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I wonder, according to the Spanish constitution is there any lawful mechanism for the Catalans to become independent. I'm sure that the US declaration of independence was certainly illegal from the British point of view.

Is immigration itself the problem or handing out citizenship too easily? I don't really know is it easy or difficult for an immigrant to get the Canadian citizenship. What I do know is that in Finland it is a piece of cake for a foreigner to become a Finnish citizen and they can keep their old citizenship too, so they become dual-citizens.

A village o0f 400 people and 50 people were at the church. That's an attendance-rate European churches can only deam of. Doesn't happen even at christmas nor easter. As for the event itself, there was some story about that the killer's mother-in-law lived in that village and many of the people he killed were friends and relatives of that mother-in-law.

Trump is having hard time now but things can change quickly. Another 9/11-scale attack against the USA and there will be demands how the nation must be united. There was some rudimentary attempt today in NYC to make another 9/11. Just to remind you, when Bush sr won the Gulf-war his approval-ratings were close to 90% and there was a lot of talk which Democrats would not be too embarassed to challenge the President but that was in February 1991. Things were quite different in November 1992 or even earlier than that. No shortage of willing challengers anymore.

Too bad that the USA didn't make it to the world cup. Their only time in four years they take interest in soccer.

The only relevant question to would-be citizens is: How much money have you got.

Trump is breaking the records of how soon he is becoming a lame duck. On the other hand, a 9/11-scale terrorist-attack could change things after which there would be calls to unify behind the president.

How did Nunavut come about? They obviously thought they needed an area of their own.

The British are in an unenviable situation with an incompetent government at the helm but unelectable opposition as an alternative and with Brexit in the middle of negotiations of the most important event of the century. Would have been hard to think back in the 90's that someone could actually miss John Major as PM. He would be much better at negotiating a good deal than May will ever be.

The Catalonian-crisis is a schoolbook-example how NOT to handle the situation. Concerns both sides of the argument.

It would be interesting to know why this Catalonia-issue seems to have got most globalists on their backfeet in their vehement opposition to the very idea of an independent Catalonia. I can understand their feelings about Brexit and Trump which both were bitter defeats for globalists and both may have consequences for the rest of the world but why is Catalonia such an important issue that the globalists are willing to use their powder on? My only explanation to it is that the globalists detests any kind of nationalism and a birth of a new country is very much nationalism.

Yes yes in formality but in reality what France and Germany agree between themselves is what happens.

I checked out that before Mulroney there was 21 years (1963-1984) of Liberals in government. So, perhaps the only reason why he got elected was people's yearning for a change.

Turkey can blackmail Europe with the refugees or reversely bribe Europe by stopping the flow of refugees into Europe.

How on earth have peaceful buddhists which the vast majority of the Burmese people are have turned into such monsters as to drive out totally blameless muslims? I thought buddhism is all about peace and understanding.

Aren't there many state-elections and governors' elections coming up in November? They may turn into referenda on Trump's presidency. Not my analysis. It was the analysis of the NPR who can't hide their dislike of Trump.

I have become accustomed to foreign women covering their faces; I kinda don't pay any attention to them any longer. They are prisoners of their culture.' However, every time I see a white woman wearing the hideous muslim-veil it makes me shriek! It has increased a lot lately here in Finland. Not a day passes these times that I wouldn't see a white woman wearing that horrible piece of cloth. Why oh why?

Liberia is a roaring success-story.

To add to the previous: Despite declaring to abide by the referendum-result the region will seek a dialogue with Madrid to achieve common understanding. However, neither side can back off now without losing face.

Catalonia has declared independence! Nobody will recognize it, yet but it is the gesture which counts. How will Madrid react? Will they order the army into catalonia and have the regional politicians arrested?

Today Catalonia could declare independence. If they do that the regional leader of the province is going to be arrested on the orders by the Spanish PM. The situation has reached a point that there is no way out so that both sides of the argument could save their faces.

There could be a lot of athletes staying away from next years winter-olympics in South-Korea because of the fear of the crisis regarding North-Korea.

Regarding the title of the thread: What does Britain have to do with the Las Vegas-shootings?

Kind of gives you perspective reading the op; the same babble goes on years and years. Without looking at the date there is very little which makes you think that can't have been written today.

When the 2nd amendment was originally written the average gun had a precision of hitting a barn-door from 10 metres away.