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janrinok
on Friday September 08 2017, @06:25PM
from the then-the-Basques,-and-then-...? dept.
from the then-the-Basques,-and-then-...? dept.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41191327
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy says he will ask the courts to revoke a law passed by the Catalan regional government to hold a referendum on independence. He described the vote, planned for 1 October, as illegal.
Earlier, state prosecutors said they would bring criminal charges against Catalan leaders for their endorsement of the referendum.
The pro-independence majority in Catalonia's parliament passed the referendum law on Wednesday. Spain's wealthy north-eastern region already has autonomous powers but the regional government says it has popular support for full secession.
See also:
- Will Catalonia try to secede from Spain this year? [Jan 2017]
- Catalan independence: Plan for quick split from Spain after vote [Jul 2017]
- Catalonia's push for independence from Spain [Nov 2015]
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(Score: 2) by edIII on Friday September 08 2017, @09:08PM (3 children)
It's only a coincidence in that many, many, many, many areas of the world have communities and peoples that are disenfranchised and exploited by their governments and elite classes.
The problem with California is that those elite classes live here too. Most likely, it would be a succession of California, Oregon, and Washington. I don't think any of those states have significant percentages of peoples that are not disenfranchised and exploited.
I predict that an actual vote will be for full independence from Washington, D.C. and that it will pass. Regardless of whether or not it is illegal.
As the years of the Trump
presidencytrainwreck go on, the willingness of the majority of voters that didn't vote for Orange Anus to have full secession increases.Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Friday September 08 2017, @09:20PM
All ruled by Democrats for the last 50 years, so you are probably right.
Other than that Oregonians are probably little different than the other two because they actually have rebellion and insurrection experience.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday September 09 2017, @03:00PM (1 child)
I keep thinking the capital of the 2nd American Republic ought to be in Denver, to cut the elites in the Northeast off at the knees. The mindset of that whole region is out of step with what the country is now. They have fully retained the class mentality of Merry Olde England there.
I say Denver and not St. Louis because Denver has better skiing.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @10:34PM
Denver has better skiing
Perhaps some of the legislators would avail themselves of that.
...like the guy who extended copyright to 95 years.
...and died after he slammed into a tree. [google.com]
Though he was never in government, a similar thing was done by a Kennedy. [google.com]
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