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Grins

(9,302 posts)
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 04:56 PM 12 hrs ago

With all the vile fuckery aimed at Canada by the treasonous orange gasbag, REMEMBER THIS...

27 January 2026

On this date in 1980, six American diplomats who had taken refuge in the the Canadian Embassy in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis, were successfully smuggled out of Iran.

All at great peril to their lives, Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor and his staff hid the Americans for nearly three months before arranging their escape on January 27–28, 1980, using fake Canadian passports to fly them out disguised as a film crew.

If you Google "Thank You Canada", and click on images, you will see the appreciation from Americans for that bravery. From everyday Americans, from President Carter, and later - Ronald Reagan.

For myself, I was at a fancy restaurant in Washington, DC a day or two after the news was leaked to the public. Six Canadians were also, by chance, in the restaurant. When one of the guests at the restaurant heard there was a table of Canadians, he told them their money was no good, their night was on him. Other restaurant guests cheered and sent bottles of champagne to the Canadian's table.

And then MAGA REPUBLICANS elected a seething clinical-narcissist, a black hole of despair, deceit, and wretched debauchery.

All that good will and friendship - Gone! What have we become?

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With all the vile fuckery aimed at Canada by the treasonous orange gasbag, REMEMBER THIS... (Original Post) Grins 12 hrs ago OP
Free Meth for ICE Agents Rocky Gravelton 12 hrs ago #1
;-{)......... Goonch 12 hrs ago #2
It sure didn't take "It" very long Diamond_Dog 12 hrs ago #3
The caper even played out in the House of Commons in Ottawa applegrove 12 hrs ago #4
O Canada. multigraincracker 11 hrs ago #5
Wow! Didn't know that! electric_blue68 10 hrs ago #6

Rocky Gravelton

(6 posts)
1. Free Meth for ICE Agents
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 05:05 PM
12 hrs ago

According to whistleblowers from within, ICE Agents are recieving free methamphetimine from the Trump Administration. This is so that they can stay up longer and become more violent.

Diamond_Dog

(39,967 posts)
3. It sure didn't take "It" very long
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 05:14 PM
12 hrs ago

To turn the rest of the world, including our long time allies, against us. So depressing.

applegrove

(130,790 posts)
4. The caper even played out in the House of Commons in Ottawa
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 05:22 PM
12 hrs ago

when it was announced that Canada would be closing it's embassy in Question Period. There was debate and some of the leaders knew the real reason why the embassy was closing and some leaders did not so it play acted really naturally as they debated the issue and got critisized for closing the embassy. The parliamentary debate made the news that night on Canadian TV.

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