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Always Be Ithacating's avatar

The Feenstras' recent Christian Science Monitor profile notes, "The person driving the immigration campaign in Moscow is Maria Butina, now a Duma deputy for the United Russia party. She was arrested in the United States in 2018 for “conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent,” and spent 18 months in prison before being deported to Russia." https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0311/russia-migrants-canada-west-melting-pot

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Always Be Ithacating's avatar

“You're in the worst category possible,” empathized the ["Russian Opinion"] host. "You’re an alpha-type white male, who’s a farmer as well, so you’ve got the woke people after you, the vegans after you, you have the LGBTQ after you, you have literally everyone after you!”

What was that saying about "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing" Better go line that Cossack ushanka hat with more tinfoil, Arend.

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Ryan Denniston's avatar

Yeah, fuckin' shame

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Axomamma's avatar

These maroons continue to show up in your "most popular" list, which is nice because I am occasionally reminded to check on how they're doing. Two weeks ago the mister posted a video complaining they have to learn enough Russian to pass a language test and it's TOO HARD, because they decided to move to a non-English speaking country without learning the language first or - apparently - bothering to find out what the requirements would be to stay longer than the 90 days on their initial visitor visa.

There's been nothing posted since to their youtube channel. They're either too busy learning Russian to make videos or they've already left Russia and are trying to figure out how to make this look like it's not just a clusterfuck of their own creation.

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Tina Mouse's avatar

I hope they left Russia. Those kid's lives as Russian citizens versus Canadians is a very tragic difference. Not that I think Russian kids should lives those lives either, but that is much harder than having your nutball parents drag you there.

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Nik Davis's avatar

Or they got gulag-ed for complaining too much.

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tehbaddr's avatar

Woops! How did I get here?

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Rick's avatar

Came for the article, stayed for the comments.

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Jim Parker's avatar

Can we just call "Traditonal conservatives" tradcons for now on? Although I'm not exactly sure who/what a "tradcon" is. Open to ideas. Do tradcons marry tradwives? Do they produce tradkids? What about tradpets?

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Daydrinking is my JOB!'s avatar

As long as you spell it "asshat" I'm good with it.

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Andrew M. Shaw's avatar

I think tradcons is euphemism for chrinats...

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Jeff Levine's avatar

Read it for the schadenfreude, think about it for the sake of those poor kids.

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Greg Brown's avatar

10-4 Good Buddy. It's the kids who will suffer from parental lunacy.

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Gingerwentworth's Theory's avatar

It's a bit like the opening minutes of Forensic Files. When the naive individuals decide to do something so dangerous.

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Plain Marie's avatar

That's exactly what I came here to non-comment. Wow, trainwreck! And also, those poor kids. Yikes. Or should I say Ikovichsky. (Don't look at me, I don't know Russian.)

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

The bozo put up a video showing how wonderfully well-stocked the local shopping center is. In fact, there's only one thing they don't have: shoppers. The place is a frickin' ghost town: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMnHEGVJ2qY

To this goober, however, it's a clear sign that the economy is booming - and with rubles now costing about a penny apiece, he probably will live pretty well, for as long as his money lasts. His eight kids are a hint about how that's going to go. (The ninth is draft age, and wisely said "no fucking way", or however they say it in Canada.)

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Altamama2's avatar

Ya, just about like that.....or Jamais de la vie (in polite French)

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Rick Jacobs's avatar

Any day now, they will hand Arend a rifle, (that may or may not work), and ship his sorry ass to Ukraine.

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Rick Jacobs's avatar

Any day now, they will hand Arend a rifle, (that may or may not work), and ship his sorry ass to Ukraine.

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Fartknocker's avatar

Off duty today for avmedical procedure involving my colon and a scopy. I have fasted for 24 hours. They say the procedure is pretty quick. My first action after I leave Dr. Scopy is breakfast tacos.

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Gingerwentworth's Theory's avatar

good luck, man.

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Tina Mouse's avatar

Those poor children.

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Pisto75666's avatar

Can't wait for when the invevitable Dateline episode drops.

I can even hear the voiceover "Annera Fenstra suggested they might want to learn Russian before their move but her husband told her not to worry. God would provide!"

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Aaron's avatar

I really wouldn't mind seeing a large increase in far right Canadians packing up and moving to Russia.

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Sophia Bright's avatar

I will second that emotion. PLEASE! I just heard on the radio noise machine that the Conswervathons are polling at like 40%? Methinks the Memory Hole has fully swallowed the evil deeds of Stephen Harpoon the PREVIOUS watery-eyed traitor.

Holy MOLY. Cannot stand JT but he's a damn sight better than the PC ratf#¢kers!

Why can't Canada produce decent politicians it will VOTE for?!?

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Rachael's avatar

As long as my ex-husband is one of them.

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Chris Hierholzer's avatar

You get what you pay for…..

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