A Request of Our Readers This Holiday Season

We haven't written much here this month for a variety of reasons, mostly because there hasn't been all that much to write about (though we do have an update, very much belated now, related to Topham which we may or may not include later). But also for some very personal reasons that this writer won't go into in detail, we decided that we wanted (needed) a break from the negativity.

However we write now to make a request of our readers.



There is a hell of a lot of need right now and it might be easy to forget that fact when we are celebrating with our families.

We aren't asking that you donate specifically to the Salvation Army (though it is easy and available) but there are a lot of very worthy charitable organizations that exist, be they religious or secular. And you don't have to donate money. Your time is also valuable; volunteer to deliver Christmas hampers or serve at a soup kitchen. Take a look at your closets to see if there are warm jackets that you no longer need or your children have outgrown.

There is a lot of need, but despite the content of this blog which exposes the ugliness of humanity, we also believe in the inherent goodness of most people, not mater their ethnicity, creed, gender, etc.

Dave Brubeck: December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012

White Boy Posse Members Arrested: Charges Laid in Three Countsof Murder

We mentioned the White Boy Posse four years ago after the gang was busted as a result of a 15 month investigation into their involvement in the drug trade. And as serious as that might have been, it pales in comparison to this:

Murder charges laid in decapitation, 2 other homicides

Four members of Alberta drug gang charged in three killings in September, October

CBC News

Posted: Dec 4, 2012 9:42 AM MT Last Updated: Dec 4, 2012 9:27 PM MT 

The man facing first-degree murder charges in the decapitation of a Lloydminster, Alta., man in October is also charged in two other homicides.

Randy James Wayne O'Hagan, 22, of Lloydminster is charged in the death of Robert John Roth Sr., 54, whose partial remains were found near Ranfurly, Alta., on Oct. 20.

Roth's severed head was found five days later by a passerby in Edmonton.

Sentencing in Rape of White Supremacist

It's pretty much common knowledge who the victim was in this case, however we won't publish that name here. Neither will we allow comments that state who the individual is. As vile as the ideology espoused by the victim is, there is no justification for rape. It's not funny. It's not karma. It's not, "poetic justice." It's a reprehensible crime for which the perpetrators should rot.

Calgary Remand Centre inmates sentenced for gang-rape of cell mate

By Kevin Martin ,Calgary Sun

First posted: Monday, December 03, 2012 04:28 PM MST | Updated: Monday, December 03, 2012 04:37 PM MST 

Two ethnic Calgary Remand Centre inmates were handed lengthy prison terms Monday for the gang-rape of their wannabe white-supremacist cell mate.

Provincial court Judge Jim Ogle handed Ali Sanghar a 5 1/2-year sentence and Samar Sigar a 6 1/2-year term for their roles in the May 30, 2010 attack at the jail.

Ogle noted the two men raped a slightly-built, first-time resident at the jail who was a white-supremacist sympathizer at the time who was inexplicably placed on the multi-racial gang unit.

Kevin Goudreau's Brother Involved in Homicide

Yesterday, in the middle of a lighthearted article we posted on the blog, we included the story of a murder that took place sometime on November 27. Kevin Goudreau, who's no stranger to those who are readers of this blog, claimed that the accused was his half-brother and the victim his stepmother:

Given the nature of what Goudreau has written in the past, we did view this claim with some skepticism, however there was something about it that actually seemed more authentic than his regular ravings. So we did some research.

This morning we were contacted by one of our friends who was able to confirm that Kevin Goudreau and the accused are half-brothers and that the victim was his stepmother.

On the surface while this murder is connected to Kevin Goudreau only through his relationship with the accused and the victim (and it seems apparent that he was estranged from his family), our friend did point out to us something that really stood out for us and which is mentioned in some news coverage of the incident:

Rene Goudreau, who is charged with first-degree murder of his wheelchair-bound mother, 53-year-old Lucie Goudreau, has a long history of mental illness, including schizoaffective and bipolar disorders, according to Ontario Review Board documents obtained by the Sun.

Consider this information regarding Rene Goudreau. And consider that some families have histories of mental illness.

Do these posts by Kevin Goudreau then make a little more sense given this context?

December 2012 Bits and Bites

Things here at ARC have been pretty slow, and we couldn't be more happy about that. Still, we thought we'd post a very brief update.

Our readers on Facebook will be aware of items such as this being posted as status updates:

In response to the new Facebook guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, comics, paintings, professional photos and videos, etc. (as a result of the Berner Convention). 

For commercial use of the above my written consent is needed at all times! (Anyone reading this can copy this text and paste it on their Facebook Wall. This will place them under protection of copyright laws. By the present communiqué, I notify Facebook that it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, disseminate, or take any other action against me on the basis of this profile and/or its contents. The aforementioned prohibited actions also apply to employees, students, agents and/or any staff under Facebook's direction or control. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of my privacy is punished by law (UCC 1 1-308-308 1-103 and the Rome Statute).

Facebook is now an open capital entity. All members are recommended to publish a notice like this, or if you prefer, you may copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once, you will be tacitly allowing the use of elements such as your photos as well as the information contained in your profile status updates...

Facebook is now an open capital entity. All members are recommended to publish a notice like this, or if you prefer, you may copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once, you will be tacitly allowing the use of elements such as your photos as well as the information contained in your profile status updates...

Most people know that this is all absolutely meaningless. However, some apparently seem to actually believe by merely posting the above, "notice" that their Facebook profile becomes private.

Someone like Paulie:

Three Men Assault Two Individuals in Edmonton. Hate Crime Alleged

Well. This is interesting.

Four sought in alleged hate crime near Whyte Avenue

Edmonton Journal November 26, 2012 4:37 PM

EDMONTON - Police are searching for four people involved in an alleged hate crime near Whyte Avenue last August.

Police say the group — which included a very large, muscular man with a shaved head, a chubby, shirtless man with a long Afro hair style, and another man wearing a yellow cast and a lady’s blouse — assaulted two people outside a liquor store near 99th Street and 81st Avenue at about 3 a.m. on Saturday Aug. 11.

Terry Tremaine Starting to Play Nice?

A visit to Tremaine's website now features the following:

That's all well and good, but there appears to be a lot more that should be removed in order to be in compliance.

It's a start, though it looks to us to be just a start.

But consider how many years it has taken to get to this point. All he had to do to avoid his present circumstances was to  remove the offending material. No one said he couldn't be a bigot. He just couldn't post material that demonized another race or religion to the point where it puts members of those groups in harms way.

His supporters present him as a martyr. We view him as a pathetic fool who was used by the likes of Paulie and others.

Terry Long Comes Out Of Seclusion; Supports Topham

Arthur Topham had an arraignment hearing Tuesday where he pleaded not guilty. He is enjoined from contacting Richard Warman and Harry Abrams but otherwise has no restrictions on his use of the Internet. For now at least. A few interesting points that critics of sec. 13 (human rights code) might consider:

1. A sec. 319 (criminal code) charge appears to compel the respondent to attend quite a few hearings, likely more than anything resulting from a sec. 13 complaint.

2. Failure to appear at one of these hearings may very well result in an arrest warrant, unlike a sec. 13 complaint.

Sec. 13 doesn't look so bad after all, eh?  We suppose this is yet another case where one should be careful what one wishes for.

Paulie has been dutifully updating everyone about the status of Topham, including re-posting Topham's most recent update on Radical Press. We won't include that part since it's really just echoing what he always writes, however Paulie does include a "forward" which really is a blast from the past:

Curriculum Hateful? Yes. Anything Being Done About It? Not Really.

End of Jewish Plots and Treacheries: Ever since the Prophet’s entry into Madina, the treacherous Jews had vehemently opposed him and his Islamic call, evoking memories of their hostility to the previous Prophet, Jesus Christ, half a millennium ago. The crafty Jews entered into an alliance with the polytheist Quraish in a bid to stamp out Islam. They conspired to kill Prophet Muhammad despite the fact that he was lenient towards them and had treated them kindly, hoping to convince them of Islam’s truth. But eventually as Jewish plots and aggressions increased, he had no choice other than to take up arms against them, in order to protect Islam and the Muslims. At the battle of Khaiber which is famous for Imam Ali’s heroic exploits, the Prophet defeated them ending Jewish intrigues and conspiracies in Arabia.

This is an excerpt from the curriculum of the East End Madrassah in Toronto. To say that such language is disturbing would be to understate how vile it really is. And that this, presumably, has been taught to children?

Let's try this as an experiment:

Tremaine Going to Jail

It's either 30 days or six months depending on if Terry decides to play nice.

We're trying to see if we can get the reaction from the bonehead community and their supporters (if we do, we'll add it to this article later) but until then here's a story in the "Leader-Post":

Regina man gets jail for racist messages

CBC News Posted: Nov 7, 2012 2:33 PM CST Last Updated: Nov 7, 2012 5:52 PM CST 

A Saskatchewan man who refused to stop posting racist messages on websites is going to jail.

On Wednesday, a Federal Court judge sentenced Terry Tremaine of Regina to at least 30 days in jail for acting in contempt of an order of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

Topham Officialy Charged

We've been enjoying the exploding heads on the Obama haters this evening and decided to take the day off from the blog.

Then we checked our email.

B.C. man charged with promoting hatred against Jews on website

We might have more to write about this later.

And the Basis For the Lemire Appeal Is....

.... sort of pathetic.

For those readers who don't have fantastic eyesight, here it is broken down:

We've said it before here and we'll say it again.

Gotta love public documents.

Marc Lemire is Appealing

Well, not appealing in any physical sense of the word. Let's face it, the dude should lay off the French crullers.

No, Marc Lemire, former member and the last leader of the Heritage Front (despite his denial) is appealing the recent decision concerning the constitutionality of the Canadian Human Rights Act. BCL beat us to the punch on this, but he also beat Lemire to it so, we're okay with that.

And now something completely different

A few appropriate movies for the day.

Happy Halloween folks.

Police Investigating Levant For Anti-Roma Diatribe

BCL has been covering this issue pretty extensively thankfully because we really have been dropping the ball when it comes to the story:

Roma group’s complaint against Ezra Levant prompts Toronto police investigation

Published on Wednesday October 24, 2012  

Jeff Green
Staff Reporter

A complaint about broadcaster Ezra Levant’s rant that likened Gypsies to “swindlers” has prompted a Toronto police investigation.

Toronto’s Roma Community Centre, which has called the rant “overtly racist, prejudicial, and demeaning,” lodged the complaint with police on Oct. 11.

Paulie Clears Up Tremaine Story

You know, this might come as a huge shock to our readers, but the fine folks at Free Dominion don't seem to like us very much.

We know! We can't believe it either!

Not long ago they took issue with a recent article posted on this blog, particularly the part where we gently suggested that it doesn't look very good for a website that promotes itself as a friend of Israel to be openly cheering for a man who has advocated for the destruction of Israel and murder of Jews. Let's be honest here, if the person making these statements against Israel and Jews were not named Terry and was instead named Ibrahim or Khalil, we all could surmise that Free Dominion's support for, "free speech" would be pretty much non-existent.

Sturrup Drafting Charter Challenge?

We've got to admit we aren't sure where Sturrup is going with this. Perhaps Reitmeier's wife, who has so frequently posted defences of her husband, might be able to shed light on this?

Our guess is it might have something to do with the length of time it is taking for his case to go to trial, but that really is just unsubstantiated speculation on our part.

Reputed neo Nazi charged with Calgary murder drafting Charter challenge

By Kevin Martin ,Calgary Sun

First posted: Friday, October 19, 2012 04:45 PM MDT | Updated: Friday, October 19, 2012 10:34 PM MDT 

One of two purported white supremacists charged with murdering a Calgary man will make an unspecified Charter challenge in advance of his trial next spring.

Tyler William Sturrup appeared briefly in Court of queen’s Bench Friday to set deadline dates for written briefs for his constitutional challenge.

Free Dominion Cheer For the Nazi. Again

Last night we noticed that there was a new update concerning Terry Tremaine on CBC:

Terry Tremaine no longer facing charges over alleged online activity

CBC News

Posted: Oct 16, 2012 6:05 PM CST 

A Regina judge has stayed a charge against Terry Tremaine, who was accused of continuing to post hate speech online in defiance of an order from the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

In 2007, the commission ordered Tremaine to stop posting anti-Jewish material on the internet.

Kevin Goudreau Threatens to Kill Mark Zuckerberg

Original, uhm.... "art" by Patricia
Manignal who also gave us this.

It's been a while since we've written about, "the Goudreau" pictured on the right (well, sort of.... she really is awful, isn't she?). Last we saw he was now posting on VNN claiming to be the leader of a vast movement in Canada. We presume that he hopes that the folks at VNN will be more credulous about his claims than were those on Stormfront. He's likely going to be disappointed. 

We take, the Goudreau with a healthy grain of salt, however there are times when we do have to take the snivelling creature a little more seriously. Like when he threatens to have people murdered.

We suppose we can say it began when the Goudreau signed up to Facebook after again being kicked off.

We're amused by a few things here. First, we find it funny that Paulie still has no understanding of the law, be it civil or criminal, despite acting on behalf of some boneheads who have faced legal troubles like Terry Tremaine. If he's so upset, then perhaps he should have actually read the terms of service (that, to be fair, few bother to look at) before clicking on the box agreeing to them?

Second, that the Goudreau thinks (encouraged by Paulie) that boneheads such as themselves would be able to buy enough stocks to get any sort of voting control of Facebook since Mark Zuckerberg owns more than 50% of the shares and, thus, outright control. That, and to purchase even 1% of the shares available, boneheads would have to scrape together hundreds of millions of dollars even with the massive drop in share prices since going public.

Stupid?

Yes, these are very, very stupid people.

But as much as we might laugh at the foolishness of these cretins, we do find ourselves more than a bit concerned when we also start reading posts like these:

Golden Dawn Petitition

Our friends with Toronto SHARP are commenting on the Golden Dawn problem now as well so we invite our readers to take a look at their most recent post concerning the matter.

In the meantime, we received a note requesting our support:

Dear Sirs,

We ask for your support in our efforts against Golden Dawn (Greek Nazi Political party / Neo nazi Organization) establishing itself In Canada, specifically Montreal. Would you like us to work together to let Canadians and Montrealers know the truth regarding Golden Dawn?

Someone has to do something but no Canadian or Montreal authorities have shown interest in this issue! Can you look in to this? Who will do something about this Neo Nazi Organization that is growing in Montreal? It is unacceptable!

They already have begun their propaganda with "charity" fund-raising events this September in Montreal. We, as Greek-Canadians have begun a petition, pls find it at the link below. We ask that you also help us in getting the truth out and collecting as many signatures as possible.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Sign_here_to_stop_Golden_Dawn_Nazi_Organization_in_Montreal/

We are hoping to hear from you soon, this is a matter that concerns everyone!

Thank you

We invite our readers to consider signing the petition.

Terry Tremaine: Dumb. Very Dumb.

On Monday we had suggested that we would likely learn what Terry Tremaine's sentence for contempt would be, however that obviously didn't happen.

Today we learned a possible reason for the delay:

Tomasz Winnicki: A Very, Very, Needy Man

Tom has taken to including us in the online media publications he has decided to spam with is.... shall we say unique?.... take on the world. And, if we're to be honest, we do sometimes like to bait him a little.

We knew our last post on Rushton would result in a response, though we've been unable to check on the comments until mere moments ago because, unlike Tomasz apparently, we have families that we like spending time with on Thanksgiving. But boy, oh boy, is Tommy insistent this time!

Post the comment I submitted before you commie coward.

It's like he's not getting enough attention at home. It's sort of sad that he is, unconsciously, seeking validation and acceptance from us. Perhaps he's a candidate for Big Brothers Big Sisters?

Tommy, baby, a few things you should know about us.

First, trying to order us to do something? That's sort of a non starter, but it is sort of funny to us how insistent you are. Again, maybe you just need a puppy?

Second, we're less inclined to post your comments when you fail to address our rebuttals. That's right Tommy, we have posted some of your comments, but it would seem to us that you aren't interested in, or capable of, any sort of meaningful dialogue.

Finally, why would we want to give you any sort of a platform? Arguing with you means taking time out of our busy schedule and preventing us from our real passions. Like stamp collecting. And knitting.

That being said, and in response to your most recent missives, this writer decided to spend as much time as you are worth doing a little digging.

Took a few seconds.

• http://asianhistory.about.com/od/asianinventions/tp/50-Amazing-Asian-Inventions.htm
• http://www.iaimuseum.org/

Terry Tremaine: Judgement Day October 9, 2012

Any bets on the sentencing tomorrow?

This writer thinks Tremaine will get time, but others figure he might get as much as 9 months, much like another bonehead sentenced for contempt (hi Tommy).

Jean Philippe Rushton Has Died

We missed it, but not surprisingly Tom Winnicki didn't.

Actually he has been shown to be wrong by a good number of scientists, though we're pretty certain that Winnicki and his kind would dismiss the critics.

Mourned by racist boneheads and neo-Nazis, the final legacy of J. Philippe Rushton.

Leading race “scientist” dies in Canada

Jean Philippe Rushton's death marks the end of an era of academic racism

By Don Terry, Southern Poverty Law CenterSaturday, 
Oct 6, 2012 06:00 AM MDT

Jean Philippe Rushton, a psychology professor and probably the most important race scientist in North America, died of cancer Tuesday night in Canada. The man who sparked a firestorm of controversy and protest in the late 1980s with his theories about the correlation between genital size and intelligence, and in later years was the head of a right-wing fund that has long supported the research projects of academic racists from around the world, was 68.

The More Things Change....

UPDATE (October 7): Our friends in Quebec have done a hell of a lot of legwork on this file already. For those you you who, like us, are sadly uniligual, here is the translated link.

We've all been rather busy here in ARC land with real life issues, but we certainly couldn't allow this to pass without comment:

Anti-immigrant Greek political party accused of being racist opens Canadian chapter

Justin Ling, National Post Staff | Sep 28, 2012 6:20 PM ET | Last Updated: Sep 28, 2012 6:21 PM ET
More from National Post Staff

MONTREAL – The Greek political party Golden Dawn has been called a neo-nazi organization. But Canadian supporters who opened a Montreal chapter this month say that couldn’t be further from the truth.

The Montreal chapter is one of only two outside Greece. It launched in early September and began to collect food, medicine and clothing to send to Golden Dawn headquarters in Athens for the needy. Organizers say they have sent about a ton of aid to Greece.

Warman Wins. Lemire Loses.

You've got to love it when the good guy wins in the end.

Only a small part of the document, but you get the idea.

We fully expect the usual suspects will react as they have been conditioned to react.

Apoplectic rage.

Have fun with that.

Canadian Immigration Report and the Quebec Education System: Well, THIS Is Interesting

We didn't have a great deal of time earlier today to discuss the story regarding the group Canadian Immigration Report (CIR) and their invitation, since withdrawn, to be witnesses at the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. As far as we can tell the story was first made public by the NDP and was later picked up by the msm and bloggers.

We had come across the CIR some time ago but we started significant attention once they interviewed Kyle McKee who was speaking for Blood & Honour in Calgary (we'll post the screen shots of the interview on the CIR website at the bottom of the page). The agenda of the CIR is clear as day if one simply spends three minutes examining the website, however our concern is that they have attempted to surreptitiously influence the education system of Quebec in a small way.

You see, one of the CIR members who was invited by the Conservatives to act as witnesses is also an author:

Canadian Immigration Report Called By Conservatives to Testify

This writer has to be off to work and isn't sure if the other members are aware of this yet, but we're sure you could read more about this at some of our friend's blogs. We will note that in addition to buddying up to Paul Fromm and writing about the virtues of the Nazi Party, Canadian Immigration Report also did a softball interview with Calgary's own Blood & Honour gang's leader Kyle McKee who is currently in jail awaiting trial on assault and weapons charges.

We'll get back to this when one of us is available to do so.

State of the Movement: Canada's Blood & Honour Part 3

NOTE: As this article is pretty screen shot heavy, we decided that we would divide it into three parts. This article is Part 3.

Noble doesn't spend as much time online as in the past (though given the terms of his release, he should have been arrested when he first began posting online again). In fact, other than his reply on the thread discussing his attendance at the Pride Week events, it had been some time since he had logged in to write anything on the Blood & Honour International forums.

Our readers could imagine his surprise when he found that he had been banned. But at least he dealt with his banning with class and dignity:

Wait. We mean he threw a hissy fit.

Now, we've since learned that the above post has now been deleted or hidden and the link he provides no longer brings up anything of particular interest. If only someone had taken the appropriate scr.... oh just get to the screen shots and stop being so coy!!!

State of the Movement: Canada's Blood & Honour Part 2

NOTE: As this article is pretty screen shot heavy, we decided that we would divide it into three parts. This article is Part 2.

We may very well have as many boneheads reading our blog as we do anti-racists, so we were not at all surprised when Jessie Lajoie commented on our article on the Blood & Honour International forums:

What resulted included statements of denial and disbelief, anger, disgust, bemusement, resignation (to the fact that the Canadian B&H members were embarrassments), and righteous indignation:

State of the Movement: Canada's Blood & Honour Part 1

NOTE: As this article is pretty screen shot heavy, we decided that we would divide it into three parts. This article is Part 1.

Since most of the, "important" players are currently in jail and/or awaiting trial, both factions of Blood & Honour are in a bit of flux. And though things seem to be quiet, we thought it might be interesting to take a look at one of those factions to determine how healthy it is as an organization and if there's a chance it might survive it's current downturn.

When it comes to the Calgary-based Blood and Honour faction aligned to Combat 18, the prognosis isn't good which just tickles us pink.

Our long time readers will remember that we had posted an article regarding Bill Noble's attendance with his new girlfriend at Pride Week events back during the summer. We even held out some hope that Noble might even be having a change of heart, though we were realistic enough to understand that he is one of those who may never change.

Our article did result in a response on Noble's own webforum. Although we haven't had access for the better part of a year (mostly because nothing much ever seemed to happen when we did have access), someone was kind enough to send us the relevant screen shots.

Suffice it to say, Billy's friends in the movement found his actions to be rather curious:

Extremists Baiting Extremists Who Further Bait Extremists

We didn't write about the folks with Canadian Hindu Advocacy (all two or three of them) or their plan to harass Muslim worshippers outside a Toronto mosque by parading dogs in front of it (because for some reason the myth that Muslims hate and/or are afraid of dogs has managed to really take hold in the minds of the anti-Muslim fringes) for two reasons. First and foremost Ron Banerjee is a publicity whore who is pretty much irrelevant except that he is promoted by the Canadian JDL and Michael Coren on Sun News and we didn't want to contribute, even in a small way, to his efforts at self-promotion. Second, we sort of knew it would end up as a complete failure anyways. But if you would like to read about this almost surreal piece of performance art, our friend BCL has done a very good job since the ill-fated decision by Banerjee to call for the protest (here, here, and here).

But even before Banerjee's mosque dog walk action, he had already come up with another way to antagonize the Muslim community.

Calgary Movement From the Inside

We'll let the article speak for itself:

How neo-Nazis think: Calgary photojournalist spends three years following skinheads' lives (with photos)

Brent Gundlock launches documentary project to understand extremist ideologies of white supremacists

By Michele Jarvie, Calgary Herald September 8, 2012 2:25 PM

Hate Speech Charges Stayed Against Tremaine

One of the justifications given by the Conservative government for the repeal of Se. 13 of the Human Rights Act was that it was, in effect, redundant. Hate speech law were already found in the criminal code, thus the criminal code should be used to fight hate speech.

We here and many elsewhere have discussed the flaws with this argument, most of which we need not repeat, but one of the reasons that we and others support Sec. 13 is because it is a much more efficient, and quite honestly fair, process (it's also a hell of a lot cheaper for all parties). The Crown is often hesitant to bring file charges for even the most egregious hate propaganda and when charges are filed, it seems to take forever as the defence engage in delaying tactics.

So guess what happened?

Hate charge stayed against Regina math instructor

The justification for staying the charges is based primarily on the length of time it has taken for the case to go to trial. The judge assigned the blame for this delay to the Crown, however if one looks at the motions filed by the defence, the Crown can hardly be assigned sole blame for the snail's pace this case has proceeded.

So far most of the usual suspects have yet to comment on this turn of events, however our friends at Free Dominion have noticed. Connie suggest that this is a loss for Richard Warman and seems to take some pleasure in this belief.

We have to say though that it is an odd reaction from someone who claims to be a, "friend of Israel" to be cheering for a man who has openly advocated for the extermination of Jews and who associated with people who are violent and willing to do their part in that effort (two of whom are currently in prison on murder charges). Then again, we've really never expected consistency from the good folks at Free Dominion.

But Connie's claim that this is a loss for Richard Warman also doesn't seem to pass the smell test for another reason. Warman did file a Sec. 13 complaint against Tremaine, which Warman won. Later, for violating the terms of the CHRT decision, Tremaine was found guilty of contempt of court for which he will face sentencing on October 9. The criminal case against Tremaine was filed by the Crown in Saskatchewan. The failure of the case has been (in our opinion unjustifiably) assigned to the Crown for delays that prevent a timely trial taking place. That ain't Warman's fault, Connie.

However, the success of the CHRT and the failure of the criminal process does highlight how useful a tool Sec. 13 was in the fight against hate speech.

Video from the BC Humanist Association

We were sent a link to the following video on YouTube. It is a presentation from August 17, 2012 by Edwin Hodge concerning white supremacy in the digital age.



Overall, this was a very well done presentation. Any issues we have are relatively minor:

• "88" does not refer to Hitler's birthday, but is the numerical symbol for "Heil Hitler."
• The photo of the 2011 police raid is not of the Calgary-based Blood & Honour faction, but the Hammerskin-aligned faction in British Columbia.
• The hategroup, "BC WHITE PRIDE" disappeared in large part because of the work of the Center for Research-Action on Race Relations.

Overall though, the presentation was pretty solid and reinforces our message that we do need to be concerned about white supremacists because of the violence much of the membership engages in.

Continuing Our Heritage Front Project (And An Examination of Marc Lemire: Part XI)

We are still continuing our project of documenting the history of the Heritage Front by collecting photographs, letters, and hate propaganda from the period between 1989 and 1994 when the hate group was at it's peak, 1995 to 1999 when the group was in decline after Elisse Hategan testified against the leadership and Bristow had become known as a CSIS mole, and 2001 to 2005 when Marc Lemire attempted, and ultimately failed, to revive the hate group under his leadership. We are also eager to receive any other information that could be provided, be it related to the Heritage Front or any other Canadian hate group (we did receive some very interesting documents concerning the Western Guard not long ago).

Not long ago we received a parcel containing copies of "The HF Report" which was the Heritage Front journal that existed after "UpFront" was discontinued; the publication of "The HF Report" took place between 1997 and 1999. However, we should have looked closer, as we also found a copy of "UpFront" which we have already mentioned here on this blog in relation to our documentation of Marc Lemire's Heritage Front connection:

Sturrup Murder Trial April 2013. Co-accused Reitmeier's Trial 7 Months Later

An update especially important for those who don't consider neo-Nazis to be a threat.

Trials set for men accused in 2010 Calgary beating death

Tyler Sturrup and Robert Reitmeier both face second-degree murder charges

CBC News Last Updated: Aug 17, 2012 1:44 PM MT 

Trial dates are now set for both men accused of beating 47-year-old Mark Mariani to death in a 16th Avenue parking lot in 2010.

It was decided on Friday in a Calgary courtroom that Tyler Sturrup will face a judge and jury in April 2013. Seven months later, the fate of his co-accused Robert Reitmeier will be decided in the same fashion — a date that had been previously set.

Both men face second-degree murder charges.

Both Reitmeier and Sturrup have ties to a neo-nazi group, but police say that wasn’t the motive for the crime, which they believe was a random act.

The two were arrested in June of 2011, eight months after Mariani’s death.

At the time of his death, police said they believed there was a third attacker.

The arrests were made after a Crime Stoppers re-enactment and a plea to the public for help.

State of Democracy in Russia

In February 2004, Khursheda Sultanova, a 9 year old girl was brutally murdered by neo-Nazis who stabbed her repeatedly. When the individuals were finally brought to trial, they were charged not with murder, but will hooliganism. Their sentence upon conviction ranged from 18 months to 5 years; the teenager who killed Khursheda received 18 months.

In February 2012, members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot protested the increasing authoritarianism of Vladamir Putin's Russia with an improvised performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour that was critical of both Putin and the Russian Patriarch, Kirill I. They were also charged with hooliganism when arrested and subjected to a show trial. Their sentence upon conviction was 2 years in prison.

In Putin's Russia, the murder of child is treated on par with criticizing the president and Orthodox Church.

Free Pussy Riot!

Paulie Isn't Even Trying Anymore; Racist Comment on Racist Photo Montage

Nothing Paulie does ever really surprises us all that much, but that doesn't mean that we won't continue to comment every time he lets that veil of "racialist" respectability, already thread-bare and moth eaten, slip. His latest?

So Paulie believes that a comparison between an ordinary, elderly woman who seems to have lead a life of some hardship and a pampered 23 year old international supermodel who has a team of make-up artists, photographers, and photoshop experts indicates the inequality of the, "races."

NOTE 1: We originally thought the model on the left was Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. We've since corrected our error.

Oh, Paulie...

Aside from commenting on the superficiality of it all, we decided that we had two choices in dealing with this.

We could take the high road and discuss the cross-cultural concept of attractiveness from an ethnic perspective and the historic views of what beauty has meant over time.

Or we could take the low road and make fun of boneheads.

What to do..... what to do.....

Racist and homophobic graffiti in Lethbridge

We're a little late on this one, but it's still worth inclusion:

Alberta city plastered with racist, homophobic graffiti

The Canadian Press Posted: Aug 11, 2012 6:23 PM MT Last Updated: Aug 12, 2012 9:46 AM MT

People in southern Alberta are busy cleaning up racist and homophobic graffiti that appeared overnight on many of their homes, garages, fences and cars.

Police in Lethbridge, about 225 kilometres southeast of Calgary, say the graffiti referred to several ethnic groups, including Caucasians, and also contained obscenities. Two of the spray-painted messages also say "White Nation" and "White Power."

Police say they are following several leads in the case, but added there is nothing to suggest that it was directed at any particular person or property. The graffiti is not considered hate propaganda, nor motivated by bias or hate as defined by the Criminal Code of Canada.

We know of some boneheads in Lethbridge, but this doesn't seem in character for them (we could be wrong though). Might just be some idiots. We'll see.

Why White Supremacists Should Be A Concern To Everyone

Last month, two shooting incidents landed Toronto in the national news because of the links to gangs (including this in which two people, including a child, were murdered). These two incidents were preceded another gang related shooting which resulted in the death of one man.

In their coverage of these incidents, the msm have been rhetorically asking what can be done to solve the problem of gang violence. Municipal, provincial, and federal politicians have also been very publicly wrestling with the problem, including at least one who suggests that it might be an immigration problem.

But there are those who might also ask why should we spend all the promised resources on a problem that will not affect most Canadians?

Let's face it. Most of us will never be affected by gang crime, especially gang violence. Such violence is found in a fairly narrow demographic in Canada which is related to poverty, something we have already briefly discussed on this blog. If you, like the vast majority of Canadians are, in the middle class, the odds of being a victim of gang violence is very low (which isn't to say it never happens). There's also no danger whatsoever of the average street gang influencing the political process. We'll never have an active member of any street gang who will be able to impose his or her criminal ideas on the rest of the population.... the mafia and associated political corruption notwithstanding.

So why is our society afraid of gangs? There are a lot of legitimate reasons, including the very real violence that they engage that does affect some segments of society which results in severe injuries and deaths. and because they engage in anti-social behavior that corrupts young people and results in, for too many, a very bleak future; one of an early death or frequent incarceration.

Yes, we're oversimplifying a complex issue, but bear with us for a moment as we draw a parallel.

Earlier today, our fellow blogger Michael Murphy (BCL) appeared on Michael Coren's Sun T.V. program to discuss the dangers of white supremacist violence (this was in response to the events in Wisconsin in which 7 men were murdered by a member of a notoriously violent hate group). Before Mr. Murphy spoke, Coren stated that while Wisconsin was a horrible event, it is so rare that we shouldn't be at all concerned with white supremacist violence because, to paraphrase his argument, it never really happens. He ridiculed white supremecists as welfare losers who sit in their parent's basement plotting about taking over the world (we have to admit that when we heard this characterization, we immediately thought of Tomasz Winnicki), but they are not a credible threat. Rather, the real threat in our midst is Islam, though we can't quite remember if he made the distinction between the radical extremists or ordinary Muslims.

White supremacists should be left alone to post their ideas on hate sites but otherwise ignored since their ideas can't harm anyone. Their crimes don't affect most people and they are not a threat to national cohesion.

The problem is that white supremacists HAVE harmed people. A lot of people.

Wade Michael Page: Deranged Loner or Part of a Bigger Problem?

Our friends at OPP have been at work and have proven that Wade Michael Page wasn't only a neo-Nazi band member, but a full-on member of one of the United States' most infamous and violent hate groups:

When it was learned that Wade Michael Page was the shooter at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin, just as quickly news came out that he was in a number of WP bands. But more information has come out that says the original belief that he was not part of any actual hate group is very, very wrong.

One People's Project

OAK CREEK, WI--The shooter in the shooting at a Sikh Temple in suburban Milwaukee that killed six people before police gunned him down has been identified as Wade Michael Page, a member of the Hammerskin Nation HSN, the oldest and most violent neo-Nazi bonehead organization in the United States.

Photos of Wade Michael Page

Information has been coming out concerning the murder of 7 Sikhs at a Wisconsin temple. The alleged murderer, Wade Michael Phillips, was a former member of the American military who was discharged in 1998 (evidently his discharge was under less than favorable circumstances). He later joined a number of neo-Nazi bands before founding his own called End Apathy.

We know this is an American story, but since it relates in some ways to our previous stories (here and here) with regard to neo-Nazi bands, we thought we'd talk about it briefly.

There are people who are questioning whether or not Wade Michael Page was a neo-Nazi. These photos from the band's Myspace page should answer those questions for the doubters:

Especially note the tattoo and the Naziflag
hanging on the wall. The tattoo is an
Odin's Cross and the number 14.

Jon Latvis Doesn't Understand How the Internet Works

We noted in our last article that Jon Latvis spoke to a reporter from "The Sun" in an effort to extricate himself from the unpleasant notoriety as a result of Warren Kinsella's recent article.

Or, as Latvis himself puts it:

Latvis has taken a not so novel approach to dealing with his past.

He has decided to lie or, as a friend has put it to us:

"Jon Latvis pulls a Marc Lemire"

July 2012 Bits and Bites

Last week we witnessed what might be termed a feeding frenzy as the msm wrote a few stories about a simple little picture posted first on Warren Kinsella's website (and thank you Warren for crediting us with tracking it down).

Mayor Ford did offer a credible explanation which we accept without reservation, though our criticism of Ford's people for not asking a few questions when Latvis showed up to have his photo taken still apply.

Latvis himself seems to have had a mixed reaction to his recent (as opposed to the early 1990s) notoriety moving from bemusement....

.... to anger....

.... to a form of acceptance....

Meanwhile, Connie on Free Dominion thinks she's cracked the case. You see, dear readers, this is ALL just part of the vast, left-wing conspiracy to discredit conservatives:

Whatever Happened to Jon Latvis?

UPDATE: The following response was issued by mayor Ford's press secretary and originally published on Warren Kinsella's blog:

July 26, 2012

Statement from the Office of the Mayor

An online blog today posted a picture of Mayor Rob Ford meeting a citizen during the 2012 New Year’s Levee at Toronto City Hall. The blog alleges the man posing with the Mayor is a member of a hate group and has a history of making racist, hateful and offensive comments.

The Mayor of Toronto meets, and poses for photos, with thousands of residents each year. Over the past two years, the Mayor has hosted two New Year’s Levees. These events welcomed over 800 visitors to City Hall, and 700 to 750 of them were personally greeted by the Mayor who posed with them for photographs.

While having his photo taken with the Mayor, the gentleman in the photo requested a meeting with the Mayor to discuss issues of concern to him as a constituent. The Mayor routinely receives these requests from members of the public and makes every effort to accommodate them whenever possible. In March 2012, the gentleman met briefly with the Mayor to discuss his concerns which primarily focussed on transit issues.

During both the Levee and the March meeting, the gentleman identified himself using a name different from the one attributed to him in the recent blog article. Once the photograph was posted online today, Mayor’s Office staff recognized the individual as someone who had met with the Mayor at the Levee and again in March.

At no time was the Mayor aware of allegations that this individual had made racist, hateful or otherwise offensive comments, nor were any such comments made during his meeting with the Mayor. Mayor Ford is a strong supporter of Toronto’s Jewish community and strongly deplores anti-Semitism in any form.

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George Christopoulos
Press Secretary
Office of the Mayor
City of Toronto
P: 416-338-6642
E: gchrist2@toronto.ca

You know, the lead guitar player for the White supremacist band RaHoWa who later went on to who went on to what we might generously call a solo career:

Hanging out with Toronto mayor Rob Ford apparently.

Uhm, is that an SS uniform, Jon?

Man, the years have NOT been kind to Jon.

Now we really don't believe that the mayor is a closet Nazi, Latvian SS supporter, or fan of RaHoWa, but god damn! Doesn't he have people looking to make sure this kind of thing doesn't happen?

If you were a handler, if you see a guy in funny uniform waiting to have his picture taken with the mayor of the nation's largest city, perhaps you go talk to the guy? See what he's about. Get his name. Google it. And, if you learn that he played lead guitar for a white supremacist musical group with ties to the Creativity Movement and the Heritage Front, quietly ease him out of the line and suggest that it might not be a good idea to have his picture taken with the mayor now. Or ever for that matter.

Use your heads people!

We found this and a couple of other photos last night. Sent them to a few friends to get some confirmation that this was who we thought it was. Evidently, at least one of those friends sent this picture to someone who sent it to someone else (letting the cat out of the bag so to speak), and we were scooped as a result.

Hey, Warren....

You might not know us, but you owe ARC members a beer for this.

So do you BCL.

And we don't mean that Heineken or wine cooler garbage. We expect Guinness at the bare minimum.

In light of what his press secretary has stated, if appears that Mr. Ford was also deceived in that Latvis didn't tell him his real name and, thus, Ford's team was unable to determine who Latvis was about.

We take the mayor at his word and thank him for the clarification, as well as his condemnation of antisemitism. 

Gun Violence: Reality vs. Perceptions

You would have to be living under a rock to not hear about the tragedy that occurred in Colorado last week when a gunman murdered 12 men and woman (and a child) during the screening of the latest Batman movie. In Toronto, there have also been high profile news stories involving guns in which people have died, including one that occurred at the Eaton's Centre and another at a community block party.

It's natural that people would ask themselves, and aloud, why these terrible events happen. It's also natural to feel for the victims and their families. We want to find solutions that will prevent anyone else from having to feel what must be terrible anguish (this writer lost a loved one as a child and can well understand how the survivors feel). But there is no clear cut solution, no panacea that will make things right. This isn't to say that we shouldn't work to ending violence in our communities, but to warn against the desire for a, "quick fix."

There are individuals, however, who do offer quick fixes.

Topham Update and Tremaine Follow-Up

Sort of a short post but Doug Christie, in his latest newsletter, has announced when the Topham case take place:

Christie also discussed information pertaining to the Tremaine case, much of which is already known:

More later, but for now we're enjoying the summer weather.

Answering Free Dominion: Part II

The way you deal with Nazis is to, “break their heads.”

The JDL fundraiser for Free Dominion took place about a week ago and was attended a who's who of the Canadian right-wing blogosphere as well as some of the more active members of Free Dominion. Prior to this, Connie responded to our last article:

Well, we really don't have to paint the JDL as violent, Connie, since your own membership seem to agree:

Now, our Free Dominion friend here couches the violence of the JDL in more respectable terms; they represent the "warrior race" that is befitting of the Jewish people. Our Free Dominion friend also goes on to claim that the reason why we or anyone else would be concerned about the JDL is because we are closet anti-Semites who want Jews to be powerless in the face of those who would harm them.

It's a ridiculous accusation (especially directed at us) but this is sort of Free Dominion's schtick.

It  might be instructive, however, to learn how the JDL earned the honor of being referred to as warriors since the Canadian branch of the JDL has engaged in the very activities that Free Dominion has accused (and condemned) us at ARC of engaging in.

But we begin at the beginning.

Happy Birthday You Old Troublemaker

And I mean troublemaker in the best possible way:

Nelson Mandela turns 94

There aren't a lot of people who could be considered to be a great man or great woman.

But Mandela surely is near the top of the list of humanity who can be considered great.

Brad Love Sentenced to 18 Months.

At least according to Paulie.

 The usual histrionics from Paulie on White News Now.

Back on VNN, fugitive Craig Cobb continued to delude himself while at the same time encouraging the harassment of the presiding judge:

Finally, Tom Winnicki, who has recently taken to reading us and commenting on our articles (keep it coming.... they're very funny) laments the loss of freedom, and by that we mean the loss of freedom to criminally harass people:

We'd finish this post with something witty, but it's late and this writer has spent a long day on a fishing boat. Also, the WiFi I'm catching at the camp site seems tenuous at best. Make up your own funny ending. Feel free to post it below and we'll add the best ones to the article.