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Makes me want to dig some old Heinlein books and the Notebooks of Lazarus Long. His views on politics (at least in his books) was good for a laugh and a thought
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Amen!
I particularly like Lazarus Long's dictum about strong drink:
"Beware of strong drink; it can make you shoot at tax collectors - and miss!"
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Cornelius Henning wrote: Should we start kicking them?
That does it!
I've had enough of this ruddy interference in matters British!
I vote we vote to leave!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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On a related note. In case any of you 'Stralians'[^] missed this one.
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But, Yes![^] It happened and they didn't really know what they voted!
Behzad
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Facts:
1. UK is member of EU
2. UK people voted yes for the referendum to leave EU
3. After this, UK is still member of EU!
Cameron: "...there is no need for a precise timetable today..."
Let's see what happens (or not) next.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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0x01AA wrote: 3. After this, UK is still member of EU!
Yes, but now we're the player on the bench that has had a bust up with the manager and knows we won't be playing again so feel free to rubbish the rest of the team, point out the failings of the other players, and send Instagram's of the coach's bald head and knobbly knees! On which note, I see it's kick-off time in the Euros!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Quote: Yes, but now we're the player on the bench
Wrong! As long as the British government did not formally submits his resignation in Brussels, it remains for the time being as it was.
[Edit Keep in mind Google helped me]
In the broadest sense similar to a divorce of a married couple. Even if they both agree to divorce ... as long as the contract has not officially terminated, the couple remains married. So it is with such contracts 
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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0x01AA wrote: As long as the British government did not formally submits his resignation in Brussels, it remains for the time being as it was.
If we do it now we are at a disadvantage. We will wait for the markets to settle - appoint our negotiation team and do it then.
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In other words: cherry picking. The same thing is accused of Switzerland.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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You're clutching at straws.
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Not me, why I should? What is my interesting that UK joins EU? I'm living in Switzerland and we are also not in EU. But ... we should all/both be in a Thing like EEA.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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0x01AA wrote: we should all/both be in a Thing like EEA.
No we definitely shouldn't.
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Oooh sorry missed that you are from US... of course than not. Of course in US it is still common that North will still use the south as slaves. The only difference to before is the Location of the meridian 
Recognized as off Topic.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I'm from the UK. Just don't think Freedom of Movement for people works when we don't have equal states. We need immigration yes but not on an un-checked scale. The common currency and other EU factors mean that more people from Italy say come to work in the UK than the other way round.
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Yes yes, I see all these Problems also (and in Switzerland we feel this much more or at least equal than any other European Country; about 20%...). But still on my (very advanced) Age I see more chances if the European countries works together. I don't like EU but in my opinion an EEA is very ok.
And thank you that you have overlooked my inappropriate comment before.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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The problem is it has to be all or nothing. The Euro doesnt work with a lot of the poorer countries. To make it work they have to create one single Country - they won't do that.
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become a human again and stop bowing down to the globalist bankers who molest children at the airports
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Behzad Sedighzadeh wrote: they didn't really know what they voted!
Or, more likely, it was just the people who voted Remain that was searching this. 
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Most voted because "I like that bloke's rhetoric more than the other bloke's".
That's the problem with referenda: too many morons drag themselves out of their couches and vote.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Some billionaires we know got taken to the cleaners: [^].
"... nine others dropped more than $1 billion, including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos ..."
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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I have no idea why I should enjoy this side effect 
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I suspect that despite losing more money as a total amount than you or I, this drop doesn't hurt Gates/Bezos/etc nearly as much as others who might have the same investments. For others this might represent an actually significant chunk of their retirement fund.
In what fashion might you "enjoy" this?
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Well, they (in this case meaning Gates etc) didn't loose anything if they didn't sell their shears. And, ss you point out too, losing 5% of a billion is not going to force them on a diet or skip a vacation.
On a different note, it might not be such a good idea to invest in the stock marked now as the P/E is quite high[^] historically speaking.
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Yeah, but if you have money, you'll buy up some "cheaper" stock, particularly the British pound, wait a few weeks for things to normalize (ok, maybe months), and rebound to their previous levels, and you'll have made probably 10% or more on your money in short order.
Or, if you were even smarter, you invested in gold before the vote, knowing that if England stayed in the EU, you wouldn't lose any money, and if it left, you'd make a killing, well, at least 9% as of future prices today compared to Wed.
Marc
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