The Canada Thread

The Emperor has new clothes...

Cool!

just heard a great interview on As It Happens with the artist (with the dog barking in the background)

Oh M G! I'm so going to search for that. I'm going to bet she ( the painter is a hoot), I'll look for the interview toot sweet. Thanks for the heads up. Been really busy, haven't been listening to the radio much in the last few days..

I'll bet hbg will recall this one, Ceili

First, some info.

Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians.

The idea for the poem came from Longfellow's friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Longfellow used dactylic hexameter, imitated from Greek and Latin classics, though the choice was criticized. It was published in 1847 and became Longfellow's most famous work in his lifetime. It remains one of his most popular and enduring works.

The poem had a powerful effect in defining both Acadian history and identity in the nineteenth and twentieth century. More recent scholarship has revealed the historical errors in the poem and the complexity of the Expulsion and those involved, which the poem ignores

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTZUTi6cwvo&feature=related

Letty
It's such a sad, romantic tale. Sadly, it's also very true.
My husband's family can trace their descendants to the first 32 families, not soldiers, to emigrate to Canada in the early 1600's. They of course settled in Grand Pre area. Not all the cajuns were sent south, but they were kicked out and they dispersed in every direction. The irony is, they moved back and those original names are all still there, everywhere.
His last name can be found in every province and state in N. America. When we were in N. Orleans, we heard all the jokes using his name, they typically went B and L walk into a bar... lol
There was even a restaurant with his last name.
Last year we visited the Acadian coast, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and met long lost relatives. In Graveyards it seemed like every second grave marker was carved with his name.
In both places, people assumed we were local, until we opened our mouths.

good evening , letty - i think many ( most ? ) canadians are familiar with that sad part of canadian history .

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Painting shows prime minister wearing nothing but a smile

" the emporer has new ( NO ) clothes " ... ... ...
the painting was done by a local ( woman ) artist and exhibited in our
central library

while there were some letters to the editor of the local paper expressing disgust - most people seem to feel there is nothing wrong with it -
the human body is never disgusting .

see here for picture of the P.M. and the artist :

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/05/24/nude-harper-painting-sold.html

the story even made it into the huff post

I was quite taken with Bob Rae's announcement that he won't be running for the head of the Liberal Party ... mostly for this bit ...



http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/13/bob-rae-wont-run-for-liberal-leadership-as-all-eyes-now-turn-to-justin-trudeau/


he says bullshit, we say he's got class



http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/06/13/jonathan-kay-on-bob-rae-a-man-with-principle-a-man-with-class/



only in Canada eh

I've always like Bob Rae and his politics. I agree with his take on Svend... never liked that doofus.

I saw that hbg, perhaps he needs a weekend in Canada.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3I1PqxM600

Tornado season on the prairies. This was taken yesterday in Saskatchewan. Fortunately the home was spared.

Only in Canada you say...
The anthem done with only Molson products.

Source: pic.twitter.com/dhy9YVqA

And he hates you too...

Parade tomorrow! this pic is from the next corner north from where we watch the Canada Day Parade.


and a coupla thousand miles west




and a couple hundred miles east

Happy Canada Day!! I hope you all have a wonderful day and that the weather cooperates.

Coolest cop/mountie ever?

good one!

Not to put down Canada but I was quite taken back by this news today. Here in the US we hear it quite often but Canada?

http://gma.yahoo.com/toronto-shooting-2-dead-19-injured-103720046--abc-news-topstories.html