><font size="-2">(jihadwatch)</font></i></p>
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