Canada General Discussion 1.5: The Countdown Begins

[Hatman 🍁]

My cousin has done ceremonial guard stuff on the hill (maybe also at the war memorial) in the past. He's also fought in Afghanistan, so he's definitely been in worse danger.

[anvi]

RIP to the Canadian soldiers killed this week.  Horrible.  Just horrible.

[RogueBeaver]

Ivison: The 90 ISIL suspects are being rounded up.

Baird: all mission flags will be flown at half-mast.

Vickers told Harper "I put him down" before reloading his pistol - Akin.

Cirillo profile.

[Tender Branson]

Horrible stuff.

Let's hope the worst is over now and they round up the remaining Islamo-suckers.

[Lief 🗽]

Interesting comparing the leader's speeches. Harper casts it as an act of terrorism and part of the War on Terror; Mulcair and Trudeau more of a random episode of criminal violence.

[BaconBacon96]

What a tragedy. RIP to the Canadian soldiers killed.

[swl]

There an amusing debate about Harper drinking wine during an emergency briefing yesterday. I guess the guy deserved it, it must have been a shocking experience.

[RogueBeaver]

All flags on federal buildings will be flown at half-mast. Ottawa police confirm there was only one shooter.

[RogueBeaver]

Very moving cartoon from the Halifax Chronicle-Herald.

[RogueBeaver]

A man has just been taken into custody on Sparks St. near the War Memorial, as the PM and other MPs arrive - Global.

[Modernity has failed us]

Very moving cartoon from the Halifax Chronicle-Herald.

Wow, I welled up at this one.

[DC Al Fine]

There's a gunman walking around downtown Halifax. I am locked in my office. No shots fired AFAIK.

[Hatman 🍁]

All flags on federal buildings will be flown at half-mast. Ottawa police confirm there was only one shooter.

Oddly enough, the legion across the street from work did not have their flag at half mast.

[Hatman 🍁]

There's a gunman walking around downtown Halifax. I am locked in my office. No shots fired AFAIK.

The copycats have begun

[DC Al Fine]

The gunman has been arrested. No shots.

[Hash]

Great job, Wikipedia:

[Hatman 🍁]

Great job, Wikipedia:

Blame America, a US editor did that. Someone fixed it before I got a chance to.

I was arguing on the talk page of the incident about the naming of the article. It was at "2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa" which is obviously a wrong title, considering the first shooting was at the War Memorial. I've renamed it twice, and I figure it's going to get moved back to the erroneous title pretty soon.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Oh, the irony of an Islamic extremist named "Michael".

[Hash]

Oh, the irony of an Islamic extremist named "Michael".

Apparently it's supposed to be pronounced 'Mickaël', although I really don't care about the correct name pronunciations of terrorist scumbags and murderers.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The gunman has been arrested. No shots.

Glad to hear that you are alright, first of all-any indication of relation to the incident yesterday?

[RogueBeaver]

Gunman had been staying at local mission, been trying to obtain car for a week.

[Foucaulf]

Oh, the irony of an Islamic extremist named "Michael".

This raises a more important question - to what extend is this an "act by a terrorist group" and not a terrorist act by alienated white men clinging now to radical Islam instead of some other gauche radicalism?

I've followed the news all day and it is a bit scary. To see Canadians focus less on the shooter and more on recovery, though, is good. Guess what's the headline on CNN right now?

[RogueBeaver]

Gunman was known to CSIS, not a high priority.

[Hatman 🍁]

Did Obama call this terrorism? Will Ottawa be the new Benghazi? 

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Oh, the irony of an Islamic extremist named "Michael".

What's so ironic?  Both Michael and Gabriel are mentioned in the Qur'an as angels.