Author: Kathy Shaidle

“In my five weeks of absence from this space, I was saddened to learn that the assault on free speech and press in Canada has been escalated. In addition to the very ugly cases that have been brought before various so-called ‘human rights commissions,’ to silence such ‘politically incorrect’ Canadian writers as Ezra Levant and […]

* Best, briefest and most entertaining explanation of Mark Steyn’s HRC case, in which he is charged with “blatant Islamophobia”. With funny pictures and everything! * Steyn fights back with superb new counterattack against the self-appointed “hate speech” cops in (also-being-sued) Maclean’s magazine. * “What does Obama have in common with Canada’s Human Rights Commissions?” […]

the liberal Jews sound like the radical Muslims. (Kathy Shaidle blogs, rants and gets sued over at FiveFeetOfFury.com, now approaching its eighth irritating year.)

RWN readers being, well, RWN readers, you’ve already heard from Michelle Malkin, Instapundit and others that a bunch of conservative Canadian bloggers are being sued by the guy Mark Steyn has called “Canada’s most sensitive man”, Richard Warman. We’ve been overwhelmed and inspired by the support we’ve received from people all over the world. Thanks […]

Some leftist wet was calling conservative radio yesterday, giving this little potted speech about how Rev. Wright can’t be criticized because, hey, Dr. King said similar stuff. Dennis Prager’s response to the guy was, as always, calm and thoughtful, but I liked Dennis Miller’s better: “Well, if Martin Luther King really said that “America was […]

to steal your Wi-Fi so we can log onto “Nazi” websites, leave “hate” messages on them, then charge the site owners with… Publishing hate speech. (Kathy Shaidle blogs at FiveFeetOfFury.com)

“[Avi] Lewis’ main claim to fame (or, rather, infamy) was an interview he conducted with former Dutch parliamentarian and author Ayaan Hirsi Ali in June 2007. “The segment quickly made Lewis, and by extension the CBC, a worldwide laughingstock. “But instead of ending his broadcasting career, that interview may have served as Avi Lewis’s inadvertent […]

Until then, one of the many ex-Mr. Jane Fondas runs off his mouth in the Nation… That opening paragraph sets the tone for the rest: oddly chosen scare quotes, plenty of question marks, and plenty of self-obsession. Those first-person pronouns are real. Musing upon an old photo of himself, Hayden can’t resist claiming, for example, […]

Radical Islam wants to take over the world, Toronto Muslims run “welfare harem” scams and their colleagues around the nation try to silence Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn. But fear not: the Canadian Left is oh-so-bravely fighting “the real enemy” — two dozen illiterate bald dudes in ugly t-shirts. (Kathy Shaidle blogs daily at FiveFeetOfFury.com, […]

Meet Auberon Waugh, who was “politically incorrect” before the term was even deemed necessary.

Welcome to Toronto! Celebrate International Women’s Day with a bag on your head, then hear a Muslim preach Islamic supremacy, violence and borderline treason! But wait: there’s more. And don’t forget the “welfare harmens”… (Kathy Shaidle’s new book has been called a “must-read” by Mark Steyn.)

Steyn writes: I heard yesterday from across the Atlantic (I’m traveling in Europe) that the Ontario Human Rights Commission has declined to hear the Canadian Islamic Congress against Maclean’s on the grounds that they deal in denials of service on the basis of race, creed, etc, and a magazine is not a “service”. That’s certainly […]

People, even on the right, are sick of Iraq and Afganistan and “the war on terrorism.” This is a shame but also a fact. Without ever forgetting the heroism of our soldiers abroad, and the very real threats from Iran, we can revive morale, dedication and passion by re-focusing on the war at home: creeping […]

The radical imam whose complaint got publisher Ezra Levant hauled before a Canadian Human Rights Commission for publishing the “Mohammed” cartoons has (cough) seen the light. His reasons for dropping the complaint (Levant still faces another from a different Muslim group) are lame, specious and rather suspicious. But no matter: it’s one victory for free […]

As most of you know, Ezra Levant is the free speech hero who faced down Canada’s “Human Rights” tribunal, defended his right to publish the “Mohammed” cartoons — and uploaded video of his stirring defense to YouTube. A defamation lawyer himself, Levant has now started a sort of “bloggers defense league”, to defend bloggers against […]

The Weekly Standard has a fine overview of their persecution for “Islamophobia”. Both of Canada’s national newspapers finally weigh in — and side with Steyn and Levant! Every day, stay on top of this vital fight for freedom of speech at EzraLevant.com and FreeMarkSteyn.com That blog, FreeMarkSteyn, is a labor of love, run singlehandedly by […]

As most of you know by now, Mark Steyn is charged with “flagrant Islamophobia” for what he wrote in America Alone, while Ezra Levant is accused of “exposing Muslims to hatred and contempt” by publishing the “Mohammed” cartoons. (The great Lee Harris analyzes the Steyn/Levant situation in the Weekly Standard, here.) Neither of these charges […]

Toronto blogger Mike Brock went to a public forum yesterday, ostensibly a “debate” about the Mark Steyn/Maclean’s case (Steyn and the mag are accused of “flagrant Islamophobia” for publishing an excerpt from his book America Alone.) Two of Steyn’s belligerent Muslim accusers spoke at the event. The organizers tried to shut Mike up when they […]

Please. I beg you. Make your day complete by watching and listening to this. More clips here.

His crime? Publishing those “Mohammed” cartoons. The accused, Ezra Levant, delivered a stirring opening statement at his interrogation. Here’s an excerpt: “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 […]

Yes, folks, the saga continues up here, with Mark Steyn and our oldest magazine forced to face three “Human Rights” Commissions, charged with “Islamophobia”. The only upside to this farce, which has made Canada (deservedly) an international laughing stock, is the scintillating prose we’ve been treated to, as the nation’s finest (conservative) writers take Steyn’s […]

is neither “scientific” nor a “concensus”: “Of the 51 UK contributors to the report, there were 5 economists, 3 epidemiologists, 5 who were either zoologists, entomologists, or biologists. 5 worked in civil engineering or risk management / insurance. 7 had specialisms in physical geography (we gave the benefit of the doubt to some academics whose […]

The only Canadian magazine to publish the infamous “Mohammed cartoons”, the Western Standard, is no more, but their group blog, The Shotgun, remains active. After some initial defiance, the new owners just apologized to a well-known Muslim troublemaker; he’d gone to the police (?!) complaining about anonymous anti-Muslim comments at the blog. I hope their […]

Located: the stupidest anti-Mark Steyn post so far — in his highly publicized fight against the radical Muslims who want to silence him and Canada’s oldest magazine — complete with grammatical and factual errors. And my take down.

Mohammed Elmasry, head of the Canadian Idiotic Congress, today clarified his views on

Canadian authorities have decided they need to go into the homes of senior citizens with guns. (They know who owns guns because the government spent $2-billion — yes, with a “b” — of our tax dollars to set up a registry of legally owned firearms, in a nation with only a small number of legal […]

The Canadian Islamic Congress is taking Mark Steyn to the Human Rights Commission because America Alone “subjects Canadian Muslims to hatred and contempt.” Funny, I thought they were doing fine in that department without Steyn’s help… Remember: the leader of the CIC famously said that all Israeli citizens, including children, are “legitimate targets” for Muslim […]

Could happen up here in Canada, where the free speech “climate” is frigid at the best of times. Yes, you read that correctly: the Canadian site is in trouble for re-posting a 5-year-old article from WorldNetDaily! All it takes is one dedicated trouble making “do gooder” and a website’s owners can be brought to court. […]

Did you know that in the new Brian DePalma movie Redacted, about US Marines who rape Iraqi women (?), the lead rapist is a white trash, chunky, cigar chomping character named… “Rush”? (Cross posted along with other embittered dispatches at FiveFeetOfFury)