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BlueMTexpat

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5. I traveled there once

Reply to Hekate (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 03:33 AM

Nov 3

on TDY when I worked for the USG - during the Clinton Era prior to Newt Gingrich's takeover of the House in 1994, when our government still functioned.

Like the first poster, I thought first of Canada, then remembered our own US Ontario in California.

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U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say [View all] Zorro Nov 3 OP

Uhhh...what the hell is an ICE Agent doing in Ontario, Canada?! electric_blue68 Nov 3 #1

Ontario, CA Aviation Pro Nov 3 #2

Ontario, California. I used to live out there when my dad worked for Lockheed Aircraft at the Ont. Airport Hekate Nov 3 #3

I traveled there once BlueMTexpat Nov 3 #5

I had just graduated from HS in Hawaii when we moved there in 1965. Culture shock is hardly the word for what I felt... Hekate Nov 3 #15

There is so uch duplication of names among the continents and provinces of North America soldierant Nov 3 #6

Ontario, California, is forty miles East of Los Angeles. John1956PA Nov 3 #7

the 'behind' part really counts for nothing stopdiggin Nov 3 #4

Oink oink questionseverything Nov 3 #18

WTF? malaise Nov 3 #8

Of course they shot him in the back. It's what cowards do. Ray Bruns Nov 3 #9

i.c.e thugs shot an American citizen Marthe48 Nov 3 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author UT_democrat Nov 3 #11

Ontario, California, where I bet Hispanic people Wednesdays Nov 3 #12

Or 20,000 years ago, depending Hekate Nov 3 #16

Believe the American Gestapo ? republianmushroom Nov 3 #13

Ohhh. Duh, lol. Laughing At Myself (not the terrble event). electric_blue68 Nov 3 #14

I don't believe the ICE thugs. They are proven liars again & again. When beating a victim to unconsciousness... Hekate Nov 3 #17

SO many of these stories. TOO many!!! yellow dahlia Nov 3 #19

Re Ontario. It never occured to me that a US town would have a Canadian name. electric_blue68 Nov 4 #20