free state
A political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state, as with the former Congo Free State and the former Irish Free State.
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Glenfarne “may” want $60 million in free state gravel⁉️ Alaska Gas Pipeline Development Corp. says it is in “secret negotiations…” Governor Dunleavy is having temper tantrums over not giving projects everything they…
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" Is it time for the people to take things into their own hands now tha…
Although that's NOT how it was founded. Fella currently running for Governor, Michael Thurmond, wrote a book about Oglethorpe's vision for GA as a free state. Gives me hope maybe his vision will be fulfilled, all t…
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A political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state, as with the former Congo Free State and the former Irish Free State.
The steel ring is required by the engineering drawing to have roundness within .25mm TIR while in the free state. Its diameters may be measured in the constrained state while the part is still chucked or fixtured.
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A Federal state, with allegiance to a larger entity, as currently with Germany, and earlier, the relationship between the states of the Holy Roman Empire and the Emperor, and later, the states of the German Empire under the Hohenzollerns.
The steel ring is required by the engineering drawing to have roundness within .25mm TIR while in the free state. Its diameters may be measured in the constrained state while the part is still chucked or fixtured.
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An independent or autonomous political entity whose formal status and relationship to other states is undefined.
The steel ring is required by the engineering drawing to have roundness within .25mm TIR while in the free state. Its diameters may be measured in the constrained state while the part is still chucked or fixtured.
“Glenfarne “may” want $60 million in free state gravel⁉️ Alaska Gas Pipeline Development Corp. says it is in “secret negotiations…” Governor Dunleavy is having temper tantrums over not giving projects everything they ask for at taxpayer expense. @dermotcole.bsky.social”
— Bluesky· May 2026“"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" Is it time for the people to take things into their own hands now that state leaders are hellbent on destroying everything?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Although that's NOT how it was founded. Fella currently running for Governor, Michael Thurmond, wrote a book about Oglethorpe's vision for GA as a free state. Gives me hope maybe his vision will be fulfilled, all these years later. www.ugapress.org/978082036601...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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