Canada Is An Affordable Alternative To The United States

Retirees who want to live in an English-speaking country similar to the United States should head to Canada. Americans who become permanent residents have access to universal health care, which, although not perfect, is a great alternative to the expensive options in the United States. Prescription medications are also considerably cheaper.

While major cities have pricey housing, affordable options are available in areas such as Vancouver Island and Prince Edward Island (oceanfront homes can cost as little as $115,000). A stable banking system and Canada’s proximity to the United States also make our neighbor to the north a desirable place to retire.

Of course if you can live in another country where the native language is not English there are a lot of options. Germany Isn’t One of the Cheapest Options, But It’s Modern & Culturally Diverse. Panama has A lively capital city & laid-back atmosphere. Portugal welcomes foreigners, and its visa and tax programs make it easy for those earning a minimum of $1,400 a month to retire there. Mexico is a great place to retire if you like warm weather and affordable health care ($140 a month). A couple can live comfortably in the country for around $2,175 a month, which covers housing, utilities, groceries, and other necessities.

American interest in moving abroad skyrockets after Trump’s win — how many would actually leave?

As reported on CNBC Google Trends showed that searches related to “leaving the country” and “how to move to …” spiked following the news that Donald Trump would be returning to the White House.

Searches for “how to move to Canada” peaked on Nov. 6, with Google Trends showing interest in the phrase highest among Democratic strongholds, like Vermont, Maine, Oregon and Washington.

Even as Californian where it seldom snows except in the mountains I have been looking at possible locations to move to in Canada.

I have made no decision to move but that could change if Trump implements a GASTOPO. The German secret police under Nazi rule ruthlessly suppressed opposition to the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe, and sent Jewish people and others to concentration camps. From 1936 it was headed by Heinrich Himmler.

You don’t have to be Jewish to decide to leave. The von Trapp family left Austria. Just like in the movie, the von Trapp family was made up of a widower, his large brood, and a would-be nun named Maria. Like in the movie, the family began to sing together and eventually decided to leave their native Austria for the United States as Adolf Hitler gained power in Europe. The family fled in 1938 from Nazi-dominated Austria to Italy (Switzerland in the play) and emigrated to the United States.

What will you do if Trump emulates Hitler?

The Billionaire Club: Meet the 10 People That Control the World

These are the oligarchs who really control the world.

Larry Ellison — US$108.8 billion An American

Jeff Bezos — US$122.1 billion An American

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers — US$81.4 billion

Carlos Slim Helu — US$87.8 billion

Warren Buffet — US$101.6 billion An American

Steve Ballmer — US$88.5 billion An American

Mukesh Ambani — US$79.5 billion

Bernard Arnault — US$206.6 billion

Bill Gates — US$107.3 billion An American

Elon Musk — US$184.7 billion

I Did Not Vote for Kamala Harris

Let me be clear. I marked by ballot for Kamala Harris. I was not a supporter. I did vote against Donald Trump. I believe many other people were of the same mind.

Now that Donald Trump has won my fears of what will happen to my country are becoming true.

Look at his appointments and you should be appalled. Following are four that should alarm everyone.

Attorney General: Matt Gaetz: Accused of sex with a minor. In 2020, he was accused of child sex trafficking and statutory rape. Following an investigation, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) decided not to pursue charges against him. Prior to his resignation as representative, Gaetz was also under ethics investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegations of underage sexual abuse, illegal drug use, sharing inappropriate images and videos on the House floor, misusing state identification records, converting campaign funds for personal use, and accepting impermissible gifts. Gaetz has denied all of the allegations.

Before being elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2010, he briefly served as an attorney with the Keefe, Anchors & Gordon law firm, reported the Pensacola News Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network. He was shortly suspended from practicing law in 2021 due to unpaid fees in 2021 but was later reinstated.

Attorneys general usually have experience as federal prosecutors. During Trump’s first presidency, some top lawyers in his administration threatened to quit over his proposal to elevate someone without prosecutorial experience to attorney general, USA TODAY previously reported.

Defense Secretary: Pete Hegseth: The Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that’s associated with white supremacist groups.

Hegseth told radio host Hugh Hewitt in June that he believes roughly a third of the military’s most senior officers are “actively complicit” in the politicization of the US military. Speaking about his new book, Hegseth railed against what he described as “woke, CRT, DEI things, gender stuff” that has “seeped into” the military.

Just last week, he echoed much of the same complaints in an interview on a podcast hosted by Shawn Ryan, a former Navy SEAL, saying one of the first actions the Trump administration should take is to fire the Joint Chiefs chairman.

“Well first of all you’ve got to fire the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and you’ve got to fire — I mean obviously you’ve got to bring in a new Secretary of Defense, but any general that was involved — general, admiral, whatever — that was involved in any of the DEI woke shit has got to go,” Hegseth said.

Director of National Intelligence: Tulsi Gabbard: She has been accused of amplifying Russian propaganda and would come to the job having never worked in the intelligence world or served on a congressional intelligence committee.

Reported by NBC that she has been accused of amplifying Russian propaganda and would come to the job having never worked in the intelligence world or served on a congressional intelligence committee.

Health and Human Services: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Kennedy’s baseless claims have included that Wi-Fi causes cancer and “leaky brain”; that school shootings are attributable to antidepressants; that chemicals in water can lead to children becoming transgender; and that AIDS may not be caused by HIV. He’s also long said that vaccines cause autism and fail to protect people from diseases. Barry Popkin, professor of nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health fears if Kennedy is confirmed as HHS head, “thousands of children may die of measles and many other infectious diseases for which children have been vaccinated for many decades.” (Kennedy recently told NPR that he won’t “take vaccines away from anybody.”)

Unfortunately, a GOP controlled Senate that is supplicant to Trump, his selections will be approved.

My America Is Gone!

America fell for gaslighting.

Like so many of you I am gagging.

Nine days before Election Day, Donald Trump delivered his closing argument at a Madison Square Garden rally that drew comparisons to a 1939 pro-Nazi rally in the same arena and characterized by similar anti-democratic themes: demonization of immigrants and political enemies, invocation of strongman leadership, threats of violent retribution, denunciations of the press.

Responding to criticism of this self-evident hate-fest, Trump characterized it as “a lovefest.” He wasn’t just lying. That’s too simple an explanation of how Trump behaves in general, and what he’s doing here. Lying is deceiving people about the state of the world, and Trump routinely does that too. But simply tallying up the lies gives no insight into their purpose. Bulls***ting is deceiving people about one’s motives — using true or false claims indiscriminately — and is a more accurate description of his routine behavior. But calling that rally calls a “lovefest,” is doing something more: That’s gaslighting, an effort to undermine people’s entire sense of reality and impose an invented reality in its place.

Trump was saying, in effect: The hate you saw was really love, and if you can’t see that, you’re the hateful one. It’s the kind of upside-down logic commonly found in abusive relationships, whenever the abuser is challenged. They may lie all the time, but when the chips are down, they gaslight. 

“I’m not perfect” = Your expectations I behave like a human being are unreasonable

“I’ve never pretended to be someone I’m not” = You fell in love with me so it’s your fault

“This more than decade old video” = It was a long time ago, why the fuss? You’re so unreasonable.

“These words do not reflect who I am” = The reality you just experienced didn’t actually happen.

“I said it … I apologize” = Get over it already — I said I’m sorry, you’re being hysterical.Expand article logo

  

A Dream Come True for Donald Trump

I had a nightmare last night where I dreamed that Donald Trump won the election. Then I woke up and found out and realized it was more than a dream. He won the election 277 to 224 electoral votes.

  • Trump was elected by the will of the people, and democracy demands we accept that.
  • The most troubling promise Trump has made is that he will immediately begin a massive deportation of undocumented people.

Even worse the GOP now will have control of both house of Congress. U.S. Senate 42 Democrats 52 Republicans. U.S. House 181 Democrat 201 Republicans

I anticipate that Donald Trump will implement all the things he promised during the campaign. That includes deportation of millions of undocumented people, outrageous tariffs, lowered taxes for corporations and the wealthy, withdrawal from NATO, refusal to aid Ukraine, refusal to aid South Korea, refusal to provide protection for Taiwan, national anti-abortion law, no LGBT protection.

The GESTAPO is coming after you if you resist his directions.

Fed up with U.S. politics, some Californians are making plans to move abroad was a headline in today’s print edition Los Angeles Times. I am in that category.