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Meet Michaelle Jean, the Sarah Palin of Canada

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T-Gawk
05/26/09

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I heard the heart was still beating when she ate it. STILL BEATING! Then, with blood streaming from her mouth, her head flung back, her fists pumping toward the heavens, she intoned "I am become death, destroyer of worlds." Then she wiped her fingers with a tissue.
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TheMac
05/27/09

@T-Gawk: Was it one of those wet tissues at least?
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The Cajun Boy
05/26/09

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Jesus you Canadians sure are touchy.
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TheMac
05/26/09

@The Cajun Boy: Seriously.

Must be all that independence they don't have.
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valet_of_the_dolls
05/26/09

@✪TheMac: Oh, I don't know... We've got independence from being wiretapped by our own government, for starters...
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valet_of_the_dolls
05/26/09

@The Cajun Boy: Well, I thought it was funny, but if you can't laugh aboot yourself...
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Trixie from Toronto
05/26/09

@The Cajun Boy: We really are. It's just the Palin comparison -- that's going to get anyone's tits in a knot.
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icedog
05/26/09

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I think the post is funny, and raises a good point, why are Canadians still "ruled" by a foreign monarch. It's not like the Brits are showing us much love these days, they just locked up then deported a Canadian musician for not having the right stamp in her passport. Too bad so many Canadians died fighting England's wars to save their sorry asses. Anyway, Gawker people, you should take some time to get to know Michaelle Jean, she's f*cking awesome.
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deva14
05/26/09

@icedog: Yeah, too bad we bothered to fight Hitler. We shoulda stayed home, huh? Chumps, us.
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raincoaster
05/27/09

@deva14: You DID stay home, for the first three and a half years, remember?
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Werrick
05/26/09

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Eating the seal heart is tradition amongst the Inuit after the hunt. It is NOT animal cruelty, and claiming it is simply demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding about how things work in this part of the world. Seal hunting is no more cruel than any other kind of hunting, moose, deer, boar or bear.

And, by the way, as the son of a Newfoundlander I can proudly say that seal flipper pie is delicious, if not a little gamey. Don't get me started on cod's tongues and cheeks, their my favorite.
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Smitros
05/26/09

@Werrick:

With Screech?
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Cheap Shot
05/26/09

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My dream would be to see her and Sarah Palin face-off in a nude hockey match using a baby seal for a puck.
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deva14
05/26/09

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I can only assume that this is a brilliant Gawker parody of the ignorant/asshat things Americans routinely say/believe about Canada. You've got the total non-comprehension of our system of government (check!), an awkward attempt to compare an American and a Canadian role that are pretty much totally non-analogous (check!), and hey, a bonus shot at our indigenous peoples and their "kooky" traditions, too. Well done, sir.
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El Matardillo
05/26/09

@deva14: You know the NYPD is larger than the entire Canadian Defense Force, right? Get thee to a Tim Horton's and have a double double.
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deva14
05/26/09

@El Matardillo: Well, that's logical since the "Canadian Defense Force" is a figment of your imagination. I'd be curious to know whether the NYPD is larger than the Canadian Armed Forces, too.

Nomenclature aside, what's your point? Making fun of countries with small armies is inherently original and clever? Ignorance is all good cuz we gots the guns? Who needs a real punchline when you have the boys in blue? I'm puzzled.

Jokes need to be on point to be funny. Comparing Sarah Palin and Michaelle Jean isn't all that funny because, well, it doesn't really make any sense.
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Trixie from Toronto
05/26/09

@deva14: They both have vaginas and wear glasses.
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El Matardillo
05/26/09

@deva14: Making fun of countries with small armies is inherently original and clever?

Well, if we were making fun of an actual country then it might be foolish, yes.
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TheMac
05/26/09

@deva14: Haitians are Canada's indigenous peoples?
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raincoaster
05/26/09

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Actually, you've got it bass-ackwards. Jean has been the country's head of state far longer than Palin was on the national radar. Sarah Palin is the US's pale, semi-literate, inarticulate answer to Canada's Michaele Jean.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
05/26/09

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oh this is a good one
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DeltaGuy
05/26/09

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The lapel thing is a medal of the Order of Canada. Gaudy, yes, but also Canada's highest civilian order, of which she is kind of the chancellor.

Oh, and side note, her husband is much creepier than Todd.
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Mackintosh-Toffee
05/26/09

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Sorry, but the only thing idiotic around here is this post. Try again.
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Kenneth Gibson
05/26/09

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Lay off the Canadian stereotypes, you already make fun of hipsters, brain-dead socialites and new york post writers, why not choose some less easy targets for a change or would it be too difficult for you guys to come up with commentaries that required a bit of intellectual integrity?
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El Matardillo
05/26/09

@Kenneth Gibson: Canadians are easy meat, particularly if you're a seal.
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MemeMyselfandI
05/26/09

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huh. not a sarah palin. not. even. close. last i looked she wasn't all preachy about birth control/sex education and patriotism and the right to shoot wolves from helicopters.

and just because seals are cute doesn't mean they aren't a legitimate source of food for some people in Canada.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
05/26/09

@MemeMyselfandI: That one sailed right over ya, didnt it?
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Mackintosh-Toffee
05/26/09

@MemeMyselfandI:

Here, here! Especially for Arctic peoples who have a long tradition of not raping their land in the way oil is melting their ice caps.

This post is wrong on so many levels.

What Madame Jean did was actually a sign of respect to the indigenous peoples of the North.

Fucking NOTHING like a Sarah Palin.

Also, bitch is sexy as hell. Love her.
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Mackintosh-Toffee
05/26/09

@Mackintosh-Toffee:

Except for the part where it is "hear, hear"?? These olden styles of speaking confuse me.
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SaraRueful
05/26/09

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Polar bear livers are deadly to humans. I mean, just in case anyone needs to know that someday.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
05/26/09

@SaraRueful: servicey!
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Smitros
05/26/09

@SaraRueful:

Too much Vitamin Eh, I think.
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kimsama
05/26/09

@Smitros: Haha! Canadians know all aboot that vitamin.
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Smitros
05/26/09

@kimsama:

I say that with affection, having spent two years in Ottawa.

And I could totally go for a Nanaimo bar right now.
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shroōdur
05/26/09

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If only we could get the foreign monarch she represents to pick up the tab for this useless, rubber stamp appointment.
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blix
05/26/09

@reckonr: Psst! Canadiens aren't subjects of the crown.
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Trixie from Toronto
05/26/09

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Yeah ... no. She's actually highly intelligent, educated, poised, erudite, well-read, etc. There are great photos of her and Obama yukking it up when he visited Canada.
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Sir Winston Thriller
05/26/09

@Trixie from Toronto: And, she didn't try to eat Obama's heart, and that goes a long way towards good relations.
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Trixie from Toronto
05/26/09

@Sir Winston Thriller: Thankfully on, but I hear she was eyeing his liver.
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Trixie from Toronto
05/26/09

@Trixie from Toronto: Errr ... NO, I meant. Sorry. Early.
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Pope John Peeps II
05/26/09

@Trixie from Toronto: Seriously. And she started off as a REAL journalist, and made her mark with some great documentary work.

What the hell Cajun Boy? Not only is this a rote kind of person-bashing, but it's not even accurate?
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The Cajun Boy
05/26/09

@Pope John Peeps II: Come on guys...this post is obviously laced with a heavy dose of sarcasm. Surely you, of all people, can see that Peeps!
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