Brexit vote Thursday June 23
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 17:26
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The 10 happiest countries:
1: Switzerland
2: Iceland
3: Denmark
4: Norway
5: Canada
6: Finland
7: Netherlands
8: Sweden
9: New Zealand
10: Australia
And there's Iceland, near the top. While Germany, king of the EU, is absent from the list.
How did Icelanders end up so happy despite their rough trip through the Great Recession?
I read an article (not going to bother to dig it up) that Icelanders never felt like they were individually isolated during economic hard times. Nobody blamed the individuals or stopped helping or caring. The sense was that they were in it together - and that you would help out others, and you could count on them to help you, too.
The other point made in the article was the idea that even though they had lost a lot, they looked on it as an opportunity to start fresh, to avoid past mistakes, and to make it better.
I think that sense of optimism stems from the fact that their country, its economy, ethics, and future, are under their personal control, as opposed to the control of national and/ or international functionaries who pretty obviously have no interest in listening to the people. They don't feel trapped and helpless in a system rigged against them.
Let me just point out that the author left out vital relevant facts in the opinion piece. Doing that is known as cherry-picking. And whether you do that in the news, in discussion, in debate or in opinion, when you distort the facts, you've changed the nature of your communication into propaganda. But WE don't have any of THAT in the US, do we?!
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Happening today.
What bothers me about it is that there will be no exit polls. That way, there is no check on whether the vote was manipulated or not. No matter how the vote turns out, people should be outraged about how it was conducted.
I don't recall you being upset when the DNC did away with exit polls in the majority of states with closed primaries...
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"I don't recall you being upset when the DNC did away with exit polls in the majority of states with closed primaries..."
It did? I didn't know that! The DNC sucks even more than I thought, then.
It looks to me like the DNC is tightening its grip on the process, making itself even less accountable, and shutting voters out even more. YAY for the DNC, Debbie, Hillary, and Roberta and their strike for women's equality!! It just goes to show you don't have to be an old white male to be a power-hungry asshole.
Let me just point out that the author left out vital relevant facts in the opinion piece. Doing that is known as cherry-picking. And whether you do that in the news, in discussion, in debate or in opinion, when you distort the facts, you've changed the nature of your communication into propaganda. But WE don't have any of THAT in the US, do we?!
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I'm laughing hysterically at the carnage. I'm surprised you can't hear me all the way over there.
Hedge funds make money off Brexit vote - https://city.wsj.com/stories/17a2e642-feae-4353-9245-224dad1fb4de.html
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"Two of the early beneficiaries were London hedge-fund chieftains who took different views on the vote, but both wound up making money..."
Oh well Sig, at least plenty of ordinary working people will get hurt.
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Originally posted by 1kiki:
"I don't recall you being upset when the DNC did away with exit polls in the majority of states with closed primaries..."
It did? I didn't know that! The DNC sucks even more than I thought, then.
It looks to me like the DNC is tightening its grip on the process, making itself even less accountable, and shutting voters out even more. YAY for the DNC, Debbie, Hillary, and Roberta and their strike for women's equality!! It just goes to show you don't have to be an old white male to be a power-hungry asshole.
Your hypocrisy knows no bounds. How can you claim Hillary to be a power hungry bitch while remaining quite as a church mouse, when Putin changed the constitution to run for a third term. And to this day you remain a Putinett.
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"Your hypocrisy knows no bounds. How can you claim Hillary to be a power hungry bitch while remaining quite as a church mouse, when Putin changed the constitution to run for a third term."
I see you can't even quote correctly. Leave it to YOU to use the sexist term bitch when I used the utterly gender neutral term asshole.
How can you be such a brainless liar? Whatever the DNC is doing, they're pretending to do it. IN MY NAME. They're doing it. IN MY COUNTRY. And what they doing. DIRECTLY INFRINGES ON ME.
Or are you a Russian? Does the US not matter to you?
Let me just point out that the author left out vital relevant facts in the opinion piece. Doing that is known as cherry-picking. And whether you do that in the news, in discussion, in debate or in opinion, when you distort the facts, you've changed the nature of your communication into propaganda. But WE don't have any of THAT in the US, do we?!
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Originally posted by ElvisChrist:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Happening today.
What bothers me about it is that there will be no exit polls. That way, there is no check on whether the vote was manipulated or not. No matter how the vote turns out, people should be outraged about how it was conducted.
I don't recall you being upset when the DNC did away with exit polls in the majority of states with closed primaries...
Then you have a VERY crappy memory! I was aghast and angry that the DNC didn't follow up on the very clear vote count manipulation that went on. They should have jumped right on it, and set national standards for vote count audit trails.
People deserve to have their vote counted fairly, damnit! The only reason that I could figure why the DNC didn't pursue the fraud was that they intended to use it themselves one day.
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I'll tell you what I DON'T like about Trump: I think that he has never confronted either the international banking cartel, nor the CIA-State Dept multi-headed hydra, nor the military-industrial complex. The last person to confront them was JFK (BTW, ALL immigration was illegal under JFK) and look what happened to him.
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Quote:Now THAT is something I'm sure you'll laugh over!
Oh well Sig, at least plenty of ordinary working people will get hurt.
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I'll tell you what I DON'T like about Trump: I think that he has never confronted either the international banking cartel, nor the CIA-State Dept multi-headed hydra, nor the military-industrial complex. The last person to confront them was JFK (BTW, ALL immigration was illegal under JFK) and look what happened to him.
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Originally posted by 1kiki:
"Your hypocrisy knows no bounds. How can you claim Hillary to be a power hungry bitch while remaining quite as a church mouse, when Putin changed the constitution to run for a third term."
I see you can't even quote correctly. Leave it to YOU to use the sexist term bitch when I used the utterly gender neutral term asshole.
How can you be such a brainless liar? Whatever the DNC is doing, they're pretending to do it. IN MY NAME. They're doing it. IN MY COUNTRY. And what they doing. DIRECTLY INFRINGES ON ME.
Or are you a Russian? Does the US not matter to you?
Thanks 1kiki. Everyone here will enjoy the hypocrisy of your post.
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Are you Russian? Is that why you're stuck on Putin and refuse to discuss the US? Does the US not matter to you?
Let me just point out that the author left out vital relevant facts in the opinion piece. Doing that is known as cherry-picking. And whether you do that in the news, in discussion, in debate or in opinion, when you distort the facts, you've changed the nature of your communication into propaganda. But WE don't have any of THAT in the US, do we?!
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