The Bob & Chez Show: Bring Out the Gimp

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Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob & Chez Show:

Bring Out The Gimp: The Democratic Sit-in on Gun Control; Bernie Supporters Think It’s All About Them; Paul Ryan Thinks It’s All a Publicity Stunt; Louie Gohmert Goes Bananas Again; Steve King on Gun Grabbers; The Trump Bros; Corey Lewandowski Hired by CNN; Alex Jones and Roger Stone Wearing Ball Gags to the RNC; and more.

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teleskiguy  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:28:48pm
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goddamnedfrank  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:29:24pm
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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:29:31pm
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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:30:44pm

re: #3 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Including ours!

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HappyWarrior  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:34:50pm

re: #3 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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Winner.

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teleskiguy  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:35:35pm

Sound familiar?

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:38:28pm

re: #6 teleskiguy

Sounds like both Trump and Sanders.

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Lidane  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:45:42pm

Conservatives on my FB feed are congratulating the UK right now and derping about “Hurr durr I wish I could see Soros’s face now lol”. It’s like they have no concept of the disaster that just happened beyond whatever bullshit Fox News has been saying.

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Danack  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:47:50pm

If everyone could stop just calling the people who voted “Leave” tupidre: #8 Lidane

Conservatives on my FB feed are congratulating the UK right now and derping about “Hurr durr I wish I could see Soros’s face now lol”.

…the number of people in the UK who know who George Soros is, is really quite small.

Perhaps you have mistaken conservatives with anti-semites?

*edit* coffee hasn’t kicked in yet, reading comprehension is hard.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:49:39pm

re: #9 Danack

If everyone could stop just calling the people who voted “Leave” tupid

…the number of people in the UK who know who George Soros is, is really quite small.

Perhaps you have mistaken conservatives with anti-semites?

Pretty sure she’s talking about conservatives here in the US.

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Lidane  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:50:43pm

re: #9 Danack

Perhaps you have mistaken conservatives with anti-semites?

I’m referring to American far right conservatives, who love Bibi but can’t stand Soros.

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Danack  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:51:26pm

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:53:20pm

Representation of Britain right now.

STAR WARS Battlefront - I Believe I can Fly!!! [GLITCH]

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:54:06pm

re: #9 Danack

If everyone could stop just calling the people who voted “Leave” tupid

How about overly credulous, xenophobic nationalists who were easily misled.

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 23, 2016 • 11:56:46pm

Not “stupid” though.

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BeachDem  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:01:08am

re: #14 goddamnedfrank

How about overly credulous, xenophobic nationalists who were easily misled.

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Now the question is, will Farage pay a political price for being a lying asshole? Probably not with the above mentioned groups. So Trumpian. Will the British media go after him? Probably not Murdoch’s stable.

Sigh. Spit. I need to go to bed.

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:01:46am
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retired cynic  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:03:04am

re: #16 BeachDem

Now the question is, will Farage pay a political price for being a lying asshole? Probably not with the above mentioned groups. So Trumpian. Will the British media go after him? Probably not Murdoch’s stable.

Sigh. Spit. I need to go to bed.

It’s after two here, and I’m still up, fuming and drinking whiskey to hope I can sleep at some point tonight. Got a busy three days coming, and I am smoking out the ears.

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BeachDem  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:08:49am

re: #18 retired cynic

It’s after two here, and I’m still up, fuming and drinking whiskey to hope I can sleep at some point tonight. Got a busy three days coming, and I am smoking out the ears.

It’s after 3 here, and I’m just creeped out about the whole thing. Nervous about the near term effects and highly agitated about how it will play out here with our right wingers who are in many ways similar to the Brexit folks.

Please dog, let this not be a harbinger of a Trump future.

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retired cynic  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:10:02am

re: #19 BeachDem

It’s after 3 here, and I’m just creeped out about the whole thing. Nervous about the near term effects and highly agitated about how it will play out here with our right wingers who are in many ways similar to the Brexit folks.

Please dog, let this not be a harbinger of a Trump future.

I never thought the world would come apart on a Thursday.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:11:47am

re: #19 BeachDem

The US has 2 major advantages.

1st the nation as a whole is younger than the UK, with more young people like myself.

2nd, the minority segment of the US is far larger. This means the same demographic that gave the nasty Brexit result will have a harder time producing a similar result here. However, we must not let up for even a second, and we need to fight hard.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:13:03am

re: #20 retired cynic

I never thought the world would come apart on a Thursday.

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition a Thursday!

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Bill and Opus for 2016!  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:13:08am

I really hate to say this, but the thing that frightens me the most about this in wake of the Jo Cox murder is that there are people on the far right who are now empowered in the belief that assassinating members of your political opposition actually is a valid method of forwarding their objectives.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:13:19am

re: #19 BeachDem

It’s after 3 here, and I’m just creeped out about the whole thing. Nervous about the near term effects and highly agitated about how it will play out here with our right wingers who are in many ways similar to the Brexit folks.

Please dog, let this not be a harbinger of a Trump future.

Sitting and stitching here, but this is still before our normal bedtime anyway.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:13:54am

And as many a Lizard has pointed out regarding Scotland, well…..here it comes.

Alex Salmond has said he believes Scotland must now stage a second independence referendum before the UK’s exit from the European Union is agreed - a timescale that suggests a new referendum within the next two years.

He said the Brexit vote, despite a large majority in Scotland in favour of the EU, is a material change in Scotland’s constitutional position. Salmond told BBC Radio Scotland: “This changes the whole context of Scottish independence.”

The former first minister and Scottish National party leader said his successor, Nicola Sturgeon, now had to implement her manifesto pledge to call for a second referendum if there was “a significant and material change in the circumstances that prevailed in 2014, such as Scotland being taken out of the EU against our will”.

Salmond said: “I’m quite certain that Nicola will start to implement that manifesto.”

theguardian.com

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:15:13am

re: #21 Ziggy_TARDIS

The US has 2 major advantages.

1st the nation as a whole is younger than the UK, with more young people like myself.

2nd, the minority segment of the US is far larger. This means the same demographic that gave the nasty Brexit result will have a harder time producing a similar result here. However, we must not let up for even a second, and we need to fight hard.

Good point about the diversity and youth.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:17:16am

Please note this is not confirmed.

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:17:57am
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retired cynic  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:18:03am

I may not be sleepy, but my glass is out of whiskey, so I guess I’ll give it a try. GAH! I bet President Obama is losing some sleep tonight.

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Lidane  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:18:06am
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goddamnedfrank  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:18:15am
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Bill and Opus for 2016!  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:24:33am

Cameron stepping down as British PM after 3 months’ time.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:25:00am

re: #32 Bill and Opus for 2016!

Cameron stepping down as British PM after 3 months’ time.

Yep. He’s out.

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:30:48am

re: #33 Dr Lizardo

Yep. He’s out.

Who’s in?

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harlequinade  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:31:49am

And the knives are out for Corbyn.

Still out, I mean.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:31:50am

re: #34 freetoken

Who’s in?

That’s anyone’s guess. There will have to be, first, a new Tory Party leadership vote….then a general election, if I’m not mistaken.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:32:14am
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harlequinade  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:33:00am

re: #34 freetoken

They’ll do a leadership campaign. I’m thinking Boris. That’s why he fought to leave, so he could take that job.

Unless the Right get their teeth in and we see a massive swing of all politics to the right trying to grab the Far Right vote, without understanding the causes of that vote.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:33:03am

re: #37 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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As I said downstairs,

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:33:17am
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goddamnedfrank  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:33:49am

re: #37 klys (maker of Silmarils)

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LOL that took no time at all.

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harlequinade  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:34:04am

Goddamnedfrank: You have to stop being so good at The Twitter.
Every single post a winner

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:39:39am

Farage already walking back his side’s claims:

amp.twimg.com

At least the a few in the British media ask tough questions.

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Lidane  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:40:11am
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Shimshon  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:40:21am

re: #19 BeachDem

It’s after 3 here, and I’m just creeped out about the whole thing. Nervous about the near term effects and highly agitated about how it will play out here with our right wingers who are in many ways similar to the Brexit folks.

Please dog, let this not be a harbinger of a Trump future.

The polling was close for Brexit.

The polling for Trump winning the Presidency will take, much more than a miracle.

If conservatives in America are trying to use this to show Trump can win, just point them to this website, updated daily: election.princeton.edu

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:41:08am
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Shimshon  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:41:50am

re: #14 goddamnedfrank

How about overly credulous, xenophobic nationalists who were easily misled.

He says “I admit we lied about some things” then quoted later in the article saying “it’s a great day for Democracy!”

They will do anything to win. Very disturbing.

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:42:29am
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Shimshon  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:43:23am

re: #23 Bill and Opus for 2016!

I really hate to say this, but the thing that frightens me the most about this in wake of the Jo Cox murder is that there are people on the far right who are now empowered in the belief that assassinating members of your political opposition actually is a valid method of forwarding their objectives.

Far right authoritarians have always used and been successful in this tactic. Things never change.

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Lidane  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:48:17am

If there’s any silver lining in this catastrophic Brexit clusterfuck, the coming months of economic and political fallout will convince people in this country to vote for stable, competent leadership instead of for Cheeto Jesus.

One can hope, anyway.

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:49:02am
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Shimshon  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:50:58am

re: #50 Lidane

If there’s any silver lining in this catastrophic Brexit clusterfuck, the coming months of economic and political fallout will convince people in this country to vote for stable, competent leadership instead of for Cheeto Jesus.

One can hope, anyway.

Gary Johnson? /s

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:52:00am

Sorry reasonable Bernie supporters, but you voted for an unmitigated piece of shit.

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Shimshon  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:52:29am

Sanders on Colbert: “I will not endorse Hillary, our revolution blah blah blah” zzzzzz

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Kragar  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:52:32am
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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:52:50am

The very definition of “Oh, that doesn’t look good”

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:58:10am

I vote we call it “Brexit”

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Tigger2  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:59:34am

re: #53 goddamnedfrank

Sorry reasonable Bernie supporters, but you voted for an unmitigated piece of shit.

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Shimshon  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:00:30am

re: #57 FormerDirtDart

I vote we call it “Brexit”

I cannot wait for the new James Webb telescope. Love this stuff. Too bad it is pushed back to 2018.

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Shimshon  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:06:13am

Aaand Cameron resigns. Let the insanity begin!

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:08:32am

Monumental cock-up.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:09:28am

re: #61 Alyosha

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Monumental cock-up.

Or, “It seems to have all gone rather pear-shaped.”

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William Lewis  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:11:23am

FUBAR F***ed up beyond all recognition.

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:12:01am
Switzerland’s central bank said earlier it had “intervened” in the foreign exchange market to stabilise the Swiss franc, considered a safe haven currency, following the so-called Brexit vote, reports AFP

——

“As a backstop, and to support the functioning of the markets, the Bank of England stands ready to provide more than £250 billion of additional funds for its normal market operations. The Bank of England is also able to provide substantial liquidity in foreign currency if required. We expect institutions to draw on this funding if appropriate.”

bbc.com

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:18:54am

One of my students just messaged me and she noted that it’s a financial bloodbath out there. And she also reiterated the Czech fear of political contagion…..that other EU member states may now want their own in/out referendums and that this successful UK “Leave” vote may unleash overwhelming political centrifugal forces that will ultimately pull the EU apart.

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Shiplord Kirel  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:20:10am

OT
Saw a funny and very creative item on the comments at a SpaceX FB post. One commenter praised and thanked “the Lord” for Elon Musk, which led to a barrage of less than appreciative responses from the resident agnostics. One Chris Parr added this instead:

Let us Pray

Our Falcon, which art in Hawthorn,
Heavy or F9.
Thy countdown come.
Thrust will be done, leave earth,
And fly to the Space Station.
Give us our launch event thread.
And forgive our speculations,
As we forgive those that post about Barges.
And land us not on a Droneship,
But return to the launch site.
For thine is the Dragon
The power of the Merlin,
For Mars and for ever.
Elon.

Facebook Post

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:21:43am

re: #66 Shiplord Kirel

OT
Saw a funny and very creative item on the comments at a SpaceX FB post. One commenter praised and thanked “the Lord” for Elon Musk, which led to a barrage of less than appreciative responses from the resident agnostics. One Chris Parr added this instead:

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LOLOL. I’m gonna share that with one student of mine, who’s a big, big fan of Elon Musk. He’ll love it.

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Shimshon  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:24:33am

re: #66 Shiplord Kirel

OT
Saw a funny and very creative item on the comments at a SpaceX FB post. One commenter praised and thanked “the Lord” for Elon Musk, which led to a barrage of less than appreciative responses from the resident agnostics. One Chris Parr added this instead:

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I wish religious people would give credit to the hard work and imagination of their fellow humans, instead of blaming or giving credit to a God.

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:25:46am

Guardian live feed of photogs waiting for somebody or other:

Guardian EU Referendum Live Stream

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:29:09am
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Shiplord Kirel  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:30:04am

re: #67 Dr Lizardo

LOLOL. I’m gonna share that with one student of mine, who’s a big, big fan of Elon Musk. He’ll love it.

re: #68 Shimshon

I wish religious people would give credit to the hard work and imagination of their fellow humans, instead of blaming or giving credit to a God.

I can remember the first Sputnik launch in 1957, and how excited I was at John Glenn’s flight in 1962. I believe that Elon Musk will stand on Mars, and I will live to see it.

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:31:54am
US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has said it is a “great thing” that the people of the UK have “taken back their country” in voting to leave the EU, as he touched down at his Trump Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.

bbc.com

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:33:49am

That was Boris Johnson who sped quickly into a car, to a chorus of boos. He was almost running to the car.

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:34:28am

A variation of this joke by German comedian (they do exist, apparently) Henning Wehn was told on QI or Have I Got News For You, prior to an election.

Have a great month - make sure you vote - preferably UKIP as they are the most serious about implementing Otto von Bismarck’s 19th century plan of isolating Britain.

Seemed so funny at the time.

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:35:02am

Drumpfskind is clueless that he is in Scotland which voted 62% to remain.

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Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:36:31am

re: #72 freetoken

Apparently he has much fewer assets than anyone thought…because its a fucking disaster for me, and my 401k is only around $100k.

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:38:00am

re: #72 freetoken

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Tigger2  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:39:12am

re: #71 Shiplord Kirel

I can remember the first Sputnik launch in 1957, and how excited I was at John Glenn’s flight in 1962. I believe that Elon Musk will stand on Mars, and I will live to see it.

I remember Telstar launching but at 5 yrs old was a little to young to remember Sputnik.

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:41:54am

Guardian now showing vid from outside 10 Downing St. Perhaps that is to where Boris Johnson is speeding; he is considered one of the candidates to succeed Cameron, but I don’t think the actual choice will be done by the Tories for a couple of months.

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:43:21am
Chaotic scenes outside Boris Johnson’s house in London a few minutes ago. We thought the leading Leave campaigner might have been about to make a statement, but in the end, he said nothing and got into a car which drove off. There were boos from some in the crowd.

bbc.com

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:45:12am

Heh, last tweet before this one was May 31st.

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:46:23am

Corporations already frantically positioning themselves for special treatment in the hopes of not being over run by the changes:

We remain confident in the strength of easyJet’s business model and our ability to continue to deliver our successful strategy and our leading returns. We have today written to the UK government and the European Commission to ask them to prioritise the UK remaining part of the single EU aviation market, given its importance to trade and consumers.”
Carolyn McCall
EasyJet chief executive

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:50:42am

The Leavers are now desperately hoping to stall for time:

Chris Grayling, the Commons leader and prominent Leave campaigner, says the UK needs to quit the EU before the next general election in 2020.

bbc.com

This is the proverbial dog who finally caught the automobile he was chasing.

If Article 50 is put into action, the exit is 2018, not 2020.

EU leaders have already said they don’t want the UK to stall.

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:50:44am

If you want to be charitable…

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:53:51am

Bahahaha!!!!

IRL *weeps silently*

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:55:16am

re: #84 Alyosha

“But Farage and Boris said everything would be just great!”

Off to teach. Gonna be an interesting day…..my first lesson is with an international markets specialist. BBL.

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 1:56:43am

I mean, you get idiots in every election.
But WTFITS!?

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Archangelus  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:00:50am

* Yawns * Good morning, fellow lizards… so what did I miss?

* Reads news *

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Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:04:43am

re: #88 Archangelus

It’s amazing how many conversations could be had ENTIRELY by the Ninth Doctor’s forms of saying “What”…

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Archangelus  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:05:03am

Seriously, when I called it a night less than 8 hours ago, results were this with everyone in this corner of the world expecting Remain to win by 8-10%…

Now I wake up to this..

On the bright side, I guess flight tickets to the UK might actually be affordable soon… /

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:08:01am
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Ming5000  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:08:43am

re: #45 Shimshon

The polling was close for Brexit.

The polling for Trump winning the Presidency will take, much more than a miracle.

If conservatives in America are trying to use this to show Trump can win, just point them to this website, updated daily: election.princeton.edu

Interesting graphic from the princeton .edu site:

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:10:35am

This ranks up there with September 11 in terms of nights I’ve watched the news and felt actual shock.
The words are the same, but the sentiment and inflection is different.
‘All those people…’

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Dave In Austin  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:12:01am
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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:14:40am

re: #91 Alyosha

Makes you contemplate the market’s reaction on November 9th if Trump is elected President…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:15:48am

re: #90 Archangelus

Seriously, when I called it a night less than 8 hours ago, results were this with everyone in this corner of the world expecting Remain to win by 8-10%…

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Now I wake up to this..

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On the bright side, I guess flight tickets to the UK might actually be affordable soon… /

I also went to bed with Remain in a comfortable lead…this does not affect me personally, but my kids have UK passports, which have now diminished greatly in utility

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Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:16:31am

re: #95 FormerDirtDart

I’m not so worried about the market reaction…

*dials 1-800-VAULT-TEC*

…just in case.

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:19:57am

OK, think I’m going to nap a little, until it’s time for the doggies morning walk

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Ming5000  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:21:26am

Scrolled off the BREXIT news to see this. UGH!
CNN has “news” in its name, right?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:22:00am

re: #99 Ming5000

Scrolled off the BREXIT news to see this. UGH!
CNN has “news” in its name, right?

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I assume he had this deal in the works long before he quit Trump

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Ming5000  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:22:28am

re: #98 FormerDirtDart

OK, think I’m going to nap a little, until it’s time for the doggies morning walk

I am sure that they will inform you when they are ready. Relax until then. :-P

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:23:32am

re: #97 Jayleia

I’m not so worried about the market reaction…

*dials 1-800-VAULT-TEC*

…just in case.

Just hope you end up in one of the control vaults?

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Ming5000  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:25:07am

re: #100 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I assume he had this deal in the works long before he quit Trump

Really? Do you think he had a feeling he would be dumped? Or, do you think all/most of the political operatives make option-to-hire deals with someone?

I never thought of that concept or how it might work.

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:25:17am

What the politics of disinterest and a vague sense of social malaise buys you.

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:27:01am

re: #104 Alyosha

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What the politics of disinterest and a vague sense of social malaise buys you.

I know the situation is serious and everything but…

Gold Jerry! Gold!!

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Ming5000  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:27:16am

re: #104 Alyosha

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What the politics of disinterest and a vague sense of social malaise buys you.

Very similar to our Bern-It-Downers and Blow-It-Up Trumpsters.

Scary. Don’t trifle with shit you don’t understand.

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Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:27:34am

re: #104 Alyosha

THAT’S WHY PEOPLE VOTE! THAT’S WHY PEOPLE ARE PAID TO COUNT THE…AAAGGGHHH!!!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:32:00am

re: #103 Ming5000

Really? Do you think he had a feeling he would be dumped? Or, do you think all/most of the political operatives make option-to-hire deals with someone?

I never thought of that concept or how it might work.

he is a man who looks at his own options and interest first, for chrissakes

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:34:17am

Seeing the likes of Farage, Boris and Galloway dancing about together though on opposite sides of the street is probably what makes this so surreal. What happens when the wingnut convergence actually wins.

Light your hair on fire madness.

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Ming5000  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:35:33am

re: #103 Ming5000

In the CNN hiring of Lewandowski: WaPo five-questions-about-cnns-deal-with-corey-lewandowski

“Not a single conversation with Corey happened until after his interview with Dana,” says a CNN spokesperson.

{referring to CNN’s Dana Bash interview of Lew. on Monday after he was fired}
Also:

In pursuing Lewandowski, CNN appears to have had some company. An MSNBC executive confirms that the network met with the former campaign manager but didn’t make an offer. A Fox News spokesperson said the network didn’t make an offer for a contributor position. Whatever the competition might have been thinking, this is CNN’s black eye — a transaction that slights the journalists who’ve been killing themselves in covering the campaign.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:36:50am

re: #110 Ming5000

In the CNN hiring of Lewandowski: WaPo five-questions-about-cnns-deal-with-corey-lewandowski

{referring to CNN’s Dana Bash interview of Lew. on Monday after he was fired}
Also:

and I wasn’t dating that blonde until our divorce papers went through!

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:38:15am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:40:21am

re: #112 freetoken

“It’s Labour voters who won this referendum”

nobody won this referendum…

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:40:26am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:41:08am

re: #114 Timothy Watson

That was on one of the first LP’s I ever bought as a teenager…

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:41:15am

re: #112 freetoken

It’s like a bunch of splitters all rushing to claim credit for a hospital bombing. Bizarre.

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:47:30am

The ongoing mental health issues with Sinead O’Connor:

Chicago police have advised officers to be on the lookout for Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor after receiving a report she threatened to jump from a bridge.

wtop.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:48:20am

re: #117 Timothy Watson

The ongoing mental health issues with Sinead O’Connor:

wtop.com

She should do a duo with Michelle Shocked…

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Tigger2  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:49:24am

re: #112 freetoken

[Embedded content]

This is what some guy I play a game with on FB from the UK posted, he said this is what swing it for them.

Facebook Video

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Ming5000  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:51:41am

Trump says so many crazy things it is hard to keep up. bloomberg
Me, “That is so crazy, he can’t mean it. I mean, he can’t seriously mean it. Right? …RIGHT!?!

Donald Trump seems to be pretty serious about his plan to crash the U.S. economy and then default on the debt:

In an appearance Wednesday [June 22] morning on CBS This Morning, the presumptive Republican nominee returned to an idea he floated back in May: that if the U.S. economy “crashed,” he would offer to pay U.S. creditors less than what they are owed. “You go back and say, hey guess what, the economy just crashed. I’m going to give you back half,” he told Norah O’Donnell.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:53:19am

re: #120 Ming5000

Trump says so many crazy things it is hard to keep up:

In an appearance Wednesday [June 22] morning on CBS This Morning, the presumptive Republican nominee returned to an idea he floated back in May: that if the U.S. economy “crashed,” he would offer to pay U.S. creditors less than what they are owed. “You go back and say, hey guess what, the economy just crashed. I’m going to give you back half,” he told Norah O’Donnell.

Trump sells himself to those who want us to “run the government like a business” and this is how he runs a business.

At which point we can replace the red stripes on our flag with blue ones and the stars with a white cross.

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Ming5000  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:54:42am

re: #117 Timothy Watson

The ongoing mental health issues with Sinead O’Connor:

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:59:05am

BBC has an entry on their blog titled “Trump tweet vs political reality” - they noticed that he landed in Scotland, and then they show the picture of said Scotland all colored yellow for “remain”.

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Archangelus  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:02:03am
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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:06:15am
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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:11:31am
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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:13:20am

Welp, it’s hailing here. The End Times are upon us.

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Dave In Austin  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:13:42am
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Kragar  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:25:00am
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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:27:12am
No need to rush to Article 50, says Johnson

Desperately trying to hold off starting the difficult task of divorce…

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:28:36am

How is the Brexit folk were so desperate to leave… but now seem so intent on not actually starting the process?

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Dave In Austin  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:32:04am
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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:35:33am
Sturgeon says she intends to explore all means possible of maintaining Scotland’s place in the EU. She has called for an urgent meeting with the President of the European Commission.

Sturgeon says she has talked to London Mayor Sadiq Khan who shares her views about London’s place in the EU.

Except of course that is not possible, so this may just be an empty gesture…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:35:59am

re: #131 freetoken

How is the Brexit folk were so desperate to leave… but now seem so intent on not actually starting the process?

Just like the lover who threatens to leave every day but does not want to pack his bags when push comes to shove.

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Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:37:39am

re: #134 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

And then one day, they come home and their key doesn’t work…and the fire department is around back putting out a fire in a surprisingly full dumpster…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:37:43am

re: #132 Dave In Austin

If you want to reduce your Republican Followers, just retweet the meme below.

give us 50 years and he will be up there

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:38:47am

*Trump* voter on FOX: “I’m shocked & worried. I voted *Trump* but didn’t think my vote would count - never thought it would actually happen.”

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Apocalypse  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:39:18am

re: #129 Kragar

Scotland voted to remain. Also the Scottish Independence vote went to stay in the union. Trump really should(learn to) read.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:39:57am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:40:11am

re: #138 Apocalypse

Scotland voted to remain. Also the Scottish Independence vote went to stay in the union. Trump really should(learn to) read.

That vote took place before Brexit and now it is a whole new ball game. Scotland benefits a lot more from EU membership than England.

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Apocalypse  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:40:22am

re: #137 Franklin

It’s how Boris became mayor of London.

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:40:43am
Sturgeon says a second independence referendum is “highly likely”. She wants to explore all options to stay in the EU.

I’m still skeptical the Scots are fully willing to do what is necessary.

The EU is not going to accept a nation into their pact that is not really a nation.

Is Scotland really willing to be truly, not just facilely, independent of England?

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:44:13am
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Apocalypse  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:44:30am

re: #140 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I was just pointing out that BS of what Trump said (It’s implied if he said it, its BS.) I agree with the Independence stance has changed for the Scots.

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Teukka  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:47:32am

re: #62 Dr Lizardo

Or, “It seems to have all gone rather pear-shaped.”

Or, “it went pear-shaped as it impacted the rotary air distribution apparatus”.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:48:08am

re: #144 Apocalypse

I was just pointing out that BS of what Trump said (It’s implied if he said it, its BS.) I agree with the Independence stance has changed for the Scots.

Scotland is not going wild over Brexit, that is true.

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Dave In Austin  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:48:31am

Idiot is making a “Statement” on MSNBC.

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:54:20am

re: #142 freetoken

I’m still skeptical the Scots are fully willing to do what is necessary.

The EU is not going to accept a nation into their pact that is not really a nation.

Is Scotland really willing to be truly, not just facilely, independent of England?

It’ll be interesting to see how the next PM tries to placate the various restive provinces.
Does the promise of a new referendum if the government doesn’t meet certain benchmarks after an agreed-upon length of time elapses become a thing?
It’ll be interesting.

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:56:33am

UKIPers being UKIPish:

The sun in shining in Clacton, Essex, and the mood in Ukip’s heartland is just as upbeat.

In the seaside town’s centre, Rob Blyth, 53, said he was delighted by the vote.

I don’t want to sound racist, but I think there are just too many people coming into the country. I moved out here from Dagenham four years ago, because Dagenham was looking like a foreign country.”

Blyth, who works on the London Underground, said that many people had moved out to Clacton from London, but “there was nowhere further for them to go now”.

Dagenham just became a dumping ground,” said Blyth. “They weren’t doing it to Surrey, just Dagenham. People have had enough.”

Joe Liff, 67, said he was very pleased by the result of the vote.

He was also concerned about immigration.

“The thing is, it’s like if you’ve got the Hilton hotel and a greasy spoon caff,” said the pensioner. “We’re the Hilton and Bulgaria’s the greasy spoon, so of course they all want to come here.”

[…]

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 3:57:29am

re: #142 freetoken

I’m still skeptical the Scots are fully willing to do what is necessary.

The EU is not going to accept a nation into their pact that is not really a nation.

Is Scotland really willing to be truly, not just facilely, independent of England?

Part of the reason that Scotland voted to stay in the UK is that there was a lot of uncertainty about how they would go about being independent. Separate currency? What about trade agreements with UK and EU, etc? All that was left unresolved.

Now they are faced with being cut off from the EU, which benefits Scotland regionally a lot more than the UK as a whole.

And if they hold an independence referendum again, they should present clear plans on how to move forward on it.

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 4:18:50am

So, two Labor MPs have now submitted a letter to have a confidence vote on Corbyn. I guess we’ll have to wait to see if their chair accepts it, but that is supposed to come soon.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 4:19:14am

Fox News: Alphabet Soup & Word Salad

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Emptor scriptor Remorse  Jun 24, 2016 • 4:30:16am

DOW will skyrocket today.

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freetoken  Jun 24, 2016 • 4:33:02am

BBC sez:

In the first feelers of reaction from the US, Vice President Joe Biden has said “We would have preferred a different outcome.”

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Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 4:39:05am

re: #153 Emptor scriptor Remorse

On the plus side, it’s a buying opportunity for someone like me who has years to go before retirement…assuming radscorpions, bloatflies or deathclaws don’t get me first.

On the downside, this just sucks for everyone everywhere.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 4:47:03am

I laughed at this one.

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 4:49:45am

Friday news dump? For real?

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Dave In Austin  Jun 24, 2016 • 4:53:43am

re: #157 Alyosha

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Friday news dump? For real?

I heard it first hand and did a WTF!!

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Emptor scriptor Remorse  Jun 24, 2016 • 4:55:24am

re: #157 Alyosha

He will be in Albany NY today.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 4:58:08am

re: #157 Alyosha

BernieSanders says he will vote for Hillary Clinton in November

to vote for and to actively support are two different things.

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 4:59:49am

I always hoped I’ll live to see the Sandrawal.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:02:45am

re: #161 Alyosha

I always hoped I’ll live to see the Sandrawal.

The Bernexit?

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Dave In Austin  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:03:03am

re: #160 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Definitely not an endorsement….

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:04:55am

re: #162 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The Bernexit?

The Bernaway.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:08:06am

re: #164 Alyosha

The Bernaway.

The Bernout

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:11:30am

re: #83 freetoken

EU to UK:

GTFO

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Dave In Austin  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:12:05am

Some people just don’t get the Rude.

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Lidane  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:16:10am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:18:03am

re: #168 Lidane

It was pretty incredible to hear Trump say #brexit tanking the pound will be good for him financially

British nationalists and isolationists would want to see the Pound tank: it means more exports and fewer imports.

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Joe Bacon  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:19:29am

The sun is finally going to set on the British Empire. Scotland will leave and Northern Ireland will probably play Let’s Make A Deal with Dublin. Spain will make a play to take Gibraltar back.

Meanwhile Queen Elizabeth weeps as Boris Johnson takes over at 10 Downing Street and lets the wrecking balls run wild.

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Lidane  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:20:53am
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Joe Bacon  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:22:23am

Got several e-mails from friends in the UK telling me that L’il Nigel played the race card with Obama. Leave leaflets were distributed with Obama’s picture and a caption saying Obama wrecked the US and now he wants to wreck us.

The same racism that flourishes here unchecked is alive and well in England.

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:24:56am

Euro 2016 gets more interesting with England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Wales all still in.

Sorry. I’m depressed. That’s all I can manage.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:25:04am

Whoah…

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Teukka  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:27:41am

Is it just me, or has Vlad and the Kremlin Crew not said anything at all about #Brexit?

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:29:42am

It’s taken me a while to figure out what’s off about Trump’s suits. This video from the Mirror helped me see it.

mirror.co.uk

His jacket is too long, and cut too large. He looks like he’s a teenager wearing his dad’s suit jacket.

The rule I was taught by my clotheshorse friends is the bottom of the jacket should be level with the big knuckles of your hands if your arms are hanging down straight. IOW, if you curl your fingers up, the edge of the jacket should just touch them at the first joint.

If you watch the video, Trump’s fingertips are level with the hem of the jacket, and the cut looks about two sizes larger than his chest and belly.

I’ve seen better looking suits on kids wearing rented suits for their high school proms. And this guy is a billionaire (supposedly).

Also, he’s clearly pissed that the guy with the Nazi golf balls upstaged him.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:29:55am

re: #175 Teukka

You can bet any Brexit-type movement in Russia would never even have a chance to vote. They’d all be dead soon after opening their mouths.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:30:48am

re: #176 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

He’s wearing his big suits to hide how out of shape he is.

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Teukka  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:30:49am

re: #177 GlutenFreeJesus

You can bet any Brexit-type movement in Russia would never even have a chance to vote. They’d all be dead soon after opening their mouths.

I meant as in any comments about the #Brexit, not individual parts of that particular empire wanting out?

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William Lewis  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:32:18am

re: #175 Teukka

Is it just me, or has Vlad and the Kremlin Crew not said anything at all about #Brexit?

Too busy drinking vodka and champagne in celebration.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:32:57am
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Teukka  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:33:25am

re: #180 William Lewis

Too busy drinking vodka and champagne in celebration.

Or cautiously clamming up so they don’t raise suspicions…

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:33:41am

re: #179 Teukka

Ah. I’d imagine the powers that be in Russia don’t want to even bring it up… Don’t want to give anyone ideas…

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Teukka  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:34:19am

re: #183 GlutenFreeJesus

Ah. I’d imagine the powers that be in Russia don’t want to even bring it up… Don’t want to give anyone ideas…

That as well…

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Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:34:35am

re: #176 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Kinda reminds me of the picture with SMOTI and Rage Furby (I think it was in Ferguson). The most pathetic outfits I’ve ever seen on people willingly having their pictures taken…Trump’s are a bit less blatant, but HE CAN AFFORD A TAILOR.

Though making the jacket look larger makes the man in the jacket look larger, so…maybe that’s why?

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:35:13am

re: #178 GlutenFreeJesus

He’s wearing his big suits to hide how out of shape he is.

It ain’t workin’

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jeffreyw  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:36:08am

Imgur
Good morning!

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:36:31am

Good morning fellow lizards. I see Britain has decided to trash the world economy and completely fuck themselves.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:39:20am

re: #185 Jayleia

Kinda reminds me of the picture with SMOTI and Rage Furby (I think it was in Ferguson). The most pathetic outfits I’ve ever seen on people willingly having their pictures taken…Trump’s are a bit less blatant, but HE CAN AFFORD A TAILOR.

Though making the jacket look larger makes the man in the jacket look larger, so…maybe that’s why?

Exactly. A good tailor can cut the jacket to minimize an older man’s rotundity, but Trump’s looks like he grabbed it off the rack at Barney’s.

Also, it seems he only wears blue suits and monochromatic ties (also too long), but that may be my lack of attention. Just boring.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:43:14am

re: #189 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Exactly. A good tailor can cut the jacket to minimize an older man’s rotundity, but Trump’s looks like he grabbed it off the rack at Barney’s.

Also, it seems he only wears blue suits and monochromatic ties (also too long), but that may be my lack of attention. Just boring.

To save money Tump uses the same people to be his fashion consultants and his speech writers: his children.

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:43:25am

Greets and saluts from the post BREXIT pre financial apocalypse NYC metro area.

The markets are already responding to the news predictably.

The British pound is down hard.
The DJIA futures predict an open that’s down 650 from yesterday’s close.
The markets are roiled, and this is just the beginning.

Trump and other know-nothings are touting this as a decision for the UK, even though Nigel Farage admits that the whole economic basis for leaving is BS.

Of course, Trump acknowledged that he doesn’t have a clue about what just happened. He doesn’t have foreign policy advisers with him, and he thinks that Scotland is cheering for the decision (they voted strongly to remain). He thinks that because it’s now much cheaper for people outside the UK to buy stuff in UK is a good thing. That’s because he doesn’t get currency devaluation and what the Brits just did to themselves.

The main impetus for the vote was immigration and fear of outsiders. You know, nativism and xenophobia. That doesn’t change with the vote. But Brits will now have to navigate a tougher path if they want jobs on the mainland or conduct business there. Instead of a smooth business path, they’ve just made it a whole lot tougher.

That makes the economic “freedom” argument seem kinda thin, don’t you think?

What this does is show how repeating the same lies incessantly for months can result in enough people buying into it that they vote against their interests (or common sense) and create a massive economic headache for them and their nation that will last for years. Bankers and the rich will come out of this doing fine - they’ve got the cushion to make that happen. Everyone else? Well, they’ll be screwed as their money doesn’t go far enough, goods cost more, and austerity is needed because the government is stressed by the economic calamity imposed on them.

Trump and the other know nothings, including at Heritage, think this is a good thing. They also think that we need to replicate the UK disaster here. They don’t phrase it like that, but touting it as a success shows just how divorced from reality they are.

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Lidane  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:46:28am
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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:48:00am

Anyone wondering if it’s possible we could fuck ourselves in November by electing Trump should take a long look at England.

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:48:54am

re: #193 darthstar

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:51:17am

Welp.

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:51:26am
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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:52:14am
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:52:37am

I’m not a fan of Dan Riehl, but the poor guy apparently had open heart surgery. I recognize the heart-shaped pillow my dad got for his surgery.

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:53:21am

re: #195 Franklin

Welp.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:53:59am

A “Leave” voter….

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:54:38am

Where are we going to put all those English refugees? And how will we recognize them?

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:55:13am
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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:55:40am
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Decatur Deb  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:56:00am

re: #201 darthstar

Where are we going to put all those English refugees? And how will we recognize them?

They use the subjunctive.

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:58:09am

re: #202 GlutenFreeJesus

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:58:12am

re: #203 Franklin

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She was stabbed so technically he’s telling the truth. //

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:58:34am

re: #175 Teukka

Is it just me, or has Vlad and the Kremlin Crew not said anything at all about #Brexit?

I assume they are still crunching the numbers to see if it is good for them, economically and politically.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:58:43am
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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:59:14am

re: #204 Decatur Deb

They use the subjunctive.

And they call chips ‘crisps’…whew…we just need a verbal wall…and them to pay for it.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 5:59:59am

re: #208 Franklin

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Education is more important than ever in this world.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:00:06am

re: #206 HappyWarrior

She was stabbed so technically he’s telling the truth. //

I thought she was shot three times and stabbed?

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Lidane  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:00:38am

This is great:

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:01:18am

re: #202 GlutenFreeJesus

Embedded Image

I think a lot of people fell for that. From what I know about the UKIP and Ferrange, they hate the NHS as much as they hate immigrants.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:01:25am

re: #212 Lidane

This is great:

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Silver linings and all :P

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:01:43am

Check the timestamp:

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:01:56am

re: #211 Franklin

I thought she was shot three times and stabbed?

Sarc tags. I actually had forgotten she was shot. In any case, Farrange is a tone deaf bastard just like his American cousin Trump.

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Alephnaught  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:02:18am

re: #206 HappyWarrior

She was stabbed so technically he’s telling the truth. //

Stabbed and shot.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:02:24am

re: #209 darthstar

And they call chips ‘crisps’…whew…we just need a verbal wall…and them to pay for it.

Except for tortilla chips…those are still “chips”. I tried taking them to task over it and they simply ignored me at the Tesco’s.

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:02:25am

re: #213 HappyWarrior

I think a lot of people fell for that. From what I know about the UKIP and Ferrange, they hate the NHS as much as they hate immigrants.

There’s just nothing new in the universe is there?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:03:10am

re: #213 HappyWarrior

I think a lot of people fell for that. From what I know about the UKIP and Ferrange, they hate the NHS as much as they hate immigrants.

They hate everyone and everything.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:03:13am

re: #219 Timothy Watson

There’s just nothing new in the universe is there?

I guess it shouldn’t shock us that British wingnuts are in fact British wingnuts.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:03:44am

re: #217 Alephnaught

Stabbed and shot.

Belt and braces wanker.

Use up your Briticisms before the market collapses.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:03:51am

re: #217 Alephnaught

Stabbed and shot.

I know. Sarc tags.

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:04:05am

re: #218 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Except for tortilla chips…those are still “chips”. I tried taking them to task over it and they simply ignored me at the Tesco’s.

That’s because they’re an ethnic food. ‘Tortilla chip’ is a proper name…to the English.

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:04:43am

re: #222 Decatur Deb

Belt and braces wanker.

Use up your Briticisms before the market collapses.

Bloody hell.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:05:46am

My cousins oped in. Would have been remains had they been able to vote.

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:05:58am
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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:06:02am

re: #225 darthstar

Bloody hell.

‘Ello Gov’nor.

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Lidane  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:06:06am
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:06:11am

re: #225 darthstar

Bloody hell.

We’re in Barney.

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Teukka  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:07:22am

re: #215 Franklin

Check the timestamp:

[Embedded content]

With all due respect…

Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:07:33am
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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:08:16am

re: #232 darthstar

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He already has swastikas on his balls. They were a gift from David Duke.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:08:58am

re: #222 Decatur Deb

You get upset with the EU, really really frustrated. You vote ‘Leave” and Bob’s Your Uncle, your buggered. Now the rest of the world is taking the piss.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:09:27am

How fucking stupid is Trump though? Goes to the part of the UK that voted the most to remain in the EU by far and he’s bragging about the success of the exit?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:10:38am

re: #235 HappyWarrior

How fucking stupid is Trump though? Goes to the part of the UK that voted the most to remain in the EU by far and he’s bragging about the success of the exit?

Yes, and he goes there without any idea who Boris Johnson is…but that is fully consistent with his campaign, do not expect him to do any homework in preparation for opening his mouth to anyone in any part of the world.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:10:43am

re: #88 Archangelus

You can say good-bye to Doctor Who now too. :’(

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:10:52am
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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:11:58am

Does anyone know where you can go in find specific results on a certain UK area? Really want to see how where my two cousins live voted.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:12:15am

re: #104 Alyosha

re: #107 Jayleia

That’s Chavs for you.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:12:26am

re: #236 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Yes, and he goes there without any idea who Boris Johnson is…but that is fully consistent with his campaign, do not expect him to do any homework in preparation for opening his mouth to anyone in any part of the world.

I await his trip to Bratislava and his announcement of how happy he is to be in Melania’s home country.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:12:41am

re: #239 HappyWarrior

telegraph.co.uk

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:12:52am

re: #239 HappyWarrior

Does anyone know where you can go in find specific results on a certain UK area? Really want to see how where my two cousins live voted.

The BBC, mate

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:12:53am

re: #233 HappyWarrior

He already has swastikas on his balls. They were a gift from David Duke.

Those tattoos are supposed to be a secret.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:13:25am

re: #242 Franklin

re: #239 HappyWarrior

telegraph.co.uk

Thanks.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:13:36am

re: #244 darthstar

Those tattoos are supposed to be a secret.

Donald has only one left ball.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:14:31am

re: #246 Decatur Deb

Donald has only one left ball.

Christie has two but very small

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:16:11am

Today in Both Parties Are The Same:

The Justice Department announced on Thursday that it had reached an agreement with a Mississippi county that, for the first time, requires a local government to provide an array of options intended to reduce mass incarceration. It includes programs offering alternatives to jail, re-entry services for inmates leaving incarceration and the prohibition of some jail sentences for failure to pay court-ordered fines and fees.

(snip)

The settlement agreement includes a provision that prohibits the county from jailing people for failing to pay court fines and fees unless it first determines that the individual can afford to pay.

The fees, which could include everything from traffic citations to the cost of a prisoner’s incarceration, have been found to fall disproportionately on minorities. The prevalence of such fines and fees — and subsequent jail stints for lack of payment — has been the source of frustration among the unemployed and the working poor, including in Ferguson, Mo., where protests broke out after the death of Michael Brown in a police shooting in 2014.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:17:01am

re: #243 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

The BBC, mate

Yeah I am looking on the results they have. Can’t seem to find how Surrey vote. Anyone with sharper eyes than I have mind looking? The constiuency I thought would be Esher and Walton.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:17:24am

re: #212 Lidane

This is great:

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They’ve got checkerheads in Scotland? I thought that was just London Metro.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:17:32am

re: #247 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Christie has two but very small

Sessions? Too small to mention.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:17:44am

re: #247 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Christie has two but very small

And poor Rick Scott he has none at all.

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:17:50am

re: #247 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Christie has two but very small

Christie has heard stories about his balls and how he once had a reputation for having them. But I don’t think he’s actually ever seen them.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:18:38am
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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:19:16am

re: #253 darthstar

Sorry…that was mean of me. Speaking as a guy with a belly that almost hides his own little Irish dick from view.

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Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:19:53am

Guys…please stop talking about Republican’s balls and/or lack thereof, unless they are sportsball thing kind of balls…because I have a very visual imagination, and I need to eat soon.

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makeitstop  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:20:24am

re: #252 HappyWarrior

And poor Rick Scott he has none at all.

Well, one large one - but it’s situated on his shoulders.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:20:38am

re: #248 Sir John Barron

Today in Both Parties Are The Same:

I’ve seen a lot of the purer than thou I know hit Obama for not doing enough on the drug war which is a criticism I agree with but quietly his DOJ has gone after a lot of age old practices that have been under the wrong. BTW Hinds County I believe is where the three civil rights workers were kidnapped and later murdered by the KKK too.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:20:41am
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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:21:27am

re: #259 Franklin

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Is that Nigel?

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:22:00am

Maybe the golf course thing was just an excuse for Trump to be in the UK when he financed his campaign by shorting the pound…

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Great White Snark  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:22:31am

Good Morning.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:23:19am

re: #260 HappyWarrior

Is that Nigel?

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:24:59am

Attended a fund-raiser for my district’s state senator last night. I don’t do many of these things, but this event is an annual one I’ve checked in on a few times. Ended up meeting our U.S. Senate candidate, Chris Van Hollen, as well, last night.

It was an encouraging night and event. The state senator was given a number of awards by different organizations he’s helped over the years, from disabled individuals to economic redevelopment. Along with Van Hollen, my congressman, John Sarbanes, spoke and reaffirmed the good work our state reps have done and the need to make sure we don’t sit on our asses like in 2010, 2014, work to keep good public servants dedicated to the community’s well-being in office.

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Great White Snark  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:26:23am

New registered lizard default avatar..?

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Dr. Matt  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:26:34am

Has Trump taken credit for Brexit yet?

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:27:27am

re: #264 Sir John Barron

Attended a fund-raiser for my district’s state senator last night. I don’t do many of these things, but this event is an annual one I’ve checked in on a few times. Ended up meeting our U.S. Senate candidate, Chris Van Hollen, as well, last night.

It was an encouraging night and event. The state senator was given a number of awards by different organizations he’s helped over the years, from disabled individuals to economic redevelopment. Along with Van Hollen, my congressman, John Sarbanes, spoke and reaffirmed the good work our state reps have done and the need to make sure we don’t sit on our asses like in 2010, 2014, work to keep good public servants dedicated to the community’s well-being in office.

It’s pretty crazy to think Van Hollen is going to be Senator now. I remember when he beat Connie Morella. Connie Morella if she had today’s Republican electorate voting her would have probably primaried her easily in 2010.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:27:53am

re: #266 Dr. Matt

Has Trump taken credit for Brexit yet?

Give him time. I’m sure he’ll be stupid and do it in Scotland where Brexit was heavily unpopular.

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:28:25am

re: #266 Dr. Matt

Has Trump taken credit for Brexit yet?

Rage Furby will beat him to it, no doubt.

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:29:29am

re: #263 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

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Alephnaught  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:29:50am

So, greetings from Dublin.(Don’t worry, I voted for Remain via postal vote before I came across.) As I finally got to bed last night, I watched the BBC for about an hour, and despite a couple of brief times where Remain regained the lead (The first time thanks to my home town of Glasgow, yay!), It was getting pretty obvious that Leave was steadily gaining a lead, and like I said last night, it was at that time (3-4am) where it was clear where things where going. Next thing I saw Nigel on the TV blaughring about with braying supporters around him. The telly was on mute, thank goodness, and I switched it off in disgust, and went to get some sleep. I was just getting off to sleep, when I heard my phone buzz. It was a notification from the BBC News app calling the vote for Leave.

Needless to say, the general mood in Dublin from what I’ve seen is a dazed “WTF?” I’ve yet to talk from anyone from home yet, but I’m seeing a lot of stuff like this.

If this is representative of what’s happening in Scotland at the current moment, then there’s a momentum for IndyRef2 that the powers that be ignore at their peril.

Indeed, I noticed that Stuart Campbell over at Wings Over Scotland has asked people on the Yes side last time to welcome any No people who have had second thoughts, and forgive and forget any past differences they had.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:31:21am

Well, anyway, what a disaster. My Anglophilia has been harder and harder to maintain since Thatcher, but this just about did it in. Then we’ve got tRump, Rio’s going to be a fiasco that will probably put an end to the Olympic movement…this is going to be some year. Even if we manage not to elect Hair Furor, we’ll still have the 45+% who voted for him living in the same country with us.

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:31:52am

re: #178 GlutenFreeJesus

He’s wearing his big suits to hide how out of shape he is.

You bet he is. Before I did my preretirement weight loss I was an expert at hiding weight with suits. Looking past the camouflage, I bet he is closer to 300 pounds than 200

(Btw, I lost 65 pounds, 12” off my waist, and went from 3x to M, and it stuck.)

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Skip Intro  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:32:01am

re: #266 Dr. Matt

Has Trump taken credit for Brexit yet?

Has he blamed Hillary for the market crash yet?

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:32:26am

re: #271 Alephnaught

So, greetings from Dublin.(Don’t worry, I voted for Remain via postal vote before I came across.) As I finally got to bed last night, I watched the BBC for about an hour, and despite a couple of brief times where Remain regained the lead (The first time thanks to my home town of Glasgow, yay!), It was getting pretty obvious that Leave was steadily gaining a lead, and like I said last night, it was at that time (3-4am) where it was clear whet things where going. Next thing I saw Nigel on the TV blaughring about with beating supporters around him. The telly was on mute, thank goodness, and I switched it off in disgust, went to get some sleep. I was just getting off top sleep, when I heard my phone buzz. It was a notification from the BBC News app calling the vote for Leave.

Needless to say, the general mood in Dublin from what I’ve seen is a dazed “WTF?” I’ve yet to talk from anyone from home yet, but I’m seeing a lot of stuff like this.

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If this is representative of what’s happening in Scotland at the current moment, then there’s a momentum for IndyRef2 that the powers that be ignore at their peril.

Indeed, I noticed that Stuart Campbell over at Wings Over Scotland has asked people on the Yes side last time to welcome any No people who have had second thoughts, and forgive and forget any past differences they had.

Wonder what the thoughts in Dublin are since Northern Ireland voted to remain by a good margin too granted not as much as Scotland. Enjoy Dublin though. I’ve been twice and have always enjoyed the kindness of the Dubliners and their city.

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Teukka  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:33:18am

re: #274 Skip Intro

Has he blamed Hillary for the market crash yet?

“Of course it is her fault! Her and the zionist liberal world conspiracy controlling the markets”

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:33:51am

How annoyed is Scotland right now?

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:34:00am

re: #264 Sir John Barron

Attended a fund-raiser for my district’s state senator last night. I don’t do many of these things, but this event is an annual one I’ve checked in on a few times. Ended up meeting our U.S. Senate candidate, Chris Van Hollen, as well, last night.

It was an encouraging night and event. The state senator was given a number of awards by different organizations he’s helped over the years, from disabled individuals to economic redevelopment. Along with Van Hollen, my congressman, John Sarbanes, spoke and reaffirmed the good work our state reps have done and the need to make sure we don’t sit on our asses like in 2010, 2014, work to keep good public servants dedicated to the community’s well-being in office.

Our state senator got choked up a bit, talking about how discouraging it can be to turn on the TV or Internet and see all the terribleness but that he was not going to be discouraged, that he was going to keep plugging along, trying to make a difference, working to help people (words to that effect).

A very different spirit from what can be found in other circles where the concern is about protecting one’s own rights and privileges, taking back the country for themselves, etc.

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:34:36am

re: #277 darthstar

You can also see the Catholic/Protestant divide in Northern Ireland.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:34:48am
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Jenner7  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:35:02am

What the fuck UK??!?!

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Belafon  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:35:29am

re: #208 Franklin

Portentous and meaningful stat: 66% people who left school at 16 voted for Leave. 71% of those with university degrees voted to Remain.

Those who think the only thing that affects them is what happens immediately around them chose to leave.

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:36:25am

re: #266 Dr. Matt

He blames Obama for brexit, and takes credit for predicting it.

50/50 chance of being right.

As if Obama has anything to do with how/why British local politics responded the way it did to the UKIP lies (namely that the country would save £350M that could go to NHS). Farage admits it was all so much BS, and Trump’s basically scamming the GOP the same way Farage has done with UKIP.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:36:28am

re: #273 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)

You bet he is. Before I did my preretirement weight loss I was an expert at hiding weight with suits. Looking past the camouflage, I bet he is closer to 300 pounds than 200

(Btw, I lost 65 pounds, 12” off my waist, and went from 3x to M, and it stuck.)

But remember, he’d be the healthiest president ever in the history of ever!

And congrats on that weight loss! Outstanding!

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:36:30am

re: #279 darthstar

You can also see the Catholic/Protestant divide in Northern Ireland.

I noticed that too. The remain areas were in areas with Sinn Fein or SDLP MPs while the leave were by Unionists. Ian Paisley’s son’s constituency had the biggest vote percentage wise to leave. God I hope it doesn’t get ugly there again.

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Dr. Matt  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:36:35am
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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:36:56am

re: #280 Franklin

Now it says they are denying it and have no plans.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:37:10am

Remember that time Candidate Obama said something about 57 states and the right went ape-shit….

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:38:00am

re: #288 Franklin

Remember that time Candidate Obama said something about 57 states and the right went ape-shit….

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What’s funny is he’s in Scotland, surrounded by people who voted Remain.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:38:48am

re: #288 Franklin

Remember that time Candidate Obama said something about 57 states and the right went ape-shit….

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Look! A blowhard and a piper.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:38:55am

Good news for Trump #buybuydonald

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makeitstop  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:39:12am

Annnnnd the Dow drops 500 points in four minutes. Wee.

/

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Jenner7  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:39:29am
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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:39:45am

re: #291 Franklin

Good news for Trump #buybuydonald

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Man I do worry about economic downturns. That’s the one thing that could get Trump into office.

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:40:05am

re: #288 Franklin

Remember that time Candidate Obama said something about 57 states and the right went ape-shit….

So Scotland gets to hear Trump’s non-intelligible bleatings. Weekend not off to good start for our friends across the pond.

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:40:10am
A really crucial detail about the upcoming EU referendum has gone virtually unmentioned and it is probably the most crucial detail: Parliament doesn’t actually have to bring Britain out of the EU if the public votes for it.

That is because the result of June 23 referendum on Britain’s EU membership is not legally binding. Instead, it is merely advisory, and, in theory, could be totally ignored by UK government.

businessinsider.com

Interesting…

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:40:21am

re: #293 Jenner7

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Are we sure that Boris Johnson isn’t one of Trump’s happenings from his personal Vietnam.

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Dr. Matt  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:40:35am
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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:40:56am

DJIA is down ~500
NASDAQ composite down 3%
S&P 500 down 2.6%.

Yeah, great news Trump. Only if you’re an economic illiterate or are arbitraging currencies to profit from the swings is this good news for people on either side of the Pond.

And most of Trump’s supporters aren’t arbitraging currencies, so that means that they’re illiterates.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:41:35am

re: #298 Dr. Matt

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:41:48am

re: #273 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)

You bet he is. Before I did my preretirement weight loss I was an expert at hiding weight with suits. Looking past the camouflage, I bet he is closer to 300 pounds than 200

(Btw, I lost 65 pounds, 12” off my waist, and went from 3x to M, and it stuck.)

I’m pretty good at hiding my extra weight in polo shirts. If I am wearing one tucked in I blouse the shirt a bit at the waist so it doesn’t show off my stomach.

A coworker was shocked that I weight 210 lbs.

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:42:07am

re: #298 Dr. Matt

And he’ll tweet the same thing in November no matter who wins. One advantage of being Putin’s bitch, I suppose.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:42:58am

re: #294 HappyWarrior

Man I do worry about economic downturns. That’s the one thing that could get Trump into office.

One of four things that could get Trump into office.

1. Health failure.
2. Bigtime terrorist success.
3. Unknown unknown.

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:43:33am

re: #292 makeitstop

Annnnnd the Dow drops 500 points in four minutes. Wee.

/

There goes my decent rate of return on my 401(k).

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:43:59am

re: #303 Decatur Deb

One of four things that could get Trump into office.

1. Health failure.
2. Bigtime terrorist success.
3. Unknown unknown.

Just have to hope that all goes well before November. The idea of that demagogue asshole anywhere near office scares the crap out of me.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:44:54am

re: #305 HappyWarrior

Just have to hope that all goes well before November. The idea of that demagogue asshole anywhere near office scares the crap out of me.

Hope is not a course of action, as we said in the Army.

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:45:21am

re: #296 darthstar

The UK government establishment is acting as though it’s going to be binding - because they see that the failure to do the will of the people might have more dire consequences.

Other big companies are acting as though it’s a fait accomplis, as Morgan Stanley is reporting moving workers. Expect others to follow suit in short order. If you’re going to fence yourself off from the EU’s economic union, you’re going to suffer the consequences.

Now, the Parliament might argue that they owe it to the nation to try and renegotiate better terms with the EU, but fact is that they already have favorable terms. They get to maintain their own currency instead of using the Euro. They have more economic opportunities by using the EU common standards to sell their goods there. Other European countries get to sell their goods using the common standards too.

And leaving the EU doesn’t address any of the immigration issues. But it adds all kinds of economic headaches for businesses, let alone the government.

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:45:44am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:45:49am

re: #303 Decatur Deb

One of four things that could get Trump into office.

1. Health failure.
2. Bigtime terrorist success.
3. Unknown unknown.

4. Major natural and/or man-made disaster that results in public order and services breaking down over a large area or for a large population. Expect to see “militias” out “restoring order” by shooting indiscriminately at anything they don’t like the look of.

And when the government declares martial law and seeks to restore order using National Guard and Army troops, a minor civil war will break out.

I truly fear such a thing, not just for the bloodshed and chaos, but also for the bump it would give DT.

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Lidane  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:45:59am

*headdesk*

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:46:06am

re: #296 darthstar

businessinsider.com

Interesting…

With Cameron resigning, presumably there will be a new election and the parliament elected from that would make the call. Not exactly sure how things work over there.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:46:07am

re: #306 Decatur Deb

Hope is not a course of action, as we said in the Army.

I know. But those are four things that we as civilians only have so much control over.

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makeitstop  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:46:57am

re: #310 Lidane

*headdesk*

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Bernie, you asshole.

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:47:06am

re: #310 Lidane

*headdesk*

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Can we stop paying attention to the old man yelling at clouds yet?

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:47:12am

re: #310 Lidane

*headdesk*

His legion of BernieorBust fanatics must have gotten to him.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:48:02am

re: #312 HappyWarrior

I know. But those are four things that we as civilians only have so much control over.

But we can GOTV, do some voter education, and try to find effective ways to spend a few bucks.

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:48:04am

re: #310 Lidane

*headdesk*

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If the media would stop asking the same fucking question every day. Yesterday you said you’d vote for Hillary…is that an endorsement? Why push? Let it go already.

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Teukka  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:48:35am

re: #309 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

4. Major natural and/or man-made disaster that results in public order and services breaking down over a large area or for a large population. Expect to see “militias” out “restoring order” by shooting indiscriminately at anything they don’t like the look of.

And when the government declares martial law and seeks to restore order using National Guard and Army troops, a minor civil war will break out.

I truly fear such a thing, not just for the bloodshed and chaos, but also for the bump it would give DT.

My hunch is on the natural and/or man-made disaster being climate change.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:48:42am

re: #316 Decatur Deb

But we can GOTV, do some voter education, and try to find effective ways to spend a few bucks.

Oh no doubt. I didn’t say there was nothing we could do to stop Trump from getting elected. I know you did your part in your part of the country to stop Romney from getting elected.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:48:47am

Jenna Coleman is quite sad right now.

Unfortunately, many of the Brexiters that watch Doctor Who have started attacking her.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:49:27am
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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:49:37am

re: #309 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

4. Major natural and/or man-made disaster that results in public order and services breaking down over a large area or for a large population. Expect to see “militias” out “restoring order” by shooting indiscriminately at anything they don’t like the look of.

Cleveland, next month?

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Dr. Matt  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:49:38am

Brexit supporters are just trying to prove to the world that their voters are just as an extreme assholes as American Republican voters.

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:50:06am

Except that photo isn’t anywhere near a US border - or the UK borders.

SMOTI in action… lauding the brexit vote and ignoring the real world consequences - both to the UK proper and the rest of the world economy as the stunning ignorance and foolishness of following a lying political party (UKIP) down the rabbit hole all because they got enough people to believe the lie that leaving would save £350M.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:50:25am

re: #318 Teukka

My hunch is on the natural and/or man-made disaster being climate change.

ACC certainly ups the odds and intensity of any potential natural disaster.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:50:41am

re: #318 Teukka

My hunch is on the natural and/or man-made disaster being climate change.

Won’t be able to prove it, but it certainly increases the odds.

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Lidane  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:51:22am
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Dr. Matt  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:51:22am
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Belafon  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:51:34am

re: #317 darthstar

If the media would stop asking the same fucking question every day. Yesterday you said you’d vote for Hillary…is that an endorsement? Why push? Let it go already.

Agree. Bernie’s got to be handled with kid gloves, because handling loss is not one of his strong points.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:51:43am

re: #324 lawhawk

That looks like India.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:51:45am

re: #324 lawhawk

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Except that photo isn’t anywhere near a US border - or the UK borders.

SMOTI in action… lauding the brexit vote and ignoring the real world consequences - both to the UK proper and the rest of the world economy as the stunning ignorance and foolishness of following a lying political party (UKIP) down the rabbit hole all because they got enough people to believe the lie that leaving would save £350M.

The parts of the UK that in fact have borders with other countries i.e. Northern Ireland in fact voted to stay. The parts of Northern Ireland bordering the Irish Republic voted to stay while the parts that did not voted more to leave. And the heart of the leave movement was in the midlands of England, far away from any border.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:52:22am

re: #330 Ziggy_TARDIS

That looks like India.

That was my first thought too.

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:52:41am

re: #330 Ziggy_TARDIS

That looks like India.

Mexico’s southern border IIRC.

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Teukka  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:52:51am

re: #326 Decatur Deb

Won’t be able to prove it, but it certainly increases the odds.

I have this hunch that it will move closer to provable come later summer / early fall.

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Belafon  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:52:57am

re: #324 lawhawk

Maybe Trump’s on fire like that house in West Virginia yesterday that was floating in flood waters on fire after being ripped from its foundation.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:53:12am

re: #333 Timothy Watson

Mexico’s southern border IIRC.

Ah that makes sense too.

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Decatur Deb  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:53:15am

re: #328 Dr. Matt

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That’s going to be quoted on all the wrong men’s room walls.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:53:30am

While this is going on, we are about to have a run on Nickel.

The price of nickel is expected to skyrocket after the incoming Philippine government appoints an anti-mining bureaucrat Gina Lopez to the national cabinet. The Philippines is the biggest exporter of nickel to China.

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Lidane  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:53:41am
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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:53:59am

re: #336 HappyWarrior

Yeah, there too.

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meteor  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:54:35am

re: #20 retired cynic

I never thought the world would come apart on a Thursday.

The worst Thursday that ever happened.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:54:52am

re: #339 Lidane

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Compare that with Trump gloating at how Euexit was a success in a part of the UK where remaining was most popular.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:55:26am

re: #341 meteor

The worst Thursday that ever happened.

Time for Hitchhiker’s Guide references?

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:55:35am

Central banking institutions from around the world are watching and reaffirming their faith in the markets (because what else are they to do).

The President reiterated US close/special relationship with both UK and EU, and basically said the UK and EU will work this out. Which is what they’ll have to do once the UK realizes that they just snogged Voldemort.

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Jenner7  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:56:37am
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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:57:22am

re: #343 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle
light))

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:57:31am

re: #345 Jenner7

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Those are the Swastika golf balls someone threw out I think.

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Skip Intro  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:57:35am

re: #341 meteor

The worst Thursday that ever happened.

I’m not quite sure about that yet. What day was Trump born on?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:57:41am

re: #345 Jenner7

good way to keep people from running up to the podium…

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Dr. Matt  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:57:46am

Dear Texit,

Your move.

Sincerely,
The USA

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:57:52am
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Decatur Deb  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:58:20am

re: #346 lawhawk

This will end in tears.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:58:25am

re: #345 Jenner7

Someone made NAZI golf balls, and started throwing them in the area he was speaking

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Teukka  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:58:46am

re: #352 Decatur Deb

This will end in tears.

And gnashing of teeth.

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Skip Intro  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:58:57am

re: #345 Jenner7

That goddamned stupid hat. How come the little Trumps aren’t wearing them?

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 6:59:34am

re: #355 Skip Intro

That goddamned stupid hat. How come the little Trumps aren’t wearing them?

They have real hair.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:00:18am

re: #353 Ziggy_TARDIS

Someone made NAZI golf balls, and started throwing them in the area he was speaking

I think it was the same guy that threw money at Sepp Blatter

Youtube Video

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Dr. Matt  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:00:27am

re: #355 Skip Intro

That goddamned stupid hat. How come the little Trumps aren’t wearing them?

He probably thinks that is a compliment.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:00:44am
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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:00:56am

re: #324 lawhawk

TRUMP ON FIRE=> “I think people are tired of bad decisions- Of people just flowing across border like Swiss Cheese” pic.twitter.com
— Jim Hoft

A particular problem in Great Britain where people just walk across the water…wait whut?

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:00:57am

re: #357 Franklin

Yep.

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Belafon  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:01:21am

re: #359 The Vicious Babushka

That’s the one.

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Lidane  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:01:35am
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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:02:23am

re: #363 Lidane

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Goddamn that’s creepy.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:02:26am

re: #363 Lidane

Otherwise known as Resting Douche Face.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:02:32am

re: #359 The Vicious Babushka

Video shows floodwaters carrying a burning home through White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

As a rule, I get my information from written sources. This is one example of when I would turn to TV news.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:02:46am

re: #229 Lidane

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Today there is a very apropos article in Vox about how everyone in Game of Thrones is terrible, and that Martin should follow his basic theme that there are no heroes and have the various players in Westeros fight for the Iron Throne until they are all overrun by Ice Zombies, instead of copping out and save them in the end just like in every other fantasy epic. Watching the British wreck the world economy eight years after we wrecked the world economy makes me think there is something to that.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:04:42am

re: #367 Big Beautiful Door

Today there is a very apropos article in Vox about how everyone in Game of Thrones is terrible, and that Martin should follow his basic theme that there are no heroes and have the various players in Westeros fight for the Iron Throne until they are all overrun by Ice Zombies, instead of copping out and save them in the end just like in every other fantasy epic. Watching the British wreck the world economy eight years after we wrecked the world economy makes me think there is something to that.

TBH, I’ve been wondering what the hell the White Walkers have been doing all this while. It seems like they should be swarming the Wall by now.

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:05:26am

re: #368 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

TBH, I’ve been wondering what the hell the White Walkers have been doing all this while. It seems like they should be swarming the Wall by now.

Me, too. They sitting around playing video games? Lazy villains.

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Jenner7  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:05:43am

Person in UK: I just lost my savings

Trump: Come to my golf course! I’ll be great!

This guy is garbage juice.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:09:19am

re: #317 darthstar

If the media would stop asking the same fucking question every day. Yesterday you said you’d vote for Hillary…is that an endorsement? Why push? Let it go already.

Fuck that noise. It’s time for the senile old fart to start trying to undo some of the damage he’s already done—not cause more!

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goddamnedfrank  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:10:21am

re: #317 darthstar

If the media would stop asking the same fucking question every day. Yesterday you said you’d vote for Hillary…is that an endorsement? Why push? Let it go already.

Right, it’s the media’s fault the guy you voted for is an infantile, reckless, tantrum throwing shit-witted little taint-weasel who is taking his revenge out on the ethnic minority voters who cost him the nomination by endangering their lives.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:11:43am

re: #372 goddamnedfrank

What Frank said.

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:12:15am

re: #359 The Vicious Babushka

Video shows floodwaters carrying a burning home through White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

That’s some apocalyptic shit right there…

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Decatur Deb  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:12:40am

re: #372 goddamnedfrank

Right, it’s the media’s fault the guy you voted for is an infantile, reckless, tantrum throwing shit-witted little taint-weasel who is taking his revenge out on the ethnic minority voters who cost him the nomination by endangering their lives.

Give the Berners a break. Most of them will get their shit together, and we definitely need them.

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Jenner7  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:12:44am
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Decatur Deb  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:13:05am

re: #374 FormerDirtDart

That’s some apocalyptic shit right there…

Probably had termites, too.

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:13:09am

re: #370 Jenner7

Person in UK: I just lost my savings

Trump: Come to my golf course! I’ll be great!

This guy is garbage juice.

Upding for garbage juice.

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Alephnaught  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:17:32am

One little detail I’d not noticed before:

So that’s both the First Minister of Scotland and Mayor of London wanting in on the Brexit negotiations. Now, we can guess what the former will want (It rhymes with “Schmindy Bef Poo”) but what is the latter wanting?

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:18:15am

Well it shows to me how different Clinton and Sanders were. Clinton has a serious minded statement on what happened in Britain yesterday and Bernie remains hellbent on forcing all states to have open primaries for a party he’s never really been a part of. I hope he’ll come around too but it’s easy to see why patience is growing thin. Does he honestly think acting like this will actually help his cause in Philly this summer or have Democrats want to campaign for him? He’s showing himself quite honestly to be a selfish prick.

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:18:27am
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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:19:30am

re: #368 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

TBH, I’ve been wondering what the hell the White Walkers have been doing all this while. It seems like they should be swarming the Wall by now.

They have been chasing Brann.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:20:35am

re: #381 Alyosha

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That to me is what I can’t get over. There wasn’t a part of the globe that the British Empire didn’t have its fingers in and then a lot of people of said country got upset that people would immigrate to their country? It’s like those in our country that supported right wing dictatorships in Africa, Asia, and Central/South America and then act shocked that the people who suffer under said dictatorships come here.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:20:57am

re: #381 Alyosha

“…and in the end, Britain, which had colonized the world, destroyed itself in fantasies that it was being colonized in turn” — historians.

Just look at all the “white genocide” folks out there, also convinced that the rest of America wants to enslave or eradicate them.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:21:11am

re: #384 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Just look at all the “white genocide” folks out there, also convinced that the rest of America wants to enslave or eradicate them.

Yep good point.

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:21:20am

Next on Doctor Who:

The Daleks have gotten the UKIP downgrade thanks to a fatal miscalculation by Davros.
Brexterminate! Brexterminate!

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:24:35am

re: #382 Big Beautiful Door

They have been chasing Brann.

And they can’t even get that right. Lame!

I guess the only one with brains is the Winter King, and he’s probably only read through book 2.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:24:44am

I know the Guardian isn’t the most popular news source due to mostly their views on FP but check this out. theguardian.com
Just as I suspected, drug tests for welfare recipients are a big fucking waste. But hey the Republicans are the fiscally responsible party and against government waste they insist.

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:24:49am

re: #383 HappyWarrior

re: #384 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We have those too. I’m beginning to suspect they were planted here by England some time ago…

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Dr. Matt  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:24:54am
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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:25:24am

re: #389 Alyosha

We have those too. I’m beginning to suspect they were planted here by England some time ago…

I apologize but I forgot where you’re at again.

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:25:51am

re: #388 HappyWarrior

I know the Guardian isn’t the most popular news source due to mostly their views on FP but check this out. theguardian.com
Just as I suspected, drug tests for welfare recipients are a big fucking waste. But hey the Republicans are the fiscally responsible party and against government waste they insist.

Hey, Republicans can’t understand basic economics, so how can you expect to understand cost/benefit ratios?

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:27:06am

re: #392 Timothy Watson

Hey, Republicans can’t understand basic economics, so how can you expect to understand cost/benefit ratios?

True that. And Michigan I know isn’t the first state to show that these simply do NOT work. It was a complete failure in Florida under Scott too.

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:27:53am

re: #391 HappyWarrior

I apologize but I forgot where you’re at again.

That place on the underside of the rock with all the snakes and spiders.

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Alephnaught  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:28:00am

My goodness, the EU is playing hardball in the pre-negociations negotiations.

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iossarian  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:28:03am

re: #6 teleskiguy

Sound familiar?

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The lesson for the US, if people will listen, is that neo-liberalism will only get you so far.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:28:25am

re: #394 Alyosha

That place on the underside of the rock with all the snakes and spiders.

And the sharks with laser beams on their head too right?

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:29:49am

re: #395 Alephnaught

My goodness, the EU is playing hardball in the pre-negociations negotiations.

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I wonder how they feel though knowing that two of the four UK countries voted to remain. Honestly, I hope Scotland and Northern Ireland both get independence referendums for a couple reasons- Scotland overwhelmingly voting to remain and the fact that Northern Ireland actually has a land border with a EU country.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:29:56am

re: #392 Timothy Watson

Hey, Republicans can’t understand basic economics, so how can you expect to understand cost/benefit ratios?

They subscribe to the theory that our economic malaise is related to our moral decline and will not turn around until we force people to behave.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:30:29am

re: #379 Alephnaught

One little detail I’d not noticed before:

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So that’s both the First Minister of Scotland and Mayor of London wanting in on the Brexit negotiations. Now, we can guess what the former will want (It rhymes with “Schmindy Bef Poo”) but what is the latter wanting?

If I were Sadiq Khan, or whoever’s mayor when the shit actually hits the fan, I’d declare London a Free City. See if Portsmouth, Liverpool, Belfast, etc. want to join in a new Hanseatic League and let the fucking “heartland” go to hell like they want to.

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:30:35am

re: #397 HappyWarrior

And the sharks with laser beams on their head too right?

Ours still have miner’s lamps. Without water-resistant candles, the sharks are reduced to using their teeth.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:30:37am

re: #399 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They subscribe to the theory that our economic malaise is related to our moral decline and will not turn around until we force people to behave.

That’s another thing they got from British wingnuts. Been seeing that theme a lot when I’ve been reading about the Potato Famine.

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iossarian  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:30:55am

re: #383 HappyWarrior

That to me is what I can’t get over. There wasn’t a part of the globe that the British Empire didn’t have its fingers in and then a lot of people of said country got upset that people would immigrate to their country? It’s like those in our country that supported right wing dictatorships in Africa, Asia, and Central/South America and then act shocked that the people who suffer under said dictatorships come here.

People will accept immigration as long as they have jobs, financial security and dignity. Keep shoveling money to the 1% and you wind up with Donald Trump and Brexit.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:31:05am

re: #401 Alyosha

Ours still have miner’s lamps. Without water-resistant candles, the sharks are reduced to using their teeth.

Poor sharks.

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:31:10am

re: #399 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They subscribe to the theory that our economic malaise is related to our moral decline and will not turn around until we force people to behave.

Hmmm. I’ve heard that refrain somewhere before. Let me think now.

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Dr. Matt  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:31:16am

Atlas rocket launch from Cape Canaveral scroll down: facebook.com

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:31:28am

re: #403 iossarian

People will accept immigration as long as they have jobs, financial security and dignity. Keep shoveling money to the 1% and you wind up with Donald Trump and Brexit.

Which is why we need liberalism.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:32:06am

Look at this picture of Trump at Turnberry with his children. One of Trump’s sons (I don’t know whether it is Uday or Kusay) has his arm around what appears to be his kid, but if you look closely it looks like a Trump clone with tiny hands. Creepy as fuck.

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:32:19am

re: #400 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

That would be batshit.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:33:02am

re: #408 The Vicious Babushka

Look at this picture of Trump at Turnberry with his children. One of Trump’s sons (I don’t know whether it is Uday or Kusay) has his arm around what appears to be his kid, but if you look closely it looks like a Trump clone with tiny hands. Creepy as fuck.

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And isn’t wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat in *Scotland* simply sort of rude?

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:33:04am

re: #408 The Vicious Babushka

Look at this picture of Trump at Turnberry with his children. One of Trump’s sons (I don’t know whether it is Uday or Kusay) has his arm around what appears to be his kid, but if you look closely it looks like a Trump clone with tiny hands. Creepy as fuck.

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I constantly get freaked out by Odo on the left there.

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iossarian  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:33:30am

re: #407 HappyWarrior

Which is why we need liberalism.

True but you have to have some kind of re-distributive economic plan as well. It’s not enough to just stick to social liberalism if you’re letting global corporations come in and asset-strip local communities.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:33:35am

re: #410 Feline Fearless Leader

And isn’t wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat in *Scotland* simply sort of rude?

He has special hats made saying MAKE TURNBERRY GREAT AGAIN

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Belafon  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:33:40am

I speculated last night that we’d hear about people like this, BBC guest who voted for Brexit mocked after admitting he didn’t think his vote would count:

Despite voting Leave, Adam from Manchester, said he was “shocked” and “worried” by the country’s decision to exit the European Union.

In an interview during the BBC’s rolling coverage of the European referendum, Adam told Victoria Derbyshire: “I’m a bit shocked to be honest. I’m shocked that we actually voted to leave.

“I didn’t think that was going to happen. My vote - I didn’t think was going to matter too much because I thought we were just going to remain.

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:34:24am

re: #413 The Vicious Babushka

He has special hats made saying MAKE TURNBERRY GREAT AGAIN

The others are those, but his has “America” on it.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:34:38am

re: #412 iossarian

True but you have to have some kind of re-distributive economic plan as well. It’s not enough to just stick to social liberalism if you’re letting global corporations come in and asset-strip local communities.

Yeah I meant that as well. Sorry wasn’t just talking social liberalism but a liberalism that is willing to invest in its poorest citizens and citizenry that hasn’t enjoyed prosperity.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:35:07am

re: #413 The Vicious Babushka

He has special hats made saying MAKE TURNBERRY GREAT AGAIN

I think it was “MADE TURNBERRY GREAT AGAIN” as in he is already taking credit. But he has one of the America ones on in that picture.

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iossarian  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:35:21am

re: #416 HappyWarrior

Yeah I meant that as well. Sorry wasn’t just talking social liberalism but a liberalism that is willing to invest in its poorest citizens and citizenry that hasn’t enjoyed prosperity.

I sort of assumed you meant that!

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:35:30am

Buried amongst all this Brexit stuff but the outcome of yesterday’s “shooting” in Vernheim==>

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:35:34am

re: #414 Belafon

I speculated last night that we’d hear about people like this, BBC guest who voted for Brexit mocked after admitting he didn’t think his vote would count:

This reminds me of the Trump voters who admit that they’ve voted for Trump because they’re “curious” about what may happen. Gee, I wonder what will happen if I stick my dick in the fireplace!

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:36:03am

re: #418 iossarian

I sort of assumed you meant that!

All good, we’re on the same page here. The government that invests in its people is good government.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:36:17am

re: #410 Feline Fearless Leader

And isn’t wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat in *Scotland* simply sort of rude?

Well, the Scots did help make America great…

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Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:37:16am

re: #419 The Vicious Babushka

Buried amongst all this Brexit stuff but the outcome of yesterday’s “shooting” in Vernheim==>

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So we had a scenario in Europe where there were injuries due to police tear gas and I suspect from panic among fleeing theater goers. In the US, especially in an open carry location, I suspect that we might have gotten multiple additional fatalities due to “good guy with gun” gone awry.

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Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:37:54am

re: #384 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Why would anyone want to actually enslave them? They’re useless for anything other than entertainment, and even then only after sufficient alcohol.

And they’re doing a damn good job of eradicating themselves, usually after entertaining others…after sufficient alcohol.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:38:57am

re: #424 Jayleia

Why would anyone want to actually enslave them? They’re useless for anything other than entertainment, and even then only after sufficient alcohol.

And they’re doing a damn good job of eradicating themselves, usually after entertaining others…after sufficient alcohol.

Remember, they think because they happen to share the same skin tone as famous inventors that they get to take credit for that.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:39:02am
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Barefoot Grin  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:39:14am

re: #383 HappyWarrior

That to me is what I can’t get over. There wasn’t a part of the globe that the British Empire didn’t have its fingers in and then a lot of people of said country got upset that people would immigrate to their country? It’s like those in our country that supported right wing dictatorships in Africa, Asia, and Central/South America and then act shocked that the people who suffer under said dictatorships come here.

England was the mother country; they just wanted to be with mother.

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Alyosha  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:40:25am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:40:32am

re: #427 Barefoot Grin

England was the mother country; they just wanted to be with mother.

Exactly, their colonial heritage is just coming home to roost.

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makeitstop  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:40:58am

re: #410 Feline Fearless Leader

And isn’t wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat in *Scotland* simply sort of rude?

They say ‘Make Turnberry great again.’ Special order, no doubt paid for with campaign contributions, because that’s how they roll.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:41:16am

re: #427 Barefoot Grin

England was the mother country; they just wanted to be with mother.

Mother do you think they’ll drop the bomb?
Mother do you think they’ll like this song?
Mother do you think they’ll try to break my balls?
Mother should I build the wall?
Mother should I run for president?
Mother should I trust the government?
Mother will they put me in the firing line?
Mother am I really dying?

Hush now baby, baby, dont you cry.
Mother’s gonna make all your nightmares come true.
Mother’s gonna put all her fears into you.
Mother’s gonna keep you right here under her wing.
She wont let you fly, but she might let you sing.
Mama will keep baby cozy and warm.
Ooooh baby ooooh baby oooooh baby,
Of course mama’ll help to build the wall.

Mother do you think she’s good enough — to me?
Mother do you think she’s dangerous — to me?
Mother will she tear your little boy apart?
Mother will she break my heart?

Hush now baby, baby dont you cry.
Mama’s gonna check out all your girlfriends for you.
Mama wont let anyone dirty get through.
Mama’s gonna wait up until you get in.
Mama will always find out where you’ve been.
Mama’s gonna keep baby healthy and clean.
Ooooh baby oooh baby oooh baby,
You’ll always be baby to me.

Mother, did it need to be so high?

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:41:37am

Cameron has quit as we already know. That’s another big question mark now.

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Romantic Heretic  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:42:11am

re: #368 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

TBH, I’ve been wondering what the hell the White Walkers have been doing all this while. It seems like they should be swarming the Wall by now.

Scouring north of The Wall making sure there’s nothing living there. Even when your army is undead you make sure it’s as large as possible and has a safe base of operations before attacking something as big as Westeros.

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:44:14am

re: #413 The Vicious Babushka

He has special hats made saying MAKE TURNBERRY GREAT AGAIN

Turnberry was already great. One of the great golf courses in the world. All you have to do is not fuck it up in managing/maintaining it.

It’s like saying, Make Bethpage Black Great Again. It’s already great.

The ego knows no bounds.

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Romantic Heretic  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:45:09am

re: #395 Alephnaught

My goodness, the EU is playing hardball in the pre-negociations negotiations.

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That’s wise. Surgery should be quick.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:45:15am

PLEASE SOMEONE MAKE THIS HAPPEN

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Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:45:26am

re: #433 Romantic Heretic

Scouring north of The Wall making sure there’s nothing living there. Even when your army is undead you make sure it’s as large as possible and has a safe base of operations before attacking something as big as Westeros.

Hmm. Given their strengths and vulnerabilities you’d think they’d do the opposite. Rampaging into more heavily populated areas sooner would appear to allow them to increase numbers faster, and also less time for defenders to prepare and learn about their particular weaknesses.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:45:28am

re: #434 lawhawk

Turnberry was already great. One of the great golf courses in the world. All you have to do is not fuck it up in managing/maintaining it.

It’s like saying, Make Bethpage Black Great Again. It’s already great.

The ego knows no bounds.

It’s the same thing with his Make America Great Again stupidity. America was a great place to live before Donald Trump came along and it will be when he’s rotting in the ground too.

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:46:07am

re: #352 Decatur Deb

That’s what the towel is for.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:46:26am

re: #434 lawhawk

Turnberry was already great. One of the great golf courses in the world. All you have to do is not fuck it up in managing/maintaining it.

It’s like saying, Make Bethpage Black Great Again. It’s already great.

The ego knows no bounds.

The special hats say “MADE” not “MAKE”. Look at comment #376. He is being even more pretentious.

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:47:04am
Brexit A Still life (artist unknown; found on FB)
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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:47:37am

re: #440 Feline Fearless Leader

Sorry, got distracted by the teeth. Gah.

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makeitstop  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:48:25am

re: #431 Feline Fearless Leader

Mother do you think they’ll drop the bomb? etc.

I think I’ll go with Danzig on this one…

Mother
Tell your children not to walk my way
Tell your children not to hear my words
What they mean
What they say
Mother
Mother
Can you keep them in the dark for life
Can you hide them from the waiting world
Oh mother
Father
Gonna take your daughter out tonight
Gonna show her my world
Oh father
Not about to see your light
But if you want to find hell with me
I can show you what it’s like
Till you’re bleeding
Not about to see your light
And if you want to find hell with me
I can show you what it’s
Mother
Tell your children not to hold my hand
Tell your children not to understand
Oh mother
Father
Do you want to bang heads with me
Do you want to feel everything
Oh father
Not about to see your light
And if you want to find hell with me
I can show you what it’s like
Till you’re bleeding
Not about to see your light
And if you want to find hell with me
I can show you what it’s
Yea
Not about to see your light
But if you want to find hell with me
I can show you what it’s like
Till you’re bleeding
Not about to see your light
And if you want to find hell with me
I can show you what it’s like

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:49:18am

re: #441 Barefoot Grin

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No whiskey?

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Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:50:06am

re: #444 HappyWarrior

No whiskey?

Isn’t that usually Irish or Scot made?

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wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:50:55am

re: #437 Feline Fearless Leader

Hmm. Given their strengths and vulnerabilities you’d think they’d do the opposite. Rampaging into more heavily populated areas sooner would appear to allow them to increase numbers faster, and also less time for defenders to prepare and learn about their particular weaknesses.

Right. And the Night’s Watch is understaffed and poorly trained, and IIRC, some of the watchposts are vacant.

Maybe they’re waiting for favorable weather.

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ObserverArt  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:51:04am

re: #263 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Always up for some XTC on a Friday morning!

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:51:38am

re: #445 Feline Fearless Leader

Isn’t that usually Irish or Scot made?

It is, I was asking why it wasn’t on the other side since Northern Ireland and Scotland voted to stay.

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:52:20am

re: #443 makeitstop

Think this is particularly applicable to the Trump campaign and UKIP’s Farage:

Liar - Rollins Band:
So you think you’re going to live your life alone
in darkness and seclusion… yeah, I know
you’ve been out there and tried to mix with the animals
and it just left you full of humiliated confusion
but the feeling of loneliness never leaves you
it haunts you everywhere you go
and then you meet me and your whole world changes
because everything I say is everything you’ve ever wanted to hear
so you drop your defenses, and you drop all your fears
and you’re so busy feeling good that you never
question why things are going so well
You want to know why?

‘Cause I’m a liar, yeah, I’m a liar
I’ll tear your mind out, I’ll burn your soul
I’ll turn you into me, I’ll turn you into me
‘Cause I’m a liar, a liar, a liar, a liar…

I’ll hide behind a smile and understanding eyes
and I’ll tell you things that you already know so you can say:
I really identify with you, so much…
I’ll come to you like an affliction but I’ll leave you like an addiction
You’ll never forget me… you wanna know why?

‘Cause I’m a liar, yeah, I’m a liar
I’ll rip your mind out, I’ll burn your soul
I’ll turn you into me, I’ll turn you into me
‘Cause I’m a liar, a liar, liar, liar, liar liar…

I don’t know why I feel the need to lie and cause you so much pain
maybe it’s something inside, maybe it’s something I can’t explain
‘cause all I do is mess you up and lie to you
I’m a liar, oh, I am a liar
but if you’ll give just one more chance I swear I will never lie to you again
‘cause now I see the destructive power of a lie,
that’s stronger than truth
I can’t believe I ever hurt you, I swear I will never lie to you again
please, just give me more chance, I’ll never lie to you again, no,
I swear… I will never tell a lie, I will never tell a lie, no, no…
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ho Ho Ho Ho! Sucker! Sucker! Sucker!

I am a liar, yeah, I am a liar, yeah
I like it, I feel good, I am a liar, yeah
I lie, I lie, I lie… oh, I lie,
I’ll lie again, I’ll again and again…I’ll keep lying, I promise.

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:53:21am

re: #419 The Vicious Babushka

Buried amongst all this Brexit stuff but the outcome of yesterday’s “shooting” in Vernheim==>

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re: #423 Feline Fearless Leader

I’m reminded of the Antioch Tennessee theater shooting last August (Mad Max: Fury Road screening). The Attacker had a hatchet, pellet gun and pepper spray.
Big difference, LEO’s fired like 100 rounds at the guy. Think it was nearly 60 inside the theater & another 40 at the theater rear exit.

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:54:01am

re: #447 ObserverArt

Always up for some XTC on a Friday morning!

Yes! I missed that post. (Somehow, I wouldn’t be surprised if Andy voted ‘leave,’ though.)

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:54:45am

re: #448 HappyWarrior

It is, I was asking why it wasn’t on the other side since Northern Ireland and Scotland voted to stay.

Well, Boris says they’ll stay because: UK.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:55:19am

re: #452 Barefoot Grin

Well, Boris says they’ll stay because: UK.

I think he’s going to be sadly mistaken there. I’ll expand but what allowed the Better Together campaign for Scotland to succeed was the idea that staying with the UK was the stable move. And then the mass of SNP MPs from the last parliamentary election.

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Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:57:11am

re: #452 Barefoot Grin

Well, Boris says they’ll stay because: UK.

Well “Independence” is only allowed or extended to the country. Nothing there for sub-sections to think they have the same rights to be independent from the larger body.

Just like how “state’s rights” principles only apply to the state as a whole and set no precedent for sub-units of the state.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 7:58:22am

I don’t know but i am going to be watching what happens in Northern Ireland and Scotland carefully.

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:00:00am

re: #454 Feline Fearless Leader

Well “Independence” is only allowed or extended to the country. Nothing there for sub-sections to think they have the same rights to be independent from the larger body.

Just like how “state’s rights” principles only apply to the state as a whole and set no precedent for sub-units of the state.

That’s true. Wonder how far movements to unite Ireland will go.

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Dr. Matt  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:01:06am
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Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:01:24am

re: #433 Romantic Heretic

Unless your undead army is the Scourge, in which case you can keep raising them again and again…

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:03:02am

re: #457 Dr. Matt

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Worked so well for y’all the last time you seceded.

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Belafon  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:04:04am

re: #457 Dr. Matt

Secession doesn’t work that way here, Texidiots. It’ll be fun watching businesses here in Texas turn on these people.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:04:58am

re: #460 Belafon

Secession doesn’t work that way here, Texidiots. It’ll be fun watching businesses here in Texas turn on these people.

Proof once again that right wing conservative populism is terrible for business.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:05:18am

re: #460 Belafon

Secession doesn’t work that way here, Texidiots. It’ll be fun watching businesses here in Texas turn on these people.

It’s all posturing and grandstanding, they would not know what to do if they succeeded in seceding. Hell, they probably couldn’t even spell it.

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Alephnaught  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:05:43am

re: #400 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

If I were Sadiq Khan, or whoever’s mayor when the shit actually hits the fan, I’d declare London a Free City. See if Portsmouth, Liverpool, Belfast, etc. want to join in a new Hanseatic League and let the fucking “heartland” go to hell like they want to.

I’d thought something along those lines too- but if we were to have London as a “free city” with EU access, wouldn’t that mean there would need to be border controls around London? Effectively, London would become a walled city, a bit like West Berlin in the Cold War.

Quite apart from the moral implications, and the precedent it would set, there’s also the fact that the vast majority of people working in London commute from outside, since living in London is getting too expensive unless you’re very well off, especially housing. Imagine the logistics of all those commuters going though border checks morning and night

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Testy Toad T  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:05:54am

re: #462 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It’s all posturing and grandstanding, they would not know what to do if they succeeded in seceding. Hell, they probably couldn’t even spell it.

I want Texas to succeed. I want EVERY former confederate state to succeed!

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darthstar  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:06:12am
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Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:06:13am

re: #462 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It’s all posturing and grandstanding, they would not know what to do if they succeeded in seceding. Hell, they probably couldn’t even spell it.

You mean like this?

Image: hqdefault.jpg

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ObserverArt  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:08:00am

re: #329 Belafon

Agree. Bernie’s got to be handled with kid gloves, because handling loss is not one of his strong points.

I think I need some convincing he has some strong points. His bad is now outweighing the good. As I see it, he has stopped the good and is only dealing in the bad right now.

I know one thing for sure. He has no class.

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Testy Toad T  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:10:26am

re: #467 ObserverArt

I will listen to every statement Senator Sanders has to make about economic policy, because a substantial portion of the left-of-center voters in this country thinks that his views have merit.

I will not grant him one iota of brainshare on his petulant babyhood regarding internal Democratic Party politics. I would slam my front door into his nose, that is if he actually bothered with something so un-revolutionary as door-to-door canvassing.

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:10:28am

No one is slacking off this Friday with the news. Guess the Pope didn’t want to be left out in market roiling/geopolitical mayhem:

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Testy Toad T  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:13:48am

Well, ‘stagflation’ was a word I’d hoped to never read in a news article.

Wish in one hand and let Boris Johnson shit in the other and see which one fills up first.

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ObserverArt  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:16:28am

re: #364 HappyWarrior

Goddamn that’s creepy.

Crazy oft times is!

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MsJ  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:16:52am

re: #58 Tigger2

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:17:02am

re: #463 Alephnaught

I’d thought something along those lines too- but if we were to have London as a “free city” with EU access, wouldn’t that mean there would need to be border controls around London? Effectively, London would become a walled city, a bit like West Berlin in the Cold War.

Quite apart from the moral implications, and the precedent it would set, there’s also the fact that the vast majority of people working in London commute from outside, since living in London is getting too expensive unless you’re very well off, especially housing. Imagine the logistics of all those commuters going though border checks morning and night

Well, the whole thing’s a mess altogether, for sure. Maybe the surrounding areas would be happy to be earning rent from city workers—might be their only source of income before long.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:19:49am

re: #413 The Vicious Babushka

He has special hats made saying MAKE TURNBERRY GREAT AGAIN

Yes, but HIS hat says “Make America Great Again”

In Scotland
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ObserverArt  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:20:13am

re: #375 Decatur Deb

Give the Berners a break. Most of them will get their shit together, and we definitely need them.

Deb, I think this is looking like one time that might not be the case. This runs deep. They may vote, they may not…but we are going to hear about it now through November and possibly for four to eight years beyond that.

Deep deep.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:20:56am

re: #471 ObserverArt

Crazy oft times is!

True.

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Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:22:11am

So, in case y’all need another way to stay awake forever in stark terror, I highly recommend the comic from Vertigo called “Clean Room”, written by the awesome Gail Simone.

No, I won’t spill any beans about the plot…because I’m 4 issues in, and I really don’t know what’s going on, though I can say the following:

WARNING: GRUESOME VIOLENCE

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:25:20am

When lies take on life of their own and people fall for them:

Real world consequences.

This is why pushing back against the lies by the GOP and Trump in particular are critical.

It’s why Charles and others have pushed back against Chucky/Rage Furby, Hoft, and other right wing miscreants. The lies have consequences.

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makeitstop  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:26:49am

And on another note: this is how an uninformed electorate behaves.

After Brexit, U.K. Residents Google ‘What Is The EU?’

What, you couldn’t use teh Googles before you voted, ya numptys??

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:28:03am

re: #478 lawhawk

Nigel Farage: “Nobody said that we’d spend the £350million a week on the NHS” pic.twitter.com
— Mike Sanz

We were just asking questions raising possibilities.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:28:08am

re: #478 lawhawk

When lies take on life of their own and people fall for them:

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Real world consequences.

This is why pushing back against the lies by the GOP and Trump in particular are critical.

It’s why Charles and others have pushed back against Chucky/Rage Furby, Hoft, and other right wing miscreants. The lies have consequences.

Typical right wing bullshit. But yes this is why the pushback exists.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:28:23am

re: #479 makeitstop

And on another note: this is how an uninformed electorate behaves.

After Brexit, U.K. Residents Google ‘What Is The EU?’

What, you couldn’t use teh Googles before you voted, ya numptys??

I saw. WTF.

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:29:53am

re: #479 makeitstop

And on another note: this is how an uninformed electorate behaves.

After Brexit, U.K. Residents Google ‘What Is The EU?’

What, you couldn’t use teh Googles before you voted, ya numptys??

The People’s E.U. Front is the worst. I hate the mutherfcking People’s E.U. Front. Wait, we’re the People’s E.U. Front!

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Belafon  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:30:06am

re: #479 makeitstop

And on another note: this is how an uninformed electorate behaves.

After Brexit, U.K. Residents Google ‘What Is The EU?’

What, you couldn’t use teh Googles before you voted, ya numptys??

Some people think the entire world is the places they drive to.

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Targetpractice  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:33:04am

re: #478 lawhawk

When lies take on life of their own and people fall for them:

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Real world consequences.

This is why pushing back against the lies by the GOP and Trump in particular are critical.

It’s why Charles and others have pushed back against Chucky/Rage Furby, Hoft, and other right wing miscreants. The lies have consequences.

And they’re going to quickly find that all those immigrants will not magically “go home.”

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Great White Snark  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:33:15am

Just in, one gun law I think everyone here can agree on and really want in our own states. remember, states can act where congress fails to do so. We want states to be able to do that in this context. New Page!
littlegreenfootballs.com

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:33:45am

re: #485 Targetpractice

And they’re going to quickly find that all those immigrants will not magically “go home.”

MAKE EM WALK BACK TO FRANCE!!!!11

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ObserverArt  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:35:38am

re: #486 Great White Snark

Just in, one gun law I think everyone here, can agree on and really want in our own states. remember, states can act where congress fails to do so. We want states to be able to do that in this context.
Love This-Unlike Congress, Hawaii Takes Action on Gun Control

Bad link GWS. I take it is a new page.

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Testy Toad T  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:35:48am

re: #485 Targetpractice

And they’re going to quickly find that all those immigrants will not magically “go home.”

You mean we can’t vote to make it 1960?

Next are you going to tell me that the Welsh coal mines aren’t going to open back up, and that all the derelict shipbuilders are going to stay shuttered because the world buys from South Korea and Taiwan now?

Say it ain’t so!

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:36:38am

re: #485 Targetpractice

And they’re going to quickly find that all those immigrants will not magically “go home.”

Yep but no one said nativists were smart.

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Great White Snark  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:38:46am

re: #488 ObserverArt

Bad link GWS. I take it is a new page.

Whoops. This should fix that.
littlegreenfootballs.com

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:39:27am

re: #491 Great White Snark

Whoops. This should fix that.
littlegreenfootballs.com

Thanks.

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BeachDem  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:39:58am

re: #376 Jenner7

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Wonder if those Turnberry hats were written off as a campaign expense?

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ObserverArt  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:40:58am

re: #486 Great White Snark

Just in, one gun law I think everyone here, can agree on and really want in our own states. remember, states can act where congress fails to do so. We want states to be able to do that in this context.
Love This-Unlike Congress, Hawaii Takes Action on Gun Control

Decent thinking. It also helps to have an ocean around your state!

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withak  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:41:06am

Don’t know if this has been posted yet, but holy shit:

Combined with the reports of people voting Leave, then explaining that they didn’t know what they were voting for…

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:41:19am

re: #493 BeachDem

Wonder if those Turnberry hats were written off as a campaign expense?

You have to ask?

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:42:02am

re: #495 withak

Don’t know if this has been posted yet, but holy shit:

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Combined with the reports of people voting Leave, then explaining that they didn’t know what they were voting for…

Honestly this is all making me very cynical.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:42:10am

re: #495 withak

Don’t know if this has been posted yet, but holy shit:

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Combined with the reports of people voting Leave, then explaining that they didn’t know what they were voting for…

Well, it’s not binding. I suppose someone could ask for a Do Over.

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withak  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:43:16am

re: #498 Blind Frog Belly White

Well, it’s not binding. I suppose someone could ask for a Do Over.

I really hope that’s a possibility. What a scam by the UKIP.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:43:20am

re: #497 HappyWarrior

Honestly this is all making me very cynical.

Let’s just fucking hope the most popular Google search in the US on 9Nov16 isn’t “Who is Donald Trump?”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:44:18am

re: #499 withak

I really hope that’s a possibility. What a scam by the UKIP.

And how they’re IMMEDIATELY walking back the “350 Million a week to the NHS!” bullshit.

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Targetpractice  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:44:35am

Whole thing’s like a bad Python sketch.

“So, now that we’ve voted to leave the EU, when can we expect those hundreds of millions of pounds to start showing up in the NHS?”

“They’re not.”

“I’m sorry?”

“Well, you should be!”

“But you promised us all that money for our healthcare!”

“Did you get it in writing?”

“Yeah, it’s on the side of that bus over there!”

“You should have waited for the bus carrying the fine print to come behind it. Now bugger off, we’ve got immigrants to chase out.”

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BeachDem  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:45:42am

re: #413 The Vicious Babushka

He has special hats made saying MAKE TURNBERRY GREAT AGAIN

Even more obnoxious—they say MADE Turnberry Great Again.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:46:58am

re: #500 Blind Frog Belly White

Let’s just fucking hope the most popular Google search in the US on 9Nov16 isn’t “Who is Donald Trump?”

Shiver.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:49:29am

Democracy simply doesn’t work
Sometimes i feel like Kent Brockman or agree with Winston Churchill’s statement on Democracy.

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gocart mozart  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:49:56am
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plansbandc  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:50:59am

re: #359 The Vicious Babushka

If this isn’t 2016 in one video, I don’t know what is.

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Targetpractice  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:54:40am

One of the downsides of democracy and the secret ballot is that all those who voted for “Leave” while thinking it would never happen or without a clue what it would mean for the UK will face virtually no blowback unless they tell others.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:55:10am
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Jay C  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:55:57am

re: #498 Blind Frog Belly White

Well, it’s not binding. I suppose someone could ask for a Do Over.

There’s still (if I recall the details of the process correctly) Parliament to have to go through to formally request (?approve?) the application (or whatever) to withdraw from the EU: presumably, this would be a new Parliament assuming the current government doesn’t survive. Also there is, I believe, a two-year procedure to go through before any country can “Leave”, so nothing is going to happen right away.
Nothing good, anyway.

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KingKenrod  Jun 24, 2016 • 8:59:18am

This seems like one of the worst political blunders of all time.

I don’t know much about UK politics, but the risk/reward ratio on calling the referendum seems all out of whack.

If “Remain” had won the vote, what would its supporters get? The status quo and maybe a bit more clout on globalization issues?

But they lost (badly in England) so now we have a likely recession for the UK (possibly Europe), total disruption for millions of Brits living in Europe, and likely Scotland and Northern Ireland referendums on independence. The UK lost billions, maybe trillions in wealth overnight already. Power has openly shifted towards the nationalist, anti-immigrant side, there’s no pretending how the English really feel about immigrants now, “Leave” was a huge winner in England.

The only hope is the UK gets a taste of their awful future over the next few months and does a 180. It sounds like a formal withdrawal request won’t happen before October.

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Targetpractice  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:02:03am

re: #509 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Brexit: Petition for second EU referendum so popular the government site’s crashing

That’s the modern world in a nutshell: “FUCK! I didn’t think this through! REDO! REDO!”

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MsJ  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:03:27am

re: #499 withak

I really hope that’s a possibility. What a scam by the UKIP.

And all those old people who voted Leave, what happens to their healthcare now? They can hate those icky furriners all they want…did they just create a healthcare system (that they’ve known most of their lives) that won’t or can’t exist?

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:03:33am

re: #512 Targetpractice

That’s the modern world in a nutshell: “FUCK! I didn’t think this through! REDO! REDO!”

UNDO UNDO CTRL + Z CTRL + Z

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:03:38am
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Testy Toad T  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:03:52am

Hold F9 to reload from last quicksave

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Targetpractice  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:05:54am

re: #516 Testy Toad T

Hold F9 to reload from last quicksave

Sorry, there is no save scumming in real life.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:05:56am

re: #515 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Trump praises Brexit as a ‘fantastic’ decision — then blames passage on Obama

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Piper Down

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:10:30am

re: #419 The Vicious Babushka

Suicide by cop then.

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lizardofid  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:13:39am

re: #508 Targetpractice

One of the downsides of democracy and the secret ballot is that all those who voted for “Leave” while thinking it would never happen or without a clue what it would mean for the UK will face virtually no blowback unless they tell others.

This.
Let’s take a lesson from it ourselves. We need to realize how deep and quiet, populist and nativist feelings can run in a population, without necessarily showing up in pre-election polls. Take nothing for granted.

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withak  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:13:44am

Dear Britain:

I Can’t Believe You’ve Done This

(NSFW language, but all proper-like)

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:15:14am

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Targetpractice  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:15:38am

I feel particularly bad for those Britons who went to bed early last night, figuring that the early estimates of “Remain” holding a narrow victory would hold, and woke this morning to find that millions of their fellow Britons were utter twats.

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:16:25am

Engage the RAGE Engine…

“This week I’m designating the Stonewall National Monument as the newest addition to America’s national park system,” Obama said in a video released by the White House on Friday.

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Skip Intro  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:17:15am

re: #426 Franklin

Look how tiny they are. Must have been custom made just for Trump.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:18:04am

re: #524 FormerDirtDart

Engage the RAGE Engine…

How long until the first comment that Stonewall Jackson is now reviled while the Stonewall gay bar is honored?

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:18:35am

re: #526 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

How long until the first comment that Stonewall Jackson is now reviled while the Stonewall gay bar is honored?

I expect that yes.

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withak  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:18:56am

re: #522 Ziggy_TARDIS

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:22:28am
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Skip Intro  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:22:44am

re: #457 Dr. Matt

I’d move to Texas just to vote “Do It! Make Texas Great Again!”.

Then I’d leave.

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:23:36am
532
Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:24:22am

LOL, where the fuck is the USA to Exit to?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:24:40am

Have yet to hear from Putin. I guess he is quietly pleased but does not want any of his provinces considering a Donetskxit…

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withak  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:25:54am

re: #530 Skip Intro

I’d move to Texas just to vote “Do It! Make Texas Great Again!”.

Then I’d leave.

Please don’t, I’d need my passport to visit my parents ;-(

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:26:15am

re: #514 Timothy Watson

UNDO UNDO CTRL + Z CTRL + Z

reboot! reboot!

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:27:05am

re: #532 Franklin

LOL, where the fuck is the USA to Exit to?

none sense.

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Kryptik  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:27:12am

re: #531 FormerDirtDart

What the fuck.

No, really, what the serious fuck.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:30:06am

If you want to trim down your Holiday card mailing list, post that CNN article about Stonewall to your Facebook page. Actually just say “Holiday Card” on facebook, should have same effect.

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Alephnaught  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:30:12am

re: #445 Feline Fearless Leader

Isn’t that usually Irish or Scot made?

“Whisky” = Scottish
“Whiskey” = Irish

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ObserverArt  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:31:30am

re: #512 Targetpractice

That’s the modern world in a nutshell: “FUCK! I didn’t think this through! REDO! REDO!”

re: #514 Timothy Watson

UNDO UNDO CTRL + Z CTRL + Z

I see it like a computer game. No problem if you lose. Log out come back in and it is an all new game.

And by-gawd you’ll win it this time!

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MsJ  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:31:44am

re: #534 withak

Please don’t, I’d need my passport to visit my parents ;-(

Depending on where you work it may not be an issue. Should TX leave, how many companies will remain?

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:31:54am

re: #532 Franklin

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LOL, where the fuck is the USA to Exit to?

What a loon.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:32:24am

re: #539 Alephnaught

“Whisky” = Scottish
“Whiskey” = Irish

“Uisce beatha” = Scottish….

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:33:12am

re: #543 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

“Uisce beatha” = Scottish….

Vodka = Russian

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:34:09am

re: #543 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

“Uisce beatha” = Scottish….

Correction:

“Uisge beatha” = Scottish

“Uisce beatha” = Irish.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:35:53am

Jack Daniels = American

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:37:10am
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Testy Toad T  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:38:29am

re: #547 Franklin

It’s not a bad time to be a British lawyer. Pretty much every law Parliament has passed in the last 40 years has leveraged some sort of EU statute or policy.

Gonna be a lucrative shitshow.

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Jay C  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:40:20am

re: #532 Franklin

LOL, where the fuck is the USA to Exit to?

Utopia, of course!

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wrenchwench  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:41:16am
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BeachDem  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:41:19am

re: #532 Franklin

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LOL, where the fuck is the USA to Exit to?

Or from?

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:42:23am

re: #532 Franklin

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LOL, where the fuck is the USA to Exit to?

Being around these people is like No Exit.

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Skip Intro  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:43:45am

re: #532 Franklin

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LOL, where the fuck is the USA to Exit to?

To the Old Confederacy, of course.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:44:23am

re: #551 BeachDem

Or from?

Obama of course. // But yeah leave the US because you’re upset that POTUS declared Stonewall a National Park. Wingnuts are such drama queens.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:44:54am

re: #553 Skip Intro

To the Old Confederacy, of course.

Virginia won’t have them. The majority of the state anyhow.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:47:32am

m.mlb.com
This is a pretty cool moment.

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:49:06am

re: #555 HappyWarrior

Virginia won’t have them. The majority of the state anyhow.

HURR HURR YOU’RE NOT IN REAL VIRGINIA

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:52:11am

re: #557 Timothy Watson

HURR HURR YOU’RE NOT IN REAL VIRGINIA

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You work with our disgraced former Senator? Agh man you have no idea how much that shit offends me. I actually had a college friend who knew the kid Allen insulted. Nothing like a guy who was only in our state because his daddy coached the Deadskins attacking a Virginian native to score cheap political points with the people who think NOVA isn’t erally Virginia even though we’re a big part of why the state is successful.

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:53:25am
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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:54:46am

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:56:17am

I want to see who bankrolled the UKIP in this whole thing.
Why? Why are you looking at me funny? UKIP promoted brexit as a way to get £350M for NHS, but moments after passage have said that money wont exist.

It’s a classic bait and switch, but one has to wonder who benefits from this? The markets are roiled. Market caps are getting hammered, and the British pound [sp] is getting creamed.

Notably silent in all this? Darth Sidious. I mean Putin. After all, he was behind the Trade Federation. /

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:58:25am

re: #561 lawhawk

I want to see who bankrolled the UKIP in this whole thing.
Why? Why are you looking at me funny? UKIP promoted brexit as a way to get £350M for NHS, but moments after passage have said that money wont exist.

It’s a classic bait and switch, but one has to wonder who benefits from this? The markets are roiled. Market caps are getting hammered, and the British point is getting creamed.

Notably silent in all this? Darth Sidious. I mean Putin. After all, he was behind the Trade Federation. /

Soros, obviously. ///

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:58:27am

I expect the next wingnut demand will be UNOUT!!!!!111

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Kryptik  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:58:44am

re: #561 lawhawk

Some folks don’t care if the place burns down as long as they get to declare themselves king of the embers afterwards.

UKIP probably did it for a blatant power grab, with a dash of ideological purity insisting that the pain will be followed by utopia.

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The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:59:10am

re: #560 Ziggy_TARDIS

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Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 9:59:35am

re: #561 lawhawk

Although his meatpuppet Snowden has said a thing or two about that, but the things I saw were neither pro nor anti, which seemed weird all by itself…

567
FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:01:15am

I read Dispatches around 36 years ago, when I was hanging out in the public library while cutting school…

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austin_blue  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:01:22am

Boy, I sure was prescient last night about Cameron not resigning immediately if Brexit passed.

Oops. Mea culpa.

So we get Boris Johnson as the new Tory PM? He’s the UK’s Trump Clone. In other words, a total ass clown with similarly disastrous hair.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:08:27am
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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:08:44am

re: #522 Ziggy_TARDIS

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No, its permanent, debilitating back pain. Better call Saul!

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:09:26am
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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:09:33am

re: #565 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Hibv9KQwjWguIVqC+wVkSQ==

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:10:24am

re: #571 FormerDirtDart

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I knew he’d do that given how idiotic he is.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:11:37am

re: #539 Alephnaught

“Whisky” = Scottish
“Whiskey” = Irish

Bourbon=Kentucky

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:11:40am
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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:11:49am

re: #558 HappyWarrior

You work with our disgraced former Senator? Agh man you have no idea how much that shit offends me. I actually had a college friend who knew the kid Allen insulted. Nothing like a guy who was only in our state because his daddy coached the Deadskins attacking a Virginian native to score cheap political points with the people who think NOVA isn’t erally Virginia even though we’re a big part of why the state is successful.

Heh, nope, don’t work for Allen thankfully.

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Teukka  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:12:53am

re: #537 Kryptik

What the fuck.

No, really, what the serious fuck.

Tealiban. Y’all lQaeda.
The only differences between them and aQ, Taliban and Daesh proper is that they aren’t as desperate yet.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:13:18am

re: #575 FormerDirtDart

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Damn.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:13:36am

Troll Level: Awesome

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:14:28am

The consequences of the vote are just beginning…

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:15:11am

re: #579 Franklin

Troll Level: Awesome

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Can’t wait to hear complaints about Obama putting “politics” into the NPS. Obama’s going to go down in history as the President who did more for any President before him on LGBT rights. That alone is the part of what is a strong legacy he is leaving.

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Timothy Watson  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:15:26am

re: #580 lawhawk

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The consequences of the vote are just beginning…

Anyone think that maybe these businesses should have made that clear before the vote?

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:15:44am

re: #560 Ziggy_TARDIS

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It was a hit and run?

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:15:52am

re: #579 Franklin

Only thing that might have made it more awesome? If the background color behind the NPS logo were rainbow instead of solid blue.

Guess I’ve got another place to cross off the bucket list, even though I’ve been through the area a bunch of times.

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Teukka  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:15:54am

re: #561 lawhawk

I want to see who bankrolled the UKIP in this whole thing.
Why? Why are you looking at me funny? UKIP promoted brexit as a way to get £350M for NHS, but moments after passage have said that money wont exist.

It’s a classic bait and switch, but one has to wonder who benefits from this? The markets are roiled. Market caps are getting hammered, and the British pound [sp] is getting creamed.

Notably silent in all this? Darth Sidious. I mean Putin. After all, he was behind the Trade Federation. /

Yep. Like, the group narcissism with focus on Russia which is running rampant in the Kremlin crew really shows, they think only they can see the signs… *SMH*

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lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:16:52am

The UK is truly screwed if Farage gets his grubs on power:

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:17:08am
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Targetpractice  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:19:18am

re: #571 FormerDirtDart

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Somebody reboot the Matrix.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:20:23am

OK, this needs to be shared with ever Bernie or Buster:

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Belafon  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:21:05am

re: #559 FormerDirtDart

Let’s turn Texas blue just to really blow their minds.

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Targetpractice  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:21:06am

re: #589 Franklin

OK, this needs to be shared with ever Bernie or Buster:

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That’s going to come as a shock to all the Bros who’ve told me that they’d be okay with Trump as president.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:21:07am

re: #586 lawhawk

The UK is truly screwed if Farage gets his grubs on power:

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Anyone else still doubt that the Pauls aren’t bigoted assholes that use abstract ideas about liberty and freedom to get gullible dumbasses to vote for them? There’s a reason why Rand and Ron Paul have always been the preferred candidate of CSA apologists.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:21:50am

re: #589 Franklin

OK, this needs to be shared with ever Bernie or Buster:

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He needs to be loud and clear about that because some of them think that because Bernie and Trump have some intersection on trade that it means they’re ideological kin. I am glad to see Bernie condemning Trump though.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:22:33am

re: #590 Belafon

Let’s turn Texas blue just to really blow their minds.

Call me crazy but I think it’s possible.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:22:41am

On Facebook, John Bolton is saying, “Like if you agree: Immediately, the United States should do everything we can, politically and economically, to come to the side of our strongest ally in the world.”

So, let me see if I get this - Crazy von Moustache is saying that the Brexit is such a great thing that we must come to Britain’s aid because of it?

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:22:46am

re: #583 Big Beautiful Door

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BeachDem  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:22:51am

re: #589 Franklin

OK, this needs to be shared with ever Bernie or Buster:

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And yet…

“Simply stated, when the day comes in November and Sanders has to cast his vote, to whom does it go, Cuomo asked Sanders.

“In all likelihood, Hillary Clinton,” Sanders replied.

Cuomo asked, “When you say all likelihood, what percentage of error -?” before Sanders cut him off saying, “I don’t want to parse words right now.”

Parse, Bernie, parse.

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:23:48am

re: #587 FormerDirtDart

Bwwaaaaaaaaa

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No Depression  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:24:10am

re: #575 FormerDirtDart

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This is why the petition for a second referendum isn’t just sour grapes. The outcome could’ve been very different without the UKIP’s egregious lies.

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:24:22am

re: #595 Blind Frog Belly White

On Facebook, John Bolton is saying, “Like if you agree: Immediately, the United States should do everything we can, politically and economically, to come to the side of our strongest ally in the world.”

So, let me see if I get this - Crazy von Moustache is saying that the Brexit is such a great thing that we must come to Britain’s aid because of it?

Lend-Lease?

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:25:35am

re: #587 FormerDirtDart

America is proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder w/a free & ind UK. We stand together as friends, as allies, & as a people w/a shared history.
— Donald J. Trump

South America, India, and Australia have kept the UK enslaved for years.

///

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:25:44am

re: #595 Blind Frog Belly White

On Facebook, John Bolton is saying, “Like if you agree: Immediately, the United States should do everything we can, politically and economically, to come to the side of our strongest ally in the world.”

So, let me see if I get this - Crazy von Moustache is saying that the Brexit is such a great thing that we must come to Britain’s aid because of it?

I saw that Baby Whiplash is supporting this too. This shows how ignorant Bolton really is. He ignores that large parts of Britain were adamantly opposed to leaving.

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Belafon  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:26:03am

re: #595 Blind Frog Belly White

On Facebook, John Bolton is saying, “Like if you agree: Immediately, the United States should do everything we can, politically and economically, to come to the side of our strongest ally in the world.”

So, let me see if I get this - Crazy von Moustache is saying that the Brexit is such a great thing that we must come to Britain’s aid because of it?

Sometimes, the best thing you can do for an ally is say “That was idiotic. How are you going to fix it?”

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:26:23am

re: #596 Ziggy_TARDIS

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:26:27am

FUCKFACE VON CLOWNSTICK WORD SALAD OF THE DAY==>

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:27:08am
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ShaunP  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:27:09am

re: #595 Blind Frog Belly White

On Facebook, John Bolton is saying, “Like if you agree: Immediately, the United States should do everything we can, politically and economically, to come to the side of our strongest ally in the world.”

So, let me see if I get this - Crazy von Moustache is saying that the Brexit is such a great thing that we must come to Britain’s aid because of it?

Do you think Brexiters would see the irony in needing to be propped up by the US?

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:27:11am

It’s not just the Muslims that the British racists treat like crap, it’s also Eastern European and yeah white supremacists want me to be “proud to be white” when British racists treat people with my heritage as intruders for simply trying to make a better life. in the UK.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:27:41am

re: #607 ShaunP

Do you think Brexiters would see the irony in needing to be propped up by the US?

I doubt it.

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Targetpractice  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:27:43am

“Bunch of damned socialists, why do we care about what happens to Britain…”

“The Brits voted for Brexit! They’re leaving the EU!”

“WE MUST RUSH TO THE AID OF OUR ALLY! THEY NEED US TO SUPPORT THEM NOW!!!”

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Sir John Barron  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:28:15am

re: #579 Franklin

Troll Level: Awesome

Obama named a new National Monument in an election year?!!?!?!?!?!?!??!

//

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Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:28:36am

re: #604 Big Beautiful Door

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:28:40am

And please remember Bolton was the last Republican President’s UN ambassador. So his views aren’t exactly fringe even within the GOP.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:29:36am

re: #602 HappyWarrior

I saw that Baby Whiplash is supporting this too. This shows how ignorant Bolton really is. He ignores that large parts of Britain were adamantly opposed to leaving.

I would think the large Scottish majority for “Remain” will cause some cognitive dissonance among the yahoos on the Right who think this is a good thing, a nation asserting its independence. After all, the Scots have an almost mythic image in the White Supremacist mind, and here they are, voting to stay part of the EU, and potentially breaking up the UK in order to join it.

Well, I’d think that, if they actually thought.

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sagehen  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:30:37am

re: #605 The Vicious Babushka

FUCKFACE VON CLOWNSTICK WORD SALAD OF THE DAY==>

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Then he followed up by noting that the pound crashing so drastically “just means more tourists will come to Turnburry, so it’s good for me.”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:30:50am

re: #609 HappyWarrior

I doubt it.

Like I’ve said in other contexts - if you think they’re thinking, you’re overthinking.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:31:02am

re: #608 HappyWarrior

It’s not just the Muslims that the British racists treat like crap, it’s also Eastern European and yeah white supremacists want me to be “proud to be white” when British racists treat people with my heritage as intruders for simply trying to make a better life. in the UK.

Makes you wonder how many US rightwingers of Eastern European descent realize the UKIP think their relatives are undesireables?

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:31:40am

re: #613 HappyWarrior

And please remember Bolton was the last Republican President’s UN ambassador. So his views aren’t exactly fringe even within the GOP.

That was some serious trolling right there: place the most anti-UN person possible in position of UN ambassador.

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jaunte  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:31:59am

re: #580 lawhawk

The consequences of the vote are just beginning…

This is like Texas secessionists ignoring how much Texas makes from Federal defense contracts.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:32:03am

re: #589 Franklin

Yeah they’ll just stay home, in essence voting for him.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:32:08am

re: #614 Blind Frog Belly White

I would think the large Scottish majority for “Remain” will cause some cognitive dissonance among the yahoos on the Right who think this is a good thing, a nation asserting its independence. After all, the Scots have an almost mythic image in the White Supremacist mind, and here they are, voting to stay part of the EU, and potentially breaking up the UK in order to join it.

Well, I’d think that, if they actually thought.

I forgot about that and the Scots. You’re right the Scots have a big image in the mysticism that exists in white supremacist thought. I don’t think they will see that though. I think many Americans are seeing that the UK voted to leave and that’s it. They’re not seeing the nuances taht existed.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:33:29am

re: #617 Big Beautiful Door

Makes you wonder how many US rightwingers of Eastern European descent realize the UKIP think their relatives are undesireables?

That’s a damn good point. Quite honestly, it’s why I have the opposite reaction as a left winger of Eastern European descent.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:33:42am

re: #615 sagehen

Then he followed up by noting that the pound crashing so drastically “just means more tourists will come to Turnburry, so it’s good for me.”

How can he be POTUS when he has business that can create a conflict of interest? POTUS is required to put these assets into a BLIND TRUST, not just hand them off to proxies (Uday, Kusay & Evita) that he can still control.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:33:56am

re: #618 Barefoot Grin

That was some serious trolling right there: place the most anti-UN person possible in position of UN ambassador.

Yep.

625
lawhawk  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:34:57am

re: #619 jaunte

And gets back transfer payments and would have to pay back the feds for all the costs for investing in Texas. Moving NASA out of Houston. US military bases shuttered. Yeah, no consequences or anything…

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The Vicious Babushka  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:34:58am
627
Jayleia  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:35:09am

re: #605 The Vicious Babushka

Y’know, with Princess Dumbass of the Northwoods, I could usually get a good handle on what she was trying to say in her own…unique way.

This guy? I got nothing.

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Stanley Sea  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:35:18am

re: #606 Ziggy_TARDIS

owie

OW. That’s horrible.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:35:30am

There of course is a difference between proud of your heritage I think and thinking your heritage makes you better. I love the cultural aspects- i.e. the music, the foods, etc of my ancestry but I do NOT see it as me being superior.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:36:28am

re: #625 lawhawk

And gets back transfer payments and would have to pay back the feds for all the costs for investing in Texas. Moving NASA out of Houston. US military bases shuttered. Yeah, no consequences or anything…

Secessionists are fucking idiots.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:37:14am

re: #629 HappyWarrior

There of course is a difference between proud of your heritage I think and thinking your heritage makes you better. I love the cultural aspects- i.e. the music, the foods, etc of my ancestry but I do NOT see it as me being superior.

I was once asked “Aren’t you proud of what White People have accomplished?”

I said, “Why? I didn’t do any of it.”

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BeenHereAwhile  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:37:56am

re: #431 Feline Fearless Leader

Mother do you think they’ll drop the bomb?
Mother do you think they’ll like this song?
Mother do you think they’ll try to break my balls?
Mother should I build the wall?
Mother should I run for president?
Mother should I trust the government?
Mother will they put me in the firing line?
Mother am I really dying?

Hush now baby, baby, dont you cry.
Mother’s gonna make all your nightmares come true.
Mother’s gonna put all her fears into you.
Mother’s gonna keep you right here under her wing.
She wont let you fly, but she might let you sing.
Mama will keep baby cozy and warm.
Ooooh baby ooooh baby oooooh baby,
Of course mama’ll help to build the wall.

< snip >

Get a job and fight to keep it
Strike out to reach a mountain
Be so nice on the outside
But inside keep ambition

Don’t cry because you hunt them
Hurt them first they’ll love you
There’s a millionaire above you
And you’re under his suspicion

“I’ve Had Enough” The Who

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No Depression  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:38:22am

I completely empathize with them. Many of their parents and grandparents fucked them over. They should be angry.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:38:41am

re: #631 Blind Frog Belly White

I was once asked “Aren’t you proud of what White People have accomplished?”

I said, “Why? I didn’t do any of it.”

Racialism is madness.

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Tigger2  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:39:22am
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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:39:25am

re: #633 No Depression

[Embedded content]

I completely empathize with them. Many of their parents and grandparents fucked them over. They should be angry.

It’s a sad irony that the people who voted the most ot leave are the people who aren’t going to have to live long with the coincidences.

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Great White Snark  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:39:53am

One Page drastically edited to remove a badly sourced article. Seems I better get the CV, Google, and FBI b/g on less than prominent writers. So changed to include a Boston law link charging the no fly list with ethnic profiling.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:40:06am

re: #634 HappyWarrior

Racialism is madness.

But more than that, it’s dumb.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:40:53am

re: #633 No Depression

[Embedded content]

I completely empathize with them. Many of their parents and grandparents fucked them over. They should be angry.

“Don’t worry, son. I did it for you!”

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:41:33am

re: #638 Blind Frog Belly White

But more than that, it’s dumb.

Of course it is. I mean they’re like “Be proud to be white” and I’m like okay, I’m part German but I’m also part two countries that Germany invaded and subjected the people there to slave labor and committed genocide on the Jewish populations that resided there. I still love that white supremacist asshole’s reaction when he’s done he’s part black.

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Joe Bacon  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:41:48am

re: #559 FormerDirtDart

[Embedded content]

Bye, Texas!

Hope you love the divorce settlement…All 8 trillion dollars of the National Debt we’ll transfer to you!

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:42:41am

re: #641 Joe Bacon

Bye, Texas!

Hope you love the divorce settlement…All 8 trillion dollars of the National Debt we’ll transfer to you!

They get less help form us when they’re inevitably hit by tornadoes and hurricanes too.

644
No Depression  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:43:16am

The Brexit vote should put to rest the notion that age equals wisdom. Not necessarily!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:43:18am

re: #152 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Fox News: Alphabet Soup & Word Salad

[Embedded content]

That chyron: “UK VOTES TO LEAVE UN

jeebus, even for Fox that’s stupid.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:43:27am

re: #642 The Vicious Babushka

BERNIE SANDERS: “I will vote for Hillary in November”

He’s taking this to the convention I guess. Frustrating as hell but I am glad he’s not humoring Jill Stein’s bullshit.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:45:12am

re: #645 Backwoods_Sleuth

That chyron: “UK VOTES TO LEAVE UN

jeebus, even for Fox that’s stupid.

They thought it said “US VOTES TO LEAVE UN”.

Freudian slip.

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BeachDem  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:45:32am

re: #642 The Vicious Babushka

BERNIE SANDERS: “I will vote for Hillary in November”

Then he walked it back a little while later on CNN:

“Simply stated, when the day comes in November and Sanders has to cast his vote, to whom does it go, Cuomo asked Sanders.

In all likelihood, Hillary Clinton,” Sanders replied.

Cuomo asked, “When you say all likelihood, what percentage of error -?” before Sanders cut him off saying, “I don’t want to parse words right now.”

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MsJ  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:45:39am

re: #641 Joe Bacon

Bye, Texas!

Hope you love the divorce settlement…All 8 trillion dollars of the National Debt we’ll transfer to you!

And you’re on your own for all future hurricanes and tornadoes - or any other natural or man-made disasters.

Companies (jobs) - gone.

Citizens? - gone.

Sure, you may pick up some Galt’s Gulchers…but how many will bring industry.

Your trade partners will be…who, exactly?

Your currency will be…what, exactly?

Such grand ideas. Go for it.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:46:16am

re: #646 HappyWarrior

He’s taking this to the convention I guess. Frustrating as hell but I am glad he’s not humoring Jill Stein’s bullshit.

It’s a toss up to who is a bigger ass since Secretary Clinton was declared presumptive nominee. Stein or Sanders. Obviously Sanders assery has bigger implications.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:46:21am

Meanwhile Bernie’s reaction on Euexit is quite disappointing.
thehill.com
I swear for a son of immigrants, the man has little to no empathy for present immigrants and their families.

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MsJ  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:46:29am

re: #645 Backwoods_Sleuth

That chyron: “UK VOTES TO LEAVE UN

jeebus, even for Fox that’s stupid.

They have to sell that to their viewers since the UN is some evil group that the US should not be part of.

Not stupid. Planned.

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Shiplord Kirel  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:46:57am

re: #559 FormerDirtDart

[Embedded content]

This “Texas Secession” movement started as a running joke in the 60s, and pretty well stayed that way till a couple of years ago. What happened then? Among other things, Russian right-wing fatcats started to notice it, and apparently mistook it for the kind of very serious secession movements they are used to in their part of the world. Their house propaganda rag, rt.com, and their infamous troll farms have been hitting this hard ever since. One fascist kingpin suggested providing arms and money to the secessionists.

Then, wonder of wonders, we have a huge upsurge of interest from the usual suspects on the Putin-worshiping American right and the secessionists can suddenly afford professional PR and slick promotion. A large percentage of county Republican committees have given their official endorsement and various GOP leaders demanding that it be put to a vote.

I don’t know much about similar influence efforts in the UK, but it would be an amazing oversight if the Kremlin did not have such an operation. The recent appearance of reasonably well financed Sovereign Citizen nonsense there might well be a related indicator though.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:47:29am

re: #648 BeachDem

Then he walked it back a little while later on CNN:

Damn it.

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:47:53am

re: #641 Joe Bacon

Bye, Texas!

Hope you love the divorce settlement…All 8 trillion dollars of the National Debt we’ll transfer to you!

But, if a portion of the debt is transferred, then large portions of in state federal equipment must be left in place. So, Texas gets to keep NASA and DoD stuff already in state.

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Kragar  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:49:29am
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Dr. Matt  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:50:20am

re: #648 BeachDem

Then he walked it back a little while later on CNN:

What a dick. I’m so sick of his bullshit.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:51:05am

re: #657 Dr. Matt

What a dick. I’m so sick of his bullshit.

I’ve lost complete respect for him. He’s nothing more than a left wing version of Joe Lieberman now.

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Donkey With No Name  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:51:15am

re: #655 FormerDirtDart

But, if a portion of the debt is transferred, then large portions of in state federal equipment must be left in place. So, Texas gets to keep NASA and DoD stuff already in state.

Nah, just charge Texas for the debt the US assumed when it annexed the place, plus 171 years of interest.

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:52:25am

re: #653 Shiplord Kirel

This “Texas Secession” movement started as a running joke in the 60s, and pretty well stayed that way till a couple of years ago. What happened then? Among other things, Russian right-wing fatcats started to notice it, and apparently mistook it for the kind of very serious secession movements they are used to in their part of the world. Their house propaganda rag, rt.com, and their infamous troll farms have been hitting this hard ever since. One fascist kingpin suggested providing arms and money to the secessionists.

Then, wonder of wonders, we have a huge upsurge of interest from the usual suspects on the Putin-worshiping American right and the secessionists can suddenly afford professional PR and slick promotion. A large percentage of county Republican committees have given their official endorsement and various GOP leaders demanding that it be put to a vote.

I don’t know much about similar influence efforts in the UK, but it would be an amazing oversight if the Kremlin did not have such an operation. The recent appearance of reasonably well financed Sovereign Citizen nonsense there might well be a related indicator though.

After law hawk’s comment about funding for UKIP I just googled Putin and UKIP. Farage said that he admired Putin as an operator. I looked at comments in a couple of articles and they are full of “Farage is right; Putin is Aces!” comments, some with obvious Russian names.

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Dr. Matt  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:52:35am

re: #659 Donkey With No Name

Nah, just charge Texas for the debt the US assumed when it annexed the place, plus 171 years of interest.

And build a big beautiful wall around the “nation” of Texas and require their residents to obtain a Visa to enter the US of A.

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Belafon  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:52:47am

re: #645 Backwoods_Sleuth

That chyron: “UK VOTES TO LEAVE UN

jeebus, even for Fox that’s stupid.

If they’d put “EU” there, that would have been the most searched item in the US as well as the UK.

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Dave In Austin  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:53:05am

re: #641 Joe Bacon

I would actually be OK with that. I’ve got country property and every wingnut in the US would want to move to Texas if they succeeded. Ya know, because they are all Patriots. I would gladly take all their American dollars and move the fuck to the American Gulf coast. I would make a killing…..

664
FormerDirtDart  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:53:15am
665
No Depression  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:54:30am

re: #651 HappyWarrior

Meanwhile Bernie’s reaction on Euexit is quite disappointing.
thehill.com
I swear for a son of immigrants, the man has little to no empathy for present immigrants and their families.

He probably answered that way cause he knows fuck all about Brexit. His laziness on foreign policy is well documented.

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Franklin  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:55:15am

re: #662 Belafon

If they’d put “EU” there, that would have been the most searched item in the US as well as the UK.

I see a ‘man on the street’ segment for John Oliver. Ask the opinions of the everyman if they UK was right to leave the UN. I am actually going to email them that idea right now :)

“And now….this”

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:55:29am

re: #665 No Depression

He probably answered that way cause he knows fuck all about Brexit. His laziness on foreign policy is well documented.

It’s incredibly lazy. It’s honestly why even if he weren’t a sore loser with a limited focus, he’d make a terrible choice to be President.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:56:54am

re: #666 Franklin

I see a ‘man on the street’ segment for John Oliver. Ask the opinions of the everyman if they UK was right to leave the UN. I am actually going to email them that idea right now :)

“And now….this”

Shit, ask them what makes up the UK. Really, I think most Americans have no idea what the UK actually is. I’m sorry but I’m cynical and jaded as hell because I think we have a lot of idiots in this country and I’m feeling sick as shit today seeing my best friend regurgitate some of the worst shit. I’d honestly rather he stay apolitical than post outright bullshit.

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Jay C  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:57:27am

re: #621 HappyWarrior

I think many Americans are seeing that the UK voted to leave and that’s it. They’re not seeing the nuances that existed.

“Nuance” is not something most people (and not just Americans) like to deal with when it comes to politics - simple slogans and black-and-white dichotomies usually suffice.

Frex, it seems to have gone completely over Donald Trump’s head that Scotland was the most “Remain”-voting section of the entire UK, and that (had he bothered to read a newspaper) they will probably want to secede from the UK for the sole purpose of rejoining the EU. (Or to be snarky, also clueless that those shouts of “Leave” might have been directed at him personally).

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MsJ  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:59:15am

re: #661 Dr. Matt

And build a big beautiful wall around the “nation” of Texas and require their residents to obtain a Visa to enter the US of A.

And they then get to put up their wall to Mexico…at their cost.

671
HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 10:59:24am

re: #669 Jay C

“Nuance” is not something most people (and not just Americans) like to deal with when it comes to politics - simple slogans and black-and-white dichotomies usually suffice.

Frex, it seems to have gone completely over Donald Trump’s head that Scotland was the most “Remain”-voting section of the entire UK, and that (had he bothered to read a newspaper) they will probably want to secede from the UK for the sole purpose of rejoining the EU. (Or to be snarky, also clueless that those shouts of “Leave” might have been directed at him personally).

He’s intellectually lazy. Even if he weren’t a racist xenophobic asshole, his ignorance on this issue and many others is why he shouldn’t be anywhere near the Presidency. People may not like Hillary Clinton but I’ll take her easily over Bernie, Stein, and Drumpf because at least Hillary takes the time to educate herself about the world around us.

672
Romantic Heretic  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:01:21am

re: #631 Blind Frog Belly White

I was once asked “Aren’t you proud of what White People have accomplished?”

I said, “Why? I didn’t do any of it.”

I’m more with Clarence Darrow.

The purity of the white race? The biggest bunch of barbarians on the planet. I take no pride in it. In fact I apologize for it.

673
MsJ  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:01:43am

re: #671 HappyWarrior

He’s intellectually lazy. Even if he weren’t a racist xenophobic asshole, his ignorance on this issue and many others is why he shouldn’t be anywhere near the Presidency. People may not like Hillary Clinton but I’ll take her easily over Bernie, Stein, and Drumpf because at least Hillary takes the time to educate herself about the world around us.

Well, ask Bernie…he’s not running for president of (fill in the blank)…why should he know anything about anything not USA USA USA?

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Jay C  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:01:49am

re: #653 Shiplord Kirel

This “Texas Secession” movement started as a running joke in the 60s, and pretty well stayed that way till a couple of years ago. What happened then? Among other things, Russian right-wing fatcats started to notice it, and apparently mistook it for the kind of very serious secession movements they are used to in their part of the world. Their house propaganda rag, rt.com, and their infamous troll farms have been hitting this hard ever since. One fascist kingpin suggested providing arms and money to the secessionists.

Then, wonder of wonders, we have a huge upsurge of interest from the usual suspects on the Putin-worshiping American right and the secessionists can suddenly afford professional PR and slick promotion. A large percentage of county Republican committees have given their official endorsement and various GOP leaders demanding that it be put to a vote.

I don’t know much about similar influence efforts in the UK, but it would be an amazing oversight if the Kremlin did not have such an operation. The recent appearance of reasonably well financed Sovereign Citizen nonsense there might well be a related indicator though.

You know one part of the 1950s and 60s I’ve suddenly gotten nostalgic for? The days when “Russian plot” was actually considered a cause for alarm…..

675
Shiplord Kirel  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:03:43am

re: #663 Dave In Austin

I would actually be OK with that. I’ve got country property and every wingnut in the US would want to move to Texas if they succeeded. Ya know, because they are all Patriots. I would gladly take all their American dollars and move the fuck to the American Gulf coast. I would make a killing…..

I could rename the Conspiracy Compound “Galtopia,” split it up into 1 acre tracts, and add amenities like a fitness center, jogging track, shooting range, tank traps, pre-fab bunkers, etc. I even know a guy in Fort Worth who can make the bunkers. He thinks the would-be customers are nucking futz, but he would probably do it for me.

676
HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:04:01am

re: #673 MsJ

Well, ask Bernie…he’s not running for president of (fill in the blank)…why should he know anything about anything not USA USA USA?

Oh believe me if I were a journalist, I’d definitely ask him to explain if Euexit is simply people frustrated with globalization to explain why working class parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland wanted to stay. I swear as I said the man for a son of immigrants has so little empathy for today’s immigrants. I don’t think he has any clue at the realities of nativism. It’s sad because I have no doubt that his parents being Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe got a lot of shit.

677
ShaunP  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:05:26am

re: #668 HappyWarrior

Shit, ask them what makes up the UK. Really, I think most Americans have no idea what the UK actually is. I’m sorry but I’m cynical and jaded as hell because I think we have a lot of idiots in this country and I’m feeling sick as shit today seeing my best friend regurgitate some of the worst shit. I’d honestly rather he stay apolitical than post outright bullshit.

Most americans know fuck all about US civics. Nevermind anything outside our borders…

678
Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:06:04am

re: #672 Romantic Heretic

I’m more with Clarence Darrow.

Whenever wingnuts complain they can’t have a white pride month, and claim that other groups expressing group identity is bad, I point out that it’s their own fault.

After all, there’d be no need for LGBT pride, if so many straights hadn’t tried to shame LGBT folks as ‘not normal’, ‘deviant’ etc. WE are the ones who defined them as a group for the purpose of marginalizing and excluding them, so if we don’t like them using that group identity as a source of power, tough shit.

679
HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:06:15am

Meanwhile I am seeing my best friend become nothing but a Meme poster on FB rather than someone who can think for himself. I’ll never stop being friends with him but man am I disappointed as hell in him. I don’t feel angry. I feel sad. I saw a great point that an acquaintance made about fascism on Facebook and that’s how fascism doesn’t always come with the Nazi jackboots, it comes sometimes in the shape of your own friends.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:07:06am

re: #678 Blind Frog Belly White

Whenever wingnuts complain they can’t have a white pride month, and claim that other groups expressing group identity is bad, I point out that it’s their own fault.

After all, there’d be no need for LGBT pride, if so many straights hadn’t tried to shame LGBT folks as ‘not normal’, ‘deviant’ etc. WE are the ones who defined them as a group for the purpose of marginalizing and excluding them, so if we don’t like them using that group identity as a source of power, tough shit.

Same thing with racial pride. Black pride is a direct result of years of telling black people that they were dark skinned because they were inferior.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:07:24am

re: #677 ShaunP

Most americans know fuck all about US civics. Nevermind anything outside our borders…

Absolutely.

682
Ziggy_TARDIS  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:07:58am

Comets apparently smell like Rotten Eggs, Cat Urine, and Bitter Almonds.

Or like your average Brexit voter, in other words.

683
BeachDem  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:09:16am

I like this response as well:

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:10:07am

re: #682 Ziggy_TARDIS

Comets apparently smell like Rotten Eggs, Cat Urine, and Bitter Almonds.

Or like your average Brexit voter, in other words.

In Space, No One Can Smell Your Farts. Except you. They’re Trapped In Your P-Suit

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:10:55am

re: #683 BeachDem

I like this response as well:

[Embedded content]

He thinks the Scots love him. My cousin whose in laws live in Scotland tells me that Trump is toxic to teh Scots. To which I say to the Scots, way to know a dirt bag when you see em guys.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:12:07am

re: #684 Blind Frog Belly White

In Space, No One Can Smell Your Farts. Except you. They’re Trapped In Your P-Suit

They never show that part in the sci-fi movies do they or when you had too much space beer and really have to take a piss but you left the bar on the space station days ago and there’s no bathroom between the space station and the ship you’ll be doing reentry on.

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Dave In Austin  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:17:54am

re: #683 BeachDem

I like this response as well:

[Embedded content]

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:18:09am

re: #686 HappyWarrior

They never show that part in the sci-fi movies do they or when you had too much space beer and really have to take a piss but you left the bar on the space station days ago and there’s no bathroom between the space station and the ship you’ll be doing reentry on.

In ‘Dune’, Frank Herbert makes it fairly clear where the water you drink in your stillsuit comes from.

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Jay C  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:34:00am

re: #686 HappyWarrior

They never show that part in the sci-fi movies do they or when you had too much space beer and really have to take a piss but you left the bar on the space station days ago and there’s no bathroom between the space station and the ship you’ll be doing reentry on.

Movies? IIRC, in the original book of “The Right Stuff”, I think it was Alan Shepard (??) who, stuck on the launch pad waiting for liftoff had to piss really badly, but (obviously) couldn’t get out to do so: and was recommended to simply go (“Go For Launch”??) where he was…
So one of the first American astronauts to go into space made his historic flight with a pint or so of his own own urine puddling in the legs of his spacesuit. “The Right Stuff”, indeed….

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lizardofid  Jun 24, 2016 • 11:55:48am

re: #633 No Depression

It will be an interesting study how these sentiments shape the electorate in the future. How will the changes to come temper or exacerbate the resentment they feel today?

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gocart mozart  Jun 24, 2016 • 12:10:15pm
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CleverToad  Jun 24, 2016 • 2:18:35pm

re: #689 Jay C

Movies? IIRC, in the original book of “The Right Stuff”, I think it was Alan Shepard (??) who, stuck on the launch pad waiting for liftoff had to piss really badly, but (obviously) couldn’t get out to do so: and was recommended to simply go (“Go For Launch”??) where he was…
So one of the first American astronauts to go into space made his historic flight with a pint or so of his own own urine puddling in the legs of his spacesuit. “The Right Stuff”, indeed….

Belated reply:

donovan the intergalactic laxative


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