On Saturday, the former chief executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Bernie Farber, tweeted: "Large anti-Semitic rally in Hungary by Fascist, Jobbik Party. Same Hungary that Immigration Min Kenny says is a safe country."

Hungary's rising and increasingly powerful extreme right Jobbik Party organized the rally to coincide with the World Jewish Congress (WJC) holding its plenary assembly in Budapest.

 The Conservative Hungarian governing Party, Fidesz, headed by Prime Minister Victor Orban, formally disassociates itself from Jobbik's extremism.

Oh my -- quelle horreur! -- naughty Britons still appalled by the depredations visited upon their country by Margaret Thatcher's government have shocked and appalled the world by pushing "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead!" to the top of the charts.

In case you missed it, the former British prime minister, who was in office from 1979 to 1990, died on Monday at 87. But it took until yesterday for the song from the Wizard of Oz -- an apt metaphor itself for the operational side of neocon governments everywhere -- to mischievously reach No. 1 on the British Broadcasting Corp.'s weekly music chart.

Apologies are coming fast and furious from Ezra Levant and Sun News Network. Just this week, there have been apologies for comments made about the publication Vancouver Observer and for a rant directed against the Roma people. Our parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg, who has been closely following the story of Roma refugees in Canada, has uncovered information about just how close Levant actually came to facing prosecution for hate crimes over his comments about the Roma. The office of the Attorney General of Ontario was contacted for comment on this story, but did not reply by deadline. 

Avast, Matey! Alberta Opposition Leader Danielle Smith has signed on to ship out with a group of Sun News Network bloviators aboard the Holland-America Line's MV Minnow for Ezra Levant's "Freedom Cruise" in August.

It has not yet been announced if Smith will play the role of Mary Ann or Ginger aboard the Alaska-bound excursion. 

Sun News commentator Brian Lilley is likely, it is said here, to be cast in the role of Gilligan opposite Levant's natural portrayal of the Skipper. And the Professor? Everybody's crossing their fingers for a surprise cameo by Tom Flanagan. The Fraser Institute mailing list will supply undeserving millionaires.