#john diefenbaker

[oldshowbiz]

Prime Minister John Diefenbaker: Wishing He Were Dead

[sammaggs]

1x02 Diefenbaker’s Day Off | Score

One of the most charming parts of early due South is how much the score shines. It's my favourite TV score ever, and it really acts as another important character especially in the first season.

This hit especially is so good! The call-and-response on the twelve-string! The dichotomy between the pared-down score (just a woodwind, guitar, and percussion!) and the chaos inherent in the establishing shots of Chicago! The parallelism in how Fraser is a simple-livin' kind of guy out of place in this bustling metropolis and neither of them really fit together!!

It's so good. 3J, you're iconic for this score forever.

[andrasthehun]

Where to Ukrainian Refugees?

April 30, 2023 Ukraine is preparing for a major attempt to recover some of the territory lost to the Russians. It is over a year ago that Russia initiated an unprovoked war on Ukraine, calling it a “special operation”, a euphemism by any stretch of the imagination for what it is, a war. This “special operation” displaced over fifteen million people in Ukraine, and over eight million people left…

[siena-sevenwits]

Do you know any interesting facts John G. Diefenbaker and/or Tommy Douglas?

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Happy (currently early) Canada day!

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Ooh, 20th century Canadian history isn't as much my area, but I will tell you that the Dief is lucky he lived long enough to make his mark, because he was in very real danger of freezing to death in a blizzard once when he was thirteen! It was a cold evening in March of 1909, promising a harsh snow - the kind of evening which only a true son of Saskatchewan would brave just to attend a school concert! But both his father and his uncle were teachers, and there was no way they were wriggling out of it. John rode with his uncle in a small horse-drawn sleigh. The concert ran late, and what with socializing and cleanup afterward no doubt, John and his uncle only made it out by 10 PM. The ground was already thick with snow, and as the storm grew more violent, the horse panicked and was unable to go on in either direction. They had turned down a remote road, and were too far out from anything to walk to safety. So John and his uncle managed to turn the sleigh upside down, and crept beneath it for shelter, praying they would last the night. Thankfully, their resourcefulness saw them through till morning, and they got home safely, though I don't know how the horse fared.

[lexissketches]

By information from International Game Fish Association (IGFA), the most outstanding Trout records are:

Brook trout caught by Dr. W. Cook in the Nipigon River, Canada, on July 1, 1916, that weighed 6.57 kg (14 lb 8 oz)

Cutthroat trout caught by John Skimmerhorn in Pyramid Lake located in Nevada, US, on December 1, 1925, that weighed 18.59 kg (41 lb 0 oz)

Bull trout caught by N. Higgins in Lake Pend Oreille located in Idaho, US, on October 27, 1949, that weighed 14.51 kg (32 lb 0 oz)

Golden trout caught by Chas Reed in Cooks Lake located in Wyoming, US, on August 5, 1948, that weighed 4.98 kg (11 lb 0 oz)

Rainbow trout caught by Sean Konrad in Lake Diefenbaker, Canada, on September 5, 2009, that weighed 21.77 kg (48 lb 0 oz)

Lake trout caught by Lloyd Bull in Great Bear Lake, Canada, on August 19, 1995, that weighed 32.65 kg (72 lb 0 oz)

[eternal-learner]

September 2024

Books

"Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada" by Stephen R. Bown

"The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada" by John Ibbitson

"The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" by Howard Pyle

Poems (Just the highlights)

"Raising the Titanic" by Robert Hedin

"Calling Things What They Are" by Ada Limon

"Long, too long America", "O Captain! My Captain!", "When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer", "Time to Come" by Walt Whitman

"Frost at Midnight" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Movies

The Last House on the Left (2009)

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

Halloween (2018)

Slither (2006)

Halloween Kills (2021)

1922 (2017)

2 Fast 2 Furious (2001)

Ginger Snaps (2000)

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

Friday the 13th (2009)

Fast & Furious (2009)

Bone Tomahawk (2015)

Other

Sir Oswald Mosley Interviewed on Thames Television in 1975

Emil Savundra | The Frost Programme | 1967

The Edge of the World: BC's Early Years

Inside the Amish and Mennonite Community

Far Cry 5 Interview - Peter Outerbridge

Creating Your Identity Through the Method Acting Approach | Greg Bryk | TEDxQueensU

Human Behavioral Biology 1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology / 2. Behavioral Evolution / 3. Behavioral Evolution II

Racing ID 1. Braking / 2. Cornering / 3. High speed corners

Podcasts

The Science of Birds Eps: The Origin of Birds / Competition Between Bird Species / The Biodiversity of Birds / Migration in Birds / Bird Songs - Part 1

Canada: A Yearly Journey Eps: 1888 / 1889 / 1890 / 1891 / 1892 / 1893

The Nations of Canada Eps: The Great Diversity / Arctic Migrations / The Three Sisters / New Found Land / Jacques Cartier

Canadian History Ehx Eps: From Great Heights to a Steep Fall, the Story of Eaton's / The Rise and Fall of the Avro Arrow / A Force on the Prairies: Jerry Potts / The Age of Piracy in Canada / Finding Fortunes and Folly: The Klondike Gold Rush / When Canadians Torched Their Parliament Building / When Canada Had Trudeaumania

CANADALAND Eps: Culture Collapse

Learn It from a Layman Eps: The Basics of Robotics / The Basics of Mechanical Engineering

Draftsmen Eps: Long Term Projects / State of the Art Industry / Flow States, Thinking in Pictures, and Abstract Figures

Automotive Repair Tips Eps: Diagnosing Steering Wheel Pulls and Causes Part 1 & 2 / How to Diagnose Your Own Car Problems / Winterizing Your Car

F1 Explains Eps: How F1 lap times are recorded / Aston Martin's Mike Krack explains the life of an F1 Team Principal / How new F1 cars are designed + built / Bernie Collins explains strategy training, DRS tricks + powerful undercuts / How F1 teams work - from factory to racetrack / Alpine's Jack Doohan explains F1 brakes / Jolyon Palmer + Alex Jacques explain driving styles, pit stop problems + F1 rule changes / Oscar Piastri explains F2 + F3 / Alex Jacques + Jolyon Palmer explain points, pronunciations + the history of the pit lane / Why tyres matter so much in F1 / DRS: how the Drag Reduction System has changed F1 racing / How F1 racetracks are designed

F1: Beyond the Grid Eps: Carlos Sainz - 13 Nov / Toto Wolff - 18 Sep

Albums

"Diamond Jubilee" by Cindy Lee

"Sam's Town" by The Killers

[royally-obsessed]

On this day in 1961

Commonwealth Prime Ministers

16th March 1961. Queen Elizabeth II poses with Commonwealth ministers at Buckingham Palace here March 16th where all attended a dinner shown in the photo are: (left to right) President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker of Canada, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd (rear) of South Africa, Prime Minister Jawaharial Nehru of India, President Mohammed Ayud Khan of Pakistan (rear), Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Roy Welensky (rear) of Rhodesia, Prime Minister Sirimava Bandaranaika of Ceylon, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (rear) of Britain, Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies, Archbishop Makarios, President of Cyprus, and Prime Minister Keith Holyoake of New Zealand.

[wanderingmind867]

My Voting Record (Canadian Elections). Here's what I've managed to get so far:

1911: Conservative Party (Led by Robert Borden)

My reasoning: The Liberals were pushing for free trade with the US. That automatically takes points off. I don't trust the US. Why trade with an Imperialist country who more likely than not will return the favour with attacks. Let's not forget 1812! Also, screw Missouri Senator Champ Clark! He implied he wanted to annex Canada! How dare he! I hope he's rotting now! Anyways, the Conservatives are Pro-Britain and Anti-America. They share my sentiments exactly. So I'm voting Conservative!

1917: Laurier Liberals (Led by Wilfred Laurier)

My reasoning: Although I previously said I wholeheartedly support Britain (I still support them more than I support America), I also value self-preservation. The Unionists (Conservatives and Pro-Conscription Liberals) introduced proscription in 1917. And I'm sorry, but I'm not willing to risk being sent off to fight for the army. For the simple reason that I am both very pacifistic and also very, very scared of dying, I'm voting Laurier. I didn't love his plans for a free trade agreement with the US in 1911, but at least he won't send me off to die in war!

1963: Progressive Conservative Party (Led by John Diefenbaker).

My reasoning: I'm voting for him because he stood up to JFK. Diefenbaker stood up to the Americans, and I really appreciate that! Considering they once wanted to annex us, I have little love for the american politicians! And since Lester B. Pearson is so close to the americans and JFK, I can't vote for him.

1965: Progressive Conservative Party (Led by John Diefenbaker)

My reasoning: All the parties have some decent proposals, but I don't love their leaders. Lester B. Pearson is too close to America, Tommy Douglas used to be a eugenicist, the social credit party is too small and too socially conservative, etc. Only Diefenbaker was willing to stand up to America. And he opposed apartheid. So he's got my vote. I was tempted by the NDPs platform, though.

1968: Progressive Conservative Party (Led by Robert Stanfield)

My reasoning: Wikipedia said Stanfield once promised a universal basic income, but had to walk it back a little after the more right wing members of his party thought it too socialist. Still, Stanfield has my vote. I still don't love Tommy Douglas (but I like the NDP platform) and Trudeau isn't my first choice, so for Stanfield I shall vote!

1972: NDP (Led by David Lewis)

My Reasoning: Although David Lewis isn't my first choice (he's very moderate and helped convince the party to support capitalism, although at least it was only capitalism with regulations), the platform is simply too good this time. I would have gone with the PCs again, but they wanted to ban strikes in essential services. And I can't support that. And although Trudeau and the Liberals aren't bad (I like quite a few of their stances and trudeau isn't bad), the NDP still have my vote!

1974: The Liberal Party (Led by Pierre Trudeau)

My reasoning: Wikipedia sadly did not have a handy guide to the parties policies this time, so I had to download a PDF of the parties policies and skim them. There's only one main policy that really stood out to me: and that was the promise of a guaranteed annual income. Both the NDP and the Liberal party promised a guaranteed annual income (or something similar). But since the Liberal platform specifically mentioned money for those who can't work due to disabilities, they've got my vote! They spoke to one of the few issues I can say I hold a very personal stake in! I probably can't and also don't want to work, so I need that money! So it's the Liberals for me!

1979: NDP (Led by Ed Broadbent)

[usafphantom2]

AVRO Canada CF-105 Arrow 25201 (RL-201) by Wing attack Plan R Via Flickr: The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow, often known simply as the Avro Arrow, was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding 50,000 feet (15,000 m) and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) primary interceptor into the 1960s and beyond. The Arrow was the culmination of a series of design studies begun in 1953 that examined improved versions of the Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck. After considerable study, the RCAF selected a dramatically more powerful design, and serious development began in March 1955. The aircraft was intended to be built directly from the production line, skipping the traditional hand-built prototype phase. The first Arrow Mk. I, RL-201, was rolled out to the public on 4 October 1957, the same day as the launch of Sputnik I. Flight testing began with RL-201 on 25 March 1958, and the design quickly demonstrated excellent handling and overall performance, reaching Mach 1.9 in level flight. Powered by the Pratt & Whitney J75, another three Mk. 1s were completed, RL-202, RL-203 and RL-204. The lighter and more powerful Orenda Iroquois engine was soon ready for testing, and the first Mk.II with the Iroquois, RL-206, was ready for taxi testing in preparation for flight and acceptance tests by RCAF pilots by early 1959. On 20 February 1959, Prime Minister of Canada John Diefenbaker abruptly halted the development of the Arrow (and its Iroquois engines) before the scheduled project review to evaluate the program could be held. Canada tried to sell the Arrow to the US and Britain, but no agreements were concluded. Two months later, the assembly line, tooling, plans and existing airframes and engines were ordered to be destroyed. The cancellation was the topic of considerable political controversy at the time, and the subsequent destruction of the aircraft in production remains a topic for debate among historians and industry pundits. "This action effectively put Avro out of business and its highly skilled engineering and production personnel scattered. Photo Credit's: Unknown to me (reprint scan) Taken 4 October 1957? The CF-105 certainly has an interesting story.

[oldshowbiz]

1966.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 2.20 (after 1940)

1942 – World War II: Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace. 1943 – World War II: American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies. 1943 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms. 1944 – World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers. 1944 – World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Atoll. 1952 – Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League. 1956 – The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy. 1959 – The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate. 1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes. 1965 – Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. 1968 – The China Academy of Space Technology, China's main arm for the research, development, and creation of space satellites, is established in Beijing. 1971 – The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert. 1979 – An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H2S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java. 1986 – The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years. 1988 – The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. 1991 – In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters. 1998 – American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. 2003 – During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others. 2005 – Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. 2009 – Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack. 2010 – In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago. 2014 – Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, many reportedly killed by snipers. 2015 – Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services. 2016 – Six people are killed and two injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.

[sammaggs]

4x05 The Ladies’ Man | Details

due South is a show that puts a TON of time and effort into subtle details like set dec, blocking, and framing, which invites us to do close readings of particular scenes in great detail. Let’s examine this scene in Ray’s apartment from The Ladies’ Man with that in mind!

Another thing I find fascinating about this show is its continuity; how significant time can pass between episodes, and it’s up to us to use context clues provided in future episodes in order to piece together what we can about the past; the parts of Fraser’s life that we haven’t been permitted to see. This scene is crammed with context clues.

(It’s worth remembering that John Krizanc, who wrote this episode, is a playwright first and foremost. He basically invented the style of play that would go on to become Sleep No More. The way characters phrase things, where they’re standing when they say them, what they surround themselves with—these things all matter.)

So in order, we learn:

Fraser lets himself in — By this point in Season 4, he has a key to Ray’s apartment.

“You there, Ray?” “Mhm.” — Fraser comes over so often that 1) he doesn’t call ahead, and b) it doesn’t matter if Ray is home or not. Ray doesn’t even feel the need to sit up when Fraser enters, let alone answer with words. This is long-time familiarity.

The Hat - Fraser automatically tosses his hat down on a stool that’s been pulled out from the bar and remains there for this specific purpose. That’s where Fraser’s hat lives when he’s over.

Diefenbaker - The wolf is so comfortable at Ray’s place that he jumps on top of Ray to his usual spot on the couch. Reading Dief as Fraser’s Ego, he bounds into the apartment, directly onto Ray’s LAP before LICKING RAY’S FACE. Okay!

The VCR - Fraser knows how to use Ray’s VCR and his TV remote. Those of us who were alive in the ‘90s know how much practice this would have taken. (Also, hand porn, you’re welcome.)

Seating arrangements — Fraser sits right next to Ray, who sits directly in the center of the couch, between cushions. Cannot be comfortable, but their legs and arms are touching. Their usual spots? Fraser sits ON TOP OF Dief to do this.

“Bark tea?” — Ray immediately starts teasing Fraser about his flirtation with the records gal for information. It’s teasing without intent or malice; Ray knows it was just a front, like Fraser knows Ray’s barbs are just for fun.

“What, I’m a pig?” “No, no, not that.” — This is an old grievance. This is not the first time Ray’s apartment cleanliness has come up. It’s something they’ve bickered about many times before. No, no, not that, not the usual. Something else.

The Turtle - The shot lingers on the overhead here to remind us that the macguffin note is in the VHS case, but also serves to focus in on the turtle sculpture. It’s made to catch your eye, which means we are meant to infer something about it; otherwise, it’s an unimportant, out-of-place distraction from the shot’s real purpose (again, the VHS case). Given what I perceive to be the turtle's Indigenous style, I think this is clearly a gift from Fraser (maybe from the previous Christmas?). He either had it shipped down from a friend up north, or he whittled it himself, and I like to think it’s the latter. Fraser does, after all, think Ray is the world.

TL;DR Fraser is basically living there, oh my god these cops gay, good for them, good for them

[aistobascistod]

Kiefer Sutherland : John Diefenbaker :: Donald Sutherland : John Donenbadald

[andrasthehun]

Where to Ukrainian Refugees?

April 30, 2023 Ukraine is preparing for a major attempt to recover some of the territory lost to the Russians. It is over a year ago that Russia initiated an unprovoked war on Ukraine, calling it a “special operation”, a euphemism by any stretch of the imagination for what it is, a war. This “special operation” displaced over fifteen million people in Ukraine, and over eight million people left…

[theleftycanadianradical]

John F. Diefenbaker's employment policy in 1957:

Object mandatory arbitration, enhance EI, provide minimum wages and vacation days etc.

Pierre Poilievre? Cut EI, right to work, against minimum wage and demeans unions. Ford? Use the notwithstanding clause to ban strikes...

Conservatives have moved so far right.