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In the minds of voters, he was as good as con-Vic-ted...

A fine example of snatching Vic-tory from the jaws of defeat...

We've been ordered to reduce lickings by 15%...

Hot tip: if you're looking for Antifa in the federal public service, look no further than DND's Directorate of Public Information, producers of this disgracefully unbalanced Antifa poster. Thank your for your attention to this matter!

#cdnhist #cdnpoli

Rooting out Antifa in the Canadian Forces, you say? Good luck with that: there's something of an Antifa tradition there... #cdnpoli #cdnhist

Photo: Soldiers of the Lake Superior Regiment with captured Hitler Youth flag, Friesoythe, Germany, 1945. @library-archives.canada.ca PA-167250.

Hilary Knight calls President Trump’s White House invite a ‘distasteful joke’ | CNN The captain of the United States women’s hockey team, Hilary Knight, described President Trump’s invitation to the White House as a “distasteful joke” on Wednesday.

Modest proposal for @mark-carney.bsky.social:

1. Invite the US women's hockey team to Ottawa

2. Dinner at Rideau Hall (much better than warmed-over White House burgers)

3. Make them hon. citizens

4. Declare the "South Canada" won gold.

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I had EXACTLY the same thought!

Quite the entry sign, @benbradleyca.bsky.social and @jmcelroy.bsky.social!

#bchist

#ftrw26

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#vexillology

I used to live a few blocks from that "hotel" - if those walls could talk...😬

Denied Entry By Forrest Pass Canadians have a reputation for being quiet and unassuming. As we mark Freedom to Read Week, it is worth noting that even censors have demonstrated these national traits, working qu…

The Dept of National Revenue seldom revealed why it had chosen to ban a book or magazine. They also interpreted "sedition" to include "atheism" and "obscenity" to include "birth control." More in my 2021 post on the @library-archives.canada.ca blog! thediscoverblog.com/2021/02/25/d...

Since 1914 no single list has been published but the Canadian Consul’s Office in New York City has instructions as to prohibition of the following : Wecelya Druh (“Jolly Friend”) -Ukrainian publication, New York. Chouquette en Vacances - illustrated magazine, Paris. Zhalo- Ukrainian newspaper, New York. Beau-monthly, New York. The New Masses-monthly, New York. Laughter- illustrated monthly, Philadelphia. Studies in Rationalism-by E. Haldeman-Julius, Girard, Kansas. Dawn-illustrated magazine, published by All Arts Group Inc., Wilmington, Del. Calgary Eye Opener- illustrated magazine, published monthly, Minneapolis. (Ban lifted Feb. 14, 1927.) Two Worlds Monthly- New York. Sex-illustrated monthly, New York. Art Classics Magazine- monthly, Wilmington, Del. Smik y Praz’da (“Humor and Truth”) -Ukrainian publication, New York. American Beauties-monthly, Philadelphia. Arts, Fads, Modes Magazine- Wilmington, Del. Art Studio Life Magazine- monthly, Wilmington, Del. The Tyranny of God- by Joseph Lewis. The Truth Seeker-weekly, New York. Convent Cruelties-by Helen Jackson. The Bible Unmasked-by Joseph Lewis. Art Lovers’ Magazine-illustrated monthly, New York. Film Fun — illustrated monthly, New York. The Rail Splitter- monthly. The Daily Mirror- illustrated newspaper, New York. (Ban lifted August 16, 1926.) Liberty- weekly, New York. (Ban lifted March 29, 1928.) My Life- by Frank Harris. L’Humeur-weekly, Paris. Parisiana-weekly, Paris.

300 To the Pure . . Le Merle Blanc- weekly, Paris. Gens qui Rient- weekly, Paris. Art and Beauty- monthly, New York. Paris Nights- monthly, Philadelphia. Arts Monthly Pictorial-Los Angeles. Artists and Models Magazine-New York. Ziffs-monthly, Maywood, 111. La Revue Parisienne-Chicago. Breezy Stories-monthly, New York. Circular issued by the Allied Book Co., New York, advertising the Chapter Headings and Contents of two books entitled The Sexual Question by August Forel, and Psychopathia Sexualis, by Krafft-Ebing. The International of Youth- Sweden. French Frolics- monthly, Newark, N. J. The Black Sheep-Illustrated. monthly, Chicago. T.N.T.-monthly, Los Angeles. The Live Wire- monthly, Chicago. Red Pepper-monthly, Newark, N. J. Peretz- periodical, New York. I Confess-semi-monthly, New York. Le Sourire-illustrated weekly, Paris. Droll Stories- monthly, New York. Young’s Magazine- monthly, New York. Telling Tales-semi-monthly, New York. Contraception- by Marie Carmichael Stopes, London. The Black Prophet- by Guy Litch Phelps, Cincinnati. Home Brew-monthly, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ulysses- by James Joyce, published for the Egoist Press, London, by John Rodker, Paris, 1922. Gloom, the Devil’s Book- monthly, Los Angeles. The Flapper-monthly, Chicago. Midnight-weekly, New York. True Confessions- Minneapolis. Hot Dog-weekly, Cleveland. The Sinn Feiner- New York. (Issue of Saturday, Oct. 30, 1920.) The Police Gazette- weekly, New York.

Appendix 301 Bovha- monthly, published in Russian by Anarchist Federated Commune Soviets of America. Gosudarstro I Revolyutzia (“State and Revolution” )booklet by N. Lenin, New York. Pilsni Rabotchykh (“Songs of the Workers”) -booklet, author and place of publication unknown. Molot-Ukrainian semi-monthly newspaper, New York. L'endehors- semi-monthly newspaper, Orleans, France. Follies-illustrated magazine, New York. True Romances- monthly, New York. Whiz Bang-Robbinsdale, Minn. Radiant Motherhood- by Dr. Marie Stopes. Married Love-by Dr. Marie Stopes. Wise Parenthood-by Dr. Marie Stopes. Real Life Stories-monthly, Cooperstown, N. Y. (Ban lifted Jan. 1, 1928.) Experience- monthly, Chicago. The Sunday Star- weekly newspaper, Detroit, Mich. Simplicissimus-illustrated magazine, Munich, Germany. Secrets-monthly, Cleveland. Woman and the New Race- by Margaret Sanger. Snappy Stories-semi -monthly, New York. Hollywood Confessions- monthly, Los Angeles. Naye Welt (“The New World”) -weekly Yiddish newspaper, New York. Allgemeiner Biicher-Katalog-New York. Glos Robotnicezy (“The Voice of the Workers” )-daily Polish newspaper, Detroit, Mich. Molot (“The Hammer”) -semi-monthly Ukrainian newspaper, New York. Indystriyalish-monthly, Ukrainian, New York. Bielgi Terror (“The White Terror”)-Russian booklet, Chicago. Die Arbeitslosigkeit (“Unemployment”) -booklet by Dr. M. Goldfarb, New York. Der Sozializmus, Seine Ursachen, Ziehlen und Wegen("Socialism, Its Causes, Objects, and Paths”) -booklet, Chicago.

302 To the Pure . . . Der Klassenkampf (“The Class Struggle”) -booklet, Philadelphia. Golos Truzhenika-weekly newspaper, Chicago. Uroky Revolyoutzi (“Lessons of the Revolution”) -by N. Lenin, New York. Branda- weekly newspaper, Stockholm, Sweden. Soviet Russia-weekly, New York. Valon Tiella (“The Lighted Road”) -printed in Finnish, Fitchburg, Mass. The Proletarian Revolution in Russia- by N. Lenin and Trotsky. Kuryfo Polski-Polish newspaper, Milwaukee, Wis. Khlieb I Volia (“Bread and Freedom”) -weekly newspaper, New York.

It's Freedom to Read Week - did you know that for over 100yrs, Canada's main censors were customs officers, empowered to ban "obscene" or "seditious" books and magazines? Can you guess which books on this banned list (1914-1928) met each criterion? More info in 🧵

#cdnhist #booksky #bookhistory

For those keeping track, the last time Chicoutimi voted for a "federalist" party was 1931... #qchist #cdnpoli

Found a bit of Vancouver history in an Ottawa thrift store this weekend. Internet sleuthing tells me that New Chungking Chop Suey at Pender and Main burned in 1963. It was well known for serving "cold tea" after the bars closed. Ad from Chinese Times, Sept 21, 1963. #bchist #cdnhist #foodhistory

Found a bit of Vancouver history in an Ottawa thrift store this weekend. Internet sleuthing tells me that New Chungking Chop Suey at Pender and Main burned in 1963. It was well known for serving "cold tea" after the bars closed. Ad from Chinese Times, Sept 21, 1963. #bchist #cdnhist #foodhistory

I'll report back when I've tried it in an Old Fashioned (with lemongrass bitters from Perth to keep it a 613 affair!)

It's called Stratford Fox Run, which is confusing because the distillery is in Kanata!

We may have missed the gold medal in hockey, but I learned this week that this Ottawa-distilled Bourbon-style whisky won gold at the World Whisky Awards. I'd been missing Bourbon, and now I'll add it the list of US products I never need buy again! #Never51 #cdnpoli

The Montmorency arms bottom left have a distant cousin in the Arms of Université Laval in Quebec City, based on the Arms of Bishop François de Montmorency-Laval (addition of escallops, tinctures reversed). #heraldry #cdnhist

This reminds me of the anecdote about Corporal Schicklgruber charging the German post office royalties to put his face on stamps... #philately

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Clearly because those Toronto lasses can't express tulips from their breasts like the Ottaviennes can (Princess Margriet would be so proud).

And perhaps with Gilbert Knox's scurrilous "Land of Afternoon" (1926) (h/t @brianbusby.bsky.social), which includes lines like this (sadly, I think the double entendre was unintentional):

Now, now: we all know that there is no lust in our national repository. It is, as it were, LAC-lust-re. Except for the steamy Harlequin Romance that has its... errr... "climax" in a reading room, under the watchful eye of a commissionaire...

Trying soooo hard to make "CPAC and Chill" happen...

First advance review of my Mum's latest book (forthcoming in May). I'm proud of her for writing this one especially, as it tackles difficult subject matter. #canlit

#otd in 1965, the Canadian flag flew officially for the 1st time. #otd last week, Bad Bunny rocked the Superbowl Halftime Show. As if anticipating this coïncidence of anniversaries, in 1960 a citizen proposed this design for Canada's flag, with just a whiff of Puerto Rico. #cdnhist #vexillology

Cool! His father, A.E.S. Smythe, also had a BC connection: in 1924, he summoned the ghost of King Edward VII during a Theosophical Society meeting in downtown Vancouver. An odd man (and I think Conn dabbled in theosophy too).

Ironic, given Pearson's preferred design!

"Better than Ezra" is my favourite gospel-funk band.