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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jun 27, 2016 - 08:31pm PT
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Oh, sort of like blue states here supporting all the red states. Like I said, if we could only get texas to secede...
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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Jun 27, 2016 - 08:42pm PT
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Guilt is a great source of motivation.
No doubt--so is fear.
Curt
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 27, 2016 - 09:33pm PT
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Is the market carnage justified or just another act of profiteering?
For the most part it is just emotional selling by the pansies. To some
extent I suppose it is hedge funds reaping the profits of their short
positions. That info is readily available but I really don't care as
it will sort itself out in time and I don't think that time will be more
than three months unless those small-minded peevish nihilists in Brussels
engage in cutting off their noses to spite the Brits for their temerity,
which is entirely possible. Nothing those azzholes do surprises me.
I am happy to say my forthcoming trip is getting cheaper by the day.
I just wish I had waited to buy my British Air tickets. Damn!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jun 27, 2016 - 11:58pm PT
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Next up: exiting The Commonwealth so we don't have to associate with all those filthy colonials.
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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Jun 28, 2016 - 12:06am PT
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All three major credit rating agencies have now downgraded the creditworthiness of the UK. Brilliant. How's that Brexit working out?
Curt
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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Jun 28, 2016 - 12:40am PT
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George Osborne (Chancellor of the Exchequer) also just said that it will now be necessary to raise taxes and cut spending in the UK, due to the Brexit. Brilliant.
Remember, Trump was for this.
Curt
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Jun 28, 2016 - 12:55am PT
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Why don't the Brits rebuild their fleet and come over here and take back New York City and Boston?
Hail Britannia, Britannia rules the waves.
Back to the Empire.
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JC Marin
Trad climber
CA
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Jun 28, 2016 - 01:56am PT
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^^^maybe time to revisit the Falklands?
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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Jun 28, 2016 - 05:14am PT
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Curt... The older German couple i referred to are in their 80's , are actively involved in coaching youth soccer , which in this town is made up mostly of hispanic kids..Racist might be too strong a word in this instance..?
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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Jun 28, 2016 - 06:48am PT
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I wonder whether after the UK has to make major concessions to access the full EU market, which they surely will be forced to do ( countries like Norway and Switzerland are similarly situated) all of this will have been worth it.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Jun 28, 2016 - 07:30am PT
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The next upheaval will come later this year when the Netherlands will probably drop out, as they are intimately involved with the Brits. The EU was built as a house of cards, giving unelected bureaucrats far too much power. The right wing party of Marie Le Pen in France is also pushing for an exit from the EU, along with Finland, and the Czech Republic... Another sleeper in the game is Austria, where the population is very conservative and Christian.
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Majid_S
Mountain climber
Karkoekstan
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Jun 28, 2016 - 10:09am PT
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The separation of UK from EU is the beginning of the ship heading toward the waterfall. This is where captain jumps off the boat while navigator still tries to bring the boat to shore.
The English had dominated the world since mid 1600s and they are not stupid. Germans will follow the British as their boat gets closer to the edge. 3m refugees in EU , bad EU economy , the rigged US system and China taking over the world are all interfering with one another. For those of us who read, see and follow these events, the next 10 years will be fun to watch.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Jun 28, 2016 - 11:53am PT
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It's the Chinese Curse coming true, near you: "May you live in interesting times."
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Jun 28, 2016 - 12:10pm PT
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Pure democracy (as opposed to representative democracy) has it's drawbacks, but this statement is tone deaf.
"The British have violated the rules. It is not the EU philosophy that the crowd can decide its fate".
Martin Schultz of the European Parliament
The EU democracy deficit even has it's own Wiki page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_deficit_in_the_European_Union
We do live in interesting times and history will not tell us what happens next.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Jun 29, 2016 - 06:44am PT
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I love watching Nigel rip into that stack of deadwood in the EU..... Something I'll miss.
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Gary
Social climber
Where in the hell is Major Kong?
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Jun 29, 2016 - 07:06am PT
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TEXIT coming next
LOL
Well, OK. But that didn't go so well the last time around.
It does them good to have their asses handed to them every 150 years or so. Keeps them humble.
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