1. Mark Steyn vs. the 'Sock Puppets'

Comment #185843 by zane9 on May 28, 2008 at 7:37 pm

Here is a letter written by a constituent to his Member of Parliament (MP) Paul Szabo. Szabo, a Liberal Party member, is the chair of the Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics Committee of the House of Commons (the legislative assembly in Canada). There are some MPs in favour of major reforms to the Human Rights Commission.

"I'm writing to convey my disgust at the conduct of the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Everything about the agency, from their hundred percent conviction rating under section 13, to their illegal use of an innocent woman's computer, to the absolutely vicious hate messages their staff post on the internet is an affront do decency and Canadian values.

These servants of the Crown are circumscribing public discourse and I believe they are actually increasing the racial tension they are meant to be fighting.

I urge you to support your courageous colleague Keith Martin when his motion to eliminate section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Code comes to a vote.

The law does not allow for truth as a defence, since it hinges on what might happen in the future. It does not belong in Canada.

This is the only issue I will be voting on in the next election, and I will support the candidate that is most in favour of abolishing/limiting this threat to our democracy. I hope that is you."

This letter says it all.

2. Probe lands on Mars, NASA says

Comment #184782 by zane9 on May 26, 2008 at 7:00 am

Very exciting, and I am especially proud since one of our Canadian companies designed and built the weather station sent with Phoenix. Given that we Canadians constantly obsess about the weather, it seems entirely fitting!

3. Supreme Court to consider Ten Commandments vs. 'Seven Aphorisms'

Comment #153297 by zane9 on April 1, 2008 at 11:07 am

For a moment, I thought this was an April Fool joke.