According to Fox News:
Puerto Rico's governor announced that the U.S. territory has overwhelmingly chosen statehood in a nonbinding referendum Sunday held amid a deep economic crisis that has sparked an exodus of islanders to the U.S. mainland.
Nearly half a million votes were cast for statehood, more than 7,600 for free association/independence and nearly 6,700 for independence, according to preliminary results. The participation rate was just 23 percent with roughly 2.26 million registered voters, leading opponents to question the validity of a vote that several parties had boycotted.
Also covered by AP.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @10:04AM (9 children)
$120B worth of additional debt onto the federal balance sheet would affect the tech sector and every other sector.
SoylentNews is people
(Score: 0, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @10:08AM (8 children)
You know what else effects the tech sector? Food. We all gotta eat. Are we going to start swapping recipes now, dipshit?
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @10:32AM (3 children)
Sure. I like a good roasted coward.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @10:43AM
It was my pleasure.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @02:04PM (1 child)
Do you have a good recipe? they always end up a bit chewy for me
(Score: 3, Funny) by LoRdTAW on Monday June 12 2017, @02:24PM
Cook low and slow.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @11:09AM (1 child)
Yes and we would all be interested in geopolitical implications of a famine. Also in advances, regulation and IP issues around GM crops.
Not personally fond of shit dips but feel free to create an account and post the recipe to your journal.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @11:33AM
That was, um, that was a pretty weak comeback. I'm embarrassed for you actually.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @02:10PM
Yeah. In case you haven't noticed, we do that from time to time, though just in the comments.
If there are any developments in the state of the art of the culinary sciences, I'll make sure to submit an article.
Come to think of it, there's a new pepper that ought to be taking the world record (according to Guinness) here soon as hotter than even the Carolina reaper. I can also link a place that makes some really good tasting scorpion pepper sauce if you'd like. Had it with some chili the other day.
I'll keep you apprised.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 13 2017, @01:05AM
A few months ago I posted my recipe for Cranberry mead here. I'm still waiting for the other half of the swap.