Keegstra's Death: Relic of the Past Responds

That James Keegstra did not die on June 12 when the news became public, but in fact died 10 days earlier, is telling. The name Keegstra was still mentioned occasionally by the likes of Fromm when he rambled on about Sec. 319 and about free speech in an abstract way, but the man himself had been largely forgotten, drifting into obscurity soon after his final sentencing hearing in 1996. Even his contemporaries appear to have forgotten about him and it seems that few even attempted to remain in touch with the man they, at the time, lionized and rallied around.

Of his contemporaries, many like John Ross Taylor, Doug Christie, Wolfgang Droege, and Martin Wiche have died. Others like John Beattie, Don Andrews, and Ernst Zundel have yet to acknowledge Keegstra's passing, in part because they have shied away from their more colorful past (Like Beattie, who is running for Deputy Reeve in Minden, Ontario) or couldn't be bothered to care.

Such is the nature of the White Nationalist movement.

But at least one of those infamous old relics from the past has decided to make a rare appearance. Terry Long, like Keegstra, disappeared not long after of the Canadian branch of the Aryan Nations' he lead collapsed. Last we heard he was living in Ontario, but he does periodically pop up from time to time. He ran for office under the Doug Christie-led Western Canadian Concept Party. We know that it was Long whom Todd Conroy (former BC Volksfront leader) had been visiting when he got into a near fatal motorcycle accident. And we know that he still keeps up on the state of the movement, as we copies of emails sent by Long to some of the more contemporary members of the movement dating to the 2000s. So while he might not be active anymore, he certainly hasn't changed his views. And when Keegstra died Long (eventually) decided to break his silence as well.

Actually, Western historians generally agreed that the number of Jews who died in Auschwitz numbered between 800,000 and 1.35 million since at least 1961 and the Soviet numbers had been long discarded, but why should we expect revisionists like Long to be accurate?

Paul Fromm also got around to posting a eulogy of sorts, but we aren't sure that yet another one of Paulie's  self-promoting missives is really all that necessary here.

While Keegstra's obscurity is telling, it is also fitting. And so is the fact that his remaining contemporaries will eventually follow him, some likely sooner than others. Ernst Zundel is 75, Long has to be at least in his 70s,  and Don Andrews is around 72. John Beattie, someone who sounds to be in the early stages of dementia, is in his early 70s (UPDATE: Beattie is 72) and Paul Fromm in his mid 60s. Another 10, 15 years....

There will come a point when these men too will shuffle off their mortal coil and their names forgotten. We find this fact to be a comforting one.

More Lemire Connections

A friend forwarded us a number of interesting screen shots from some of the hacked emails, including those from Kermit the Frog impersonator Bill Noble.

Back in late 2004, former WCFU co-founder and leader Glenn Bahr decided that he was going to engage in a massive (from his standpoint) flyering campaign to get out the "White Nationalist" message which would take place on January 15, 2005:

On this Stormfront thread, Bahr and other "White Nationalists" discuss how they will proceed and, once the campaign was over, brag about the success:

August 2009 Bits and Bites

Well it looks as if Terry Tremaine (left) has been released from jail under strict conditions:

Man facing charge of promoting hatred released from custody, but Internet use curbed

By Anne Kyle, Leader-PostAugust 28, 2009

REGINA — While Terrence Cecil Tremaine gained his freedom on Friday, his ability to post messages on the Internet has been fettered by the courts.

Provincial Court Judge Ross Moxley told the court it was not his role to denounce or make pronouncements on the views published or held by the former University of Saskatchewan lecturer but to determine whether Tremaine should be released from custody.

Tremaine, 61, who is facing a charge of promoting hatred, was back in custody for allegedly breaching a condition of his release that he not post messages on the Internet.

He was released on the original promotion of hate charge on the condition that he not make posting on the Internet since that charge alleged he posted racist comments against Jews on a white supremacist website between Feb. 1, 2004 and Nov. 1, 2007.

Tremaine was arrested this summer and charged with breaching that bail condition on July 22. The nature of that offence was not mentioned during his brief video-conference appearance in Regina Provincial Court on Friday.

Moxley noted that Tremaine does not pose a risk to the public safety and has no criminal history and no previous breach of court orders and has expressed a desire and intention to comply with the court order.

The judge agreed to release Tremaine on the condition that he not own, possess or access any computers or other electronic devices that can access the Internet. He is also prohibited from attending any public places where he can access Internet services.

The matter was set over for a preliminary hearing on Oct. 19, however, Legal Aid lawyer Gene Josephson advised the court that he was seeking leave to withdraw as Tremaine's lawyer. He has obtained other counsel, Josephson said, suggesting that the matters simply be adjourned to that date.

-with files from Heather Polischuk

These conditions, of course, have resulted in the usual crying and gnashing of teeth from the usual suspects. Paul Fromm opines that:

These conditions will hobble Mr. Tremaine's preparation for his preliminary hearing in October on "hate law" (Sec. 319) charges about his Internet postings. The charge followed a complaint by arch complainer Richard Warman, whose compalints also led to Sec. 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act charges against Mr. Tremaine and to the loss of his job at the University of Saskatchewan. "Mr. Tremaine is almost condemned to unemployment as many jobs are advertised online and applications received online."

And Doug Christie, who will be representing Tremaine at his upcoming trail (there's a shock for you, eh?) caterwauls:

"The system says: 'You're free, but you're not allowed to breathe.'"

So now Internet access is as important as breathing? Mr. Tremaine spent the better part of 40 years without the Internet. We think he'll manage to survive. But then Paulie needs something to complain about. And to think not too long ago he was crowing about the trial against Tremaine being adjourned indefinitely.

Fromm and co. believe that the reasons why Tremaine got into trouble again is because he posted his defense on Stormfront after the trial was postponed. Bill Noble even created a website in support of the "political prisoner" which claims as such:

Sometime on August 6th, 2009, Terry Tremaine was once again arrested and imprisoned, this time without bail, due to an alleged violation of an imposed restriction against posting on the Internet, apparently in response to this post on Stormfront.org.

There's nothing alleged about the violation; it's there for everyone to see. However, we have a feeling that the arrest of Mr. Tremaine had less to do with this single violation of the terms of his release and more to do with his continuous violations on his blog:

The screen shot indicates his last post on his blog. In total, Tremaine posted 16 articles between May and June of this year. So while a single violation of the terms of his bail is bad enough, we think that articles with titles such as, "The Khazar Hoax" (though the real hoax is the lie Tremaine and his ilk perpetuate), "The Jews Are Our Misfortune" and "Hitler’s Great ‘Prophecy’" may have had something to do with Tremaine's most recent arrest as well.

And, of course, Paulie finishes his pity party for Terry Tremaine with a request for.... oh, why don't you guess?

Mr. Tremaine is unemployed and penniless. He needs your support for his defence fund to fight the hate law charges this fall.

A request for money? From Paul Fromm? No way!

Hey, speaking of Paulie, he's been running around Canada on his "free speech" speaking tour:



Hmmm, and just how racist ARE you Paul? Anyways, while Paulie likes to style himself as an advocate for freedom of speech, well, in reality it's only for some people. And those are people who agree with him. Note how Paulie's tune changes when people whom he doesn't care for call him and his friends to task:



Paul is referring to our friends at Nazi Watch Canada. In fact there were no threats and nothing libelous, but we can see that Paulie really is for free speech.... unless you are critical of him or his friends. Friends such Volksfront:


Fromm has spoken at a number of Volksfront functions throughout the years, such as the speaking engagement in 2005:


We guess that Paulie approves of the speech of the members of this particular group. Would you, our dear reader, like to see what that speech looks like? Well we're happy to provide you with the words of Todd Conroy, former leader of Volksfront Canada (he also posted on Stormfront and other hate sites as "mav0ric"):





You might be thinking, "well, that's the former leader of Volksfront Canada and I'm sure their views have changed." Okay, well how about the posts by B.G, former associate of the Tri-City Skins and, based on our most recent information, the current leader of Volksfront Canada?"

For those unfamiliar with who David Lane is, he was a member of the White Supremacist terrorist organization known to most as "The Order" which was involved in a number of bank robberies and at least one high profile murder back in the early and mid 1980s.


Ah, the Kosher Tax myth. Can't have an anti-Semitic rant without referencing the Kosher Tax lie. But we digress.



Robert Matthews was the founder of, "The Order." He died in a fire during a stand-off with the police.

These last two are indeed interesting. It would seem that they mirror Paulie's views on interracial marriage:


So Paulie doesn't like this?

Or this?

Or this?

Or this?

Or this?

Or,.... oh, we think that's enough.

We'll write more about the other groups Paulie speaks to in later articles.

Not that we want to poke a hornet's nest.

But we thought we'd post some of the recent war of words that have taken place on this blog between the Aryan Guard and Volksfront.

In no particular order:

There will be no beatings in British Columbia, should the Aryan Guard choose to "expand". British Columbia is a soft foothold for the renegade Blood and Honor and Volksfront, led by none-other than a person we will call "Kevin", who had fled Eastern Canada due to his connections with CSIS, and his father, a JOG police agent.

Aryan Guard vs. Volksfront Canada?

Before getting to the main event, we continue our long running saga detailing the dispute between Tom Trenerry and John Marleau. In this exciting episode, we learn about the origin of the rather heated disagreement between these erstwhile allies:

We think that Tom actually hurt John's feelings here. John seems upset that Tom has continues to make fun of him because of John's weight problem. True, that's a low blow. What we could rather Tom comment on is John's apparent inability to bond with a woman who isn't under the age of 16. That, our dear readers, is truly sad.

At this point, we have to admit that the Trenerry and Marleau spat has grown predictable, tiresome, and boring. Until something more exciting occurs, we're not going to tune in to their minstral show any longer. Changing the chanel.

What has interested us is the rising tension between the Aryan Guard on one side, and the "A" brothers and Volksfront on the other. We have earlier discussed the online fight resulting from comments made by D.A. on the Stormfront, Blood and Honour, and Aryan Guard Forums (here and here). Soon after posting the second to the two articles, we received the following message, presumably from someone close to the Aryan Guard, if not a member himself:

Aryan Nations in Saskatchewan? Not so fast.

At one time the Aryan Nations had a more high profile presence in Canada. The Canadian branch of the Idaho-based hate group was led by Terry Long. After staging a rally in Provost, Alberta (AryanFest) in 1990, the movement in Canada fell apart due to some high profile criminal incidents. In Saskatchewan, the Klan member and who was leader of the province's Aryan Guard group was named Carney Nerland. Nerland was arrested and convicted in the death of Leo LaChance, a Native trapper who was shot by Nerland in January 1991. That same year Long was implicated in an attack against Keith Rutherford by skinheads that left Rutherford blind in one eye.

After leaving prison Nerland disappeared and hasn't been heard of in the media. Long moved from Alberta to BC, was divorced by his wife, and except for his relationship with Todd Conroy, former leader of Volksfront Canada, has also remained silent since the mid 1990s. There were some half-hearted efforts to start up the Aryan Nations in Central Canada in 2003 (Andrew Talbot and Joe Subic were the only two active members at the time) but all have appeared to have been for naught.

Then, we came across this:


So, what's the story?

Jody Issel of Regina, Saskatchewan looks as if he's trying to restart the Aryan Nation's in Saskatchewan based upon the poorly constructed website he set up. Unfortunately, he's run into a few problems. First, there doesn't look like there's more than a handful of people associated with his little gang. That's minor compared to the other issue. It seems that none of the groups in the United States who claim to be the true Aryan Nations (as the hate group splintered after losing it's Idaho compound in a law suit and the death of Richard Butler) know who this group is.

Not that we care, but if you're going to claim to be an official branch of the Aryan Nations, shouldn't you let the head office know about you? There are reports that the various factions in the United States aren't pleased that their name is being used without their permission. Also, we're interested to know how long this hate site will be hosted by GeoCities which has a policy of not allowing hate sites to use their system.