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   >  WD> Now that Canada will become the 51st state of the USA, can this echo be   
   >  WD> discontinued?   
      
   >My impression was that there is some other country that could be the 51st.   
   ave   
   >we watched different movies?   
      
   I have seen movies and TV shows that depict a future where the following   
   are the 51st state:   
      
    -- Vietnam   
    -- Israel   
    -- Cuba   
      
   In this instance, Ward's joke is about something Donald Trump said about   
   making Canada the 51st state.  Trump was probably taking a poke at Justin   
   Trudeau, but it does sort of show a lack of understanding of how big Canada   
   is, and how the different provinces (like our US states) all have different   
   laws, administrations, etc.   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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