Happy 4th of July 2016
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... and next year we can make it an extra long weekend with Britain's new Independence Day.
The long weekend is to celebrate both countries.. what's with all the anti-American sentiment?
What I miss on Canada Day is the Benson and Hedges symphony of Fire in Vancouver, BC.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uekq5B7f_4M
Time to move back to the Best Coast.
He's not vicious, some here are but not him, not really. He is predictable, stubborn and ultimately inconsequential.
Yeah just don't say stick it. ~ On a more positive note. All three of my daughters still celebrate Independance day. with their kids. Carrying on the tradition.
“He who drinks a Fifth on the Fourth, May not be able To go Forth on the Fifth”
LOL I'll miss all the gun fire in Arlington, TX of the 4th/ No I won't.
I loved Texas, never said I didn't.. could have done without the Gun Fire though on July 4th, Christmas and News Years..
Remember those bullets come down eventually..
The Falling Bullet: Myths, Legends and Terminal Velocity
My most favourite July 4th was went I had a Load in my Truck going to Miami. Watching the fireworks from the Beach was so cool, and the massive party.
The endless parade of Cars, people just having fun.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3qleovQqmA
Yep, all those stray rounds flying around're enough to make a body a mite twitchy.
You shoulda seen San Angelo on the Fourth, back in the day.
Yeah, he really is. He's just too dumb to have a cutting edge.
By the way, none of the things you listed are mutually exclusive.
Canada's birthday was originally for well over 100 years called, and rightly so, Dominion Day. Some a-sshole PM decided it needed to be changed to Canada Day. So, since BHO said the world needs more Canada the 4th is now USA Day.
Well then for all the folks from Newfoundland and Labrador.. Happy Memorial Day
Memorial Day commemorates Newfoundland's heavy losses during World War I in the Battle of Beaumont Hamel as part of the Battle of the Somme.
Out of 800 hundred men who faced to German Machine Guns with just rifles and bayonets only 67 returned.
Memorial Day commemorates Newfoundland's heavy losses during World War I in the Battle of Beaumont Hamel as part of the Battle of the Somme.
Out of 800 hundred men who faced to German Machine Guns with just rifles and bayonets only 67 returned.
July 4th long weekend, are you not still celebrating the Canada Day long weekend?
By George, Trump’s Manners Disgrace our 4th of July
And you, by any other name, are a stupid, vicious, ignorant, hate-filled, ineffectual little turd.
Zentner's Daughter steakhouse?
'It sounded like a cannon'; Man injured after stepping on possible explosive in Central Park
The Associated Press
First posted: Sunday, July 03, 2016 05:20 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, July 04, 2016 01:04 AM EDT
NEW YORK -- A firework that exploded when a 19-year-old unwittingly stepped on it Sunday in Central Park, seriously injuring his left foot, didn't appear to be designed to intentionally hurt people, police officials said.
The homemade gadget was like an "explosive experiment" that was probably designed to "make a large noise, maybe make a flash," concocted by someone with a basic understanding of chemistry, said Lt. Mark Torre, commanding officer of the New York Police Department's bomb squad.
There was no evidence that the explosion was related to terrorism and there were no specific, credible threats on New York over the July Fourth weekend, the authorities said.
The injured man, who police did not identify, was walking in the park with two friends when he stepped on a rock covering the explosive. He was undergoing surgery to his left foot at a hospital and was in stable condition, fire officials said.
Investigators don't believe the man who stepped on it or his friends are responsible for creating the explosive and officials asked that anyone with information about it contact the police.
"We've seen a lot of experimentation with homemade fireworks," Torre said, adding the Central Park explosive may have been designed to go off at an earlier time, even a day before, but for whatever reason did not.
The 11 a.m. blast on the east side of Central Park could be heard for blocks, leaving some with the belief that it was part of a July Fourth celebration.
Tourist John Murphy, visiting the city from Connecticut, stayed with the injured man until emergency responders arrived and placed a tourniquet on his leg.
"His left leg was severely damaged, all bone and muscle," said Murphy.
Mayor Bill de Blasio sent out a tweet reminding people to stay safe around fireworks.
"Fireworks are fun -- but let's leave them to the professionals," the mayor tweeted.
'It sounded like a cannon'; Man injured after stepping on possible explosive in
Happy b’day, Americans!
By Mike Strobel, Toronto Sun
First posted: Sunday, July 03, 2016 10:46 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, July 03, 2016 11:20 PM EDT
These are troubled times for the elephant next door and we, the mouse, owe it some love this July 4.
Neighbourly love — and up here, there is a “u” in neighbour.
So, happy birthday, America, ya big galoot. Take a breather from leading the free world and from all the slings and arrows that go with it.
Rest your weary old democratic bones. Have some cake. You’ve earned it.
You are beset from all sides. You are the Great Satan and Uncle Scam, land of imperialist hotdog eaters, home to Tan Mom, Gwyneth Paltrow and Honey Boo Boo. And Donald Trump.
We don’t envy you. You must fight fires in faraway places — while at home choosing between a reality show billionaire and a jaded former first lady who was interrogated Saturday by the FBI.
But only in America could that happen. Only the land of Lincoln, Jefferson, Kennedy and Reagan could consider electing a gaudy mogul who collects gold, casinos and blondes — as a protest vote against the establishment.
That’s what makes America great. Anybody can win. Owning a jetliner nicer than Air Force One is no barrier to the White House.
You Americans know little of us, but we watch you like hawks. We see how incredibly inventive you are, how hard you work, how loudly proud you are. We know July 4, your 240th birthday, will be noisier than our Canada Day just past.
“We’re not as celebratory a people as our neighbours to the south,” Ted Woloshyn told me on Newstalk 1010 on Saturday. We were discussing Canada’s looming sesquicentennial.
“The Fourth of July,” said Ted. “is just gonna be gangbusters down there. They take it right to the top.
“We don’t scream as loud.”
True, though we’re getting there, still riding the high of the Vancouver Olympics. The difference is, we scream a tad self-consciously, as if we don’t want the world to think we’re puffed up.
You Americans don’t care. I admire that. You are numero uno, cock of the walk, head honcho, big cheese, and you know it. Some call it arrogance. I call it confidence.
If America were a guy, it would get all the chicks.
As for us 97-pound weaklings, imagine where we’d be without you Americans and your armies. We’d speak German, probably, or Russian, or Japanese, or whatever the hell Kim Jong-un speaks. Without you, William Shatner might still be Ranger Bob on the CBC, never having travelled to Rigel IV at the helm of the starship Enterprise.
Justin Bieber might be a local punk in Stratford, Pamela Anderson a C cup, Cheech and Chong just plain Cheech. The world at large might never have laughed with John Candy, Jim Carrey, Catherine O’Hara, Dan Aykroyd, Russell Peters, Seth Rogen or Mike Myers.
Some of us up here at the North Pole, where the moose and the Mounties roam, turn up our noses at you. They diss your politics and at your place in the world, especially on the Internet and at left-wing cocktail parties.
Ignore ’em. Most of us are mighty glad you’re our neighbour.
You are our biggest trading partner and we are yours. Yes, bigger than China. For instance, we traded you Trailer Park Boys for Orange is the New Black.
I dread to think what we’d do every weekend without your culture. How many reruns of Littlest Hobo can one person watch?
Thanks for that, America, and for everything else you do. Happy birthday.
You Yankees really are doodle-dandy.
Strobel’s column usually runs Monday to Thursday. mstrobel@postmedia.com.
Vivid Cabaret - New York celebrates July 4th. (WENN PHOTO)
Happy b’day, Americans! | STROBEL | World | News | Toronto Sun
The Associated Press
First posted: Sunday, July 03, 2016 05:20 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, July 04, 2016 01:04 AM EDT
NEW YORK -- A firework that exploded when a 19-year-old unwittingly stepped on it Sunday in Central Park, seriously injuring his left foot, didn't appear to be designed to intentionally hurt people, police officials said.
The homemade gadget was like an "explosive experiment" that was probably designed to "make a large noise, maybe make a flash," concocted by someone with a basic understanding of chemistry, said Lt. Mark Torre, commanding officer of the New York Police Department's bomb squad.
There was no evidence that the explosion was related to terrorism and there were no specific, credible threats on New York over the July Fourth weekend, the authorities said.
The injured man, who police did not identify, was walking in the park with two friends when he stepped on a rock covering the explosive. He was undergoing surgery to his left foot at a hospital and was in stable condition, fire officials said.
Investigators don't believe the man who stepped on it or his friends are responsible for creating the explosive and officials asked that anyone with information about it contact the police.
"We've seen a lot of experimentation with homemade fireworks," Torre said, adding the Central Park explosive may have been designed to go off at an earlier time, even a day before, but for whatever reason did not.
The 11 a.m. blast on the east side of Central Park could be heard for blocks, leaving some with the belief that it was part of a July Fourth celebration.
Tourist John Murphy, visiting the city from Connecticut, stayed with the injured man until emergency responders arrived and placed a tourniquet on his leg.
"His left leg was severely damaged, all bone and muscle," said Murphy.
Mayor Bill de Blasio sent out a tweet reminding people to stay safe around fireworks.
"Fireworks are fun -- but let's leave them to the professionals," the mayor tweeted.
'It sounded like a cannon'; Man injured after stepping on possible explosive in
Happy b’day, Americans!
By Mike Strobel, Toronto Sun
First posted: Sunday, July 03, 2016 10:46 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, July 03, 2016 11:20 PM EDT
These are troubled times for the elephant next door and we, the mouse, owe it some love this July 4.
Neighbourly love — and up here, there is a “u” in neighbour.
So, happy birthday, America, ya big galoot. Take a breather from leading the free world and from all the slings and arrows that go with it.
Rest your weary old democratic bones. Have some cake. You’ve earned it.
You are beset from all sides. You are the Great Satan and Uncle Scam, land of imperialist hotdog eaters, home to Tan Mom, Gwyneth Paltrow and Honey Boo Boo. And Donald Trump.
We don’t envy you. You must fight fires in faraway places — while at home choosing between a reality show billionaire and a jaded former first lady who was interrogated Saturday by the FBI.
But only in America could that happen. Only the land of Lincoln, Jefferson, Kennedy and Reagan could consider electing a gaudy mogul who collects gold, casinos and blondes — as a protest vote against the establishment.
That’s what makes America great. Anybody can win. Owning a jetliner nicer than Air Force One is no barrier to the White House.
You Americans know little of us, but we watch you like hawks. We see how incredibly inventive you are, how hard you work, how loudly proud you are. We know July 4, your 240th birthday, will be noisier than our Canada Day just past.
“We’re not as celebratory a people as our neighbours to the south,” Ted Woloshyn told me on Newstalk 1010 on Saturday. We were discussing Canada’s looming sesquicentennial.
“The Fourth of July,” said Ted. “is just gonna be gangbusters down there. They take it right to the top.
“We don’t scream as loud.”
True, though we’re getting there, still riding the high of the Vancouver Olympics. The difference is, we scream a tad self-consciously, as if we don’t want the world to think we’re puffed up.
You Americans don’t care. I admire that. You are numero uno, cock of the walk, head honcho, big cheese, and you know it. Some call it arrogance. I call it confidence.
If America were a guy, it would get all the chicks.
As for us 97-pound weaklings, imagine where we’d be without you Americans and your armies. We’d speak German, probably, or Russian, or Japanese, or whatever the hell Kim Jong-un speaks. Without you, William Shatner might still be Ranger Bob on the CBC, never having travelled to Rigel IV at the helm of the starship Enterprise.
Justin Bieber might be a local punk in Stratford, Pamela Anderson a C cup, Cheech and Chong just plain Cheech. The world at large might never have laughed with John Candy, Jim Carrey, Catherine O’Hara, Dan Aykroyd, Russell Peters, Seth Rogen or Mike Myers.
Some of us up here at the North Pole, where the moose and the Mounties roam, turn up our noses at you. They diss your politics and at your place in the world, especially on the Internet and at left-wing cocktail parties.
Ignore ’em. Most of us are mighty glad you’re our neighbour.
You are our biggest trading partner and we are yours. Yes, bigger than China. For instance, we traded you Trailer Park Boys for Orange is the New Black.
I dread to think what we’d do every weekend without your culture. How many reruns of Littlest Hobo can one person watch?
Thanks for that, America, and for everything else you do. Happy birthday.
You Yankees really are doodle-dandy.
Strobel’s column usually runs Monday to Thursday. mstrobel@postmedia.com.
Vivid Cabaret - New York celebrates July 4th. (WENN PHOTO)
Happy b’day, Americans! | STROBEL | World | News | Toronto Sun