Sen. Joe Martin, R-Rumford, wrote the undated letter focused on how British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba could seek admission.

A bit older but something I didn’t see until now showing how US Republicans are just the worst and the dumbestas Canadian tourism is DOA.

  • tal@olio.cafeEnglish
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    2 天前

    If they were selling them stuff, this probably wasn’t Macchias Seal Island, though it might be some other border area. There’s not much there.

    kagis

    Oh, apparently someone is raising it this term, though.

    https://www.restore.org/maineenvironews/2025/6/3/a-fight-may-loom-over-tiny-machias-seal-island

    The Republican leader of the state House, Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham of Winter Harbor, last week urged President Donald Trump to defend “sovereignty over our waters,” referring to the little island in the Gulf of Maine.

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 天前

      I’m pretty sure that’s the one; only thing there is a Canadian lighthouse and a seal preserve, right? Most of the action takes place out on boats; the one group that tried to “stake a claim” on the island left with the first bad weather.

      • tal@olio.cafeEnglish
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        2 天前

        Yeah, that’s it. That’d make more sense if people were selling stuff on boats. I was just saying that there isn’t really, like, industry on the island to be selling anything.