[Laughs ass off]
Should I favorite? Yeah, why not...
Go, Dingo, Go!
I've read that 96.6% of the population in Alaska wants to be part of Russia.
I heard 103%. Maybe that shrank a bit in the final results?
There is one science fiction short story,premise of which is as follows.
During another dispute between Russia and Japan for Kuril Islands russian government called for referendum,with question is follows.
1:I am for transferring Kuril Islands under jurisdiction of Japan.
2:I am against transferring Kuril Islands under jurisdiction of Japan.
3:(which was added as a joke to publicly make fun of Japan)
I am for transferring Russian Federation under jurisdiction of Japan.
GUESS WHAT 95% VOTED FOR?
I heard 103%. Maybe that shrank a bit in the final results?
Do we count votes of polar bears?
The Kodiak Bears are against it though, they think that Alaska should become its own independent nation.
Found it!
Poached Fugu by Sergey Lukyanenko.
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Now, now. Don't you think the Russians has it bad enough having to deal with Putin without also getting Sarah Palin dropped on them? Show some compassion man.
Now, now. Don't you think the Russians has it bad enough having to deal with Putin without also getting Sarah Palin dropped on them? Show some compassion man.
On other hand,russians get substantial amounts of good,hard-working bear population.
You see,we love bears so much,we feed them cookies and teach them to shake handsAs a matter of fact,my own dog has the same general size and shape as a small bear.
Sounds like a great idea, but even though it's a relatively short distance in global terms, I'm not sure we have the resources for the major feat of geological engineering required to move it 80 kilometers across the Bering Strait :(
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Sounds like a great idea, but even though it's a relatively short distance in global terms, I'm not sure we have the resources for the major feat of geological engineering required to move it 80 kilometers across the Bering Strait :(
They don't want to.
We need something like this in Canada... I would petition for a USA/Canada fusion.
Woah.
Alaska petition to secede to Russia going strong at 18K signers
Comrade Dingo was on to something after all.
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Woah.
Alaska petition to secede to Russia going strong at 18K signers
Comrade Dingo was on to something after all.
Mine has a second vote.
You do realize that if this passed, you'd have to also get it going for most of Washington, Oregon, and California (to the aptly named Russian River) as well as a stretch of British Columbia?
Just saw on Facebook that the Alaskan referendum petition that isn't Comrade Dingo's is up to 30,000 signatures.
30.000? If all those votes were Alaskans, and not russians, that's what? 215%?
Huh...you think WE'D screw up the natural beauty of Alaska with more pipelines, etc., wait till the Russians get a chance! Wildlife preservation? Nyet!
I've seen several decent to horrible petitions being passed around here. But this is the first one I've ever seen that makes me want to facepalm and then go get drunk.
The simple answer is idiots that have not thought things through.
Even if it reaches the level of success, all it means is the government needs to handle the request somehow. Considering how much the US government would LURVE to have Russian nuclear silos in Alaska, I would go out on a limb and say their answer would be something like "We have discussed your petition and decided that it's a matter of national security. Petition will not be signed into law. Sorry."
Oh... but then you know what you must do, don't you?
I'll sign, but ONLY if this referendum includes a petition to return Florida to the Spanish (or the gators, whoever wins) and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to its rightful place as part of Wisconsin.
If we're returning it to anyone, how about the Natives?
Well the "Return to Russia" petition seems to state that Russia explored it before the Colonial Americans as a precedent for a claim, it would be hilarious if there were a petition to return the whole of North and South America to it's indigenous inhabitants.
Alaska actually has a fairly large Seccesion Movement, but they want independence, Not Putin. The economic ramifications of this sort of thing never really occur to knuckleheads that push for them.
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If we're returning it to anyone, how about the Natives?Well the "Return to Russia" petition seems to state that Russia explored it before the Colonial Americans as a precedent for a claim, it would be hilarious if there were a petition to return the whole of North and South America to it's indigenous inhabitants.
Alaska actually has a fairly large Seccesion Movement, but they want independence, Not Putin. The economic ramifications of this sort of thing never really occur to knuckleheads that push for them.
OOo...
I did see something in that petition about the Aleutian natives. Has anyone asked them who they think should be exploiting Alaska's resources?
You do realize that if this passed, you'd have to also get it going for most of Washington, Oregon, and California (to the aptly named Russian River) as well as a stretch of British Columbia?
How far east did the Russians get? Because I wouldn't be terribly upset if we lost the western half of Washington.
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You do realize that if this passed, you'd have to also get it going for most of Washington, Oregon, and California (to the aptly named Russian River) as well as a stretch of British Columbia?How far east did the Russians get? Because I wouldn't be terribly upset if we lost the western half of Washington.
Isn't that where Paizo itself is?
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Isn't that where Paizo itself is?You do realize that if this passed, you'd have to also get it going for most of Washington, Oregon, and California (to the aptly named Russian River) as well as a stretch of British Columbia?How far east did the Russians get? Because I wouldn't be terribly upset if we lost the western half of Washington.
Check out the sat image...funny trails on roof leading from airvents.
Isn't that where Paizo itself is?You do realize that if this passed, you'd have to also get it going for most of Washington, Oregon, and California (to the aptly named Russian River) as well as a stretch of British Columbia?How far east did the Russians get? Because I wouldn't be terribly upset if we lost the western half of Washington.
Good point.
Perhaps we could merely concede the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia region?