Canada

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Bryan, get on AIM and tell me you have terrific news for me.

Cuz Alberta sucks and Manitoba blows!

Canadians, are you going to let this pass?

Ugh. Duct tape?

so wait does that one guy actually think that there aren't any police officers in Canada?

see, the thing with Canada, traditionally (ie, current gov't excepted), is that our defense strategy has largely been to not do dickish things that make other people hate us.

Bearded shithead actually used the word "evildoers" unironically.

These fuckers all smirk exactly like GWB.

srsly I like the image of a chase down 401 involving a hooligan in a car and a dude on horseback. this would make that Canadian knockoff of COPS way more exciting than just officers settling disputes between drunks and cab drivers.

FFS, is this a popular show? I don't recognize it. Does he seriously think every person in the military is going to take a year off? Oh man I have to pause it because the guy saying all of our cops--sorry, we only have mounties apparently--ride horses instead of cars suggests to me that my brain might explode if I have to listen to more of that crap. Ugh. Can we firebomb this station?

the thing about that horrible show is that it tries to be a comedy show, but nobody's actually funny or clever so they're all pretend laughing the entire show. it's really eerie.

Vibe of a midwestern frat house, except Monica Crowley has nothing but lipstick smeared around her mouth.

So, do we still hate Toronto?

Is Harper still the PM? Hasn't someone kicked his ass yet already? FFS.

I'm in Seoul until next January, so there isn't much I can do WRT kicking Harper's ass.

FWIW, I grew up in rural Ontario and hated Toronto until I lived there for a few months last year. Yeah, the city has a collective head-up-own-ass complex, but it's a pretty great place if you find the right people to hang out with.

Canada demands apology for Faux News Comments
The Canadian government has demanded an apology from Fox News for "despicable" and "disgusting" comments made on one of its late-night programs.

The government was incensed by a recent talk-show segment on the American conservative cable network that poked fun at Canada and the Canadian military. A group of pundits took turns trashing Canada and its reliability as an ally in fighting terrorism last week as four more Canadian soldiers were killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay requested an apology just before leaving for Canadian Forces Base Trenton, where he was to attend a repatriation ceremony with the families of the latest soldiers killed.

"It's crass, it's insensitive, it's in fact disgusting, given the timing," MacKay said. "There should be an apology - to the families in particular, and to the Canadian Forces and to Canada generally - given the sacrifice and the commitment that we've demonstrated in Afghanistan."

A spokesman stressed that the Canadian government specifically wants an apology from the panelists who made the wisecracks - and not just from the Fox network at large.

"These are despicable, hurtful and ignorant comments," said Dan Dugas, a spokesman for MacKay.

"I think that so-called comedian should stare in the camera at his first opportunity and apologize to all of the families of people he's hurt with these despicable comments.

"And he's got to say, 'I was misinformed. I was ignorant of the truth and the contribution of the Canadian Forces to the war on terror, and I want to take it back. I know as a comedian that I can fail sometimes; I failed miserably at this so-called comedy.'

"And his panelists should say the same."

The segment features American panelists suggesting Canadian soldiers need time off for "manicures and pedicures."

"The Canadian military wants to take a breather to do some yoga, paint landscapes, run on the beach in gorgeous white capri pants," Gutfeld said with a sneer, adding: "Isn't this the perfect time to invade this ridiculous country? They have no army."

Another panelist, Doug Benson, said he didn't even know Canadian troops were in Afghanistan.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/03/video-canada-demands-fox-apology-for.html

K, the clip was weak but the government demanding an apology over that is pretty sad too.

New slogan: "Cold, self-deprecating, odd spellings, but still Triple-A!"

As an American, I'd make some sort of minor-league baseball joke, but it would just be too depressing on both of our parts.

We come for the donuts, we stay for the hard-headed socialism.

We're number three!

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/canada-among-top-three-best-places-live-quality-195522175.html

(And I don't even think Easy Availability of Crack was one of the metrics.)

We've been plummeting on the UN's Human Development Index: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index#2013_report

We had a lock on the #1 spot at one time (10 years I believe?).

And afaict that "#3 overall ranking" is something journalists came up with by giving an equal weighting to every indicator and adding them up. The OECD does not give an overall ranking; I would really question whether 'life satisfaction' or 'trust in government' or even 'self-reported health' should be given the same weighting as e.g. life expectancy, employment, income, or safety from crime.

I heard some interview on some Canadian interview show about some web series called "The Plateaus,"about rival Canadian indie bands and maybe notable for reuniting the cast of some other Canadian show, called "Popular Mechanics for Kids." So I watched a couple of episodes, and ... man, it was terrible. But I bet if I were Canadian it would be funnier, just because I would recognize the cast of "Popular Mechanics for Kids" not as their current famous Hollywood selves (Jay Baruchel, Elisha Cuthbert) and more as the cast of "Popular Mechanics for Kids," which, if I were Canadian and of a certain age, I probably would have grown up watching.

just discovered this

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how would donald say eh

I hold s epcial place in my heart for donalds irascible chacrter - he is the spiritual essence of truth from Disney's micky mouselie based germ

Ilx Via Trans-Continental Bollocks Trip '21

the only educational moment I ever had from waxcting donald duck was that chip and dale are assholes

can i get a ruling on this

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I'm from Ontario and we called it soccer baseball.

the fact that western canadians call a decal a "deckle" had me shook (i've never heard anyone say it irl, probably because people don't have any reason to say decal very often)

Stay calm and back slowly away from Saskatchewan

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anglophone elementary school in Montreal called it soccer baseball

I've never heard a sofa called a chesterfield except in some "what Canadians say" context.