Paul Drye

The EU already has a land border in the Americas. French Guiana is part of the union and it touches Brazil and Suriname. So the gate is already open to work it from the south up instead of the north down.

I read somewhere – great source, I know – that the existing rule is that the country has to be in Europe, though, not that it has a border. Otherwise Malta, Ireland, and Cyprus would not qualify, and the UK too back when they were in.

Oddly enough, the Canadian/Danish border is a questionable one for this purpose anyway – Hans Island (where the border is) is part of Greenland and Greenland is not in the EU. It left in 1985 and is now one of the “Overseas countries and territories” that have special rights in relation to the EU but are not actually in it.

Though the split happened because the Soviets thought they should be master of all Communist countries and the Chinese had different ideas on the topic.

Yes, the Diplomatic Revolution for one.

It’s the only one in English unless you allow things like “The absolute value of -20”.

I’m fond of the Imperial County of Reuss, which was semi-independent in the Holy Roman Empire. The madlads named all their rulers “Heinrich”, resulting such personages as Heinrich LXXII (“Heinrich the 72nd”).

More recently there’s the Saar Protectorate, which the French encouraged to become a fully independent country after WWII. But the inhabitants wanted nothing to do with it and rejoined West Germany.

It would probably be faster to list the things he doesn’t have a negative view about.

Turned into a slurry and then administered as an enema.

Artist: Sarah C. Andersen

My mother’s cat stares for food from one side of her chair and then, after being fed, stares from the other side of the chair because that is clearly a different kitty who has not been fed yet.

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