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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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To: SeekAndFind

Thought I checked for a NY post...missed by the time I was typing, I guess.


41 posted on 03/23/2014 5:36:49 PM PDT by 3D-JOY
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To: SeekAndFind; Revolting cat!; GeronL

How long before Putin or the “Palestinians” claim them?


42 posted on 03/23/2014 5:47:32 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The “lagoon city” has about 60,000 residents. The entire metropolitan area about 1.6 million.

Where did these 5 million come from? And how the heck do 89 percent of 5 million people agree on anything?

Something is not right about this.


43 posted on 03/23/2014 5:48:02 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: Ann Archy

Venice is beautiful in November when I visited 3 years ago. Less tourists and the waiters treat you better. But be prepared for the smell. It’s like the entire city is so old the rivers are full of sewage. I always thought Napoli (Campania region) and southern Italy were good. (Our family, great granddad’s side is from there :)


44 posted on 03/23/2014 5:48:59 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: SeekAndFind

I think venice will do just fine on its own. I like being in venice and If venice goes look for Mestre to follow within weeks and become part of Venice.


45 posted on 03/23/2014 5:49:23 PM PDT by barmag25 (There is nothing that a man needs that he can't find in the North Georgia mountains.)
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To: SeekAndFind

And Russia was criticized for the 97% Crimean referendum result.

How is this massive super-majority in Venice any different? Or is this also a so-called Soviet-style outcome?


46 posted on 03/23/2014 5:58:57 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: VanDeKoik
Venice could become another Monaco.

Or the next San Marino.

47 posted on 03/23/2014 6:00:14 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Viennacon
I like your style?

48 posted on 03/23/2014 6:00:46 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

In Veneto veritas. Repubblica Veneta ping.


49 posted on 03/23/2014 6:14:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SeekAndFind

arm pit ping


50 posted on 03/23/2014 6:32:58 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: max americana

There’s a History Channel or maybe Smithsonian channel called Strip the City and they did Venice. My complaint was that they didn’t explain the sewage system. We decided that they didn’t have one. Smelly indeed.


51 posted on 03/23/2014 6:36:26 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: Ann Archy

The only time I’ve needed a Visa in Italy is to get cash from an ATM.


52 posted on 03/23/2014 6:36:54 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: goldstategop

The options on the Crimea ballot were join the Russian Empire today or become an independent state which will later petition to join the Russian Empire.

No option to remain part of the Ukraine.

A total sham. Which is why so many refused to vote.

The referendum was neither free nor fair with state media propagandizing in favor of joining the Russian Empire today and the province under Russian occupation.

Feel free to resume Putin ball washing though.


53 posted on 03/23/2014 6:42:29 PM PDT by Reaganez
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To: SeekAndFind
Italy got the area of Venezia, including Venice, in 1866 in return for siding with Prussia in the Seven Weeks' War--despite the fact that their signal achievement in the war was to be beaten in a naval battle with the Austrian navy near the island of Vis (now part of Croatia).

Some territories further east, which would be separated from Italy if Venice were to secede, only became part of Italy after 1918 (such as Gorizia and Trieste).

54 posted on 03/23/2014 6:42:29 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Vinylly
There are parts of Italy that have not even been officially Italian for 100 years yet.

Italian unification was accomplished by conquest and martial law, often with foreign troops fighting Italians to "liberate" them.

55 posted on 03/23/2014 6:52:30 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: SeekAndFind

When told by his son that the man was there for the Venetian blinds,Yogi Berra replied, “Look in my pants pocket and give him five bucks.”


56 posted on 03/23/2014 6:54:01 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (ObamaCare unsubsidized PAID Enrollment Prediction: 66,666)
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To: SeekAndFind

Perhaps the self determination movement will spread to the US. We could surely benefit from some semi-autonomous and fully independent nations in our corner of the world. The federal government is the biggest threat to the American people since its inception.
Turn around Detroit by turning it into a tax free city. Texas should become an independent republic. We could have a gay nation caved out of one or several states. We could have a Church run state. The possibilities are endless.
All we have now is one monster surveillance & police state. We can do better.


57 posted on 03/23/2014 6:59:02 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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To: wideawake

Italy lost territory in the 1940s—Istria, Fiume (Rijeka), Zara (Zadar), and a few islands to Yugoslavia, and the Dodecanese Islands, including Rhodes, to Greece. Tito’s troops briefly occupied Trieste in 1945 but were forced to leave—later Trieste and the surrounding area was divided into two zones. The border between the two zones later became the official international border between Italy and Yugoslavia, but that may have been as late as 1974. The area in question had belonged to Italy since the end of WWI.


58 posted on 03/23/2014 7:10:41 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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59 posted on 03/23/2014 7:45:52 PM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe some left-wing states will break with us and/or some liberal provinces from Canada.

Quebec redux?


60 posted on 03/23/2014 8:03:49 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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