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Ottawa attack: MPs fashioned spears while Harper whisked into closet
The Globe and Mail ^
| 10/23/14
| Steven Chase
Posted on 10/25/2014 7:02:16 PM PDT by Haiku Guy
Stephen Harper spent about 15 minutes hidden in a Parliament Hill closet after a gunman stormed Centre Block where he and the rest of the Conservative caucus were guarded by MPs who’d fashioned sharp spears from flagpoles, sources say.
After they heard gunfire outside their meeting room door Wednesday, members of Parliament snapped close to 15 flagpoles to make weapons.
Some positioned themselves on risers that flanked doors, ready to attack an assailant.
(Excerpt) Read more at theglobeandmail.com ...
TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: badass; banglist; canada; guncontrol; jihad; jihadists; stephenharper; terrorism; waronterror
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Something in the water up there in Ottawa. We should bottle it and ship it to our politicians in Washington DC.
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:02:16 PM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
To: Haiku Guy
Looks like everybody drank their Badass Juice at breakfast that morning...
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:02:59 PM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(Health Care Haiku: If You Have a Right / To the Labor I Provide / I Must Be Your Slave)
To: Haiku Guy
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:03:18 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
To: SgtHooper
Canada have really strict gun control laws
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:05:02 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: SgtHooper
I don’t think even the Texas Legislature is armed while in session.
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:05:13 PM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(Health Care Haiku: If You Have a Right / To the Labor I Provide / I Must Be Your Slave)
To: SgtHooper
No guns? WTH!It was a gun free zone.
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:05:32 PM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: Haiku Guy
Another indicator of the suicide of the West:
The muslim savage attacks with a Western-made modern firearm, the First Worlders defend themselves with hand-fashioned spears.
To: FatherofFive
Except for the assailant of course.
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:09:08 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Haiku Guy
...or, they could give their guards a few rounds of ammunition...
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:09:19 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Haiku Guy
It would have been interesting to see a second assailant impaled with a Canadian flag pole.
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:12:06 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
To: KarlInOhio
It would have been interesting to see a second assailant impaled with a Canadian flag pole. Someone bring a knife/machete/hacksaw....and hoist the head on the flagpole ....and leave it at the front gate as a warning to others,
Islamics only understand medieval response.
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:15:57 PM PDT
by
spokeshave
(He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
To: KarlInOhio
"It would have been interesting to see a second assailant impaled with a Canadian flag pole. "
... I have one particular orifice in mind when I think of a flag pole sticking out of a terrorist
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:17:03 PM PDT
by
FunkyZero
(... I've got a Grand Piano to prop up my mortal remains)
To: Meet the New Boss; All
Succint observation that deserves repeating.
<<< Another indicator of the suicide of the West:
<<< The muslim savage attacks with a Western-made modern firearm, the First Worlders defend themselves with hand-fashioned spears.
It’s become Bizarro World.
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:22:42 PM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
(What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
To: Haiku Guy; a fool in paradise; Lazamataz
So when Muslims attack... the Canadians tear down their own flags?
That just seems wrong somehow.
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:23:38 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: spokeshave
I have a mental image of Canadian politicians in suits putting up a flag that is impaled in a terrorist corpse... sort of like the Marines on Iwo Jima.
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:25:18 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: FunkyZero
Reminds me on this infamous editorial cartoon by The Toronto Sun's Andy Donato which he did during Iran hostage crisis era.
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:25:57 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: MESHUGAMIKEY
See the previous post for a suggestion for a graphic.
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:27:29 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: FunkyZero
Something like this?
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:36:04 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
To: Haiku Guy; Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; ...
To all- please ping me to Canadian topics.
Canada Ping!
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posted on
10/25/2014 7:38:00 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
To: spokeshave
Some decades ago a guy tried to hijack an Eqyptian airliner. The copilot killed him with a fire ax.
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