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©Ad for “Griffonnage” Perfume by Jacques Griffe from a 1949 French magazine. Art by René Gruau.![Tue, 2025-03-25 09:35 - Ad sponsored by O’Keefe’s Brewing Company of Canada.
“From the rich, colorful Orient, to the busy ports of England, Canada’s ships sail the seas, laden with the products of Canadian soil and Canadian craftsmanship. The pride that Canadians take in their work is reflected in the excellence of the products she exports. Within the short span of the last 18 years, our external trade to 51 countries has increased by $1,500,000,000!
“Golden wheat for Europe’s starving millions . . . nickel and newsprint . . . lumber, furs and machinery . . . are among the ever-increasing total of Canada’s products that make her the third largest exporting nation.
“And the demand for Canadian products will be greater in future. Canada can meet those demands because there’s room to grow in Canada Unlimited.” [From the ad copy]
Canada's external trade has grown significantly since the days of 'Canada Unlimited.' As of 2022, Canada's total merchandise exports amounted to approximately $779 billion, while imports were around $759 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of $19.7 billion. The United States remains Canada's largest trading partner, accounting for the majority of exports and imports.
Canada's trade continues to thrive, with energy products playing a significant role, contributing to a record 27.2% of total exports in 2022. The resilience of Canadian trade is evident, even in challenging global environments.
[Source: Bing Copilot]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54423037505_393496b7ab_q.jpg "Tue, 2025-03-25 09:35 - Ad sponsored by O’Keefe’s Brewing Company of Canada.
“From the rich, colorful Orient, to the busy ports of England, Canada’s ships sail the seas, laden with the products of Canadian soil and Canadian craftsmanship. The pride that Canadians take in their work is reflected in the excellence of the products she exports. Within the short span of the last 18 years, our external trade to 51 countries has increased by $1,500,000,000!
“Golden wheat for Europe’s starving millions . . . nickel and newsprint . . . lumber, furs and machinery . . . are among the ever-increasing total of Canada’s products that make her the third largest exporting nation.
“And the demand for Canadian products will be greater in future. Canada can meet those demands because there’s room to grow in Canada Unlimited.” [From the ad copy]
Canada's external trade has grown significantly since the days of 'Canada Unlimited.' As of 2022, Canada's total merchandise exports amounted to approximately $779 billion, while imports were around $759 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of $19.7 billion. The United States remains Canada's largest trading partner, accounting for the majority of exports and imports.
Canada's trade continues to thrive, with energy products playing a significant role, contributing to a record 27.2% of total exports in 2022. The resilience of Canadian trade is evident, even in challenging global environments.
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©“There’s room to grow in Canada Unlimited.” Ad in Super Science Stories, January, 1949. Art by Rex Woods.![Sun, 2025-03-30 08:23 - The 1946 Packard was a significant model, marking the company's return to civilian car production after World War II. It was part of the Clipper series, which featured a sleek, aerodynamic design that stood out from the boxier pre-war styles. The 1946 Packard Clipper was known for its luxurious interiors, high-quality materials, and innovative features like an optional overdrive transmission for better fuel efficiency. It was a symbol of post-war optimism and even served as the pace car for the 1947 Indianapolis 500.
As for why Packard eventually went out of business, it was a combination of factors. The company struggled with poor management decisions, such as moving production to a smaller, less efficient plant, which led to quality issues. Additionally, Packard's attempt to compete with mass-market brands like Ford and Chevrolet diluted its luxury image. The merger with Studebaker in the 1950s also proved disastrous, as Studebaker's financial troubles drained Packard's resources. Ultimately, these challenges, combined with increasing competition from the 'Big Three' automakers (GM, Ford, and Chrysler), led to Packard's demise in the late 1950s.
[Sources: Metrommp.com, ConceptCarz.com, Hagerty.com, Hemmings.com, and HotCars.com]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54422407296_4ec03ff54d_q.jpg "Sun, 2025-03-30 08:23 - The 1946 Packard was a significant model, marking the company's return to civilian car production after World War II. It was part of the Clipper series, which featured a sleek, aerodynamic design that stood out from the boxier pre-war styles. The 1946 Packard Clipper was known for its luxurious interiors, high-quality materials, and innovative features like an optional overdrive transmission for better fuel efficiency. It was a symbol of post-war optimism and even served as the pace car for the 1947 Indianapolis 500.
As for why Packard eventually went out of business, it was a combination of factors. The company struggled with poor management decisions, such as moving production to a smaller, less efficient plant, which led to quality issues. Additionally, Packard's attempt to compete with mass-market brands like Ford and Chevrolet diluted its luxury image. The merger with Studebaker in the 1950s also proved disastrous, as Studebaker's financial troubles drained Packard's resources. Ultimately, these challenges, combined with increasing competition from the 'Big Three' automakers (GM, Ford, and Chrysler), led to Packard's demise in the late 1950s.
[Sources: Metrommp.com, ConceptCarz.com, Hagerty.com, Hemmings.com, and HotCars.com]")
©“America’s No. 1 Glamour Car” Ad for the 1946 Packard in “The Saturday Evening Post,” November 17, 1945.
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Malkin Exposes Berg as a Truther
A princess in the righty blogosphere believes Obama was born in Hawai’i. Michelle Malkin made her name with her rhetoric more than her reason. She commits a standard ad hominem fallacy while exposing attorney Phillip Berg as a 9/11 Truther:
The most prominent crusader against Obama’s American citizenship claim, lawyer Philip Berg (who, not coincidentally, is also a prominent 9/11 Truther), disputes that Obama was born in Hawaii and claims that Obama’s paternal grandmother told him she saw Obama born in Kenya.
By the process of reason, each claim is evaulated on the evidence, not on the character of the claimant. Berg can be a total tinfol-hat wackjob on everything, but none of that changes the facts of Barry’s birth and the secrecy surrounding the supporting documents.
Malkin does include a challenge to the evidence inside the rhetoric:
Berg and his supporters further assert that the “Certification of Live Birth” produced by Obama was altered or forged. They claim that the contemporaneous birth announcement in a Hawaii newspaper of Obama’s birth is insufficient evidence that he was born there. (Did a fortune-teller place it in the paper knowing he would run for president?). And they accuse anyone who disagrees with them of being part and parcel of the grand plan to install Emperor Obama and usurp the rule of law.
Following her claim about the integrity of Berg, I find he seems to be among the more reasonable of the Truthers. He suspects that the Bush administration knew of and did not prevent the attack. He is not claiming W. planned it, nor does berg believe the laws of physics were suspended to cause the Towers to collapse.
To me, that makes Berg just another Democrat. A leftish one, but still in fair territory for his party.
Since fallacies are on my mind, Malkin’s lumping together “Berg and his supporters” is a fallacy of composition. Almost certainly, some of Berg’s supporters have thicker tinfoil hats that Berg himself. It is not logical to assert them all as equally crazy.