Posted on 12/20/2016 5:25:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
California gained an embassy in Russia last weekend, at least in the eyes of those who have promised to seek a statewide vote on secession, nicknamed "Calexit," in 2018.
Louis Marinelli, a San Diego resident who is the leader of the group promoting an effort to turn the state into an independent country , organized the Moscow event that was publicized on social media.
"We want to start laying the groundwork for a dialogue about an independent California joining the United Nations now," he said in an email Monday.
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Marinelli is currently working as an English teacher in Russia, and said he is there working on immigration issues related to his wife, who is a Russian national....
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If they really have then at this point they are committing treason.
Not exactly helping their cause.
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They’re dreaming!
They think they’ve gone to heaven.
Aren't they afraid that Russia will hack their embassy and their election?
So now they are ok with Russia?
Save the word "treason" for actual treason and not for a single individual's delusion.
Since they are open to secession, they should let the State of Jefferson in northern CA secede. But they won’t because self-contradictions are irrelevant to the left.
Do I have to apply for California passport or can I have dual citizenship?
California should build wall around border.
But I thought the lefties hate Russia now.
it wont turn out the way they think it will.
Fruits and nuts. Now more than ever.
I think an outlaw Republic of California “embassy” in Moscow would be about as amusing to Russian authorities as the Pussy Riot punk band.
The California Peso will have a negative value upon being coined.
Logan Act violation??
If California left the USA, then who would pay all their bills?
See how they like it when the sluice-gates at Hoover Dam close.
Permanently.
Let's not criminalize everything. Alleging a political opponent of a Logan Act violation shows you're not a serious observer of current events. Kind of reminds me of when Democrats cried "Logan Act" at something Trump had done.
It figures. Is there any way to get these Leftist losers to defect to Russia? One can only enjoy the utopia of the new socialist man if one lives it for real instead of just thinking about it and making everyone else in the U.S. unhappy as you pursue your dreams here. Most Americans with functioning brain cells want no part of your socialist utopia.
Moscow should kick out these deranged Communist warmongers that hate Russia !
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