Happy Canada Day, everyone. Rather than sit here and write a long exposition of the nature of Canadian-ness, I’m actually going to enjoy the day.
So here’s Mitsou:
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Happy Canada day. Go out and have some pancakes.Report
Dude, I am sooo going to Tim Horton’s for a donut and a double-double!Report
Ya hoser!Report
We are lacking in the Tim Horton’s in San Francisco.Report
I do miss Tim’s in Minnesota. It’s one of the things Little Canada lacks.Report
Minnesota is New Sweden, not Little Canada.Report
I’ve never been to Sweden but I have been to Canada and other than the nationalized healthcare (though the ACA is up to near 100% coverage in Minnesota) Minnesota is enormously like Canada.Report
Minnesota has lots of people of Scandinavian decent living there. It was the most succesful colonization project of the Nordic countries after their failed attempt to colonize what we now call Delaware. Wisconsin is Germany’s most succesful colonization attempt but it ended up Anglophone.Report
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Minnesota by and large may not be Little Canada, but Little Canada, Minnesota is Little Canada.Report
I wrote this post after having pancakes for breakfast.Report
Excellent!Report
Here is some STARS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgTvEJGvAb4Report
I hear that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXSa6yxZvu8Report
And really. What would Canada Day be without some Rush:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpCASVFyQoEReport
A better Canada Day?Report
A less headachy day.Report
Yes, indeed. What we need to celebrate our northern brethren is a bit of Sloan, the pride of the Maritimes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXJ9UoQCY5sReport
I regret having only seen Sloan once, and it was around the time of “Losing California”, so past their peak (though they were still damned good).
I did, however, see Chris Murphy drumming for The Super Friendz.
They were opening for Doughboys.
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Guess I’ll have some poutine today. or at least I would, if my doctor would let me. But I will definitely daydream about poutine, for you, eh.Report
Who is Laura Secord?Report
She acted as, essentially, a spy who helped secure British North America’s victory in the War of 1812 (yes, that image was a bit of a dig).
There’s also a chocolate company that’s named after her. That’s not too bad, either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_SecordReport
Heh. We are taught that the war of 1812 resulted in a draw, because no boundary changes. Of course from the Canadian perspective, no boundary changes was the objective all along, so of course you all would naturally see it as a victory. OTOH, HM Navy did stop impressing our merchant seamen, which you’ve got to admit was a pretty not-cool thing to have been doing.Report
In fairness Burt, the RN was only impressing American* seamen because they were in the midst of an existential war with Napoleonic France. By the time they turned their attention to the War of 1812 they had defeated Napoleon so they had no further need to impress sailors from anyone.
But really the outcome of the War of 1812 was an unambiguous victory for the British(Canada), a technical loss for America and a literal and crushing loss for the Native Americans.
*American in this sense being anyone including defecting British sailors working on an American ship.Report
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the RN was only impressing American* seamen
We were never that impressed.Report
the RN was only impressing American* seamen…We were never that impressed.
On the contrary, there are copious historical records of the American sailors’ awed ejaculations.Report
I hear they regularly shot their wads when they met the RN.Report
It’s a fair point, Burt, though my understanding is that Britain had reversed their decision (and rightfully so) before the war, but word didn’t spread to the colonies in time to start the war.
I think a lot of people forget that there were really three parties* to the war, Britain, the US and British North America. The war was not a victory for the British (who tried to grab more of the US), but it wasn’t a complete defeat. The war was kind of a victory for the US, but they were still unable to gain control of BNA, so it wasn’t a 100% victory.
However, it was a complete victory for BNA. The colonies were invaded by a foreign power (ie you) and were successfully pushed back. We kept our “country” and weren’t really part of the trade dispute.
*I am, of course, not counting the role of the First Nations. There’s no real way to consider what has happened to them since the settlement of the Canadas as anything close to a victory, even though they were instrumental in battle.Report
they were in the midst of an existential war with […] France
“Avast! Jean-Paul Sartre off the starboard bow!”Report