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[–] 41 points 1 year ago

when Chile goes to sleep

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Ayyyy one of the 15% that doesn't live near the border checking in 😎

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    No one lives in the Maritimes and Newfies are a figment of our imagination?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    The implication of that map is skewed hard though. It's only cause of Montreal, Toronto, S & SW ontario and Vancouver. 3 small spots compared to the size of the border, with 90% of the border population.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    John Candy tried to warn us. They're preparing for an invasion!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Us? You-S-A tarriff'd the world!

    I know you're joking :P It's legit a potential weakness actually. Trump could invade with very little resistance beyond the border, our population was too focused on trade by land and now we've had to reconsider our priorities. Also, the image neglects Edmonton's existence.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah, and that whole TransCanada highway being a massive choke point

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  • [–] 79 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (27 children)

    America isn't any better. Depending on what statistic you are looking at, 40% to 75% of all Americans live within 100 miles of the border

    Not so fun fact: if American border patrol agents stop you within the 100 mile zone, they can ignore parts of the fourth amendment and perform what would normally be illegal search and seizure

    100 Mile Zone

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    can ice do more shit in the 100 mile zone or nah?

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Yes and it includes 'within 100 miles of an airport'.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yep, which is why its more or less blatant ignorance of the constitution

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Pretty sure it's not ignorance, otherwise how would they clean their butts?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    ICE isn't CBP though. They technically don't have jurisdiction over American citizens. CBP does.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Lake Michigan isn't a border...

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Due to the Straits of Mackinac, the CBP considers it to be so.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Considering the relative surface areas, with those percentages you provided, actually, yes, America is less consolidated.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The United States also has eight times the total population. I only saw one source that said 40% and the overwhelming majority said either 2/3 or something in the low 70%

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Sorry. I clarified with a photo in my post.

    I did a quick search online to get the percentage and I saw one result at 40% and the rest were all between 70 and 75% of the US population lives in the 100 mile zone

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