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Greater Idaho
Greater Idaho COMMENT: I thought you were nuts when you said the US would break up. I apologize. Today we voted here in Oregon to leave the state and join Idaho. Great forecast. WJ REPLY: This is always the outcome. But more importantly, this is also just the beginning. The election of Biden was really disastrous. With […]
Biden’s Presidency Will Be A Catalyst For Secession – And Perhaps Civil War
Biden’s Presidency Will Be A Catalyst For Secession – And Perhaps Civil War Over the past few months I have written a handful of articles which discussed what would probably happen if Joe Biden actually entered the White House and launched his administration. My initial belief was that Trump would refuse to concede and that […]
How to Avoid Civil War: Decentralization, Nullification, Secession
How to Avoid Civil War: Decentralization, Nullification, Secession It’s becoming more and more apparent that the United States will not be going back to “business as usual” after Donald Trump leaves office, and it is easy to imagine that the anti-Trump parties will use their return to power as an opportunity to settle scores against […]
Rajoy Slapped in the Face: Catalonia Elects Pro-Independence Speaker
Rajoy Slapped in the Face: Catalonia Elects Pro-Independence Speaker Spain’s prime minister Mariano Rajoy received a well-deserved slap in the face today. Independents again rule Catalonia. In October, prime minister Mariano Rajoy took direct control of Catalonia, jailing its leaders and dissolving its parliament after Catalan president Carles Puigdemont declared independence in October. Puigdemont is […]
As US Global Influence Recedes, Secession Demands Grow
As US Global Influence Recedes, Secession Demands Grow One of the more welcomed outcomes of the paring back of the US State Department bureaucracy is the elimination of scores of “status quo enthusiasts.” Since the end of World War II, the State Department’s ranks have been populated by foreign service officers and career diplomats who […]
Canadian Separatists
Canadian Separatists COMMENT: I think the danger for Canada is not Quebec leaving because they get 11 billion dollars a year given to them by the federal government, it is the provinces paying the bills that are more likely to leave, western Canada in general but especially Alberta which has been getting hosed. As you noted […]
The Separatist Movements in Canada & One-Size-Fits-All of Marx
The Separatist Movements in Canada & One-Size-Fits-All of Marx Many people are aware of the various attempts of Quebec to separate from Canada. What they are unaware of is the supporters of the Western Independence Party of Alberta. There has been an undertone of the separatist movement in Alberta which actually stems from the Great Depression […]
Madrid Gives Catalonia 5 Day Ultimatum To Clarify If It Declared Independence
Madrid Gives Catalonia 5 Day Ultimatum To Clarify If It Declared Independence With Spain’s prime minister having opened earlier in the day the path for Madrid to use a constitutional “nuclear option” to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy, demanding that the regional government makes clear whether it considers itself independent, moments ago Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy […]
You’re On Your Own, by Robert Gore
You’re On Your Own, by Robert Gore ichef.bbci.co.uk If the world seems incomprehensible now, just wait. Within a twenty-four-hour span the Catalonian people voted 90 percent in favor of secession from Spain, despite the Spanish government’s effort to violently squelch the referendum, and a man in a Las Vegas hotel room opened fire on a concert, […]
Madrid Waged Cyber-War & Catalonia Votes Overwhelmingly to Leave Spain
Madrid Waged Cyber-War & Catalonia Votes Overwhelmingly to Leave Spain Catalonia voted overwhelmingly to secede from Spain. Of course, the hard line invasion of riot police who beat and threatened the people discouraged many from showing up with the turnout being only 43%. The fascist government in Spain has demonstrated to the entire world that there […]
The Catalan Chain Reaction
The Catalan Chain Reaction Catalonia’s drive for “independence” has unleashed a chain reaction of viral social media support that’s frighteningly resurrected civil war-era rhetoric, but the most dangerous consequences of this domino effect are yet to come if the separatists are ultimately successful in their quest. The Nostalgia Narrative The Catalan “independence” cause has taken […]
Catalonia’s Referendum Unmasks Authoritarianism in Spain
Catalonia’s Referendum Unmasks Authoritarianism in Spain Monica Clua Losada, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley I have long worried about the rise of authoritarianism in the European Union. The Spanish government’s violent crackdown during the Catalonia referendum on Oct. 1 is the latest crisis to challenge EU institutions. Several member states are facing serious questions […]
Catalonia Chaos Begins to Squeeze Spain’s Financial Markets
Catalonia Chaos Begins to Squeeze Spain’s Financial Markets Bank shares plunge. Money is already on the move. Spain’s biggest political crisis of a generation, which has led to the complete breakdown of communication and understanding between its government in Madrid and the separatist region of Catalonia, is finally beginning to take its toll on the […]
