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Oh, Canada.

“In the matter of the human rights code…”

They’re coming to take me away, ha ha! (UPDATED)

My Sharia amour…

Waving the white flag.

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Crushing of dissent.

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Squelching speech in the name of “human rights.”

Christian convert Abdul Rahman: Still a marked man
Remember Abdul Rahman, the Christian convert who fled Afghanistan and found safety in Italy after Muslim mobs demanded he be killed for abandoning Islam?
Well, while the rest of the world has forgotten about Rahman, the sharia-embracers and Koran-thumpers who believe all apostates should be murdered have not forgotten [...]

First, read the latest headline:
One in 10 Indonesia Muslims back violent jihad: poll
The details:
Around one in 10 Indonesian Muslims support jihad and justify bomb attacks on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali as defending the faith, a survey released on Sunday showed.
Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country, with 220 million people, 85 percent [...]

Glenn Reynolds has a wrap-up of the conservative win in Canada. The liberals’ long reign is over.
Mark Steyn’s scorecard:
5.10am EST
Final score:
CONSERVATIVES 124 (my prediction: 138)
LIBERALS 103 (my prediction: 71)
BLOC QUEBECOIS 51 (my prediction: 58)
NDP 29 (my prediction: 40)
Independent 1 (my prediction: 1)
In other words, I overestimated the appeal of the right, the left and the [...]

The Globe and Mail reports:
Polls in most of Canada closed their doors Monday evening, signalling the start of a night of ballot counting which could lead to a dramatic shift in this country’s political landscape.
Stations in Newfoundland and Labrador closed their doors at 7 p.m. EST. Stations in the rest of Atlantic Canada followed half [...]

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After the 2004 election, so many American liberals came down with depression that medical professionals coined a new phrase for their unhinged condition: post-election selection trauma (or PEST).
One wonders what malady Canadian liberals will contract after they lose at the polls in today’s election. Meddling Michael Moore is already in the throes of [...]

From the London Sunday Times, we learn that Muslim polygamists may get special tax breaks in Britain:
The Inland Revenue is considering recognising polygamy for some religious groups for tax purposes. Officials have agreed to examine “family friendly” representations from Muslims who take up to four wives under sharia, the laws derived from the Koran. [...]

For the first time since he began writing for the London Telegraph, Mark Steyn had a column pulled. He explains here. I’m taking the liberty of reprinting the full, unpublished piece. It’s important:
Whether or not it is, in the technical sense, a “joke”, I find myself, with the benefit of hindsight, in agreement with Billy [...]