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Overnight Open Thread (6-23-2016)

Brexit Referendum Going On - See Thread Below For Details.

Update: 98% of votes counted and Leave ahead by 3.6%
BBC/ SKY Calling It For Brexit!

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More Competition For Dumbest Statement of the Day

dumbestth1

Can you identify at least three of the logic flaws in this single tweet?

Competition For the Dumbest Statement of the Day II - Leading Thinkers Edition

dumbestth2

Competition For the Dumbest Statement of the Day III: Ben Carson: Let's put the 2nd Amendment ON THE TABLE and ask WHY do we NEED IT?

The Nation Is Taking a Tour To Russia

But nothing will ever come close to PJ O'Rourke's hilarious account of joining a 1982 Nation-sponsored Volga cruise:

I never did get it, what this trip was all about. I stood at the rail of the cruise ship Alexander Pushkin staring out at the vast rolling shore of the Volga. Here or there was a patch of grain, not high enough even in late July to conceal the line of furrows plowed straight downhill in the most erosion-producing way possible. And here or there was a skinny cow in an untidy hectare of pasture. But most of the land looked empty, unsown, ungrazed, uncultivated. And all around me were minds just as fallow.

I was on something called the Volga Peace Cruise, a sixteen-day trip to the USSR featuring a nine-day boat ride from Rostov north up the Don, through the Don-Volga canal, and on up the Volga River to Kazan. The 160 passengers were all Americans. Most were antinuke activists and peace-group organizers with sixties leftover looks. Others were products of the Old Left. The peaceniks talked about peace, mostly in terms of atomic holocaust. The leftists talked about peace, mostly in terms of Soviet-American relations. The entire program of the "peace cruise" consisted in the bunch of us talking about peace. And the Soviet government had provided five Russian "peace experts" to talk about peace too.
I have a sneaking love of the old-time left and that compendium of their snits and quarrels, The Nation. Mind you, I'm a registered Republican and consider socialism a violation of the American principle that you shouldn't stick your nose in other people's business except to make a buck. Still, Wobblies, Spanish Civil War veterans, the Hollywood Ten touch the heart somehow.

But, to tell the truth, I'd never met any Old Leftists. I expected them to be admirable and nasty, like Lillian Hellman, or brilliant, mysterious, denying everything, like Alger Hiss, or-best of all-hard-bitten and cynical but still willing to battle oppression, like Rick in Casablanca. I did not expect them to be the pack of thirty fussing geriatrics I met at Kennedy Airport, misplacing their hand luggage, losing their way to the ladies' room, barking at the airline personnel, and asking two hundred times which gate we'd have to be at in three and a half hours.

They were leftists all right. In between palsies of fretting, they'd tell you how wonderful the Soviet Union was: Pensions were huge, housing was cheap, and they practically paid you to get medical care. Believe me, you haven't been bored until you've been buttonholed by a seventy-year-old woman who holds forth all afternoon on the perfidity of American foreign policy and shows you pictures of her grandchildren. These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.

So What Happened to The CEO Who Made the Minimum Wage at His Company $70K a Year?

Now he's in court over whether he cheated his brother of his fair share of the company and under investigation for cheating clients.

Pens and Honesty

This small-scale experiment shows that my colleagues' honesty rate greatly depends on something as simple as a pen hanging down from the refrigerator. The theft rate went up from a mere one out of 14 cans to no less than one out of three cans once the pen was taken away. This amounted to a 370% increase in the theft rate.

Sleeper For the Win:

High cholesterol 'does not cause heart disease' new research finds, so treating with statins a 'waste of time'

Concerns that saturated fats have been unfairly 'demonised' prompts Government advice re-think

Is Ichiro Suzuki Really The Hit King?

@baseballcrank makes the case that all things having been equal Suzuki probably would have beaten Pete Rose's record of 4349 hits in Major League Baseball.

Why Google is Selling Off Robot Firm, Boston Dynamics

Corporate culture differences and fear that Google's AI mixed with Boston Dynamic's humanoid robots would terrify the public.

atlasgoog

The Urban Sombrero Is Finally Here

And to be sold by J. Peterman.

sombrero-feat-uproxx

Earth Has a New Quasi-Moon

Yahoo group. That is all.

Come on be a smartie and join the yahoo group party! For the chill'en.

And my lo-fi Twitter spew.

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Comments

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1 Aloha!

Posted by: cthulhu at June 23, 2016 11:38 PM (EzgxV)

2 Foist!

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 23, 2016 11:39 PM (q7T0y)

3 Almost foist!

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 23, 2016 11:39 PM (q7T0y)

4 Sky News just called it: "LEAVE" wins!

Posted by: An Observer at June 23, 2016 11:40 PM (uP861)

5 UK is OUT.



https://youtu.be/JPsTqfqfPIY

Posted by: Country Singer at June 23, 2016 11:40 PM (GUBah)

6 In hopeful anticipation of tonight's events:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tW0QqiT2LU

Posted by: JEM at June 23, 2016 11:41 PM (o+SC1)

7 It's the end of the world as we know it.

And I feel fine.

Posted by: blaster at June 23, 2016 11:41 PM (2Ocf1)

8 Down goes the EU, Down goes the EU, Down goes the EU

Posted by: Howard Cosell at June 23, 2016 11:41 PM (Ozsfq)

9 So let's ask the question:

do people here think President Trump would be amenable to Texit?

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 23, 2016 11:41 PM (q7T0y)

10 What gems of wisdom does fucking CHER have to drop on the peeps? I don't want to know.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 23, 2016 11:41 PM (sl+zA)

11 Howdy!

Posted by: Michael the Texit Hobbit at June 23, 2016 11:42 PM (nvMvs)

12 The vote heard round the world.

Posted by: Tallahassee at June 23, 2016 11:42 PM (zPb1c)

13 EU went down faster than Sonny Liston!

Posted by: Mohammad Ali at June 23, 2016 11:42 PM (q7T0y)

14 More than 150 people whose job is to yell pleasingly and/or lie convincingly have *opinions*.

And?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2016 11:42 PM (wB8Tg)

15 EU went down faster than... well... me!!

Posted by: Monica Lewinsky at June 23, 2016 11:42 PM (q7T0y)

16 Howdy.....


And, happy for you, Great Britain.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 23, 2016 11:42 PM (/jhQx)

17 Britain is Out.

...

Britain is OUT!?

Posted by: Newscaster at June 23, 2016 11:42 PM (oeOT+)

18 Buy the dip tomorrow.

Posted by: artist at June 23, 2016 11:42 PM (TwnkX)

19 9 So let's ask the question:
do people here think President Trump would be amenable to Texit?
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 23, 2016 11:41 PM (q7T0y)



With luck, with a President Trump there won't be a need for Texit.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 23, 2016 11:43 PM (oKE6c)

20
Jolly good.

Posted by: iforgot at June 23, 2016 11:43 PM (5o5ek)

21 CHARLIE MURPHY!

Posted by: Zombie Ric James at June 23, 2016 11:43 PM (oeOT+)

22 God Save the Queen!

Sing it AOP.


Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at June 23, 2016 11:43 PM (e46OR)

23 If we're going to renegotiate the 2nd amendment, why not put up the entire constitution, since we're not following it anyway.

Posted by: Hooked in Hoboken at June 23, 2016 11:43 PM (ef4qf)

24 I was promised there would be no Yoko on this thread.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 23, 2016 11:43 PM (EZebt)

25 Buy the dip tomorrow.

Copenhagen or Skoal?

Posted by: unclear on the concept at June 23, 2016 11:43 PM (5AtUA)

26 Brexit bisches.

Posted by: eleven at June 23, 2016 11:43 PM (qUNWi)

27 Can't wait to hear what Cammeron says

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:43 PM (Ozsfq)

28 Cher's filling her piehole with bon bons and angrily typing something up about how she'd cry if she didn't have 900 pounds of aborted baby fat stuffed in her ugly face.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 23, 2016 11:44 PM (q7T0y)

29 Immigration a KEY Factor in Brexit Vote.


Hey maybe Donald Trump is on to something ha?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:44 PM (Ozsfq)

30 The pieces are in motion.

TRUMP 2016!!!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 23, 2016 11:45 PM (sl+zA)

31 Can't wait to hear what Cammeron says

Something condescending.

Just going out on a limb here.

Posted by: eleven at June 23, 2016 11:45 PM (qUNWi)

32
British Pathe - The Fruits Of Victory (1945)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RFgTHzwYGA

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 23, 2016 11:45 PM (kdS6q)

33 I'm not celibrating the exit just yet.
Not till it's done.

Posted by: Hooked in Hoboken at June 23, 2016 11:45 PM (ef4qf)

34 Woulda been epic had tonight's BREXIT vote had been held on July 4th.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 23, 2016 11:45 PM (v5iqM)

35 I'm in my late 30's and my Cholesterol is 331.

Yes I'm still alive to joke about it.

Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at June 23, 2016 11:45 PM (GJnhB)

36 in before 50

Posted by: Jake at June 23, 2016 11:45 PM (AOdNp)

37 Fuck your couch, Charlie Murphy! Fuck! Yo! Couch!...




... Cocaine's a helluva drug.

Posted by: zombie Rick James at June 23, 2016 11:46 PM (H9MG5)

38 Toilet Witches for Transpersons

Funny, how it is always the "scientific" Left who keep on invoking witchcraft in support of their political and social ideals. A company called "Problem Glyphs" are offering posters that promise to "hex" anyone opposed to grown men using the ladies' restroom!

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=11763

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 23, 2016 11:46 PM (vBeA5)

39 I'm not celibrating the exit just yet.
Not till it's done.
Posted by: Hooked in Hoboken at June 23, 2016 11:45 PM (ef4qf)


All the British Networks have called it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:46 PM (Ozsfq)

40 Frexit next?

Posted by: batterup at June 23, 2016 11:46 PM (7rqkc)

41 Cocaine is a Holland drug

Posted by: derit at June 23, 2016 11:46 PM (ewfUZ)

42 Hey everybody, I've got the entire transcript of Cameron's reaction speech right here:

"I'm going to kill all of you!!"

Then he broke a nearby flagpole in half, and next thing you know the camera went dead.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 23, 2016 11:46 PM (q7T0y)

43 There's still hope for the glorious legacy of England. Crown Prince Retard hardest hit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 23, 2016 11:46 PM (sl+zA)

44 Take your stinky cheeses and GTFO!

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 23, 2016 11:47 PM (oKE6c)

45 Britain's Jamaicans, other black former-colonials, and Hindus have no reason to support the EU or love EU immigration policies. And the welfare state will still exist in a returned-to-sovereignty UK so it's not exactly like the FSA in the States.

Posted by: anon for now at June 23, 2016 11:47 PM (A/+my)

46 "LATEST


BBC forecast: UK votes to LEAVE the EU"

Glorious, historic night. Now let's tend to business here and defeat our mass migration authoritarian, Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at June 23, 2016 11:47 PM (RHj5w)

47 >Fuck your couch, Charlie Murphy! Fuck! Yo! Couch!...


Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories might be the funniest thing to ever air on Television.

Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2016 11:47 PM (oeOT+)

48 I'm RICK JAMES BITCH!!!!

Posted by: Rick James at June 23, 2016 11:47 PM (1JnAL)

49 http://tinyurl.com/h76ut73

Posted by: Some guy on the Interwebs at June 23, 2016 11:47 PM (ORlaL)

50 I really thought England was lost what with Progressive Prince Charles lurking about. I am so very happy that they gave the EU the old boot. Ecstatic.

Posted by: washrivergal at June 23, 2016 11:47 PM (CFc5L)

51 a: OMG I remember that PJ piece and it's hilarious. Also in 1982 we didn't know that we'd won the Cold War yet.

(2) Moon thing is bullshit. A moon has to orbit us and only us and be faithful in all the ways.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 23, 2016 11:47 PM (1xUj/)

52 Evenin' everyone.

Not even going to try and keep up tonight.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 23, 2016 11:48 PM (T/cxb)

53 Pfizer sells a lot of statins, IIRC.

Posted by: eman at June 23, 2016 11:48 PM (MQEz6)

54 http://tinyurl.com/kmov6le

Posted by: Some guy on the Interwebs at June 23, 2016 11:48 PM (ORlaL)

55 Frexit next?


Pourquoi pas?

Posted by: eleven at June 23, 2016 11:48 PM (qUNWi)

56 Some fuckin communist said it is who counts the votes who is the most important

Posted by: Jake at June 23, 2016 11:48 PM (AOdNp)

57 Bad day for Fredo..immigration and now this.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:48 PM (Ozsfq)

58 http://tinyurl.com/hqudeo7

Posted by: Some guy on the Interwebs at June 23, 2016 11:48 PM (ORlaL)

59 29 Immigration a KEY Factor in Brexit Vote.
Hey maybe Donald Trump is on to something ha?
*************

Oh please, everyone knows the REAL pressing issue is bailing out Puerto Rico with your tax money for my buddy Romney, and denouncing Trump for his racist homophobic stances because it's not who we are.

Posted by: Paul Ryan, Your Better and Proud Boy-Slut for Obama at June 23, 2016 11:49 PM (9lIhY)

60 All the British Networks have called it


Still, non-binding.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 23, 2016 11:49 PM (1xUj/)

61 Soem whine left winger on the BBC now

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:49 PM (Ozsfq)

62 Suddenly, there were flaming clown boners all over the UK!

Posted by: Count de Monet TEXIT at June 23, 2016 11:49 PM (JO9+V)

63 I'm not celibrating the exit just yet.
Not till it's done.
Posted by: Hooked in Hoboken at June 23, 2016 11:45 PM (ef4qf)


All the British Networks have called it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:46 PM


I should have been more precise in my language.

I am not celibrating England's exit from the European Union until England has it's soverignity back and is free of Brussels control.

And by that time, there won't be any need for celebration, except as a rememberance of the day they voted to get out.

Posted by: Hooked in Hoboken at June 23, 2016 11:49 PM (ef4qf)

64 57 Bad day for Fredo..immigration and now this.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:48 PM (Ozsfq)



And don't forget Sinead O'Connor. This day could be epic.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 23, 2016 11:49 PM (oKE6c)

65
Frexit next?
Posted by: batterup at June 23, 2016 11:46 PM (7rqkc)
--------------------

I call it Frounce.

Posted by: iforgot at June 23, 2016 11:50 PM (5o5ek)

66 Still, non-binding.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 23, 2016 11:49 PM (1xUj/)

technically but not really.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:50 PM (Ozsfq)

67 The ShitMidas record remains intact.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 23, 2016 11:50 PM (sl+zA)

68 The EU is the ottoman.

Posted by: eman at June 23, 2016 11:50 PM (MQEz6)

69 In honor of the evening's events:

Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out

https://youtu.be/dopneKcyNXU

Posted by: Brother Cavil, That Guy at June 23, 2016 11:50 PM (vyqqu)

70 Next up -- Luxembexit!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 23, 2016 11:50 PM (RHnu3)

71 I only came to say goodnight.

Posted by: josephistan at June 23, 2016 11:50 PM (7qAYi)

72 PORTUGEXIT can't be far behind.

Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2016 11:50 PM (oeOT+)

73 If the latest numbers hold it would prove the latest polling results were off by at least 8 fucking points in favor of REMAIN.

Posted by: Great Britain, Fuck YEAH! at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (9lIhY)

74 Open Carry can win. Keep hope alive and know police dopes won't arrive.

Posted by: derit at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (ewfUZ)

75 Look...Britain voting Brexit is better than not.

What do you want?

Posted by: eleven at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (qUNWi)

76 I should have been more precise in my language.

I am not celibrating England's exit from the European Union until England has it's soverignity back and is free of Brussels control.

And by that time, there won't be any need for celebration, except as a rememberance of the day they voted to get out.
Posted by: Hooked in Hoboken at June 23, 2016 11:49 PM (ef4qf)

OK I'm with ya on that one

And also how it might bode for our upcoming election I hope

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (Ozsfq)

77 >>>Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories might be the funniest thing to ever air on Television.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2016 11:47 PM (oeOT+)<<<

There was so much good shit from Chappelle's Show. To bad Dave fucked it all up.

Now, if you'll excuse me, after all the Brexit news, I have to go beat my dick like it owes me money.

Posted by: Stinky the Grump (from the Kneehigh Park sketch) at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (H9MG5)

78 http://tinyurl.com/hk9q4nw

Posted by: Some guy on the Interwebs at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (ORlaL)

79 I'm glad I was wrong.

Jolly good show, Brits.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (rlfds)

80 Wasn't Ted Kennedy on the No Fly List?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (hVdx9)

81 And don't forget Sinead O'Connor. This day could be epic.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 23, 2016 11:49 PM (oKE6c)

You're terrible (but I laughed).

Posted by: washrivergal at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (CFc5L)

82 Let us stipulate that we know the Brexit result is non-binding.

Posted by: eman at June 23, 2016 11:52 PM (MQEz6)

83

I'm jealous of the Brits. Taking their notion back

Posted by: ThunderB at June 23, 2016 11:52 PM (zOTsN)

84 You're terrible (but I laughed).

Posted by: washrivergal at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (CFc5L)

You're channeling my wife!

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 23, 2016 11:52 PM (oKE6c)

85 82 Let us stipulate that we know the Brexit result is non-binding.

Posted by: mean at June 23, 2016 11:52 PM (MQEz6)

---

Yeah, yeah, we know.

Still have a big 'ol grin on my face.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 23, 2016 11:52 PM (rlfds)

86 OK, I'm not used to getting nice things.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (1xUj/)

87 70 Next up -- Luxembexit!
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 23, 2016 11:50 PM (RHnu3)

LOL

Posted by: washrivergal at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (CFc5L)

88 This is their finest hour-well, this century.

Posted by: Little Boomer at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (ZuVs9)

89 Wasn't Ted Kennedy on the No Fly List?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (hVdx9)


Should have been on the No Drive List.

Posted by: Count de Monet TEXIT at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (JO9+V)

90 Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories might be the funniest thing to ever air on Television.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2016 11:47 PM (oeOT+)


And much like Blazing Saddles, Chapelle Show could never be on television today.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (1JnAL)

91 Let us remark that the effort put in to stop Brexit indicates non-binding does not mean unimportant or but really means pretty much fucking binding.

Posted by: eman at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (MQEz6)

92 http://tinyurl.com/mvjdcdx

Posted by: Some guy on the Interwebs at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (ORlaL)

93 Wasn't Ted Kennedy on the No Fly List?

--

He was supposed to be on the No Drive List.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (Qvgg/)

94 Can you identify at least three of the logic flaws in this single tweet?

I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: Cora Segal at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (xG+OY)

95 OK, I'm not used to getting nice things.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (1xUj/)

Maybe we are seeing a new pattern here?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (Ozsfq)

96 Hello Brussels, F***!!! You!!!



Posted by: Britannia at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (e46OR)

97
Harold Itzkowitz*

Because of their anti-immigrant bigotry, the rubes of the UK have committed economic suicide.

*Speaking of old queens....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (kdS6q)

98 This Ichiro Suzuki thing is fucking annoying.

No he's not the hits king.

Just more SJW agitating for agitations sake.

I hate these fucks.

Posted by: Kreplach at June 23, 2016 11:54 PM (JrcMe)

99 Je suis Anglais!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 23, 2016 11:54 PM (sl+zA)

100 82 Let us stipulate that we know the Brexit result is non-binding.
Posted by: eman at June 23, 2016 11:52 PM (MQEz6)



Fair enough. Any Brit politician who's tired of being one can contravene the expressed will of the people.

And half a dozen ambitious young bucks will be competing for the honor of stabbing him in the back.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 23, 2016 11:54 PM (oKE6c)

101 Teddy, it was a terrorist list.

Posted by: Britannia at June 23, 2016 11:54 PM (e46OR)

102 You'll love my sweet chocolate balls.

Posted by: Chef at June 23, 2016 11:55 PM (JO9+V)

103 The Telegraph's web site crashed... Again!

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at June 23, 2016 11:55 PM (kP16F)

104 Pudding lads, pudding.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 23, 2016 11:55 PM (SzZnW)

105
85 82 Let us stipulate that we know the Brexit result is non-binding.

Posted by: mean at June 23, 2016 11:52 PM (MQEz6)

---

Yeah, yeah, we know.

Still have a big 'ol grin on my face.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 23, 2016 11:52 PM (rlfds)


I think you got my meaning backwards.

Posted by: eman at June 23, 2016 11:55 PM (MQEz6)

106 GERXIT -- pronounced "jerks it"

Posted by: Bacon Jeff at June 23, 2016 11:55 PM (VSenK)

107 >>Harold Itzkowitz*

Because of their anti-immigrant bigotry, the rubes of the UK have committed economic suicide.


Would you like Chips with your Bag'o Dicks?

Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2016 11:55 PM (oeOT+)

108 88 This is their finest hour-well, this century.
Posted by: Little Boomer at June 23, 2016 11:53 PM (ZuVs9)

LOL, too. I must be giddy or else everyone is extra funny tonight.

Posted by: washrivergal at June 23, 2016 11:55 PM (CFc5L)

109 This got lost in the last thread, but I really liked this:

http://tinyurl.com/hh7m7z5

Epic Rap Battles of History- George RR Martin vs JRR Tolkien

My favorite line: "I cut my teeth in the trenches of the Somme. You LARPed your Santa Claus ass through Vietnam."

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 23, 2016 11:55 PM (3ZoRf)

110 I am not celibrating England's exit from the European Union until
England has it's soverignity back and is free of Brussels control.



And by that time, there won't be any need for celebration, except as a rememberance of the day they voted to get out.

--

Think of it like July 4. We weren't free, but we were on the path.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 23, 2016 11:55 PM (Qvgg/)

111 Vote, Schmote. Britain is OURS!

Posted by: Brussels at June 23, 2016 11:55 PM (XVTvT)

112 There is an emergency 8am conference of the Presidents of the European Parliament party groups.

https://twitter.com/PoliticoRyan/status/746187653708656640

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 23, 2016 11:56 PM (vBeA5)

113 I'm astounded the UK did this. Bravo!

This is like Trump getting elected

Posted by: Barley at June 23, 2016 11:56 PM (A3kYV)

114 Sweet Lord, a 9% drop in the sterling so far.

Some Main Street investors won big. I'm happy for them.

Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at June 23, 2016 11:56 PM (GJnhB)

115 Non Binding yes. But if daveyboy doesn't start Article 50 negotiations quick like, he will be toast and BoJo will be head of the Conservatives.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 23, 2016 11:56 PM (WVsWD)

116 98 This Ichiro Suzuki thing is fucking annoying.
No he's not the hits king.
Just more SJW agitating for agitations sake.
I hate these fucks.
Posted by: Kreplach at June 23, 2016 11:54 PM (JrcMe)


It's not SJW agitation - just typical baseball stat geekery.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 23, 2016 11:56 PM (pAlYe)

117 Osama bin Laden was on the no fly list that was created after OBL went into hiding? Sure why not.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 23, 2016 11:56 PM (0LHZx)

118 >>No he's not the hits king.

Yes he is.

He's not the MLB Hit King.

But, he is the Hit King.

Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2016 11:56 PM (oeOT+)

119 my guess is people who were brexit'ers didn't tell their true feelings to pollsters, because didn't want to be a h8'er


Trump also has that same posibility

Posted by: Jake at June 23, 2016 11:56 PM (AOdNp)

120 Mmmm, tasty tasty socialist tears. They're like candy!!

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 23, 2016 11:57 PM (q7T0y)

121 100 82 Let us stipulate that we know the Brexit result is non-binding.
Posted by: eman at June 23, 2016 11:52 PM (MQEz6)


Fair enough. Any Brit politician who's tired of being one can contravene the expressed will of the people.

And half a dozen ambitious young bucks will be competing for the honor of stabbing him in the back.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 23, 2016 11:54 PM (oKE6c)

I meant the opposite.

Posted by: eman at June 23, 2016 11:57 PM (MQEz6)

122 East Cambridgeshire votes to Leave--somewhere, my old landlord is smiling.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 23, 2016 11:57 PM (RHnu3)

123 106 GERXIT -- pronounced "jerks it"
Posted by: Bacon Jeff at June 23, 2016 11:55 PM (VSenK)

I swear to God. I just get through laughing at one thing and then here comes another.

Posted by: washrivergal at June 23, 2016 11:57 PM (CFc5L)

124 Adios, EU! Hasta luego! Auf wiedersehen! Au revoir! Fuck off!

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 23, 2016 11:57 PM (oKE6c)

125 Bolton on Fox Business with Varney

And socking it to Fredo

Saying we, the USA, should support the British 100% and sign any and all Trade agreements with them ASAP to support our Allie

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:57 PM (Ozsfq)

126 John Bolton on Fox Bidness. The 'Stache heartily approves of BREXIT.

Posted by: Country Singer at June 23, 2016 11:57 PM (GUBah)

127 The left always tells me how evil rich people make money on Wall St and it's not fair. So now all those evil rich people are losing money post BREXIT. Shouldn't they be happy?

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 23, 2016 11:57 PM (0LHZx)

128 The elites control all the levers and can make this about as painful as possible to punish the people, think what the SCOAMF did during the shut down on steroids.

Further lessons may be necessary to bring the elites to heel.

Posted by: Kreplach at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (JrcMe)

129


Hillary should be nervous. It can be done. Throw off your global regime shackles

Posted by: ThunderB at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (zOTsN)

130 And there are balls being dipped on the page above.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (3ZoRf)

131 No, the non-binding thing is directed at me and it's fair but MSNBC immediately went into "it could take ten years to unwind all the treaties" and things like what Brexit really means.

It's not even dawn there.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (1xUj/)

132 I'm jealous of the Brits. Taking their notion back
Posted by: ThunderB at June 23, 2016 11:52 PM (zOTsN)

I'd like to know where you got the notion -

Posted by: Hue S. Corporation at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (oQQwD)

133 Hillary should be nervous. It can be done. Throw off your global regime shackles
Posted by: ThunderB at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (zOTsN)

AMEN

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (Ozsfq)

134 Now if need be Texit

Posted by: sven10077 at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (SzZnW)

135 It appears the media is truly trying to foment hysteria. It's silly

Posted by: ThunderB at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (zOTsN)

136 Hey, krauts, you know that thing in your hand? No, not that hand, the other hand. It's called the bag. And you're holding it!

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (oKE6c)

137 Trump also has that same posibility
Posted by: Jake

I'm thinking the same thing, but I could see it being even more lopsided.

If Trump goes into election day tied in the polls, he'll win big

Posted by: Barley at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (A3kYV)

138 It's a smashing good start, that is.

Now for the follow through...

Exeunt, pursued by weasels.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, That Guy at June 23, 2016 11:59 PM (vyqqu)

139 Has Cameron started packing yet?

Posted by: Jean at June 23, 2016 11:59 PM (Doh4+)

140 Logic test : I only see two

Watch lists weren't invented yet, I don't believe.
And the GOP isn't fighting for the rights of terrorists to buy guns.

What am I missing?

Posted by: Hooked in Hoboken at June 23, 2016 11:59 PM (ef4qf)

141 Oh no, it's Ono.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 23, 2016 11:59 PM (IqV8l)

142 >> I meant the opposite.

It's a parliamentary system, Cameron and Osborne can be thrown out tomorrow as soon as Tory MPs look at how their constituency voted and start to think about their own future.

Osborne's dead. Gone. Kaput.

Cameron survives only as long as Gove and Boris want him to.

Posted by: JEM at June 23, 2016 11:59 PM (o+SC1)

143 Oil is down 6%. Cheaper gas!! Hooray

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 23, 2016 11:59 PM (0LHZx)

144 Suddenly, there were flaming clown boners all over the UK!

In the event of one of these lasting over four hours, imagine yourself in a five-way with Hillary!, Nancy Pelosi, DiFi, Lena, and Trigglypuff.

No NHS intervention required.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 23, 2016 11:59 PM (xG+OY)

145 Playing British patriotic songs on youtube in honor of this moment.

God bless....it is a wonderful night. Down with Soros and his evil empire!

Posted by: William Eaton at June 23, 2016 11:59 PM (KhJh8)

146 73
If the latest numbers hold it would prove the latest polling results were off by at least 8 fucking points in favor of REMAIN.

Posted by: Great Britain, Fuck YEAH! at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (9lIhY)


Which, once again, I would attribute to the practice of those who hold views against the dominant elitists' cutting-off pollsters. If you answer, "hell, yes, I'm in favor of Brexit" and are hit by months of targeted robo-communications -- the next time someone asks, "are you in favor of local control?", you're just going to hang-up in disgust.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 23, 2016 11:59 PM (EzgxV)

147
Next up -- Luxembexit!
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 23, 2016 11:50 PM (RHnu3)
--------------------

Then Holl-Ass.

Posted by: iforgot at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (5o5ek)

148 I don't quite understand why people think this is good for the US.

One of our major allies will no longer have control of the EU, ergo the US will no longer have a stronghold on the EU. UK will have less power. The US will have less power.

This ruins the war on terror. Ruins it. What am I missing?

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (F5hTl)

149 The left always tells me how evil rich people make money on Wall St and it's not fair. So now all those evil rich people are losing money post BREXIT. Shouldn't they be happy?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo



If it's part of their tribe making money, like Soros, it's fine.

It's when people not in the guild make money that it's a problem.

Posted by: Barley at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (A3kYV)

150 Trump groundswell? More than just possible now.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (sl+zA)

151 136 Hey, krauts, you know that thing in your hand? No, not that hand, the other hand. It's called the bag. And you're holding it!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (oKE6c)

This actually reminds me of the scene from the movie:

"Fuck you! Fuck you! You're cool. Fuck you!"- walks out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (3ZoRf)

152 Sky News just called it: "LEAVE" wins!

It's not over until CAC says it over.

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (ZxmMG)

153 For once, I'm watching history and smiling.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party, TEXIT! at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (J+mig)

154 Checked in for laughs at National Review. In the Corner they are bemoaning the "revival of reactionary nationalism" but conceding that "it may not be the worst outcome for Britain." But they have their eyes peeled for marching jackboots in the rest of Europe if the EU can't hold on!!

Posted by: Scalia's Ghost at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (X4FeV)

155 update on the rape of a 5yo girl in ID


Heard a clip on Hanity's radio show today of the 89yo woman who discovered the crime.

The boys were naked, not 100% on if the girl was completely naked.

They pissed on her, including pissing into her mouth.

fuckin animals

Posted by: Jake at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (AOdNp)

156 The world has been made safe for gray soggy boiled meat, once again.

Posted by: Some guy on the Interwebs at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (ORlaL)

157 'Cause I'm already gone

And I'm feel-ing strong

I will sing

My victory song

Woo OO oo

Posted by: UK Eagles BREXIT at June 24, 2016 12:01 AM (JO9+V)

158 125 Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:57 PM (Ozsfq)

The United States, Canada, and the UK together would form a power economy stronger than NAFTA....

we have common language, compatible identity, and respect for each other.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:01 AM (SzZnW)

159 What am I missing?

OBL is sleeping with the fishes.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 24, 2016 12:01 AM (xG+OY)

160 I don't quite understand why people think this is good for the US.

One of our major allies will no longer have control of the EU, ergo the US will no longer have a stronghold on the EU. UK will have less power. The US will have less power.

This ruins the war on terror. Ruins it. What am I missing?
Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (F5hTl)

How does it ruin the war on terror...as if we on our side are actually serious about that? LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:01 AM (Ozsfq)

161 Woof.

Posted by: Elizabeth at June 24, 2016 12:01 AM (sl+zA)

162 Tickled Pink...can I tickle your pink with my banana?

Posted by: eleven at June 24, 2016 12:01 AM (qUNWi)

163 Right now CNN has RICHARD Quest on as a night anchor. Which is hilarious. He used to be the tech reporter. And.then he was found high and disoriented in Central Park trolling for gay sex outdoors

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:02 AM (zOTsN)

164 Excalibur is rising from the lake....

Posted by: William Eaton at June 24, 2016 12:02 AM (KhJh8)

165 Look for the Pound to rebound quickly once currency speculators realize it is no longer entangled in the debt of the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) and their constant defaults.

So England, how does this whole "declaration of independence" thing feel now that you've tried it?

Posted by: richard mcenroe at June 24, 2016 12:02 AM (Kucy5)

166 Who is the ugly chick kissing Charlie Murphy in the photo?

Posted by: StrawMan at June 24, 2016 12:02 AM (lidp8)

167 Wasn't Ted Kennedy on the No Fly List?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (hVdx9)


Should have been on the No Drive List.


Posted by: Count de Monet TEXIT
****

You'll get no argument from me.

Posted by: Mary Jo Kopechne at June 24, 2016 12:02 AM (hVdx9)

168 Today has been a good day.

Posted by: Lauren...TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:02 AM (OwEPt)

169 This ruins the war on terror. Ruins it. What am I missing?
Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (F5hTl)

---

What fucking war on Terror?

You mean the pinprick drone strikes?

Newsflash: There is no war on terror.

Our betters in DC are bringing them here.

Brits have nothing to do with it.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:02 AM (rlfds)

170 God save the Queen. And Satan take Prince Chuckles.

I'm so happy my pants are off. And pudding everywhere.

Dow futures shitting the bed. Nikkei shut down on circuit breakers, I think.

Hah, you authoritarian elitist sons of bitches.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at June 24, 2016 12:02 AM (DW+jj)

171 Pro Tip: By some SP500 index calls. You will make a fuck ton of money.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 24, 2016 12:03 AM (0LHZx)

172
131 No, the non-binding thing is directed at me and it's fair but MSNBC immediately went into "it could take ten years to unwind all the treaties" and things like what Brexit really means.

It's not even dawn there.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (1xUj/)

Sorry if I sound cranky and picking on you. I'm not.

It's just that every five posts could be a reminder that it's non-binding.

Posted by: eman at June 24, 2016 12:03 AM (MQEz6)

173 Look on my works, yet mighty, and despair!

Posted by: EUMandias at June 24, 2016 12:03 AM (sl+zA)

174 148
I don't quite understand why people think this is good for the US.



One of our major allies will no longer have control of the EU, ergo
the US will no longer have a stronghold on the EU. UK will have less
power. The US will have less power.



This ruins the war on terror. Ruins it. What am I missing?

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (F5hTl)


It's a good thing for the cause of freedom on the whole, because the EU is a totalitarian institution. It's an unelected bureaucracy that now has more power over its constituent nations than the United States of America does on its states.

The EU would not be on our side for much longer if it survived. The UK leaving the EU might just put a stake in the heart of that fascist vampire and create a new birth of freedom on the continent.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party, TEXIT! at June 24, 2016 12:03 AM (J+mig)

175 God bless you Maet. That pic Murphy/James pic is dope.

I'd also still smash Julia Louis-Dreyfuss.

Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at June 24, 2016 12:03 AM (R5HRU)

176 Million plus vote lead.

!!!

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 12:03 AM (WVsWD)

177 >> Excalibur is rising from the lake....

That's not Excalibur, that's my penis.

Damn, what a night.

Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:03 AM (o+SC1)

178
Checked in for laughs at National Review. In the Corner they are bemoaning the "revival of reactionary nationalism"

Why don't they just go ahead and merge with The Nation?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 24, 2016 12:03 AM (IqV8l)

179 Will the Brexit vote escalate Turkeys acceptance into the EU? My understanding is that this has been in the works since '05. The big hang up was the cultural difference between Turkey and the EU nations. I guess with the influx of new citizens into the EU nations that should no longer be much of an issue.

Interesting times.

Posted by: Usedtocould at June 24, 2016 12:03 AM (VCqKl)

180 Tickled Pink


The EU is not controlled by the UK. Never was. The French created it but Germany is the biggest kid in the yard, and both of them are still our putative allies

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:04 AM (zOTsN)

181 Hopefully this panic will lead to a short but deep recession here. 300-400K jobs lost for July-Sept will go a long way to defeating the beast.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 24, 2016 12:04 AM (0LHZx)

182 >>Who is the ugly chick kissing Charlie Murphy in the photo?


A young FLOTUS.

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:04 AM (oeOT+)

183 Cato -- good said.

Posted by: eleven at June 24, 2016 12:04 AM (qUNWi)

184 Tickled Pink?

BWAHAHAHA a UK dominated/fearful of pissing off Londonistan is as serious in the GWoT as an Obama led America is.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:04 AM (SzZnW)

185 Bolton

The EU has nothing to do with security.

Europe's security is secured thru NATO and mostly the USA

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:04 AM (Ozsfq)

186 It's not the pretzels making you thirsty, it's that cheap booze you're drinking.

Alcohol is a dehydrator.

Makes you pee too.

Bar owners for thousands of years have gotten rich over that fact.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at June 24, 2016 12:04 AM (ECJ+C)

187 At a minimum, Geldorf and his minions need to reboard his damn yacht, sail it up the Thames, and scuttle it in front of Big Ben, with all hands going down with the ship.

Stiff upper lip, what? Cheerio!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 24, 2016 12:04 AM (v5iqM)

188 Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (F5hTl)

Britain *didn't* have control of the EU. Quite the opposite in fact. This shows that even those raised in socialism can become disenchanted with the hyper-control of technocrats, and that is a good thing.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 24, 2016 12:05 AM (GDulk)

189 The EU, France telling the UK how Germany's money should be spent.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:05 AM (SzZnW)

190 That's Rick James bitch.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at June 24, 2016 12:05 AM (ECJ+C)

191 61 Soem whine left winger on the BBC now
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2016 11:49 PM (Ozsfq)


After the parliamentary elections last year, every fucking "group" that they had on were just f'n left wingers crying about how the UK was now evil and racist and shit because the Tories won.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at June 24, 2016 12:05 AM (1JnAL)

192 Now, Britain never joined the monetary union, that unnnatural monetary marriage of unspeakable abomination. But I would love it had, not for their sake, but for the sake of absolutely destroying the euro, the ECB, and smarmy Eurocrat authoritarian central planners.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at June 24, 2016 12:05 AM (DW+jj)

193 140. OBL was not in US
Not a Citizen or Green Card holder so he couldn't anyway

Posted by: Drill at June 24, 2016 12:05 AM (DN9jO)

194 >>I'd also still smash Julia Louis-Dreyfuss.


You just know that Elaine has a big furry muff.

Posted by: newman at June 24, 2016 12:05 AM (oeOT+)

195
Charles Johnson Green_Footballs*

No way to sugarcoat it - the Brexit vote is a victory for far right xenophobic nationalism

*www.youtube.com/watch?v=uICOMAJMfsE

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 12:05 AM (kdS6q)

196
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at June 24, 2016 12:04 AM (ECJ+C)

Matter of fact, I have to pee and I'm thirsty!

Time to refresh the adult beverage.

Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at June 24, 2016 12:06 AM (R5HRU)

197 This Brexit news is fantastic. Really, really terrific. Good. When I'm President I'm gonna push for a Mexit (Mexexit?) of all the Mexicans illegally in this country.

But not the food. I love me some taco bowls. Bueno!

Posted by: D. Trump at June 24, 2016 12:06 AM (H9MG5)

198 Charles Johnson Green_Footballs*

No way to sugarcoat it - the Brexit vote is a victory for far right xenophobic nationalism

*www.youtube.com/watch?v=uICOMAJMfsE
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 12:05 AM (kdS6q)

Tell him to stick a bicycle seat up his ass

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:06 AM (Ozsfq)

199 One of our major allies will no longer have control
of the EU, ergo the US will no longer have a stronghold on the EU. UK
will have less power. The US will have less power.



This ruins the war on terror. Ruins it. What am I missing?

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (F5hTl)

Pretty much everything, frankly.
It has no obvious impact on the war on terror. This is an economic matter.Britain never had control of the EU. We never had a stronghold on the EU.
It's not at all clear that the UK will have less power. Right now they can't scratch their balls without an OK from Brussels.And it's certainly not clear that the US will have less power. Arguably, it'll have more, especially once we get rid of the Negro Nullity, because the UK will naturally look to us, and will be unfettered by the Eurofags in so doing.
Apart from that, an apposite comment.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:06 AM (oKE6c)

200 Hello Brits, congratulations, I look forward to renewing a happier and more steadfast relationship between us. And I want you to know that that bust of Winston will be back on the mantel in the White House. Cheers.


Posted by: Britannia at June 24, 2016 12:06 AM (e46OR)

201 Tickled Pink

Ruins the war on terror? That the EU was handling so well, like have Brussells terrorists attacking Paris and then refusing to conduct searches after sundown?

Is the the EUWar on Terror efficiency you are worried about?

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:06 AM (zOTsN)

202 >> Charles Johnson Green_Footballs*

Asshole.

Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:06 AM (o+SC1)

203 Charles Johnson Green_Footballs*

Really?F**k you...

Posted by: donna at June 24, 2016 12:06 AM (O2RFr)

204 This ruins the war on terror. Ruins it. What am I missing?
Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (F5hTl)

____

The fuck are you talking about? What you think an independent UK will start funding ISIS? This is by far the craziest anti-BREXIT prediction I've heard. And that includes Lindsey Lohan's pontifications.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (0LHZx)

205 The BBC World announcers are absolutely losing their shit over this. So much butt hurt.

Posted by: Lauren...TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (OwEPt)

206 Posted by: newman at June 24, 2016 12:05 AM (oeOT+)

I'd go plunging into the forest

Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (R5HRU)

207 Logic test : I only see two

Watch lists weren't invented yet, I don't believe.
And the GOP isn't fighting for the rights of terrorists to buy guns.

What am I missing?


9/11 didn't involve guns.

Bin Laden was holed up in some cave in Afghanistan watching ghey pron because even a fuckweasel like Billy Jeff wouldn't let him in the country. Would've been kind of hard for him to buy an AR-15 from there.

Posted by: there may be more at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (5AtUA)

208 140
Also Newsweek ==> all opinions invlade
And Nazi Name

5.5

Posted by: Drill at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (DN9jO)

209
Trump groundswell? More than just possible now.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (sl+zA)
--------------------

I tabbed over to the leftysphere and took a peek. Yes, they're somber and looking about, saying they'd better ORGANIZE, GOTV, GET DISCIPLINED, etc.

Hillary's world is shrinking and decaying.

Posted by: iforgot at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (5o5ek)

210 Despite everything he's done for them (e.g. returning the bust of Churchill (compared to which the Stone of Scone means nothing), the iPod replete with his "Greatest Hits"), the Limeys have now disappointed him, too.

No one less noble could keep a stiff upper lip. Ms. Cloggenstein must be proud. We, certainly, are not worthy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (xG+OY)

211 Tell him to stick a bicycle seat up his ass

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:06 AM (Ozsfq)

he does that voluntarily

Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (0O7c5)

212 my guess is people who were brexit'ers didn't tell their true feelings to pollsters, because didn't want to be a h8'er


Trump also has that same posibility

Posted by: Jake


I understand that effect, but don't get it. Why are you afraid of offending an pollster you can see on the other end of a call. Is everyone that insecure? are their penises that small?

Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (Doh4+)

213 One of our major allies will no longer have control of the EU, ergo the
US will no longer have a stronghold on the EU. UK will have less power.
The US will have less power.



This ruins the war on terror. Ruins it. What am I missing?
----
You're missing that the EU is every bit as useless fighting islamic terrorism as the US federal government.

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (3Liv/)

214 Charles Johnson Green_Footballs*



No way to sugarcoat it - the Brexit vote is a victory for far right xenophobic nationalism



So he's thrilled too!

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (oKE6c)

215 revival of reactionary nationalism"



I had no idea that National Review had gone internationalist globalists. But then I stopped reading over then when they went to hating Trump and his voters.

When the USA breaks up because of a revival of reactionary nationalism, I hope their little gated enclave remains peaceful.


Posted by: Hooked in Hoboken at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (ef4qf)

216 149 The left always tells me how evil rich people make money on Wall St and it's not fair. So now all those evil rich people are losing money post BREXIT. Shouldn't they be happy?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo

Told ya moo moo. Glad you were wrong.

Posted by: Jollyroger...TEXIT Bitches at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (I+uRD)

217 192
Now, Britain never joined the monetary union, that unnnatural monetary
marriage of unspeakable abomination. But I would love it had, not for
their sake, but for the sake of absolutely destroying the euro, the ECB,
and smarmy Eurocrat authoritarian central planners.


Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at June 24, 2016 12:05 AM (DW+jj)


I think Juncker's probably already had to call his people to bring him a change of pants. The EU's going to have a lot of other states going "Hey, the UK left, why not us?"

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party, TEXIT! at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (J+mig)

218 148 I don't quite understand why people think this is good for the US.

One of our major allies will no longer have control of the EU, ergo the US will no longer have a stronghold on the EU. UK will have less power. The US will have less power.

This ruins the war on terror. Ruins it. What am I missing?
Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (F5hTl)


The UK is still in NATO, that is the military alliance fighting terrorism. The EU is trying to import terrorism.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (1JnAL)

219 Julia Louis - Dreyfus is a born rich socialist.

The very worst kind. Fuck her. She's ugly on the inside.


Posted by: eleven at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (qUNWi)

220 off/damn/sock/Britannia/Donald

Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (e46OR)

221 Chuck Johnson has been very successful avoiding an involuntary conservatorship, so give the man some credit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (sl+zA)

222 148 I don't quite understand why people think this is good for the US.

One of our major allies will no longer have control of the EU, ergo the US will no longer have a stronghold on the EU. UK will have less power. The US will have less power.

This ruins the war on terror. Ruins it. What am I missing?
Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (F5hTl)

You're missing the mass wave of muslim immigration. The larger the muslim population in Western European countries, the less likely they are to participate in the war against Islamo-fascism. Britain reasserting its right to control its own immigration policy gives hope that they will be in the fight in the long term. If Germany continues with the mass influx of muslims, we can count them out. They will soon be removing the freedoms of their own native citizens to appease the demands of their new population.

Posted by: Scalia's Ghost at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (X4FeV)

223 The BBC World announcers are absolutely losing their shit over this. So much butt hurt.
Posted by: Lauren...TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (OwEPt)

The older more ( relatively) conservative ones went to bed..this assholes are the young commies more typical to the BBC

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (Ozsfq)

224 I've been cynically saying there's no way EU lets GB go.

I hope I'm wrong.

the devil is in the details, though. Even if the referendum goes through, there are plenty of ways to keep the ties that bind while saying they've been thrown off.

We'll see. But, tonight looks hopeful.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (kKHcp)

225 Oceania...

Posted by: G Orwell at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (XVTvT)

226 Leave 1.7 mil from clinching

Posted by: Drill at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (DN9jO)

227 That's not Excalibur, that's my penis.

Damn, what a night.
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:03 AM (o+SC1)

---------------------------------------------

Watch out for Morgana who strangely looks like a Helen Mirren in her 30s...

Posted by: William Eaton at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (KhJh8)

228 Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (0O7c5)

No, it's true.

When he first started riding bikes with his buddies he said; "What are those?!" and his friends said "Bike seats?"

Plus when he sprints all you hear is a whistling sound.

Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at June 24, 2016 12:09 AM (R5HRU)

229 re: Earth Has a New Quasi-Moon

As it orbits the sun, asteroid 2016 HO3 spends about half of the time closer to the sun than Earth, and passes ahead of our planet.

I don't get it. If the asteroid actually gets closer to the Sun than it is to the Earth, why doesn't the Sun's gravity capture it? The Sun's hugely larger gravity well should swamp any effect the Earth has and drag the asteroid into the Sun's orbit.

But, if you go by the orbits depicted in the graphic, they don't match the statement. According to the graphic, the asteroid is never closer to the Sun than it is to the Earth. However, it maybe the case that it is bouncing back and forth between the gravity wells. At times more influenced by Earth's gravity and at others falling more into the influence of the Sun's gravity.

Most complete info and best graphic is found two links deep at NASA:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6537

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 24, 2016 12:09 AM (R+30W)

230 There those football hooligan voters go again, throwing a temper tantrum!

Posted by: Zombie Peter Jennings at June 24, 2016 12:09 AM (GrXXa)

231 I haven't clicked on NRO for almost a decade, they still exist

Kelly McGillis, is all about gun control, at 58yo, man she has not aged well

Posted by: Jake at June 24, 2016 12:09 AM (AOdNp)

232 When do we get to vote on #DCexit?

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2016 12:09 AM (oFSUK)

233 >>>Charles Johnson Green_Footballs*
<<<



**starts kicking bike**


Fuck yo' bike Charles Johnson. Fuck! Yo'! Bike!

Posted by: zombie Rick James at June 24, 2016 12:10 AM (H9MG5)

234 I want to see obamas buddy Cameron grovel...

Posted by: donna at June 24, 2016 12:10 AM (O2RFr)

235 Wasn't Ted Kennedy on the No Fly List?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (hVdx9)


I should have been!

Posted by: JFK, Jr. at June 24, 2016 12:10 AM (1JnAL)

236 Bin Laden was holed up in some cave in Afghanistan watching ghey pron because even a fuckweasel like Billy Jeff wouldn't let him in the country. Would've been kind of hard for him to buy an AR-15 from there.
Posted by: there may be more at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (5AtUA)


Plus think about the questions on a 4473.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 12:10 AM (pAlYe)

237 128
The elites control all the levers and can make this about as painful as
possible to punish the people, think what the SCOAMF did during the shut
down on steroids.



Further lessons may be necessary to bring the elites to heel.

Posted by: Kreplach at June 23, 2016 11:58 PM (JrcMe)


I think our lampposts look dull and undecorated.....

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 12:10 AM (EzgxV)

238 Hillary's world is shrinking and decaying.

Posted by: iforgot at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (5o5ek)


And Leon is getting larger!

Posted by: Johnny TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:10 AM (JO9+V)

239 >> I think Juncker's probably already had to call his people to
>> bring him a change of pants. The EU's going to have a lot
>> of other states going "Hey, the UK left, why not us?"

In three months Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be suggesting bilateral trade pacts with Poland, the Netherlands and other EU member states that might consider their own exit...

Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:10 AM (o+SC1)

240 Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:02 AM (rlfds)

True.

Posted by: washrivergal at June 24, 2016 12:10 AM (CFc5L)

241
Posted by: eleven at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (qUNWi)

I'll find out for everyone for sure.

Posted by: thathalfrican - keeping people on their toes like they hate sittin' at June 24, 2016 12:11 AM (R5HRU)

242 Hardest hit; the Fwench and Germany.

Plus this may lead to an Exodus since the disagreement on allowing "migrants" to invade was made by Belgium at the behest of Germany.

You all do know that Merkel was an east German apparatchik?

So her policies and agendas are socialist/communist.

Meaning to tear down Western Civ.

Probably the dumbest thing that Britain ever did was build the Chunnel.

The English channel keep England England for a lot of years.

(yeah, yeah, Danish pirates and William the Bastard not with standing. William got lucky that the brothers were fighting and Harold had to march miles to get to the beachhead. While his traitorous brother tried to seize power so William was lucky.)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at June 24, 2016 12:11 AM (ECJ+C)

243 David Cameron is pondering his resignation

https://twitter.com/SamCoatesTimes/status/746192248363114496

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 12:11 AM (vBeA5)

244 @212

Because people are basically decent and not racist or xenophobic, and having that crap dropped in your head all day effects how one approaches it. The people who are like that aren't the hardcore ideologues. They're the persuadables who can't articulate their reasoning and don't want others to think less of them

Posted by: Jollyroger...TEXIT Bitches at June 24, 2016 12:11 AM (I+uRD)

245 Those peasants have ruined everything now. They might get jobs in their hometowns instead of having to move to London and work serving me coffee on business trips. Ingrates.

Posted by: kevin-william son at June 24, 2016 12:11 AM (A/+my)

246 Kelly McGillis, is all about gun control, at 58yo, man she has not aged well

If I recall correctly, twenty years ago she hadn't aged well.

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2016 12:11 AM (J3phO)

247 The EURO is approaching parity with the US Dollar

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:11 AM (Ozsfq)

248 Kelly McGillis, is all about gun control, at 58yo, man she has not aged well



Yeah, but the sponge bath in Witness.

You get a few decades' leeway for that.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:11 AM (1xUj/)

249 >>Watch out for Morgana who strangely looks like a Helen
>> Mirren in her 30s...

splat.

Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:11 AM (o+SC1)

250 Brexit ftw!

God save the Queen!

A nation, chaps, if you can keep it.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at June 24, 2016 12:11 AM (gVpIT)

251 I understand that effect, but don't get it. Why are
you afraid of offending an pollster you can see on the other end of a
call. Is everyone that insecure? are their penises that small?

Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (Doh4+)
Pretty much.On a charitable note, there are a couple of possibilities:1. Systematic bias in who responds to telephonic surveys? Do you respond? I don't. I block all such calls.2. Some people might figure "what is to be gained by outing myself?" I call this the "bumper sticker effect." Put a anti-leftist bumper sticker on your car? What are the odds your car will be keyed? Why chance it?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:11 AM (oKE6c)

252 They are talking about a Frenexit

Posted by: donna at June 24, 2016 12:11 AM (O2RFr)

253 I understand that effect, but don't get it. Why are you afraid of offending an pollster you can see on the other end of a call. Is everyone that insecure? are their penises that small?
Posted by: Jean

__________


I think its silly, but some people have jobs and livelihood that depends on being viewed as part of the right tribe.

If you were part of a Union at work and you got a call, how do you know who is on the other end asking you where you stand?

I do think though conservatives should be honest because politicians follow polls.

Posted by: Barley at June 24, 2016 12:12 AM (A3kYV)

254 This vote was all about mass immigration. Make no mistake

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:12 AM (zOTsN)

255 I had no idea that National Review had gone internationalist globalists.
---
The Rubio endorsement wasn't a clue?

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 12:12 AM (3Liv/)

256 brexit wins!

fascism takes another blow!

britain 2, bonapartism 0

take that you paper hanging son of a bitch!

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at June 24, 2016 12:12 AM (WTSFk)

257 So...can we call June 24th Britain's Independence Day?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 24, 2016 12:12 AM (pibXr)

258 Yeah, but the sponge bath in Witness.

You get a few decades' leeway for that.


She was a'ight. Nothing special.

Posted by: eleven at June 24, 2016 12:12 AM (qUNWi)

259 This vote was all about mass immigration. Make no mistake
Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:12 AM (zOTsN)

And Trump should keep pounding that theme

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:12 AM (Ozsfq)

260 I want to show solidarity with our cultural thought leaders, AKA female celebrities. So, without further ado...

I am against poverty.

There. I said it.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 24, 2016 12:13 AM (kKHcp)

261 Watch out for Morgana who strangely looks like a Helen Mirren in her 30s...
Posted by: William Eaton at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (KhJh


I fapped enough "Dragon's Breath" out to her in that movie to make Tropical Storm Sandy look like a passing shower.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2016 12:13 AM (1JnAL)

262 Now the scots are making noises like they will leave the uk


As if


They need the money. They are on the dole. They will never leave

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:13 AM (zOTsN)

263 Wasn't Ted Kennedy on the No Fly List?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 23, 2016 11:51 PM (hVdx9)


I should have been!

Posted by: JFK, Jr.
****
Bet we have the same favorite movie.
.
.
Let me guess, is it Splash?

Posted by: Mary Jo Kopechne at June 24, 2016 12:13 AM (hVdx9)

264 The Glorious 23rd of June

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (FohCt)

265 Starting tomorrow, Hillary tries to go Full Populist. And fails miserably.

"I know you're all sick of elites!!" Shut up, pantsuit.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (q7T0y)

266 Brexit Fog in Channel; EU Cut Off!

Posted by: Tomorrow's Headline at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (X4FeV)

267 I don't know what I should think about this until I hear from our republican betters...Paul Ryan, what says thou?

Posted by: IC at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (KTFfX)

268 Why do people lie on the phone to pollsters?

Cause the "pollsters", can cross-tab your phone number and identity to your answers, and supply those with un-approved attributes upwards to the left's attack and destruction apparatus.

Which includes most all of the govt. Alphabet Agencies.

How do you think they targeted folks who attended Tea Party rallies, and who did nothing more than sign a petition, much less to "join" any given organization?

Best response to give to a pollster, is: NONE.

Hell, by comparison, you're on firmer ground by volunteering for jury duty.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (v5iqM)

269 The Scots are inherently spineless non-entites.

Fuck them.

Posted by: eleven at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (qUNWi)

270 Kelly McGillis, The Witness, I loved her.
She's a sow now.

Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (e46OR)

271
246 Kelly McGillis, is all about gun control, at 58yo, man she has not aged well

If I recall correctly, twenty years ago she hadn't aged well.
Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2016 12:11 AM (J3phO)

Shit. I didn't think she aged well in Top Gun

Posted by: Jollyroger...TEXIT Bitches at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (I+uRD)

272 as i said to an english woman named wellington two days ago (i swear), vote brexit: england has long been served by separation from the continent and twice has saved the world by that narrow channel. do it again!

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (WTSFk)

273 I'm not trying to be an idiot, honestly.

And, I know the EU has no direct route to anti-terrorism efforts. But, I follow the money. And where there is money, there is power. And, there are backdoor deals and trades and treaties that impact every decision, financially, militarily, that is made.

All I was saying is I'd rather have our friend in the EU than outside of the EU that's all.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (F5hTl)

274 Favorite scene from Splash:

Eugene Levy being desperate enough to throw a bucket of water on some poor woman he *thinks* is Daryl Hannah. She isn't.

Then the woman's husband steps into the camera frame...

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 24, 2016 12:15 AM (q7T0y)

275 "Checked in for laughs at National Review. In the Corner they are bemoaning the 'revival of reactionary nationalism'"

Obviously, my good man, you do not grasp the magnitude of the calamity.

Why, when Muffy and I next summer in Provence, we may have severe difficulty in having baskets of comestibles delivered direct from Harrods. The very foundations of civilization are being shaken, I tell you!

Posted by: T. Coddington Van Voorhees the VIIth at June 24, 2016 12:15 AM (noWW6)

276 262 Now the scots are making noises like they will leave the uk
As if
They need the money. They are on the dole. They will never leave
Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:13 AM (zOTsN)



Yep. That's like Puerto Rico threatening to go its own way.

In each case, the place is worthless. Sod off!

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:15 AM (oKE6c)

277 255 I had no idea that National Review had gone internationalist globalists.
---
The Rubio endorsement wasn't a clue?
Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 12:12 AM (3Liv/)


Um didn't they endorse Cruz for president?

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 12:15 AM (pAlYe)

278 Brexit Fog in Channel; EU Cut Off!


Hah! I get that joke.

I'm just showing off that I get that joke.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:15 AM (1xUj/)

279 @268 ... nailed it.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 24, 2016 12:15 AM (RHnu3)

280 Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (Doh4+)

What makes you think only men do that?

Sexist.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at June 24, 2016 12:15 AM (ECJ+C)

281 What? Ace is going all LGF sgain?!?!

Posted by: Drill at June 24, 2016 12:15 AM (DN9jO)

282 Kelly McGillis, The Witness, I loved her.
She's a sow now.


Sow now? How? I'd say more of a cow.
;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 24, 2016 12:16 AM (q7T0y)

283 baseballcrank makes the case that all things having been equal Suzuki probably would have beaten Pete Rose's record of 4349 hits in Major League Baseball.

Baseball Crank is right. Ichiro is one of the greatest players in baseball history.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:16 AM (39g3+)

284 BREXIT Live feed on YT, the comments in the side-bar are a total hoot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGqU_Zne6Pc

Posted by: Obakeinu at June 24, 2016 12:16 AM (ry4ab)

285 I think its silly, but some people have jobs and livelihood that depends on being viewed as part of the right tribe.

If you were part of a Union at work and you got a call, how do you know who is on the other end asking you where you stand?

I do think though conservatives should be honest because politicians follow polls.
Posted by: Barley at June 24, 2016 12:12 AM (A3kYV)


Ding Ding Ding!!!!!

My wife got outed as being a Badthinker at work after answering a telephone pollsters questions. AFL-CIO. they keep lists.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 24, 2016 12:16 AM (kKHcp)

286 So the losers in Britian are acting like the radical leftists here in the US who don't accept majority rule.

Ya, could be interesting.

Posted by: Hooked in Hoboken at June 24, 2016 12:16 AM (ef4qf)

287 Brexit will be challenged by force or by courts. It cannot stand.

Posted by: Max Power at June 24, 2016 12:17 AM (QCc6B)

288 Has the referendum been called yet?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 12:17 AM (Z58Xa)

289 273 Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (F5hTl)

I'd rather have our Motherland in a strong Pan-Anglic free trade zone.

We Anglo-Saxons are allowed to leverage our power too.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:17 AM (SzZnW)

290 246 Kelly McGillis, is all about gun control, at 58yo, man she has not aged well
If I recall correctly, twenty years ago she hadn't aged well.


Leave no carpet unmunched.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:17 AM (oKE6c)

291 Let's all shout at once, to the Eurocrats in Brussels now having a sad and climbing out on ledges: Jump you, fuckers!

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at June 24, 2016 12:17 AM (DW+jj)

292 Possibly not so many slipping in the Chunnel from Calais.

Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at June 24, 2016 12:17 AM (e46OR)

293 All I was saying is I'd rather have our friend in the EU than outside of the EU that's all.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (F5hTl)

The EU is in the beginning of it's death spiral and a strong alliance with the UK is 100 times more valuable to us than any with the EU. And at this point in time the EU need us a hell of a lot more than we need them. They can protest all they want but deep down in place they don't talk about at parties, they need us on that wall, They want us on that wall.

And move lines aside, that is the truth

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:17 AM (Ozsfq)

294
"London is out? London is out?"

Posted by: BBC Dweeb at June 24, 2016 12:17 AM (iZGeA)

295

All I was saying is I'd rather have our friend in the EU than outside of the EU that's all.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (F5hTl)

And I'd rather have the EU dead. That's all.

Posted by: Jollyroger...TEXIT Bitches at June 24, 2016 12:18 AM (I+uRD)

296 It's the someone effect. Wilson?

Everyone told the pollsters they were voting for someone in LA and they voted for the other guy.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:18 AM (1xUj/)

297 All I was saying is I'd rather have our friend in the EU than outside of the EU that's all.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (F5hTl)


If they remained in the EU, the EU would have destroyed them by flooding them with migrants. There was no way around that, it had gone from being an economic treaty to a suicide pact.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party, TEXIT! at June 24, 2016 12:18 AM (J+mig)

298 All I was saying is I'd rather have our friend in the EU than outside of the EU that's all.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (F5hTl)

---

If you think the EU is any friend of ours, you're even more dimwitted than I thought.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:18 AM (rlfds)

299 Has the referendum been called yet?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 12:17 AM (Z58Xa)


Your late to the party. All the networks

about 52-48%

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:18 AM (Ozsfq)

300 asteroid 2016 HO3 spends about half of the time closer to the sun than Earth

If you look at the graphic, it was just a poorly worded sentence. The asteroid orbits the sun, too, but kind of along side us.

It could have read: "about half the time, asteroid 2016 HO3 is the closer of the two to the Sun, which is when it pulls ahead of the Earth"

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2016 12:18 AM (mxCgt)

301 *shakes out Union Jack*

I'll be back in a moment.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 12:18 AM (Z58Xa)

302
Best response to give to a pollster, is: NONE.

Hell, by comparison, you're on firmer ground by volunteering for jury duty.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim



I disagree, at some point, we need to make a stand.

And unfortunately, politicians follow polls. If they see the "leftist" view being amplified, they are going to cave.

All the polling said Amnesty type solutions were popular, but everyone knew that was bullshit but it took someone like Trump to speak up.



We need to be brave enough to tell a pollster how we feel.

Come and get me

Posted by: Barley at June 24, 2016 12:18 AM (A3kYV)

303 It's nice to have some good news after 8 years of crap. If the British coul vote this way, give me some hope for our elections.

Posted by: IC at June 24, 2016 12:19 AM (KTFfX)

304 Exit now up over 1.1 million votes.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2016 12:19 AM (1JnAL)

305 All I was saying is I'd rather have our friend in the EU than outside of the EU that's all.
---
Why?

The EU is done, only the process of disintegration remains.

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 12:19 AM (3Liv/)

306 295 Posted by: Jollyroger...TEXIT Bitches at June 24, 2016 12:18 AM (I+uRD)

Amen, I'd rather have England an Anglic nation than a Muslim colony.

Brussels made it clear the UK was going to be bred out.

Fuck the EU kill it with fire and nuke it from orbit.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:19 AM (SzZnW)

307 "Cause the 'pollsters', can cross-tab your phone number and identity to
your answers, and supply those with un-approved attributes upwards to
the left's attack and destruction apparatus."

I'm sure I'm in a couple of databases now after having told a pollster that I intended to vote for Vermin Supreme.

Speaking of which, does anyone know if the UK's "Monster Raving Loony Party" took a pro or con stance on the Brexit vote?

Posted by: torquewrench at June 24, 2016 12:19 AM (noWW6)

308 Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (Doh4+)

What makes you think only men do that?

Sexist.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger

yes, I am, and racist too

Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (Doh4+)

309
>>Leave no carpet unmunched.


Not that there's anything wrong with that...

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (oeOT+)

310 Breitbart has ITV tweeting that Cameron and Osborne will be given a reasonable interval to clean out their offices.

Or as Guido had it the other day:

"Cheers, Chancellor Gove"
"Cheers, Prime Minister Johnson"

Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (o+SC1)

311 The Anglo American alliance a resurgence.

Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (e46OR)

312 If they remained in the EU, the EU would have destroyed them by flooding them with migrants. There was no way around that, it had gone from being an economic treaty to a suicide pact.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party, TEXIT! at June 24, 2016 12:18 AM (J+mig)

^^^
this

Posted by: These words you say are true - they were just humanary stew! at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (X4FeV)

313 @297

You think the UK has the stones to cut off the migrants into their country? I don't.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (F5hTl)

314 Had the EU remained a trade treaty, the UK would have gladly stayed.

It was when they started shoving the immigration bullshit down everyone's throat where they had enough.

Posted by: Barley at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (A3kYV)

315 British voters acted stupidly.

Posted by: BHO at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (FohCt)

316 1-mil to clinch

Posted by: Drill at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (DN9jO)

317 I do think the EU will seek to punish the UK with taxes and tarriffs

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (zOTsN)

318 Um didn't they endorse Cruz for president?
---
Weren't they for Rubio first? Or am I thinking of someone else?

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 12:21 AM (3Liv/)

319 Don't shrug off the effects on the Euro.

A lot of American banks are up to their ears in Sovereign debt and Derivatives and debt swaps.

Which means they could take a bath if this goes on too long.

Banks should not be investing money in such risky schemes.

And that's thanks to the Democrats and other globalists for changing a law that worked for 60 years to keep us from being drownded by the banks gambling.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at June 24, 2016 12:21 AM (ECJ+C)

320 Bangers and Mash tomorrow.

Posted by: eman at June 24, 2016 12:21 AM (MQEz6)

321 Ginger Thursday ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/746034411326541824

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/746034587894222848

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/746034755850866689

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/746034907529482241

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/746035082633289728

Posted by: kbdabear at June 24, 2016 12:21 AM (GrXXa)

322 @313

Well, 52% of it does

Posted by: Jollyroger...TEXIT Bitches at June 24, 2016 12:21 AM (I+uRD)

323 do people here think President Trump would be amenable to Texit?
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 23, 2016 11:41 PM (q7T0y)


I have NO problems with it. I fly the III % flag, the Gadsden and the Marine Corps flag. The other?

Never.

Fuck that.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at June 24, 2016 12:21 AM (m+aqb)

324 305 All I was saying is I'd rather have our friend in the EU than outside of the EU that's all.
---
Why?
The EU is done, only the process of disintegration remains.
Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 12:19 AM (3Liv/)



The EU is the present-day version of the League of Nations.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:22 AM (oKE6c)

325 The EU is done, only the process of disintegration remains.



Yep, when the money runs out, the party is over, and all of a sudden, your 'friends' are gone, and the bill collectors are knocking on the door.

Posted by: Hooked in Hoboken at June 24, 2016 12:22 AM (ef4qf)

326 >>And that's thanks to the Democrats and other globalists for changing a law that worked for 60 years to keep us from being drownded by the banks gambling.


Give Banks money at 0% and they will invest in all sorts or stupid shit.

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:22 AM (oeOT+)

327 Excuse me, I don't believe you heard what I told you. Remain!

Posted by: Barry at June 24, 2016 12:22 AM (H6376)

328 Scotland.

What a bunch of assholes.

Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at June 24, 2016 12:23 AM (GJnhB)

329 Yep, when the money runs out, the party is over, and all of a sudden, your 'friends' are gone, and the bill collectors are knocking on the door.
Posted by: Hooked in Hoboken at June 24, 2016 12:22 AM (ef4qf)

Well no doubt greece will come to the rescue

LOL, shit I pissed myself I am laughing so much

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:23 AM (Ozsfq)

330 284 BREXIT Live feed on YT, the comments in the side-bar are a total hoot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGqU_Zne6Pc
Posted by: Obakeinu at June 24, 2016 12:16 AM (ry4ab)

Best comment so far:

"Pound is down, but bacon is up, eat up motherfuckers"

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2016 12:23 AM (1JnAL)

331 313 Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (F5hTl)

This issue was about sovereignty to deal with internal issues and the communists in Belgium trying to make EUrabia.

The UK has a chance and I am investing.

Do what you will, I speak English, my family came from Lincolnshire in 1680...

Britons are not meant to be slaves nor fools.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:23 AM (SzZnW)

332 More Ginger Thursday ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/746035264624140289

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/746035431481966592

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/746035570175053824

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/746035720360443904

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/746035894365347842

Posted by: kbdabear at June 24, 2016 12:23 AM (GrXXa)

333 317 I do think the EU will seek to punish the UK with taxes and tariffs
Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (zOTsN)



Taxes and tariffs work both ways.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:23 AM (oKE6c)

334 How is the Dollar fairing against the Gyro?

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:23 AM (oeOT+)

335 Farange declairs.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltdiGnrZ9ww

Posted by: Ray, just Ray at June 24, 2016 12:23 AM (LKFFy)

336 Immigration came across as the main reason Brexit happened, according to the BBC. Ya think? Duh.

Posted by: IC at June 24, 2016 12:24 AM (KTFfX)

337 Excuse me, I don't believe you heard what I told you. Remain!
Posted by: Barry


That explains it. Did Shit Midas endorse the Bremain camp?

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2016 12:24 AM (w35Hj)

338 TP

Are you actually arguing that the UK has less power to set their immigration policy out of the EU than in?


That's nuts

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:24 AM (zOTsN)

339 I do think the EU will seek to punish the UK with taxes and tariffs
Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (zOTsN)


The UK can make the exit bitter for the EU also. Its a 2 way street and if they have the US behind them even better. Another reason to elect trump

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:24 AM (Ozsfq)

340 all the cool kids are wondering if Taylor Swift had a boob job after those pics of her in the red outfit were published yesterday

Posted by: Jake at June 24, 2016 12:24 AM (AOdNp)

341 Leave the EU.

Take the Cannoli.

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:24 AM (oeOT+)

342
What makes you think only men do that?



Sexist.



Posted by: Bitter Clinger



yes, I am, and racist too

Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2016 12:20 AM (Doh4+)

At a girl.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:25 AM (oKE6c)

343 If the EU goes trade war with the UK it is in fact a trade opportunity for America and the EU needs America now more than we need her.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:25 AM (SzZnW)

344 Yay Brexit! Smartest thing the Brits have done since electing Churchill PM.

Posted by: sinalco at June 24, 2016 12:25 AM (yODqO)

345 Which means they could take a bath if this goes on too long.

Banks should not be investing money in such risky schemes.
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Ultimately no one learns the latter unless the get a good dose of the former.

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 12:25 AM (3Liv/)

346 212
my guess is people who were brexit'ers didn't tell their true feelings to pollsters, because didn't want to be a h8'er





Trump also has that same posibility



Posted by: Jake



I understand that effect, but don't get it. Why are you afraid of
offending an pollster you can see on the other end of a call. Is
everyone that insecure? are their penises that small?

Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (Doh4+)


Big Data has a THICK dossier on every man, woman, and child in the country. And they use pollsters to try to stir people up. If you have an opinion they don't like, they will continually contact you with manipulative bullshit to try to sway you into -- even temporarily -- working against your values and interests.

If you answer a pollster these days with an honest opinion about an issue: "it sucks", you will get a thousand follow-up calls saying: "if you knew it was sugar-coated, could you still say it sucked?" "XXXXXXX [some useless parasitic wanker] says this is great stuff...how can you still say it sucks?" "68% of true-blue patriots ardently support this proposition -- can you turn your back on them?"


And then your ballot doesn't show up. Isn't it easier to just not answer the phone if caller ID doesn't show a known name?

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 12:25 AM (EzgxV)

347 Oh boy.

This is my translation from the original Butthurt (bild.de):

The EU Commisioner on the refugee crisis: The reasons for flight stem in part from the Colonial era. Borders were drawn arbitrarily, without taking into account culture, religion, and skin color. The war against Iraq was a British war.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:26 AM (1xUj/)

348 And unfortunately, politicians follow polls.///

If that's true why are so many still championing amnesty?

Posted by: Willy J. at June 24, 2016 12:26 AM (Yskl0)

349 Angela Merkel must be shitting herself right now. Assuming she's not busy updating her resume.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:26 AM (oKE6c)

350 @Bandersnatch: Bradley effect, I believe. Which has always been more of a postulate than a cold hard fact - like someone said above, what social cachet are you risking when you tell an anonymous pollster over the phone that you hold unpopular opinions?

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:26 AM (kumBu)

351 Churchill wasn't elected PM in 1940. Chamberlain resigned and Churchill was the only one with any stature to take over.

They voted him out in 1945.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 24, 2016 12:27 AM (RHnu3)

352 one of the think tanks posted that 80% of all immigrants to the USA since the Immigration Act of 1965 vote democrat

80%

Posted by: Jake at June 24, 2016 12:27 AM (AOdNp)

353 @338

No not at all.....I'm saying they don't have the stones to do it....there's a difference.

Their nation is already overrun by terrorists, migrants, etc. I can't see them cutting them and all their families off.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:27 AM (F5hTl)

354 Heh. Flag up. Scotch in hand.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 12:27 AM (Z58Xa)

355 https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/746035431481966592

Hey, the one redhead is also into #Science. How do you decide which category she goes into?

Posted by: Ginger v Science at June 24, 2016 12:27 AM (5AtUA)

356 If that's true why are so many still championing amnesty?


Posted by: Willy J. at June 24, 2016 12:26 AM (Yskl0)

Polling is useless in 2016. The systematic biases (who has a landline, answers it to unknown callers, AND responds to surveys) are huge.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:27 AM (oKE6c)

357 324 vInsulting the League of Nations

Posted by: Drill at June 24, 2016 12:28 AM (DN9jO)

358

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2016 12:24 AM (w35Hj)The UK is going to be in the back of the queue and cut itself off from its markets. This is just me offering my opinion, and in democracies, everybody should want more information, not less, and you shouldn't be afraid to hear an argument being made.

Posted by: BHO at June 24, 2016 12:28 AM (FohCt)

359 "Isn't it easier to just not answer the phone if caller ID doesn't show a known name?

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 12:25 AM (EzgxV) "

That's what I do. But the Bradley Effect postulates that people lie, not that they avoid polls. Unless there's a complementary theory that people who hold unpopular opinions are more likely to just avoid polls altogether.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:28 AM (kumBu)

360 @Bandersnatch: Bradley effect, I believe.


Yes, thank you.

The rest of your point is also good, I just hate not remembering things.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:28 AM (1xUj/)

361 352 Posted by: Jake at June 24, 2016 12:27 AM (AOdNp)

Correct...which means the GOP literally is trying to fuck its voters over forever....

get it it is why if the NTs elect Gram Gram to force amnesty I quit and will register D and weaponize the Mexicans.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:28 AM (SzZnW)

362 Their nation is already overrun by terrorists, migrants, etc. I can't see them cutting them and all their families off.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:27 AM (F5hTl)

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Gee, why is that?

Oh yeah...the fucking EU.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:28 AM (rlfds)

363 I said yesterday that I'd eat my words joyfully if I was wrong about Brexit. Mmm.... words. RULE BRITANNIA! BRITANNIA, RULE THE WAVES! BRITONS NEVER, NEVER, NEVER SHALL BE SLAVES!

Posted by: Naes at June 24, 2016 12:28 AM (Ypc8j)

364 350 @Bandersnatch: Bradley effect, I believe. Which has always been more of a postulate than a cold hard fact - like someone said above, what social cachet are you risking when you tell an anonymous pollster over the phone that you hold unpopular opinions?
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:26 AM (kumBu)


The pollster may be anonymous to you but you are not anonymous to the pollster since he has your phone number which no doubt has been cross -referenced with multiple databases.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 12:29 AM (pAlYe)

365 Dow Futures Down 712...

and slipping further.

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:29 AM (oeOT+)

366 "How is the Dollar fairing against the Gyro?

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:23 AM (oeOT+) "

Zoidberg would tell you to always keep a sandwich-heavy portfolio.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:29 AM (kumBu)

367 Big Data has a THICK dossier on every man, woman, and child in the country.
------------

You're welcome.

Posted by: Google at June 24, 2016 12:29 AM (Z58Xa)

368 353 Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:27 AM (F5hTl)

I think when Jihadi Jim acts up he is going to get dick slapped.

Bing "Francis Walsingham"....

fuck the EUrabians.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:29 AM (SzZnW)

369
348 And unfortunately, politicians follow polls.///

If that's true why are so many still championing amnesty?
Posted by: Willy J. at June 24, 2016 12:26 AM (Yskl0)

A suitcase full of cash is a big yummy vote, yo.

Posted by: eman at June 24, 2016 12:29 AM (MQEz6)

370 I fapped enough "Dragon's Breath" out to her in that movie to make Tropical Storm Sandy look like a passing shower.
Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2016 12:13 AM

------------------------------------------------

LOL...then...

Guards! Knights! Squires! Prepare for Battle!

Posted by: William Eaton at June 24, 2016 12:29 AM (KhJh8)

371 TP if they are already overrun, and it will have no effect on the war on terror, then how will staying in the EU help


Your arguements are nonsensical

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:29 AM (zOTsN)

372 @362

Yes, I understand that.

My point was that breaking away from the EU isn't going to cause them to start cutting migrants off.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:30 AM (F5hTl)

373
Churchill wasn't elected PM in 1940.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie




No one is ever "elected" PM. How do I Parliament?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 12:30 AM (kdS6q)

374 That's what I do. But the Bradley Effect postulates that people lie, not that they avoid polls. Unless there's a complementary theory that people who hold unpopular opinions are more likely to just avoid polls altogether.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:28 AM (kumBu)


The same thing happens in the UK. Google 'Shy Tory factor'.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 12:30 AM (pAlYe)

375 In the 90's my husband and I read The Protein Power Plan by the Drs. Eades. The Eades said fat was fine and excessive carbohydrates caused obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. They came to these conclusions by studying decades of scientific literature.

These things they said have been gaining acceptance in the ensuing years. It's been interesting to watch.

Another thing they claimed was that the incidence of skin cancer rose as the use of sunscreen became more prevalent. They recommend getting 10-20 minutes of unprotected sun exposure per day and then covering up or staying in the shade. They said a moderate amount of sunshine might increase the incidence of less-dangerous skin cancer, but it decreases the chances of serious skin cancer. I suspect the vitamin D production has something to do with it.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see if the rest of the health/science community ends up endorsing that as well.

For what it's worth, I use no sunscreen except mineral powder foundation and a hat and I have no skin cancer. My husband frequently applies sunscreen and has skin cancer, especially in the areas he uses sunscreen on the most often.

Posted by: Emmie at June 24, 2016 12:30 AM (xVuS6)

376 My liberal peeps are freaking out on Facebook. Most of them probably don't even know what BREXIT means but they've been told by MSNBC it;s bad, so it must be bad.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 24, 2016 12:30 AM (0LHZx)

377 This is just me offering my opinion, and in democracies, everybody should want more information, not less, and you shouldn't be afraid to hear an argument being made.
Posted by: BHO


What the...?! Do us a favor and give Teleprompter One a whack. It's not making any sense.

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2016 12:31 AM (w35Hj)

378 I think when Jihadi Jim acts up he is going to get dick slapped.

Bing "Francis Walsingham"....

fuck the EUrabians.
Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:29 AM (SzZnW)

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Heh,

'Ol Walsingham would have a field day if he were alive today.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:31 AM (rlfds)

379 Imagine...

A Pres. Trump and P.M. Johnson.

Now that what I'd call "Hair" Power.

Posted by: zombie Hap Arnold at June 24, 2016 12:31 AM (H9MG5)

380 "The pollster may be anonymous to you but you are not anonymous to the pollster since he has your phone number which no doubt has been cross -referenced with multiple databases.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 12:29 AM (pAlYe) "

Even with that being the case, do people really take all of that into account when deciding how to answer pollsters? I think it's usually just the limitations of representative sampling - in theory, polling 1,000 people who fit into the demographics gets you a good idea of how 1,000,000 people will vote. But it's still just an estimate - it can be wildly wrong, and often is.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:32 AM (kumBu)

381 372 Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:30 AM (F5hTl)

They can do so now....they lacked the power to do so yesterday morning.

Now Britain controls its fucking borders, they did not yesterday.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:32 AM (SzZnW)

382 So are we having a BREXIT Bugaloo???

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2016 12:32 AM (0P3fm)

383 If any of your four hour boners were starting to flag, JK Rowling just tweeted:

"I don't think I've ever wanted magic more".

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:32 AM (1xUj/)

384 like someone said above, what social cachet are you risking when you tell an anonymous pollster over the phone that you hold unpopular opinions?
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:26 AM (kumBu

Missing the point, you are.
Those who work for a large organization are at risk, personally and professionally, by disclosing to unknown entities ones political affinities.

It's a fact of the data mining age we live in, coupled with dirty tricks SJW groups.

This is what lefties want, for "others" to keep quiet, keep their opinions to themselves, and leave the field of battle to them alone.

It's worked, except for one thing. The talking may be over...

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 24, 2016 12:32 AM (kKHcp)

385 The "Remain" voters tend to be concentrated in London, Northern Ireland and Scotland. I suggest they give Northern Ireland back to Ireland and Scotland to the EU. London they'll just have to live with.

I'm bummed about Scotland because my ancestors are from there. I guess all the good Scots moved to Texas.

Posted by: sinalco at June 24, 2016 12:32 AM (yODqO)

386 Yet again the polls get it wrong. This is what, the 5th major world election in a row over three years where the polls get it all wrong?

The UK got out of the EU while the getting was good. If I were Germany I would too, but a lot of their national pride is wrapped up in it: they basically run the thing.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:33 AM (39g3+)

387
one of the think tanks posted that 80% of all immigrants to the USA since the Immigration Act of 1965 vote democrat

But but but NRO folks claim they are natural conservatives.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 24, 2016 12:33 AM (IqV8l)

388 " My liberal peeps are freaking out on Facebook. Most of them probably don't even know what BREXIT means but they've been told by MSNBC it;s bad, so it must be bad.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 24, 2016 12:30 AM (0LHZx) "

Ask them if they think U.S. immigration policy should be voted on by St. Kitts and Nevis and Dominica, among other countries.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:33 AM (kumBu)

389 378 Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:31 AM (rlfds)

Why is it you invoke Allah so often? Is it that your god is so petty he must play at politics? Answer me well I am an EXTREMELY patient man.

//Sir Francis Walsingham 2000

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:33 AM (SzZnW)

390 The U.K. Might be at the back of the line with regard to European trade deals


But that assumes the EU will hold together. Now, I don't think it will. And it was the demand to accept mass migration that did it in

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:33 AM (zOTsN)

391 Myla Dalbesio, is no way a plus size model.

she is just a normal girl, with abs even....

Posted by: Jake at June 24, 2016 12:33 AM (AOdNp)

392 Yes, I understand that.

My point was that breaking away from the EU isn't going to cause them to start cutting migrants off.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:30 AM (F5hTl)

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So, let me get this straight...

The Brits should remain in the EU, which has forced them to take in terrorists, so they can afford to take care of them.

Is that it?

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:33 AM (rlfds)

393 @381

I think it's a matter of semantics.

They can now, they couldn't yesterday.

The way I look at it: they didn't yesterday, they won't today, they won't tomorrow, they won't next week.

So, for me it's no net movement.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:34 AM (F5hTl)

394 302


Best response to give to a pollster, is: NONE.



Hell, by comparison, you're on firmer ground by volunteering for jury duty.







Jim

Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim







I disagree, at some point, we need to make a stand.



And unfortunately, politicians follow polls. If they see the "leftist" view being amplified, they are going to cave.



All the polling said Amnesty type solutions were popular, but
everyone knew that was bullshit but it took someone like Trump to speak
up.







We need to be brave enough to tell a pollster how we feel.



Come and get me

Posted by: Barley at June 24, 2016 12:18 AM (A3kYV)


The only reason to engage a pollster is as a check against voter fraud. When the pollsters weighed-in as abetting voter fraud, they were done. Now, everyone believes that voter fraud it rampant and that pollsters are evil shits -- good job, guys.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 12:34 AM (EzgxV)

395 Why is it you invoke Allah so often? Is it that your god is so petty he must play at politics? Answer me well I am an EXTREMELY patient man.

//Sir Francis Walsingham 2000
Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:33 AM (SzZnW)

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LOL!!

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:34 AM (rlfds)

396 349 Angela Merkel must be shitting herself right now. Assuming she's not busy updating her resume.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:26 AM (oKE6c)

I'd almost forgotten about that sewer rat. Yeah this has got be a real pisser for her.

Posted by: Barry at June 24, 2016 12:34 AM (H6376)

397 J. K. Rowling with a functional magic wand?

Why do I have a feeling the world would be overrun with newts in minutes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2016 12:34 AM (0P3fm)

398 So SMOD is orbiting

Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2016 12:34 AM (Doh4+)

399 https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/746035431481966592

Hey, the one redhead is also into #Science. How do you decide which category she goes into?
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Was there someone other than the gal with the happy sweater?

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 12:34 AM (3Liv/)

400 Sock link about why Britons want to regain control over immigration.

Posted by: anon for now at June 24, 2016 12:34 AM (A/+my)

401 I know it is a total accident that Trump is going to the UK to celebrate his golf course...

You have to admit this could not have timed better, luck, fate...but it sure heck is theatrical.

Posted by: William Eaton at June 24, 2016 12:35 AM (KhJh8)

402 500k for the clinch. A cat couldn't scratch it!

Posted by: Drill at June 24, 2016 12:35 AM (DN9jO)

403
*elbows husband awake*
By heavens, Philip, I'm feeling... frisky.

Posted by: QE at June 24, 2016 12:35 AM (Z58Xa)

404 My point was that breaking away from the EU isn't going to cause them to start cutting migrants off.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:30 AM (F5hTl)

Frankly, you're being a bit obtuse. The EU requires free movement of people between member nations. That means if Mohammed M. Mohammed manages to gain admission to, e.g., Greece, he can move anywhere he likes in the EU. So what do you, as a worthless Turd Worlder, do? Try to enter the worst country in the EU, which will admit you because it doesn't give a shit, as it knows you'll move on to somewhere else (UK, France, Germany).Once the UK is out of the EU, cross the UK off that list. They can now do whatever they want vis a vis migrants.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:35 AM (oKE6c)

405 Addendum:

Economic migrants congregating in Calais know that if Britain votes to leave the EU we can take control of our borders. That is why they are so desperate to get to the UK should we vote to save our country on Thursday.

Posted by: anon for now at June 24, 2016 12:35 AM (A/+my)

406 How do people know if their opinion is unpopular with all the polls being skewed?

Sure that might work for some things; like bumper stickers on cars in a work parking lot and a union.

They used to even check to see what manufacturer you bought and you could get some harsh words depending on if there was a strike there or not.

And they definitely will cause you trouble on the line.

Unions suck and union members suck too because they make it all possible.

The idea of a Union is to screw your neighbors. They get higher wages while other people in the community make to with higher prices (due to high wages) and lower wages.

And no one has ever made up what they lost in a strike. Never. Not once. It just doesn't happen. Strikes serve one purpose; to intimidate the owner and the workers and negotiations only benefit the Union management.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at June 24, 2016 12:35 AM (ECJ+C)

407 382
So are we having a BREXIT Bugaloo???


Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2016 12:32 AM (0P3fm)


Something like that. I feel like dancing.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party, TEXIT! at June 24, 2016 12:35 AM (J+mig)

408 I ought not to be so, well, orgasmic about it, but the markets are a-skeered and shitting themselves. The elites will try everything they can to patch the system up, doing the same shit they've been doing for the past 10 years, trying to save a system that needs a reset.

The reset button may have been pushed.

I hate to use the analogy again, but it's just like my mother and her plugged colon. It has to be cleared, but it's going to be a god-awful mess. Let the bed shitting begin.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at June 24, 2016 12:36 AM (DW+jj)

409 Who wants to bet J.K. Rowling will throw a giant nuclear temper tantrum and move to France?

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 24, 2016 12:36 AM (q7T0y)

410 All I was saying is I'd rather have our friend in the EU than outside of the EU that's all.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:14 AM (F5hTl)


The EU was created for one reason, to counter what they saw as the US's power in the global economy. Even combined, the EU is still about 10% smaller in terms of GDP than the USA.

Keep in mind that the EU has a population of about 510 million compared to about 330 million for the USA.

Britain would be better off financially teaming up with the US, Canada, Australia, and Japan because that would control over 1/3 of the world's GDP.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2016 12:36 AM (1JnAL)

411 She's a super freak, super freak
She's super-freaky, yow
Everybody sing

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at June 24, 2016 12:36 AM (e8kgV)

412 With pollsters I like to keep them on the line for a while, then suddenly say I have to go right now!

They get kind of upset when I waste their time like that. But they're wasting mine. Seems fair to me.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 12:36 AM (T/cxb)

413 "Missing the point, you are.
Those who work for a large organization are at risk, personally and professionally, by disclosing to unknown entities ones political affinities.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 24, 2016 12:32 AM (kKHcp) "

Then they shouldn't answer the phone at all, which I assume is often the case. That doesn't explain why the people who do answer would lie, though, when simply not answering a pollster is a perfectly cromulent option. Occam's Razor would be that representative sampling often gets it wrong because it's still just an educated guess.

Let's do a straw poll here - how many of you have ever answered a pollster, either on the phone or in person? I never have and never will - I don't really have the time or inclination to be someone's data point.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:37 AM (kumBu)

414 So Britain is out? Britain is OUT?!?!

Hooray!

Now cue up all the "Little Englander" and "Britons are racist" comments from the regressive Left.

Posted by: Thrawn at June 24, 2016 12:37 AM (wQWv4)

415 I'm bummed about Scotland because my ancestors are from there. I guess all the good Scots moved to Texas.
Posted by: sinalco at June 24, 2016 12:32 AM (yODqO)

Define "good".

Posted by: Some guy on the Interwebs at June 24, 2016 12:37 AM (ORlaL)

416 393 Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:34 AM (F5hTl)

Lacking control of your own criminal precludes the attempt.

Let the bodies hit the floor.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:37 AM (SzZnW)

417 401 I know it is a total accident that Trump is going to the UK to celebrate his golf course...
You have to admit this could not have timed better, luck, fate...but it sure heck is theatrical.
Posted by: William Eaton at June 24, 2016 12:35 AM (KhJh



Total accident? Really? If Brexit were going to fail he could've canceled his trip with what, one phone call?

Try to keep up, OK?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:37 AM (oKE6c)

418 Who wants to bet J.K. Rowling will throw a giant nuclear temper tantrum and move to France?
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I thought taxes were too high in France?

Posted by: Hooked in Hoboken at June 24, 2016 12:37 AM (ef4qf)

419 "The EU Commisioner on the refugee crisis: The reasons for flight stem in part from the Colonial era. Borders were drawn arbitrarily, without taking into account culture, religion, and skin color. The war against Iraq was a British war."


WTF?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:37 AM (/jhQx)

420 Geert Wilders is calling for a Dutch referendum.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:37 AM (1xUj/)

421 *waves to Anna*

Shit, I'd do my happy dance (if I wasn't half-lit).

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:37 AM (rlfds)

422 >> *elbows husband awake*
>> By heavens, Philip, I'm feeling... frisky.

"Knollys, open the GOOD stuff and pour me a double shot, if you will please..."

Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:38 AM (o+SC1)

423 163 Right now CNN has RICHARD Quest on as a night anchor. Which is hilarious. He used to be the tech reporter. And.then he was found high and disoriented in Central Park trolling for gay sex outdoors
Posted by: ThunderB



Thats his name. He always seemed creepy. He used to be on CNN International over night with this really cute Indian chick. I can't remember her name.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 24, 2016 12:38 AM (syGA0)

424 Told ya moo moo. Glad you were wrong.
Posted by: Jollyroger...TEXIT Bitches at June 24, 2016 12:08 AM (I+uRD)

___

Yep. I was wrong and I've never been happier to be so wrong

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 24, 2016 12:38 AM (0LHZx)

425 Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2016 12:34 AM (Doh4+)

That was my take when EK was researching the "New Moon ZOMG!!!" headline yesterday. I was proud of her that she tracked all the way to the original article, which was (as usual) making much less interesting claims.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 24, 2016 12:38 AM (GDulk)

426 @392

The migrant thing was a separate argument.

And, maybe I just watch to many movies. But, when you have an enemy, it's best to have a mole. The UK was our mole. Do I like the EU? No. But, if the EU is going to exist, I'd rather it exist with one of our main allies a part of it.

The migrant thing came up, and I just said that this vote won't change anything. In one scenario, the UK has no control and therefore allows open borders. In this scenario the UK will have control and allow open borders. Same end result.

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:38 AM (F5hTl)

427 Have a relative who works for Nestle USA.

She doesn't know anything about Brexit, which is maybe a little surprising, given she's a mid-level manager there and Nestle is an international corporation.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 24, 2016 12:38 AM (q7T0y)

428 Let's do a straw poll here - how many of you have ever answered a pollster, either on the phone or in person? I never have and never will - I don't really have the time or inclination to be someone's data point.

See my post directly above yours. I answer some of their questions, but only to waste their time and mess with 'em.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 12:39 AM (T/cxb)

429 They've accomplished the BREXIT.

Next up?

Islamiexit. Sure, they can't run 'em all out. But send in the UK's Bearcat equivalents in to the "no go" zones, raze the minarets, and make Britain British again.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 24, 2016 12:39 AM (v5iqM)

430 Yep. I was wrong and I've never been happier to be so wrong
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 24, 2016 12:38 AM (0LHZx)

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Holy shitballs, I agree with moo moo.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:39 AM (rlfds)

431 Mmm. Gyro.

Posted by: elaine benes at June 24, 2016 12:39 AM (A/+my)

432 386 Yet again the polls get it wrong.


... they got the percentages right, just backwards

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at June 24, 2016 12:39 AM (e8kgV)

433 I assume Trump has prepared a speech appropriate for the aftermath of a Brexit victory. If not, he's missing a golden opportunity.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 24, 2016 12:39 AM (FohCt)

434 409 Who wants to bet J.K. Rowling will throw a giant nuclear temper tantrum and move to France?
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 24, 2016 12:36 AM (q7T0y)



Who would give a pinch of dry shit if she did, or for that matter, if she follows Sinead O'Connor to perdition?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:39 AM (oKE6c)

435 SMFH, quick go get some lottery tickets!

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2016 12:40 AM (0P3fm)

436 >> You have to admit this could not have timed better, luck,
>> fate...but it sure heck is theatrical.

I am absolutely certain it was intentional.

On the other hand, he's in Scotland, which is hard-core Remain country*

* because they live off others' wallets, and leaving the EU gives the Scots one less pocket to pick.

Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:40 AM (o+SC1)

437 LOL Anna!

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:40 AM (rlfds)

438 Posted by: Some guy on the Interwebs at June 24, 2016 12:37 AM (ORlaL)

All the "Good" Scots got butchered by the Brits and then for years they bore the brunt in Britains military. (wwi/wwii et al)

So yeah there was a survival of the gutless and that's all who's left in Scotland is wankers and druggies.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at June 24, 2016 12:40 AM (ECJ+C)

439 Jay, good point. Just always fun to watch celebs who love to throw the 'racist' label around, throw tantrums.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 24, 2016 12:40 AM (q7T0y)

440 "For he is an English-man..."

Posted by: MAx at June 24, 2016 12:40 AM (0uuiT)

441 "Geert Wilders is calling for a Dutch referendum."


And, so it begins.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:41 AM (/jhQx)

442 Holy shitballs, I agree with moo moo.

This, too, shall pass.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 12:41 AM (T/cxb)

443 Ah, the internet. You can look anything up. I found that cute Indian chicks name. Monita Rajpal.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 24, 2016 12:41 AM (syGA0)

444 Oh, the sweet tears of the forex traders and others who took the wrong side on Brexit, based on the predictions of the wizards of smart. Much weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth there will be.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at June 24, 2016 12:41 AM (DW+jj)

445 Just waiting for the inevitable post-Brexit Downfall parody...

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 12:42 AM (vBeA5)

446 Marie Lepenne has also said she will call for a referendum if she is elected. Dammed good possibility that she will win.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 12:42 AM (WVsWD)

447 This is not who Britain is.

Posted by: Paul Ryan at June 24, 2016 12:42 AM (EdXI9)

448 Let's do a straw poll here - how many of you have ever answered a pollster, either on the phone or in person? I never have and never will - I don't really have the time or inclination to be someone's data point.

___

I did twice. One was an election poll in 2006 and one was a survey on my opinion of Walmart. I assumed it was run by a union so I answered every question with "WALMART IS AWESOME!!!" just to fuck with them.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 24, 2016 12:42 AM (0LHZx)

449 328 Scotland.

What a bunch of assholes

---------

The trouble with Scotland is that it's full of Scots.

Posted by: Edward I Longshanks at June 24, 2016 12:42 AM (sl+zA)

450 SMOD lands in Britain

British voters punch back twice as hard against meddling US President

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at June 24, 2016 12:42 AM (e8kgV)

451 'Why not Texit?': Texas nationalists look to the Brexit vote for inspiration

http://tinyurl.com/j5vm7wf

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:42 AM (rlfds)

452 "The EU Commisioner on the refugee crisis: The reasons for flight stem in part from the Colonial era. Borders were drawn arbitrarily, without taking into account culture, religion, and skin color. The war against Iraq was a British war."

So the EU Commissioner believes that national borders should take into account culture, religion and skin color? So in other words he is saying Britain should maintain its borders for the native English, Scottish and Welsh population, right?

Posted by: The Devil You Say! at June 24, 2016 12:42 AM (X4FeV)

453 Britain is now on the wrong side of its own history.

Posted by: Barry McShitFuck, The Smartest Person in the World at June 24, 2016 12:42 AM (EdXI9)

454 London they'll just have to live with.

Downtown London ("The City") is the financial capitol of Europe. They stand to lose some money with the change, at the high end of finance as I understand it. So they are understandably not interested in leaving the EU, even though its in their best interest long term.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:43 AM (39g3+)

455
Apr 2008

Richard Quest was arrested after being found in New York's Central Park at 3.40am with another man. The park closes at 1am.

Quest, who presents a show named after him, told police: "I've got some meth in my pocket." They found he had the stimulant methamphetamine in his jacket and a sex toy in his shoe. A rope was looped around his neck and privates under his clothes.




"With a melon?"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 12:43 AM (kdS6q)

456 "I demand you reopen trading! Why the Dukes have always had a seat!"

Wonder how many will suddenly have a shortfall.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2016 12:43 AM (0P3fm)

457 380
"The pollster may be anonymous to you but you are not anonymous to the
pollster since he has your phone number which no doubt has been cross
-referenced with multiple databases.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 12:29 AM (pAlYe) "

Even
with that being the case, do people really take all of that into
account when deciding how to answer pollsters? I think it's usually just
the limitations of representative sampling - in theory, polling 1,000
people who fit into the demographics gets you a good idea of how
1,000,000 people will vote. But it's still just an estimate - it can be
wildly wrong, and often is.


Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:32 AM (kumBu)


I certainly do.....and when you say, "fit into the demographics", isn't that actually conceding that pollsters are filtering themselves into an echo chamber? I'm not "in their demographic", thus I don't count....unless I do.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 12:43 AM (EzgxV)

458 Just waiting for the inevitable post-Brexit Downfall parody...

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 12:42 AM (vBeA5)

Wo ist Cameron????


Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 12:43 AM (WVsWD)

459 Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:37 AM (kumBu)

I get you there, when you say it makes no sense to lie when you can just as easily hang up or not answer. I often answer when I don't know who's calling and hang up as soon as I decide I don't need to talk to them.

Fair enough.

I do not answer pollsters anymore. Haven't since the "retribution" began in Wi.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 24, 2016 12:43 AM (kKHcp)

460 427 Have a relative who works for Nestle USA.
She doesn't know anything about Brexit, which is maybe a little surprising, given she's a mid-level manager there and Nestle is an international corporation.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 24, 2016 12:38 AM (q7T0y)



Great mid-level manager.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:43 AM (oKE6c)

461 so today is the anniversary of the Islamic battle 'of badr' any update on the German cinema shooting?

Posted by: Jake at June 24, 2016 12:43 AM (AOdNp)

462 Dip 'em, boys.

Ladies, too (this is Obama's America, after all).

Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 24, 2016 12:43 AM (S2VsH)

463 Can't say I've ever talked to a pollster.

Don't plan on starting anytime soon.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (rlfds)

464 And, maybe I just watch to many movies. But, when you have an enemy, it's best to have a mole. The UK was our mole. Do I like the EU? No. But, if the EU is going to exist, I'd rather it exist with one of our main allies a part of it.
The migrant thing came up, and I just said that this vote won't change anything. In one scenario, the UK has no control and therefore allows open borders. In this scenario the UK will have control and allow open borders. Same end result.
Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:38 AM (F5hTl)


Countries ultimately act on their interests. So will France and Germany and the other members of the EU. You seem to be under the impression that the UK has some kind of magical influence over other EU members. The US is perfectly capable of making its own case to countries in the EU. You know - just like we did before there was an EU.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (pAlYe)

465 426 Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:38 AM (F5hTl)

We have Poland now....and Poland looks east and sees Ivan and looks east and sees Mohammed....and Poland hates Mohammed.

I think we'll have plenty of spies and America just won a lot of power if we elect a fucking Republican.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (SzZnW)

466 If this makes Scotland leave, fuck em. They already have a disproportionate say in the lives of Englishmen.

Posted by: Naes at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (Ypc8j)

467 I don't believe it, they did it. But somehow Scotland stays in think.
Just woke up hard to see what happened.
See you in a few more hours.

Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (d9qXV)

468 so today is the anniversary of the Islamic battle 'of badr' any update on the German cinema shooting?

The gunman's condition is stable.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (T/cxb)

469 438 Posted by: Some guy on the Interwebs at June 24, 2016 12:37 AM (ORlaL)

All the "Good" Scots got butchered by the Brits and then for years they bore the brunt in Britains military. (wwi/wwii et al)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at June 24, 2016 12:40 AM (ECJ+C)

I think they were brunting in the 1700s too...at least one ended up in some godforsaken heathen colony on a coast; nothing but pine tree land and chiggers.

Posted by: Some guy on the Interwebs at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (ORlaL)

470 This "revival of reactionary nationalism" is going to get out of control, and we'll be lucky to live through it.

Posted by: Hooked in Hoboken at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (ef4qf)

471 Gentlemen, it is indeed time to start sucking each other's cocks.

Posted by: Winston Wolfe at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (DW+jj)

472 British voters punch back twice as hard against meddling US President

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at June 24, 2016 12:42 AM (e8kgV)

Did Numbnuts weigh in on this issue?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (oKE6c)

473 385
The "Remain" voters tend to be concentrated in London, Northern Ireland
and Scotland. I suggest they give Northern Ireland back to Ireland and
Scotland to the EU. London they'll just have to live with.



I'm bummed about Scotland because my ancestors are from there. I guess all the good Scots moved to Texas.

Posted by: sinalco at June 24, 2016 12:32 AM (yODqO)


....or got killed. Lot of that going on, as well.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (EzgxV)

474 >>They found he had the stimulant methamphetamine in his jacket and a sex toy in his shoe. A rope was looped around his neck and privates under his clothes.


What sex toy fits in a shoe?

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:45 AM (oeOT+)

475 300k to go! Oooooooo

Posted by: Drill at June 24, 2016 12:46 AM (DN9jO)

476 What sex toy fits in a shoe?

Depends, were they clown shoes?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 12:46 AM (T/cxb)

477 I am going to recycle my Scotland joke (and that's 1/4 of my DNA, minus the dilution by Viking and Moorish rape):

It's a long way from Braveheart to Trainspotting.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:46 AM (1xUj/)

478 I think Cameron's backing Remain will go down as one of the most stupid political mistakes of the first half of this century.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 24, 2016 12:46 AM (p2X2f)

479 no way Scotland leaves, they have positive cash flow from England that will go bye, bye if they leave

Posted by: Jake at June 24, 2016 12:47 AM (AOdNp)

480 Does anyone have more info on Mike Flynn?
Referring to this tweet: https://twitter.com/StPatrick_TN/status/746190186191556608

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 12:47 AM (pAlYe)

481

Well, apparently the "shoe" was more of a "boot".

So......

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 12:47 AM (kdS6q)

482 "I certainly do.....and when you say, "fit into the demographics", isn't that actually conceding that pollsters are filtering themselves into an echo chamber? I'm not "in their demographic", thus I don't count....unless I do.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 12:43 AM (EzgxV) "

Well, by fitting the demographics I mean that for political polls they usually try to get a sample that resembles the full population with respect to party affiliation, ethnicity, gender, etc. As opposed to random sampling where you basically pick names out of a hat. (Last time I took stats in college, our textbook had a really stupid random number table for sampling purposes, which I assume has been completely phased out now that you can automate psuedo-randomization)

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:47 AM (kumBu)

483 This is something else that confuses me, if someone can help me out.

The rural areas seem to be in the Remain camp, whereas Leave seems to be more prevalent in highly concentrated areas, especially around London.

Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:48 AM (F5hTl)

484 weft-cut, I hear Cameron just got a call from the ghost of Neville Chamberlain who said "what were you thinking?!?" ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 24, 2016 12:48 AM (q7T0y)

485 There I was, just rolling along, reading the post when suddenly (V-8 forehead slap) I realized, I was reading the post. WTF? So I jumped down here to say hi.

Hi.

So, I saw the sidebar item Corey Lewandowski hired by CNN as political commentator. Starts trashing his old boss in 3... 2...

But, I found myself using the name as a cartoon exclamation, like Little Orphan Annie saying "Gollyoskies, Sandy!"

You know, like, "Lewandowski, it's hot out tonight!"

Or, "Lewandowski, does my arm hurt!"

Feel free to use it yourself as preferred.

(Slinks back up to finish reading the post)

Posted by: mindful webworker - lewandowskis, Daddy Warbucks! at June 24, 2016 12:48 AM (chFFu)

486 Ask anyone freaking out to describe the EU vice NATO, the EuroZone, and Common Market. If you want to really embarrass them ask them to describe the passport union and the OSCE.

Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2016 12:48 AM (Doh4+)

487 Tonight something happened to make me smile.

Father comes in to pick up a pellet gun magazine he had special ordered for his son's birthday. There was only him, his son, and me when he said, "To teach him to hunt Islamists."

The kid's not even ten.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2016 12:48 AM (0P3fm)

488 Confucius say

Some people dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them.

Posted by: Hop Sing at June 24, 2016 12:48 AM (twcNO)

489 Scotland was the biggest source of remain votes. I can't tell if they're just reflexively sticking it to the English because of old habits, or Scotland just doesn't have enough Muslims yet.

The areas with he most "migrants" had the strongest nationalism. Tells you something.

("Yeah, they're all racists!" -every lefty ever)

Well, that's the conclusion the media will draw, anyway.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 24, 2016 12:48 AM (S2VsH)

490 Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (oKE6c)


The UK is going to be in the back of the queue and
cut itself off from its markets. This is just me offering my opinion,
and in democracies, everybody should want more information, not less,
and you shouldn't be afraid to hear an argument being made.

Posted by: BHO at June 24, 2016 12:48 AM (FohCt)

491 >>>I think Cameron's backing Remain will go down as one of the most stupid political mistakes of the first half of this century.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 24, 2016 12:46 AM (p2X2f)<<<

Yeah, I'd say it's right up there.

Posted by: Marco Rubio and the Gang of 8 at June 24, 2016 12:49 AM (H9MG5)

492
430
Yep. I was wrong and I've never been happier to be so wrong

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at June 24, 2016 12:38 AM (0LHZx)



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Holy shitballs, I agree with moo moo.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:39 AM (rlfds)


LOL. Surprising news; surprising reactions.....

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 12:49 AM (EzgxV)

493 OVER THE TOP with Cory Lewandowski

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:49 AM (oeOT+)

494 The Puffington Host is reporting that the lights are going out all over Europe...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at June 24, 2016 12:50 AM (kP16F)

495 Ah, David Cameron, a modest man with much to be modest about.

A empty taxi arrived at 10 Downing and Cameron stepped out.

Cameron views foreign policy through the wrong end of a municipal drain pipe.

Posted by: Winston Churchill at June 24, 2016 12:50 AM (DW+jj)

496 No one is ever "elected" PM. How do I Parliament?
======
The leader of the party with the most seats in the House of Commons is invited by the Monarch to form a government.

If the party has a majority of the seats, no problem.

If a party and its leader have just a plurality of the seats, they either make deals with smaller parties to vote along with their guy so they don't fail any votes on important issues that are votes of confidence (usually by supporting something the smaller party wants badly); or form an outright coalition government with one of the smaller parties so the party with its partner have an outright majority.

If the largest minority party can't make a coalition or get support from another party within a week or two of the election, then the leader of the party with the next-highest seat count in the H of C is invited to form a government instead under the same circumstances.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 24, 2016 12:50 AM (A/+my)

497 And now, for something. completely. different.....

British Independence Day!!! HUZZAHHHHHHHHHH!

Posted by: Monty Python's Flying Circus at June 24, 2016 12:50 AM (8rmdN)

498 Fee Fi Fo Fum

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 24, 2016 12:50 AM (IqV8l)

499 483 Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:48 AM (F5hTl)

Congratulations you got it precisely wrong.

The only large Metros that went leave were in fact hosts of "newer better Britons"....

seems they make shit guests.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (SzZnW)

500 garrett, it'll be "Twisting Your Arm" with Corey Lewandowski. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (q7T0y)

501 Of course Obama openly threatened the Brits that they would be moved to the end of the line on trade deals.

Seems like they value their sovereignty more than they do that asshole's threats.

Posted by: m at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (Z58Xa)

502 My question is why is Scotland so into staying. More than anywhere else? Less immigrants there?
Too lazy to try and research this. Help me horde

Posted by: keena at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (RiTnx)

503 Research Chemical use will spike through the weekend across the pond.

Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (GJnhB)

504 Did Numbnuts weigh in on this issue?///
Yes

"Barack Obama has warned Britain's voters that it could take up to a
decade to strike a trade deal with the United States from outside the EU"

http://preview.tinyurl.com/jcw8red

Posted by: Willy J. at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (Yskl0)

505 Okay Leave now has 16.5 million votes so it's over. Leave won by 3.5%.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (pAlYe)

506 Scotland is in the dole - remain

Western Ireland is on the dole - remain

Eastern Ireland is entrepeneurial - leave

Northern England is salt of the earth - leave

Suburbs surrounding London, where people live who work in London but don't live there - leave

London - remain, but with lower voter turnout than anticipated

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (zOTsN)

507 I don't talk to pollsters. In fact, my wife and I never answer any call from a phone number that we aren't personally acquainted with - talk to the machine, and if you interest me or are necessary to me, I'll get back with you. When I feel like it, not when you feel like it.

All the pollsters are crap, anyways. I don't feel any compulsion to pretend to play their dirty game - I'd rather that people learn (as they are learning) that they can buy themselves a Magic 8 Ball and get answers that are far more trustworthy than what they'll get out of any pollster.

Accept that nobody knows what's going to happen next, and live with it. And then accept that anyone who claims that he knows is just trying to move the situation in favor of his desired outcome, and has no shame about lying to you to accomplish that goal.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (V2Yro)

508 Posted by: mindful webworker - lewandowskis, Daddy Warbucks! at June 24, 2016 12:48 AM (chFFu)

I thought CNN had also hired what's-her-face the one-armed wonder. That would be amusing.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 24, 2016 12:52 AM (GDulk)

509 490 Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (oKE6c)
The UK is going to be in the back of the queue and cut itself off from its markets. This is just me offering my opinion, and in democracies, everybody should want more information, not less, and you shouldn't be afraid to hear an argument being made.
Posted by: BHO at June 24, 2016 12:48 AM (FohCt)



So now the Mulatto Mediocrity is weighing in as an expert on economics? This from the asshole who was babbling about profit to earnings ratios?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 12:52 AM (oKE6c)

510 I love how the press is selling the vote as "UK Narrowly Votes to Leave EU".

You can be damn sure that if the vote was the exact opposite that the headlines would be "UK Sends Emphatic Message of United EU" or some bullshit like that.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2016 12:52 AM (1JnAL)

511 ARM BAR with Corey Lewandowski

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:52 AM (oeOT+)

512 "(Slinks back up to finish reading the post)

Posted by: mindful webworker - lewandowskis, Daddy Warbucks! at June 24, 2016 12:48 AM (chFFu) "

I think everyone on the Trump campaign signed a "don't shittalk the Donald after you leave or he'll kill you with a rusty flensing knife" clause.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:52 AM (kumBu)

513
463
Can't say I've ever talked to a pollster.



Don't plan on starting anytime soon.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:44 AM (rlfds)


I used to.....until they demonstrated that they were on the other side.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 12:52 AM (EzgxV)

514 nobody is scared of Obama, he is the definition of a pussy and/or panty waist

Posted by: Jake at June 24, 2016 12:52 AM (AOdNp)

515 Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 12:47 AM (pAlYe)

Maet, I'm not seeing anything in the Journal Star or Pantagraph. Not yey at least.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 12:52 AM (WVsWD)

516 Scotland has very high unemployment and a huge number on the dole

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:52 AM (zOTsN)

517 488 Confucius say

Some people dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them.
Posted by: Hop Sing at June 24, 2016 12:48 AM (twcNO)

You sure he said that?

Posted by: Make America Wait Again at June 24, 2016 12:53 AM (ORlaL)

518 Michelle Fields and Corey Lewandoski will be the hosts of a new CNN show called Strong-Arm.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2016 12:53 AM (0P3fm)

519 Let's put Ben Carson ON THE TABLE and ask WHY do we NEED HIM?

Not like it's brain surgery...

Posted by: mindful webworker - the important questions at June 24, 2016 12:53 AM (chFFu)

520 505 Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (pAlYe)

The Moron Horde called it again!

#Brexit

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:53 AM (SzZnW)

521 The Puffington Host is reporting that the lights are going out all over Europe...

Well it is pretty late at night there

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:53 AM (39g3+)

522 Ichiro might have ("probably would have" is a bit strong, IMO) beaten Pete Rose's hits record had he played his entire career in MLB, but he didn't, so he's not the hits king. I say this as a fan of NPB baseball, and as a fan of Ichiro.

NPB is an odd league which can not be compared to any level of professional baseball in the USA. It is comprised of players of varying talent ranging from legit MLB to college washout. Whatever it is, though, it is not MLB.

Posted by: holygoat at June 24, 2016 12:53 AM (DbBV5)

523 I used to.....until they demonstrated that they were on the other side.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 12:52 AM (EzgxV)

---

Guess I didn't miss out on anything.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:54 AM (rlfds)

524 Obama can block any trade deals for 10 years. He is out in 6 months

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:54 AM (zOTsN)

525
The leader of the party with the most seats in the House of Commons is invited by the Monarch to form a government.
Posted by: andycanuck



PM doesn't have to be party leader. Doesn't even have to be a member of Parliament.

But usually is nowadays.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 12:55 AM (kdS6q)

526 "But nothing will ever come close to PJ O'Rourke's hilarious account of joining a 1982 Nation-sponsored Volga cruise"

The first O'Rourke piece I ever read and yes, it's a classic. I was a freakin' lib then and I laughed all the way though it.

And then I thought, you know, maybe these conservatives have a point....but then, as the daughter of a strongly anti-Commie Scoop Jackson Dem with relatives in Prague, I never was a huge fan of Commies. I just never made the connection between Euro commies and the Dems here....

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at June 24, 2016 12:55 AM (P8951)

527 >>>nobody is scared of Obama, he is the definition of a pussy and/or panty waist
Posted by: Jake at June 24, 2016 12:52 AM (AOdNp)<<<



Well, we wouldn't say "nobody is afraid of him"...

Posted by: Mitch the Bitch, Paul RINO, and the GOPe at June 24, 2016 12:55 AM (H9MG5)

528 latters ....

Posted by: Jake at June 24, 2016 12:55 AM (AOdNp)

529 Not really.
I'm a little high, and I'm writing fortune cookies at the moment.

Posted by: Hop Sing at June 24, 2016 12:55 AM (twcNO)

530 About 60K votes until FREEDOM!!!!

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2016 12:55 AM (1JnAL)

531 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 12:55 AM (kdS6q)

You're telling a Canadian how his government works?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 24, 2016 12:56 AM (GDulk)

532
Gosh, how did we get this so wrong?

Were we interviewing the wrong people? Do we live in a bubble?

Posted by: BBC boffins at June 24, 2016 12:56 AM (Z58Xa)

533
I am pretty darn happy for the people of Britian. They now have just a glimmer of hope.

Unlike us.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 24, 2016 12:56 AM (ODxAs)

534 Ichiro might have ("probably would have" is a bit strong, IMO) beaten Pete Rose's hits record had he played his entire career in MLB, but he didn't, so he's not the hits king.

Ichiro dominated when he came to MLB. Absolutely dominated. He'd have done so right from the beginning of his career, the man is a rock star. But yeah, he didn't get all his hits in the Majors, so he doesn't even get an asterisk.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:56 AM (39g3+)

535 I am inordinately excited about this Brexit vote. Maybe it's just refreshing to see people vote against self-destruction.

Posted by: Emmie at June 24, 2016 12:56 AM (xVuS6)

536
I thought CNN had also hired what's-her-face the one-armed wonder.

The murderer in the all female remake of The Fugitive

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 24, 2016 12:56 AM (IqV8l)

537 There was a year when I thought Ichiro was going to be the MLB's best player the next year.

I was wrong. I don't know how it would have been different with more US time earlier, but I thought he was almost there.

Then again I'm wrong a lot.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:56 AM (1xUj/)

538 500 garrett, it'll be "Twisting Your Arm" with Corey Lewandowski. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (q7T0y)

"Reaching Out", with Corey Lewandowski. Commentary that will grab you....

Posted by: Make America Wait Again at June 24, 2016 12:56 AM (ORlaL)

539

Just waiting for the inevitable post-Brexit Downfall parody...

Jarles Chonson Discovers That The UK Has Left The EU Before Being Banned: Pound Declines, Cheetos & Dr. Pepper Futures Up.

Posted by: Arbalest at June 24, 2016 12:56 AM (FlRtG)

540 Michelle Fields and Corey Lewandoski will be the hosts of a new CNN show called Strong-Arm.
---
It's like Crossfire, but with arm wrestling.

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 12:57 AM (3Liv/)

541 535 I am inordinately excited about this Brexit vote. Maybe it's just refreshing to see people vote against self-destruction.
Posted by: Emmie at June 24, 2016 12:56 AM (xVuS6)

---

I think that's exactly it.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:57 AM (rlfds)

542 BREAKING: In an effort to shore up her credibility as the candidate of the people, the Hillary! campaign van plans to visit at least 10 Chipotle outlets tomorrow and the candidate promises to eat an entire burrito at each one.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 24, 2016 12:57 AM (sl+zA)

543 Its official. Leave wins! Cuttin' glass now!

Posted by: Drill at June 24, 2016 12:57 AM (DN9jO)

544 Nigel Farage declares June 23rd as "our independence day."



God Save the Queen.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:58 AM (/jhQx)

545 CNN and MSNBC are all frown town tonight.

Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at June 24, 2016 12:58 AM (zPb1c)

546 (2) Moon thing is bullshit. A moon has to orbit us and only us and be faithful in all the ways.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 23, 2016 11:47 PM (1xUj/)


Well, they did call it a quasi-moon. Good thing it wasn't a modo.


Would make a good target for a manned exploration mission. Not too far to go, negligible gravity issues for landing and departure, and you get to snag some big hunks of primordial planet-stuff.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 12:58 AM (GSdpU)

547 504
Did Numbnuts weigh in on this issue?///
Yes

"Barack Obama has warned Britain's voters that it could take up to a

decade to strike a trade deal with the United States from outside the EU"

http://preview.tinyurl.com/jcw8red

Posted by: Willy J. at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (Yskl0)


That would be several more years to negotiate a deal with obvious mutual benefits with a partner who shares a language and culture.....than it took to negotiate a shitty nuclear deal with a bunch of barbarians where we gave everything away.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 12:58 AM (EzgxV)

548 It's official. Britain can start getting their Sovereignty back. They just past enough votes to leave with 8 results left.

Now it's time to Celebrate.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 12:58 AM (WVsWD)

549
You're telling a Canadian how his government works?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette



I'm taking about the UK. Lord knows what those maple lickers up North do.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 12:58 AM (kdS6q)

550 The Puffington Host is reporting that the lights are going out all over Europe...

Well it is pretty late at night there
Posted by: Christopher Taylor
-----------

Nah. It's normal, the sun is coming up.

Posted by: BBC boffins at June 24, 2016 12:58 AM (Z58Xa)

551 542 BREAKING: In an effort to shore up her credibility as the candidate of the people, the Hillary! campaign van plans to visit at least 10 Chipotle outlets tomorrow and the candidate promises to eat an entire burrito at each one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 24, 2016 12:57 AM (sl+zA)

---

Do they even make Depends in industrial strength sizes?

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 12:58 AM (rlfds)

552 Switzerland is not in the EU. Norway is not in the EU. Nevertheless, they have managed to come to an agreement with the EU on reasonable trading arrangements. Somehow, Switzerland and Norway have managed not to impoverish themselves while staying out of the EU per se. People freaking out about Brexit should understand that the UK will be fine and has plenty of leverage. However, the UK should hope for Trump and not Hillary in the coming election.

Posted by: Scalia's Ghost at June 24, 2016 12:58 AM (X4FeV)

553 That picture, jeez.


She's a very kinky girl, the kind you don't take home to mother...

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at June 24, 2016 12:58 AM (P8951)

554 And it's over for Remain. Exit goes over the top

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2016 12:58 AM (1JnAL)

555 Hm I don't know Mike Flynn but apparently he was a friend of Andrew Breitbart and wrote at the site. He evidently has died.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:59 AM (39g3+)

556 As a Seattle sports fan for lo, these many years, I will state without doubt that had Ichiro been playing in the MLB the same amount of time as Rose, he would have had the hit title - probably by last year.

I realize that Seattle is out of the way on the sports landscape, but it doesn't change the fact that I got to watch 2 of the greatest MLB players ever, in their prime; Ken Griffey Jr. and Ichiro.

Ichiro is an INCREDIBLE ballplayer, both offensively and defensively. The stories are legend; Lou Pinella watching Ichiro hit 5 straight pitches into left field during batting practice with almost a surgical precision and jokingly commenting, "Can't you pull anything?' and Ichiro turning to him, grinning, and hitting the next 5 pitches far over the right field fence; Mariner hitters begging Ichiro every year to get into the Home Run Derby during All-Star week so they could watch his compact self just crush the 'big hitters' and the phenomenal inside-the-park home run he hit (and ran) during another All-Star game while the guy in right field who watched the ball go where he wasn't was....Ken Griffey Jr. And Ichiro's very quirky, funny personality - his insistence on a translator even now while he speaks better English than most and the fact that he trash talks Latino players while he's on base....in Spanish!

But Ichiro simply loves baseball. That's while he is still getting it done at 41 years old. He's not about the accolades and records. I'm not angry at all that he is not going to ever be considered as the real hit king by those that matter. I get it. But I'll also know different.

Posted by: dwagyak at June 24, 2016 12:59 AM (4PNRf)

557 I anticipated that the vote would actually favor Leave, but "creative counting" would end up declaring Stay the outcome.

Just the way I anticipate fear Hillary winning in November.

Glad to see otherwise on Brexit. Gives some hope for November here. Surprise me, world!

OTOH, someone said above, it's not necessarily a done deal yet, vote or not. As it could be here come November.

But for the moment, here's to Britain!

Posted by: mindful webworker - who counts the counters? at June 24, 2016 12:59 AM (chFFu)

558 "NPB is an odd league which can not be compared to any level of professional baseball in the USA. It is comprised of players of varying talent ranging from legit MLB to college washout. Whatever it is, though, it is not MLB.

Posted by: holygoat at June 24, 2016 12:53 AM (DbBV5) "

Rose's record is really only impressive as a testament to his durability. He has the most games played, at-bats, and plate appearances ever - unless he's a middle infielder or an Adam Dunn type that only ever walks, strikes out or hits a HR, he *should* have the most hits.

(Okay yeah, he technically played some second base, but I mean a glove guy in the middle infield - like a Mark Belanger or an Omar Vizquel. Though Vizquel turned himself into a decent enough hitter than he almost got to 3K hits. Belanger couldn't hit water if he fell off a boat, but was so good with the glove that it didn't matter.)

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:59 AM (kumBu)

559 If they voted with computers like in our retarded country, Brexit would never have had a chance in hell.

Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at June 24, 2016 12:59 AM (GJnhB)

560 524 Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:54 AM (zOTsN)

The GOP in victory can tell him to go fuck himself....

not that I'd bet the farm on it.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 12:59 AM (SzZnW)

561 545 CNN and MSNBC are all frown town tonight.
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at June 24, 2016 12:58 AM (zPb1c)

That makes me so happy.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at June 24, 2016 01:00 AM (P8951)

562 BREXIT Live feed on YT, the comments in the side-bar are a total hoot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGqU_Zne6Pc

Posted by: Obakeinu at June 24, 2016 12:16 AM (ry4ab)

Oh God that's funny.

Posted by: Blano at June 24, 2016 01:00 AM (lbcdD)

563 Part of the reason I'm such a big Ichiro fan is because he was the only bright point in Mariner's Baseball for years. They sucked. Horribly. But he was always amazing to watch.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:00 AM (39g3+)

564 I think everyone on the Trump campaign signed a
"don't shittalk the Donald after you leave or he'll kill you with a
rusty flensing knife" clause.


Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:52 AM (kumBu)

Who would cross someone who is probably now an excellent bet to win the Presidency, and can hook you up with either a) a good gig, or b) a world of pain next January?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:01 AM (oKE6c)

565 Dudes.

Posted by: Zombie Henry V at June 24, 2016 01:01 AM (sl+zA)

566 Still, non-binding.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 23, 2016 11:49 PM (1xUj/)


Cameron has already said he will abide by the results of the vote, however it goes. Seeing as he was so strongly invested in "Remain", I expect he will step down, and let the Tories pick a new leader.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 01:01 AM (GSdpU)

567
Also:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXlyYSNAACM

"Lord Palmerston!"

"Pitt the Elder!"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 01:01 AM (kdS6q)

568
But for the moment, here's to Britain!
Posted by: mindful webworker - who counts the counters? at June 24, 2016 12:59 AM (chFFu)

I will buy Brit beer, cheese and jam tomorrow in celebration.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at June 24, 2016 01:02 AM (P8951)

569 >>>Hm I don't know Mike Flynn but apparently he was a friend of Andrew Breitbart and wrote at the site. He evidently has died.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:59 AM (39g3+)<<<

Wait? Isn't this the guy Ace was rooting loudly for to get elected in IL?

Posted by: what the...? at June 24, 2016 01:02 AM (H9MG5)

570 The moon is a hoax.

Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at June 24, 2016 01:03 AM (GJnhB)

571 Wait? Isn't this the guy Ace was rooting loudly for to get elected in IL?


Yes, but there's nothing on google news about him. Just that tweet.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:03 AM (1xUj/)

572 Wait? Isn't this the guy Ace was rooting loudly for to get elected in IL?

Is it? I dunno, he had a radio show apparently.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:03 AM (39g3+)

573 10-4 good buddy, we got ourselves a BREXIT...

Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 01:03 AM (PRJyD)

574 Wait? Isn't this the guy Ace was rooting loudly for to get elected in IL?

Yes

Posted by: Mark1971 at June 24, 2016 01:03 AM (vaR50)

575
540 Michelle Fields and Corey Lewandoski will be the hosts of a new CNN show called Strong-Arm.
---
It's like Crossfire, but with arm wrestling.
Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 12:57 AM (3Liv/)

At the wrist of sounding sceptical I think ulna watch somthing else.

Posted by: eman at June 24, 2016 01:03 AM (MQEz6)

576 I understand that effect, but don't get it. Why are

you afraid of offending an pollster you can see on the other end of a

call. Is everyone that insecure? are their penises that small?


In one of the German plebescites in the late 30's the ballots mailed out to each German voter were printed with the recipient's name in secret ink (actually milk) on the supposedly anonymous ballot.
This was so negative ballots could be identified when the secret printing was "developed" with heat, and the voter could be put on the lists for closer surveillance.

Yes my dick is small.

Oh, hey, but the best table-turning was they guy in PA who was passing around forms for an proposed "initiative" to outlaw guns in homes.

He then took the forms with the names and addresses, photocopied them and stapled the copies to telephone poles with the note "Criminals! These people don't have guns in their houses"

Posted by: Kindltot at June 24, 2016 01:04 AM (ry34m)

577 "Wait? Isn't this the guy Ace was rooting loudly for to get elected in IL?"

Yes it is. I'm in Flynn's district but I can not find anything at all about this. It should be on at least one of the local news sites but nothing so far.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 01:04 AM (WVsWD)

578 Re: Flynn: (569)

Yes.

Damn fine orator for conservatism.

Absolute shame.

Posted by: fringe at June 24, 2016 01:04 AM (E18s5)

579 If they want to tune the 2nd Ammd maybe we could tweek the 1st a little bit. How about a "fair" bourd to review who gets their journalistic permit. No more preaching from the pulpit. Separating islam away from the govt a little better. Maybe toning those rap songs down a litte bit, you know, for the children.


There's alot we can fix in that dusty old relic.

Posted by: Ray, just Ray at June 24, 2016 01:04 AM (LKFFy)

580 That's no moon.

Posted by: Prof. O. Kenobi at June 24, 2016 01:04 AM (5AtUA)

581 I can't believe Britain voted to leave the EU.

It's the current year, man, come on!

Posted by: John Oliver, Euro-Git at June 24, 2016 01:04 AM (wQWv4)

582 FBN reporting US 10 year treasury is down to 1.45%

Also a third of the existing liquidity in EU bonds is gone (presumably moving to the former).

Forget the DJIA, The european markets are going to be "interesting" tomorrow.

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 01:05 AM (3Liv/)

583 I only came to say goodnight.

Posted by: josephistan at June 23, 2016 11:50 PM (7qAYi)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NetqMq8e31k

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 01:05 AM (GSdpU)

584 "CNN and MSNBC are all frown town tonight."


Good. Fook 'em.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:05 AM (/jhQx)

585 Damn just heard Mike Flynn died... Damn....

Posted by: phoenixgirl iphone at June 24, 2016 01:05 AM (0O7c5)

586 My question is why is Scotland so into staying. More than anywhere else?
Posted by: keena at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (RiTnx)

Almost half of Scottish voters supported a referendum for Scottish independence from Britain.

My guess is these pro-independence voters overwhelmingly supported the Remain camp in Brexit due to it being far easier for Scotland to become an "independent" country within the EU with the United Kingdom already an EU member than to negotiate for entry into the EU after splitting from a non-EU UK. If they were thinking more strategically, they might instead have preferred Brexit in the expectation that the UK leaving the EU will lead to another, successful referendum on Scottish independence.

Those who support Scotland remaining in the UK would be much more split on Brexit than those who support Scottish independence.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 24, 2016 01:05 AM (FohCt)

587 orget the DJIA, The european markets are going to be "interesting" tomorrow.

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 01:05 AM (3Liv/)

I have about 400 Euros laying around. Time to take them to the currency exchange?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 01:06 AM (WVsWD)

588 Not seeing any news on this Mike Flynn's death.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 01:06 AM (rlfds)

589 Has Soros been seen chuckling and smiling yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2016 01:06 AM (0P3fm)

590 "10-4 good buddy, we got ourselves a BREXIT..."



*honks horn, shifts into 16th*

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:07 AM (/jhQx)

591 588 Not seeing any news on this Mike Flynn's death.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 01:06 AM (rlfds)


One of the other cobs confirmed it. The family will be releasing a statement later.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 01:07 AM (pAlYe)

592 And wile we are going to ban shit, I have one in mind.

I would hate to see that, but I don't know if it has any redeeming qualities.

Posted by: Ray, just Ray at June 24, 2016 01:07 AM (LKFFy)

593 The Queen is apparently Eurosceptic. She should make it very clear to Cameron or whoever else might be PM that this result is binding and not to get fucking cute. In other words, "Failure to adhere to the will of the people frees the people from all obligations to Parliament."

Posted by: Naes at June 24, 2016 01:08 AM (Ypc8j)

594 And of course, the greatest hitter of all-time didn't even get to 3,000 hits. And neither did the 2nd greatest hitter ever. Though they both have good excuses.

(One of them went to war twice, the other didn't become a position player until age 24).

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:08 AM (kumBu)

595 Judging by social media, the press is turning this into something about Donald Trump and bigotry against brown people. Somehow.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:08 AM (39g3+)

596 Perspective.

The house I live in was built in 2008, and survived Hurricane Ike, though taking on 3 inches of water inside, necessitating new subfloors, lower 2 ft. of sheetrock, cabinets, and much else besides.

Last night, the kitchen sink and laundry backed up foul water, with no prior warning that something was amiss.

No amount of Liquid Plumber, or it's competitors, was making the slightest of impressions on the flow of water, or lack thereof.

So, early this morning, I'm under the house, Sawzall in hand, determined to find the offending section of pipe, and excise it.

Turned out, over 40 ft. of 2" I.D. Sched. 40 PVC, was clogged worse than Michael Moore's arteries.

I had to cut it out in sections, clean it out "bore cleaner style" with a length of 1/2" I.D. pvc, with a suitable diameter of rag wired onto the end to serve as a swab.

Started at 9 a.m., didn't get it all glued back together and water-tested till 5 p.m.

A thirty minute shower, three shampoos, scrub brush from hell, and I'll repeat that again in the morning. I'm physically wrecked, having done all of this in spite of injuries from Sept. '15 and April this year.

But the only thing that made me smile all day today, was the news of the BREXIT success.

I'm gonna take that for good omen here, in the "enough of your fucking shit" department, as regards the GOPe, and of course, any party or person of the left.

Oh, and I'm celebrating with an absolutely insane volume of bourbon. Partially to celebrate.

The other part, medicinal. A full day in a 3 ft. high crawl space, heavy Sawzall, a dozen PVC joints sanded, fitted, primed and glued.

And nearly two full gallons of the most foul, waxy, soapy and malodorous, fiberous gunk I've ever seen purged from a waste-drain, now sitting in a bucket outside, awaiting disposal. I'll keep an eye out for cars with Hillary stickers and an open driver's window.

Cheers to the Brexit, Horde.

We've witnessed history tonight, and for a change it was good!



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 24, 2016 01:08 AM (v5iqM)

597 Some court in England is going to rule that they can't leave because some unelected bureaucrat had a pinky swear with another unelected bureaucrat from Brussels.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 24, 2016 01:09 AM (18h+i)

598 One of the other cobs confirmed it. The family will be releasing a statement later.


Oh that's sad.

Condolences to all who loved him.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:09 AM (1xUj/)

599
https://twitter.com/Flynn1776

Was just tweeting earlier today. Family statement soon.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 01:09 AM (kdS6q)

600 591
588 Not seeing any news on this Mike Flynn's death.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 01:06 AM (rlfds)

One of the other cobs confirmed it. The family will be releasing a statement later.


Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 01:07 AM (pAlYe)


Sorry to hear.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 01:10 AM (EzgxV)

601 Judging by social media, the press is turning this into something about Donald Trump and bigotry against brown people. Somehow.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor
-----------------

Of course it is. Just like Orlando.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 01:10 AM (Z58Xa)

602 Condolences to the Family as well as to any and all who knew the man.

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 01:10 AM (oeOT+)

603 Texit got a little larger tonight.
Obama got a little smaller tonight.

Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at June 24, 2016 01:11 AM (e46OR)

604 The Queen is apparently Eurosceptic. She should make it very clear to Cameron or whoever else might be PM that this result is binding and not to get fucking cute.

That is one old lady I would not piss off. While technically she has no real power... all she has to do is say something and some very powerful, scary people will say "yes, mum" and get it done.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:11 AM (39g3+)

605 @575

That was quite humerus...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at June 24, 2016 01:11 AM (kP16F)

606 Western Ireland is on the dole - remain

Eastern Ireland is entrepeneurial - leave

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (zOTsN)


It was Catholics voting remain, and Protestants voting leave. The Catholics wanted Brussels to be a check on the English and the Protestants. The Protestants wanted the English to protect them from the Irish.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 01:12 AM (vBeA5)

607
Fortunately for the Brits they kept their own currency all along. They'll be fine.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 24, 2016 01:12 AM (ODxAs)

608 This ruins the war on terror. Ruins it. What am I missing?

Posted by: TickledPink at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (F5hTl)


I'd tell you, but I don't want Maet to ban me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 01:12 AM (GSdpU)

609 "Not seeing any news on this Mike Flynn's death.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 01:06 AM (rlfds)

One of the other cobs confirmed it. The family will be releasing a statement later."



Sorry to hear. Damn.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:12 AM (/jhQx)

610 And I hope cher gave all the money she made off that f*cking raysiss half-breed song to the f*cking Full-breeds. I know there was some heavy culture appropriation going on there!

Posted by: Ray, just Ray at June 24, 2016 01:12 AM (LKFFy)

611 We've witnessed history tonight, and for a change it was good!



Posted by: Jim at June 24, 2016 01:08 AM (v5iqM)




It's about time we saw some good history, ain't it?

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party, TEXIT! at June 24, 2016 01:13 AM (HalrA)

612 595 Judging by social media, the press is turning this into something about Donald Trump and bigotry against brown people. Somehow.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:08 AM (39g3+)

Yeah, there's a lot of left-wing stupid going on about this.

But I just saw this on Twitter and it's supposedly a quote from "I'm a feminist for reals!" Justin Trudeau. I want to say its fake, but given how Justin is into feminism, I can't discount that it might be real.

https://twitter.com/HeimishCon/status/746197778313838594

Posted by: Thrawn at June 24, 2016 01:13 AM (wQWv4)

613 Fortunately for the Brits they kept their own currency all along. They'll be fine.


Yes. I think their 1992 Maastricht decision to stay out of the euro was more important than this, but this is good.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:13 AM (1xUj/)

614 I have about 400 Euros laying around. Time to take them to the currency exchange?
---
I guess if you need it. I seriously doubt they will ever be worth what they were yesterday again. Might be better to set them aside for gifts and a history lesson for kids.

---
Has Soros been seen chuckling and smiling yet?
----
I was under the impression he bet big the other way.

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 01:13 AM (3Liv/)

615 Isn't Mike Flynn a friend of Aces? The one he was campaigning for in Illinois, I think. I think I even donated to him.

Posted by: lindafell de spair in TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:14 AM (xVgrA)

616 "Texit got a little larger tonight.
Obama got a little smaller tonight."


Your fingers.......yada, yada...

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:14 AM (/jhQx)

617 595 Judging by social media, the press is turning this into something about Donald Trump and bigotry against brown people. Somehow.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:08 AM (39g3+)



Great. So they're doing their part to elect President Trump.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:15 AM (oKE6c)

618 Wow. *dons tinfoil hat*

Mike Flynn posted this about Hillary this morning:

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/23/clinton-created-chinese-foundation/

Now he's dead...

*doffs tinfoil hat*

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 01:15 AM (rlfds)

619 Dow futures down 666.

Heh.

Posted by: Blano at June 24, 2016 01:15 AM (lbcdD)

620 Might be better to set them aside for gifts and a history lesson for kids.
----------

Nice to play with, using magnets. Steel, you know.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 01:15 AM (Z58Xa)

621 Heard a clip on Hanity's radio show today of the 89yo woman who discovered the crime.

The boys were naked, not 100% on if the girl was completely naked.

They pissed on her, including pissing into her mouth.

fuckin animals

Posted by: Jake at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (AOdNp)


Not normally a proponent of lynching, but every now and then, I find myself wishing one would happen.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 01:15 AM (GSdpU)

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at June 24, 2016 01:15 AM (kP16F)

623 604
The Queen is apparently Eurosceptic. She should make it very clear to
Cameron or whoever else might be PM that this result is binding and not
to get fucking cute.



That is one old lady I would not piss off. While technically she
has no real power... all she has to do is say something and some very
powerful, scary people will say "yes, mum" and get it done.

She stayed out of the debate (which is proper) but she was apparently grilling dinner guests with questions like "Give me three reasons for the UK to stay in the EU." At the end of the day, the monarch is a final check on tyranny. There's a reason all the males are military trained. If they need to stand with the people against Parliament then so be it.

Posted by: Naes at June 24, 2016 01:15 AM (Ypc8j)

624 >>Not normally a proponent of lynching, but every now and then, I find myself wishing one would happen


Gibbets have a certain charm.

Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 01:16 AM (oeOT+)

625 What the...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at June 24, 2016 01:16 AM (kP16F)

626 Britain just pissed on the new global order, guys like Soros will do their utmost now to turn them into a third world country economically.

Posted by: Drew in MO at June 24, 2016 01:16 AM (cGlgB)

627 I was under the impression he bet big the other way.
Posted by: Methos
-------------

I sure as hell hope so. But he's a shrewd SOB, probably been working the markets overnight.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 01:16 AM (Z58Xa)

628 Texit vote fails when Longhorns, Red Raiders, Horned Frogs and Aggies fans realize it would mean that they can't compete in the NCAA anymore.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:17 AM (kumBu)

629 >>>One of the other cobs confirmed it. The family will be releasing a statement later.


Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 01:07 AM (pAlYe)<<<

Breitbart. Scalia. Flynn.


We can't keep sparing these men... they fight.

Posted by: what the...? at June 24, 2016 01:17 AM (H9MG5)

630 , guys like Soros and Obama will do their utmost now to turn them into a third world country economically.


Edited

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 01:17 AM (Z58Xa)

631 Right now CNN has RICHARD Quest on as a night anchor. Which is hilarious. He used to be the tech reporter. And.then he was found high and disoriented in Central Park trolling for gay sex outdoors

Posted by: ThunderB at June 24, 2016 12:02 AM (zOTsN)


He was on a dick quest?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 01:18 AM (GSdpU)

632 The panic is cooling. Gold popped 90 points, now down to 72.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 01:19 AM (Z58Xa)

633 586 My question is why is Scotland so into staying. More than anywhere else?
Posted by: keena at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (RiTnx)

Almost half of Scottish voters supported a referendum for Scottish independence from Britain.

My guess is these pro-independence voters overwhelmingly supported the Remain camp in Brexit due to it being far easier for Scotland to become an "independent" country within the EU with the United Kingdom already an EU member than to negotiate for entry into the EU after splitting from a non-EU UK. If they were thinking more strategically, they might instead have preferred Brexit in the expectation that the UK leaving the EU will lead to another, successful referendum on Scottish independence.

Those who support Scotland remaining in the UK would be much more split on Brexit than those who support Scottish independence.


OMG. if that is all the average Scot has going on in their mind when they vote...hell, the LIVs here just turn to dust!
I thought it was something simpler!

Posted by: keena at June 24, 2016 01:19 AM (RiTnx)

634 This is just me offering my opinion, and in democracies, everybody should want more information, not less, and you shouldn't be afraid to hear an argument being made.
Posted by: BHO

I'm not afraid of an argument being made, just don't be afraid of being called a stupid fuck when you spew such nonsense.

Posted by: Blano at June 24, 2016 01:19 AM (lbcdD)

635 593 The Queen is apparently Eurosceptic. She should make it very clear to Cameron or whoever else might be PM that this result is binding and not to get fucking cute. In other words, "Failure to adhere to the will of the people frees the people from all obligations to Parliament."
Posted by: Naes at June 24, 2016 01:08 AM (Ypc8j)



Not to worry. There's no need for the Queen to say anything. Cameron's done. It's all over but the shouting. Getting defeated like this, in a parliamentary system, means you're finished. This is not like Emperor Obongo I. Cameron's probably (figuratively) cleaning out his desk as we speak. His time as PM is over, and he knows it.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:19 AM (oKE6c)

636 "The panic is cooling. Gold popped 90 points, now down to 72.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 01:19 AM (Z58Xa) "

Come on, panic! Daddy needs a new car!

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:20 AM (kumBu)

637
618
Wow. *dons tinfoil hat*



Mike Flynn posted this about Hillary this morning:



http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/23/clinton-created-chinese-foundation/



Now he's dead...



*doffs tinfoil hat*

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 01:15 AM (rlfds)


Seems pretty vigorous for a guy now dead. It would appear that something unexpected happened to the guy with tragic results.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 01:20 AM (EzgxV)

638 626 Posted by: Drew in MO at June 24, 2016 01:16 AM (cGlgB)

Then good men and women globally who enjoy English liberty should "Buy UK" fuck the globalists.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 01:20 AM (SzZnW)

639 604 The Queen is apparently Eurosceptic. She should make it very clear to Cameron or whoever else might be PM that this result is binding and not to get fucking cute.

That is one old lady I would not piss off. While technically she has no real power... all she has to do is say something and some very powerful, scary people will say "yes, mum" and get it done.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:11 AM (39g3+)


Yep. The Queen has tremendous authority but almost no official power. But if she publicly criticized a PM for treating the referendum as non-binding, that would be the end of that.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 01:20 AM (pAlYe)

640 Britain just pissed on the new global order, guys
like Soros will do their utmost now to turn them into a third world
country economically.
Posted by: Drew in MO at June 24, 2016 01:16 AM (cGlgB)

Ironically, if it hadn't been for Soros and others engaging in the currency speculation that forced Britain to leave the Exchange Rate Mechanism (precursor to the Euro) in 1992, we might not be seeing Brexit today as the UK would be more tightly bound to the EU.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 24, 2016 01:20 AM (FohCt)

641 "We can't keep sparing these men... they fight. "



*sighs*

Posted by: Abe Lincoln at June 24, 2016 01:21 AM (/jhQx)

642 636
"The panic is cooling. Gold popped 90 points, now down to 72.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 01:19 AM (Z58Xa) "

Come on, panic! Daddy needs a new car!

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:20 AM (kumBu)


I would think that anyone sane would see the removal of an entire layer of worthless parasites as being a benefit to the UK economy, and would direct investment and resources accordingly....

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 01:23 AM (EzgxV)

643 Some discussion now that Cameron should stay in office a bit longer until things start to stabilize in finance so as not to cause added chaos with a transition government. I dunno as I buy that.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:24 AM (39g3+)

644 Yep. The Queen has tremendous authority but
almost no official power. So if she publicly condemned a PM for treating
the referendum as non-binding, that would be the end of that.


Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 01:20 AM (pAlYe)

The Queen would never do anything of the kind, for any number of reasons, not least being that it would provoke a constitutional crisis for her to weigh in on a current issue in so direct a fashion.The referendum is formally non-binding, but in reality binding as hell. Cameron backed the wrong horse; his career is over.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:24 AM (oKE6c)

645 >>>fuckin animals

Posted by: Jake at June 24, 2016 12:00 AM (AOdNp)




Not normally a proponent of lynching,<<<


Impose the 100yr rule.

Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at June 24, 2016 01:25 AM (e46OR)

646 643 Some discussion now that Cameron should stay in office a bit longer until things start to stabilize in finance so as not to cause added chaos with a transition government. I dunno as I buy that.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:24 AM (39g3+)


He'll stay in office to smooth the transition to his successor, in all probability Boris Johnson.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:25 AM (oKE6c)

647 Congratulations Britain, Happy Independence Day!

Posted by: Kid Tyrone at June 24, 2016 01:26 AM (XUM0q)

648 At least Cameron still has that nice nest egg in Panama, right?

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:27 AM (kumBu)

649 "I dunno as I buy that."


Me either. This was a "confidence" vote that he lost. The country is not buying his personal brand. Nothing he says now really means anything.

Buh bye.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:27 AM (/jhQx)

650 He'll stay in office to smooth the transition to his successor, in all probability Boris Johnson./i]

Not sure he's a better choice, but who am I to say, look at the chumps we have in office in the USA?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:28 AM (39g3+)

651 Impose the 100yr rule.

Leave the perp's bodies hanging for 100 years?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 01:29 AM (T/cxb)

652
BBC all sad acting like the luftwaffe just bombed London.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 24, 2016 01:29 AM (ODxAs)

653 The Queen would never do anything of the kind, for any number of reasons, not least being that it would provoke a constitutional crisis for her to weigh in on a current issue in so direct a fashion.The referendum is formally non-binding, but in reality binding as hell. Cameron backed the wrong horse; his career is over.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:24 AM (oKE6c)


Granted it's extremely unlikely she ever would - but she could. And since everyone is afraid of her un-wielded unofficial power, she can work solely through private suggestions and hints.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 01:29 AM (pAlYe)

654 lol at the brit on FBN who just described Cameron's career prospects as "done and dusted".

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 01:30 AM (3Liv/)

655 "Not sure he's a better choice, but who am I to say, look at the chumps we have in office in the USA?"


Loose one asshole, gain another. Life goes on.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:30 AM (/jhQx)

656 Don't you have to be in Parliament to become PM?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:30 AM (1xUj/)

657 "Granted it's extremely unlikely she ever would - but she could. And since everyone is afraid of her un-wielded unofficial power, she can work solely through private suggestions and hints.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 01:29 AM (pAlYe) "

Even though they only have ceremonial power, I figure that the royals know where a lot of bodies are buried, and as noted above, few would be foolish enough to cross them if they expect to have a political future in the UK.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:31 AM (kumBu)

658 Heh. FBN referring to all the celebs that are gonna be butt hurt when they wake up to the news.

Certainly the Thames will overflow it's banks from Geldof's tears alone.

Posted by: this is a day sea levels will actually be on the rise... thanks Shit Midas at June 24, 2016 01:31 AM (H9MG5)

659 Not sure he's a better choice, but who am I to say, look at the chumps we have in office in the USA?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:28 AM (39g3+)

The point is that he'll be entering office with clear marching orders. If he goes against them, in a parliamentary system he could be out of office in a week.
Bear in mind in a parliamentary system, you don't have to be turned out by the voters. You can be turned out as PM if you lose the confidence of your own party. If the parliamentary party decides they would rather have someone else as party leader, for whatever reason, you're out on your ass. Think of it as less like being President and more like being Speaker of the House.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:32 AM (oKE6c)

660 Impose the 100yr rule.



Leave the perp's bodies hanging for 100 years?<<<


Sounds good. Invoking Vic's theory of what would they have done 100 yrs ago.

Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at June 24, 2016 01:32 AM (e46OR)

661 Over/Under on the WH Press Office issuing a memo expressing Obama's 'deep disappointment' in the British?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 01:32 AM (9mTYi)

662 >>>Impose the 100yr rule.
Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at June 24, 2016 01:25 AM (e46OR)<<<




100 yrd rule?


Stretch their corpses out for 100 yards.

Posted by: a modest proposal at June 24, 2016 01:32 AM (H9MG5)

663 I can literally see where Obama is from where I'm sitting now.

Suck it, you asshole! (I'm yelling this out the window.)

Thanks for endorsing "Stay," you Human Curse!

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 01:32 AM (jBuUi)

664 Hard to believe the Brits didn't listen to Obama's nagging threats and the demands of such luminaries as Yoko Ono and Cher.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:32 AM (39g3+)

665 "Don't you have to be in Parliament to become PM?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:30 AM (1xUj/) "

I don't think there's any formal rule to that effect. Like the Supreme Court, any schmoe could theoretically become PM, but in practice only a few high-ranking party mavens have any real chance of being selected.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:33 AM (kumBu)

666 Sounds good. Invoking Vic's theory of what would they have done 100 yrs ago.

Well, he would be the expert on that so I'll defer to him.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 01:33 AM (T/cxb)

667 OMG. if that is all the average Scot has going on in their mind when they vote...hell, the LIVs here just turn to dust!

I thought it was something simpler!
Posted by: keena at June 24, 2016 01:19 AM (RiTnx)
It's only a guess on my part, though it seems persuasive and perhaps there's exit poll (or simply opinion poll) data that would confirm or refute the hypothesis that Scottish voters' positions on Brexit are strongly tied to their positions on Scottish independence.

Similarly, it seems that Northern Ireland overall voted for remain due to Catholics being much more likely than Protestants to prefer remaining in the EU with the Republic of Ireland.

And Londonistan, which just elected a soft jihadi as mayor, opted strongly for remain.

Those are the main regional differences.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 24, 2016 01:34 AM (FohCt)

668 Folks, my get up n' go has got up 'n went.

Hasta la nite nite, Horde!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 24, 2016 01:34 AM (v5iqM)

669 The "Sun" tabloid in England has the best headline:

"SEE EU LATER!"

https://www.thesun.co.uk/

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 01:34 AM (jBuUi)

670 Bwahaha.

The 'Stache just said for Cameron to have any chance to stay he's gonna have to "act like he had a political lobotomy overnight."

Posted by: can't wait for this guy to be Secretary of State at June 24, 2016 01:35 AM (H9MG5)

671 663 Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 01:32 AM (jBuUi)

Sadim strikes again

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 01:35 AM (SzZnW)

672 "Well, he would be the expert on that so I'll defer to him.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 01:33 AM (T/cxb) "

I think crucifixion was de rigueur during Vic's high school years.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:35 AM (kumBu)

673
Don't you have to be in Parliament to become PM?
Posted by: Bandersnatch


Nope. Came mostly from the Lords before 1900.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 01:35 AM (kdS6q)

674 Thanks for endorsing "Stay," you Human Curse!

I'm just glad your fears about the shooter influencing the vote heavily didn't turn out. I had my worries too, but it seems like the Brits had more solid thoughts on the matter.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:36 AM (39g3+)

675 628:Red Raiders,


They were knocked out of the CWS tonight by Coastal Carolina University. I had to look up where (and which) Carolina that was. Apparently somewhere near Myrtle Beach.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 24, 2016 01:36 AM (syGA0)

676 "Don't you have to be in Parliament to become PM?"

Yes. You have to be an MP (Member of Parliament) and a sitting member that climbs the ranks of party membership. Citizens in those countries vote for parties in national elections. A party wins majority, or a plurality in coalition with lesser party and then party elects a "leader."

Leader becomes PM. Head of Government, but not Head of State.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:36 AM (/jhQx)

677 It is possible that TFG's speech lecture helped Brexit.

Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at June 24, 2016 01:36 AM (e46OR)

678 Is Boris Johnson a Lord?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:36 AM (1xUj/)

679 >>>I don't think there's any formal rule to that
effect. Like the Supreme Court, any schmoe could theoretically become
PM, but in practice only a few high-ranking party mavens have any real
chance of being selected.


Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:33 AM (kumBu)<<<

Like Speaker of the House. Really it can be any schmoe.

Hey, wait...

Posted by: Paul RINO at June 24, 2016 01:36 AM (H9MG5)

680 I can literally see where Obama is from where I'm sitting now.

You're mooning him, aren't you?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 01:36 AM (T/cxb)

681 Has Fredo started stuttering about this yet?

Posted by: Soona at June 24, 2016 01:37 AM (hFLga)

682 Watching Sky News; the scrolling chiron says "Cameron has been in touch with the White House, where Obama has been briefed on the results."

Uh -- Obombo is in San Francisco, not DC. He's been "briefed" in the sense of "parading around in his briefs in the Castro."

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 01:38 AM (jBuUi)

683 Granted it's extremely unlikely she ever would - but she could. And since everyone is afraid of her un-wielded unofficial power, she can work solely through private suggestions and hints.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 01:29 AM (pAlYe)



There's no need. Political figures of both parties will do what she would expect them to do, without a word having been spoken. Think of devout Catholics interacting personally with the Pope. Does he have to admonish them verbally? It's the same sort of thing.

The Queen exerts enormous moral authority in Britain, and is as revered there as the flag is here (by Americans; not by liberals, of course). That's why Mooch hugging the Queen was an unspeakably gross breach of protocol; it'd be like someone grabbing the flag to sneeze into here.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:38 AM (oKE6c)

684 "Has Fredo started stuttering about this yet?

Posted by: Soona at June 24, 2016 01:37 AM (hFLga) "

"Voting 'Leave' is not who we are as a people..."

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:38 AM (kumBu)

685 Think of it as less like being President and more like being Speaker of the House.

Yeah Australia has seen that happen a couple of times, to the party's detriment. They turfed out Abbot who was moving the nation in a good direction for Turnbull who's just a chump. The Labor party in Australia is in tatters after their leadership fight that lost them the election, nobody solid is really showing up.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:39 AM (39g3+)

686 Broseidon-

Best thing they ever gave us!
Nail some sense into them!

Posted by: Bertram Wilberforce Wooster at June 24, 2016 01:39 AM (M8XgZ)

687 I saw a military copter and two Ospreys heading to San Jose from SFO today.

Now I know why.

Posted by: eman at June 24, 2016 01:39 AM (MQEz6)

688

Channeling Vic, for a moment ...
(all links from Hot Air, because they're in one place) :

"Hillary Clinton's IT guy invokes 5th Amendment more than 125 times"

Isn't the 5th one of the amendments the Democrats are trying to subvert/abolish?


"OCCUPY CONGRESS: Speaker Ryan adjourns House as Dems continue sit-in protest to infringe on individual rights"

Woodstock for the squares.


"Federal judge has some bad news for the Interior Department on fracking"

"The "effort to do so through the Fracking Rule is in excess of its statutory authority and contrary to law." "


"Led Zeppelin cleared in Stairway to Heaven copyright lawsuit"

Finally.


"Omar Mateen's gay lover: Attack was about revenge"

Who would've guessed?


"Ceasar Goodson verdict delivers blow to Baltimore City Hall"

"Goodson was found not guilty on each and every charge this morning. (NBC News)"

However, the legal career of State Attorney Marilyn Mosby is probably finished, forever.


"Congressman Chaka Fattah receives his walking papers"

"So yesterday, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that they were pulling the ultimate trigger for a seated member and ejecting him from the House.
[ ... ]
Interestingly, this is only the sixth time in the history of the country that a sitting member of the House of Representatives has been expelled."

He's not leaving his way.


"Blocked: Supreme Court halts Obama's executive amnesty on divided 4-4 vote"

Scalia would have made it 5-4


"B...B...B...BREXIT"

I sense Franco-German Belgian major Brussels prout butthurt.


This must be what The Berning Times feel like; so many things are Berning to the ground ...


I am amused.

Posted by: Arbalest at June 24, 2016 01:39 AM (FlRtG)

689
And, the PM isn't PM because he's PM. He's PM because he's First Lord of the Treasury. Sorta.

Tis a silly place.


Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 01:40 AM (kdS6q)

690 Don't you have to be in Parliament to become PM?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:30 AM (1xUj/) "

I don't think there's any formal rule to that effect. Like the Supreme Court, any schmoe could theoretically become PM, but in practice only a few high-ranking party mavens have any real chance of being selected.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:33 AM (kumBu)


It's become expected. To my knowledge, they've never had a P.M. who hasn't been a member of Parliament. Now, it is expected to be a member of the House of Commons (last Lord to serve was during the 1960's, and he renounced his peerage to run in the House of Commons).

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 01:40 AM (vBeA5)

691 I saw a military copter and two Ospreys heading to San Jose from SFO today.

Now I know why.


The golf course down by the Coyote Reservoir?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 01:40 AM (T/cxb)

692 678 Is Boris Johnson a Lord?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:36 AM (1xUj/)


No. At this point in history, the PM realistically has to be a commoner. Someone who is ennobled goes to the House of Lords, and more or less jerks off. It's a sinecure for the has-beens (and the hereditary nobility).

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:41 AM (oKE6c)

693 680 I can literally see where Obama is from where I'm sitting now.

You're mooning him, aren't you?
Posted by: Blanco Basura


He doesn't deserve such a fabulous vista!

Interestingly, I recently was in the very suite where Obama is now (pretending to be) sleeping. It's surprisingly claustrophobic. Weirdly laid out.

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 01:41 AM (jBuUi)

694 And, the PM isn't PM because he's PM. He's PM because he's First Lord of the Treasury. Sorta.

Tis a silly place.


Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 01:40 AM (kdS6q)


Correct.

"Prime Minister" was originally an insult.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 01:41 AM (vBeA5)

695 The usual formula for GDP is Y = C + I + G + (X - M), that is to say it is the sum of consumption, investment, government, and the net of exports over imports.




The thing is, "consumption", "investment", "exports", and "imports" are discretionary -- if one's partner thinks a deal isn't "worth it", they can simply walk away.



Government expenditures, by contrast, are not always socially beneficial. Where there may be a Hoover Dam that provides power and water to the natural desert that is Los Angeles, there might also be the Federal Department of Education which seems to have been a blight upon learning from its inception.



To always assign such monetary expenditures the same value as those entered into freely, by parties seeking advantage, debases the measurement of GDP.



Further, as a corollary, it is obvious that the amount of such potential debasement increases as the amount of government expenditure increases in proportion to the rest of the economy.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 01:41 AM (EzgxV)

696
Yes. You have to be an MP (Member of Parliament) and a sitting member that climbs the ranks of party membership.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill



No they don't. Just for the last 100 or so years they have been.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 01:42 AM (kdS6q)

697 Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never never never shall be slaves!

Jharles Chonson and all the other globalist fascist pricks can SUCK IT!!!

Posted by: Insomniac at June 24, 2016 01:42 AM (0mRoj)

698 "It's a sinecure for the has-beens (and the hereditary nobility).

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:41 AM (oKE6c) "

Sort of like the Senate!

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:43 AM (kumBu)

699 Just saw Christiane Amanpour on CNN. Always hated her and now I hate her even more. She's clueless that the attitude that she just brought to the interview is part of why the vote went the way it did. Arrogant, condescending, and totally blind to her biases.

Posted by: The Cookie Man at June 24, 2016 01:43 AM (97NES)

700 There will be a major Brussels pout!

Posted by: Insomniac at June 24, 2016 01:43 AM (0mRoj)

701 687 I saw a military copter and two Ospreys heading to San Jose from SFO today.

Now I know why.
Posted by: eman


The Lightworker landed at Moffett Field this afternoon. Tonight he's sleeping on the 16th floor Presidential Suite at the Intercontinental Hotel at Fifth and Howard (and probably sneaking out for some hanky-panky). Tomorrow he goes to some dumb "summit" at Stanford and squeezes in a fundraiser or two. He attends the summit so the taxpayers have to foot the bill for the trip. Then he leaves tomorrow afternoon, also from Moffett.

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 01:44 AM (jBuUi)

702 I thought Prime Minister was Primus Inter Pares, first among equals.

And that pretty much meant whoever could win his party and a plurality.

I'm just asking this because of the Boris Johnson talk. I don't see how he can be PM.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:44 AM (1xUj/)

703 There will be a major Brussels pout!

Well that's a winner for the thread, and I'm out.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:45 AM (39g3+)

704 "It's become expected. To my knowledge, they've never had a P.M. who hasn't been a member of Parliament. Now, it is expected to be a member of the House of Commons (last Lord to serve was during the 1960's, and he renounced his peerage to run in the House of Commons).

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 01:40 AM (vBeA5) "

Sort of like how only a few lower court judges with the right university pedigree have any shot at being on the SCOTUS, even though anyone is technically eligible, and back in the day some "county lawyers" with no law school degree were appointed.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:45 AM (kumBu)

705 698 "It's a sinecure for the has-beens (and the hereditary nobility).
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:41 AM (oKE6c) "
Sort of like the Senate!
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 01:43 AM (kumBu)



No, worse than that. The Senate has some real power; the House of Lords largely acts as a brake on what it sees as the more intemperate proposals of the House of Commons. Think of it as somewhere between the Senate and the Supreme Court.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:45 AM (oKE6c)

706
Serge Thill

Dependent is what kids are. Independence is the dream of adolescence. Interdependence is what we start understanding as adults.




Eff this guy in particular.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 01:46 AM (kdS6q)

707 677 It is possible that TFG's speech lecture helped Brexit.
Posted by: Patina Awry Newt at June 24, 2016 01:36 AM (e46OR)

Of course it did! The only people on earth Shit Midas scares are Republicans.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at June 24, 2016 01:46 AM (P8951)

708 Netherlands, Lepenn in France, and Poland all seem to be saying "Hey, why not us?"

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 01:46 AM (3Liv/)

709 707 Posted by: DonnaV. (a white) (whitely
brandishing ampersand privilege) at June 24, 2016 01:46 AM (P8951)

and they are not SCARED scared they are conveniently "scared"...

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 01:47 AM (SzZnW)

710
The Economist

How to minimise the damage of Brexit and stop other countries from following

http://econ.st/28WItVX




Oh, The Economist. They are positively gonna sh1t themselves over this in the next issue.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 01:48 AM (kdS6q)

711 Let's do a straw poll here - how many of you have ever answered a pollster, either on the phone or in person? I never have and never will - I don't really have the time or inclination to be someone's data point.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at June 24, 2016 12:37 AM (kumBu)


Not a pollster call, but "Sears Home Service" called the other day to offer me furnace and duct cleaning. I said, "sorry, don't need your services, I heat my home with a small nuclear reactor." Silence on the other end. I hung up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 01:49 AM (GSdpU)

712 "No they don't. Just for the last 100 or so years they have been."


Pardon me. Can a party elect a leader who has no seat/riding to be head of the party?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:49 AM (/jhQx)

713 It is possible that TFG's speech lecture helped Brexit.
Posted by: Patina Awry Newt
-------------

Shit Midas Touch:

Confirmed [X]

Not Confirmed [ ]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 01:49 AM (9mTYi)

714 Interestingly, I recently was in the very suite where Obama is now (pretending to be) sleeping. It's surprisingly claustrophobic. Weirdly laid out.

I was going to ask what you're doing there. But then I remembered, OpSec.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 01:49 AM (T/cxb)

715 "Prime Minister" was originally an insult.
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 01:41 AM (vBeA5)


------------


Oh. I thought it came from the expression "primed and ready to go".

Posted by: Soona at June 24, 2016 01:49 AM (hFLga)

716 708 Netherlands, Lepenn in France, and Poland all seem to be saying "Hey, why not us?"
Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 01:46 AM (3Liv/)



The 800 lb. gorilla in the room is Germany. If the kraut man in the street start wondering if Germany is going to be left holding the bag, it's on. Oh yes, it's so on.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:50 AM (oKE6c)

717 What's intriguing is that Sunday is "Gay Pride Day" in SF, and all the days leading up to it are "specialty days": Saturday is lesbian day ("Dykes on Bikes" parade), Friday is Tranny Day (transsexual parade), and tonight is...Leather fetish / BDSM night! And the focus of the activities tonight are along Folsom Street, South of Market.

What no one's reporting is that Obama's hotel room is...one block from Folsom Street!

Will he sneak out for some late-night action to one of the many gay leather orgies going on within eyesight of his hotel? We may never know.

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 01:50 AM (jBuUi)

718 >>>Serge Thill
Dependent is what kids are. Independence is the dream of adolescence. Interdependence is what we start understanding as adults.
Eff this guy in particular.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 01:46 AM (kdS6q)<<<




The Thill is gone.

The Thill is gooonnne away.

Posted by: zombie BB King at June 24, 2016 01:50 AM (H9MG5)

719 Not seeing any news on this Mike Flynn's death.

Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 24, 2016 01:06 AM (rlfds)

Nothing on Bing.

Posted by: Blano at June 24, 2016 01:50 AM (lbcdD)

720 699 Just saw Christiane Amanpour on CNN. Always hated her and now I hate her even more. She's clueless that the attitude that she just brought to the interview is part of why the vote went the way it did. Arrogant, condescending, and totally blind to her biases.
Posted by: The Cookie Man



Heh!!! In her defense, Arrogant and Condescending has always been her trademark. Its what she is.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 24, 2016 01:50 AM (syGA0)

721
"SEE EU LATER"

*guffaw*

Those Brits have such dry wit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 01:51 AM (9mTYi)

722 But usually is nowadays.
...
Canadian how his government works?
------
I didn't want to have the five-pound argument about this because I didn't feel like spending 45 minutes, (ugh!) 'thinking' this late at night and then typing about it; and I'm not trying to pick a fight with LDC so I didn't want to get into it but I'll do it now just to avoid any disharmony between morons in the ONT.

To be fair, I was discussing the UK in particular. But it looks like every British PM since 1902 has been party leader, and all have been MPs. Even if there's no official law stopping the Monarch from inviting anyone (MP or not) to form a government, that's not been the practice in modern times.

Something weird that can happen though is that sometimes a party leader might not win his own seat during the election or takes over the party as an outsider at the party's nomination convention between elections and has to win a seat before he can sit in the Commons even though he's still officially PM. (Usually by someone in a very safe seat resigning so the leader can win it in a by-election and the resigner getting a plum government position in exchange for his loss.)

Mind you, if the party leader loses his own seat in the election, often he'll resign or the party will give him the boot (especially in Australia!) even if the party wins the election although I don't know how often that's happened in the UK. (It's happened at the provincial level in Canada a few times, even quite recently.)

You can be a cabinet minister without having a seat although that's pretty rare nowadays too I'd imagine. I don't know if it's happened since WW2 in the UK. (It did happen in Canada with one of Harper's governments relatively recently. I can't recall if the minister left after the outcry, eventually won a seat, or if Harper appointed him to the Senate or similar to give it an official aura. It was pretty drunk out 10 years ago so I can't remember now.)

Great. Now I'm thinking again about weird stuff but I don't feel like playing around with "what ifs" about Cameron resigning; or the Queen announcing Cameron's lost the confidence of the House and her inviting Boris to become PM. (Woohoo!) Or a backbench revolt putting Boris in as party leader/PM as Alberta Oil Peon suggested above.

Something like a backbench revolt happened in Australia recently replacing the old PM with the now-current one although it was the liberal part of the party getting the conservative tossed unfortunately and not the other way around.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 24, 2016 01:52 AM (A/+my)

723 Pardon me. Can a party elect a leader who has no seat/riding to be head of the party?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:49 AM (/jhQx)
As a practical matter, no.
Not sure whether that's formally spelled out, but remember, in the UK precedent has enormous clout (hence English common law). So as a practical matter, no. Just like we wouldn't elect a half-breed of dubious parentage, political affiliation, loyalty, and sexual orientation.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:52 AM (oKE6c)

724 >>>and they are not SCARED scared they are conveniently "scared"...


Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 01:47 AM (SzZnW)<<<

Either way, the message is sent. SCOAMF walks around with his pants pockets turned out, and Mitch and Paul hold on showing all the other DC inmates whose bitches they are.

Posted by: Bubba from Cell Block E at June 24, 2016 01:53 AM (H9MG5)

725 The 800 lb. gorilla in the room is Germany. If the kraut man in the street start wondering if Germany is going to be left holding the bag, it's on. Oh yes, it's so on.
Posted by: Jay Guevara
----------------

Greece (weeping softly) : "But, but... what about the children ?"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 01:53 AM (9mTYi)

726 Serge Thill

Dependent is what kids are. Independence is the dream of adolescence. Interdependence is what we start understanding as adults.



Oh the butt hurt must be especially painful for Sergey baby. Who the fuck is Serge Thill?

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 24, 2016 01:54 AM (syGA0)

727 "Just like we wouldn't elect a half-breed of dubious parentage, political affiliation, loyalty, and sexual orientation."


Oh. Wait a minute.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:54 AM (/jhQx)

728 So as a practical matter, no. Just like we wouldn't elect a half-breed of dubious parentage, political affiliation, loyalty, and sexual orientation.
Posted by: Jay Guevara
------------------------

That is packing a lot in one sentence.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 01:55 AM (9mTYi)

729 Greece (weeping softly) : "But, but... what about the children ?"

Nothing to worry about. We'll keep an eye on 'em.

Posted by: Rotherham Police Department at June 24, 2016 01:55 AM (T/cxb)

730 714 Interestingly, I recently was in the very suite where Obama is now (pretending to be) sleeping. It's surprisingly claustrophobic. Weirdly laid out.

I was going to ask what you're doing there. But then I remembered, OpSec.
Posted by: Blanco Basura


Oh, in this case I can say why, because there is zero chance anyone who knows me is reading this:

A few months ago there was a conference at the Intercontinental and a couple of us VIPs got a tour of the penthouse suite (at that time unoccupied), which the manager said was the "Presidential Suite" and was where Obama stays whenever he comes into town.

I literally was unattended there for several minutes, and could have easily installed a spy camera. Probably would have been later detected in a sweep, but hoo-boy, what a scoop that could have been if a. I had the presence of mind to install it, and b. It later went undetected.

Anyway, the suite is large, but the master bed area is kind of narrow, because of the wet bar behind it. Frankly, I've been in nicer hotel rooms. But they choose this one because no one can look down into it. And the windows are tinted.

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 01:55 AM (jBuUi)

731 One last thing. Let it not be forgotten that while this may have eventually happened, it probably wouldn't have happened today if not for the compassion of Angela Merkel.

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 01:56 AM (3Liv/)

732 728
So as a practical matter, no. Just like we wouldn't elect a half-breed
of dubious parentage, political affiliation, loyalty, and sexual
orientation.

Posted by: Jay Guevara

------------------------



That is packing a lot in one sentence.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 01:55 AM (9mTYi)


Forgot "cultural heritage" and "religion", though....

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 01:56 AM (EzgxV)

733 "That is packing a lot in one sentence."


Hammer do what he do.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:57 AM (/jhQx)

734 Oh, in this case I can say why, because there is zero chance anyone who knows me is reading this:

I was thinking of why you're there now, but cool story anyway.

Posted by: Rotherham Police Department at June 24, 2016 01:57 AM (T/cxb)

735 733 "That is packing a lot in one sentence."


Hammer do what he do.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:57 AM (/jhQx)

Slicing like a...well, you know.

Posted by: Insomniac at June 24, 2016 01:57 AM (0mRoj)

736 Off, blinkered sock of passive evil.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 01:58 AM (T/cxb)

737 "SEE EU LATER!"
How about "GOTCHA!" instead? (And that's it for me for the night.)

Posted by: andycanuck at June 24, 2016 01:58 AM (A/+my)

738 No, worse than that. The Senate has some real power; the House of Lords largely acts as a brake on what it sees as the more intemperate proposals of the House of Commons. Think of it as somewhere between the Senate and the Supreme Court.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:45 AM (oKE6c)


The House of Lords can stall legislation, but they are not allowed to actually stop said legislation, and haven't been able to for about a century.

The Canadian Senate is similar.

In contrast, the Australian Senate is more like our Senate, IIRC.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 01:59 AM (vBeA5)

739 I've been following the Krautish FAZ liveblog. They carry twitter feeds and news bits from politicians and the Foreign Office and such.

My best succinct digest and translation of the whole thing is

"Holy crap!

Really?

Wow.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 02:00 AM (1xUj/)

740 Okay Leave now has 16.5 million votes so it's over. Leave won by 3.5%.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 12:51 AM (pAlYe)


Woo-hoo!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 02:00 AM (GSdpU)

741 Per SKY, all of UK voted "Out" minus London. Scots....and the Irish.....voted "In."





The Irish.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 02:00 AM (/jhQx)

742 I was thinking of why you're there now, but cool story anyway.
Posted by: Rotherham Police Department


You are jumping to conclusions!

I am not there now. I can just see there from where I am now.

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 02:00 AM (jBuUi)

743 Busy day.


I have a roof that doesn't leak and I got my DCC decoder to work correctly so I'm a happy guy today. Of course I have to go to work tomorrow and work for the next 5 days solid (may not sound like much but I work 12 hour days), but then I get to take a whole week off.


How's everything going for the rest of you?

Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 24, 2016 02:01 AM (vbvxt)

744

" ... Brussels pouts."


The British said E U, and now Europe is full of sad vegetarians.

Posted by: Arbalest at June 24, 2016 02:01 AM (FlRtG)

745 Final Brexit tally:

Leave: 17,410,742 (51.9%)

Remain: 16,141,241 (48.1%)

Rejected ballots: 26,033

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 02:01 AM (vBeA5)

746 After the first few hundred comments, the LOLs get a little thinner, and I start to think, why am I OCD'ing my way through *all* these comments. Then I'm reminded, it's because there's gold in them thar squibs... like...

*elbows husband awake*
By heavens, Philip, I'm feeling... frisky.
Posted by: QE

Posted by: mindful webworker - hoot & a half at June 24, 2016 02:03 AM (chFFu)

747 They beat the Margin of Fraud.

Posted by: holygoat at June 24, 2016 02:03 AM (DbBV5)

748 731 One last thing. Let it not be forgotten that while this may have eventually happened, it probably wouldn't have happened today if not for the compassion of Angela Merkel.
Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 01:56 AM (3Liv/)


-------------

This is true.

Posted by: Soona at June 24, 2016 02:03 AM (hFLga)

749 Rejected ballots: 26,033


I thought it was going to be really dicey if the rejected ballots were similar to the margin of victory, either way.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 02:03 AM (1xUj/)

750 Pound has dropped on the news. Now is the time to travel in England! Here I go!

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 02:04 AM (jBuUi)

751 PM doesn't have to be party leader. Doesn't even have to be a member of Parliament.

But usually is nowadays.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 12:55 AM (kdS6q)


Normally, what happens in the event that the leader of the winning party fails to win his own seat, is that a party member in a safe riding resigns, and the PM runs and wins in a by-election.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 02:04 AM (GSdpU)

752 Rejected ballots: 26,033
----
How do you fuck up checking one of two boxes?

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 02:04 AM (3Liv/)

753
Ben Norton*

The EU is neoliberal and imperialist, but Brexit is not an anti-neoliberal anti-imperialist victory; it's a victory for the forces of reaction

*Politics staff writer at @Salon



"But you get your choice of toppings."

"That's good!"

"The toppings contain potassium benzoate -- -- That's bad."

"Can I go now?"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 02:05 AM (kdS6q)

754 Per SKY, all of UK voted "Out" minus London. Scots....and the Irish.....voted "In."





The Irish.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 02:00 AM (/jhQx)


To be accurate, the Catholic N. Irish voted REMAIN, while the Protestants voted LEAVE.

Sinn Fein's calls for a referendum to join Ireland may reignite fighting in N. Ireland, abet with the Protestants taking the mantle of being "occupied by oppressors", complete with a renewed UDA and UDD

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 02:05 AM (vBeA5)

755 In honor of the Limey liberation from Brussels, I'm sipping on some cheap-ass Limey gin, flavored with the tears of the Bremainers.

Posted by: Bertram Wilberforce Wooster at June 24, 2016 02:05 AM (M8XgZ)

756 I dozed off for a couple of hours and woke up to amazing news. Is this real or am I dreaming? I was not at all hopeful of Leave winning.

I haven't been this concerned about an election outcome since 2012 or Scott Walker's recall, whenever that was. I haven't even been this interested in the 2016 primaries, taking more of a "whatever happens" attitude.

I really really really wanted Leave to win.

Posted by: rickl at June 24, 2016 02:06 AM (sdi6R)

757 "They beat the Margin of Fraud."


Yeah, they did. Jeremy Clarkson should be glowing somewhere. Wish I could share a beer with the man.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 02:06 AM (/jhQx)

758 If only we can be so lucky in Nov....

Posted by: donna at June 24, 2016 02:06 AM (O2RFr)

759 How do you fuck up checking one of two boxes?///

The boxes were stacked vertically. How could I know which one was to the left.

Posted by: LIV at June 24, 2016 02:08 AM (Yskl0)

760 756 I dozed off for a couple of hours and woke up to amazing news. Is this real or am I dreaming? I was not at all hopeful of Leave winning.

I haven't been this concerned about an election outcome since 2012 or Scott Walker's recall, whenever that was. I haven't even been this interested in the 2016 primaries, taking more of a "whatever happens" attitude.

I really really really wanted Leave to win.
Posted by: rickl


It is real. Realer than real. 100% of votes counted. "Leave" won with a 1.3 million vote majority.

This earthquake will roll all the way across the Atlantic. Boosts Trump's chances considerably.

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 02:09 AM (jBuUi)

761 zombie

I want to thank you for your early optimism...

Posted by: donna at June 24, 2016 02:09 AM (O2RFr)

762 Got a new - for some values of new, i.e., thrity-year old - flashgun for my new -for some values of new, i.e., twenty something year old - camera.

Damned rig weighs more than 20 lbs, not counting tripod. Can't wait to try it out.

Posted by: Bertram Wilberforce Wooster at June 24, 2016 02:10 AM (Yf0n+)

763 752 Rejected ballots: 26,033
----
How do you fuck up checking one of two boxes?
Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 02:04 AM (3Liv/)

*cough*

Posted by: Dimpled chad at June 24, 2016 02:10 AM (0mRoj)

764 They beat the Margin of Fraud.

Posted by: holygoat at June 24, 2016 02:03 AM (DbBV5)


It was a ballot carried out the correct way - on paper, in person, counted immediately by hand with official results in in less than half a day. Not much time for fraud ... no month to look for ballots in trunks and the like.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 02:11 AM (vP09u)

765 One of the other cobs confirmed it. The family will be releasing a statement later.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 01:07 AM (pAlYe)


My condolences to his family and friends.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 02:12 AM (GSdpU)

766 761 zombie

I want to thank you for your early optimism...
Posted by: donna


I was pretty shocked at how Ace (and many other people) were mesmerized by the nattering nabobs of negativism!

I felt a vibe that Leave was going to win.

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 02:13 AM (jBuUi)

767 Go Now...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmYo0ZRpOgo

Posted by: redc1c4 at June 24, 2016 02:13 AM (4/aeb)

768 One of the other cobs confirmed it. The family will be releasing a statement later.

Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 01:07 AM (pAlYe)


My condolences to his family and friends.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 02:12 AM (GSdpU)

I still don't see anything on Bing.

Posted by: Blano at June 24, 2016 02:14 AM (lbcdD)

769 I felt a vibe that Leave was going to win.

From your mouth to Gods ears... I hope...

Posted by: donna at June 24, 2016 02:14 AM (O2RFr)

770 You are jumping to conclusions!

I am not there now. I can just see there from where I am now.


I'm having difficulty understanding how we went from me putting my curiosity aside and not asking why you're in the neighborhood to accusing you of being in the room with the buffoon.

Apparently I need to work on language skills some more.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 02:14 AM (T/cxb)

771 Apparently I need to work on language skills some more.
Posted by: Blanco Basura


No worries. Everything's cool. The Intercontinental is a very tall building and can be seen from many vantage points from many many miles away.

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 02:17 AM (jBuUi)

772 The final official results just announced 15 seconds ago. It is officially OVER! Results certified and permanent. 51.9% - 48.1%.

VICTORY!

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 02:18 AM (jBuUi)

773 Farage speaking now.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 02:19 AM (vBeA5)

774 I am so happy for our British kin. I dared to hope, even in the face of articles like https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=231445 or pollster's odds. I felt it unseemly to be too involved in pushing any agenda -- but feel hopeful and energized at working together with our mother country, unfettered with stifling European bureaucracies.




I just hope we can throw off our own stifling European/internationalist bureaucracies and join the UK in their further successes.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 02:20 AM (EzgxV)

775
I was pretty shocked at how Ace (and many other people) were mesmerized by the nattering nabobs of negativism!


Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 02:13 AM (jBuUi)

I always assume that the worst will happen. If it does, I'm prepared. If it doesn't, I'm surprised and delighted.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at June 24, 2016 02:21 AM (P8951)

776 773 Farage speaking now.
Posted by: The Political Hat


Farage just mentioned it will sweep the continent. He's speaking of Nexit, Dexit, Swexit, and Auexit.

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 02:21 AM (jBuUi)

777 772 Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 02:18 AM (jBuUi)

I called it when Brexit was 1.1% ahead....

"we need 3%"

We got it.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 02:21 AM (SzZnW)

778 773
Farage speaking now.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 02:19 AM (vBeA5)


I laugh and turn it up when I hear a Farage speech on the radio; I frown and turn it off when I hear the dogeater speak. FWIW.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 02:22 AM (EzgxV)

779 And he calls to formally declare June 23 Independence Day.

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 02:22 AM (3Liv/)

780 Watching Fox News. Can they replace Shep with either the guy or the woman they have on now?

Posted by: LIV at June 24, 2016 02:22 AM (Yskl0)

781 Hmmm. How do you say "exit" in Austrian?

Posted by: SCOAMF at June 24, 2016 02:23 AM (H9MG5)

782 I just hope we can throw off our own stifling European/internationalist bureaucracies and join the UK in their further successes.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 02:20 AM (EzgxV)

The pound has rapidly fallen. They will suffer in the short term. I hope we can alleviate that by buying English goods - beer, cheese, jam - and whatever else you can think of.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at June 24, 2016 02:23 AM (P8951)

783 Farage wants a new Bank Holiday in the UK -- June 23 will henceforth be "Independence Day."

Wouldn't it be hilarious if this whole election turned out to be just a promotional stunt for the "Independence Day" sequel film?

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 02:24 AM (jBuUi)

784 778 Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 02:22 AM (EzgxV)

I made the prediction about 6 months before 9/11 at a gaming company I was consulting for that the UK would tell the EU to fuck off.

It took longer than I thought but it did happen.

America will break up if the left will not respect its native opponents.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 02:24 AM (SzZnW)

785 No worries. Everything's cool. The Intercontinental is a very tall building and can be seen from many vantage points from many many miles away.

I just looked it up, since I'm not as familiar with the city as I was 30 years ago.

From it's location it appears you can see it from all over the east bay, and probably a good part of the north bay as well.

From the pictures I'm not sure if you'd want to.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 02:24 AM (T/cxb)

786 I always assume that the worst will happen. If it does, I'm prepared. If it doesn't, I'm surprised and delighted.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at June 24, 2016 02:21 AM (P8951)

Yes, this.

Posted by: Blano at June 24, 2016 02:24 AM (lbcdD)

787 782 Posted by: DonnaV. (a white) (whitely
brandishing ampersand privilege) at June 24, 2016 02:23 AM (P8951)

If the pound remains depressed it will put people to work...

that is a GOOD thing.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 02:24 AM (SzZnW)

788 Marketing, uh, finds a way.

Posted by: Jeff Goldblum at June 24, 2016 02:25 AM (H9MG5)

789 781 Hmmm. How do you say "exit" in Austrian?
Posted by: SCOAMF


Ausgang..

So an "auexit" would be

Öesgang

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 02:26 AM (jBuUi)

790 757 "They beat the Margin of Fraud."


Yeah, they did. Jeremy Clarkson should be glowing somewhere. Wish I could share a beer with the man.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 02:06 AM (/jhQx)


Clarkson and May were "Remain" supporters. No word on Hamster's vote.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper at June 24, 2016 02:27 AM (1JnAL)

791 Hmmm. How do you say "exit" in Austrian?
Posted by: SCOAMF


Raus!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 02:27 AM (T/cxb)

792 >>>Clarkson and May were "Remain" supporters. No word on Hamster's vote.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper at June 24, 2016 02:27 AM (1JnAL)<<<

I was in 'Murica, driving my Mustang.

Posted by: Hammond at June 24, 2016 02:28 AM (H9MG5)

793 I'm just asking this because of the Boris Johnson talk. I don't see how he can be PM.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:44 AM (1xUj/)


It's very simple. If Boris Johnson is currently a sitting MP, and I believe he is, then the Conservative party holds an internal vote, picks him as leader, and Bingo!, he's prime minister. If he is not a sitting member, they hold a vote, pick him as leader, and some Conservative MP in a "safe" riding resigns, Boris runs for the seat in a by-election, and takes up the reins as PM.


Not by any means uncommon in a Parliamentary system.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 02:29 AM (GSdpU)

794 I was in 'Murica, driving my Mustang.

I could hear is voice as I read that.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 02:29 AM (T/cxb)

795 >>>I could hear is voice as I read that.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 02:29 AM (T/cxb)<<<

Heh.

**pulls up in car blaring Genesis on a loudspeaker**

Posted by: Jezza at June 24, 2016 02:32 AM (H9MG5)

796 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/

They are crying into their warm colaweissens right now.

Tut mir leid!

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 02:32 AM (WVsWD)

797 Clarkson and May were "Remain" supporters.
-------------

Clarkson just wants easy access to high zoot Euro cars and the autobahn.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 02:33 AM (RrDm2)

798 Just because it can't get too much exposure -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk




Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 02:33 AM (EzgxV)

799 The pound has rapidly fallen. They will suffer in the short term. I hope we can alleviate that by buying English goods - beer, cheese, jam - and whatever else you can think of.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege) at June


-----------------


Boiled beef, haggis, etc. Yum. My mouth is watering already.

Posted by: Soona at June 24, 2016 02:33 AM (hFLga)

800 I could already sense that my mind was getting sluggish as comments started running together and getting blurry, when I ran into this brain-melter:

cthulhu #695: The usual formula for GDP is Y = C + I + G + (X - M)...

They told me there would be no whatever that was!

Posted by: mindful webworker - brain melts in my head not in my hands at June 24, 2016 02:33 AM (chFFu)

801 You know what? This is a suitable occasion to dip into that bottle of Glenlivet 18 that I bought back in December when SpaceX made their first successful booster landing.

*clink*

Posted by: rickl at June 24, 2016 02:34 AM (sdi6R)

802

I was in 'Murica, driving my Mustang.

Posted by: Hammond at June 24, 2016 02:28 AM (H9MG5)


Clarkson and May did a video to promote remaining, and Hamster did not appear in it.

I take from that is Hamster likes his Freedom the way Mericans like our freedom. Brexit my guess.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper at June 24, 2016 02:34 AM (1JnAL)

803 If there ever was a time for this song, it is now:

"Fuck You", by Albertos y Los Trios Paranoias

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RIYi0D_m4o

The ultimate punk song.

Posted by: zombie at June 24, 2016 02:34 AM (jBuUi)

804 and whatever else you can think of.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V
--------------

Mince pie filling!
I'm in...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 02:35 AM (RrDm2)

805 Dune
https://youtu.be/DVx6bXoCnC0

Mclachlan is better than Mark Hammill. Playing expressionless god-kings is more difficult than it look. Billy Crudup as Dr Manhattan was given a thankless task.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 24, 2016 02:35 AM (VdICR)

806 Heh.

**pulls up in car blaring Genesis on a loudspeaker**


Bloody Yorkshireman.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 02:35 AM (T/cxb)

807 Hmm, is a wildfire *really* plausible here?


Austria, Denmark. How about the Czechs, or the Hungarians - or even the Poles?


The smaller, newer members to the east have been driven to the brink by the idiocy of Germany and its collaborators. There, it's a lot more than grating, ever-increasing soft dictatorship from Brussels. It's practically a threat to their very continued identity and existence.


I've kind of written off the UK (that hasn't changed, for the most part), and Europe generally, but an almost academic curiosity makes me wonder about the wildfire potential.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2016 02:35 AM (QDnY+)

808 797 Clarkson and May were "Remain" supporters.
-------------

Clarkson just wants easy access to high zoot Euro cars and the autobahn.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 02:33 AM (RrDm2)

That and they didn't need to get permits to film around Europe.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper at June 24, 2016 02:36 AM (1JnAL)

809 Baldilocks got an Instalaunch. Better whip those hamsters into a frenzy.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 24, 2016 02:36 AM (VdICR)

810 I think the greatest sign of what a stunning result this is, is that the obligatory Downfall video hasn't yet appeared.

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 02:36 AM (3Liv/)

811 Boiled beef, haggis, etc. Yum. My mouth is watering already.///

My English mother fed us better. Roast beef with Yorkshire Pudding Leg of Lamb

Posted by: Willy J. at June 24, 2016 02:37 AM (Yskl0)

812 Yeah, they did. Jeremy Clarkson should be glowing somewhere. Wish I could share a beer with the man.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill.....TEXIT at June 24, 2016 02:06 AM (/jhQx)


Yep. Him and Nigel Farage. It would be a party, for sure.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 02:37 AM (GSdpU)

813 I'm out.
Hope springs eternal.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 24, 2016 02:38 AM (RrDm2)

814 I stand corrected. It's from last week, though.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/hy8ayzc

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 02:40 AM (3Liv/)

815 I wonder. Do our representatives stuff lobbyist pay-offs in their freezers anymore or do they just have the pay-offs sent to an off shore bank account under an alias name?

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at June 24, 2016 02:42 AM (8cftc)

816 Breitbart has a story about Mike Flynn's passing.

Posted by: JTB at June 24, 2016 02:42 AM (V+03K)

817 807 Hmm, is a wildfire *really* plausible here?


Austria, Denmark. How about the Czechs, or the Hungarians - or even the Poles?


The smaller, newer members to the east have been driven to the brink by the idiocy of Germany and its collaborators. There, it's a lot more than grating, ever-increasing soft dictatorship from Brussels. It's practically a threat to their very continued identity and existence.


I've kind of written off the UK (that hasn't changed, for the most part), and Europe generally, but an almost academic curiosity makes me wonder about the wildfire potential.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2016 02:35 AM (QDnY+)


The U.K. Is the second largest economy in the EU, right behind Germany. When they leave, the EU will lose about 18% of their combined GDP.

That would be similar if the US lost California and Texas tomorrow.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper at June 24, 2016 02:42 AM (1JnAL)

818 Heh, I can't stop laughing. I bet there are some upset bureaucrats in Brussels right now.

They shouldn't worry. Obama is going to help the UK with the recount. The Democrats have enough ballots from illegal aliens and dead people in CHICAGO alone to swing the election in favor of the Remain camp.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at June 24, 2016 02:44 AM (1KnuD)

819 I was going to tell you what earworm is stuck in my head, but it might get stuck in yours and that would be cruel. Hint: Cher. I blame this thread.

Good night, Gracies!


* keels over, passes out *

Posted by: mindful webworker - wiiiiipe ouuuttt at June 24, 2016 02:44 AM (chFFu)

820 G'night everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 24, 2016 02:44 AM (T/cxb)

821 And more -- they're done in a humorous way, but it's the real deal -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQnarzmTOc

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 02:46 AM (EzgxV)

822 It's very simple. If Boris Johnson is currently a sitting MP, and I believe he is, then the Conservative party holds an internal vote, picks him as leader, and Bingo!, he's prime minister. If he is not a sitting member, they hold a vote, pick him as leader, and some Conservative MP in a "safe" riding resigns, Boris runs for the seat in a by-election, and takes up the reins as PM.

Not by any means uncommon in a Parliamentary system.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 02:29 AM (GSdpU)


He is a sitting MP. Elected last year.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 02:46 AM (vBeA5)

823 To follow up 817, it could cause the other EU members to be more united, or they may start heading to the exits because it will take more of their treasuries to prop up Greece and Portugal now.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper at June 24, 2016 02:46 AM (1JnAL)

824 817 Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper at June 24, 2016 02:42 AM (1JnAL)

A smart America would instantly offer to bring the UK into NAFTA.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 02:48 AM (SzZnW)

825 'Night all.

Posted by: Blano at June 24, 2016 02:50 AM (lbcdD)

826 Thanks Ashley's.


That's the sort of concrete thing I was wondering about. The frail/unsustainable situations of not just Greece, but Italy, Portugal, and possibly Spain always seem like they should spin out of control.


Yet endless and increasingly complex expedient measures always keep the plates spinning.


Between this, and the surreal monetary/financial situation in the US since 2009, I have long lacked confidence in assessing things that before that were elementary.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2016 02:51 AM (QDnY+)

827 Clarkson may be in a pissy mood this morning, but I bet Elizabeth Hurley may be a little frisky.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper at June 24, 2016 02:52 AM (1JnAL)

828 Clarkson may be in a pissy mood this morning, but I bet Elizabeth Hurley may be a little frisky.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper at June 24, 2016 02:52 AM (1JnAL)


She could come frisk me for concealed weapons.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 02:55 AM (GSdpU)

829

A smart America would instantly offer to bring the UK into NAFTA.
Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 02:48 AM (SzZnW)

A smart America would form a partnership with Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. That partnership would be very powerful, and compatible.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper at June 24, 2016 02:56 AM (1JnAL)

830

She could come frisk me for concealed weapons.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 02:55 AM (


She, like Helen Mirren, has aged well.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper at June 24, 2016 02:59 AM (1JnAL)

831 German stock index DAX opens -9.55%, FTSE (general EU index, I think) opens -7.53%

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 03:01 AM (3Liv/)

832 Has GGE seen this -- http://www.theatlantic.com/business /archive/2016/06/how-subarus-came-to-be -seen-as-cars-for-lesbians /488042/ -- [via Insty]???

Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2016 03:02 AM (EzgxV)

833 Elizabeth Hurley is a woman who ages well check out the recent photos on her twitter.

https://twitter.com/ElizabethHurley

Posted by: Willy J. at June 24, 2016 03:06 AM (Yskl0)

834 Elizabeth Hurley is a woman who ages well check out the recent photos on her twitter.

https://twitter.com/ElizabethHurley

Posted by: Willy J. at June 24, 2016 03:06 AM (Yskl0)


I wouldn't kick her out for eating spotted dick in bed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:12 AM (GSdpU)

835
834 Elizabeth Hurley is a woman who ages well check out the recent photos on her twitter.

https://twitter.com/ElizabethHurley

Posted by: Willy J. at June 24, 2016 03:06 AM (Yskl0)


I wouldn't kick her out for eating spotted dick in bed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:12 AM (GSdpU)

All that and a bag of chips.

Posted by: eman at June 24, 2016 03:14 AM (MQEz6)

836 Cameron resigns so that the exit can be handled by someone who believes in it.

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 03:17 AM (3Liv/)

837 Cameron speaking - well, waffling - now. Sounds a lot like a retirement speech...

Posted by: Pixy and the Hamsters at June 24, 2016 03:17 AM (2yngH)

838 Cameron's out!

Cameron's OUT!!!

Posted by: some clown at CNN at June 24, 2016 03:18 AM (H9MG5)

839 Yep. Boom.

Posted by: Pixy and the Hamsters at June 24, 2016 03:18 AM (2yngH)

840 Well, okay resign isn't quite right since it isn't immediate, but between now and the party's next meeting in October.

Posted by: Methos, AoSHQ commenter since 2006, now apparently nonvoting democrat at June 24, 2016 03:18 AM (3Liv/)

841 Hopes new leadership will be in place by October.

Posted by: some clown at CNN at June 24, 2016 03:18 AM (H9MG5)

842 I wouldn't kick her out for eating spotted dick in bed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:12 AM (GSdpU)



All that and a bag of chips.

Posted by: eman///

Bangers and Mash

Posted by: Willy J. at June 24, 2016 03:19 AM (Yskl0)

843 Good for Cameron, I say. It's the right thing to do.

Posted by: Pixy and the Hamsters at June 24, 2016 03:20 AM (2yngH)

844 Cameron speaking - well, waffling - now. Sounds a lot like a retirement speech...

Posted by: Pixy and the Hamsters at June 24, 2016 03:17 AM (2yngH)


He backed a losing horse, and that nag is headed to the glue factory. So it's a personal rebuke to him. If he resigns, his honor remains intact. If he stays on as a sore loser, history will not be kind to him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:20 AM (GSdpU)

845 Brexcelsior!

Posted by: Stan Lee at June 24, 2016 03:21 AM (H9MG5)

846 Cameron quits...

Boris is gonna be PM I think....

awesome.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 03:22 AM (SzZnW)

847 Cameron sounded EXACTLY like a DC GOPer....get it?

The Globalist "right" is left.

Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 03:23 AM (SzZnW)

848 846 Cameron quits...

Boris is gonna be PM I think....

awesome.
Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 03:22 AM (SzZnW)


-------------


Does he have Rocky's support?

Posted by: Soona at June 24, 2016 03:24 AM (hFLga)

849 Listening to this album on youtube. I own it on vinyl. Forgot just how damn fine it is. Nice musicianship, lovely vocal harmonies.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKvU0h0PubA

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:26 AM (GSdpU)

850 Does he have Rocky's support?///

Rocky supports Bullwinkle Natasha supports Boris.

Posted by: Willy J. at June 24, 2016 03:27 AM (Yskl0)

851
Dosed off for a few hours when I thought it was safe. The meme is that old people voted for Brexit thereby ruining young people's future. LOL

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 03:28 AM (iQIUe)

852 So, first the Brexit, and now Cameron's leaving?

Damn - I'm gonna have to fill my bathtub up with pudding.....

Posted by: Bertram Wilberforce Wooster at June 24, 2016 03:30 AM (DDPy1)

853 Dosed off for a few hours when I thought it was safe. The meme is that old people voted for Brexit thereby ruining young people's future. LOL

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 03:28 AM (iQIUe)


Opportunity knocks, but too often gets turned away from the door because he looks like Work.


Speaking of which, it sounds like I will get a little work next month. Woo-hoo!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:30 AM (GSdpU)

854 Hopes new leadership will be in place by October.

Posted by: some clown at CNN at June 24, 2016 03:18 AM (H9MG5)


Cameron really has to be out in a week or two.

I like how he was so proud of gay pretend marriage (I guess) to include it in his loser's speech. What a tool.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 03:31 AM (vP09u)

855 846 Cameron quits...

Boris is gonna be PM I think....

awesome.
Posted by: sven10077 at June 24, 2016 03:22 AM (SzZnW)


------------------


Fredo's allies are falling. But, then again, he still has Trudeau and Al Baghdadi.

Posted by: Soona at June 24, 2016 03:33 AM (hFLga)

856 So, first the Brexit, and now Cameron's leaving?

Damn - I'm gonna have to fill my bathtub up with pudding.....

Posted by: Bertram Wilberforce Wooster at June 24, 2016 03:30 AM (DDPy1)


Izzat you, Palpatine?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:33 AM (GSdpU)

857 Good for Cameron, I say. It's the right thing to do.

Posted by: Pixy and the Hamsters at June 24, 2016 03:20 AM (2yngH)


I'll give him credit for actually going through with the Brexit vote and stepping down gracefully in defet.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 03:33 AM (vBeA5)

858 Fredo's allies are falling. But, then again, he still has Trudeau and Al Baghdadi.

Posted by: Soona at June 24, 2016 03:33 AM (hFLga)


The Axis of Inadequate.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:34 AM (GSdpU)

859 AOP - you found me out.

Posted by: Bertram Wilberforce Wooster at June 24, 2016 03:35 AM (DDPy1)

860 Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 03:28 AM (iQIUe)

Voted with their "emotions and ignored the experts" seems to be another common theme.

Bite it EUbitches.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 03:35 AM (WVsWD)

861 So, parliamentary system or our overarching executive?

Cameron carried his parliamentary party, but he couldn't carry the country or the Tory voters, so he's out. There's a measure of accountability in that approach we don't have here.

The idea of PM Boris - whose entirely honest and accurate remark on Obama's imperial disgust for Britain was treated with positively Trumpian disgust by the press - leaves me smiling.

But we'll see where this all goes. We'll see how prepared Boris, Gove, Priti, and the rest are for what transpired tonight.

Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 03:35 AM (o+SC1)

862 I'll give him credit for actually going through with the Brexit vote and stepping down gracefully in defet.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 03:33 AM (vBeA5)


Yes. He does the honorable thing. He is still a fairly young man. Some years in the wilderness, and maybe a comeback?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:36 AM (GSdpU)

863 Trump/Farage 2016!

#FuckEU

#TexitTimeNOW

"Why is that EU bureaucrat sad, Mummy?"

"Oh, xe just found out what Freedom's ass tastes like....."

Posted by: The Midnight Chalkening at June 24, 2016 03:36 AM (8rmdN)

864 >>>Cameron really has to be out in a week or two.



I like how he was so proud of gay pretend marriage (I guess) to include it in his loser's speech. What a tool.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 03:31 AM (vP09u)<<<

Cameron should leave now, if only to give us here more of an opportunity to see Boris annoy the shit out of SCOAMF before he has to leave office.

Posted by: thinks we'll all need more pudding at June 24, 2016 03:36 AM (H9MG5)

865 Off, Wodehousian sock!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 24, 2016 03:37 AM (DDPy1)

866 I like how he was so proud of gay pretend marriage (I guess) to include it in his loser's speech. What a tool.///

The gay part seemed odd to be part of this speech. Maybe he's gonna step down as hetro next.

Posted by: Willy J. at June 24, 2016 03:37 AM (Yskl0)

867 AOP - you found me out.

Posted by: Bertram Wilberforce Wooster at June 24, 2016 03:35 AM (DDPy1)


Truth be told, it was the camera remark.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:37 AM (GSdpU)

868 >> Voted with their "emotions and ignored the experts" seems
>> to be another common theme.

Experts.

The best and the brightest, right?

Over here I'd argue Harvard's done more harm to the country over the past three decades or so than pretty much any other entity not excluding Al Qaeda.

Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 03:38 AM (o+SC1)

869 860 Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 03:28 AM (iQIUe)

Voted with their "emotions and ignored the experts" seems to be another common theme.

Bite it EUbitches.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 03:35 AM (WVsWD)

Much like the rubes in flyover, they didn't vote their interests.

Or so the experts will tell us.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper at June 24, 2016 03:38 AM (1JnAL)

870 >>>Yes. He does the honorable thing. He is still a fairly young man. Some years in the wilderness, and maybe a comeback?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:36 AM (GSdpU)

Those EU bitches set him up......

Posted by: Marion Barry, v. 2.1 at June 24, 2016 03:38 AM (8rmdN)

871 Good...I'm known for photography, and not for my other.......um......hobbies.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 24, 2016 03:38 AM (DDPy1)

872 Why you have to love the Brits:

BBC presenter talking to Norman Tebbit, former chairman of the Conservative Party:

BBC: Lord Tebbit, what do you make of all this?
Tebbit: Well, it's a bit of a dog's dinner, isn't it?

Posted by: Pixy and the Hamsters at June 24, 2016 03:39 AM (2yngH)

873 >>>Dosed off for a few hours when I thought it was
safe. The meme is that old people voted for Brexit thereby ruining
young people's future. LOL

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 03:28 AM (iQIUe)<<<

Don't worry. We'll fix those geezers right good.

Posted by: the British health system at June 24, 2016 03:40 AM (H9MG5)

874 BBC presenter talking to Norman Tebbit, former chairman of the Conservative Party:

BBC: Lord Tebbit, what do you make of all this?
Tebbit: Well, it's a bit of a dog's dinner, isn't it?

Posted by: Pixy and the Hamsters at June 24, 2016 03:39 AM (2yngH)


Heh, heh. "Dog's breakfast" is a term that I have been known to use. Basically a synonym for "clusterfuck".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:41 AM (GSdpU)

875
>> to be another common theme.

Experts.

The best and the brightest, right?

Over here I'd argue Harvard's done more harm to the country over the past three decades or so than pretty much any other entity not excluding Al Qaeda.

Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 03:38 AM (o+SC1)

I'd say thee last 100 years of Ivy League fudgepackery has done it, starting with Wilson.

Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Scamper at June 24, 2016 03:41 AM (1JnAL)

876 The governor of the Bank of England sounds like an American. What the hell??

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 03:42 AM (SEFXb)

877 "That would be similar if the US lost California and Texas tomorrow."

The USA losing TX? From your mouth to God's ears. Just let me get to El Paso two hours ahead of the bell. I have the go-bag by the front door.

As for Commiefornia leaving the USA, I'd be all for it. The only complexity for the USA would be dealing with whichever hostile foreign power shortly thereafter forcibly annexed it.

A hypothetical Republic of Texas would be willing and able to defend its sovereign territory. The Republic of Commiefornia would fall to Ecuador if the Ecuadoreans were in an especially bad mood that day.

Posted by: torquewrench at June 24, 2016 03:42 AM (noWW6)

878 Trump/Farange would be ok. Trump/BoJo would be even better.

The attack of the Golden Haired Scalp Weasals

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 03:42 AM (WVsWD)

879 AOP-

Love that term. In Appalachia, the bold folks would call such a thing 'Forks and Spoons,' after a Civil War engagement known as 'The Battle of Forks and Spoons.' Unit attacked when they were having breakfast, a real hurly-burly of madness.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 24, 2016 03:43 AM (DDPy1)

880 The Governor of the Bank of England sounds American*?



*nope looked it up... Canuck.

Posted by: what the bloody 'ell at June 24, 2016 03:44 AM (H9MG5)

881 A hypothetical Republic of Texas would be willing and able to defend its sovereign territory. The Republic of Commiefornia would fall to Ecuador if the Ecuadoreans were in an especially bad mood that day.

Posted by: torquewrench at June 24, 2016 03:42 AM (noWW6)


Ecuador would invade California, and Christianize it at sword's point, with the invasion broadcast live on HCJB, "live from Quito, Ecuador."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:45 AM (GSdpU)

882 *nope looked it up... Canuck.

Posted by: what the bloody 'ell at June 24, 2016 03:44 AM (H9MG5)


Aha. A knock-off of an American ...

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 03:45 AM (SEFXb)

883 >> Yes. He does the honorable thing. He is still a fairly young
>> man. Some years in the wilderness, and maybe a
>> comeback?

Possible but unlikely. There's a lot of other Tories who want their shot. We'll see how that works out.

The good news, of course, is that Labour is engaging in their own WTF Moment too.

Labour were flogging the Remain line, but pretty much all of their traditional territory, all the Northern cities - excepting the universities and London fringes - went Leave, some VERY heavily.

We may be witnessing the death throes of the Labour party in the UK.

Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 03:45 AM (o+SC1)

884 Just woke up to the great news.

Jolly good show, Brits!

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at June 24, 2016 03:46 AM (WlGX+)

885 Battle of Forks and Spoons, a/k/a The Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes. Hell of a dustup.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 24, 2016 03:46 AM (DDPy1)

886 >>Don't worry. We'll fix those geezers right good.
Posted by: the British health system at June 24, 2016 03:40 AM (H9MG5)

Ehhhh, Guv'nor, we's not quite sure how t' break it to you, but, uhhhhh......well, suffice it t' say, your worship, but there's a spot of red ink, 'bout a statute-mile wide and a few bleedin' leagues deep, in the books. I'll leave it on your desk, your grace, for your perusal.....

Posted by: NHS Accountants at June 24, 2016 03:46 AM (8rmdN)

887 Voted with their "emotions and ignored the experts" seems to be another common theme.


Stunning. Treating your voters as stupid rubes and borderline retards who need guidance from the benevolent and intellectually superior ruling class would have unintended consequences.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 24, 2016 03:47 AM (syGA0)

888 1st Minister of Scotland says he's calling another Referendum on Scottish Independence. Has a sadz over leaving the EU.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 03:47 AM (WVsWD)

889 Heh, heh. "Dog's breakfast" is a term that I have been known to use. Basically a synonym for "clusterfuck".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:41 AM (GSdpU)


Stuttering Dog's Breakfast of a Miserable Failure

Posted by: let's do this at June 24, 2016 03:47 AM (H9MG5)

890
Before I fell asleep, I was reading a twitter timeline of a bunch of lefty poofs and they were celebrating never having to see Boris Johnson again. It took all my will power to not post, Say Hello to PM Johnson, toffs!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 03:48 AM (iQIUe)

891
Johnson and Trump go to the same barber -- it's a fact!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 03:48 AM (iQIUe)

892 1st Minister of Scotland says he's calling another Referendum on Scottish Independence. Has a sadz over leaving the EU.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 03:47 AM (WVsWD)


Get that Hadrian dude on the phone!

Posted by: #10 downing Street at June 24, 2016 03:49 AM (GSdpU)

893 >>>Get that Hadrian dude on the phone!

Posted by: #10 downing Street at June 24, 2016 03:49 AM (GSdpU)<<<

I'm going to build a big, beautiful wall, and make Scotland pay for it.

Posted by: Boris J. Trump at June 24, 2016 03:51 AM (H9MG5)

894 IIRC doesn't matter what happens now. Ecen if Scotland went independent they would have to petition the EU to get in.

Scotland by itself is an economic basket case as bad as Greece. Chances of them getting in?

0%

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 03:52 AM (WVsWD)

895 1st Minister of Scotland says he's calling another Referendum on Scottish Independence. Has a sadz over leaving the EU.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 03:47 AM (WVsWD)


Scotland will likely vote leave. England will be better off for it. Scotland will likely turn into a colder and less pleasant version of Venezuela.

Northern Ireland has a slight Unionist majority, so I doubt they'd pull a referendum to join Ireland any time soon.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 03:54 AM (vBeA5)

896
During this referendum, the lefty twats showed utter disdain for the working class. They can suck it.

Has anyone invoked the spirit of the dead MP? Or, will they finally bury her? They ordered UK flags down by polling stations but they had no problems with Jo Cox memorials at others.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 03:55 AM (iQIUe)

897 Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 03:54 AM (vBeA5)

Hasn't sein fein already called for a vote to unite with Ireland?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 03:56 AM (WVsWD)

898 Holy smokes! It's 2 A.M. here. Had a good day. Finished dismembering an old car for the scrap pile. Got word of work in about 2 weeks, and then the Brexit delight. And I have a guy coming at 10:00 A.M. tomorrow to search for truck parts. So I'd better be off to bed.

Posted by: #10 downing Street at June 24, 2016 03:56 AM (GSdpU)

899 >>>Scotland by itself is an economic basket case as bad as Greece. Chances of them getting in?

0%
Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 03:52 AM (WVsWD)<<<

Posted by: France and Germanyreec Italy, Spain, and Portugal at June 24, 2016 03:56 AM (8rmdN)

900 Off, sock. But still Good Night, all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2016 03:58 AM (GSdpU)

901 Scotland by itself is an economic basket case as bad as Greece. Chances of them getting in?

0%

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 03:52 AM (WVsWD)


By the time that Scotland could get around to formal application there might be not much more than Greece (and the rest of the PIIGs) left in the EU.

On the bright side, Scotland can probably get in with Putin as one of the new Soviet Socialist Republics. And if that fails Scotland might be able to get China to adopt them.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 03:58 AM (SEFXb)

902
Boris went to his kid's graduation at St Andrew in Scotland yesterday. At the end he whipped out a Leave banner and waived it around. lol

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 03:58 AM (iQIUe)

903 >>>Scotland by itself is an economic basket case as bad as Greece. Chances of them getting in?

0%
Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 03:52 AM (WVsWD)

Heh. Joke's on you, that's what everyone said about Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal coming in!! Just look at them NOW! Bwahahahahahahah-......oh.......wait.

Posted by: France and Germany at June 24, 2016 04:00 AM (8rmdN)

904 "But Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin, said the entire island of Ireland should now be able to vote on reunification."

Make it so!

Posted by: Lauren...TEXIT at June 24, 2016 04:00 AM (ta0Qf)

905 Bill Weld served with Clinton on the Watergate investigation and thought she was just swell? Gear lifelong public servant? For God's sake, she was dismissed for lying and trying to deny Nixon representation.
And don't get me started on the Zippy word association! Statesman and goof guy? He spent his second term issuing Executive Orders to do an end run around Congress. They must envy that at the executive state level! Pathetic!

Posted by: Pimping for Paradise at June 24, 2016 04:01 AM (2X7pN)

906 Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 03:58 AM (SEFXb)

I can honestly see the Scotts leasing out Military Bases to the Russians.

$$$ Talks.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 04:02 AM (WVsWD)

907 Primordial-

Russia wouldn't have Scotland - Putin hates drunks. China wouldn't either - not enough resources to bother with. It's back to sheep-herding and banditry of Scotland goes 'independent.'

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 24, 2016 04:02 AM (DDPy1)

908 Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 03:54 AM (vBeA5)

Hasn't sein fein already called for a vote to unite with Ireland?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 03:56 AM (WVsWD)


Yes.

But Unionists are a majority in the N. Irish Assembly. "Powersharing" is the only reason that the Catholics and Protestants aren't slaughtering each others. If such a vote goes through, and passes, the UDA, UDF, UVF, and other such paramilitary Unionist groups will start getting really, really nasty.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 04:04 AM (vBeA5)

909
Anjem Choudary and Gerry Adams, UK's resident terrorists, both supported Remain.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 04:06 AM (iQIUe)

910 905 Bill Weld served with Clinton on the Watergate investigation and thought she was just swell? Gear lifelong public servant? For God's sake, she was dismissed for lying and trying to deny Nixon representation.
And don't get me started on the Zippy word association! Statesman and goof guy? He spent his second term issuing Executive Orders to do an end run around Congress. They must envy that at the executive state level! Pathetic!
Posted by: Pimping for Paradise at June 24, 2016 04:01 AM (2X7pN)


The Libertarian Party ain't what it used to be, that's for sure.

Posted by: rickl at June 24, 2016 04:06 AM (sdi6R)

911 Great Britain GDP as a whole. $2.85 Trillion.

Scotland by itself. $233 Billion.

Dear Scotland. We can live without you. By the way, Here's Mary's head back. Thanks for the loaner.

Signed: England

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 04:08 AM (WVsWD)

912 It's back to sheep-herding and banditry if Scotland goes 'independent.'

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 24, 2016 04:02 AM (DDPy1)


Then they might have a spot waiting for them in the UAE!

I am confident that Scotland can find some alien tyrant to rule over them, as they crave.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 04:09 AM (SEFXb)

913 Trump lands in Scotland.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at June 24, 2016 04:09 AM (GzDYP)

914 >>>Anjem Choudary and Gerry Adams, UK's resident terrorists, both supported Remain.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 04:06 AM (iQIUe)<<<

No wonder SDBOAMF was in support of Bremain... he loooves siding with terrorists.

Posted by: sad, but true at June 24, 2016 04:12 AM (H9MG5)

915 Marine Le Pen has changed her profile picture to Britain's union flag after #BrexitVote

https://twitter.com/SteveJonesPA/status/746239992125599744

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 04:14 AM (vBeA5)

916 "913 Trump lands in Scotland"

Tomorrow will be quite entertaining.

Posted by: Lauren...TEXIT at June 24, 2016 04:14 AM (ta0Qf)

917 Heh....sad, isn't it, to think that the independent Scots all hauled ass to the states and the colonies more than a hundred years ago. Almost as if they knew what their countrymen's descendants would be like.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 24, 2016 04:14 AM (eT+TX)

918 "And if that fails Scotland might be able to get China to adopt them."

You been here fo-ah how-ah! You go now!

Posted by: China at June 24, 2016 04:15 AM (noWW6)

919 "Trump lands in Scotland."

The lefty blogosphere is all lit up about the Scot who owns property adjacent to the Trump golf resort, who raised a Mexican flag as a thumb in the eye to The Donald.

If the Scots like Mexicans so much, a deal could be struck to send Scotland a whole lot of Mexicans. Quite quickly. Let's start with the jails in Los Angeles County.

Posted by: torquewrench at June 24, 2016 04:19 AM (noWW6)

920 China and Scotland merge into one country called Chotland?

Just doesn't have any zing to it.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 04:20 AM (WVsWD)

921 Once Article 50 is invoked, it's all over. Deals or not Britain is out after two years. No longer bound to any EU law or regulation.

Does anyone have a different interpretation?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 04:25 AM (WVsWD)

922 Heh.... Joke time:

What do mexico and Scotland have that America and England don't?

A better place to go.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 24, 2016 04:26 AM (eT+TX)

923
The twats are already plotting:

Tim BouverieVerified account
@TimPBouverie
Scenario: Autumn General Election and Labour or coalition of Labour & SNP win on pledge to keep Britain in EU

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 04:27 AM (iQIUe)

924 So the UK is out!, TFG got his amnesty lovin' pen cockblocked, Hillary is caught red handed hiding moar email, and Mosby is 0 for fuckteen --

That'll put a bustle in your hedgerow.

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 24, 2016 04:27 AM (gyKtp)

925
(((British Toy))) @WelshToy 5m5 minutes ago

People booing Boris Johnson. People don't like democracy when they don't get their own way, eh...

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 04:34 AM (iQIUe)

926 The twats are already plotting:

Tim BouverieVerified account
@TimPBouverie
Scenario: Autumn General Election and Labour or coalition of Labour & SNP win on pledge to keep Britain in EU

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 04:27 AM (iQIUe)


That's why Cameron has to immediately activate Article 50 or be unceremoniously and brutally kicked out of the PM post. There is no way that anyone is going to let him leave that waiting for 4 months to give the lowlifes such a chance.

At least, that would be my attitude about it, were I British.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 04:34 AM (SEFXb)

927 I woke up to the sound of gnashing teeth and Brussels is already threatening "consequneces." LOL.


Scotland is a socialist dump-- the land of handouts. A state where 50% of the Jobs consist of public service. Outside of a distillery or an occassional good rugby team, they do not have much going for them.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at June 24, 2016 04:34 AM (E8UjU)

928
A lot of people in London need a Binky this morning.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 04:40 AM (iQIUe)

929 Waiting for coffee, back reading comments from last night.
Doubt it means anything to me but like seeing a wrench thrown into the works anywhere.
Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2016 04:40 AM (d9qXV)

930 Ralph Stanely passed away

http://preview.tinyurl.com/hcsooh9

Posted by: The Bluegrass Hat at June 24, 2016 04:45 AM (vBeA5)

931 Milo Yiannopoulos @Nero 5 hours ago
The ungrateful, whining Scots should go independent. Give them their second referendum! Good riddance.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at June 24, 2016 04:48 AM (WlGX+)

932 JK Rowling is throwing a fit. She's a billion dollar socialist.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 04:48 AM (iQIUe)

933 Make England Great Again

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at June 24, 2016 04:51 AM (WlGX+)

934 Nothing is more important than my opinion and spotted dick!

Posted by: Richard Quest at June 24, 2016 04:54 AM (2X7pN)

935 927:Scotland is a socialist dump-- the land of handouts. A state where 50% of the Jobs consist of public service. Outside of a distillery or an occassional good rugby team, they do not have much going for them.


Great golf courses. The Highlands are beautiful. Everything else you said was, sadly, true also.

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 24, 2016 04:58 AM (syGA0)

936 Heh! The awful and horrible Ammanapour broad is still sniveling on CNN. Hah! Suck it you twat!

Posted by: Puddleglum at June 24, 2016 04:59 AM (syGA0)

937 Had BBC on for awhile but have Fox and legs first on

Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2016 05:00 AM (d9qXV)

938 "Had BBC on for awhile but have Fox and legs first on"

Haven't seen that in years. Since they canned E.D. That's when i knew Fox was full of shit. That show made Fox and her legs were the reason why.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Keeping the Faith at June 24, 2016 05:04 AM (WVsWD)

939 Maybe could talk Scots into taking Mexican/Central Americans, they can take the dole as well as anyone and don't have any desires to decapitate anyone.

Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2016 05:06 AM (d9qXV)

940 David Cameron resigns! WOW,

Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2016 05:09 AM (d9qXV)

941 New Jersey is working on raising gas taxes last I heard 22 cents a gallon, Jersey residents always pride themselves on much cheaper gas than Pa residents.

Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2016 05:13 AM (d9qXV)

942 I'm trying here to get the later risers to 1000 comments but not getting much assistance.

Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2016 05:15 AM (d9qXV)

943 There's only so many snarky remarks you can make about Brexit and spotted dick!

Posted by: Richard Quest at June 24, 2016 05:23 AM (2X7pN)

944 Don't worry. Vic should be here soon to get us over the 1000 comment mark.

Posted by: Richard Quest at June 24, 2016 05:24 AM (2X7pN)

945 Woke up early with a bad case of indigestion...too much Lemon Chicken from our favorite Chinese eatery.. Read the headlines and my indigestion magically disappeared. Good for England! Zombie Elizabeth I must be doing a little jig.

Posted by: Tuna at June 24, 2016 05:27 AM (JSovD)

946 Night all.

Here is Judas Priest's album British Steel:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/guh43gd

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2016 05:28 AM (vBeA5)

947 Well it's Friday and while I'm by myself working today for me that's the best. Travel cup of coffee to go and I'm off.
Stay safe horde.

Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2016 05:30 AM (d9qXV)

948 Still waiting for Spain to make a move on Gibraltar. Goahead!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 05:30 AM (iQIUe)

949 I'm in DC. Pity I missed the tantrum thrown by the Dems in a well choreographed media event in the House. And they wonder why nobody trusts those asshats.

Posted by: Duntzman at June 24, 2016 05:34 AM (5kaGA)

950
The new Prime Minster! [He actually got stuck up there.]

https://goo.gl/BQ5CfP

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 05:37 AM (iQIUe)

951 I thought the Ben Affleck fiasco was him falling off the wagon?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 05:40 AM (iQIUe)

952 Well, at least TEXIT still has a good chance.

Posted by: Eromero at June 24, 2016 05:43 AM (zLDYs)

953 So the pre-vote polls In Britain were an accurate reflection of voter sentiment? HaHaHa.

Even the bookies were wrong.

Watch for the DNC and 0bama and the DOJ shuffle Hillary Clinton out of the picture before November.

Posted by: Jiminy Cricket at June 24, 2016 05:51 AM (ZnIt3)

954 Good Morning Morons. Today is Friday, June 24, 2016. On this day in 1949 Hopalong Cassidy premiered on TV. It was the first TV western. They were still showing in on Saturday mornings when I was a kid. I never did like that one much though.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:54 AM (mpXpK)

955 BREAKING: Cameron announces he will resign after the vote to leave the EU.


http://tinyurl.com/jcyyfa9

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:54 AM (mpXpK)

956 As expected, the 4 politicians on the bench voted to allow Obama to break the immigration laws written by congress and approved by previous Presidents throughout history. The 4 other justices voted to thwart Obama's law breaking. If you want a real joke on this go to Bing and read the MSN write-up at the bottom. This link is for Fox and it is pro-amnesty as well but not as bad as the MSN crap.


http://tinyurl.com/j8fgstg

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:54 AM (mpXpK)

957 And despite losing the case, Obama has already said he will ignore the ruling. He can do anything because congress lets him run wild.


http://tinyurl.com/zjp5ys3

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:55 AM (mpXpK)

958 Scankles still withholding key emails in violation of a court order.


http://tinyurl.com/jo62srp

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:55 AM (mpXpK)

959 The new Mizzou President is an idiot and he wants to make sure nobody will attend his university and every donor they have leaves them high and dry.


http://tinyurl.com/zugap9n

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:55 AM (mpXpK)

960
Looks like another tit-for-tat bribe we can add to the list for Scankles.


http://tinyurl.com/jyfde6v

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:56 AM (mpXpK)

961 And yet another bribe. Why isn't the MFM covering this? If a Republican was doing half of this they would be screaming their heads off.


http://tinyurl.com/zo3wor3

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:56 AM (mpXpK)

962 Idiots in the EPA are telling the people in Flint that the water can be drank "if it is properly filtered". I was not aware that you could buy a home "filter" that would remove lead from water.


http://tinyurl.com/gp67hgc

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:56 AM (mpXpK)

963
Another Freddie Grey cop acquitted.


http://tinyurl.com/jlvjqmp

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:56 AM (mpXpK)

964 Police union wants hag Mosby to quit persecuting Baltimore cops.


http://tinyurl.com/hbhdqxf

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

965
RIP bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley at 89. Some of you Morons probably heard his music on O Brother Where Art Thou.


http://tinyurl.com/jceketn

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

966 G'mornin' Horde, and Yay Brexit !

Wow, this is what waking up to good news feels like ?
Need coffee, brb.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez_ at June 24, 2016 05:57 AM (gUoN4)

967 Navy officer to be relieved of command for embarrassing Obama.


http://tinyurl.com/jfu7m6x

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

968 And it looks like they are going to go after the captured sailors as well.


http://tinyurl.com/jlqpybs

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

969 Jury finds Led Zeppelin innocent of copyright infringement in the opening riff of Stairway to Heaven. I am wondering why this suit was allowed to proceed to begin with; the opening riff is Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.


http://tinyurl.com/hbhdqxf

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:58 AM (mpXpK)

970 The already high rate of people leaving CA is getting even higher as people are bailing out in droves. Question is, are these frustrated normal people or are they locusts carrying their liberal crap elsewhere?


http://tinyurl.com/jzjoxjw

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:58 AM (mpXpK)

971 CNN has to eat their "fact check" on Clinton Cash. Hey idiots, you need to at least make an attempt at checking your obvious lies before puking them out trying to kiss Scankles' ass. This is the second TV news show that had to eat it over Scankles' felonies.


http://tinyurl.com/guogp3h

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:58 AM (mpXpK)

972 So what is the first thing RINO Rubio does after he reenters the race for FL Senator? Attack Trump of course.


http://tinyurl.com/jhfmbwf

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:58 AM (mpXpK)

973 Another fact to throw up at the gun grabbers. The asshole that shot Christine Grimmie had passed a background check AND a 5 day waiting period.


http://tinyurl.com/hqk5eop

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:59 AM (mpXpK)

974 Obama's corrupt regime has told the congressional task force on terror that they have limited air strikes on ISIS due to "environmental concerns". I hope they are not stupid enough to believe that.


http://tinyurl.com/z7qzj92

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:59 AM (mpXpK)

975 Heritage asks if felons voting rights should be restored. I have some news for them, they needed to check some data before publishing that story. Almost every State in the union already does that.


http://tinyurl.com/zerxysb

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:59 AM (mpXpK)

976 I like the title of this IBD article:


Hillary: I'll Fix Obama's Lousy Economy By Applying More Of His Failed Policies


http://tinyurl.com/jndh8xj

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:59 AM (mpXpK)

977
51 State Department officials are openly criticizing Obama and Scankles' Syria policy.


http://tinyurl.com/jz7dnul

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 06:00 AM (mpXpK)

978 Ramirez


http://tinyurl.com/jb3luc3


That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 06:00 AM (mpXpK)

979  So what is the first thing RINO Rubio does after he reenters the race for FL Senator? Attack Trump of course.



I hope he has a primary challenger. He needs to be gone.

Posted by: Jiminy Cricket at June 24, 2016 06:02 AM (ZnIt3)

980 979 I hope he has a primary challenger. He needs to be gone.

Posted by: Jiminy Cricket at June 24, 2016 06:02 AM (ZnIt3)

He has entered the primary there against another Republican challenger. Perhaps FL has had a bellyful of his shit and will laugh at him.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 06:06 AM (mpXpK)

981 Thanks Vic

Posted by: gunslingeraz at June 24, 2016 06:08 AM (Ij1fE)

982 Trumps arm twisting former campaign manager teases Trump vice president choice...

He added, It's no more than four right now. It's no more than four individuals right now, and these are the absolute very best. People that everyone will know, they're household names. People he has said will help him achieve his legislative agenda. People who are going to very, very happy when he finally makes the determination of which one of those he's going to select."

Posted by: Jiminy Cricket at June 24, 2016 06:09 AM (ZnIt3)

983 With all the vice that Hillary Clinton has engaged in over the years, her 'vice president' may have special importance.

Posted by: Jiminy Cricket at June 24, 2016 06:12 AM (ZnIt3)

984 I was wrong about Brexit. I thought the fix was in.
I am happy I was wrong.

Posted by: Ok at June 24, 2016 06:14 AM (CRXed)

985 984
I was wrong about Brexit. I thought the fix was in.

I am happy I was wrong.



Posted by: Ok at June 24, 2016 06:14 AM (CRXed)

I'm sure they thought they fix was in as well.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 06:17 AM (mpXpK)

986 I finally broke down and watered my dry weeds yesterday and now it is supposed to finally rain today.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 06:18 AM (mpXpK)

987

Britain is . . . O U T ! ! ! ! !

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 24, 2016 06:20 AM (p4UlV)

988 Some writer recently suggested that we should no longer refer to socialism as simply that word alone. That 'international socialism' is their actual goal.

If there's a good example of international socialism in action, it's the European Union. Good for the Brits for stomping (however narrowly) those jack booted thugs, while they still had a chance.

November is this countries last opportunity.

Posted by: Jiminy Cricket at June 24, 2016 06:24 AM (ZnIt3)

989 Sitting here listening to airport news. It's all about Britain. But strangely they insert Trump into the story and have called him a bumper-sticker politician 3 times in less than 5 minutes.
Must be one of today's key phrases.

Posted by: Duntzman at June 24, 2016 06:24 AM (5kaGA)

990 989
Sitting here listening to airport news. It's all about Britain. But
strangely they insert Trump into the story and have called him a
bumper-sticker politician 3 times in less than 5 minutes.

Must be one of today's key phrases.

Posted by: Duntzman at June 24, 2016 06:24 AM (5kaGA)

They are not even waiting on the official nomination before going after the Republican and ignoring a lifetime of felonies committed by the Democrat.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 06:28 AM (mpXpK)

991 People sitting in airports is half of CNN's audience.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 24, 2016 06:29 AM (VdICR)

992 991
People sitting in airports is half of CNN's audience.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 24, 2016 06:29 AM (VdICR)

And the other half are in Dr's offices.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 06:31 AM (mpXpK)

993 I last hauled up the Union Jack when Royal Marines took Stanley. Thinking of putting it up for a while today. I'm a piss-poor vexillologist, really, since, I don't have a Cross of Saint George in the locker. But this ain't no pirate ship.

When my neighbors, in despair, fly the Gadsden, I reach for my Washington's Cruisers ensign. "An Appeal to Heaven."

Posted by: Stringer Davis at June 24, 2016 06:32 AM (tIja6)

994 I so hate the media.
Now they are bringing up the fact Trump is in Scotland. Playing golf.
I thought that was yesterday's talking point.

Posted by: Duntzman at June 24, 2016 06:33 AM (5kaGA)

995 Would a Union Jack count?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 24, 2016 06:35 AM (5kaGA)

996 I thought the "Remains" we're using it as their flag.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 24, 2016 06:36 AM (5kaGA)

997 You're all lurking out there aren't you waiting to be #1000?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 24, 2016 06:38 AM (5kaGA)

998 They are not even waiting on the official nomination before going after the Republican and ignoring a lifetime of felonies committed by the Democrat.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 06:28 AM (mpXpK)

They see Brexit the same as the Trump candidacy. The people are revolting against the establishment and with the Brexit victory, panic is setting in.

With the Brexit polls so wrong, what are the odds of the accuracy of the current presidential polls?

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at June 24, 2016 06:39 AM (Ee2nz)

999 1000 suckerz

Posted by: Jiminy Cricket at June 24, 2016 06:40 AM (ZnIt3)

1000

Trump talking now

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 24, 2016 06:40 AM (qCMvj)

1001 Me?

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at June 24, 2016 06:41 AM (E8UjU)

1002
With the Brexit polls so wrong, what are the odds of the accuracy of the current presidential polls?

A lot of them were messed up in the primaries. This has not been a good year for polls.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 24, 2016 06:41 AM (5kaGA)

1003 artisanal 'ette foils me yet again.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at June 24, 2016 06:41 AM (E8UjU)

1004 One thousand ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez_ at June 24, 2016 06:41 AM (gUoN4)

1005 With the Brexit polls so wrong, what are the odds of the accuracy of the current presidential polls?Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist 


Exactly. But that doesn't mean they won't continue the practice of trying to change public opinion with skewed polls.

Posted by: Jiminy Cricket at June 24, 2016 06:42 AM (ZnIt3)

1006
Trumps arm twisting former campaign manager teases Trump vice president choice...


Based on the Ben Carson sidebar, someone needs to go all 1776 on that clown - "Will someone shut that man up?"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 24, 2016 06:42 AM (X6fMO)

1007 I think Jimmy Page was clearly doing a variation on an arpeggiated pattern he recalled from somewhere (he did own the Spirit album with "Taurus" on it, but he owned around 4000 albums at the time) but I don't believe he remembered exactly where he had first heard it. It's just the kind of thing that happens when you're playing patterns.

One good thing about the whole brouhaha...Listening to "Taurus" led (ha!) me to listen to the whole album it came from, and it's a pretty great record.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at June 24, 2016 06:45 AM (WlGX+)

1008 "They see Brexit the same as the Trump candidacy. The people are revolting against the establishment and with the Brexit victory, panic is setting in.

With the Brexit polls so wrong, what are the odds of the accuracy of the current presidential polls?

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist"

Approaching zero ? Mostly polling is just propaganda, with all the intellectual rigor and statistical accuracy of global warming "research".
And I maintain this view even when the polling says what I want to hear.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez_ at June 24, 2016 06:46 AM (gUoN4)

1009 And it looks like they are going to go after the captured sailors as well.


http://tinyurl.com/jlqpybs

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

Based on the first article, it looks like some of the crew were disobeying orders of the whoever was in-charge.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at June 24, 2016 06:47 AM (Ee2nz)

1010 Congratulations England!
We'll be with you shortly.
We have some trash to take out.

Posted by: Milo at June 24, 2016 06:48 AM (CKqT5)

1011 Donald Trump at a golf course. How can we take him seriously when he wastes valuable time with such trivialities?

Lefties everywhere

Posted by: Jiminy Cricket at June 24, 2016 06:48 AM (ZnIt3)

1012 Watching Trump real-time. Relaxed, non candidate Trump seems more presidential.

Posted by: Jiminy Cricket at June 24, 2016 06:51 AM (ZnIt3)

1013 Great news to wake up to. There's hope!

Posted by: Motorhead at June 24, 2016 06:51 AM (TSg1U)

1014 Right on Jiminy. Exactly what cnn just said.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 24, 2016 06:52 AM (5kaGA)

1015 But that doesn't mean they won't continue the practice of trying to change public opinion with skewed polls.

Posted by: Jiminy Cricket at June 24, 2016 06:42 AM (ZnIt3)

Nah, they'll quadruple their propaganda efforts now!

"TRUMP Speech Roils World Stability"
"TRUMP Candidacy Destabilizes World Economy"
"Massive Job Losses Foreseen in TRUMP Presidency"

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 24, 2016 06:52 AM (wYnyS)

1016 Jeez Vic I would hope that Navy Captain got relieved of command. Should have happened months ago. We had another ship collide into us and their C.O. was flown off in less than 30 minutes.

Posted by: F.N.G at June 24, 2016 06:53 AM (JPh1z)

1017 "TRUMP talks golf while millions are afflicted with poverty-caused obesity!"

We are all on a food island now...

Posted by: Stringer Davis at June 24, 2016 06:55 AM (tIja6)

1018 It's been a long time since the last pudding dip.

Aaaaaaahh.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 06:55 AM (iLoHX)

1019 Oh, frabjous day. Calloo, callay!

There will always be an England.

'Morning, Horde.

Posted by: creeper at June 24, 2016 06:55 AM (eEW5/)

1020 Rule Britannia,
Britannia rules the waves
Britons never, ever, will be slaves!


Unless the global overlords manage to screw them over with bureaucratic slavery!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 24, 2016 06:58 AM (wYnyS)

1021 Halloo? Texas? See how it's done?

Posted by: Her Majesty at June 24, 2016 06:58 AM (eEW5/)

1022 There will always be an England.

But, as we used to say, it will never start on the first kick.

Do you know how long it's been since I've seen anyone kick-start a Harley?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at June 24, 2016 06:59 AM (tIja6)

1023 Morning horde. Do I have this right? England is England once again?


Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 24, 2016 06:59 AM (dFi94)

1024 I see the comment numbering is off. Got a little contentious in here last night, did it?

Posted by: Her Majesty at June 24, 2016 07:00 AM (eEW5/)

1025 The NY and London media lied to the faces of retail investors and are poised to fleece the trusting retail investor in the hinterlands. The self satisfied looks on the face of the NYC CNBC analysts tell you all you need to know. They knew the real poll numbers and are positioned to clean up. New respect for Soros. He was actually the only one who was transparent in all of this. The cynic in us figured his claim to be heavily into gold and short positions was a head fake. He ends up being the real Oracle.

Pyrrhic victory.

Posted by: Spoonman at June 24, 2016 07:00 AM (1IQi8)

1026 1016
Jeez Vic I would hope that Navy Captain got relieved of command. Should
have happened months ago. We had another ship collide into us and
their C.O. was flown off in less than 30 minutes.

Posted by: F.N.G at June 24, 2016 06:53 AM (JPh1z)

I have always thought something was fishy about that event. But ship collisions and running aground are always held against the captain no matter what.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 07:00 AM (mpXpK)

1027 Always nice to wake up to some good news. Way to go Great Britain!

And once again the polls were dead wrong.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at June 24, 2016 07:02 AM (iONHu)

1028 This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,--
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

-William Shakespeare, Richard II

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at June 24, 2016 07:03 AM (WlGX+)

1029 Maet, a thousand thanks for that cholesterol/statins link. Cardiologist wanted to put me on statins last time for elevated LDL. I flatly refused. Feel better about that now.

Posted by: creeper at June 24, 2016 07:03 AM (eEW5/)

1030 lol. suck it obama! you too hitlery.

Posted by: x at June 24, 2016 07:03 AM (nFwvY)

1031 P.S. Statins are a lot worse than just a "waste of time". They've been linked to all sorts of nasty effects, including dementia.

Posted by: creeper at June 24, 2016 07:05 AM (eEW5/)

1032 The only bad thing I can see about this Brexit victory is that a half-nude Liz Hurley is no longer on the front page of Breitbart.

Posted by: josephistan at June 24, 2016 07:05 AM (7qAYi)

1033 Meanwhile Trump is trumpeting his unbelievable good fortune to be in Scotland real estate and looks forward to make unbelievable money selling fantastic condos to the 1%ers. Very important to us folks that the Donald is on the right side of the bet. Because you know we all really worry about the financial state of $1000 green fee golf courses.

Gosh we are so into golfing at swanky 1%er playgrounds. Great optics.

Posted by: Spoonman at June 24, 2016 07:07 AM (1IQi8)

1034 donald tusk, president of the eu, interpreted the vote as a plea for more Social Justice and greater wealth redistribution.

perfect in its echo chamber cluelessness.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at June 24, 2016 07:08 AM (WTSFk)

1035 Gentlemen, let's wait and see if the will of the people prevails.

Posted by: Mr Wolf at June 24, 2016 07:08 AM (XVTvT)

1036 After I flipped diabetic and had kidney stones -- I was inundate with stuff from class action lawyers about how Lipitor causes both.

I didnt join the suits because lawyers suck, but I stopped taking the statins.

Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2016 07:09 AM (Doh4+)

1037
Posted by: Spoonman at June 24, 2016 07:07 AM (1IQi


Your concern is:

[X] Noted.
[ ] Not noted.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 24, 2016 07:09 AM (X6fMO)

1038 Concerny Conceryton is concerned?

Well I never.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at June 24, 2016 07:10 AM (WlGX+)

1039 All of those bookies that were giving good odds against Britain leaving are going to have to pay up big bucks today.....LOL.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at June 24, 2016 07:10 AM (iONHu)

1040 freedom 2, bonapartism 0.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at June 24, 2016 07:10 AM (WTSFk)

1041 If you don't bone together, you will Bonaparte.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 07:12 AM (iLoHX)

1042 1029
Maet, a thousand thanks for that cholesterol/statins link. Cardiologist
wanted to put me on statins last time for elevated LDL. I flatly
refused. Feel better about that now.


Posted by: creeper at June 24, 2016 07:03 AM (eEW5/)

There had been a report several months ago that said the same thing about statins not helping. I asked my doctor about it and he said that no "official" word had come down and not everyone agreed with it.
I note that in none of these reports have they mentioned that statins do cause elevated liver levels which can be harmful. I plan to ask my Dr once again.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 07:13 AM (mpXpK)

1043
How about a couple of pictures?

Here's a "between takes" shot I've never seen: how 5' 8" Humphrey Bogart appeared as tall as 5' 9" Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca:

http://goo.gl/mD4efS


And since we're celebrating those evil, racist xenophobe Brits today, here's the lovely English rose Elizabeth Taylor:

http://goo.gl/W9jYp6

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 24, 2016 07:14 AM (X6fMO)

1044 Here's a "between takes" shot I've never seen: how 5' 8" Humphrey Bogart appeared as tall as 5' 9" Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca:

Now we know where Kiss got their inspiration.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at June 24, 2016 07:15 AM (WlGX+)

1045 1036
After I flipped diabetic and had kidney stones -- I was inundate with
stuff from class action lawyers about how Lipitor causes both.



I didnt join the suits because lawyers suck, but I stopped taking the statins.

Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2016 07:09 AM (Doh4+)

I have been taking that for ten years and never had kidney stones or diabeetus as old Wilfred says

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 07:16 AM (mpXpK)

1046 Next, maybe England will rebuild its Navy. The world would be better off.

Posted by: MTF at June 24, 2016 07:16 AM (/m8T6)

1047 My Dr did cut me back from 80 mg to 40.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 07:18 AM (mpXpK)

1048 Yoo-Hoo, nood.

Posted by: Mel at June 24, 2016 07:18 AM (XVTvT)

1049 Yesterday was a particularly shitty day for Lord Barack.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 07:18 AM (iLoHX)

1050 Meanwhile Trump is trumpeting his unbelievable good fortune to be in Scotland real estate and looks forward to make unbelievable money selling fantastic condos to the 1%ers.


Yeah. Those golf courses just build themselves. Condominiums? Just sprinkle some water on the ground.

No need for carpenters, electricians, plumbers, concrete finishers, ad infinitum.

Get your head out of your sphincter.

Posted by: Jiminy Cricket at June 24, 2016 07:19 AM (ZnIt3)

1051 1046
Next, maybe England will rebuild its Navy. The world would be better off.

Posted by: MTF at June 24, 2016 07:16 AM (/m8T6)

They don't have the money. WWI, WWII, and going socialist has broke them.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 07:19 AM (mpXpK)

1052 @1046 Be still my heart.
Can you just imagine?
Snotty -- where is the sun?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at June 24, 2016 07:19 AM (tIja6)

1053 Can you "imagine" our betters in Washington D C letting us vote to determine how we wish to shape our society?

How many states voted against gay marriage? And what did the Federal government do? Just one example.

And I guess the British are all "racists" now.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at June 24, 2016 07:19 AM (8cftc)

1054 Always nice to wake up to some good news. Way to go Great Britain!

And once again the polls were dead wrong.




One of yesterday's commenters was dead on.
"When times are great, people vote for the status quo. When times are shitty, they vote for change."

Times are shitty.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 07:20 AM (SCOa6)

1055 Here's a "between takes" shot I've never seen: how 5' 8" Humphrey Bogart appeared as tall as 5' 9" Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca:
===============================================


Ingrid Bergman. A light in the darkness that is Sweden. She was denounced on the Senate floor for having an affair. Can you even imagine that happening today?

Posted by: grammie winger, 2 Chronicles 7:14 at June 24, 2016 07:21 AM (dFi94)

1056 @1053

Over 30 states and the federal government did not recognize SSM.

It wasn't the federal government that made GAY marriage "the law of the land."

It was the black robes tyrants on the Supreme Court that did that by somehow finding the right to equal dignity in the 14th amendment.

Posted by: Kreplach at June 24, 2016 07:23 AM (ra1Al)

1057 "But strangely they insert Trump into the story and have called him a bumper-sticker politician 3 times in less than 5 minutes."

Which is odd since the overwhelming majority of political bumper stickers I see are leftist slogans shouted at me while behind them like :"HATE is NOT a family value!"

Posted by: Ripley at June 24, 2016 07:23 AM (1BQGO)

1058 The black robe tyrants on the Supreme Court ARE the Federal Government.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at June 24, 2016 07:26 AM (8cftc)

1059 Fair enough Jiminy. Trump is so different from anything we have seen in politics that it is hard to wrap your head around what happens next. I think he portends something terrible to come. Mr. Wolf is correct to state that this thing isn't over. Cornered animals etal. Yesterday was the textbook blow off top in an economic cycle. We are headed for a huge colon cleansing.

Posted by: Spoonman at June 24, 2016 07:40 AM (1IQi8)

1060 Everyone get in the pool. The water is so warm and nice. Everyone in? Grandma you in? Good okay everyone is in the pool. Now catch this plugged in toaster.

Posted by: Spoonman at June 24, 2016 07:47 AM (1IQi8)

1061 The Ben Carson statement was taken totally out of context.

What he said about the 2nd was simply that people against it don't understand it. As such, they need to actually read it.

Why the GOP primary forced everyone else, besides Trump to be perfect on every utterance, is beyond me. But that is why good people don't generally get into politics.

Posted by: Ginned up Controversy at June 24, 2016 08:53 AM (QSZu4)

1062 1035 - Exactly. When, recently, has a western government been responsive to the will of the people. There are a lot of status quo forces that will push back against any moves to implement brexit. Their goal will be to scare Britons into undoing the vote and stalling the implementation.

The left (remain) never rests and never truly relinquishes ground they have taken.

Posted by: Brian at June 24, 2016 09:06 AM (K84+K)

1063 Logic test : I only see two

Watch lists weren't invented yet, I don't believe.
And the GOP isn't fighting for the rights of terrorists to buy guns.

What am I missing?

9/11 didn't involve guns.

Bin Laden was holed up in some cave in Afghanistan watching ghey pron because even a fuckweasel like Billy Jeff wouldn't let him in the country. Would've been kind of hard for him to buy an AR-15 from there.
Posted by: there may be more at June 24, 2016 12:07 AM (5AtUA)
---
I also think the "without any inconvenience" is suspect if OBL has to find a private American buyer, or go through a background check. Even the NRA thinks it's okay to delay the purchase of people being investigated. And OBL would definitely have been investigated, at the very least.

Posted by: Axeman at June 24, 2016 09:55 AM (2mC6G)

1064 God, I (almost) forgot how much I love PJ. I got to meet him at Evergreen College *cough* here in Washington, and he signed "Republican Party Reptile" for me in his childlike handwriting. He was beyond cool, (if he asked, I probably would have slept with him cool, despite the age difference, he was THAT cool), and we talked about guns, like the Colt Peacemaker I had just bought.

Now he's respectable and all with a family and I haven't seen another exposition on how to get your wingwang squeezed without spilling your drink, but he influenced my thinking and outlook so much. His wry sense of humour, his attitude, his insightful snark perfectly described the Republican but not traditional Republican mindset I had, and I had felt isolated and without a voice until I found him.

Thanks for reminding me to dust him off. =)

Posted by: Linlithgow at June 24, 2016 03:18 PM (Gim9y)

1065 Doc tried to put me on statins for life becuase i was 10 points over the new limit...wtf .... Told him to pound sand. Glad i did. That entire cholestrol bullshit was made up by the pharmies

Posted by: E.T. at June 24, 2016 07:57 PM (c+7Ko)

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What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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