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Puerto Ricans Back Becoming 51st State

posted by n1 on Monday June 12 2017, @09:49AM   
from the join-the-club dept.

BK writes:

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.

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• Re:Is this article's presence intended to be satir Re:Is this article's presence intended to be satir (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @10:32AM (3 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @10:32AM (#524256)

  Sure. I like a good roasted coward.

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• Re:Is this article's presence intended to be satir (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @10:43AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @10:43AM (#524259)

  It was my pleasure.

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• Re:Is this article's presence intended to be satir Re:Is this article's presence intended to be satir (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @02:04PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @02:04PM (#524397)

  Do you have a good recipe? they always end up a bit chewy for me

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  • Re:Is this article's presence intended to be satir (Score: 3, Funny) by LoRdTAW on Monday June 12 2017, @02:24PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Monday June 12 2017, @02:24PM (#524415) Journal

    Cook low and slow.

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