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Venice votes to split from Italy as 89% of the city's residents opt to form a new independent state
Daily Mail ^
| 03/23/2014
| By HANNAH ROBERTS IN ROME
Posted on 03/23/2014 4:45:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Crimea, Venice, what's next -- Catalonia from Spain, and Scotland from the UK.... and (God forbid), Texas ??
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
03/23/2014 4:46:29 PM PDT
by
SeekAndFind
(question is this)
To: SeekAndFind
Nobody went after Venice like Russia went after Crimea.
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posted on
03/23/2014 4:48:44 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: SeekAndFind
This will never happen in the U.S., since they won’t give up federal money. Unless they can get more a foreign aid.
To: SeekAndFind
Venice could become another Monaco.
Interesting. I wonder how this will play out.
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posted on
03/23/2014 4:51:05 PM PDT
by
VanDeKoik
To: SeekAndFind
Being a part of a large country is necessary when you worry about war. No one worries about war anymore, and Europe could not even defend itself if attack. So why not break off? “Every man to his tent”. (Come to think of it, that didn’t work out too well, either.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
According to
ZERO HEDGE
Venice pays EUR71bn in taxes and receives only EUR21bn in services and investment.
I believe Catalonia also has the same issue with Spain.
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posted on
03/23/2014 4:52:07 PM PDT
by
SeekAndFind
(question is this)
To: SeekAndFind
The proposed Repubblica Veneta would include the five million inhabitants of the Veneto region and could later expand to include parts of Lombardy, Trentino and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Does anybody know if the USAF base at Aviano would be included in this region?
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posted on
03/23/2014 4:52:58 PM PDT
by
Former Fetus
(Saved by grace through faith)
To: SeekAndFind
Garibaldi must be doing 360s in his grave.
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posted on
03/23/2014 4:55:45 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: SeekAndFind
I hope NeoEuropa, everything north and east of pennsylvania will go it alone .....I hope
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posted on
03/23/2014 4:56:15 PM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
To: SeekAndFind
“Wealthy Venetians, under mounting financial pressure in the economic crisis, have rallied in their thousands, after growing tired of supporting Italys poor and crime ridden Mezzogiorno south, through high taxation.”
Coming soon to a State near you!
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posted on
03/23/2014 4:56:47 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: VanDeKoik; Chode
They only become another Monaco if the can get a Grand Prix. The teams will have to use the full wet tyres though.
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posted on
03/23/2014 4:57:18 PM PDT
by
henkster
(I don't like bossy women telling me what words I can't use.)
To: SeekAndFind
Cash cows are about to go maverick.
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posted on
03/23/2014 4:57:35 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: SeekAndFind
“...Venice pays EUR71bn in taxes and receives only EUR21bn in services and investment.
I believe Catalonia also has the same issue with Spain.”
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I wouldn’t blame the Venetians and others in surrounding areas from seceding and forming their own state. Unfortunately, the “takers” in the south & center of Italy likely would not let them leave since the south cannot afford to lose its “makers” and the wealth they create.
To: SeekAndFind
Wow!! We will be in Venice in 4 weeks and 6 weeks....twice....hope there’s no RIOTING!! I HATE when gondolas CLASH!!
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posted on
03/23/2014 4:58:49 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: SeekAndFind
“Venetians have voted overwhelmingly for their own sovereign state. ...”
What about the blind (or is that blinds)?
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posted on
03/23/2014 4:59:18 PM PDT
by
USFRIENDINVICTORIA
(A sarcasm tag would be insulting to the reader.)
To: henkster
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posted on
03/23/2014 4:59:50 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: henkster
LOLOL!!! full wet's indeed...
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posted on
03/23/2014 5:00:28 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Ann Archy
You’ll need visas by then.
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posted on
03/23/2014 5:00:33 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Badwhereas things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
03/23/2014 5:00:54 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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