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  • Anti-Islamist Movie “Fitna” Pulled from Liveleak, but You Can Watch it Here

    Threats to its employees have caused Liveleak.com to pull Geert Wilders movie "Fitna" from its servers.  But you can watch it here.   

  • Internet Registry Freezes Domain of Anti-Islamist Critic

    By Selwyn Duke Dutch politician Geert Wilders is haunted by the specter of creeping Islamism in his nation. So much so that he created a 15-minute movie critical of Islam called Fitna. But while the oft-threatened, intrepid lawmaker hasn’t been deterred by the murder of fellow countryman Theo Van Gogh by a Moslem fundamentalist, others…

  • Breaking News: The Stifling of Free Speech – Internet Registry Freezes Domain of Anti-Islamist Movie

    By Selwyn Duke Participating in an effort to stifle criticism of Islam, Internet registry Network Solutions has frozen the domain of Dutch politician Geert Wilders.  Wilders, who has warned his countrymen of a "tsunami of Islamization," intended to release his movie Fitna — a critique of Islam — at the domain "http://fitnathemovie.com" by the end…

  • Boy, Do I Hate Duke

    By Selwyn Duke Because my estimation of academia couldn’t possibly get any lower, nothing Duke University does to further abuse the lacrosse players it crucified shocks me.  However, the world should be kept apprised of how the phony, hypocritical scoundrels at the institution are comporting themselves.  As to this, Clarice Feldman writing at American Thinker…

  • BBC News: Whistle-blower site taken offline

    By Selwyn Duke About a month ago I wrote a piece titled "The Race for the American Mind," which deals with free speech and discusses ways in which commentary on the Internet can be easily stifled.  Among the methods I discussed was one relating to domain registrars.  I wrote:

  • Holland’s Fear of Moslems

    By Selwyn Duke The Jerusalem Post has a short news piece about how Holland has delayed the release of a film critical of Islam for fear of reprisals from Moslems.

  • Litigation Nation

    By Selwyn Duke The Church of Scientology is threatening legal action against Andrew Morton, author of Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, a work that paints the cult in a negative light.

  • Duke’s Latest WND Piece: Golf Walloped With PC Club

    By Selwyn Duke Golfweek magazine recently fired its editor, David Seanor, after a strong negative reaction to its January 19 issue, which featured a picture of a noose on its cover.  The image related to a story about embattled golf commentator Kelly Tilghman, whose recent comments referencing lynching brought her a two-week suspension. 

  • The Race for the American Mind

    By Selwyn Duke Last year’s scamnesty bill had widespread support among the powers-that-be, with the president, the Democrat majority and mainstream media all singing its praises. Yet it went down to defeat, slain by a new-media coalition of talk radio and blogosphere warriors.  Working tirelessly to expose the truth and rally the grassroots, they became…

  • Canadian Publisher Investigated for “Hate Speech”

    By Selwyn Duke In a day or two I will publish a piece about the battle for free speech being waged throughout the West.  Thus, it’s quite apropos that I came across the story of Ezra Levant, a Canadian publisher and commentator who is being investigated for "hate speech" by one of those euphemistically-named "human…