Former Lancastrian

Lake Superior, Lake St Clair, Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Ontario are posing a bit of a challenge

livinginnyc

Challenge accepted, I'll happily do a mini-castaway (sorry Wilson, you can't come) across Lake Ontario and beg if Trump becomes Prez.

Former Lancastrian

Just make an asylum case if Trump becomes President you just might have a case

Protected Person section 97(1)(b) Immigration & Refugee Protection Act states
(b) to a risk to their life or to a risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment if

(i) the person is unable or, because of that risk, unwilling to avail themself of the protection of that country,

(ii) the risk would be faced by the person in every part of that country and is not faced generally by other individuals in or from that country,

Jerseygirl

I will keep that in mind.

MMcD

Other than an example of why it's sometimes best to not post after something o'clock in the morning.... .......

MMcD

Nah...we've already been assured the mighty Rio Grande won't present a challenge.
Five great Lakes are just puddles

On another front - Ominous sign:
According to the Audubon Society there's a superstition that warns "Dead birds inside a structure are bad news. A bird that flies into a house foretells an important message. However, if the bird dies, or is white, this foretells death”
With that in mind, read on...https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/0...umps-dc-hotel/

btw: wonder whether the hotel's Presidential Ballroom has been booked for an Inaugural Ball? Kellyanne?

Leslie

Official statement just released by the Trump campaign:

"The bird is not dead. It is resting."

And, unlike Cleese, America was stupid enough to believe him.

MMcD

With a bald eagle as its symbol - no wonder

Replacement by a mighty python is recommended. ASAP!

HDWill

It is interesting how closely "Gordon Barlow"'s statements align with the Russian regime's propaganda efforts.

The full name as username is worth noting also. The obvious Russian posters on sites like the Guardian etc often use full Anglo names or names like "Jim from Oregon" instead of pseudonyms like most real posters.

Anian

There's a few people on here that I am sure are just using fake names to get around a previous ban.

Gordon Barlow

What a silly fellow you are - a wonderfully loyal patriot, to be sure, if you count "my country right or wrong" as your guiding principle. I don't subscribe to that principle; rather, I believe that no nation should be given a free pass to commit crimes against humanity, and I commend that idea to you.

As for who I am, well... I don't criticise you for hiding your true identity. It is petty of you to take me to task for being different in that regard, and for using that difference to justify a personal insult. (Personal insults belong in the TIO thread, by the way, not here.) I always write under my real name, except in forums where pseudonyms are required. My reason for doing so lies in my longtime advocacy of freedom of speech here in my home community. If you Google "Gordon Barlow Cayman" you can find out pretty much all about me. By contrast, Google has nothing at all on "HDWill". Ironic, no?

sir_eccles

In Gordon's defense I'm pretty sure he's a real person. There is nothing to be gained from such petty name calling.

I mean he's wrong on pretty much everything but that does not deserve name calling.

Jerseygirl

Have you ever considered becoming a member of MI5 or perhaps a federal agent or something similar?

That's got to be one of the daftest things I've read on here.

Perhaps you would like to PM me their names.

dc koop

I see that Russia has just had yet another of it's wonderfully democratic elections and surprise surprise Valdimir has won again :

Philk

and ironically if you do Google "Gordon Barlow Cayman" and click the images tab there's a pic of Putin