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Interesting. Wasn't on my list of possible places he'd be going in 2026. I've been wondering when any sort of Central/South America trip might be in order.

Anything like Vegans?

All correct - but the Colonies religious makeup pre-1776 did not reflect the religious makeup of the UK of that time. The majority of the Colonists were not Anglican, followed by Presbyterians, which the majority of the citizens of the UK were. The smaller, fringe religious groups found within...

I'd hope for shown the door.

One only individual who signed the Dec of Indep was a non-Prod - 1 - 1 of 56.

Interesting to see if she stays or is shown the door.

Lol, but that lot was RC through and through, no splintering among them. The list of the splinter Prod's going to the US is long and extensive Quakers Morvarians Amish German Pietists Puritans Mennoites 7th day Baptists etc. The Statute of Liberty phase - "Give me your tired, poor huddled...

They 'had enough' because it came down to leave or force to convert back or die.

The Colonies became the US - did the religious make up of the 13 colonies change/alter in any meaningful way from 1776 to 1800? No it did not.

It was 'founded' by a significant number of fringe (at the time) splinter Protestants groups looking for 'freedom' to practice their unique beliefs away from the eyes of the majority and their governments.

Interesting picture. Overlay this information against voting patterns in the US. The colours don't come across with the %. Prods are blue, with the darkest blue being the highest %. Roman Catholics are orange. Mormons are pink and Unaffiliated are the grey colour. The map above shows the...

Someone is Trump’s inner group should have a talk with some elderly Soviet/Polish Communist government officials from the 1980’s and ask them what happened when they picked a fight with a Pope….

Delusions of grandeur

I used to travel to Budapest back in the mid 90s when I worked in Prague and had some dealings through my employer with the ‘IMC’ there, which was the International Management Centre. Eventually that became the CEU. When I was there it was also run by a Canadian named Deszo Horvath who was the...

Oil up over 8% in pre-market. Oil over 104$/barrel.

Can't Russia just send ships via the Caspian Sea? Not much they'll be able to do about that, short of destroying the docks of course

What, the persona of someone who has a PhD from one of the worlds most respected universities and was also the Governor of both the Banks of Canada and England?

If this occurs, the US blocking the Strait for all, it will be interesting to see what the world opinion of the US's actions are.

Ok, I'm not certain what to make of this news - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/12/trump-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz.html Trump says U.S. will blockade Strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks fail President Donald Trump said the U.S. will blockade the Strait of Hormuz after talks to end the Iran...

I know he did Scott Gallagher’s podcast during the election. I don’t follow Podcasts much, I’ve watched a few here and there. At first glance, sitting with one of these folks doesn’t look much different than sitting down with Peter Mansbridge or Barbara Frumm back in the day.