Leaderboard

I am highly skeptical that the woman who was a graphic designer from Alberta and left Canada in 2014 to be an obedient ISIS wife and claims she had never heard of ISIS and knew nothing about them.

Andrew Scheer doesn't have the commanding form of a leader. He may be smart and informed and may make an excellent leader . . . . he just doesn't project that image. Justin Trudeau is the worst thing that has happened to my country in a very long while.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/citizens-of-the-dying-caliphate-recount-life-under-isis/vi-BBTltR1?ocid=spartandhp Watched this video interview with 2 Canadian women who went to Syria for ISIS and now want to come back. When asked if they regret doing what they did, they both respond No. One says she doesn't regret it because she has her beautiful children and the other doesn't regret because she is an obedient wife.

I'm talking about human morals and ethics not military training and discipline. How much respect do you think the Canadians who saw our allies raping little kids in Afghanistan were able to command while doing nothing to stop it?

Yeah good times. Even at the worst of times it was the best of times, cause you always had your buds around to smoke and joke about it with, so long as you didn't end up in detention barracks, it was all good.

Not me, Canadian. Is jumping the gun and not knowing reality and whom is your enemy the reasons why you and your messed up theology leads the world in terrorist attacks?

Including mine. I was prepared to go to my death as necessary in defence of the Fulda Gap, but not eager.

True. Saved so many lives we cannot begin to count.

As Einstein gave us the bomb, whatever his reasons were, all is forgiven.

Definitely agree with that one. Gandhi was the same. Brilliant but all over the place.

I am military unarmed combat qualified, but quite sure when the M.O. of deranged spouse come to murder his ex wife and even his children presents, Bruce Lee will not be able to save them. One of the most despicable aspects of Gun Grabbers, is how they insist on single women being left defenseless in the face of the Homo Sapiens Sapiens Apex Predator male.

The purpose of the Canadian restricted class firearm is obviously not hunting, the only animal a Colt Canada C8 is intended to hunt, is the Homo Sapiens Sapiens Apex Predator. Sport shooting with a Colt Canada C8 is obviously for only one thing as well, to maintain your proficiency as a tactical shooter. Thus, the Canadian restricted class license invokes an armed militia inherently. The only difference is that British militias are only in allowance of the law, whereas in America the right shall not be infringed. Other than the five round magazine capacity limit, here is no practical difference between a restricted class Colt Canada C8 and an American made AR15. Same gun, one is just made in Kitchener Ontario. Five round magazine capacity should not discourage you from being a tactical shooter, first thing you're going to have to master is changing mags on the fly anyways.

Jim you are quite correct. Ironically Einstein was neither a nationalist or any type of militarist. A lot of people to this day mistake is role with the role of Robert Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer of course after WW2 ended was Chair of the General Advisory Committee of the US Atomic Energy and publically advocated strict control of nuclear weapons and the US government because of revoked his security clearance. He was made a persona non grata. Einstein's views as to pacifism were well known and well enunciated. For anyone to say he was not sure of himself or his political views is absolutely incorrect. He spent many papers, interviews and talks on the concept of God and world peace. He referred to God in an abstract way as the source of the energy very much like Spinoza. He was against the notion of people praying to a personal God out of fear and saw all life forms and energy interconnected and so ethics as being the conduct of humans to be determined by us as to how we wanted to help or harm the world in our individual or group decisions. He was a scientist not a politician and as such transcended rigid ideological arguments calling on black and white positions. He believed in using logic and objective methodology to establish positions of understanding not emotions based on fear or pride. He was against the use of any weapons and so was Oppenheimer for that matter. To suggest they were pro guns or pro weapons is nonsense. For that matter, Harry Truman who authorized the use of the two nuclear bombs was the same man who personally confronted Curtis E. Lemay of the US Air Force and General McCarthur in Korea who both demanded he use the nuclear bomb against China. Curtis E. Lemay the head of the US Air Force and some say was the character Dr. Strangelove referred to in that movie, was actually put down by Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, and Kennedy when he would try argue the use of the nuclear bomb in Vietnam or in a war against Russia. Eisenhower, then Kissinger in fact were the primary reasons Israel did not use nuclear weapons in a pre-emptive strike against Russia in the 50's, 60's and 70's. We've come far closer than people think to nuclear war and some of the people we think are war mongers were in fact the ones preventing these wars. I find if you could take someone who advocates the use of a gun and make them clean up the brains of someone blown to bits-it changes their opinion a lot of times. I would like to take everyone who advocates the use of weapons to clean up the bodies and put the parts in bags and label them. People who advocate the use of guns are never soldiers or police or emergency personnel, physicians, its usually people who fear others and feel the gun gives them protection. Its a fallacy of clean people. People with blood and body parts sprayed on them don't think that way. I always argue only soldiers and police are trained and can properly understand just how last resort weapons are and how they are not some panacea or Viagra for instant strength and power. If someone really wants to defend themselves they need to learn martial arts-the first thing it will teach them is to walk away and only use as much force as is necessary to contain if that becomes necessary. The primal need to have a gun is nothing more than a homo sapien demanding a club to bash someone in the head with. Its time we walk upright. This has nothing to do with leftist or rightist ideology and everything to do with discipline and learning to control primal instincts. Leftist and rightist ideologies have both embraced weapons and violence. People like Einstein and Oppenheimer were not either. They were scientists caught in a world where politicians wanted to use their knowledge for the wrong reasons requiring like Truman they make choices at certain times as to which use of the weapon would cause the least damage not the most damage. Truman's horrid decisions were right. Far more innocent people would have died in a continuing war in Japan. People also forget carpet bombings like in Dresden, Germany were psychologically as devastating as the nuclear bombs in Japan. Some people question if they were necessary,. Some argue it was the only way to get Germany to surrender. Weapons come in many forms. Bibles for example. The problem is guns have the most immediate effect. Words can be devastating but take longer to deliver and sink in. Show me a person who wants a gun and I will show you someone with small genitals except Annie Oakley. I learned how to use a gun. I think target practice or skeet shooting is a great hobby. Genuine hunters I have no problem with having rifles. They are a necessity to eat and in the event an animal is rabid, etc. Go run around a city shooting at people you need the gun stuffed up butt and shot off. Regards, John Wayne Annie Oakley Chuck Heston Jed Clampett

“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.” Albert Einstein

I am ok with that notion.

Rest assured that many members have received warnings for crossing the beams. If we make the moderator have to clean up a mess or turn on the blue lights, it will usually come with a warning. If you only have one or two warnings, please consider it a proper initiation to the group and badge for spirited engagement.

Hammer came down, and that is all. Like in hockey, one must accept the ref's decision and move on.

We do not, and cannot, know how genuine democracy will come to Iran. It may come via a general strike, followed by an insurrection, which would necessarily cost many lives. But there are a myriad of other paths. Note that most of the dictatorships in Europe and Latin America in the last fifty years were replaced more or less peacefully: Spain, Portugal, Greece, Chile, Argentina, Guatemala .... This happens when the great majority of civil society decided that the old order must go. In Iran, a large section of the population believes this -- but there is also a large section which does not -- at least not right now. Time is on the side of the democrats. In the meantime, people outside of Iran who want to see more democracy and liberalization there should do everything to support peaceful dissidents in that country, by publicizing their existence, bringing the attention of the world community to injustices committed there, and to helping to integrate Iran into the world. (For example, cultural exchanges would be a great step forward.) There are a lot of myths about Iran. This is a great, ancient civilization, with a population which has enormous potential to play a leading role in the intellectual and economic progress of humanity. It's not an Islamist North Korea. A good first step, for those for whom it is possible, would be to subscribe to some Iranian blogs -- there are many -- and maybe even to visit the place sometime.

Germany is a wonderful place but it wasn’t always. America has a demagogue that is destroying their country. A major set back no doubt.

per Capita means for every 100,000 people. if Canada had 100 thousand people and America had a 100,000 people canada has 2.1 gun deaths america 10.3 per capita is grade 5 math buddy.