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    In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
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    Image of Spoonman Spoonman
    12/30/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    No way, man. I will fight to my dying breath to have NY become part of Canada before we become European. Canada has MUCH better strip clubs!
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    12/30/08

    @Spoonman: besides, Upstate NY might as well be part of Canada anyway, what with the Tim Hortons invasion and everything.
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    Image of Mister Adequate Mister Adequate
    12/30/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    I think he just drew lines on a map. The only thing in that entire map I could stretch to even countenancing would be that I could somewhat see New England fitting in the EU without too much trouble. Not all the way down the coast to South freaking Carolina though.


    Clearly this is just propaganda by bitter Russians. Note how not only does America fracture in the next one or two years, but that it supposedly breaks so badly that the newly independent forces need to sign up to other, existing powers. Even if things somehow fall apart that badly the sheer stubbourness of people means it's not going to result in this setup at this point in time.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/30/08

    @Mister Adequate:
    It's all clearly based on the hope that Russia will be able to exploit Alaska's oil reserves before we can tap them dry.
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    12/30/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    get your fucking Utah out of my Cascadia!!!
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/29/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    Since when did Russia start growing prodigious amounts of pot? Aside from Texas (who tried, and failed, to exercise their legitimate right to secede during the American Civil War), most of the US would collectively chew off our left nut (or ovary, for the girls) before seeing our country divied up like a buffet. Remember, people come here because they want to get _away_ from their ancestral homelands.
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    12/29/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    I'm surprised none of us thought of that wacky map Lauren posted here earlier this month.
    [io9.com]
    Better looking map. Seemes to follow geographic rather than political boundaries. Still both of these gus are crazier than a corked aluminum fruitbat.
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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    12/29/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    He is apparently quite ill-informed on the political realities in this country, and just divided it up into fourths geographically and assigned some mysterious "influence" from the nearest foreign "power." It is especially ludicrous to think that thousands of miles of oceans will not impede this alleged "influence," in the cases of Europe and China.


    Wishful thinking indeed.

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    12/29/08

    @RAHfanboy: Spooky political action at a distance!
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    Image of Tipa Tipa
    12/29/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    I live in Connecticut. Um, I must be totally blase or something; is it really considered a hell-hole? Good education spending, 70% covered by forests, long beautiful coastline, close to Massachusetts and New York if you like that sort of thing...
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    12/29/08

    @Tipa: Back when I lived there, it had three out of the ten poorest cities in the United States, but also was the second or third richest state. And this was back before the rich/poor divide became so widespread across the USA. Have you ever *been* to Bridgeport?
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    12/29/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    Apparently, Hawaii gets to be the U.S.!
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    12/29/08

    @MonkeyT: Actually, in the complete map Comrade Crazy figures either China or Japan will snap up Hawaii.
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    12/29/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    why the hell would Utah, one of the most conservative states in the U.S. break away with California, Oregon and Washington?
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    12/29/08

    @worsethannormal: The Mormon Church has a vested interest in California, and has since the mid 1800's.
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    12/29/08

    @neiana: The Mormons screwed with Prop 8 in our last election. Grrrr.

    I wonder how they'd like it if I insisted there should be an espresso bar in the Temple!
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    Image of Superawesomerad Superawesomerad
    12/29/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    Hey fuck you Connecticut rules.


    ... actually it sucks, sorry.

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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    12/29/08

    @Superawesomerad: I wondered if anyone would actually try and defend The CT.
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    12/29/08

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Went to New Haven once for my sister's wedding. Respected Academia and Urban Blight in one convenient package. Plus, it's where the cotton gin and Lyme disease were invented!

    Not a hellhole though, a heckhole at best.
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    12/29/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    Wow- those are absolutely HORRIBLE choices of state borders. I mean, look at the Eastern US - has the guy heard of a little thing called the US Civil War?


    Honestly- it's interesting as it is speculative, but one look at the map much less a few moments reading his suppositions make it clear he's not just shooting from the hip, he's blowing it out of his ass.

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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    12/29/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    so this is how the Chinese will start influencing the lexicon of the entire galaxy...
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    Image of neiana neiana
    12/29/08

    @geekgrrl: Shiny!
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    12/29/08

    @geekgrrl: So where is the Companion Academy going to go?
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    12/29/08

    @c0dek: Dude, Nevada!
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    Image of Islandkiwi Islandkiwi
    12/29/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    They'd better give me my own color, because I don't get along with anyone.
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    Image of Ubik2501 Ubik2501
    12/29/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    As preposterous as this individual's predictions may be, I've come upon intelligence that a cabal of foreign powers, led by a rogue industrialist, plans to split up the United States into a different configuration:


    [wildwildwest.warnerbros.com]

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    12/29/08

    @Ubik2501: Bahaha! Nice. So funny, I actually had to make up a new laugh.
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    12/29/08

    In reply to In A Couple Of Years, Sarah Palin's House Could Be In Russia
    Those sectors are too large. For example, Idaho, Utah and Arizona would likely prefer to hang with Wyoming and Colorado than sinful, sexy, increasingly-brown-skinned California and tiresomely liberal Portland and Seattle. Similarly, there is quite a gap, politically speaking, between the Boston-Atlanta sprawl and South Carolina.
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    12/29/08

    @Rasselas: - "tiresomely liberal Portland and Seattle"


    Sheeyit. I'll gladly take Portland or Seattle over most cities in the US.

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    12/29/08

    @dead_red_eyes: I kid because I love. Also, because that's what oppositional types in the Rocky Mountain states probably think of them.
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