People are leaving the USA

[other one]

1 minute ago, teddyv said:

We'd happily take the west coast. California along is the something like the world's 5th largest economy.

Who can't ballance its budget, and can't keep businesses there.

[teddyv]

Just now, other one said:

Who can't ballance its budget, and can't keep businesses there.

I'd still take it just on the agricultural resources.

[other one]

2 minutes ago, teddyv said:

I'd still take it just on the agricultural resources.

You'd have to take control yourself or the present in charge would find a way to mes that up too.

[NConly]

1 hour ago, teddyv said:

We'd happily take the west coast. California along is the something like the world's 5th largest economy.

all the states named each had over 5 billion dollars a year trade with Canada .

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[Starise]

On 5/13/2025 at 3:20 PM, Anne2 said:

I understood that. I can understand you making sure though.

 

Yes, me and my sister have discussed Russia concerning that ourselves. Only in the sense of "hey, maybe things are so bad as we thought". That is about as far as it went.

 

I do understand, and the need for repeat. That I do! LOL

Somewhat an aside, I go to another forum sometimes and read the Orthodox discussion with all that is going on concerning Ukraine and Russian church. Really quite interesting to listen to them. If I remember the issues,

,Since the Russian Church, patriarch still having authority over Church in Ukraine, some pretty gnarly things happened in Ukraine. And the Ukraine Orthodox Church (along with "it's clergy") came into being over the dispute!! Which in turn brought the Patriarch in Greece into it.... Since it was they back in the day (I don't know how far back) who gave what they call "auto cephalacy" or in other words gave them their own self headed rule there to the Russian Patriarch. Just interesting. Anyway, it was to me, with all that is going on these days.

I am not in Canada, but the U.S.

The way I see it is the western powers will often demonize nations who are threats to them in their press etc. Many grow up believing a lot of it. In addition, much of this runs deep between nations with long standing entrenched grudges. Finland, Norway and Sweden have a bad past with Russia. Many in the US still see Russia as a spin off of the old Soviet Union. Some of that is true, but much has changed in that regard. 
Parts of Russia are very nice. Other parts are barren and very cold most of the year.

The Russian Orthodox Church adds works to salvation. Maybe it’s a question of order.Salvation then works. If I were there I would identify as Christian, but not join the state church.

If you go there none of your credit cards will work. They need to issue you something under their own currency. 
 

[Anne2]

3 hours ago, Starise said:

The Russian Orthodox Church adds works to salvation. Maybe it’s a question of order.Salvation then works. If I were there I would identify as Christian, but not join the state church.

My mention of that church had nothing to do with this..But rather an a personal interest in a breach of authoritative structure of the church going way back to the third century. How this would be dealt with, etc. It was simply an aside on that curiosity. No matter what happens this situation was created, it is still interesting to me. That is all...

[teddyv]

4 hours ago, Starise said:

he way I see it is the western powers will often demonize nations who are threats to them in their press etc. Many grow up believing a lot of it. In addition, much of this runs deep between nations with long standing entrenched grudges.

This goes both ways of course. My accountant grew up in Bulgaria and they thoroughly believed the US/NATO was out to make war against them at some point (and not without some warrant as NATO routinely sent jets toward their borders from Turkey to test response times).