David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Is political gun violence on Canada’s...
Sarah Palin’s notorious “target” chart. Below: Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in 2008; Ms. Palin herself; mug shot of Jared Lee Loughner. Last year’s North American political news cycle...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: The Conservative Mantra: Statistics? We Don’t...
The title of this post, meant to evoke the misquote of the Mexican bandits as they prepare to eliminate Fred Dobbs, the miscreant protagonist of The Treasure of the Seirra Madre played by Humphrey...
View ArticleDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Are there really 287,000 law-abiding...
A strong market in central Canada for raccoon coats like the one worn by this man accounts for the large number of urban trappers who live in Metropolitan Toronto, law-abiding gun owners who account...
View ArticleDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber on the...
Edmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber, in naval costume, gets off some potshots with a Glock, or something. Below: Another shot Brent in a military getup. Note the flag, I swear I dragged this photo...
View ArticleBigCityLib Strikes Back: Savvy Move By Mulcair; Dumb One By LPoC
While the bill to end the controversial registry received royal assent in Ottawa last Thursday, the NDP’s newly minted leader vows to bring it back if he becomes Prime Minister. Speaking on the Radio...
View ArticleDriving The Porcelain Bus: NDP MP Bruce Hyer Quits and Then Wants Back In
Okay, wouldn’t it have made sense for Hyer to discuss his concerns with Mulcair BEFORE taking an extreme action that he now obviously regrets? All of this only shows poor judgment on Hyer’s part. Hyer...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: How far will Prime Minister Stephen Harper go with separatists...
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, with Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois … or something very much like that. The politicians pictured above may not be exactly as illustrated in real life. Below:...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Thanks to a murderous nut, long gun registry will be Harper’s...
Gavrilo Princip under arrest in Sarajevo in 1914. But a speedy arrest wasn’t enough to avert a long war. Below, Quebec Premier Designate Pauline Marois. If you think about it – and you can bet on it...
View ArticleBigCityLib Strikes Back: Trudeau and Garneau On Guns
I have been pondering the recent policy reverals on the long-gun registry from LPoC leadership candidates Justin Trudeau and, now, Marc Garneau. I actually don’t find Justin’s response that hard to...
View ArticleBoreal Citizen: Occupy the MP Party / A Harper Year in Review
Parliament is winding down, and it’s getting close to Christmas…do you know where your politicians are? Most likely they’re boarding a plane and heading back home to sip egg nog with their...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Freedom from gun terror: why understanding American history...
An American militia in 1773 … before they were well regulated and illustrating why they needed to be. Most militia units, said Gen. George Washington, were “totally unacquainted with every kind of...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Minuscule Canadian Taxpayers Federation in running for ‘Turfy...
Former Canadian Taxpayers Federation Alberta Director Scott Hennig, now the group’s Communications VP, in a nice AstroTurf-coloured sweater at last weekend’s Ottawa conference of the Manning Centre for...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Former Tory strategist Allan Gregg rips Harper Cons’...
A couple of old guys born just before the last King passed on, one of them your blogger, the other the pollster and former Tory strategist Allan Gregg. Below: Mr. Gregg in his iconoclastically...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Warning to Canadians: Reefer Madness in Colorado and...
Your intrepid blogger with one of the wholesome and touristic murals of Legal, Alberta – evidence Civilization As We Know It survives in Canada, thank goodness! Note the crowds of tourists. Below:...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: With floodwaters rising again, will Sun News Network renew its...
Sun News Network columnist Lorne Gunter is presented an award by National Firearms Association President Sheldon Clare for his commentary on the so-called “High River Gun Grab.” (Grabbed from the NFA’s...
View ArticleThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: A Dangerous Change In Law
In his latest abuse of the legislative processes, Harper has slide a particularly slimy bit into the 2015 budget implementation bill: The Harper government moved to retroactively rewrite Canada’s...
View ArticleThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: A Dangerous Change In Law
In his latest abuse of the legislative processes, Harper has slide a particularly slimy bit into the 2015 budget implementation bill: The Harper government moved to retroactively rewrite Canada's...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: What makes sense for pill presses in Alberta doesn’t make...
PHOTOS: An illegal pill press, with illegal firearms (Australian Broadcasting Corporation photo). Below: Progressive Conservative MLA Mike Ellis and NDP MLA Deb Drever (Edmonton Journal photo). Hmmmm…...
View ArticleThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: A Dangerous Change In Law
In his latest abuse of the legislative processes, Harper has slide a particularly slimy bit into the 2015 budget implementation bill: The Harper government moved to retroactively rewrite Canada’s...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Alberta’s statement on Ottawa’s gun ban illustrates how...
Jason Kenney marked May 1 with a message to the Conservative base complaining about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decisive move in the wake of the murderous shooting rampage in Portapique, Nova...
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