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In reply to the discussion: I'm 77 and I never thought I would see the day when elected politicans would [View all]Gordcanuck
(147 posts)15. I wouldn't come
to 🇨🇦 if you are pessimistic. We are to be annexed, so your president says. Your fate could be even worse. In 1800 to,about 1830,
those loyal to England who came here were in a number of cases hunted down by the early version of the Fenians, an Irish nationalist association. Most United Empire Loyalists, as they were called, survived the vilification and made substantial contributions to early Canada.
Those early days are gone, youll have better luck elsewhwe. Will I flee? Unlikely, I am in the same age cohort as you. For better or worse Im staying.
Gord
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I'm 77 and I never thought I would see the day when elected politicans would [View all]
sinkingfeeling
Mar 2025
OP
All because we did not give to Stalin all the states that Hitler had conquered after Stalin had over run Berlin and
LiberalArkie
Mar 2025
#3
Right. Stalin (and his successors) would have kept on rolling through western Europe
erronis
Mar 2025
#6
If the U.S. governement was conservative like now, There would not be a Europe, Japan, S. Korea, Philippines etc, they
LiberalArkie
Mar 2025
#11
I have been looking into buying a small condo on a Caribbean island that offers a second passport.
Lonestarblue
Mar 2025
#30
Trump couldn't do more to destroy this nation if he was a Russian asset, following orders from Moscow.
patphil
Mar 2025
#31
That is the last thing we need, a real war criminal who should have been tried at The Hague.
valleyrogue
Mar 2025
#34