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Senate Scandal: The Federal Conservative Failure

Rookie Ottawa Constable claims she was shot, sparks massive manhunt, but did she really shoot herself?

What does Jay-Walking have to do with Liberty?

Paying for Our Own Cultural Destruction

RCMP Constable Harley Gillman Guilty of Fraud but kept on the Force

US Department of Justice: We don’t need no stinking warrants

Colorado Learns the Hard Lesson that Political Decisions Have Consequences

May 12, 2013

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US State Department Gets Knickers In a Twist over 3D Printable Handgun

Earlier this week Cody Wilson, the founder of Defense Distributed, made history by creating a single-shot firearm using a 3D printer and then firing it. Personally, I find this absolutely fascinating and a marvel of human ingenuity. Wilson, often referred to in the press as “the radical libertarian and anarchist founder of Defense Distributed” successfully [...]

May 11, 2013

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Australian Town Gets Lesson in Privacy Rights

It’s astounding to see the Australian town of Nowra’s network of CCTV cameras shut off because they violated the privacy rights of its citizens. Shoalhaven City Council violated several parts of the Privacy and Personal Information Act and as a result, they were ordered to shut down their CCTV network. Oddly, all it took was [...]

May 10, 2013

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Aurora City Council Issues Formal Apology to Bloggers

In a truly astounding gesture, Aurora City Council formally voted to apologize for its role in the SLAPP lawsuit filed by former Aurora Mayor Phyllis Morris. I’ve written about this case many times before, so I was thrilled to see this announcement land in my mailbox this week. A Resounding SLAPP in the face for [...]

May 9, 2013

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Rumblings in the Distance

by Frank Hilliard In the back alleys of Cairo artisans are making what they have always made in times of crisis in countries in turmoil; weapons. It’s good to keep this in mind because we in the West tend to lose track of reality in the fog of political platitudes and shock of obscene events. [...]

May 8, 2013

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Stupidity and Facebook Don’t Mix, but Stupidity and Criminal Charges Do

In our age of hyper self-absorption it’s easy for some to rationalize their way into the craziest (and stupidest) of actions. Cameron D’Ambrosio, a young would-be rapper, discovered the high price of public stupidity after an offensive Facebook post garnered him not the fame he craved, but an arrest and terrorism charges instead. Lawrence District [...]

May 6, 2013

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Arthur Topham’s Legal Woes Continue for Daring to use his Right to Freedom of Speech

From the beginning Arthur Topham’s case puzzled me. Charging Mr. Topham with “wilfully promoting hatred” under Section 319(2) of the Criminal Code of Canada seemed excessive given he already faces charges under Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act. What makes Arthur Topham so scary? In today’s world, where we value “hurt feelings” over [...]

May 5, 2013

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Canada’s Broken Parliamentary System

How quickly our elected representatives forget the source of their power: we mere citizens. I often joke that Members of Parliament are not our representatives to Ottawa but Ottawa’s representatives to us. It’s a joke, a cruel one at best, and it’s on us. “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the [...]

May 4, 2013

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Ministry of Truth: British Filmmaker Richard Symons Attempt at Holding Politicians Accountable for Lying

I discovered a brilliant documentary from Britain titled “Ministry of Truth.” The filmmaker, Richard Symons, is appalled that politicians can lie to the public with impunity. He wanted to bring their rampant hypocrisy to light and interviewed numerous British politicians for the documentary. He starts by asking each politician where they derive their power. “From [...]

May 3, 2013

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Infamous RCMP Thug Geoff Mantler is Finally Sentenced… to a Joke on Us

It’s taken a long time but that infamous thug and former (Thank God!) RCMP Constable Geoff Mantler was finally sentenced for brutally kicking Buddy Tavares in the face. Like Benjamin (Monty) Robinson before him in his obstruction of justice trial for killing Orion Hutchinson, Canada’s justice system protects those who wear the venerable red serge, no [...]

May 2, 2013

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Sheldon Clare and the NFA Barking up the Wrong Tree?

On April 23, 2013, Sheldon Clare and the National Firearms Association (NFA) issued a press release titled “Charging Fees to Avoid a Criminal Charge is Bad Policy”. Sheldon Clare opens that press release saying, “Charging a fee for people to avoid a criminal charge is simply wrong.” While that may absolutely be true, it’s also [...]

April 29, 2013

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In Canada “Hurt Feelings” Trump Actual Rights

Thomas Paine wrote, in one of his famous Cato Letters, the following statement: He who dares not offend cannot be honest. Thomas Paine lived in a time where honesty was a valued commodity. The notion that truth was not relevant never occurred to Paine and nor should it. In a sane and rational nation there [...]

April 27, 2013

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Some People Despise Liberty and they’ll say or do anything to take yours away too

It would seem Toronto’s Ron Charach didn’t get cuddled enough by his mommy when he was young, or perhaps he had no strong manly figure around to teach him what it means to be, well, manly. Whatever the failings of Mr. Charach’s upbringing may be, they combined to create a man who utterly despises personal [...]