tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post4521521762923230421..comments2024-03-28T01:33:22.764-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: Brexit: Liberty Wins! DiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-58580209085680019952016-06-27T00:58:32.824-04:002016-06-27T00:58:32.824-04:00Factoring out Scotland, who didn't want to be ...Factoring out Scotland, who didn't want to be part of the UK anyways, it's a landslide for brexit. We'll call it 48/52 for courtesy I guess.<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-18543169320612057652016-06-27T00:53:48.970-04:002016-06-27T00:53:48.970-04:00Art, for the left, image is not quite everything. ...Art, for the left, image is not quite everything. That's only tactical. They do have important destruction to wreak.<br /><br />AKM, having enemy naval bases, especially submarine bases, conveniently handy wasn't such an advantage to the U.K. in the last war, if I recall my history. And submarine warfare is stickier than ever.<br /><br />Anonymous, Putin is president in Moscow, not Berlin. And that must be a Biden more-than-metaphorical. Oh, yes, the energy markets forseeable future just passed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-42562724286608989872016-06-26T16:30:01.512-04:002016-06-26T16:30:01.512-04:00Seems like our media elites here are outdoing them...Seems like our media elites here are outdoing themselves in hysterical reaction to Brexit. The idea of the peasant working class upending their world view seems to be too much for them to take.whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-86519550875883541202016-06-26T13:40:09.231-04:002016-06-26T13:40:09.231-04:00With oil at Sixty (thereabouts for the foreseeable...With oil at Sixty (thereabouts for the foreseeable future) talk about Scotland pulling off building a bridge to Berlin is more than a metaphorical stretch.<br /><br />The SNP will, before it can do anything at all effectively will, stop and take some deep breaths. Several deep breaths.<br /><br />***Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-66155423418495482452016-06-26T11:08:58.968-04:002016-06-26T11:08:58.968-04:00That will be handy, in the unlikely event that Put...That will be handy, in the unlikely event that Putin ends up with naval bases in Scotland and we end up in a shooting war, because the RAF won't have to fly nearly so far to bomb them. Much easier than attacking Russian bases that are actually in Russia.AKMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-28638919510914239152016-06-26T02:06:14.713-04:002016-06-26T02:06:14.713-04:00And I don't know ... do a lot of dead people a...And I don't know ... do a lot of dead people also vote in Britain?George W. Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15559745926094694653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-3834820529490291612016-06-25T23:26:40.950-04:002016-06-25T23:26:40.950-04:00George Will came out of the closet in favor of CLi...George Will came out of the closet in favor of CLinton (OK He quit pretending to be conservative).<br /><br />What so many Repub "leaders" do not understand is that, despite their words, they have done nothing. Hence revolt!Robert of Ottawanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-75380056360550091662016-06-25T20:21:45.204-04:002016-06-25T20:21:45.204-04:00FN in France is not UKIP. It's somewhat taint...FN in France is not UKIP. It's somewhat tainted, but it's showing is a passable gauge of patriotism in France. Tentatively, it appears to have displaced the Socialist Party and <i>Les Republicains</i> as the most popular party in France. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-78857050348905886752016-06-25T20:18:02.560-04:002016-06-25T20:18:02.560-04:00Sturgeon's speech is on Youtube. It's ris...Sturgeon's speech is on Youtube. It's risible and pathetic. The SNP position makes no sense but you can see the motivation in Andre Agassi's old signature line "Image is Everything". Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-56885521215154488282016-06-25T19:04:31.780-04:002016-06-25T19:04:31.780-04:00Only one downside. When the Scots can get nearly a...Only one downside. When the Scots can get nearly as much from EU subsidies as from UK subsidies and leave the latter, they may lease naval bases to Putin. The SNP is just contrary enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-65694192784879787682016-06-25T16:34:12.423-04:002016-06-25T16:34:12.423-04:00What I'm hoping happens next is that the count...What I'm hoping happens next is that the countries who can leave with the least fuss start doing so, and that's the ones who abstained from adopting the Euro. Hungary and Poland have sensible patriotic governments. <br /><br />The next thing I'd like to see happen is a country successfully get out of the Euro. Bank holiday, sort the vault cash into locally printed and minted items and foreign-origin Euro coin and bills, send the foreign origin to the central bank in return for reserves on deposit, stamp the domestically printed bills as a mnemonic device, announce that foreign exchange will be auctioned in quantitative tranches each month which will in turn determine the adjustable currency peg, and open up the banks for business and start trading the new currency at 1-to-1 and let it find its value over about 15 months. The Mediterranean countries would benefit from a devaluation. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-74674157684047512902016-06-25T16:22:57.911-04:002016-06-25T16:22:57.911-04:00"I would note that PM Cameron, the ossified l..."I would note that PM Cameron, the ossified leader of the ossified Tories, has announced his resignation in the wake of the defeat of the "Remain" campaign which he so ineptly championed with that mixture of arrogance and condescension one expects from an establishment politician."<br /><br />I wouldn't call him 'ossified'. He's only 50. I'd call him a careerist ad man type. All of Mrs. Thatcher's successors have been disappointments to one degree or another. Kudos to Ian Duncan Smith and Michael Howard for plumping for Brexit, though. John Major and Wm. Hague played the tool. Hague was particularly repulsive. <br /><br /> Cameron's first employer in the world of British politics has given accounts of his attitudes ca. 1995 and evidently he has for all that time been an ideologue in one respect: Europhilia. I think his resignation is far more graceful than anything BO has ever done. No one bests our feckless leader on the conceits meter. <br /><br /><br />Scottish particularlism conjoins a resentment of Westminster with a hankering after rule by the sort in Brussels Nigel Farage referred to as a 'damp rag' and 'low grade bank clerk'. Scottish Nationalism is silly.Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-85901109803452259222016-06-25T16:11:41.648-04:002016-06-25T16:11:41.648-04:00Ryan and John Boehner have been less troublesome c...Ryan and John Boehner have been less troublesome characters than AM McConnell. One of the pities of recent years is that Mr. Bevin (now Governor of Kentucky) was not quite able to take him out in 2014. <br /><br />RM Kaus has been making the case that Ryan and his pal Vin Weber are open-borders extremists. I primary win by Ryan's challenger would be another whiff of grapeshot for the Capitol Hill / K Street nexus. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-86300546047155826982016-06-25T12:03:13.866-04:002016-06-25T12:03:13.866-04:00Toys thrown from leftie prams. Nice.Toys thrown from leftie prams. Nice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05500877307118684488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-4857540544463575222016-06-25T10:09:46.620-04:002016-06-25T10:09:46.620-04:00Grexit. Departugal. Italeave. Fruckoff. Czechout. ...Grexit. Departugal. Italeave. Fruckoff. Czechout. Oustria. Finish. Slovakout. Latervia. Byegium....you gotta some spicy meatball in data word salad!<br />Bye Bye~~~<br />OWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-51251950325906740272016-06-25T07:09:03.842-04:002016-06-25T07:09:03.842-04:00Mad,
If you consider the murder of the MP just bef...Mad,<br />If you consider the murder of the MP just before the election as giving the "Remains" a big poll boost then the results would have been much better than 52 to 48 if it had not happened.<br />James the LesserJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-27575075043402668042016-06-25T06:50:41.964-04:002016-06-25T06:50:41.964-04:00love it!!love it!!ronnie bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03886562794521401319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-30143506968838342792016-06-25T01:35:14.891-04:002016-06-25T01:35:14.891-04:00As much as they want to neither the anti-anglosaxo...As much as they want to neither the anti-anglosaxon marxists of the EU nor their champions elsewhere can quite manage to say<br /><br />"Nothing important happened today"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04355521785297533930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-11339918100719120292016-06-24T23:51:10.177-04:002016-06-24T23:51:10.177-04:00Well, it seems that the pollsters are usually more...Well, it seems that the pollsters are usually more than willing to call it for the progressive cause. This proved the case here, too, for most--not all--of the polling. Too close to call . . .DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-48514761112930358652016-06-24T21:57:01.808-04:002016-06-24T21:57:01.808-04:00Should we stay or Should we go?
"...say the...Should we stay or Should we go? <br /><br />"...say there is a Pacific Economic Union (pronounced peeeyew) and it's headquarters are in Fiji..." 'unelected, and taxed without representation'<br /><br />PU, that smells even more rotten than something in Denmark! Was it the Danish King who said "Off with their Heads"? Skoal! Belch! ;)<br />"Let's Roll"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-16788073028014196982016-06-24T21:32:32.363-04:002016-06-24T21:32:32.363-04:00I see that the vote was indeed close and within th...I see that the vote was indeed close and within the margin of error, so the anti-pollster bias here is unwarranted. This actually is somewhat of a verification of the idea that the progressives' power is overstated because the question cut across a lot of constituencies.<br /><br />That said, notice too that a significant minority is always going to unenthusiastically vote "change nothing." U think that over the long term this is something like a third overall.<br /><br />So even a short win by the powers of change is more than it seems, and that of the remain sorts is weaker than they appear.<br /><br />Green BearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-58449753101045794612016-06-24T21:10:34.644-04:002016-06-24T21:10:34.644-04:00When I've discussed this with friends here in ...When I've discussed this with friends here in The Great South Land, I've used this analogy:<br /><br />Let's put it into a local hypothetical scenario.<br /><br /> Let's say there is a Pacific Economic Union (pronounced peeeyew) and it's headquarters are in Fiji.<br /><br /> The people running the show are unelected.<br /><br /> They make Australia's laws, which we can't refuse.<br /><br /> Australia pays them kazillions per year in taxes.<br /><br /> Would it be better to STAY or LEAVE?<br />Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05370419301210814375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-39820896356153570422016-06-24T21:10:12.494-04:002016-06-24T21:10:12.494-04:00Brexit’ to be followed by Grexit. Departugal. Ital...Brexit’ to be followed by Grexit. Departugal. Italeave. Fruckoff. Czechout. Oustria. Finish. Slovakout. Latervia. Byegium.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-58313426504164026942016-06-24T20:29:32.653-04:002016-06-24T20:29:32.653-04:00And to make good my point; there is now a real pus...And to make good my point; there is now a real push for in/out referenda in France, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Hungary.<br /><br />Merkel is now saying there should be a 'constructive exit' with the UK ending up as an 'associated partner', which probably means preserving trade ties; after all there will be 2.44 billion Euro hole in the EU finances after Britain leaves, and the freeloaders in the EU won't fill it, and Germany will need to keep selling Mercs, BMWs and Porsches to pay for it. Sound like the revolt at home on the continent might make the BREXIT pale in significance.Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-74739279435609674252016-06-24T19:24:17.691-04:002016-06-24T19:24:17.691-04:00Seems that toasters and tea kettles were the last ...Seems that toasters and tea kettles were the last straw here. Just too long of an arm of gov't. regulation invading a Brit's castle. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com