Watching markets tank again, makes me want to keep beating the Brexit horse. Once again, thank you voters of the UK for giving me an opportunity to keep working well into my 60’s. That night job as an Uber driver in a couple of years will be a hell of lot of fun.
Meanwhile, as the United Kingdom’s corpse is being embalmed, a new word has joined the English language:
Meanwhile down under, there is a revision being considered to the Australian flag:
In more good news, it appears one’s Brexit vote comes with a money back guarantee.
George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in words that were eerily reminiscent of Hank Paulson’s in 2008, reassured British citizens that the “fundamentals of the economy are sound”.
Pro-tip. It didn’t work for Paulson back then either.
Meanwhile, there are those who cling to the rather vain hope that this nightmare can all be undone:
While other people are realizing just how bad things are:
David Cameron, realizing his days as a government employee are limited, begins working on his resume:
When “fucked a pig” will be only the THIRD most notorious item in your obituary… https://t.co/4qotihpyxq
— Billmon (@billmon1) June 26, 2016
Seriously though, this referendum proves H.L. Menken’s old quote and one I have used before, “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.“
Of course, we Americans should not get complacent. Especially the peculiar species of American voter that spouts the same old tired lines about ” sticking it to the elites”, “throwing of totalitarianism” and “sticking it to unelected policy makers” Here is a serious point, if you, as an American, support Brexit-besides being wrong you may be just one of these people:
That’s my best summation of the why, of American conservatives who support either / or Trump or Brexit.
And this is only Monday. Tip your waitress well, I may be bashing this insanity all week.