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Canada Gun Prevalence and Crime Inversely Related

September 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

From The Telegram:

If the federal government’s numbers are right, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are Canada’s most heavily armed citizens, but also its least trigger-happy.
According to the most recent numbers from the Canada Firearms Centre, the province has 70,977 registered firearms. Statistics Canada’s latest numbers estimate the province’s population at 508,270. That’s one gun for every 7.2 [...]

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Tags: Canada · Crime/Law · Government · Guns

Necklace Deemed To Dangerous For Air Travel

June 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

From the USAToday:

That’s the headline from the Toronto Star which is reporting that Marnina Norys, a 39-year-old Ph.D. student in Canada, was stopped by security and prohibited from wearing her necklace into the terminal.
Last week, security officials at Kelowna International Airport in British Columbia forced Norys to remove a silver necklace with a pendant in [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Canada · Government · Guns · Terrorism

Universal Healthcare Horror Stories

May 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Many of you are planning to vote for either Hillary or Barack simply because they’ve promised to give you “free” healthcare - or more aptly put, healthcare paid for by your friends and neighbors. And many of you will gleefully point to Canada as a shining example of how healthcare in the US should [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Canada · Government · Health · The Left

Blame Urban Culture, Not Urban Guns

June 14th, 2007 · Comments Off

From canada.com via Front Sight, Press:

Sometimes I wonder whether Toronto Mayor David Miller actually listens to himself talk.
Probably not.
Nothing original ever issues forth from the man’s mouth. Instead, he seems only to function as a funnel for every fashionable theory about “root causes” and social engineering advanced in the past quarter century.
Consider the drivel His [...]

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Tags: Canada · Crime/Law · Government · Guns · The Left

The Global Warming Hysteria Has Now Become Ridiculous

March 12th, 2007 · Comments Off

Michael Graham Richard has just published a guide on “how to green your sex life” so that your lovemaking won’t cause global warming. I’m not kidding.

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Tags: Canada · Global Warming · Strange/Funny · The Left

Finally An Intelligent Solution To Global Warming

March 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

A former Canadian defense minister is demanding governments worldwide disclose and use secret alien technologies obtained in alleged UFO crashes to stem climate change.

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Tags: Canada · Global Warming · Strange/Funny

Universal Health Care Wait Times In Canada

January 31st, 2007 · Comments Off

Trackposted to Perri Nelson’s Website, Cao’s Blog, The Bullwinkle Blog, third world county, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, and Jo’s Cafe, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.
Universal Health Care - Single Payer Health Care - Socialized Medicine
Different phrases, all with the same meaning. Something the Left has been threatening to unleash on the US [...]