“An anti-Muslim billboard ‘disparaging’ {‘describing’} the ‘prophet’ Muhammad…is drawing concern from local Muslims.
“Now, Islamic leaders in Indianapolis are challenging those responsible for what they say are offensive and untrue statements {But they ARE true! See below…} to stand by their words, shed their anonymity and explain their motivations. Read the rest of this entry »
“A court in Pakistan has sentenced a man to death for comments he made about the ‘prophet’ Mohammad on ‘Facebook’.
“In an unprecedented legal sentencing, 30-year-old Taimoor Raza was found guilty at a court in Bahawalpur of committing blasphemy online.
“Mr Raza was arrested last year after a man he engaged in an online debate with about Islam revealed himself to be a counter-terrorism agent, according to defence lawyer Rana Fida Hussain…
“The ruling is a further step towards a nationwide shutdown of online dissent in Pakistan, where unproven allegations of blasphemy have already led to violent mob lynchings. Read the rest of this entry »
“Capital punishment existed in various forms in Canada until 1998, when the federal government completely abolished the death penalty…
“Before 1859, Canada (then British North America) operated under British law. Some 230 offences, including stealing turnips and being found disguised in a forest {!?!}, were punishable by death.
“By 1865, only murder, treason and rape were still considered capital offences… Read the rest of this entry »
“The children’s book, “Talking About Terrorism”, published weeks before the Manchester Arena atrocity, describes the indiscriminate mass murder of innocent members of the public as a
“type of war”.
“It tells primary age children that terrorists kill people because they believe they are being treated
“unfairly and not shown respect”.
“It gives examples of “terrorists” whose ideas then turn out to be right: Read the rest of this entry »
“This politically-designed camp by people from outside our community was set up for the media. It’s not a response to the true need of the local population.
“This travelling circus is dangerous to those both inside and near it – we’re going to move Heaven and Earth to shut it down before anyone gets hurt.”
“Two B.C. municipalities were in court last week, trying to get injunctions against new tent camps that are trying to get established in their communities. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vancouver’s drug strategy has been a disaster. Be very wary of emulating it’:
“Last week, Edmonton city hall voted 10-1 in favour of building not just one “safe consumption” site for drugs, but four of them — all within walking distance of one another in one of the city’s lowest-income urban districts.
“The decision was made despite the fact that more than 80% of Edmonton’s fentanyl-related overdoses are occurring in the suburbs — well beyond the reach of the new facilities. The move also ignores fervent pleas from locals, who claim that approving four drug consumption sites will be a death sentence for their already-chaotic and drug-ridden neighbourhood.
“And honestly, it’s hard to see how the locals are wrong. While the strategy of harm reduction can indeed save the lives of addicts in the short term, it can destroy communities if used in isolation.
“These unhappy results can be seen a province away. Vancouver is into its second decade of dealing with an injected-drug crisis. The city has been concentrating more and more services in its Downtown Eastside. The result? Everything seems to be getting worse. Read the rest of this entry »
May 11, 1997:
“IBM’s supercomputer ‘Deep Blue’ makes chess history by defeating Garry Kasparov, the chess champion widely regarded as the greatest who has ever lived. The Russian master conceded defeat after 19 moves in the sixth game of the tournament, losing the match 2.5 to 3.5. It was the first defeat of a reigning world champion by a machine in tournament play.
“‘Big Blue’, which can analyze 200 million chess moves a second, had met Kasparov once before, but the human had been able to hold his own against the computer. Before their second meeting, Kasparov had never lost a professional chess match.” Read the rest of this entry »
“Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can’t vent any anger against them. I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere, in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence. They were only taught to look one way when many ways exist.”
― Charles Bukowski
“In 1985, following a complaint from a local reader, staff at the Public Library in Nijmegen decided to remove Charles Bukowski’s book, “Tales of Ordinary Madness”, from their shelves whilst declaring it
“very sadistic, occasionally fascist and discriminatory against certain groups (including homosexuals).”
“In the following weeks, a local journalist by the name of Hans van den Broek wrote to Bukowski and asked for his opinion. It soon arrived, and can be read below: Read the rest of this entry »
“Had to post this. I think disappointed is an understatement. This will be the first year that we don’t get gifts crafted with love from our kids, and since we only have one little one now, it makes it all that much worse. I don’t understand why we, as Canadians, need to give up our traditions that have been passed through generations. I welcome all races and ethnicities, but forcing us to give up things that are important to us as Canadians is crap. And it doesn’t even have anything to do with religion! You can’t celebrate your Mom and Dad?”
— Roy Glebe
“A school in Canada has cancelled Mother’s Day, sending students home with a note to explain why. The note, which was given to Grade One and Two students at Albert McMahon Elementary School, Mission, British Columbia, revealed the school body made a decision to not celebrate Mother’s or Father’s Day this year.
“The note explained that the decision had been made in a bid to ensure that all students, including those without traditional nuclear families, felt ‘positive’ about their own family arrangements, whatever they may entail. Read the rest of this entry »
“Iran and its Islamist regime is currently making a major effort to expand its footprint in Canada. Their aim is to use American’s northern neighbour as a “forward operating base” for influence operations against the American government…
“…Iranian diplomat Hamid Mohammadi said in 2012 there were many Iranian-Canadians
“working in influential government positions”
and called on others to
“occupy high-level and key positions.”…
