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motoged
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Border Woes
They could be headed to Baja...
Snowbirds amassing at U.S. border
(letter reprinted from Kelowna Daily Courier, October 25, 2018)
A White House senior aide has disclosed that the sheer number of retired Canadians amassing along the northern border is creating
consternation amongst top U.S. State Departments and the Department of Homeland Security. Experts anticipate that half a million of these snowbirds
will migrate to the U.S. over the next month, dwarfing the immigrant caravan crossing Mexico, and placing undue stress on the quality of life for many
Americans, while posing a growing security threat
“It’s too much,” lamented the anonymous aide. “It’s a struggle for citizens in Florida, Arizona and California to find a tee time,
the pickleball courts are full and God help you if you want to find a parking spot at an outlet shopping mall. ”
Evidence collected last winter raised concerns that the normally reserved Canadians are exhibiting more uncivilized behaviour these days.
“We have reports that Canadians were telling jokes about our president. And across the southern US, pot-bellied over-the-hill Canadians in
pastel golf shirts would walk into bars in the late afternoon, demanding $2.50 for highballs and a buck and a half for a beer, proclaiming that happy
hour was here. Like they were tragically hip or something.”
The aide was asked if anxiety surrounding the Canadian caravan permeated the White House.
“Look, I can’t speak for everyone here, but we love Canadians - Conrad Black, the Reichmann family, Pamela Anderson. But we cannot ignore
the burden this influx of Canadians places on us.”
The security concerns are heightened by Canada’s recent decision to legalize recreational marijuana. U.S. officials are wary of baby boomer
potheads bringing their debauched drug habits over the border.
“It seems they’ve all been told to say the same thing to our immigration officers,” said the aide. “When they ask Canadians if they
have ever consumed marijuana, they get this apathetic stare and the standard response, ‘Who me?’
“We’ve searched luggage and repeatedly found boxes of instant brownie mix hidden under lumberjack coats, but there’s nothing we can
do.”
The Canadian snowbirds want to ensure that empathetic Americans understand their plight. One traveller going through US immigration at the
Calgary airport put it this way: “We sacrifice a lot leaving our homeland each winter - Bloody Caesars, people saying ‘you're welcome’ instead
of ‘uh-huh,’ 24/7 coverage of the Leafs on TSN. But you must realize that we suffer from a brutally oppressive winter regime so we have to seek
seasonal asylum in your country.”
This is expected to become a pivotal issue in the run-up to the U.S. mid-term elections. Canadians are advised to slip over the border while
they still can.
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Doug Ford asked me to move back as a partial offset...I'm holding out until a law is passed prohibiting the sale or consumption of poutain...
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motoged
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It's "poutine"....
"Poutain" has quite a different meaning....
[Edited on 11-6-2018 by motoged]
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chuckie
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Hooker... I knew that...
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chuckie
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GED really has lost his sense of humor, EH?
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At least they go home every year after spending a grip of loot!
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Timo1
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I came down here this year and was going to try to be one of those "cheapo" canucks I keep hearing about and try to save a few bucks.
Well that didn't work out.
sold out and got out !!!
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bajabuddha
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Sure, come to Baja with a $20 bill and one extra pair of clean underwear.... and no intention of changing either..... 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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motoged
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Quote: Originally posted by bajabuddha  | | Sure, come to Baja with a $20 bill and one extra pair of clean underwear.... and no intention of changing either..... |
I was supposed to bring a clean pair ????
Merciless bunch of SOB's.....
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volcano
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love your humor, Ged
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weebray
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I knew they were coming, I saw my neighbors slapping their elbows. They should not be allowed to cross the border until they take back Justin Bieber.
Every beautiful beach in the world needs a few condo towers - NOT.
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joerover
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yea
those damn Bolivans rolling up here to have there children get papers
I explained to the border just yesterday,
60 inches tall means a maximum of a 30 inch waste, thin girls cut the line.
Fat ladys put to much stress on the food store,
60 inches tall by 60 inches around go back
who pays for all that food?
Venezolana is prettier than colombiana, think about for a while.
[Edited on 11-8-2018 by joerover]
the fat lady is breeding
which means
The fat ladys are breeding
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joerover
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Click migrant caravan and cry a tear drop
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/06/100-people-kidna...
"For years, organised crime has preyed on migrants passing through Mexico, from taxing them to use established routes to kidnapping them and
imprisoning them in safehouses."
[Edited on 11-8-2018 by joerover]
the fat lady is breeding
which means
The fat ladys are breeding
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BajaMama
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Hilarious!
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motoged
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I am not sure if you are being sarcastic....?
Or have compassion ?
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joerover
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"Unless Mexico lives up to its obligations to migrants, it risks being dismissed as self-serving "
https://www.amnestyusa.org/most-dangerous-journey-what-centr...
"There are also reports of extortion and ill-treatment by police and immigration officials. Tragically,"
The news does not report the truth of how Mexican Police treat illegal migrants. The story the Mayan girl from Chimaltenago told me was far worse
than anything on the net.
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the fat lady is breeding
which means
The fat ladys are breeding
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Lee
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Obligations? What obligations? Funny.
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
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joerover
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/world/americas/migrant-ca...
The migrants’ goal is Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, a route that avoids the crime-scarred states of northeastern Mexico.
Tijuana is no bien para ninas
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/us/deployed-inside-the-un...
[Edited on 11-10-2018 by joerover]
the fat lady is breeding
which means
The fat ladys are breeding
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