From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:13:25 -0800, The Horny Goat    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:01:36 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/you-seer-of-visions   
   >>   
   >>With all the chatter about the U.S. taking over Canada it   
   >>should not be forgotten that Cecil Rhodes wanted America to be   
   >>reunited into the British empire and Churchill in effect   
   >>suggested the same thing in the "Iron Curtain" speech of   
   >>1946.   
   >   
   >That must have gone over well with Truman who was with Churchill in   
   >Fulton that day!   
      
   IIRC, Churchill offered (twice!) to cede Northern Ireland to Eire if   
   Eire would join the Allies. That didn't work either.   
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