You're going to ruin my reputation

Well since reputation is everything around here, no this doesn't make sense. Civil war, been there done that.

Cali would never use war, they'd just mellow out of the union.

That's if the Snoop Party leads, what about the Shug Party, that's war.

The cyber war would be over in minutes!

You guys are really giving me hope, thanks. War, it *is* the answer!

Can we have Vegas? It's contiguous and has a spanish name

Sure, first move is to occupy the Trump casino, the friday hooker flight will move our operatives in range.

great but what about the rest of us?

Each one of us can declare their freedom at any time, we dont need a state's help for this. If we don't we are recognizing that we were subjagated at birth, it's really that simple.

they need texas on their side which is why they have been infiltrating for years

inevitable...def when not if. California would make a great independent country. best of all worlds

I was shocked how the world originally laughed at European products, they really were bumpkins.

Also surprising how big slavery was in Europe even without Africa

This is a reminder of what a primitive concept mercantilism is.

yes but govs cant let go of it since its basically a customs racket in its essence

You're referring to a possible Dyson sphere around Tabbi's star. Scary stuff if it is. Any civilization that can build on that scale could wipe us out on a whim. I don't buy the notion that an advanced race would be benevolent. Neither does Steven Hawking. Just look at human history and what happened when a primitive society was introduced to an advanced one. See how that worked out for native Americans.

Insanely more advanced sounds less scary than rivalrous.

Yes its all relative but that wasn't an advanced society that wiped out the natives in USA. You have to imagine you learn a few things on the way to Dyson sphere generation.

Very cool, would I be too dumb for thinking something like this could be a gate that uses the power of the star to make a portal?

Are you talking about a wormhole? Creating it and keeping it stabilized would require a massive amount of energy. A star would be a great source, although it wouldn't be enough. It requires more energy than the sun will put out during its entire lifetime. One question: How do they determine where they'll end up if they go into the hole? That's the bigger issue.

its a little bigger

hell does know. it's for a barbecue folks.