Yes the markets went back up today. I did my bit to help and bought stock in Match.Com. ( Because you never know when you’ll need to fire up that Tinder App). But Britain kept taking one hit after another. A labor No Confidence vote that Jeremy Corbyn lost, and additional
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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
Continue readingNow it’s time to pay the piper.
This weekend has been one of the most interesting in recent history. Watching the post mortem on the Brexit referendum on British TV has been an education to say the least. When you walk off of a cliff, there is that interval of time while you fall, wondering how bad
Continue readingFuneral for a friend
I suffered the loss of a good friend last night. The United Kingdom ( May 1, 1707-June 23rd, 2016), America’s mother country, the source of US traditions and many of our values , a country that holds a special place in my heart, committed suicide last night. It was 409 years
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June 23rd this year is a big day. Its a big day because the United Kingdom is about to potentially make a really stupid decision and leave the EU. ( A really stupid decision). It’s also a day that I made a really stupid personal decision and it set the
Continue readingThe Queen’s unruly subjects.
John Oliver explains in good form why the UK should leave the shitty politics , as well as the political assassinations, to their crazy American cousins on the wrong side of the Atlantic: Since we have a British satellite system, we are getting to see a lot of the debate
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To the earlier discussion about gun control. As a part of my job, I monitor the Israeli English press and where I can get them, translations of Hebrew newspapers. There was an excellent article in The Jerusalem Post this week about the Israeli approach to firearms and the American one.
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Maybe Donald, the talking yam, will make America great again. Certainly , Cleveland is looking forward to a good time in July: Last month, artist Spencer Tunick put out a call for women to pose nude at the Republican National Convention this summer. They’ll be part of his latest large-scale art installation: “Everything She Says
Continue readingThe four horsemen are saddling up
The four horsemen of the apocalypse that is. As if having Donald Trump on a presidential ballot were not proof enough the Anti-Christ is alive and walking among us, now comes a day when I actually agree with a Republican Congressman from Mississippi. Repent! The hour of judgment is at hand!
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Do sometimes get together. If you have been coming here for a decent interval you know that I hold both the National Review and the Weekly Standard in utter contempt. I read them to find out how the ill informed voter thinks and to find satire worthy materials. But every
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