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  • The Tyranny of Human Rights Commissions

    By Selwyn Duke

    If you want to know what lies just a little ways further down the rabbit hole of political correctness, go north, Western man. If you do, you’ll wind up in Canada, where the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (OHRT) has given us what columnist Margaret Wente calls “The case of the smelly lunch.” But it smells more like tyranny.

    The saga started when Maxcine Telfer, owner of a Mississauga-based operation that helps immigrant women find jobs, Audmax Inc., hired a gal named Seema Saadi as an “intake worker.” But finding a job and keeping one are two different things, and Miss Saadi went on the outtake line after only six weeks. This is, of course, when the trouble started.

    Saadi went to the OHRT and, writes Wente, “complained of discrimination and harassment because of her race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, ethnic origin, disability (she is legally blind), creed and sex,” an eight-category discrimination cocktail that would make Telfer champion bartender of the bias-raised bar. What was Saadi’s specific complaint? Wente tells us:

    Read the rest here.

  • That South Dakota Gun Mandate

    By Selwyn Duke

    The recent bill that would compel every South Dakota resident to buy a firearm has created quite a stir.  And since the piece I recently wrote on the subject evoked some fairly strong emotional responses, I want to clarify a few matters.

    Some respondents assumed that my article reflected a negative attitude toward guns, but nothing could be further from the Truth.  I not only believe that every good man in America should own at least one firearm, I think that every time gun manufacturers are targeted by Bloombergettes with lawsuits or legislation, we should buy another firearm to support Smith, Wesson and the rest of our friends.  My motto is, the pen is mightier than the sword…but not the AR-15.

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  • South Dakota’s Proposed Gun Ownership Mandate and Constitutional Ignorance

    By Selwyn Duke

    There’s no doubt that conservatives’ understanding of the Constitution surpasses that of liberals – unfortunately, though, sometimes not by much.  And a recent South Dakota bill brings this to light.

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  • The Nanny Staters at Life’s Dangerous Intersections

    By Selwyn Duke

    Increasingly, our government reminds me of a certain old Star Trek episode.  It was titled “I, Mudd,” and in it the Enterprise explorers found themselves in the grip of seemingly perfect androids determined to serve man.  The automatons informed the crew that humans were “self-destructive,” needed their “help” and couldn’t be trusted with freedom.  One of the mechanical masters concluded by telling Captain Kirk, “we shall serve them [humans] and you will be happy…and controlled.”

    I don’t know if the episode was meant as big-government allegory, but it could serve as such.  And there’s no shortage of nanny-state intrusion stories to bring it to mind.  For example, consider a proposal by a New York City senator to prohibit citizens from using gadgets such iPods, cellphones and music players while walking.  You read that right – not while driving or operating buses or trains.

    Walking.

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  • Nullifying Federal Nullification: Time for States to Stand Tall

    By Selwyn Duke

    Question: Are rules meant for only one side? Are civil laws meant for citizens but not the police? Are moral laws meant for laymen but not clergy?

    Okay, one more: Are constitutional limitations meant for states but not the feds?

    Our federal government has long violated the Constitution. But blatantly unconstitutional ObamaCare may finally be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, as lawmakers in nearly a dozen states have been talking about “nullification” — the Thomas Jefferson doctrine that recognizes states’ right to reject unconstitutional federal law.

    And now it’s more than just talk. Republicans in the Idaho House introduced a nullification measure on Wednesday, and legislators in Alabama, Kansas, Maine, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, Nebraska, Texas, and Wyoming may follow suit.

    Read the rest here.

  • Is it Time to Expand the Fairness Doctrine?

    By Selwyn Duke

    In keeping with the demagogue’s credo “Never let a good tragedy go to waste,” some among us are extracting as much mileage from the Jared Loughner massacre as they can.  It is being used to raise money and reduce freedom, with the latter amounting to calls for gun and speech control.  And among these calls is the proposal to resurrect the Fairness Doctrine (FD).

    The basic idea behind the legislation is that if a radio station airs some controversial opinion, time must be provided for the “other side.”  And quite coincidentally, I’m sure, this is only to be applied to talk radio, an arena in which the “other side” happens to be the left side.

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  • The Lost Man Behind the Leftist Myth

    By Selwyn Duke

    To be frank, any exposition upon Arizona murderer Jared Lee Loughner’s life must start with a certain acknowledgment: He is not a sane man. I don’t mean this figuratively in the way public officials might use metaphor, such as when Barack Obama spoke of bringing a gun to a fight with Republicans (language against which his party now rails). No, if Loughner is not authentically insane, it’s hard to imagine who is.

    Loughner’s derangement hit America like a jackhammer on that fateful Saturday, January 8, when he shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others, leaving six dead and 14 wounded. But it had long been apparent to those who knew him — and few knew him very long.

    And in recent times, knowing him long wasn’t necessary to understand that his mind had gone terribly awry, as now well-known Internet postings attest. For instance, Loughner posted a YouTube video entitled “Introduction” in which he presents a series of bizarre syllogisms such as:

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  • The Great Race Deception

    By Selwyn Duke

    Just about two years ago, people were speaking of a new era: post-racial America. Well, it occurs to me that if we get any more post-racial, we’ll have a race war. And the latest on this front is a new exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science (MOS) called “RACE – Are we so different?” Reports American Thinker’s Peter Wilson:

    The exhibit offers a fascinating window into the fun-house mirror world of race theorists, racial "scholars," and a good part of the anthropology profession.  Even a sympathetic reviewer in the Boston Globe admits that "there's a wearying didacticism to the show," and it's no surprise that the didactic lessons about race are all slanted toward the left.

    As for that Globe reviewer, Mark Feeney, he writes:

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  • Dr. Gosnell and Pennsylvania’s Legal Back-alley Abortions

    Baby in Womb By Selwyn Duke

    Many have heard about Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the West Philadelphia abortionist who was just indicted for the murders of a 41-year-old woman during a botched abortion and eight babies born alive. He committed his infanticide by taking the children and severing their spines with a pair of scissors. Yet, as unbelievable as it sounds, this doesn’t come close to painting an accurate picture of the veritable house of horrors that was his abortion mill.

    When authorities finally visited his clinic to investigate drug-related claims, they found that animals and litter boxes were sometimes present during operations; bags and bottles of murdered babies were scattered throughout the facility; and jars containing infants’ severed feet lined a shelf, for no apparent reason (the serial-killer trophy phenomenon comes to mind). He is also accused of performing “procedures” in filthy rooms; using unsanitary instruments; and having operations conducted and anesthesia administered by unlicensed personnel — including a 15-year-old high-school student. Moreover, Gosnell is suspected of murdering hundreds of viable babies who were born alive during his long career, but this cannot be proven as he destroyed his records.

    Note: This angel of death made many millions of dollars running his house of horrors.

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  • Walking Small: The Life and Lies of Sheriff Clarence Dupnik

    By Selwyn Duke

    The obvious villain in the Gabrielle Giffords tragedy is the man who caused it, the very disturbed Jared Lee Loughner.  Sadly, though, there have been villains in the response to it, too – many villains.  And while it’s hard to make a pick for this Black Hat Award, one man who has certainly distinguished himself is Pima County, Arizona, Sheriff Clarence Dupnik.

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