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The Brexit
Jun 24, 2016 10:19:42 GMT -6
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Post by Mr. Wright on Jun 24, 2016 10:19:42 GMT -6
Gotcha
Well the DOW (stock market) went down 500 points after the news here. Def not a coincidence.
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Post by Gravedigger on Jun 24, 2016 11:09:22 GMT -6
The Brexit even being a vote was fucking stupid. It's almost like Texas or one of the other super conservative states finally getting fed up and putting secession from the US up for vote and letting the people decide. Politicians and the higher ups are not much better in my opinion, but at least politicians and those higher up on a state or national level are more knowledgeable than your average citizen. Hell, I'm waiting for my more hardcore conservative friends and family members to start secession talks again. Sorry if this is getting it off topic, it's just that Brexit affects everyone worldwide in some form or another. I'm completely pissed off. Scare tactics and lies won over a very dim witted and gullible public. Frankly, I don't want to be here any more. I don't know a lot about your country, but from what I've read, one of the main guys behind wanting you to leave the EU was basically your version of Donald Trump. Even though I don't know your country that well politically, it makes me start to actually worry that Trump and his policies could win here as well. With the Brexit and if Trump wins in November, Earth is fucked. The aliens better move up on their hostile takeover a bit earlier than planned.
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Post by Spencer Adams on Jun 24, 2016 11:58:44 GMT -6
Pangaea 2016
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Post by Jay Omega on Jun 24, 2016 12:33:12 GMT -6
The Brexit even being a vote was fucking stupid. It's almost like Texas or one of the other super conservative states finally getting fed up and putting secession from the US up for vote and letting the people decide. We had something like this happen in Canada was I was younger; Quebec wanted independence, and it was put to a vote. Considering the animosity between Anglophones and Francophones up here, you'd think they would have won. Thankfully it was only the Frenchies who wanted to leave, but that's probably because nobody wanted a sovereign French nation in the middle of Canada. I believe there was also talk of building a wall around the province, though that may have been part of a joke I'm remembering. An Ontarian and a Quebecois find an old lamp and give it a rub. Out pops a genie, who offers each of them one wish. The Frenchman goes first and says "I wish for there to be a 20' high wall all around Quebec - nothing can get in or out - and for all my Quebecois brothers and sisters to be there!" The genie snaps his fingers, and the Quebecois vanishes in a puff of smoke. The Ontarian considers for a moment, then look at the genie. "So all the Quebecers are in Quebec?" He asks, and the genie says "Yes, every last one of them." The Ontarian then asks "And there's really a 20' wall around the whole province?" And the genie says "Absolutely; according to the wish, nothing can get in or out." The Ontarian then nods in satisfaction. "Awesome. I wish it were filled with fifteen feet of water." *rimshot*
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Post by SHADOWLOVE on Jun 24, 2016 13:02:41 GMT -6
Brexit passed for one simple reason: A very slim majority of UK, Scottish, and Wales citizens believed that they were losing their voice in democracy when it came to the way that the British government was representing an opaque EU bureaucracy instead of what was in their own citzens best interest. Welcome to the New World of Independence!
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Post by jenson on Jun 24, 2016 13:35:11 GMT -6
The Brexit even being a vote was fucking stupid. It's almost like Texas or one of the other super conservative states finally getting fed up and putting secession from the US up for vote and letting the people decide. Politicians and the higher ups are not much better in my opinion, but at least politicians and those higher up on a state or national level are more knowledgeable than your average citizen. Hell, I'm waiting for my more hardcore conservative friends and family members to start secession talks again. Sorry if this is getting it off topic, it's just that Brexit affects everyone worldwide in some form or another. I'm completely pissed off. Scare tactics and lies won over a very dim witted and gullible public. Frankly, I don't want to be here any more. I don't know a lot about your country, but from what I've read, one of the main guys behind wanting you to leave the EU was basically your version of Donald Trump. Even though I don't know your country that well politically, it makes me start to actually worry that Trump and his policies could win here as well. With the Brexit and if Trump wins in November, Earth is fucked. The aliens better move up on their hostile takeover a bit earlier than planned. Which one? We have two. Nigel Farage, big fucking racist weapon and Boris Johnson, blundering twatmonkey. Combine the two and you get a super Trump. The referendum should never have even been requested. It was only requested because David Cameron (another absolute penis) wanted to outsmart UKIP (Led by said racist weapon) and have a vote based on their one issue - which was leave Europe. Cameron figured to help his career (ie make sure people who vote UKIP just fuck off) that he'd give them what they wanted, a vote on being in Europe. At the time, there was no chance in hell that the vote would be yes. He decided to put the date at the same time as a massive European wide Football tournament that England were playing in (basically, just when nationalism is at its peak) then proceeded to fail at convincing the public that whatever Farage was telling them was a giant bastard faced lie. It's already begun to unravel. Farage said that £350m a week that goes to Europe (it doesn't) will go to the NHS. He promised that in spades. Farage, the very next day has now said "Actually, I regret saying that, it might not go to them after all." Another lie Cameron brilliantly managed to not bat away was that the leave campaign can now control immigration. Farage was saying all along we'd control it and no one can come into the country if we don't want them to. Farage today admitted that actually, that might not happen because to trade with Europe we'd have to accept the free movement of people. Something the stay campaign kept trying to say but was drowned out in the "LALALALALALA WE CAN'T HEAR YOU" Retarded camp. The main arguments for leaving Europe have now been backed away from by muppet face and shithawk. We can't change the decision now. Scotland are going to leave, Northern Ireland are now looking for a way to reunite with Ireland and all that'll be left is little England, on it's fucking own, with no power or friends and without a huge fucking armada we can use to colonise the world again. I said this earlier, but every single world leader, every single expert and everyone who knows anything about anything said that the UK would be better off staying in Europe. I think it was only Trump and Putin who said it'd be a good idea to leave. Yet, again, the people chose to ignore this and do it anyway. When you have a car in a dealership and 29 mechanics say your brakes are fucked and need changing otherwise you'll probably die and the receptionist convinces you otherwise, you're a lost cause. I feel sorry for the young ones. The generation before me have literally shown no sense toward the generation after me. They have royally fucked the kids, fucked them right in the fuck hole, with spikes.
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Post by Gravedigger on Jun 24, 2016 14:46:12 GMT -6
Cameron figured to help his career (ie make sure people who vote UKIP just fuck off) that he'd give them what they wanted, a vote on being in Europe. At the time, there was no chance in hell that the vote would be yes. This should now become the perfect example of why you should never negotiate with terrorists. The guys you mentioned and Trump are essentially terrorists in my opinion.
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Post by Crow McMorris on Jun 24, 2016 14:58:25 GMT -6
I voted to remain. To me it was the only logical decision. I went to bed with nineteen thousand gibraltar residents agreeing with me. I woke up today on another planet, ruled by idiocy and close mindedness. I dunno. I think as a race we're losing our sense of responsibility. I'm kinda numb right now. 51 percent of my country voted to exile ourselves from Europe. It's insane.
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Post by Mr. Wright on Jun 24, 2016 15:02:27 GMT -6
51% seems to fall in standard deviation of at worst 2.5% and in turn there should be a re-vote.
Unless you can see all peoples involved in one place then this is the only solution from a maths standpoint.
Too close to allow secession
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Post by jenson on Jun 24, 2016 15:17:44 GMT -6
I voted to remain. To me it was the only logical decision. I went to bed with nineteen thousand gibraltar residents agreeing with me. I woke up today on another planet, ruled by idiocy and close mindedness. I dunno. I think as a race we're losing our sense of responsibility. I'm kinda numb right now. 51 percent of my country voted to exile ourselves from Europe. It's insane.
It's mental. I mean if you're in the premier league and you're one of the top players, you wouldn't suddenly go "hold up lads, I'm fucking off to play for Runcorn now" would ya? That's essentially what we've done.
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Post by Mr. Wright on Jun 24, 2016 15:31:48 GMT -6
I voted to remain. To me it was the only logical decision. I went to bed with nineteen thousand gibraltar residents agreeing with me. I woke up today on another planet, ruled by idiocy and close mindedness. I dunno. I think as a race we're losing our sense of responsibility. I'm kinda numb right now. 51 percent of my country voted to exile ourselves from Europe. It's insane.
It's crazy! I mean if you're in the NFLand you're one of the top players, you wouldn't suddenly go "hold up fuckers I'm fucking off to play for Jacksonvillenow" would ya? That's essentially what we've done. I Americanized/fixed it. You're welcome 'Murica
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Post by jenson on Jun 24, 2016 15:39:31 GMT -6
It's crazy! I mean if you're in the NFLand you're one of the top players, you wouldn't suddenly go "hold up fuckers I'm fucking off to play for Jacksonvillenow" would ya? That's essentially what we've done. I Americanized/fixed it. You're welcome 'Murica All I heard was a freedom bird firing a rifle at a terrorist while screeching something about freedom. 'Murica.
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Post by The Polar Phantasm on Jun 24, 2016 16:04:06 GMT -6
It's almost like Texas or one of the other super conservative states finally getting fed up and putting secession from the US up for vote and letting the people decide. Scary shit, but totally true: when the Republic of Texas joined the USA, it was granted the freedom to (if it so chose) split into as many as five separate states. Meaning that all Texas would have to do is take a vote on it and we'd have 54 states. If you weren't already thinking it... yeah. Texas - shittiest Voltron ever. -B.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2016 19:20:48 GMT -6
I, for one, would be delighted to donate any time, energy, or monetary help towards the Texas secession movement.
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Post by Gravedigger on Jun 24, 2016 20:24:25 GMT -6
It's almost like Texas or one of the other super conservative states finally getting fed up and putting secession from the US up for vote and letting the people decide. Scary shit, but totally true: when the Republic of Texas joined the USA, it was granted the freedom to (if it so chose) split into as many as five separate states. Meaning that all Texas would have to do is take a vote on it and we'd have 54 states. If you weren't already thinking it... yeah. Texas - shittiest Voltron ever. -B. Actually, that's a common misunderstanding. Texas doesn't have the power to secede legally. Yeah it was a condition when they joined, but the cause and result of the Civil War made that condition moot. States can apply for secession but the federal government would have to approve it.
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