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2025-02-12 Europe

Thousands of Danes sign petition to buy California from U.S.

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-12 2025-02-12 01:12|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 LOL.... bad deal but funny as hell!

Posted by DarthVader 2025-02-12 02:09|| 2025-02-12 02:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Given how much money they've saved in their defense budget - maybe they can afford it.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-02-12 05:50|| 2025-02-12 05:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Absolutely rediculous. No one is that stupid.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-02-12 06:15|| 2025-02-12 06:15|| Front Page Top

#4 It's a fire sale! Let's make a deal.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-02-12 06:45|| 2025-02-12 06:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Sure.
But! Just the Cal. Metro areas. ☺
An we'll toss in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Wash also?

Important Note:
All Sea & Shipping Ports, and Farm areas will all remain US and under US Federal control.

In exchange for Greenland.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-02-12 06:47|| 2025-02-12 06:47|| Front Page Top

#6 If you do toss in Oregon and WA, then they have the three of a color group and can build their houses and hotels.
Not sure this is where Parker Bros. envisioned the game to go…..

Posted by USN, Ret. 2025-02-12 08:17|| 2025-02-12 08:17|| Front Page Top

#7 OK, ven, but you'd better be ready to revive the bloodeagle.

Posted by Mercutio 2025-02-12 09:32|| 2025-02-12 09:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Actually a commentator on Insty pointed out that, as amusing as this is, we should remember all the resources that reside in CA. A better approach is to revoke their statehood for failure to provide a republic form of government and revert them to territory status.

Posted by Mercutio 2025-02-12 09:35|| 2025-02-12 09:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Your terms are acceptable.

Ya know, someone good at making deals could probably arrange a multi-party swap. Denmark buys California. They unload Greenland into its own independent country which signs a CoFA with the U.S.

Canada's Alberta and Saskatchewan become part of the United States of America and we drop the tariff on poutine.

Losing the provinces is a net gain for Canada because what they lose in territory, they make up in virtue. The Canadian west is about farming, mining, and oil and gas. While these activities power civilization, they are also extractive and oppressive and polluting and generally awful. Politically, they are more conservative than Ontario and Quebec, so the current government gets a lock on power and more virtue signaling than you can shake a hockey stick at.

In addition, Justin Trudeau becomes King and their national language is French. It's a win-win for everyone!

Posted by SteveS 2025-02-12 09:58|| 2025-02-12 09:58|| Front Page Top

#10 There were several adds on TV last night proclaiming how great Ontario is and what a friend they are to the U.S.

Posted by bman 2025-02-12 11:34|| 2025-02-12 11:34|| Front Page Top

#11 Oh please, please, please!!! Do it!

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-02-12 14:32|| 2025-02-12 14:32|| Front Page Top

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