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#Brexit: Blame (or Credit) Obama
The Shit-Fingered Midas strikes again.As Obama & his AG might say, we may never know true motive of British people for wanting to remain British ...
— Andrew C. McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) June 24, 2016
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:15 PM (/IMJl)
Posted by: HH at June 24, 2016 12:15 PM (DrCtv)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:15 PM (/IMJl)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:15 PM (/IMJl)
Posted by: Flyguy at June 24, 2016 12:16 PM (3sOO0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 24, 2016 12:16 PM (0P3fm)
Posted by: Blano at June 24, 2016 12:17 PM (3n7Am)
Hail Britannia!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 24, 2016 12:17 PM (2PHKP)
Posted by: Blano at June 24, 2016 12:17 PM (3n7Am)
Posted by: Flyguy at June 24, 2016 12:17 PM (3sOO0)
>> pretty good from what I recall.
It sounded, even, Presidential.
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:17 PM (o+SC1)
Morris' remarks were excellent.
Can someone please Mr Trump to stop talking about his fucking golf courses, please.
Posted by: M Magoo at June 24, 2016 12:18 PM (nGuf3)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 24, 2016 12:18 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: CrustyB at June 24, 2016 12:18 PM (GvSpB)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 24, 2016 12:18 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:18 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 24, 2016 12:19 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: IC at June 24, 2016 12:19 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 24, 2016 12:19 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenthundermug at June 24, 2016 12:19 PM (0NzJ9)
Well, technically he showed up in Scotland and praised them for voting the way they didn't vote.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:19 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: IP at June 24, 2016 12:20 PM (Fol9S)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 24, 2016 12:20 PM (2PHKP)
Posted by: brak at June 24, 2016 12:20 PM (MJuTN)
Posted by: Rick in SK at June 24, 2016 12:20 PM (/CIN4)
A once proud and independent people are now completely addicted to welfare and handouts.
Posted by: brak at June 24, 2016 12:20 PM (MJuTN)
Posted by: oddnot frets not but sighs at June 24, 2016 12:21 PM (g1MTt)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 12:21 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Y. B. Yeats at June 24, 2016 12:21 PM (RcpcZ)
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:21 PM (oeOT+)
Posted by: mrp at June 24, 2016 12:21 PM (JBggj)
But there's no way I believe that to be likely.
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 24, 2016 12:21 PM (V40IZ)
They can be as butthurt as they want. He'll probably be their next PM.
Posted by: brak at June 24, 2016 12:22 PM (MJuTN)
Bugger off, you bloody wanker.
The sidebar piece advocating a FTA betwixt us and the UK will have to wait until the Petulant Pustule is history though.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 24, 2016 12:22 PM (gyKtp)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 24, 2016 12:22 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: MTF at June 24, 2016 12:22 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 24, 2016 12:22 PM (KCQo0)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 24, 2016 12:22 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: M Magoo at June 24, 2016 12:22 PM (nGuf3)
>> for voting the way they didn't vote.
Even the Scots vote wasn't as heavily Remain as most expected, so he's got some justification.
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:22 PM (o+SC1)
How could Great Britain do such a horrible thing!!!!!
Why did they vote for this?
They're doomed!
Bunch of babies.
Posted by: Hamilton at June 24, 2016 12:22 PM (TlNDs)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 24, 2016 12:23 PM (2PHKP)
They sound like Congressional material.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 12:23 PM (hLRSq)
Oh nice.
I shall find a way to work "gyre" into conversation today.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:23 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: mrp at June 24, 2016 12:21 PM (JBggj)
And he didnt run them over? Now that's a man of restraint.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 24, 2016 12:24 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 24, 2016 12:23 PM (2PHKP)
The EU is in position to punish anyone without cutting their own schlongs off in the process
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:24 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: IP at June 24, 2016 12:20 PM (Fol9S)
Allah Akbar?
Posted by: StrawMan at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (8Unxl)
Yep, time to economically punish the UK.
The recession will happen because the fascists and left will make it happen.
Posted by: M Magoo at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (nGuf3)
41 All my liberal Facebook friends are in mourning today.
How could Great Britain do such a horrible thing!!!!!
Why did they vote for this?
They're doomed!
Bunch of babies.
Posted by: Hamilton at June 24, 2016 12:22 PM (TlNDs)
Mention to them the major headache it will be for Britain to ditch the Euro and go back on the pound and see how many of them bite.
Posted by: Buzzion at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (AQz3I)
Posted by: mrp
Should have had a helicopter fly over his house, drop down a rope ladder, and flew off Bond style.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (p2X2f)
Had she not opened up the floodgates to the Muzzies, the UK would have easily voted to "stay".
Hope it was worth it to keep people from calling her a "racist"
Posted by: Barley at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (A3kYV)
Until Greece burps. Again.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (/IMJl)
Posted by: brak at June 24, 2016 12:20 PM (MJuTN)
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Yeah, I'll give Cameron some credit for making good on that campaign promise, even if he was dragged kicking and screaming into doing it.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (T/5A0)
He wasn't quite his usual passive-aggressive middle-school-girl self. Maybe he'll stop pouting.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 12:26 PM (hLRSq)
Oh nice.
I shall find a way to work "gyre" into conversation today.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:23 PM (1xUj/)
so we are clear as to who is falcon and falconer. lots of people will mistakenly assume the politicians are the falconer.
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2016 12:26 PM (AoSQU)
Posted by: IC at June 24, 2016 12:19 PM (a0IVu)
amen to that
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 24, 2016 12:26 PM (dBmVV)
Posted by: IP at June 24, 2016 12:20 PM (Fol9S)
Yeah he released a statement saying the members of the EU are still welcome in London? What ever the fuck that means
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:26 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:26 PM (oeOT+)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 12:27 PM (mBYZv)
Posted by: Benji Carver at June 24, 2016 12:27 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: brak at June 24, 2016 12:20 PM (MJuTN)
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Don't kid yourself. The people of the Isles have had their hand out to the government since the end of WWI.
Posted by: Soona at June 24, 2016 12:27 PM (iI/ES)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 24, 2016 12:27 PM (2PHKP)
WAR.
Underlying all of this is a fear that many countries acting in their own best interests will eventually come into a conflict with others that cannot be handled with diplomacy. Then it is war time, and that scares the bejeesus out of people.
I'm personally more averse to being controlled from afar by an uncaring governing body that.... oh, wait, I guess we have that here too. Regardless, I am pretty happy that the English people are still confident enough in their own abilities to want to go it alone.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 24, 2016 12:28 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 24, 2016 12:28 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:28 PM (Ozsfq)
I really don't think the EU's in a position to do that.
The UK has been (and, until they're disentangled, will continue to be) a big and productive piece of the EU economy.
France is barely afloat, the Germans have been making a series of unforced errors on energy and immigration policy that will have significant costs over the next decade, the rest are bit players and some are a significant drain on the EU checkbook.
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:28 PM (o+SC1)
Get a fucking speechwriter, Donald, and a good acting coach, so you can say the right things about this and look good saying them.
Stop opening your gob and blurting out Donald Trump infomercials. Take these issues, these unbelievable opportunites, and make something of them.
Please! Don't play into the hands of Team Clinton and Obama and the media. Get smart.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 24, 2016 12:28 PM (U6f54)
Posted by: brak at June 24, 2016 12:28 PM (MJuTN)
It alone won't knock them out, but it's gonna stagger them for a bit. If there is another little Greek crisis, or if another referendum vote goes against them in the near future, the EU is done.
Posted by: IP at June 24, 2016 12:28 PM (Fol9S)
Oh, but they're right this time!
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:29 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: kathysaysso at June 24, 2016 12:29 PM (43OZ6)
Posted by: Cousin Pookie at June 24, 2016 12:29 PM (oeOT+)
Posted by: Colin at June 24, 2016 12:29 PM (3skdc)
No.
The decency of the driver prevented the car from moving forward.
No bicyclist, ever, stopped a car from moving forward.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 12:29 PM (mBYZv)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 24, 2016 12:27 PM (2PHKP)
uk is a net importer from other eu countries. eu will be hurting itself more than uk if they get all pissy. germans love selling uk expensive cars, french love sending wine and cheese across the channel.
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2016 12:30 PM (AoSQU)
MSN is now trying to make this a Trump vs Hillary thing...
When in Reality, the story is MUCH bigger... its one where English Patriots decided to bring back their Democracy, and not bow to tyranny...
Trump, Hillary... even Obama IMO... had nothing to do with this.
This is Western Democracy finally fighting back...
Posted by: Don Q. at June 24, 2016 12:30 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 24, 2016 12:30 PM (FohCt)
https://media.giphy.com/media/ QwEGR6y93fieY/giphy.gif (take out the space)
With the caption: "The UK this morning"
Posted by: Country Singer at June 24, 2016 12:30 PM (uiwCw)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 24, 2016 12:30 PM (cNJvW)
Yes but it's far far worse in Scotland was my point. And fear of losing all that money from the South had them voting against independence, and now will have them running to try to rejoin the EU.
Posted by: brak at June 24, 2016 12:30 PM (MJuTN)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:30 PM (/IMJl)
I'm seeing people quoting polls about the education level of leave
voters vs remain. Not only is this a strange tactic (does having more
education make you right?) its relying on polling. The same polling
that insisted that "remain" would win.
Oh, but they're right this time!
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:29 PM (39g3+)
Go to any liberal school library. Get dictionary. Look up Hypocrisy. Find it's oddly not defined. Understand Liberals a little more.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 24, 2016 12:31 PM (2PHKP)
Good to know bicyclists are smug assholes over there as well.
Posted by: Benji Carver at June 24, 2016 12:31 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Sphynx at June 24, 2016 12:31 PM (OZmbA)
All of them. All morning long. It's been glorious.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at June 24, 2016 12:31 PM (C9pBZ)
Modern European states going to war? With one another? Really?
If the UK, US, and Russia sat in the bleachers I'm guessing it would take France about fifteen minutes to knock off Germany and the total casualties on both sides would be measured in dozens.
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:32 PM (o+SC1)
They are purposefully roiling the markets, shorting the pound like George Soros on steroids, and using this as an excuse to short the markets and drive the scaredy cat investors out.
Also, this economic news scares the proles.
Posted by: rd at June 24, 2016 12:32 PM (v0YLX)
Posted by: Benji Carver at June 24, 2016 12:32 PM (OD2ni)
>> well.
I believe the British term of art is 'Lycra lout'.
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:33 PM (o+SC1)
It alone won't knock them out, but it's gonna stagger them for a bit. If there is another little Greek crisis, or if another referendum vote goes against them in the near future, the EU is done.
Posted by: IP at June 24, 2016 12:28 PM (Fol9S)
the only thing that can save the EU is 'if' they can continue to convince Europe, that even though its the EU who expanding onto the Russian border, its Russia who is the Antagonist.
EU must have an outside threat to keep the herd of cats together...
Posted by: Don Q. at June 24, 2016 12:33 PM (qf6WZ)
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 12:33 PM (FohCt)
will be hurting itself more than uk if they get all pissy. germans love
selling uk expensive cars, french love sending wine and cheese across
the channel.
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2016 12:30 PM (AoSQU)
Nose/face. I don't think Soros and his happy band of socialists will take this lying down. Brits should expect a thumb in the eye soon. Whether through monetary policies or maybe an unexpected terrorist attack at a nightclub linked to their racist policies.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 24, 2016 12:33 PM (2PHKP)
Posted by: Breastixt at June 24, 2016 12:33 PM (CjUiu)
A customs union - properly set up - was/is/can be beneficial and exploit efficiences (actually avoid artificial inefficiencies arising from ...... drum roll ..... govt. interference in economic activity).
But the EU supra-state is almost literally nothing more than the delusional obsession with a misunderstanding of the origins of WWII, married to the sad instinct to control and rule from the top down.
Aren't Italy, Portugal, and Spain the most tenuous, financially? (apart from Greece, which is collapsed but kept on life-support by Germany)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2016 12:34 PM (QDnY+)
The narrative in the Krautish press this morning is young vs. old.
The mean old meanies outvoted the forward-looking doe eyes.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:34 PM (1xUj/)
I asked her why not start her own catering business. She got a blank look on her face like it had never occurred to her.
Posted by: Sphynx at June 24, 2016 12:34 PM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Buzzion at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (AQz3I)
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Hah!
Truly this event shows us the workings of what WFBuckley called "the herd of 'independent minds!'"
All of these parrots, none of whom know a thing about the subject and most of whom have never before given it the slightest thought, are out there screaming in agony. The Party, the Fashionable Set, tells them X is good and Y is super ungood --- and off they go!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 24, 2016 12:34 PM (T/5A0)
Now the fruitloops are attacking their own:
Giles Coren @gilescoren 2h2 hours ago
Giles Coren Retweeted Ed Miliband
From the bloke who, by running such a shit election campaign, made the referendum happen and DID THIS TO US!!!
Ed MilibandVerified account
@Ed_Miliband
If one thing comes out of this calamity it must be to address deep pain so many feel about their jobs, wages, chances, ignored for too long.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 12:35 PM (iQIUe)
And fear of losing all that money from the South had them voting
against independence, and now will have them running to try to rejoin
the EU.
Posted by: brak at June 24, 2016 12:30 PM (MJuTN)
Scotland independence probably partly depends on the price of oil. The low price of oil right now has hurt the bottom line, the one reason so many supported independence was the oil price was high, and kept the Scotts in the gravy.
Posted by: Colin at June 24, 2016 12:35 PM (3skdc)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2016 12:35 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Karl Marx at June 24, 2016 12:35 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2016 12:35 PM (AoSQU)
Posted by: Buzzion at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (AQz3I)
Britain never went on the Euro
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:35 PM (Ozsfq)
Modern European states going to war? With one another? Really?
If the UK, US, and Russia sat in the bleachers I'm guessing it would take France about fifteen minutes to knock off Germany and the total casualties on both sides would be measured in dozens.
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:32 PM (o+SC1)
France would just have to wait until the Germans go home because they fought a forty hour week, and Angela Merkel hadn't authorized Overtime for the military.
Posted by: rd at June 24, 2016 12:35 PM (v0YLX)
Not going to happen. Scotland votes to stay with UK because they suck the teat of England.
What has changed? Nothing.
If Scotland leaves, BTW, UK becomes Toryland.
This is a win-win for England and the right.
Scotland knows its a lose-lose, unless the EU, being spiteful offers to match UK subsidies...which I doubt will happen.
Posted by: Sexypig at June 24, 2016 12:35 PM (UBBWX)
The PIGS....
Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo -- Am Yisrael Chai at June 24, 2016 12:36 PM (Zu3d9)
Yeah exactly.
The narrative in the Krautish press this morning is young vs. old.
Yeah. Young and stupid vs old and wise. But again; taken from the same failed pollsters... Using the worst kind of polling: exit polls.
Oh, the other narrative?
Now the UK is going to fracture! So much for "United" Kingdom!
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:36 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2016 12:36 PM (NOIQH)
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Don't hold yer breath waiting for Canada's petulant man-boy leader to help out in this, he learned everything from O, and was also against the UK bid for independence.
Posted by: Rick in SK at June 24, 2016 12:36 PM (/CIN4)
voters vs remain."
That and the "youth" bits are all from the same source:
"Yougov.com"
Surprise, surprise, surprise. More of Sh.t Midas' touch.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at June 24, 2016 12:36 PM (C9pBZ)
Here, behold how a leader goes to work:
https://youtu.be/CsLhNxzwK1Y
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 24, 2016 12:36 PM (Fn6GI)
cut itself off from its markets.
Yeah right. Turn down money. Others won't.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:36 PM (/IMJl)
I believe Trump has already released a statement. It was pretty good from what I recall.
Posted by: Flyguy at June 24, 2016 12:16 PM (3sOO0)
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Here ya go:
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT REGARDING BRITISH REFERENDUM ON E.U. MEMBERSHIP
>>The people of the United Kingdom have exercised the sacred right of all free peoples. They have declared their independence from the European Union and have voted to reassert control over their own politics, borders and economy. A Trump Administration pledges to strengthen our ties with a free and independent Britain, deepening our bonds in commerce, culture and mutual defense. The whole world is more peaceful and stable when our two countries -- and our two peoples -- are united together, as they will be under a Trump Administration.
>>Come November, the American people will have the chance to re-declare their independence. Americans will have a chance to vote for trade, immigration and foreign policies that put our citizens first. They will have the chance to reject today's rule by the global elite, and to embrace real change that delivers a government of, by and for the people. I hope America is watching, it will soon be time to believe in America again.
at https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/
Posted by: iforgot at June 24, 2016 12:36 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 12:36 PM (mBYZv)
-Mention to them the major headache it will be for Britain to ditch the
Euro and go back on the pound and see how many of them bite.
Posted by: Buzzion at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (AQz3I)
Britain never went on the Euro
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:35 PM (Ozsfq)
Woooooshhhh
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 24, 2016 12:37 PM (2PHKP)
I'd gladly put up with seeing that simpering mug on my computer (I have a mute button AND I WILL USE IT!) if it's pushing for some lefty cause that his ham-handed 'help' will contribute to sinking.
And oh, the wonderfulness of the lefty world not being able to bring itself to tell THE FIRST BLACK PREZZYDENT 11! to buzz off and let them try to get something done.
Barack all 'blah blah blah this isn't who we are' and Stalin's little helpers all lookin' at their custom-lasted shoes and praying to Satan that he'll shut up sometime soon.
Which, of course, he never does.
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at June 24, 2016 12:37 PM (XdbLA)
Posted by: bluebell at June 24, 2016 12:37 PM (n9iLT)
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 24, 2016 12:28 PM (U6f54)
He did release an appropriate statement. Where have you been?
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 12:37 PM (hLRSq)
Ed Miliband lost to Jeremy Corbyn. However, it was the Tories who controlled #10 Downing Street. So, not sure why he is attacking Miliband instead of Red Jeremy.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 12:37 PM (iQIUe)
JEM
I'm not saying it is a realistic fear, but that doesn't mean it didn't play a role in folks decision to vote Remain.
Fear and Greed, the
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 24, 2016 12:37 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 24, 2016 12:37 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2016 12:38 PM (AoSQU)
Posted by: Harry Reems, Zombie Johnny Wadd, Ron Jeremy and The House Dem Delegation at June 24, 2016 12:38 PM (A3b6q)
Posted by: @votermom at June 24, 2016 12:38 PM (7lVbc)
Are those the same pollsters and researchers that came up with the data that liberals tend to be brighter, more nuanced thinkers, while conservatives tend to be slightly lower than the bad guys in Deliverance on the intelligence scale?
Posted by: RM at June 24, 2016 12:38 PM (U3LtS)
I heard them referred to as "MAMmaLs" in Ireland (Middle Aged Men in Lycra).
Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 24, 2016 12:38 PM (aW5/6)
>> together...
You have the EU, and you have NATO, and they are intersecting but not overlapping sets.
I recall back in 2006 traveling through Ireland, when things were absolutely booming. I was actually looking at real-estate listings.
And, of course, marveling over all the new construction and free public facilities.
All paid for by the French taxpayer. What's not to like about that?
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:38 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: MaxMBJ at June 24, 2016 12:38 PM (dd9eB)
It's been soooooo long since something good and sensible has happened, from my perspective, that I've lost the instincts for even enjoying it as I once would have.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2016 12:38 PM (QDnY+)
If they left, who could pay? Germany? They're busy bailing out Greece.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:39 PM (/IMJl)
Posted by: Barakhenaten I at June 24, 2016 12:39 PM (oeOT+)
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 12:33 PM (FohCt)
Yes but yours is a silly argument and was ignored last night. Oh, and your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries. Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time.
Posted by: Count de Monet TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:39 PM (JO9+V)
Fear and Greed, the two Great Motivators.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 24, 2016 12:39 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at June 24, 2016 12:39 PM (C9pBZ)
If I were Scotland, I would not hitch my wagon to an EU with a very uncertain future. LMOA
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:39 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:39 PM (/IMJl)
Posted by: bluebell at June 24, 2016 12:37 PM (n9iLT)
so was wondering, what is the appropriate gift to send someone who takes back their freedom and sovereignty? was going to go with chocolates but starting to think firearms and big block v8s are more appropriate.
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2016 12:40 PM (AoSQU)
This is just the beginning. I believe there are more referendums to come from other countries.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 24, 2016 12:30 PM (cNJvW)
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to quote my witty-ass self:
FROUNCE
HOLL-ASS
There were some others last night.
Posted by: iforgot at June 24, 2016 12:40 PM (pC96u)
Thought it was good timing (and that it went back to the late 90s telecom/internet boom), lower costs/wages, and an under-utilized educated workforce?
Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2016 12:40 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup"
Here, have another cup of coffee...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at June 24, 2016 12:39 PM (C9pBZ)
The UK's currency is the Sterling Pound
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:40 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 24, 2016 12:40 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2016 12:40 PM (Doh4+)
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 24, 2016 12:28 PM (U6f54)
He did release an appropriate statement. Where have you been?
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 12:37 PM (hLRSq)
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Forget it. He's a #nevertrumper
Posted by: Soona at June 24, 2016 12:40 PM (iI/ES)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:40 PM (/IMJl)
Posted by: the football fucking GOPe monkeys that still always manage to lose to him at June 24, 2016 12:41 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: MaxMBJ at June 24, 2016 12:41 PM (dd9eB)
Posted by: Cheri at June 24, 2016 12:41 PM (oiNtH)
The UK is going to be in the back of the queue and
cut itself off from its markets.
Obama probably says trainers instead of sneakers and jumper instead of sweater. Also, he's led us on our 8th summer of economic recovery, so he's some sort of expert on macro-economics.
Posted by: Wendy at June 24, 2016 12:41 PM (bpemY)
Trump already looks and sounds good to the voters that count. Has the most primary voters ever.
I know. I know. Just an accident. All his opponents were weak straw men. Sure. Just an accident. Wasn't him. Circumstance that's all.
Posted by: Ok at June 24, 2016 12:42 PM (jN+3o)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 24, 2016 12:42 PM (Nwg0u)
And when Trump visits the Queen, he can give her something really valuable as a reaffirmation of the bond between the US and England -- instead of an iPod full of his own speeches. (I still can't imagine the narcissism of that move.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 24, 2016 12:42 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: Cheri at June 24, 2016 12:41 PM (oiNtH)
did the MSM call him on it?
That is why he does things like that.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:42 PM (Ozsfq)
Sounds like a lot of work.
Someone will link them.
Someone who isn't maddog.
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:42 PM (oeOT+)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 24, 2016 12:42 PM (Fn6GI)
Sounds oddly familiar.
Sadly, the tit suckers are growing faster than the working class by some margin. The battle will never again be this close to evenly supported by either side. Le Sigh.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 24, 2016 12:43 PM (2PHKP)
Heh. Seriously, have some more coffee, then read carefully:
Mention to them the major headache it will be for Britain to ditch the Euro and go back on the pound and see how many of them bite.
Posted by: Buzzion at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (AQz3I)
Posted by: Country Singer at June 24, 2016 12:43 PM (uiwCw)
Screw that he should ask for it NOW and display it on 5th Ave at Trump Tower
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:43 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:38 PM (o+SC1)
EU is in the process of creating an EU Army... made up of units from the various countries, but under EU control.
They have used NATO as their private army for years now, but see that the US may swing politically... and NATO is a big nothing without US troops and money...
Posted by: Don Q. at June 24, 2016 12:43 PM (qf6WZ)
Better and more competent have tried. Europe and the Channel are littered with the remains of their soldiers, ships, and aircraft.
Only the names ever change.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 24, 2016 12:43 PM (9krrF)
In seven months no one will be listening to him.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 12:44 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Nevergiveup"
Not getting the joke, are we?
*sigh*
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at June 24, 2016 12:44 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at June 24, 2016 12:44 PM (NuElX)
JEM
I'm not saying it is a realistic fear, but that doesn't mean it didn't play a role in folks decision to vote Remain.
Fear and Greed, the
Who's going to fight this war? None of them have a military.
Posted by: StrawMan at June 24, 2016 12:44 PM (8Unxl)
He views the English as enemies, not allies. All those white people, from a former colonist nation? He despises the place.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:44 PM (39g3+)
(in my lassitude and distraction I usually rely on more industrious morons to find my info, and they usually don't disappoint)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2016 12:44 PM (QDnY+)
On which, Liz Hurley is depicted wearing nothing but a tiny little Union Jack.
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:44 PM (oeOT+)
Here is why this is dumb. If you run a business that is currently buying products from the UK, you have ZERO reason to not keep placing orders. In fact, with the pound falling, you're placing them ASAP.
This comment smacks of "elite" talk where "markets" are somehow determined by the government.
In reality, if I buy British widgets, that's the market. Explain how suddenly I don't want these?
Maybe its different with finance or something.
I think its just the transnational crowd, with which I am somewhat sympathetic, pantsshitting.
Posted by: Sexypig at June 24, 2016 12:45 PM (UBBWX)
Mention to them the major headache it will be for Britain to ditch the Euro and go back on the pound and see how many of them bite.
Posted by: Buzzion at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (AQz3I)
Posted by: Country Singer at June 24, 2016 12:43 PM (uiwCw)
Still don't get it, but I guess we are on the same page? Since we usually are.
Coffee my ass, I need a gin and tonic
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:45 PM (Ozsfq)
>> Good to know bicyclists are smug assholes over there as well.>>
'Bi-ko the Clown' always works for me.
I mean, I LOVE riding my bike, but I refuse to a)dress up like some endorphin-crazed Lycra-swaddled Howdy Doody doll b) expect them to scatter in the knowledge of my Tour-de-France level bikage, instead of, you know, trying to get along with everybody out there.
Honestly.
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at June 24, 2016 12:45 PM (XdbLA)
You wanna know a good thing about Boehner? There's only one, but it's a good thing.
The minute Barack did that Boehner put a bust of Churchill in the halls of the Capitol.
I have seen it. It's real and it's magnificent.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:45 PM (1xUj/)
*sigh*
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at June 24, 2016 12:44 PM (C9pBZ)
Sometimes you have to hit me with a 2 by 4
LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:45 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 24, 2016 12:45 PM (wrS2o)
Posted by: EU Overlords at June 24, 2016 12:46 PM (UhRGU)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 24, 2016 12:46 PM (Nwg0u)
Oh, they have show militaries. A few cool-looking planes and boats, some guys in uniforms. They contribute warm bodies to the NATO efforts and stuff like Iraq and Afghanistan. But yeah, not really enough to truly wage any sort of war.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:46 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2016 12:40 PM (AoSQU)
Send them a British Flag.... with a note saying 'We're glad you deserve this again, Happy Independence Day!'
Posted by: Don Q. at June 24, 2016 12:47 PM (qf6WZ)
Right.
Now, could I see the EU toying with Scotland to punish the UK?
Yes. But it will never be actual commitments to money.
Posted by: Sexypig at June 24, 2016 12:47 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: bluebell at June 24, 2016 12:47 PM (n9iLT)
Posted by: Rick in SK at June 24, 2016 12:36 PM (/CIN4)
I know, but I think Canada deserves some credit for the Harper years. And even an incompetent Trudeau government would probably tag along into a new trade agreement if the alternative was to face trade barriers with the US and UK.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 24, 2016 12:47 PM (FohCt)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at June 24, 2016 12:47 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:46 PM (39g3+)
So I didn't do so bad ha?
Posted by: Eisenhower at June 24, 2016 12:48 PM (Ozsfq)
>> Tories who controlled #10 Downing Street. So, not sure
>> why he is attacking Miliband instead of Red Jeremy.
The argument goes that Miliband's incompetence led to the rise of Corbyn, who's beloved of the weirdie-beardie university leftist crowd and utterly and completely mistrusted by EVERYONE else.
What happened in the Labour leadership election is that the Parliamentary party nominated the leadership candidates and then the Constituency party voted on them.
Corbyn was put on the Labour leadership ballot as a joke, a sop to what was supposed to be a tiny hard-left fragment of the party, and he was supposed to finish fourth or something like that to prove that the hard-left was a tiny fragment.
And then the millenial university leftists paid their 3 pounds, signed up for Labour, and voted him in as leader, and the Parliamentary party crapped its collective pants.
Labour's now run by Corbyn's clique of hard-left, IRA Provo-supporting, asset-seizing, nationalizing, anti-Semites.
Much of the Parliamentary party would like nothing better than to use Corbyn's lukewarm and tentative Remain efforts to throw him out, because they know that as long as Corbyn and Milne and McDonnell and the rest are running the show they'll never get near a government again.
But too much of the Labour electorate has embraced all the pathologies of the hard-left to get Corbyn out at this point, and if they did what replaced him (McDonnell?) might be worse.
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:48 PM (o+SC1)
Also, the Crusades.
And High Horses.
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:48 PM (oeOT+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:45 PM (Ozsfq)
Meet me at Park West.
I'm buying.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo -- Am Yisrael Chai at June 24, 2016 12:48 PM (Zu3d9)
He views the English as enemies, not allies.
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Jews of the North Sea.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 24, 2016 12:48 PM (Nwg0u)
I thought it was the Quid.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 24, 2016 12:45 PM (wrS2o)
You're both wrong. UK's currency is the Tuppence.
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 24, 2016 12:48 PM (dBmVV)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:44 PM (39g3+)
With him being from Hawaii and all, you'd think he'd love all the Spam on their menus.
Posted by: Count de Monet TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:48 PM (JO9+V)
*eagerly looks up nearest Thomas Cook currency sales office to Houston*
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at June 24, 2016 12:48 PM (C9pBZ)
Yeah, exactly. If it comes down to a contest between me on my bike and a 2 ton car, I know who wins that. I'm out there to get from point A to point B, not make a statement or win some kind of stupid war.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:48 PM (39g3+)
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Or as the tea drinkers say, the pound sterling./
Posted by: RioBravo at June 24, 2016 12:48 PM (NUqwG)
Buzzion was noting that most of the juiceboxers whining about Brexit have, in their infinite knowledge of the EU and its market structures, no idea that the UK never went to the Euro and thus recommending that based upon that lack of knowledge they be f'ed with.
Posted by: Country Singer at June 24, 2016 12:49 PM (uiwCw)
Posted by: Buzzion at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (AQz3I)
Britain never went on the Euro
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:35 PM (Ozsfq)
That's the joke, to see if any of them catch it.
Posted by: Blano at June 24, 2016 12:49 PM (3n7Am)
I'm buying.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo -- Am Yisrael Chai at June 24, 2016 12:48 PM (Zu3d9)
Rain check on that one
Posted by: Eisenhower at June 24, 2016 12:49 PM (Ozsfq)
I know, right?
Posted by: Israel at June 24, 2016 12:49 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Jollyroger...TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:49 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: Don Q. at June 24, 2016 12:47 PM (qf6WZ)
Great idea Don! "Happy Independence Day from your Yankee cousin."
Posted by: StrawMan at June 24, 2016 12:49 PM (8Unxl)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 12:49 PM (mBYZv)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 24, 2016 12:49 PM (Fn6GI)
Who's going to fight this war? None of them have a military.
Remember when France went after ISIS hot n' heavy after the Paris atrocity, and ran out of bombs after about 3 days?
Their militaries have been subject to the same fifth-column disintegration ours has, except for much longer.
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at June 24, 2016 12:49 PM (XdbLA)
Boudica of the Celts.
William Wallace of the Scots.
Richard I of England.
Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom.
It's in their blood.
(It's also in ours.)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 24, 2016 12:50 PM (KCQo0)
He views the English as enemies, not allies. All those white people, from a former colonist nation? He despises the place.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:44 PM (39g3+)
They should send Barry a copy of the movie Zulu
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 24, 2016 12:50 PM (493sH)
"A retired scientist battered his partner to death with a lump hammer after a row over a duvet"
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at June 24, 2016 12:50 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 24, 2016 12:50 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:45 PM (Ozsfq)
Meet me at Park West.
I'm buying.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
OPEN BAR ON CBD!!
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:51 PM (/IMJl)
Are those the same pollsters and researchers that came up with the data that liberals tend to be brighter, more nuanced thinkers, while conservatives tend to be slightly lower than the bad guys in Deliverance on the intelligence scale?
Posted by: RM at June 24, 2016 12:38 PM (U3LtS)
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My moonbat sister and BIL love to pull that conservatives-are-stupid line --- or at least they DID.
One day I nodded in agreement with them about the problem of a stupid electorate. I suggested we have a simple literacy and numeracy test, perhaps require passing a 6th-grade-level test on reading and arithmetic before voting. Which party would that help and which would it hurt?
I think they know --- which is why they have never brought the subject up again.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 24, 2016 12:51 PM (T/5A0)
Even money says Israel could probably conquer half the countries in Europe, including France.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo -- Am Yisrael Chai at June 24, 2016 12:51 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 24, 2016 12:51 PM (cNJvW)
Their militaries have been subject to the same fifth-column disintegration ours has, except for much longer.
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at June 24, 2016 12:49 PM (XdbLA)
Yup and if the left had it's way, our Military would be headed in that direction, much faster than it already is
Posted by: Eisenhower at June 24, 2016 12:51 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:36 PM (39g3+)
My Scots mum always said "It might be Great Britain, but it's NOT a United Kingdom!"
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 24, 2016 12:51 PM (wYnyS)
>> and boats, some guys in uniforms.
Yeah, the Europeans get together and spend billions designing a new jet and buy 25 of them.
Okay, that's an exaggeration, and they actually have done some good shit.
Still, probably the only continental European military worth a damn (in terms of force levels and occasionally being sent somewhere to kill people and learning therefrom) is the French, and they quite definitely march to their own drummer.
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:51 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 24, 2016 12:51 PM (V40IZ)
1) Funny
2) Smart
3) Funny
4) Glib in the kindest sense of the word
5) Funny
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 24, 2016 12:52 PM (SeD0w)
This is why real democracy requires a strong bureaucracy to make sure the real will of the people is enforced.
Posted by: mallflower Rodham Clinton at June 24, 2016 12:52 PM (qSIlh)
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:52 PM (oeOT+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 12:45 PM (Ozsfq)
Meet me at Park West.
I'm buying."
See you there. I never turn down free booze. Hic.
Posted by: Hillary at June 24, 2016 12:52 PM (OD2ni)
I have responded here several times to questions or speculation about "war" in Europe, the way StrawMan above has - with whose militaries? For better/worse, Europe mostly lacks power-projection capability, even within its own region.
The only countries with the shell/remnants of real military power (UK and France) are quite weak, and haven't the slightest interest in any such thing.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2016 12:52 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Kensington at June 24, 2016 12:52 PM (7Kbxu)
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 12:51 PM (o+SC1)
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So?
Posted by: B-2 at June 24, 2016 12:53 PM (NUqwG)
I was a NYC bicycle messenger for a while and I came up with a law of physics:
Mass times velocity equals right of way.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:53 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at June 24, 2016 12:49 PM (XdbLA)
They wear a version of the blue helmet liner that the UN "troops" wear.
color is hot pink.....
Posted by: Colin at June 24, 2016 12:53 PM (3skdc)
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:53 PM (oeOT+)
_____________________________
He'll still get wee-weed up about it.
Pussy.
Obama.
Pussy.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 24, 2016 12:53 PM (KCQo0)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 24, 2016 12:50 PM (493sH)
He prefers to spend his nights stoned, watching The Year Of Living Dangerously.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 12:53 PM (mBYZv)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:46 PM (39g3+)
Yet.
Historically, militaries can be made rather quickly.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 12:54 PM (hLRSq)
As a hordesman said the other day - they do have an army, and it's marching up from north Africa and the middle east as we speak.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 24, 2016 12:54 PM (Fn6GI)
Those dirty sea-Joos, ruining everything for the EU!!!
Here's the thing: I understand being elated for a nation declaring independence from internationalist twits trying to destroy their culture and nitpick every aspect of their lives. That's something to celebrate.
But why be so horrifically upset at them leaving? What does that hurt, how does that cause anyone any harm?
...unless you recognize this is a popular movement against your ideology
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:55 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 24, 2016 12:47 PM (FohCt)
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I think it's already been shown that one cannot underestimate the stupidity of little Trudeau.
Posted by: Soona at June 24, 2016 12:55 PM (iI/ES)
Yet, the little bastards on bikes think they own the road and love to block an entire lane of traffic with those smug looks on their faces. I recently cut off this bint on a bike and she yelled - REALLY?!?! REALLY?!?!? (like how dare you) I yelled back - Get the hell out of the way of the adults.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 24, 2016 12:55 PM (493sH)
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I don't know, either, but I do know that I've been guilty of confusing him with Scarborough for years (and consequently unfairly assuming he's a jackhole like Scarborough)
Daily Caller is an eyesore of a website, though, but that's mainly an aesthetic judgment.
Posted by: Kensington at June 24, 2016 12:55 PM (7Kbxu)
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling
Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2016 12:36 PM (NOIQH)
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Thanks for posting this link.
This #indecentminority butthurt is amazing and, well, indecent.
Farage complimented the working people of Great Britain for voting for independence and the Remain side is interpreting his compliment to the voters as a disparagement of them. Obviously, he did not level this criticism at all; he never called voters supporting Remain "indecent".
By JK Rowling's standards any compliment at all Farage pays his supporters, any words of encouragement even, are by definition an implied criticism of the other side.
This is juvenile. It's worthy only of four or five year olds. Ridiculous.
Posted by: MTF at June 24, 2016 12:55 PM (/m8T6)
Mass times velocity equals right of way.
Corollary- You can be right, or you can be dead right.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:55 PM (/IMJl)
Yeah, but rarely in broke nations with pacifist leadership and a spineless public.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:55 PM (39g3+)
Probably but they'd have to reconfigure their military. Right now it's really specialized for the task and terrain at hand.
I know you weren't making a definitive serious statement but it just made me think of all the stuff and read about their equipment and strategies.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 24, 2016 12:56 PM (cNJvW)
Good one. Of course our own collapse to a similar state (100 F-35s and 3 Zumwalt-class, surely, are sufficient for global security commitments?) leaves less room for laughter.
But speaking with Brit and European military over the last 10 years paints a depressing picture that really excludes any armed high-jinks in their future. Nothing more infuriating and depressing to deal with smart realistic committed people who have no cause or country to serve (that is, their countries have essentially abandoned their own values and interests).
Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2016 12:56 PM (QDnY+)
internationalist twits trying to destroy their culture and nitpick every
aspect of their lives. That's something to celebrate.
You're on the list, buddy! (hic)
Posted by: Hillary! 2016!! at June 24, 2016 12:56 PM (XdbLA)
It's the Corbomite Maneuver.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 12:56 PM (mBYZv)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 12:49 PM (mBYZv)
Yes he did. Which makes the wailing about Trump needing to say something about the Brexit vote particularly strange.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 12:56 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 24, 2016 12:57 PM (dBmVV)
the pound like George Soros on steroids, and using this as an excuse to
short the markets and drive the scaredy cat investors out.
Also, this economic news scares the proles.
Posted by: rd at June 24, 2016 12:32 PM (v0YLX)
On Fox Biz this morning, Lt. Col. Ralph Peters said that's why you don't let Wall Street manage wars: they're prone to mindless panic. One shot and a thousand birds take flight.
Posted by: kathysaysso at June 24, 2016 12:57 PM (43OZ6)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 12:44 PM (hLRSq)
I really thought he'd be a sort of roving commentator-on-the-world, giving well compensated speeches to make bucks while weighing in on everything while tv talking heads and Dem politicos bob their heads in joy and delight. But if he's serious about being a NBA owner, raising capital for that and paying attention to that sport (which I don't care a whit for) is going to take up a lot of his time. Sure, ESPN will go to him for commentary on every issue of the day, but I already don't listen to them now.
This morning's news that Cameron is resigning and there will be a vote is reminder that our system would be a lot more interesting if our President and/or Speaker had to call for a vote on whether to stay in office when they faced some sort of major setback on a issue. Imagine Obama having to sit for a referendum when it became obvious Ocare was a mess, or GWB during the height of the Iraqi insurgency?
Posted by: El Skippito Friskito at June 24, 2016 12:57 PM (CGjum)
Intermodal operations teaches the same thing.....
person<car<truck<train
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo -- Am Yisrael Chai at June 24, 2016 12:57 PM (Zu3d9)
When they pay $70.00 a year to put that bike on the road like I do with my truck, we can talk.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:57 PM (/IMJl)
Posted by: Eisenhower at June 24, 2016 12:58 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: willy at June 24, 2016 12:58 PM (Ffw22)
Uhhhh, the Zulus were pretty awesome. I have no problem rooting for them.
Because you know who else fought the Redcoats?
America.
Posted by: Sexypig at June 24, 2016 12:58 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 12:58 PM (oeOT+)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 24, 2016 12:59 PM (SeD0w)
Any word at all from the mayor of Londonistan?
He said not to worry migrants will still be welcome in Londonistan
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at June 24, 2016 12:59 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Biggus Dickus at June 24, 2016 12:59 PM (wFeQ3)
This is juvenile. It's worthy only of four or five year olds. Ridiculous.
Posted by: MTF at June 24, 2016 12:55 PM (/m8T6)
Her books suck anyway.
Posted by: Jollyroger...TEXIT at June 24, 2016 12:59 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 12:56 PM (hLRSq)
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Oh well. At least the wailing is more efficient now. One paragraph to display derangement rather than the six or seven that were previously required. Things are looking up all around.
Posted by: RioBravo at June 24, 2016 12:59 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Eisenhower at June 24, 2016 12:58 PM (Ozsfq)
all the better, let their hubris be their undoing
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 24, 2016 12:59 PM (dBmVV)
Posted by: Hillary!
You post that as a joke but I've known this was true for years. Come and get me.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:00 PM (39g3+)
Intermodal operations teaches the same thing.....
person<car<truck<train
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo -- Am Yisrael Chai at June 24, 2016 12:57 PM (Zu3d9)
And let the hulk at the gym have the machine.
Posted by: Count de Monet TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:00 PM (JO9+V)
So a scribbler of children's fantasy books is a source of any thoughts of any interest or value whatever on adult topics?
In a cretinized, "celebrity"-addled culture, no surprise I guess.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2016 01:00 PM (QDnY+)
Mass times velocity equals right of way.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:53 PM (1xUj/)
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Especially on Broadway southbound, at the 9th Ave split, when a car with NJ plates suddenly realizes he wants 9th and lurches over from the left lane and nearly hits me from my blind spot (happened again on Wednesday). I hate those guys and I have no idea how a bicycle messenger deals with this crap.
Posted by: MTF at June 24, 2016 01:00 PM (/m8T6)
Brent ends the week at lows not seen since...
last Thursday's highs.
Next up, KimKardashian in a new dress! Film at 11!!
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at June 24, 2016 01:00 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 24, 2016 01:01 PM (V40IZ)
You belong in jail, ass hat.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 24, 2016 12:59 PM (SeD0w)
Bikers tend to be nothing but hazards on the road. In Philly, they put in bike lanes (on streets that didn't even have room for cars, to begin with) and the asshole bikers like to ride on every street without a bike lane, while ignoring all traffic laws.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 01:01 PM (mBYZv)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:01 PM (oKE6c)
I really enjoyed the Harry Potter books but the more she opens her idiot hole, the less I like them. Her latest declaration about them? Hermione was always meant to be black. Sure, she wasn't described as such in the books, and obviously was not, but now she's retconning harder than George Lucas coming down from a 3 day coke bender.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:01 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:53 PM (1xUj/)
With the freighters in the shipping channels having "right of weight".
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 01:01 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 24, 2016 01:01 PM (cNJvW)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 24, 2016 12:59 PM (dBmVV)
From your mouth to G-D's ears
Ryan still being an asshole
Time for Trump to call him out
Posted by: Eisenhower at June 24, 2016 01:02 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: Benji Carver at June 24, 2016 12:31 PM (OD2ni)
This story is almost too good to be true: A couple of years ago in the neighborhood next to mine, a cyclist got mad that a car legally parked in front of a house was blocking the bike lane, so he smashed a window on the car.
Big mistake. A bunch of dudes swarmed out of the house, got into the car and started chasing the cyclist all the way into my neighborhood, shooting at him with a handgun. They shot a hole in the bike, but not the biker.
As far as I know, the guys with the gun were never arrested, so justice was done.
Posted by: stace, TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:02 PM (ozZau)
Posted by: Eisenhower
****
Of course not. Reality doesn't apply to them.
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at June 24, 2016 01:02 PM (gmjUl)
Posted by: Buzzion at June 24, 2016 01:03 PM (Iq4E8)
Posted by: Flyguy at June 24, 2016 12:17 PM (3sOO0)
Trump should apologize for his predecessor's action and request the return of the Churchill bust right after his inauguration, and place it prominently in the Oval Office.
The symbolism is compelling.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:03 PM (oKE6c)
I shit you not.
I honestly think they were serious and not joking
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 24, 2016 01:03 PM (dBmVV)
Posted by: Barley at June 24, 2016 12:25 PM (A3kYV)
I am so sick of hearing how this is all just racism and xenophobia.
When did it become mind-blowing that self-aware people may eventually realize, no matter how steeped in socialism and hatred masquerading as social justice, that faraway bureaucrats living a life unfathomable to the majority electorate do not have the majority electorate's interests at heart?
You think about the desire for self-determination, responsive government, government for the citizens establishing and funding it... and settle on "racism."
Whatever.
Posted by: 0302 at June 24, 2016 01:03 PM (wx6iv)
Sure, Mr. Big Talk! We'll be right on it, as soon as we can get the Russians to give us back the enemies-list files they pilfered from my server.
And then, boy, are you gonna get it!
As soon as lunch-time is over.
And mandatory diversity training.
And our team-building weekend in Barbados.
And that cocktail party at the Washington Post.
Say, you're in no real hurry about this, are you?
Posted by: Hillary! 2016!! at June 24, 2016 01:04 PM (XdbLA)
Posted by: Buzzion at June 24, 2016 01:03 PM (Iq4E
yeah but I am...LOL
Posted by: Eisenhower at June 24, 2016 01:04 PM (Ozsfq)
The arrogance of this man to think that he has the right to threaten an ally is appalling.
He views the English as enemies, not allies. All those white people, from a former colonist nation? He despises the place. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:44 PM (39g3+)
They should send Barry a copy of the movie Zulu Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 24, 2016 12:50 PM (493sH)
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I mentioned this am that QEII has spent the majority of her time strengthening current commonwealth and independent country ties. Little blue dots all over the globe, all with good trade and social relations.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 24, 2016 01:04 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: IC at June 24, 2016 12:19 PM (a0IVu)
Same here!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:04 PM (oKE6c)
Well, that's specific.
I made the decision to use just the cable lock and not the Kryptonite because it was going to be a quick delivery and of course my bike was immediately stolen.
(NYC in the 80s was "special").
I took it as a sign from god to get out of the messengering business before it killed me.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:04 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) #Texit at June 24, 2016 01:04 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at June 24, 2016 01:04 PM (C9pBZ)
Me: "You do realize that Britain existed long before there was an EU, right?"
Sort of like how Sammy Hagar had a career before Van Halen. Some people just aren't aware of stuff like this.
Posted by: RKae at June 24, 2016 01:04 PM (BC050)
That's an apology tour I would support....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo -- Am Yisrael Chai at June 24, 2016 01:04 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) #Texit at June 24, 2016 01:04 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Buzzion at June 24, 2016 01:03 PM (Iq4E
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**Spock Eyebrow**
Posted by: fixerupper at June 24, 2016 01:04 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Screaming Flying Monkey Tails at June 24, 2016 01:05 PM (8Huvd)
Posted by: Count de Monet TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:05 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:01 PM (39g3+)
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She's a liar. She never meant for Hermione to be black and if she had she would have gone out of her way to mention it like the she did with minor characters like Lee Jordan or Dean Thomas in every freaking book. She's just virtue signalling to show she's "down with the struggle."
Posted by: Serenity Now! at June 24, 2016 01:05 PM (BDZWU)
To be fair, if they need to use those streets, they have no choice. They can't ride on the sidewalks, so where are they going to go? Along the walls of the buildings?
Its how they ride and the attitude, not their mere presence. Bikes need to be demure and passive, very mouselike in traffic, not act like they're in charge and hate cars.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:05 PM (39g3+)
Unfortunately, I live in North Central Texas... good Fish & Chips happen to other people.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) #Texit at June 24, 2016 01:05 PM (kff5f)
The guy just admitted he used his f'ng car to run a woman off the road who was on a bike. It's fucking assault. What if she was you wife or daughter? I raced road bikes for years, and still do ultra events. I've been hit 3X by cars. It's not funny. It's not cute, and by LAW cyclists are entitled to be on the road.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 24, 2016 01:06 PM (SeD0w)
Yeah, but rarely in broke nations with pacifist leadership and a spineless public.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 12:55 PM (39g3+)
Well if you put it that way...
Posted by: blaster at June 24, 2016 01:06 PM (cmVzH)
Posted by: Puddin Head at June 24, 2016 01:06 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:01 PM (39g3+)
I liked the first say 4-5ish of the books. After that, she seemed to lose her grasp on the rope, so to speak.
And as far as the Dumbledor or Hermione thing, I do not give a shit what she says.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 24, 2016 01:06 PM (3ZoRf)
hole, the less I like them. Her latest declaration about them?
Hermione was always meant to be black. Sure, she wasn't described as
such in the books, and obviously was not, but now she's retconning
harder than George Lucas coming down from a 3 day coke bender.
Ugh, yes! She called people surprised by the Potter broadway show casting of a black Hermoine racists. Nope, just surprised given that the books and movies had a white Hermine. But...never miss an opportunity to claim to be more tolerant than thou.
The clip for the new Potter-related movie has her claiming she's always written about outsiders, "the other" hint, hint, hint. And this wizard comes to early 20th century America and discovers those backwards yanks don't allow mixing of wizards and muggles - get it? Americans are raaaacist!!
Posted by: Israel at June 24, 2016 01:06 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Count de Monet TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:05 PM (JO9+V)
Works for me. Wonder if he can get one of them red felt tuxedos?
Posted by: Eisenhower at June 24, 2016 01:06 PM (Ozsfq)
>> their job
I don't think even Osborne would go that far.
Soros, on the other hand...
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 01:06 PM (o+SC1)
Even though I wrote all these books, and had a hand in all the movies, and am one of the most powerful writers working, I just couldn't really do what I wanted and make Hermione black.
That's like saying Heinlein always meant for Johnny Rico to be Filipino.
Wait, what?
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 24, 2016 01:06 PM (V40IZ)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) #Texit at June 24, 2016 01:04 PM (kff5f)
I agree with your sentiment but I am suspicious of any poster with a name like al-LenG!
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 24, 2016 01:06 PM (wYnyS)
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Does that stupid hack ever really describe ANYTHING?
She's such a fucking awful writer.
Posted by: RKae at June 24, 2016 01:07 PM (BC050)
Hiring an English caterer is like hiring a French bodyguard...it might work out but why risk it?
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 24, 2016 01:07 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Eisenhower
****
Of course not. Reality doesn't apply to them.
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at June 24, 2016 01:02 PM (gmjUl)
Trump called it re Obongo and Hillary: they misread the situation. And so did the elites, in both countries. They misread which way the wind was blowing, and spat right into it.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:07 PM (oKE6c)
I was still up when the Brexit vote cam in last night.
All the howling turds on Social Media started in the racist xenophobic shit.
One I knew... and pointed out she lives in a gated community and the only people of color in her little corner of the world are the pool boys during the day so she should shut the fuck up about racist isolationists for just a bit.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 24, 2016 01:07 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:23 PM
Points if you can work in "gimble", too.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 24, 2016 01:08 PM (bzd8I)
Well it was partly in response to people upset that a play cast a black girl as Hermione. Dumb casting but, whatever. Still a stupid move.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:08 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 01:08 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at June 24, 2016 01:09 PM (C9pBZ)
to be demure and passive, very mouselike in traffic, not act like
they're in charge and hate cars.
They need to follow the rules of the road. Pisses me off when they ride counter traffic, run red lights and stop signs, don't signal turns - how can you respect them (and avoid hitting them) when they don't have the courtesy to be predictable?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2016 01:09 PM (NOIQH)
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One thing I would like to point out about Brexit vote.
The polling had all wrong.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 24, 2016 01:09 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: IC at June 24, 2016 12:19 PM (a0IVu)
Same here!
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Cheers to all. A good day to be alive. Let's welcome our English brothers back to the free world. Maybe we can do the same this November?
Posted by: Puddin Head at June 24, 2016 01:09 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 24, 2016 01:06 PM (wYnyS)
At least I'm not an anti-Semite like CBD or a zombie like Buzzion.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) #Texit at June 24, 2016 01:10 PM (kff5f)
He said he cut off a bicyclist which means accidentally. No where did he say he intentionally ran a cyclist off the the road. But you would have him jailed because you have a problem with people who have a problem with you.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 24, 2016 01:10 PM (cNJvW)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 24, 2016 01:10 PM (O0lVq)
So a scribbler of children's fantasy books is a source of any thoughts of any interest or value whatever on adult topics?
In a cretinized, "celebrity"-addled culture, no surprise I guess.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2016 01:00 PM (QDnY+)
Damn, I'd like to buy you a drink. You consistently hit the nail on the head.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 24, 2016 01:10 PM (oKE6c)
How far back in the queue will he push the Brits who disregarded his commands?
Posted by: Hank at June 24, 2016 01:10 PM (kf0Rz)
Posted by: Buzzion at June 24, 2016 01:10 PM (Iq4E8)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at June 24, 2016 01:09 PM (C9pBZ)
You realize that Houston is about 6 hours away from me? That's a long freaking drive for fish & chips.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) #Texit at June 24, 2016 01:10 PM (kff5f)
It is illegal immigration numbnuts.
Posted by: Cheri at June 24, 2016 01:11 PM (oiNtH)
Are those the same pollsters and researchers that came up with the data that liberals tend to be brighter, more nuanced thinkers, while conservatives tend to be slightly lower than the bad guys in Deliverance on the intelligence scale?
Posted by: RM at June 24, 2016 12:38 PM (U3LtS)
Wait, you mean it's wrong for me to work the phrase "Squeal like a pig, boy!" into conversations? The more you know...
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at June 24, 2016 01:11 PM (+wjl1)
girl as Hermione. Dumb casting but, whatever. Still a stupid move.
Read that apparently (***spoiler***) the HP play - not written by Rowling - has HP's teen son in a relationship w/Malfoy's son.
So black Hermoine brouhaha is just a warm-up.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2016 01:11 PM (NOIQH)
The polling had all wrong.
>>>
Even more surprising the Bookies also had it wrong.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 24, 2016 01:11 PM (wrS2o)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 24, 2016 01:12 PM (SeD0w)
Posted by: Naes at June 24, 2016 01:12 PM (Ypc8j)
- Bilbo.
Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 24, 2016 01:12 PM (jeVt0)
Harry was supposed to end up with Cho Chan, not that simpering Ginny.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:12 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) #Texit at June 24, 2016 01:13 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) #Texit at June 24, 2016 01:10 PM (kff5f)
Obviously, Texas needs hi-speed rail!
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 01:13 PM (mBYZv)
Just my guessing.
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 24, 2016 01:13 PM (V40IZ)
she would have gone out of her way to mention it like the she did with
minor characters like Lee Jordan or Dean Thomas in every freaking book.
She's just virtue signalling to show she's "down with the struggle."
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Indeed. If Hermione were always meant to be black, then why didn't she share that when they were casting the movies? Because it wasn't true.
Not that it matters, really, but she's clearly full of shite, as they say.
Posted by: Kensington at June 24, 2016 01:13 PM (7Kbxu)
Mass times velocity equals right of way.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 12:53 PM
I love physics, especially the law that states the angle of the dangle is inversely proportional to the mass of the *ss.
Posted by: Trigglypuff at June 24, 2016 01:13 PM (0NzJ9)
Just wait until Trump wins. They won't expect that either.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 24, 2016 01:13 PM (O0lVq)
Posted by: Jay Guevara
*****
They do that all the time. It's not that they misread, they can't read period nor do they care to.
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at June 24, 2016 01:14 PM (gmjUl)
Posted by: Naes
His narcissism won't allow it. WE are the ones who are letting him down.
Posted by: Cheri at June 24, 2016 01:14 PM (oiNtH)
She misspoked, "Oh, we're no ready fer going off the government teat!"
Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 24, 2016 01:14 PM (rJOC2)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) #Texit at June 24, 2016 01:10 PM (kff5f)
CBD isn't an anti-Semite, he's a dick. Or a fake dick or something.
Posted by: StrawMan at June 24, 2016 01:14 PM (8Unxl)
The polling had all wrong.
>>>
Even more surprising the Bookies also had it wrong.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 24, 2016 01:11 PM (wrS2o)
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Yeah .... so I dont wanna hear any fucking "O noes.... Trump is trailing Cankles by five" from the usual suspects anytime soon.... or EVER really.
Because..... polling is no longer designed to determine what you think..... it is now designed to influence *what* you think.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 24, 2016 01:14 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 24, 2016 01:14 PM (V40IZ)
Suck it up, buttercup.
We'll keep the light on for ya...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at June 24, 2016 01:14 PM (C9pBZ)
I think they know --- which is why they have never brought the subject up again."
Not a bad gambit. Had dinner last night with a buddy who I love dearly, but he is a flaming, white hot radical/leftist/lib.
It went great until at the end he out of nowhere started raging about how the country is broken, the terrorists are only here because we unlawfully invaded them and killed their people, people only want common sense gun control and why can't we see the logic, we elected someone for change and he can't get anything done because of obstructionists who won't even listen. And people, you know, are just too f***ing moronic to understand all this, and how can we be in this fix, etc.,etc
He was way too wound up to have a sense of humor about the intelligence test, but nice idea to keep in mind.
I'm sure NOBODY on this board has EVER heard one of those leftist rants that morph out of nowhere...
Posted by: RM at June 24, 2016 01:15 PM (U3LtS)
Posted by: RM at June 24, 2016 12:38 PM (U3LtS)
There were bad guys in Deliverance?
Posted by: Lindsey Fwank at June 24, 2016 01:15 PM (mEZce)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 24, 2016 01:15 PM (Nwg0u)
Yes.
Expect a new election in November so the elite can nullify this vote.
Posted by: Sexypig at June 24, 2016 01:15 PM (UBBWX)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) #Texit at June 24, 2016 01:10 PM (kff5f)
they have beer
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 24, 2016 01:15 PM (dBmVV)
Not that it matters, really, but she's clearly full of shite, as they say.
Posted by: Kensington at June 24, 2016 01:13 PM (7Kbxu)
She probably figured, after they made Little Orphan Annie black, that all bets were off, anyway.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 01:15 PM (mBYZv)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 01:13 PM (mBYZv)
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And hopefully the first line will be operational in a few years. It should compare quite favorably with California's.
Posted by: RioBravo at June 24, 2016 01:15 PM (NUqwG)
Exactly, but if you hit one, you're always in the wrong, by law in most places.
Um I thought it was already mentioned that Rowling never listed hermione's skin color in the books and the extent of description was brown hair or something. And I didn't think it was that she is saying she always meant for her to be black.
She specifically stated which characters were black in her books. Intentionally. Hermione was not, hence....
You're pretty rude for a dead guy.
Harry was supposed to end up with Cho Chan, not that simpering Ginny.
Yeah Ginny was in the books and movies one of the single least interesting female characters in fiction. Hermione was a more reasonable match, but I think JK wrote her ideal boy in Ron Weasley and her ideal girl in Hermoine, then paired them up imagining herself as Hermione.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:16 PM (39g3+)
Did you even read that sentence?
I recently cut off this bint on a bike and she yelled - REALLY?!?! REALLY?!?!? (like how dare you) I yelled back - Get the hell out of the way of the adults.
Yeah. Read it. Don't see where he said he ran her off the road.
Honestly, don't see where he said EXACTLY what happened.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:16 PM (/IMJl)
Zumwalt-class, surely, are sufficient for global security commitments?)
leaves less room for laughter."
A hundred F-35 Faceplant "fighter jets" and three Zum-babwe class "destroyers": gee whiz, thirty billion dollars worth of procurement sure doesn't buy what it used to.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 24, 2016 01:16 PM (noWW6)
Dumb non-STEM major.
It's the angle of dangle is portion to the heat of the meat, provided the mass of the ass remains constant.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 24, 2016 01:16 PM (rJOC2)
Posted by: Your Investment Broker at June 24, 2016 01:16 PM (wx6iv)
What a pussy.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 24, 2016 01:16 PM (O0lVq)
Israel has a great high tech military, but compared to Europe, the entire State of Israel is tiny. They could wreck shit, but there is no way they can occupy or control even a fraction of Europe.
You know who else can do the same thing, the guerillas hidden in the MILLIONS of Islamic militants. If they ever get busy, it will be ugly. Holocaust level ugly.
Posted by: rd at June 24, 2016 01:16 PM (v0YLX)
I still laff and laff when I remember his vehicle getting stuck on a curb, with Barry and his lovely wife inside.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 24, 2016 01:16 PM (1ZOkK)
But, yes, I've seen plenty of people on bikes who sometimes almost seem to be daring someone to run them over.
Posted by: mallflower Rodham Clinton at June 24, 2016 01:16 PM (qSIlh)
Just wait until Trump wins. They won't expect that either.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 24, 2016 01:13 PM
*snort*
Posted by: The Spanish Inquisition at June 24, 2016 01:16 PM (bzd8I)
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It does? Since when are "cut offs" by definition accidental? Some are, some aren't. Usually, if it were accidental, you'd say "I accidentally cut off..."
Posted by: Kensington at June 24, 2016 01:17 PM (7Kbxu)
let Wall Street manage wars: they're prone to mindless panic. One shot
and a thousand birds take flight.
*
*
They always use the expression, "Investors were spooked . . ." What are they, a herd of horses stampeding off a cliff?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 24, 2016 01:17 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 01:17 PM (oeOT+)
Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 24, 2016 01:18 PM (rJOC2)
The huge ramifications that Mr. Simon is referring to include the fact that some people still don't think that elites are better than them and deserve, by virtue of their wealth, to be making the decisions for them.
No mistake that there are a large number of elite worshipping windup dolls who do think that way, but fortunately, at least in the UK, team liberty won.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at June 24, 2016 01:18 PM (4ng05)
Political stuff, I think bookies go by polls, so...
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:18 PM (39g3+)
Even more surprising the Bookies also had it wrong.
That's why it's called "gambling" and not "winning".
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:18 PM (/IMJl)
Obama's legacy of the trail of carnage worldwide.
All because of his ego. He refused to listen to the military and other officials regarding Iraq.
End of story.
Dictatorship failure.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 24, 2016 01:19 PM (qCMvj)
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Welp..... that settles it then. Certainly grounds for incarceration.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 24, 2016 01:19 PM (8XRCm)
let Wall Street manage wars: they're prone to mindless panic. One shot
and a thousand birds take flight.
*
*
They always use the expression, "Investors were spooked . . ." What are they, a herd of horses stampeding off a cliff?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 24, 2016 01:17 PM (txdEq)
well, in fairness, no one gets a medal for holding a position in a plunging market to let his friends get out before the stock goes through the floor.
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2016 01:19 PM (AoSQU)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 24, 2016 01:19 PM (cNJvW)
>> they put in bike lanes (on streets that didn't even have
>> room for cars, to begin with) and the asshole bikers like to
>> ride on every street without a bike lane, while ignoring all
>> traffic laws.
As a cyclist, and a driver:
a) Yeah, there's entitled assholes on bikes, just like in motor vehicles.
b) Bike lanes are often as not an excuse to make you ride through all the broken glass and crap that builds up along the curb.
c) On a bicycle momentum is everything. Yeah, I'll try not to stop at stop signs etc. if there's no traffic around, but I'm not going to do something illegal to cut someone off. Self-preservation matters.
d) Under California law, at least, bicycles are permitted to use the entire lane. It's not always polite or appropriate to do so, but sometimes it's necessary.
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 01:19 PM (o+SC1)
http://tinyurl.com/j3bdgab
The cat had no statement about Brexit.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:20 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 24, 2016 01:20 PM (qCMvj)
Riding your bike on the sidewalk is illegal in MO, most states IIRC.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 24, 2016 01:20 PM (SeD0w)
'Fuck off' - Britain
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 24, 2016 01:20 PM (mEZce)
Political stuff, I think bookies go by polls, so...
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:18 PM (39g3+)
my guess is someone was wishcasting and placing remain bets to get the news coverage.
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2016 01:20 PM (AoSQU)
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What!?! You mean one of them isn't trans? How H8ful!
Posted by: Kensington at June 24, 2016 01:20 PM (7Kbxu)
Just my guessing.
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 24, 2016 01:13 PM (V40IZ)
This is one of the things sacrificed to the SJW mindset, want to imagine yourself as yourself, living in England and entering the world of Magic?
Sorry, you must imagine yourself as a black person. Oh and also you are gay.
What, you don't want to do that? You are a racist and a homophobe.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 24, 2016 01:21 PM (3ZoRf)
Harry was supposed to end up with Cho Chan, not that simpering Ginny.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:12 PM (1xUj/)
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I like Ginny. She seems like an easy lay.
Posted by: Soona at June 24, 2016 01:21 PM (iI/ES)
Not that it matters, really, but she's clearly full of shite, as they say.
Posted by: Kensington at June 24, 2016 01:13 PM (7Kbxu)
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You know the thing is, I usually wouldn't care about her politics because she's from the UK and you have to expect someone like her to be on the left. But she pulls this stupid SJW bullshit all the time and then regressive outlets like Buzzfeed and Vox praise her endlessly for it.
Now you take George R.R. Martin who is on the left but it doesn't bother me too much because he doesn't behave like Rowling does. At least not in the in your face way she does anyway. I know he wasn't a big fan of the Sad Puppies thing.
Posted by: Serenity Now! at June 24, 2016 01:21 PM (BDZWU)
It wasn't really the bookies who had it wrong but those "wise crowds" who were betting with them who had ti wrong.
The whole "wisdom of crowds" thing is mostly bullshit. Markets are usually wrong. It's just that they have to be right when time finally runs out and then people point to them and say - "See, the markets called it!" even though the markets were wrong for years leading up to whatever it was.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 01:21 PM (mBYZv)
The British East India Trading company stock was also down, right after Lexington and Concord.
The shot heard round the world was not good for monopolistic Business conglomerates...
Just as the VOTE heard round the World, is not good for the Monopolistic BANKING Conglomerates today...
Posted by: Don Q. at June 24, 2016 01:21 PM (qf6WZ)
I'm no investment expert but it seems to me that in this kind of situation the patient stance is the best one; its not like Britain is going to crater into Zimbabwe tomorrow. It will stabilize and go back up.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:21 PM (39g3+)
Lock up the 6 yr olds or throw them out in the streets!
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:22 PM (/IMJl)
'Fuck off' - Britain
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 24, 2016 01:20 PM (mEZce)
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Wasnt King Putt threatening to kick Britain to the end of the line just a few weeks ago??
Posted by: fixerupper at June 24, 2016 01:22 PM (8XRCm)
A phenomenon of the 'information age' is that today, there are those, by virtue of there power, or the power some impute to them, willingly suggest the dots that should be connected, and there are those, convinced of the benevolence of that group of elite suggesters, think that it is all to wonderful to be guided into connecting the dots that benefit not them, but the elites. They never see it. They often refuse to see it.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at June 24, 2016 01:22 PM (4ng05)
The bookies were reporting that 6 bets wer to leave for every1 bet to stat. Also that the 1 bet to stay was more than the sum of the 6 bets to leave.
Some thought this betting pattern was an effort to stop a rigged vote from being questioned.
Posted by: Ok at June 24, 2016 01:22 PM (rnH8X)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 24, 2016 01:22 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Tuna at June 24, 2016 01:22 PM (QVa83)
(**spoiler**)Well, other offspring are trans-existent, because the story involves time travel that messes up a marriage.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2016 01:22 PM (NOIQH)
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Don't have enough information to opine. Not a fan of vehicles cutting other vehicles off, though. It's generally an obnoxious thing to do.
Posted by: Kensington at June 24, 2016 01:22 PM (7Kbxu)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 24, 2016 01:23 PM (O0lVq)
Well, I suppose whether the guys were bad or not depends on what your definition of bad is.
Posted by: RM at June 24, 2016 01:23 PM (U3LtS)
how the country is broken, the terrorists are only here because we
unlawfully invaded them and killed their people"
It can be entertaining to note in such circumstances that Hillary Clinton has been hip deep in every one of these "unlawful invasions". Denounced Saddam for WMD, called for his forcible ouster. Voted to invade Afghanistan. Voted to invade Iraq. As SoS, pushed the destabilizations of Libya and Syria, and tried to prop up Yemen.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 24, 2016 01:23 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 01:23 PM (mL2BD)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2016 01:19 PM (AoSQU)
JP Morgan did just that in the crash.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 01:23 PM (mBYZv)
Indeed. If Hermione were always meant to be black, then why didn't she share that when they were casting the movies? Because it wasn't true.
Not that it matters, really, but she's clearly full of shite, as they say.
Posted by: Kensington at June 24, 2016 01:13 PM (7Kbxu)
In the bits of interviews I've seen and/or read about her, she clearly is deeply emotionally invested in how people are handling her works now that she's done with them, so she feels compelled to respond to people complaining about aspects of the adaptations. The Hermione was black derp came up because someone adapted her work and cast a black person, other people derped a complaint, and instead of just not saying anything or 'everyone should shut up and see if it's any good', she had to weigh in.
Posted by: El Skippito Friskito at June 24, 2016 01:23 PM (CGjum)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 24, 2016 01:23 PM (qCMvj)
Provided the government gets out the markets way and let things flush out. Not like that'd ever happen here.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 24, 2016 01:24 PM (rJOC2)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 24, 2016 01:24 PM (O0lVq)
Posted by: RM at June 24, 2016 01:23 PM (U3LtS)
Toothless, smelly and standing there with a hard on
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 01:24 PM (Ozsfq)
Where I can, I prefer the sidewalk as well. Its not as strewn with bad stuff as bike paths, and usually safer.
For all the awful jerks and insane activist types on bicycles, its not fun out there to ride on a street. Drivers in cars don't see you on a bike nearly as well as in a car. They underestimate the space between you and their car. They clip corners and push you into the curb. I've been hit with side mirrors more than once. I had to ditch once because a car just kept creeping over more and more to the side as they took a corner, and never even noticed me.
So yeah, I prefer sidewalks, where its legal.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:24 PM (39g3+)
misunderstanding of the origins of WWII, and how much that provided the
basis for much of the EU - beyond the customs-union aspects.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 24, 2016 12:52 PM
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The basis for the EU is much more sinister than that. Read "Eurabia" by Bat Ye'or for a truly definitive analysis.
Posted by: IrishEi at June 24, 2016 01:25 PM (Lsu4e)
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 01:19 PM (o+SC1)
But also under Calif. law, when they do so, they must follow the same laws as motor vehicles... INCLUDING the 4 car rule for IMPEDING TRAFFIC.
Posted by: Don Q. at June 24, 2016 01:25 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: RM at June 24, 2016 01:23 PM (U3LtS)
Toothless, smelly and standing there with a hard on
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 24, 2016 01:24 PM (Ozsfq)
PRESENT!
Posted by: Bawney Fwank at June 24, 2016 01:25 PM (mL2BD)
Political stuff, I think bookies go by polls, so...
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:18 PM (39g3+)
But they usually adjust the odds to split the money on either side of the wager. So this is a sign that the bettors also had it wrong.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 01:26 PM (pAlYe)
The British East India Trading company stock was also down, right after Lexington and Concord.
The shot heard round the world was not good for monopolistic Business conglomerates...
Just as the VOTE heard round the World, is not good for the Monopolistic BANKING Conglomerates today...
Posted by: Don Q. at June 24, 2016 01:21 PM (qf6WZ)
Yes, the Mighty Market is another one of those things it would be best not to genuflect in front of.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 24, 2016 01:26 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 24, 2016 01:26 PM (jeVt0)
Posted by: Ned Beatty at June 24, 2016 01:26 PM (oeOT+)
Posted by: brak at June 24, 2016 01:26 PM (MJuTN)
Posted by: fixerupper at June 24, 2016 01:22 PM (8XRCm)
Yep. April 23rd.
'And on that matter, for example, I think it's fair to say that maybe some point down the line there might be a UK-US trade agreement, but it's not going to happen any time soon because our focus is in negotiating with a big bloc, the European Union, to get a trade agreement done.
He added, 'The UK is going to be in the back of the queue.'
l
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 24, 2016 01:27 PM (mEZce)
Per Hannitys tweeters
Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 24, 2016 01:26 PM (jeVt0)
oh the video's out there
yesterday, I think the right scoop had it
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 24, 2016 01:27 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 24, 2016 01:27 PM (Nwg0u)
The armored limo got high-centered coming out of a steep driveway from an underground parking garage. In that situation, the usual procedure is to have everyone but the driver disembark the vehicle to see if it then will be high enough to be slowly backed off of the stuck spot.
Can you *imagine* the luckless flunky who had to tell Mooch that it was necessary for her to clamber out of the limo "because we need to have less weight on the suspension"? The guy is counting penguins right now.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 24, 2016 01:27 PM (noWW6)
I haven't read it in like thirty years, but I thought Johnny was from Rio de Janeiro. His parents died when it was hit by the bugs.
Posted by: rd at June 24, 2016 01:27 PM (v0YLX)
Scaring the pedestrians for a minute
Crossing up progress driving on the grass
Leaving just enough for room to pass
Sunday driver never took a test
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 24, 2016 01:28 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 01:28 PM (iQIUe)
I thought the point of bookies was to balance out the yay and nay bettors and take the skim.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at June 24, 2016 01:28 PM (1xUj/)
Per Hannitys tweeters
Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 24, 2016 01:26 PM (jeVt0)
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Yup. She was supposed to do a heavy sigh.
She read the word out loud.
Skilled Orator that one.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 24, 2016 01:28 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 01:28 PM (mL2BD)
Cruz's statement on brexit
TED CRUZ: BREXIT IS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR INTERNATIONALIST BUREAUCRATS FROM BRUSSELS TO D.C.!
http://bit.ly/28UXt76
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 24, 2016 01:28 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 01:23 PM (mBYZv)
not the same
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2016 01:28 PM (AoSQU)
Per Hannitys tweeters
Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 24, 2016 01:26 PM (jeVt0)
Classic, if true.
Waiting to hear about it like Bush the Elder's "Message: I care." bit.....
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 24, 2016 01:28 PM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: George H.W. Bush at June 24, 2016 01:28 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: fixerupper at June 24, 2016 01:29 PM (8XRCm)
I don't blow stop signs. Or lights.
I fully expect that every car out there is trying to kill me and I ride accordingly.
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 01:29 PM (oeOT+)
I think we all have to remember that the markets are all in la-la land, right now and that no one is paying any attention to what has to happen when the central banks of the world have to finally come to grips with the awful policies they have been pursuing to keep this fantasy going.
Markets are going to crash badly and governments are going to run out of money. It is inevitable. Interest rates will have to rise, some day, and central banks will have to unwind their insane positions ... some day ... and the carnage that is awaiting us all cannot be avoided.
Some are looking to place the blame for the bubble popping on the Brexit vote, but things probably will stabilize before they really go to the place they have to go to.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 01:29 PM (mBYZv)
Posted by: shillelagh at June 24, 2016 01:29 PM (L3vVL)
Wait, I thought the bad guys were those entitled s.o.b.s from the big city who invaded the once pristine wilderness and appropriated the culture of the original citizens just for a bit of self absorbed amusement.
Posted by: RM at June 24, 2016 01:29 PM (U3LtS)
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'I'm not coming here to fix any votes. I'm not casting a vote myself. I'm 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.
He said, 'That's not a threat, that should enhance the debate.'
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 24, 2016 01:29 PM (mEZce)
Also, the 20 mph under law. Roads also have a minimum mph, usually 20 under the posted speed limit. So 50 - 20 = 30. That's a constant. Up hills, down hills, level ground, etc. Don't do 30 mph, you're impeding traffic. If I'm in a beater car doing 25, you can bet your ass I'm getting pulled over.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 24, 2016 01:29 PM (/IMJl)
...The British people have indicated that they will no longer outsource their future to the EU, and prefer to chart their own path forward. The United States can learn from the referendum and attend to the issues of security, immigration and economic autonomy that drove this historic vote. In addition, we should treat the 'Brexit' as an opportunity to forge a closer partnership with our historic friend and ally, including immediately starting negotiations for a targeted US-UK free trade agreement.
ted cruz
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 24, 2016 01:29 PM (qCMvj)
>> this vote.
Nah.
There's already a petition circulating to, in traditional EU style, keep holding referenda until they get the result they want.
But it won't happen.
Cameron's problem was that while he was pimping for Remain, and while he managed to keep most of his cabinet on-side, Tory VOTERS were very much Leave.
What happened in the referendum yesterday is that far more Labour voters than expected - particularly outside the London fever swamp - went Leave.
Corbyn's efforts on behalf of Remain were so tepid, and his history re the EU so weak, that there's rumors going around that he actually voted Leave.
So you've now got Labour split over the thing, too, with the rump Blairite Europhile contingent trying to lever Corbyn out, but the result yesterday ought to give them pause, it doesn't show a Labour party constituency that's all that fond of Europe.
Posted by: JEM at June 24, 2016 01:30 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 24, 2016 01:30 PM (cNJvW)
People of the UK in a referendum and the new PM- not so much.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 24, 2016 01:30 PM (O0lVq)
@rtenews Sir Bob Geldof will hand knighthood back after admitting he's never felt so ashamed to be British!
#Brexit
#Itsajoke
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 01:31 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Reggie1971 at June 24, 2016 01:31 PM (DDM7c)
How about giving all those donations back?
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2016 01:32 PM (oeOT+)
Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 24, 2016 01:26 PM
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Ha!
That is perfectly Obama-esque!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 24, 2016 01:32 PM (T/5A0)
Where I can, I prefer the sidewalk as well. Its not as strewn with bad stuff as bike paths, and usually safer.
For all the awful jerks and insane activist types on bicycles, its not fun out there to ride on a street. Drivers in cars don't see you on a bike nearly as well as in a car. They underestimate the space between you and their car. They clip corners and push you into the curb. I've been hit with side mirrors more than once. I had to ditch once because a car just kept creeping over more and more to the side as they took a corner, and never even noticed me.
So yeah, I prefer sidewalks, where its legal.
PLEASE Wear something BRIGHT!!!
Use lights, especially at night.
The new LED lights are bright and don't use many batteries.
Drivers cannot avoid you if they don't see you.
This applies to pedestrians too!
Posted by: rd at June 24, 2016 01:32 PM (v0YLX)
Wait- that douche is still wasting oxygen?
He never deserved that in the first place.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 24, 2016 01:32 PM (O0lVq)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 24, 2016 01:33 PM (mEZce)
She read the word out loud.
Skilled Orator that one.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 24, 2016 01:28 PM (8XRCm)
At least she pronounced it correctly. Barky would have read it as "sig-uh"
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 24, 2016 01:33 PM (mBYZv)
This is true, whoever was doing the betting had their money on remain in a big way. And some people made a lot of cash on the deal.
Some are looking to place the blame for the bubble popping on the Brexit vote, but things probably will stabilize before they really go to the place they have to go to.
Yeah I think they can keep those plates spinning at least until the next president takes office.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:34 PM (39g3+)
Much like here in the US, the traditional parties are breaking down in the UK...
Because it is no longer Conservative vs. Liberal or Labor...
It is Globalist vs. Nationalist.... or as I call them... Patriots..
Posted by: Don Q. at June 24, 2016 01:34 PM (qf6WZ)
No. His country of origin is never explicitly mentioned, but in the book he's not from Rio. His mom was vacationing there when it got smeared by the bugs (and his dad would have been, but was delayed by business). His Basic Training is obviously in the US somewhere (never specifically mentioned).
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) #Texit at June 24, 2016 01:34 PM (kff5f)
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In fact, isn't this illegal, at least in most places? Nothing worse than driving along and suddenly there's a bike hurtling toward me on the same side of the street. How can they think this is safe?
Posted by: Kensington at June 24, 2016 01:34 PM (7Kbxu)
This is not a joke:
Robert Harris
How foul this referendum is. The most depressing, divisive, duplicitous political event of my lifetime. May there never be another
Harris wrote a few best sellers but is now a pompous ahole.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 01:34 PM (iQIUe)
Rio de Janeiro. His parents died when it was hit by the bugs."
Buenos Aires, if memory serves. It has similarly been a while.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 24, 2016 01:35 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Don Q. at June 24, 2016 01:35 PM (qf6WZ)
Because it is no longer Conservative vs. Liberal or Labor...
It is Globalist vs. Nationalist.... or as I call them... Patriots..Posted by: Don Q. at June 24, 2016 01:34 PM (qf6WZ)THIS
Posted by: Reggie1971 at June 24, 2016 01:36 PM (DDM7c)
They must really, really, REALLY care about trade, or...
it's not about trade at all.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 01:36 PM (mL2BD)
It works for me!
And if the plot is dragging, throw in a forty page sex scene involving blood, pain, and three to ten participants.
Posted by: Laurell K Hamilton at June 24, 2016 01:37 PM (v0YLX)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2016 01:37 PM (AoSQU)
Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at June 24, 2016 01:26 PM
the gateway pundit has the vid
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 24, 2016 01:37 PM (qCMvj)
"The Guardian Opinion page is a sea of rage, disbelief and sweet, sweet lefty tears."
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 01:37 PM (iQIUe)
http://tinyurl.com/j9r8kze
Summary: 75% of the 40 million pounds were placed on Remain, so the odds represented that. However, the number of bets on leave heavily outnumbered those on remain - so the bets to remain were huge, while the leave were small.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:37 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: torquewrench at June 24, 2016 01:35 PM (noWW6)
That was my memory as well.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 01:37 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: steevy at June 24, 2016 01:38 PM (B48dK)
This is not a joke:
Robert Harris
How foul this referendum is. The most depressing, divisive, duplicitous political event of my lifetime. May there never be another
Harris wrote a few best sellers but is now a pompous ahole.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 01:34 PM (iQIUe)
More likely he was always a pompous asshole and managing to write a few bestsellers allowed him to better self actualize.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 24, 2016 01:38 PM (3ZoRf)
Nothing to do with trade. Never had anything to do with trade.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 24, 2016 01:38 PM (Fn6GI)
They must really, really, REALLY care about trade, or...
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Nope.
The cannot believe there are still knuckle dragging Neanderthals in the world that dont think like them.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 24, 2016 01:38 PM (8XRCm)
I've been acquainted with her in the past.
Believe me, her character is her.
And her character's drama is her drama.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 01:38 PM (mL2BD)
In fact, isn't this illegal, at least in most places? Nothing worse than driving along and suddenly there's a bike hurtling toward me on the same side of the street. How can they think this is safe?
The idea was that the cyclist could see approching traffic instead of having cars coming up behind them
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at June 24, 2016 01:38 PM (lKyWE)
Ohhhhh, THAT wanker.
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at June 24, 2016 01:39 PM (jtStN)
They must really, really, REALLY care about trade, or..."
Pharoah wasn't real happy when the Israelites took off either.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 01:39 PM (hLRSq)
They must really, really, REALLY care about trade, or...
it's not about trade at all.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 01:36 PM (mL2BD)
No, they understand that it's the proles getting in the face of the elites, and they fancy themselves the elites. Doesn't matter if it's actually true, that's just their self-perception.
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at June 24, 2016 01:39 PM (+wjl1)
newsbusters.org has the amanpour thing I was talking about this morning, calling the brits xenophobics
I swear, the woman on CNN who was hosting this morning looked to have tears in her eyes the entire time she was on air discussing this. Why so invested media?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 24, 2016 01:39 PM (qCMvj)
Wait- that douche is still wasting oxygen?
He never deserved that in the first place.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 24, 2016 01:32 PM (O0lVq)
One hit wonder, whose one real claim to fame is a song making light of a girl who shot and killed some kids on a schoolyard because she doesn't like Mondays.
I never understood how organizing a concert, which does NOTHING ultimately, for the human race, is grounds for sainthood.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 24, 2016 01:40 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:40 PM (39g3+)
http://dedicatedtenther.blogspot.com
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) #Texit at June 24, 2016 01:40 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at June 24, 2016 01:39 PM (+wjl1)
in the US they see how Trump could win
bwhaahahaha
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 24, 2016 01:40 PM (qCMvj)
I know that people here are aware of this, but I think it needs to be repeatedly emphasized that OUR elites are not limited to the Dems. The likes of Ryan, McConnell and Corker (and many more) have been pulling the elitist wool over our eyes for a very long time, and we have repeatedly fallen for it. Our side (formerly) was probably worse than the Dems. At least the Dems made it clear they were the elite. The Republicans lied through their teeth to us - told us just to trust them - that they weren't elite and wanted nothing to do with them.
It needs to be reiterated, early and often.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at June 24, 2016 01:42 PM (4ng05)
Yeah, definitely their hysterical response is far more exaggerated than the situation calls for. I wonder if they aren't seeing a Trump November in their imaginations and freaking out.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:42 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 01:37 PM (iQIUe)
Trump slapped down one of the Guardian guys early this morning at his speech at the golf course in Scotland, called him a "nasty guy." It was beautiful.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 24, 2016 01:42 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: IrishEi at June 24, 2016 01:42 PM (Lsu4e)
Robert Harris*
How foul this referendum is. The most depressing, divisive, duplicitous political event of my lifetime. May there never be another
*In 2007, Harris wrote a screenplay of his novel Pompeii for director Roman Polanski
So, hates the yobs, but gets on quite well with baby rapists.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 24, 2016 01:42 PM (kdS6q)
I've been acquainted with her in the past.
Believe me, her character is her.
And her character's drama is her drama.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 24, 2016 01:38 PM (mL2BD)
That matches everything I have read about her as well. Her first few books were pretty decent, although even the very early stuff had a little too much commingling of the death/pain/sex. Then the writing seemed to massively decline, her characterization seemed to completely disintegrate and that was enough for me.
I also heard she had a lot of problems in her private life that coincided with the distinct change in her writing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 24, 2016 01:42 PM (3ZoRf)
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Bicycles are moving vehicles that must obey traffic laws. It IS the law.
Attitudes like this are why cyclists as a group have such a bad reputation. You dont think the damn laws apply to you.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 24, 2016 01:43 PM (8XRCm)
Pretend to give a damn about women and minorities.
Wait. Did I say that out loud?
- Hillary!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at June 24, 2016 01:43 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 24, 2016 01:43 PM (kTF2Z)
To be fair, it really was a great concert, though. Accomplished jack, but great performances.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:43 PM (39g3+)
How do they do that if they're not already a sovereign nation? The media is all over about this today, but how does it (or does it) actually work?
Also, how much Springbank should I buy in advance? You know, just in case?
Posted by: TexasDan at June 24, 2016 01:44 PM (FnuZG)
tears in her eyes the entire time she was on air discussing this. Why
so invested media?"
Alex, I'll take "Self-Answering Questions" for a thousand, please.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 24, 2016 01:44 PM (noWW6)
Hillary sigh video
That shit is hilarious!
http://tinyurl.com/jx6os2k
*
*
In fairness, maybe she was thinking it was like a Charlie Brown cartoon, where Charlie often is shown *saying* "Sigh . . ." Or, maybe she was doing a sort of post-modern, ironic thing . . .
No. Not even I can make that work. Mock her, and mercilessly.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 24, 2016 01:44 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 24, 2016 01:46 PM (iQIUe)
The exact same people who put out the books of laws tell bicyclists they ought to ride against traffic. The government, the transportation departments here in Oregon are the ones saying this. It has nothing to do with "thinking laws don't apply to us" or attitudes.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2016 01:46 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette
For the media, it's another reminder that Amanpour and her cohorts aren't 'thought-leaders,' they aren't bien pensants, they aren't anything but overpaid, provincials with an unwarranted self-regard.
They see themselves as wise councilors when in fact they are birthday party clowns.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 24, 2016 01:46 PM (p2X2f)
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This makes no sense. You'll be more visible if I can see you for more than a second before we pass, and that's only going to happen if you're in front of me and heading in the same direction.
Posted by: Kensington at June 24, 2016 01:47 PM (7Kbxu)
Posted by: brak
They can tek oor lives, but they can ne'er tek oor WELFAAAAAAAAAARE!
Posted by: CrustyB at June 24, 2016 01:48 PM (GvSpB)
So...the prediction is Scotland will vote to leave the UK and rejoin the EU?
Not with the price of oil at 48.00 a barrel
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at June 24, 2016 01:49 PM (lKyWE)
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Be careful about what you type at the Independent's website forums. I once commented there about an online essay and the comment got promoted to a letter to the editor in the next Sunday edition (print). The next Sunday, the Independent printed a reply to my comment. I didn't even know about until a year and a half later.
Posted by: mrp at June 24, 2016 01:49 PM (JBggj)
So...the prediction is Scotland will vote to leave the UK and rejoin the EU?
Not with the price of oil at 48.00 a barrel
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at June 24, 2016 01:49 PM (lKyWE)
The EU already has enough economic basket cases - I doubt they'll accept another.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 24, 2016 01:50 PM (pAlYe)
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Better if they just stay to the right. Seeing the approaching traffic was never much of an advantage when I was cycling.
Posted by: Kensington at June 24, 2016 01:50 PM (7Kbxu)
451 Buenos Aires, if memory serves. It has similarly been a while.
Posted by: torquewrench at June 24, 2016 01:35 PM (noWW6)
That was my memory as well.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Tent Sale at the Outrage Outlet! Sizzling Summer Savings on Slurs, Slams, and Slanders at June 24, 2016 01:37 PM (hLRSq)
Mom goes to Buenos Aires to see an Aunt... Dad was supposed to follow on the next day...
He survives which means its outside the blast radius... so in a day of Fast Global Transportation?... still leaves it open.
But there again, even though they talk about her calling him 'Little Juan'... she's the only one who does... Dad calls him Johnny if memory serves...
Note... his best friend is named Carl... no last name given in the book... but not a Hispanic name usually....
Love interest... Carmacita 'Carmen' Ibenez... which once more leads to Hispanic or South America...
Really a good job of allowing you to put your own conceptions onto the Main Character...
Posted by: Don Q. at June 24, 2016 01:51 PM (qf6WZ)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 24, 2016 01:53 PM (cNJvW)
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To great fanfare, of course. A couple of weeks ago, a customer handed me a 1985 1 DM coin by mistake. I stared at it for about 10 seconds. Times sure have changed.
Posted by: mrp at June 24, 2016 01:56 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Lurkette at June 24, 2016 02:03 PM (PLmfk)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 24, 2016 02:06 PM (RHnu3)
I don't know what JKR meant, but what she wrote was a white girl madly in love with Harry Potter (funniest thing ever to me was in book 6, after Dumbledore dies. Harry's got his everloving girlfriend Ginny, who he is allegedly in love with. Who, pray tell, actually goes looking for him to see if he's alright? It sure wasn't Ginny, I'll tell you that. It was Hermione, the girl who was crying her eyes out over Ron.... until things got serious and she promptly drops Ron like a fruitcake and hunts down Harry to make sure Harry is ok.)
Also: It boggles the mind that a group of people as nasty as Draco Malfoy and company wouldn't have hurled racist remarks at Hermione if they could. "Muggle" was the substitute for bigotry, and they certainly used that often enough. A black Muggle? Please, Hermione wouldn't have lasted a week at Hogwarts. No way she was black.
Posted by: Vanceone at June 24, 2016 02:28 PM (IQzhs)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 24, 2016 02:06 PM (RHnu3)
The Titanic was built in Belfast. It was a huge shipbuilding center back in the days of the Empire.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at June 24, 2016 02:30 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Puddin Head at June 24, 2016 02:47 PM (oDCMR)
black and if she had she would have gone out of her way to mention it
like the she did with minor characters like Lee Jordan or Dean Thomas in
every freaking book. She's just virtue signalling to show she's "down
with the struggle."
Posted by: Serenity Now! at June 24, 2016 01:05 PM (BDZWU)
AND she retained absolute control over the casting of the movies. If she considered Hermione to be black, she wouldn't have green-lighted Emma Watson for the role.I'm a fan of the books, too, so I wish she'd stop annoying me.
Posted by: Scout at June 24, 2016 03:25 PM (fCWi3)
Posted by: Dr. Doomsday at June 24, 2016 06:15 PM (W41Dn)
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