The Flight Deck

Given that our good host strives to keep us all up to date on the latest attacks on free speech in the Western world, I figure it’s only right that I do my best to ensure we have the latest, most accurate information. Which is why I am very happy to bring you this: EDMONTON [...]

There’s a lot of people that hate the Iranian regime because they’ve had people stoned to death. My problem with the whole issue isn’t the means of execution, but rather the subject of said stoning. They pick the wrong people. Here’s one guy I wouldn’t cry too much about if he got beaned with a [...]

As an *interesting* follow-up to this post, a human rights complaint and police investigation for possible “hate crimes” [gag, cough, choke, sputter] have been launched against the Chronicle Herald (a Nova Scotia provincial newspaper) for the following editorial cartoon which was ran on April 18.  You can read the rest of the story (including my thoughts, if [...]

‘I Can Put It Toward My Husband’s Next Training Camp’ * * Former Nova Scotian Cheryfa MacAulay Jamal, wife of terror suspect Qayyum Abdul Jamal, arrives at a Brampton, Ont., courthouse on June 6, 2006. Ontario prosecutors stayed charges against her husband and three others this week. (NATHAN DENETTE / CP) That’s right, Cheryfa MacAulay [...]

Babs, there is a statement Ezara makes in his opening statement that I essentially agree with: I believe that this commission has no proper authority over me. The commission was meant as a low-level, quasi-judicial body to arbitrate squabbles about housing, employment and other matters, where a complainant felt that their race or sex was [...]