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Governor General eats raw seal heart to support hunters
Canada.com ^ | 26 May 2009 | CanWest News Service

Posted on 05/26/2009 6:58:58 AM PDT by timsbella

Canada’s Governor General began her Arctic tour by gutting a freshly slaughtered seal, pulling out its heart and eating it raw, according to media reports.

Michaelle Jean, the Queen’s representative to the country, did it as a gesture of solidarity with the country’s beleaguered seal hunters, the reports said,

adding that Jean expressed dismay that people would call the traditional hunting practices inhumane.

After eating the heart during a stop in Nunavut’s Rankin Inlet, Jean wiped her blood-soaked fingers with a tissue.

(Excerpt) Read more at canada.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: banglist; eu; hunting; peta; sealhunt
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To: Elpasser

After slashing through the flesh, the Governor General turned to the woman beside her and asked: “Could I try the heart?”

Shortly thereafter, Jean was given a bloody piece of seal heart and ate it whole. She then grabbed a tissue to wipe her blood-soaked fingers.

“It’s like sushi,” she said. “And it’s very rich in protein.”

Jean said it was “absolutely delicious.”

Last month, the European Union voted to ban seal products.

(www.ctv.ca)


21 posted on 05/26/2009 7:33:41 AM PDT by timsbella (Mark Steyn for Prime Minister of Canada! (Steve's won my vote in the meantime))
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To: CholeraJoe

bttt


23 posted on 05/26/2009 7:37:45 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: Elpasser
What sane civilized person would eat a raw, bloody seal heart?

Magua?

24 posted on 05/26/2009 7:39:09 AM PDT by decimon
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To: timsbella
Battle of the Governors

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25 posted on 05/26/2009 7:39:20 AM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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To: timsbella

I dunno but this is gross. I wouldn’t like having her job.


26 posted on 05/26/2009 7:41:32 AM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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Re: Canada’s Governor General began her Arctic tour by gutting a freshly slaughtered seal, pulling out its heart and eating it raw, according to media reports.

Michaelle Jean, the Queen’s representative to the country, did it as a gesture of solidarity with the country’s beleaguered seal hunters, the reports said

Gadzooks! I say we ask Michaelle... to show some solidarity with us Conservatives and take her on a hunt for Nancy, Harry, Teddy Kennedy, Barney and others who toe the Liberal Democrat line!

27 posted on 05/26/2009 7:41:36 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: timsbella

It’s not sushi..or sashimi..it’s SEALshi!!!!


28 posted on 05/26/2009 7:43:41 AM PDT by ken5050
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LOL - she needs to go on tour with Ted Nugent. Maybe she’ll write her own “Kill It ‘n Grill It” cookbook.


29 posted on 05/26/2009 7:45:22 AM PDT by timsbella (Mark Steyn for Prime Minister of Canada! (Steve's won my vote in the meantime))
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To: timsbella

As a Haitian she is probably used to eating raw hearts as part of voodoo rituals.


30 posted on 05/26/2009 7:46:48 AM PDT by FreepShop1
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31 posted on 05/26/2009 7:48:46 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Elpasser; SpinnerWebb
What sane civilized person would eat a raw, bloody seal heart?

Or raw sashimi ... or fish eggs wrapped in seaweed with a raw quail egg on top ... or raw oysters on the half shell ..

shall I continue ?

32 posted on 05/26/2009 7:49:52 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Clinton was our first black President ... Obama is our first French President.)
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To: Elpasser
Andrew Zimmern. (Although he may not be entirely sane.)


33 posted on 05/26/2009 7:51:10 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: timsbella
Maybe she’ll write her own “Kill It ‘n Grill It” cookbook.

Apparently she skips the "Grill It" part, so I'm not sure it could be called a cookbook.

34 posted on 05/26/2009 7:56:21 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins all the battles, reality wins all the wars)
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To: timsbella

Gutted the seal and eat the heart raw. A little tune started running thru my head

R is for RANGER
A os for all the way
N is for never quit.......

OOO-rah! GO get ‘em girl.


35 posted on 05/26/2009 7:57:19 AM PDT by ASOC (Who IS that fat lady, and why is she singing?????)
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To: timsbella

As we would say in the Marines, that was hard core baby... Sarah, care to respond???


36 posted on 05/26/2009 8:06:38 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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37 posted on 05/26/2009 8:32:36 AM PDT by Syncro
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Eat your heart out Michelle.

Ooops, ........on second thought.....

38 posted on 05/26/2009 8:39:01 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: timsbella

I love it, she could be governor of Alaska if she were a resident there.


39 posted on 05/26/2009 8:39:51 AM PDT by RicocheT
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To: timsbella

this is awesome


40 posted on 05/26/2009 9:10:12 AM PDT by wafflehouse (RE-ELECT NO ONE !)
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