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Canada: A Very Dubois Claim To Fame — Especially When It Comes In Ahead Of Jamaica, U.S.A. & U.K.

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by Anura Guruge
on April 7, 2024

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First and foremost I will READILY CONFESS that I have no experience, whatsoever, firsthand or otherwise, of Canadian penises — & I have NO INTENTION, whatsoever (again), of rectifying it. [This also got me thinking, ALAS, that I also don’t think I have ever had any carnal knowledge of any Canadian women. Hhhmmm. That, I found a bit puzzling because, over the years, I have had a lot of dealings (ALAS (again)) with Canada.]

I find this claim very HARD to believe. Doesn’t make sense. COULD be their HUGE immigration population. IF there is to be any logical explanation, that has to be it. Their HUGE non-white immigrant population. IF not for that how can they be that much higher up from the U.S. & U.K. The French connection alone couldn’t cut that (so to speak).

Very confounding.

IF this had to do with FEMALE ANATOMY I would have volunteered to undertake some urgent hands-on research. But, not this.

I just wanted to make sure YOU KNEW about this.

Canada?

NO WAY.

Related story from the same U.K. “Daily Mail” from last year.
Link to my post related to it.

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Detailed Timeline As To How Long It Took To Get A U.S. Passport In Mid-2023 (& The 12-Week ‘Wait’ Is Accurate).

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by Anura Guruge
on September 10, 2023

Click to ENLARGE. Excel spreadsheet I put together for YOU.

Last week, while I was in Maine (again), my Naturalization Certificate arrived — on September 5, 2023.

That was the last step in the process — start-to-finish, soup-to-nuts. I had got my U.S. Passport, U.S. Passport Card & my documentation. That was it. It was finally, ALL DONE.

It had taken 125 days from START-to-FINISH.

117 days since ‘they’ received my paperwork at the Texas facility, 8-days after I submitted it all at a large U.S. Post Office.

So, that is 4 MONTHS — BUT, I received my Passport & Passport Card within 3 months.

So, I was right SMACK in the 12-week WAIT they currently advertise.

Amusing that they wait EXACTLY a month after issuance of the Passport to start mailing back the documentation. Not sure why they wait a month. I guess they want to make sure the passport got delivered.

I am HAPPY. Got the Passport within the timeframe I had been told to expect. Wasn’t thrilled waiting 5 weeks to get back my documentation — BUT relieved that I am now all set.

Just thought that this timeline might help a few of you. Now you can work out where you are in the process. Hopefully things will get faster now that the Summer travel rush/bulge is history.

All the best.

Canada’s Catholic ‘Residential Schools’ For Indigenous Kids — & This Latest Story. I am at a LOSS.

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by Anura Guruge
on September 1, 2023

Click to image to ENLARGE. Link to U.K. ‘Daily Mail’ article from Aug. 31, 2023.

I am at a loss. This is the ONLY story I have read of this — so far. Saw it yesterday & wanted to bring it to your attention. Earlier in the month, when I was fortunate enough to attend ‘Passamaquoddy Days‘, in Pleasant Point, Maine, I heard a lot of very personal accounts about the abuse & crimes of Canadian Residential Schools — just across the water! The stories were very personal, vivid & painful.

Then I see this.

It is but the results from ONE DIG. That they found NOTHING is confusing.

I think we all agree, intrinsically, that ABUSE OCCURRED. There were those that LUCKILY SURVIVE & were able to tell the world as to what transpired.

I will keep my eyes & ears open. I will, time permitting, do some Gooling.

I just wanted YOU to be AWARE of this latest story. OK? PAX.

I Got My U.S. Passport CARD Today — 2-Days After Passport & 12.7 Weeks (89 Days) After I Applied.

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by Anura Guruge
on July 29, 2023

Click to ENLARGE. Sorry, I don’t want to expose myself. (SMILE).

This is cool. Right on the heels of my passport. I am chuffed.

So, just like clockwork per the currently much-stated 11 to 13 week wait for a U.S. Passport.

Both were mailed from Houston, Texas. The passport was sent ‘Priority Mail’, the passport card, First Class. I suspect they were both mailed on the same day. I don’t care. Just glad to have BOTH of them.

Now just waiting on my my all important Naturalization Certificate. Hoping it will come soon. But, in a way, it no longer matters. I have these credentials to prove that I am somewhat bona fide. SMILE.

Had never heard of a Passport Card. They can ONLY be used for land or sea crossings. DEFINITELY not valid when crossing the border by air.

The land/sea works GREAT for I — when it comes to Canada (from my ‘Bold Coast‘). Maybe I will now, after a 20+ year boycott, again start visiting Canada. There were times in my life when I visited Canada twice a month!

Though New Hampshire Borders Canada, We, So Far, Have Been Unaffected By The Wildfire Smoke.

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by Anura Guruge
on June 7, 2023

Click to ENLARGE. Base image from ‘The New York Times‘. Click for original.

So it has been kind of strange watching all of the frenzied news coverage of the air pollution being caused by the Canadian wildfires.

We, in New Hampshire, border Canada. But, we haven’t seen any smoke. I know that for sure because of all of my ambling. I would see & feel the smoke, & I had not. Then I remembered that I had even taken these two pictures this morning. NO HAZE.

I fully appreciate that we have lucked out, so far. All to do with wind currents.

The wind currents has kept the smoke to the west of us. But, that can & most likely WILL change. I will keep you posted. But, for now, I am glad to be smoke free.

Canada Asking The U.S. To Shoot Down UFO In Its Sovereign Airspace Is Pretty Astounding — A Dangerous Precedent.

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by Anura Guruge
on February 11, 2023

Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Fox News’ (click).
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The irony is that this, i.e., shooting intruders, is all about protecting & defending the integrity of your air sovereignty. So, it seems very strange that Canada would INVITE another nation, the U.S. be it, to enter its sovereign air space & moreover shoot down something over its country. Pretty astounding. In my opinion a bad precedent.

Yes, yes, yes, Canada & the U.S. are NATO members (with their ‘one for all’ etc. etc.), belong together to NORAD etc. etc. But, Canada does have its own Air Force with at least 80 operational CF-188 Hornet fighter jets. And, furthermore, some of these were scrambled. So, the Canadian pilots hung around watching while the Americans did the shooting.

I have to think the Canadian Air Force is not too happy about this. Kind of insulting. I also assume that quite a few Canadians are upset.

What was ‘Justin Trudeau‘ smoking?

In my opinion this was a big miscalculation on the part of Trudeau. He should have let his pilots do the job & take the honors.

‘Boxing Day’: Just Plain Crazy That The Americans Haven’t Caught On, Given That They Love ‘Black Friday’.

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by Anura Guruge
on December 26, 2022

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Today, the DAY AFTER Christmas, December 26th, is ‘Boxing Day‘. A major British holiday celebrated with gusto across the GREAT ‘British Commonwealth‘.

‘Canada’, a part of the Commonwealth, as such, still celebrates it.

Found it on ‘Facebook’ — via ‘Amherst Police’, NY.

I love, & always make a point of enjoying, BOXING DAY.

Happy Boxing Day to you. Enjoy. It is a wonderful day.

Amazingly, we don’t know for sure, as to the origins of this holiday or its name! So, I won’t bother going into that.

In Britain & some of the other Commonwealth countries it has become a HUGE discount shopping day — markdowns after Christmas.

So, it is like ‘Black Friday‘.

In Britain & the Commonwealth it is also a MAJOR SPORTING DAY. We have the ‘Boxing Day Test Match‘ (i.e., a 5-day cricket match between COUNTRIES) played in Australia. Given the time difference I managed to watch the start of it yesterday, i.e., Christmas.

Great Holiday. Makes Christmas into a 2-day feast.

Amazing that the Yanks haven’t cottoned onto this as yet. They will, they will.

‘Poppy Day’ 2022 — Wearing Two Of My Red Poppies With Pride & Respect.

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by Anura Guruge
on November 5, 2022

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First time this week that I went out other than for my multiple, daily rambles.

So, it was time to wear my Red Poppies. I was just going to wear one of my Canadian ones, but in the end decided to wear two. SMILE. I was going to wear my prized ‘Churchill‘ one, but it is small & at such most would not have noticed (& worse still, not recognized it). So, I played it safe.

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Remembrance Day is this Friday, November 11, 2022.

‘Poppy Day’ 2022 Is Nearly Upon Us — I Never Forget, I Always Honor.

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by Anura Guruge
on November 5, 2022

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As a good & loyal Brit, I have always been a big advocate of ‘Poppy Day’, i.e., November 11, ‘Remembrance Day‘ & the annual ‘British Poppy Appeal‘. I always try to wear one of my Red Poppies, with pride & respect, in the days leading up to Poppy Day. Now that COVID is kind of behind us, & I am getting around, I will start my tradition as of tomorrow — though I have to be very careful as to NOT lose any. Getting the real deal in the U.S. is NOT easy. I am currently using three poppies that were sent over to me from Canada.

I am NOT complaining. It is FREE & as such it is their prerogative & I would never deny that. At least they still have some news — unlike our town rag which no longer even makes a pretense of trying to include some local news. Again, it is free & they get local ads. irrespective of whether they bother to include any local news or not.

Doesn’t really bother me. I get 98% of my news online or from TV.

I just wanted to share this with you, just for edification.

Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, A Goody Two-Shoes & Perennial Papabile, Now Accused Of Sexual Misconduct!

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by Anura Guruge
on August 18, 2022

Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Google News’.

For once, I am slightly skeptical. With all other Catholic clerics, including the ‘acquitted’ George Pell, I had no doubts; they were all guilty as accused & there are tons of others that never got accused or caught.

But, with Marc Ouellet, I, surprisingly, appear to be siding with the pope & Vatican! I have a hunch that this looks like a ‘put of job’ to harm the Vatican, the curia, the pope & obliterate Ouellet’s papabile prospects. By taking down Ouellet, another from the “ol’ guard” bites the dust. This increases the chance of a Francis acolyte becoming the next pope. At this rate, against all odds, baby-faced & still remarkably young (i.e., 65), Luis Antonio Tagle really could be the next pope! Sacré bleu.

I will also confess, that I was RELIEVED that Ouellet had NOT been accused of having his way with young boys. He has not been accused, at least as yet, of committing any overt sexual acts per se. His since, to date, appear to consist of unwelcome groping, pawing, kissing, etc. Not good — & as a father of three daughters, two still quite young, this does NOT make me happy, BUT it is not as bad as rape, oral sex or exposure. Ouellet basically is being accused of being yet another dirty old man!

I am sure events will unfold rapidly over the next few days. Stay tuned. Whatever happens, I am pretty sure that Ouellet as of now is NOT papabile & will never be.