As of the time of this writing, it appears that Californians will NOT vote this November on a proposal to split their state into three parts. The state's supreme court found technical reasons for excluding it from the ballot, although it also said it wanted to hear more arguments from counsel, so this could change. The reason I mention it here is simply that the whole idea just seems so bat-shit crazy it is amazing it even got close to being on the ballot. Consider that the only time in US history when anything even remotely similar to this happened there was a civil war underway. One region of Virginia firmly wanted to remain in the union and so wanted to secede from the secessionists. The motivating factor in the prospective 2018 initiative, though, seems to have been, "hey it might be fun to put on a play." "Uh I can't get the use of the barn for a play, guys, but how about we break up a state, instead!" "Wowza what a great i...
