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Canada spy agency unwittingly seeks double agent in Le Carré ad gaffe

CSIS included quote from A Perfect Spy in tweet about job postings, bewildering Twitter usersFor an intelligence agency seeking new recruits, the promises of adventure and intrigue found within the pages of famous spy novels might seem like a useful recruiting tool.But promoting a double agent who lies to his family, betrays his country and ultimately takes his own life, is possibly not a strategy that will produce the best candidates. Continue reading...
Tags: Books, Americas, World news, Canada, Espionage, John Le Carre, Le Carre, CSIS

NSSF: Canada Gun Confiscation ‘In the Coming Months’

By Larry Keane The United States’ northern neighbor is bracing for firearm confiscation. iStock-1169526109 U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- The Great Northern Gun Grab is about to begin. The United States’ northern neighbor is bracing for firearm confiscation. What would seem unthinkable just a couple of years ago is now planned to radically shift gun ownership on America’s doorstep in just weeks. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that sweeping new gun control laws would be coming “in months” ...
Tags: Guns, America, Joe Biden, Canada, United States, New Zealand, Vancouver, Liberal party, Parliament, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Justin Trudeau, Ontario, Cbc, Manitoba, Trudeau

POTD: FN F2000 at NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia

The FN F2000 is the standard issue rifle for the Slovenian Armed Forces. In case you think you see it rarely it’s because FN Herstal has stopped the production. It was probably released a few hundred years too early, don’t you think? Soldiers from Slovenia take aim on a range at Camp Adazi, Latvia. Slovenia […] Read More … The post POTD: FN F2000 at NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia appeared first on The Firearm Blog.
Tags: Guns, Defense, Canada, Nato, Slovenia, Latvia, FN Herstal, Photo of the Day, Colt Canada, Leopard 2, Fn2000, Battle Group Latvia, Camp Adazi Latvia Slovenia

This Week on Shooting USA – Hornady Precision Rifle Challenge 2020

Hornady Precision Rifle Challenge 2020 Nashville, TN -(AmmoLand.com)- It’s the second year of the Hornady Precision Rifle Challenge in the hills of Utah, an extraordinary venue for long-range riflery, with competitors challenged by both distance and the Utah winds. Plus, first time training for some of the 5 million new gun owners at Royal Range in Nashville. The objective is to get them shooting safely when some have never fired a personal defense handgun. Then, The Ma Deuce is one of Histor...
Tags: Utah, Usa, Guns, US, Canada, Nashville, Nra, Ma Deuce, Competitive Shooting News, Julie Golob, Shooting USA, Jim Scoutten America, About Shooting USA, More Info USA AIR TIMES, Outdoor Channel Shooting USA, Hornady Precision Rifle Challenge

Canada’s Liberal Government – More Gun Control!

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government introduced a bill with new restrictions and prohibitions on February 16. iStock-1169526109 U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Apparently acting on the impulse that the solution to one irrational gun control proposal is more of the same, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government introduced a bill with new restrictions and prohibitions on February 16. Bill C-21 ​amends the federal ​Criminal Code ​and ​Firearms Act ​by creating new crimes, establis...
Tags: Justice, Guns, Canada, Bill, Alberta, Justin Trudeau, Trudeau, Gun Rights News, NRA-ILA, Institute for Legislative Action ILA, National Rifle Association of America ILA, Bill Blair, Kaycee Madu

New This Week on Shooting USA – Tennessee Cowboy Action

Tennessee Cowboy Action Nashville, TN -(AmmoLand.com)- Get your big hat and strap on your six-guns for Tennessee Cowboy Action. SASS, the Single-Action Shooting Society, is among the most popular of the shooting sports, with regional, national, and international matches, all preserving the history of America’s Old West. And the Tennessee Championship hosts the largest number of competitors of any state match by offering world class competition with guns from the late 1800s. Then it’s more mod...
Tags: Usa, Guns, US, America, Canada, Tennessee, Nra, Sass, Competitive Shooting News, Julie Golob, Shooting USA, Single Action Shooting Society, GAP Grind, Jim Scoutten America, About Shooting USA, More Info USA AIR TIMES

Native American comedy is explored in new book ‘We Had a Little Real Estate Problem’

There’s a joke that comedian Charlie Hill,  the first Native American to do comedy on network television, told on “The Tonight Show” in the 1970s: “I’m Oneida,” Hill said of his tribal affiliation. “My people are from Wisconsin. We used to be from New York. We had a little real estate problem.’ That punchline is now the title of Kliph Nesteroff’s book “We Had a Little Real Estate Problem,” published Feb. 16 from Simon & Schuster, exploring the history of Native Americans and comedy. Nesteroff ...
Tags: Books, New York, Hollywood, Washington, America, Los Angeles, Sport, Things To Do, Canada, Soccer, Williams, Wisconsin, Cleveland, Trump, Department Of The Interior, Hill

Judi Wells This Week on Riding Shotgun With Charlie #93 ~ VIDEO

U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Judi Wells is more than just an “accidental activist”.  She’s an unexpected gun owner, too. She’s a vegetarian, does yoga, and doesn’t like killing spiders, let alone other animals. Go down the checklist of everything you’d expect as an anti-gunner and that’s her, too. Growing up in Canada and California, no one in her family liked shooting or went hunting. They hated guns. Four years ago, it was her husband’s “bucket list” that changed everything. He wanted to buy a g...
Tags: Facebook, Guns, California, Canada, San Diego, Skype, Lincoln Memorial, National Rifle Association, Arlington, Charlie, Judi, Tatiana Whitlock, Shooting Industry News, Dianna Muller, Riding Shotgun With Charlie, Iwo Jima Memorial

This Week on Shooting USA – USPSA Single Stack Nationals

USPSA Single Stack Nationals Nashville, TN -(AmmoLand.com)- This time it’s 1911s in competition at the Classic Single Stack Nationals. It’s a throw-back to the origins of action shooting as conceived and taught by the founder, Jeff Cooper. Plus, the British rifle that enforced the empire at the turn of the century. The Martini-Henry is now one of History’s guns. Then, the CMP Team Match is bringing friends and family to the range for the challenge of shooting out to 600 yards. And Mark Redl h...
Tags: Usa, Guns, US, Canada, Nashville, Nra, Cmp, Jeff Cooper, Competitive Shooting News, Shooting USA, Mark Redl, Single Stack Nationals, Martini-henry, Jim Scoutten America, About Shooting USA, NRA Membership

Hi-Tech Licensing and Registration is Still Just Licensing and Registration

High-tech registration is still registration. IMG NRA-ILA U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Having tried and failed to impose a national firearm licensing and registration scheme on an unwilling American public for more than half a century, gun control advocates have spruced up the policy for the 21st century. In a paper titled “A Decentralized and Encrypted National Gun Registry,” a group of Brown University researchers working with Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) advanced a gun licensing and registration sche...
Tags: Texas, Guns, Jimmy Fallon, Congress, Obama Administration, Nsa, New York City, Brown University, US, San Francisco, Joe Biden, Cnn, Fbi, Canada, United States, Idaho

The Cost of Confiscation: Millions of Dollars, No Sense

Bill Blair, the federal Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, refused to answer questions about a new gun ban’s cost IMG NRA-ILA U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Last November, Bill Blair, the federal Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, refused to answer questions about the costs associated with the Liberal Government’s gun ban and confiscation program imposed by Order-in-Council on May 1, 2020. Minister Blair’s department is responsible for implementing the ban and ov...
Tags: Guns, CDN, Canada, CTF, Justin Trudeau, Blair, RCMP, Gun Rights News, NRA-ILA, Institute for Legislative Action ILA, National Rifle Association of America ILA, Bill Blair, Public Safety Department, Medicine Hat Cardston Warner, Canadian Taxpayers Federation CTF, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

BREAKING: Canadian P320 Withdrawn After Alleged Special Forces Misfire

Canadian media outlets have reported that a member of Canada’s elite Joint Task Force 2 was wounded in the leg when his pistol allegedly misfired. The accident occurred last November when the operator was training with a newly purchased SIG Sauer P320. The variant of the Canadian P320 procured is unknown. BREAKING: Canadian P320 Withdrawn After Alleged […] Read More … The post BREAKING: Canadian P320 Withdrawn After Alleged Special Forces Misfire appeared first on The Firearm Blog.
Tags: News, Guns, Companies, Canada, Breaking News, Sig Sauer, Special Forces, Canadian Army, Joint Task Force, Pistols, JTF2, MIL/LE, Joint Task Force 2

Woven Poetry: Thoughtful and Practical Brooms from Sunhouse Craft in Kentucky

I’m not usually one for Valentine’s Day, but I would take a beautiful broom or well-designed utilitarian implement anytime (as my boyfriend knows—he got me a table crumber one year, Iris Hantverk dish brushes on another occasion; we frequently give each other brushes and scrubbers of all sorts). The latest object of my admiration? Particularly poetic brooms by Sunhouse Craft, “inspired by the timeless traditions of Appalachian crafts, designed and made in the rolling hills of Berea, Kentucky,” r...
Tags: Books, Kentucky, Canada, Brooklyn, Maine, Philadelphia, Cynthia, Shopper's Diary, Minka, Domestic Science, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Berea Kentucky, Brooms & Dustpans, Iris Hantverk, Product Discoveries, Handmade Luxe Brooms

Canada’s C20s get Schmidt & Bender 3-20×50 Ultra Short Scopes in Coyote M17 TAN

According to Schmidt & Bender GmbH, the Department of National Defence in Canada have decided to equip their new C20 semi-automatic precision rifles, made by Colt Canada, with 3-20×50 PMII Ultra Short riflescopes from the German manufacturer. In an order said to be worth CA$8.5 million, the Canadian Army ordered around 300 C20 Semi-Automatic Sniper […] Read More … The post Canada’s C20s get Schmidt & Bender 3-20×50 Ultra Short Scopes in Coyote M17 TAN appeared first on The Firearm Blog.
Tags: Guns, Defense, Canada, Optics, Daily News, SCHMIDT, Department of National Defence, Bender, Canadian Army, Scopes, Cerakote, Colt Canada, Schmidt Bender, MIL/LE, TReMoR3, C20 Semi-Automatic Sniper Weapon

What I Learned Writing a Trilogy

In October 2016, I began writing Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire. It’s about a kid who moves to the mountains of Colorado, where he joins the Rangers. Modeled on the scouts of my youth, Rangers can do some kinda magic things because the forest outside their town is kinda magic. Arlo Finch sold to Roaring Brook/Macmillan as a trilogy, with Valley of Fire debuting in February 2018 and Lake of the Moon the following year. It has spawned thirteen translations published around the world. I’ve toure...
Tags: Europe, Books, Colorado, Author, Fox, Canada, Paris, Harry Potter, Rangers, Projects, New Mexico, Damon Lindelof, Wade, Valley, Damon, J J

This Week on Shooting USA – CMP High Power

CMP High Power Nashville, TN -(AmmoLand.com)- It is the premier match for riflemen in Civilian Marksmanship Program Competition. Rifles only limited by weight, shooting rapid and slow fire for the X-ring at distances out to 600 yards. Plus, a profile of one of the original YouTube stars and his precision shooting. 22 Plinkster changed his entire life from a Burglar Alarm Installer to a highly paid pro shooter with his rimfire shooting skill. Then James Jean has an Impossible Shot that you’ll ...
Tags: Usa, Guns, US, Canada, Nra, James Jean, Army Marksmanship Unit, Competitive Shooting News, Impossible Shots, Shooting USA, United States Army Marksmanship Unit, 22Plinkster, Jim Scoutten America, About Shooting USA, Civilian Marksmanship Program ( CMP, Outdoor Channel Shooting USA

Object of Desire: Hand-Forged “Jewelry” for the Kitchen and Bath from Mi and Gei

Discovered via Casson in Canada: the new (and glamorous) Mi & Gei line of cast brass hardware for the bath and kitchen. According to founder and designer Amandine Schira, “Our name refers to the Japanese folk art movement that highlights everyday objects. We’ve tried to thoughtfully combine French aesthetics with traditional Indian design techniques; the pieces are hand cast in Mumbai, using only recycled brass and bronze salvaged from dismantled boats.” All products are available in three finis...
Tags: Books, Uncategorized, Canada, Mumbai, GEI, Casson, Towel Bar, Mi Gei, Amandine Schira, Brass Waste Bin, Architectural Hardware as House

Fiction prize renamed in honour of Margaret Atwood and late partner Graeme Gibson

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has relaunched its annual fiction award as the Atwood Gibson prize, which Atwood says would have left him ‘very tickled’Margaret Atwood has said that her late partner, the writer Graeme Gibson, would have been “very tickled” that a Canadian literary prize is being renamed after the couple, to honour their “unwavering commitment to supporting Canadian culture”.Gibson, who died in 2019, and Atwood were two of the five co-founders of the Writers’ Trust of Canada in 1976...
Tags: Books, Fiction, Americas, World news, Culture, Canada, Awards and prizes, Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Gibson, Atwood, Graeme Gibson, Writers ' Trust of Canada, Atwood Gibson

New This Week on Shooting USA – The 2020 AG Cup

The 2020 AG Cup Nashville, TN -(AmmoLand.com)- $90,000 is up for grabs at the Armageddon Gear AG Cup. It’s an invitation-only Precision Rifle Tournament with the highest cash payout in the history of the sport. Then Mr. Flintlock is playing with firecrackers to launch targets for his Impossible Shot. And a Pro Tip from Colt Pro Shooter Mark Redl on smoothing out your double-action trigger pull. It’s 6-round practice with the new Colt Python. More Info… USA AIR TIMES Wednesday 9:00 PM Eastern ...
Tags: Usa, Guns, US, Canada, Nra, Competitive Shooting News, Shooting USA, Mark Redl, Jim Scoutten America, About Shooting USA, Mr. Flintlock George Sutton, Colt Pro-Shooter Mark Redl, Outdoor Channel Shooting USA, Sportsman Canada, Armageddon Gear AG Cup, Mr Flintlock

Online music-making with nearly no lag time—really!

Susan Alexander found a way to fill the “big, depressing hole in your life where playing music with other people used to be”—a hole caused by this year’s official restrictions on in-person gatherings to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. That hole grew smaller when this avocational Maryland pianist discovered JamKazam, one of several free music-making software programs that nearly eliminate the annoying lag time in sound transmission that occurs when musicians try to make music together on ...
Tags: Apple, Facebook, Books, Music, New York, Featured, Maryland, Colorado, Virginia, Canada, Dallas, Seattle, Skype, Griffin, Stanford University, Austin Texas

This Week on Shooting USA – USPSA Pistol Caliber Carbine Nationals

The USPSA Pistol Caliber Carbine Nationals Nashville, TN -(AmmoLand.com)-  It is the fastest-growing division in action shooting. PCC is scored on speed and accuracy on the handgun targets used in practical shooting, but employing AR rifles chambered for pistol cartridges, most often 9mm. Plus, searching and finding Civil War History buried in the ground in Tennessee and in the rivers that flowed through the battlefields dividing blue and gray. Then the first upgrade for Agent 007 that is sti...
Tags: Usa, Guns, US, Canada, Tennessee, Nashville, Nra, PCC, Army Marksmanship Unit, Competitive Shooting News, Shooting USA, United States Army Marksmanship Unit, Walther PPK, Jim Scoutten America, About Shooting USA, Sportsman Canada Channel

This Week on Shooting USA – Hornady Precision Hunter Challenge

Hornady Precision Hunter Challenge Nashville, TN -(AmmoLand.com)-  The challenge is for precision rifle shooters at distances only possible in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, with steel targets sized to simulate the vitals of western game animals. Plus, new hunting choices in ammo and firearms. And the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association welcomes today’s modern in-line muzzleloaders to test their skill in long-range hunting competition. Byron Ferguson has an Impossible...
Tags: Usa, Guns, Colorado, US, Canada, Rocky Mountains, Nra, Army Marksmanship Unit, Competitive Shooting News, Shooting USA, Byron Ferguson, United States Army Marksmanship Unit, Jim Scoutten America, About Shooting USA, National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, Sportsman Canada Channel

This Week on Shooting USA – The Hornady 6mm ARC

The Hornady 6mm ARC Nashville, TN -(AmmoLand.com)-  The newest and most effective new cartridge for the AR-15 platform, the Hornady 6mm ARC – Advanced Rifle Cartridge. Plus the Smith & Wesson pressed into service in World War Two. The .45 Victory is now one of History’s Guns. Then an update on our US Shooting Team Members who were training for peak performance at the Tokyo Olympics, who now are waiting for 2021. Hornady 6mm ARC Ammo #ad James Jean serves up an Archery Impossible Shot. And t...
Tags: Usa, Guns, US, Canada, Tokyo, Competitive Shooting News, Shooting USA, United States Army Marksmanship Unit, Jim Scoutten America, About Shooting USA, Sportsman Canada Channel, Outdoor Channel Shooting USA, Sportsman Canada, Hornady 6mm ARC, ARC Nashville TN, 45 Victory

‘Canada’ Armchairs by Ettore Sottsass, Jr.

‘Canada’ Armchairs by Ettore Sottsass, Jr. sold for £49,140 at Phillips The post ‘Canada’ Armchairs by Ettore Sottsass, Jr. appeared first on Chairblog.eu.
Tags: Books, Canada, Phillips, Ettore Sottsass, Armchair, Chair Auction, Phillips (Phillips de Pury & Company, Ettore Sottsass Jr, Canada Armchairs

Catching Up with Org Junkie #9 ~ December 2020 Favorites: Golden Girls Monopoly, Skiing & the Ultimate Family Calendar

Hi friends, here we are at the end of a very hard long year. I’m having trouble processing all my emotions attached to it. If 2020 has taught me anything it’s the importance of living each day fully present in the present. That hasn’t always been easy for me. The world tells us we need to be better, to do better, to try harder and to set all the goals in order to achieve and accomplish all the things. I know that works for some but right now what I need is to just to get to the end of each day k...
Tags: Amazon, Crafts, Facebook, Walmart, Canada, Sarah, Paleo, Favorite Things, Don, Facebook Twitter Pinterest, My Life, Smead, Smead Manufacturing Company, My Amazon Store

Remodelista Greatest Hits 2020: George and Willy’s DIY Urban Cabin (Created from a Tiny 1991 Suburban House)

Remodelista regulars no doubt have admired the work of George & Willy. They’re the charming, young New Zealander duo who made their design debut with the Studio Roller, a hanging roll of kraft paper for keeping To Do lists and making sketches. Since then, George Wilkins and Will McCallum have gone on to offer a suspended clothes drying rack, a fire starter inspired by Alaskan whalers, and a collection of signs including a Scrabble-like letter board. Their creations are all about modern utility p...
Tags: Books, Canada, New Zealand, Will, Anthony, North Island, George, Mount Maunganui, Warmington, Pablo, HANNAH, George Willy, Willy, DIY & Remodeling, Remodel & Renovation, Small-Space Living

This Week on Shooting USA – The Rimfire Challenge World Championships – 2019

The Rimfire Challenge World Championships Nashville, TN -(AmmoLand.com)- It’s the fastest organized form of plinking with .22 Rimfire, shooting steel plates for time. And once again the youngsters turn out to be the fast ones in the Rimfire Challenge World Championships. Plus, we’re presenting many of the new products that were to be announced at the NRA Annual Meeting and Show. John Scoutten won the coin toss so he’s at our private range for shooting tests of new guns. Jim Scoutten is social...
Tags: Usa, Guns, US, Canada, Nashville, Nra, NRA Annual Meeting, Competitive Shooting News, Jim Scoutten, Shooting USA, John Scoutten, NRA Show, Jim Scoutten America, Shooting USA Subscribe, About Shooting USA, Sportsman Canada Channel

Watch 70 birds play guitar in Canada

From CBC in 2015: A living musical exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will set 70 zebra finches loose in an aviary, and the only perches are the strings of 14 electric guitars and bass guitars.When the birds land, they create music that's played through amplifiers stationed around the aviary. — Read the rest
Tags: Art, Post, Video, News, Birds, Canada, Artists, Guitars, Guitar, Modern Art, Art Installation, Cbc, Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts, Art Exhibit, Free Bird, Birds of a Feather

This Week on Shooting USA – The IDPA World Championship

The IDPA World Championship Nashville, TN -(AmmoLand.com)-Th International Defensive Pistol Association holds their World Championships and it’s truly an international gathering of competitors at the CMP Talladega Park ranges. They’ve come from around the world to shoot scenarios designed to simulate real world situations. And drawing from concealment is the way to stop the threats. Plus, the Heckler & Koch MP5 is still in service around the world, but is now a History’s Guns Icon and a Holly...
Tags: Usa, Hollywood, Guns, US, Canada, Competitive Shooting News, Shooting USA, CMP Talladega Park, International Defensive Pistol Association, Jim Scoutten America, Shooting USA Subscribe, About Shooting USA, Sportsman Canada Channel, Outdoor Channel Shooting USA, IDPA World Championship, Sportsman Canada

Rock Gaki Pre-Order

Tenacious Toys has announced another spectacular 1/6-scale action figure set from Taiwan's JT Studio - Rock Gaki . The two Rock Gaki figures ( 01 Day and 02 Night ) are available separately or as a 2-pack. Either option comes with loads of accessories and superbly crafted details like multiple hands, LED lighting, and cut and sew clothing. The preorder window for Rock Gaki will be limited (it's currently open) at Tenacious Toys, so Benny recommends taking advantage of the handy payment plan ...
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