Archive for March, 2008


Letter writer says what we’re all thinking

From today’s Star letters section: I really have a hard time understanding the rationale behind the Star advocating for Khadr. To say that he is a Canadian citizen is stretching the imagination beyond belief. His whole family are only token Canadians, using the citizenship when it suits them, just as we saw in Lebanon a [...]

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Fitna?

It says it is. Watch it here. I couldn’t get thorugh the first three minutes, due to 9/11 imagery. I’ll keep trying, though.

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A lawyer’s persepctive

Ezra does an in-depth review (with requisite snark) of the coverage of the Kangaroo Court hearing on Tuesday. He add a lawyerly dose of information, which is mind-boggling to the rest of us, but worth the read. But why was Tuesday’s hearing limited to just one day? Again, this matter has been grinding on for [...]

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Court is only exciting on TV

Really. Hearings of any kind tend to be boring, detailed, and an all-around yawn-fest. For those of you who expected today’s CHRC hearing to be like the last 5 minutes of a Perry Mason special, you are S.O.L. MacLeans’ Kady O’Malley liveblogs from the hearing. Part one here, part two here. They haven’t made mention [...]

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The Big Reveal

Tomorrow is the big day – the day when the kangaroo court of the Human Rights Commission is forced to publicly identify and speak to its own crimes. Entrapment, provocation, abuse of the system… Some people watch Ultimate Fighting. I will be watching this instead. Blazing Cat Fur has some amusing predictions: A guide dog [...]

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