Post #411,311
6/24/16 4:57:57 AM
6/24/16 4:57:57 AM
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This is a disaster.
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Post #411,312
6/24/16 6:48:11 AM
6/24/16 6:48:11 AM
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I'm surprised they actually did it. :-( Hang on. It looks to be rocky for a while.
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Post #411,313
6/24/16 8:26:06 AM
6/24/16 8:26:06 AM
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NPR this morning.
Interviewed (didn't catch names or titles) an IN and an OUT supporter. The only thing they agreed on was this was a sort of "peasants revolt" at globalization akin to the draw shared among Trump and Bernie supporters here. I don't know if that's overstating it or not because I'm not up to date on the political environment in the UK. But if that's truly what it was, then this could be the first shot across the bow of the Free-Trade Globalization junket. Could Trump's election be the next?
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Post #411,316
6/24/16 9:04:33 AM
6/24/16 9:04:33 AM
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Yep, a not so united Kingdom!
But, this morning Bernie said he would vote for Hillary in November. Anything to stop Trump. Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #411,317
6/24/16 9:05:27 AM
6/24/16 9:05:27 AM
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That's how all the media have been playing it the last couple of days
It makes for a great narrative, which as much as anything else makes me question it.
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Post #411,320
6/24/16 9:26:58 AM
6/24/16 9:26:58 AM
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I'm right there with you.
I hope it's that and not xenophobic racism. Crap like the below makes me wonder, though. 
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Post #411,319
6/24/16 9:21:16 AM
6/24/16 9:21:16 AM
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Could be, what will the price of a pint be after the break?
always look out for number one and don't step in number two
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Post #411,326
6/24/16 10:25:33 AM
6/24/16 10:25:33 AM
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Keep the government's hand off our EU subsidies!
Also, some git in the comments section suggests that we enroll Old Blighty in NAFTA. I say, go for outright annexation and call it "Airstrip One."
cordially,
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Post #411,327
6/24/16 10:40:32 AM
6/24/16 10:40:32 AM
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Re: Keep the government's hand off our EU subsidies!
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Post #411,328
6/24/16 10:42:51 AM
6/24/16 10:42:51 AM
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Ugh.
Good news, though: never a better time to go to the UK for a visit. :-P Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #411,329
6/24/16 10:59:48 AM
6/24/16 10:59:48 AM
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My daughter and granddaughter are touring the UK in a couple weeks.
It's a Jr. High band trip.
Unfortunately, my daughter converted some dollars to pounds with a friend who came back from the UK with excess currency. She thought she was saving on exchange fees! Whoops! Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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