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California secession organizers say they've opened an embassy -- in Moscow
The Los Angeles Times ^ | December 20, 2016 | John Myers

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....

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Politics
KEYWORDS: alexandrionov; calexit; california; ionov; louismarinelli; marinelli; newcalifornia; russia; secession; timdraper; timpalmer
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1 posted on 12/20/2016 5:25:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If they really have then at this point they are committing treason.


2 posted on 12/20/2016 5:27:12 PM PST by Fai Mao (PIAPS for Prison 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not exactly helping their cause.


3 posted on 12/20/2016 5:27:22 PM PST by SSS Two
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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They’re dreaming!

They think they’ve gone to heaven.


4 posted on 12/20/2016 5:27:30 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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Aren't they afraid that Russia will hack their embassy and their election?

5 posted on 12/20/2016 5:29:53 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So now they are ok with Russia?


6 posted on 12/20/2016 5:30:12 PM PST by ari-freedom (You can't be America First by putting G-d last)
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To: Fai Mao
If they really have then at this point they are committing treason.

Save the word "treason" for actual treason and not for a single individual's delusion.

7 posted on 12/20/2016 5:31:22 PM PST by SSS Two
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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.


8 posted on 12/20/2016 5:31:22 PM PST by bkopto
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Do I have to apply for California passport or can I have dual citizenship?

California should build wall around border.


9 posted on 12/20/2016 5:32:59 PM PST by jennychase
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

But I thought the lefties hate Russia now.


10 posted on 12/20/2016 5:34:47 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

it wont turn out the way they think it will.


11 posted on 12/20/2016 5:35:46 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fruits and nuts. Now more than ever.


12 posted on 12/20/2016 5:36:15 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think an outlaw Republic of California “embassy” in Moscow would be about as amusing to Russian authorities as the Pussy Riot punk band.


13 posted on 12/20/2016 5:36:44 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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The California Peso will have a negative value upon being coined.


14 posted on 12/20/2016 5:36:46 PM PST by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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To: Huskrrrr

Logan Act violation??


15 posted on 12/20/2016 5:38:24 PM PST by Reily
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If California left the USA, then who would pay all their bills?


16 posted on 12/20/2016 5:39:42 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

See how they like it when the sluice-gates at Hoover Dam close.

Permanently.


17 posted on 12/20/2016 5:39:55 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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Logan Act violation??

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.

18 posted on 12/20/2016 5:45:05 PM PST by SSS Two
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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.


19 posted on 12/20/2016 5:49:51 PM PST by MasterGunner01 ( To err is human, to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX:)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Moscow should kick out these deranged Communist warmongers that hate Russia !


20 posted on 12/20/2016 5:50:21 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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