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Google gives Canada Day no logo
The Globe and Mail ^
| July 2, 2008
| JILL MAHONEY
Posted on 07/07/2008 2:30:22 PM PDT by george76
It's long been a Google tradition, a wink to Canucks: A Canada Day version of the website's logo, illustrated with Maple Leaves, a loon and even a beaver.
But yesterday? Nothing but the usual primary-coloured letters.
Asked for comment about the snub, a spokesperson offered little comfort in an e-mail.
"We enjoy celebrating holidays at Google and are sorry we missed one that's special to you. As you may imagine, it's difficult for us to choose which events to celebrate on our site. We have a long list of holidays that we'd like to celebrate in the future. We have to balance this rotating calendar with the need to maintain the consistency of the Google homepage."
(Excerpt) Read more at theglobeandmail.com ...
TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: canada; canadaday; google
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posted on
07/07/2008 2:30:22 PM PDT
by
george76
To: fanfan; MtnClimber
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posted on
07/07/2008 2:31:18 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
“We enjoy celebrating holidays at Google and are sorry we missed one that’s special to you.”
What a bunch of BS!
There has been no mention of Christmas OR Easter for the past few years. Which holidays do those morons choose to celebrate?
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posted on
07/07/2008 2:35:59 PM PDT
by
Disturbin
(Liberals: buying votes with your tax dollars)
To: Disturbin
This year? Independence Day.
4
posted on
07/07/2008 2:39:09 PM PDT
by
null and void
(every Muslim, the minute he can differentiate, carries hate of Americans, Jews & Christians - OBL)
To: george76
I guess this means Google won’t be commemorating Pulaski Day.
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posted on
07/07/2008 2:39:12 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
( This tag blank until football season.)
To: george76
Canada is practically the 51st state and any kind of war would be over in a matter of days, send in Omega Force.
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posted on
07/07/2008 2:41:33 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Tactical Is Still Missing A Chair!)
To: Disturbin
"Which holidays do those morons choose to celebrate?" Earth Day:
Persian New Year:
? Spudnik: Yuri Gigarin:
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posted on
07/07/2008 2:48:31 PM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(McCain is the best candidate of the Democrat party.)
To: george76
To: george76; Disturbin
They had a pretty cool 4th of July logo this year. They probably just didn’t want to run two “specials” in a row.
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posted on
07/07/2008 2:49:26 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(They all say they want change, but they're really after folding money.)
To: george76
So what the hell is on Google today???
I thought Canada Day was July 1st???
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posted on
07/07/2008 2:54:35 PM PDT
by
MadelineZapeezda
( MUST SEE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkgHkxIfgBc)
To: george76
I would loan Canada mine, but it's at the cleaners after the party this last weekend.... Oy vey... you should have seen the mess.
/johnny
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posted on
07/07/2008 2:54:47 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: TheThirdRuffian
Hey it's
Marc Chagall's birthday this very day! (film at 11)
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posted on
07/07/2008 2:56:31 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Society is well governed when the people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law)
To: TheThirdRuffian
Last 2 Christmas logos (not very Christmas-y)
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posted on
07/07/2008 2:57:00 PM PDT
by
Disturbin
(Liberals: buying votes with your tax dollars)
To: george76
But yesterday? Nothing but the usual primary-coloured letters.They're a bunch of hosers, eh!
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posted on
07/07/2008 2:58:29 PM PDT
by
holymoly
To: holymoly
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posted on
07/07/2008 3:01:52 PM PDT
by
Disturbin
(Liberals: buying votes with your tax dollars)
To: holymoly; BIGLOOK; proud_yank; girlangler; ShadowAce; SunkenCiv; Clive; dynachrome
LOL
They’re a bunch of hosers, eh!
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posted on
07/07/2008 3:03:30 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Here's Google celebrating Christmas:
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posted on
07/07/2008 3:04:34 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: MadelineZapeezda
I thought Canada Day was July 1st??? That would be "yesterday" if you were reading an article from July 2nd, which, it just so happens, you are.
;->
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posted on
07/07/2008 3:43:03 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: george76
I bet they would love to celebrate May Day!
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posted on
07/07/2008 4:47:08 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(http://www.jeffhead.com/obama/nobamanation-sticker.jpg)
To: Izzy Dunne
Yep, duhhhhhhh.....looked up at saw the post day!
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posted on
07/07/2008 4:47:22 PM PDT
by
MadelineZapeezda
( MUST SEE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkgHkxIfgBc)
To: george76
You know, if they really wanted to see a beaver on the Internet, I can direct them to a couple of sites.
To: george76; GMMAC; Clive; exg; kanawa; conniew; backhoe; -YYZ-; Former Proud Canadian; Squawk 8888; ..
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posted on
07/08/2008 4:41:45 AM PDT
by
fanfan
(SCC:Canadians have constitutional protection to all opinions, as long as they are based on the facts)
To: george76
What has Google got against Canada Dry? It’s a wonderful mixer.
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posted on
07/08/2008 5:49:39 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(My eco-electric car is backed up by Soylent Green.)
To: george76
I swear that there was a different graphic yesterday. It was kind of busy and I didn’t try to understand it.
I went to google’s holiday calendar for 2008 to see which logos they’ve used so far this year and it is out of date. July 4th was a graphic this year and none of the July dates have been posted yet in the 2008 archive.
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posted on
07/08/2008 8:29:22 AM PDT
by
weegee
(What is the term for an irrational fear of American imperialism and why does the media never use it?)
To: All
Ha - who needs Google?
There are so many talented artists and graphic designers on board here - we should have our own holiday rememberances.
Matter of fact who needs the MSM either? But that’s another story for another thread.
FR Rocks... ahem graphically speaking!
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