Free Bill Whatcott!

Freespeechers 36 Comments

Rob Breakenridge; (link fixed, sorry!)

Last year an Alberta judge overturned Boissoin’s conviction and had some harsh words for the way the case was handled, especially how the human rights panel incorrectly interpreted Alberta’s human rights legislation.
Last week, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal did much the same thing in overturning Whatcott’s conviction. The ruling states the tribunal “failed to apply” some key principles of the law, and warned of the “danger that censorship can occur.”
The ruling even found there was no “attempt to balance the protection for freedom of expression”.

Via

An Olympian Change Of Heart

Insufferable Twits 36 Comments

From the office of the Honourable Live Shot Layton;

Over the past two weeks we have put our country’s greatness on the world stage and we met and exceeded our own expectations.
The unparalleled bravery of a young figure skater and the inspiration that lead a freestyle skier to Canada’s first gold on home soil are just two of the lasting memories that will come from these games. But their legacy will likely be even greater. Far from the glamour and lights of the Olympics, young Canadians now have a new inspiration to lead active, healthier lives.

And now, for the rest of the story…
From the comments – “How fitting it is that Jack Layton enjoyed the game at Wayne Gretzky’s restaurant while Prime Minister Harper enjoyed the game with Wayne Gretzky.”

Climategate: Blame Canada

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The Moscow Times – doing the job Canadian media won’t do!

“Several of these countries impose conditions saying ‘no, you can’t pass it on,’” Acton told the Parliament’s multiparty Science and Technology Committee in London. “Canada and Poland are among those countries saying ‘no you can’t.’ Also Sweden. And Russia is reluctant.”
[…]
“Canada releases its temperature data to anyone who requests it,” Brigitte Lemay, a spokeswoman with Environment Canada, said in an e-mailed response. “We have in the past and we will continue to make our data public. All Environment Canada official climatic data is made available without restriction to the public through our web site.”

For more comic relief – Opening Night Reviews in the UK Press

Reader Tips

Reader Tips 35 Comments
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation, here are Frankie Carle and his band performing Peter DeRose‘s 1933 classic: Deep Purple § (ca.1950, 3:01). And here’s Frankie, standing, stage right, at the Hotel Pennsylvania.

And with a tip ‘o the hat to Me No Dhimmi from yesterday’s Reader Tips, here is I think an excellent new essay by the always interesting Mr. Theodore Dalyrmple: Thank You For Not Expressing Yourself, in which I think it can be reasonably postulated that he is arguing that just getting angry is a romantic thing to do, not a classical (or, I would argue, conservative) thing to do. And I think that 孫子 would agree. From time to time it can be, I think, the case that it is indeed appropriate to recall Benjamin Franklin’s sage advice: He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.

Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.

Maher Arar

Baiting The Left 55 Comments

Blogger!

He’s ba-ack! Canada’s $10 million tool of the anti-security far left, Maher Arar, is now the proprietor of a new anti-security far left web site, “Prism Magazine“.

And look everyone – there’s a poll!
Update: Used to be! An unexpected response from a man whose bravery is the stuff of media legend….
Update 2: (poll closed … thanks for your participation: we had several hundred times more votes than we did visitors, which indicated an automated hack directly through PollDaddy. We’ll restart the poll tomorrow after we add some IP security (one vote per IP address).
We’ll be here!
(Dude had what … 35 – 50 visits a day when I linked to him? You’d think he’d be happy for the traffic.)

Reader Tips

Reader Tips 28 Comments
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SDA Late Nite Radio. Tonight, for your delectation, here are the inimitable Mr. Pete Fountain and his band performing Jazz Me Blues ¤ (8:33).

While we’re here, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the guys in our SDA Late Nite Radio Maintenance Shop for keeping our equipment in good repair. We couldn’t do it without you, gentlemen.

Update: Mrs. Clarence Upton, of Bueler, Iowa, has just sent us here in the studios this photograph of her listening to tonight’s show. Thanks Mrs. Upton, we’re glad you liked tonight’s show!

Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments.

Climategate: Blame Canada

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From today’s Phil Jones Show, this little nugget from the BBC….

“Professor Edward Acton, vice-chancellor of UEA, told the committee that it was not possible to make the entire international data set available because of a “commercial promise”.
He explained that a number of contributing nations – including Canada, Poland and Sweden – had refused to make their segments of data publicly available.”

Except that Canadian data appears to be available online for free.
It sure would be useful if some Canadian media type could get a response from the Environment Minister regarding Professor Acton’s testimony.
Of course, there’s always a chance that scores of concerned Canadians might circumvent the media to contact his office and ask them directly about this stunning allegation…
The Honourable Jim Prentice
Tel.: 819-997-1441
Fax: 819-953-0279
Email: Jim.Prentice@ec.gc.ca

Y2Kyoto: The Gore Effect

Moonbats 32 Comments

Now is the time at SDA when we can only stand in awe….
New York Times, Feb.27th – It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on the science of global warming actually indicated that we do not face an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive measures to protect human civilization as we know it.
New York City, Feb.27th – A winter storm that pummeled New York City for two days broke a monthly record for snowfall in Central Park that stood for 114 years, according to the National Weather Service.

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