Valentine: Brexit vs. The ‘News’ Media

Original art by Mark Valentine

Original art by Mark Valentine

Five months ago, I wrote about “The End Of Europe”

We’e not quite there yet, but the U.K. voting itself out of the E.U. ( Brexit) took us closer. We could talk about what comes next. We can talk about the financial implications, the social implications. We can talk about what it foreshadows for the American presidential elections. Those are all interesting subjects and they are all being talked about by lots of other people.

However let’s talk about what Brexit showed us about the American news media.

NBC, ABC, CBS and MSNBC were all surprised and shocked.

The New York Times had the “Remain” camp with an 80 percent chance of winning on the day of the vote. They didn’t see it coming.

How is that possible?

Bookies in the U.K. had the information. That means the facts were there, but they were overlooked. We could try to guess the reasons for this bad investigative reporting.  Instead, I think we should just add a large grain of salt to the so-called information that comes from these sources.

Most of the media talking heads immediately began calling the Brexit voters xenophobic, racist and ignorant of the turmoil they have caused.

Those pundits revealed to us that they are globalists.

They believe that a few “smart” people in a central location know what’s good for us. And the only way they can process the rejection is to paint those who disagree in a negative light.

They are only in favor of democracy if it supports their beliefs.

Democracy requires sovereignty. Reject that, and you reject democracy itself.

There was a huge imbalance of Stay propaganda compared to Remain propaganda in the U.K. The fear among American Democrats is that our citizens will also reject the propaganda that passes for news.

They have groomed us to accept sources that hide the truth. They have become more invested in proving the “other side” wrong rather than reporting all the facts. It seems like the U.S. is engaged in a giant court battle of, “You’re Wrong vs No You’re Wrong.”

Here are a few facts about the E.U. that Americans rarely see:

It began in 1951 as the European Coal and Steel Community.  Six nations tried to heal the wounded relations caused by World War II through duty-free trade. The Treaty of Rome created the European Economic Community, or Common Market in 1957. President Charles de Gaulle of France vetoed Britain’s application in 1963 and in 1967. Britain finally joined in 1973. That explains some of Britain’s feelings toward the E.U.

Most Americans don’t have a good picture of who actually voted on Brexit.

British citizens 18 and older, citizens abroad who have been registered to vote at home in the last 15 years and residents of Britain who are citizens of Ireland or of the Commonwealth, which consists of 53 countries, including Australia, Canada, India and South Africa. The information about who voted runs contrary to the US talking heads that give us a picture of racist, white factory workers rising up against the more educated Europeans.

There are lots of instructive parallels in Europe for us, but the flow of “information” is eye-opening. Every day, we should force ourselves to listen to news sources that disagree with our feelings. Maybe we should tone down the Democrats vs Republicans and be a bit open to reality.

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39 Responses to Valentine: Brexit vs. The ‘News’ Media

  1. Lydia says:

    “Every day, we should force ourselves to listen to news sources that disagree with our feelings.” Yes. I do that. I spend at least a couple of hours every day listening to NPR/KPR/KCUR although it it makes my head explode. Talk about hiding the truth … a daily reminder that the Left has taken Antonio Gramsci’s theories on cultural hegemony seriously and put them into practice.

      • Harley says:

        HEY CHUCKLES: EVERY DAY ANOTHER STORY COMES
        OUT THAT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE THE CLOWN/F*CKING
        IDIOT YOU ARE.
        No Benghazi charges. How do you feel. For years you used these allegations to take down Hillary. Well today…you get pie
        in your face and the fact that you screamed about this Benghazi
        lie for years.
        Well to cowboy and southern boy and glaza and mike t and
        whiney and wislon and hearne and and kero wack off job..
        the truth is uncovered and you look like the a$$holes you
        really are.
        No mercy for all of you liars and haters.
        Again…Harley stands tall like the statue of liberty with the
        truth and the real facts.
        I understand many of you are old….on social security sucking
        on the tit of America’s finances (especially hearne and
        southern man who probably don’t need the money)…but the
        rest of you use lies/false information/cheating and other
        form of diversion to try and defy the great Harley.
        I said it back over a year ago…it was b.s.
        And now…we find even the head of the investigation into
        Benghazi committed federal crimes in lying in his own
        investigation.
        WHEN WILL YOU LOSERS LEARN.
        HARLEY IS THE CHAMP….NOT ALI OR DUMPSTER…
        OR THE WORST PREZ IN AMERICAN HISTORY RAYGUN…
        BUT ONE NAME STANDS FOR THE TRUTH AND THE
        RIGHT POSITION ON EVERY ISSUE.
        We kicked your ass on your lies about abortion.
        We kicked your ass on your lies about voter suppression…
        We kicked your ass on every major issue and we’ll continue
        once we take command of the supreme court.
        As old men your days are numbered. The revolution of the
        :new America” is soon to come.
        Step aside. May those final preparations.
        BECAUSE HARLEY KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS!
        AND FOR THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH THE ALL
        INTELLIGENT HARLEY…. you will shrivel in pain as the’
        world becomes fair and honest again.
        Good luck you old f*cks!
        AGAIN…HARLEY PROVES EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU
        TO BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY AND THE
        GREATNESS OF AMERICA AGAIN.
        GOD BLESS AMERICA!
        LAND THAT I LOVE!
        STAND BESIDE HER.
        AND GUIDE HER…..
        n yes…we’re guiding her as all you old wart vanish into the
        past.
        GOD BLESS AMERICA!
        IT’S OUR TURN TO MAKE THIS NATION GREAT.
        TAKE THE DUMPSTER TO THE TRASH BIN.
        America is going to become great AGAIN…JUST AS IT
        ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
        chucklets…you’re 0-1000…give it up. Your time has passed.
        People like Harley are the future of the greatness of our
        nation…our people and our heritage.
        Thanks and god bless ….
        Harley…the king!

      • Harley says:

        CHEAP! YOU SAY CHEAP CHUCKLES……50K AINT CHEAP.
        chuck/glaza/hearne/southy/jerkswab/ YOU WANNA TALK
        ABOUT CHEAP?

        /wait til you hear about dumpsters deal in Baja!!!!!!!!
        It makes trump university seem like a small bust out job!
        More to come folks.
        This guy can’t be real. This is some sort of bad nightmare
        for the honest good people who believed this stuff.

    • Harley says:

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

      I kid you not as I lie on the floor laughing. I’ve not seen anything this
      fun since Eddy Munster showed up at glazas comedy shop. It’s the
      funniest pic of the year. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHA!

      Dumpster comes back from his horrible trip to Scotland and his
      first speech given is in front of a truckload of garbage. Go see it.
      It’s incredible!!!!!!! Even Louis CK could not come up with comedy
      this funny!

  2. Guy Who Says What Others Think says:

    The Brexit vote should make Hildabeast very nervous. The “unwashed” masses are sick and tired of having the liberals and democrats look down their noses and proclaim that THEY know what’s best for them and to just shut up and swallow it. Looking directly at you, Obummer.

    • Harley the One (there is only one "The Greatest"!) says:

      uh….guy…the pursestrings of America are controlled by republicans
      (you stupid dick should have learned that in grade school)…and as
      always you are wrong again. STFU you stupid fool. You like glaze and
      hearne and chuck the ditch digger haven’t posted one single correct
      prediction in 4 years. There’s no reason to think yu’ll start now.
      F.U.

      • chuck says:

        F.U.?

        STFU?

        Stupid fool?

        Anonymity is it’s own reward for a pusillanimous, punk-azz pussy like Harley.

        Just as the thugs who outnumber and beat innocent women attending rallies for Trump, Harley hides in the ape house, slinging sh*t from his tire swing at those who would disagree with the ‘accepted’ MSM Liberal Narrative.

        A true “Hale-Bop” believer, he represents his side of the argument with the usual verve and elan we have come to expect from the Left.

        • Guy Who Says What Others Think says:

          Nailed it, Chuck. Harley’s sputtering vitriol exposes him for the blathering liberal jackoff we all know him to be.

          • Harley says:

            words are weak from weak people like chuck
            and guy who says what other losers think.
            Again you losers n bottom of the barrel
            bald old senior losers I SAY IT AGAIN….
            HARLEY IS RIGHT…IS ALWAYS RIGHT…
            AND NOT ONE SINGLE ONE OF THE
            LOSERS ON HERE HAS EVER PROVED
            ME WRONG.
            NOW START DIGGING THOSE DITCHES.
            HARLEY REIGNS…..
            SUPREME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Harley says:

      YEAH YEAH YEAH GUY WHO SAYS WHAT PEDOPHILES THINK:

      You’re wrong again. America survives…while you hope for problems.
      When you get a brain get back with Harley….then we can talk.
      Til then STFU you ignorant a=hole!

  3. Nick says:

    Vis a vis the media: It’s actually the owners of the outlets, some very very wealthy individuals indeed, who have promulgated their views via their news organs. And all they’re concerned about is their own bottom line, political parties be dammed.

    re Brexit – take a deep breath. Odds are favorable that it never happens; Boris Johnson still has to invoke Article 50 — assuming Johnson succeeds Cameron – as it appears Cameron wants nothing to do with that task himself. And Johnson has publicly said there’s no need to trigger Article 50 right away

    Finally, the referendum was only advisory, not compulsory; England can still dance away from the abyss…

    • Dwight Sutherland,Jr. says:

      Talk about whistling past the graveyard ! There are no do-overs at this level. Re the media disinformation campaign, their is some truth to the notion that owners of media concerns are concerned primarily with the bottom line. The KC Star was standard issue liberal/left in it editorial policies when it was owned by Cap Cities -that is, on all issues except labor relations. Because of the publisher’s terrible history,it came out with stuff that sounded like it was written by the National Right to Work Committee. There are,however,plenty of limousine liberals around and to the extent they own media outlets,those will reflect a progressive bias,personal wealth notwithstanding. Please spare me the little rhetorical shell game that people on the left customarily engage in,i.e. television networks and newspapers are owned by corporations,owners of corporations are by definition conservative so their can never be left/liberal bias in the media. This is arrant nonsense,as anyone knows who follows the New York Times,The Washington Post, ABC,CBS,NBC,MSNBC,the LA Times,The New Republic,Harpers,The Atlantic,The Nation,The New Republic,etc..all corporately owned. Look at the way Dan Rather and Brian Williams were willing to destroy their careers in furtherance of some personal agenda, so that the bottom line of their employers mattered not one whit if it got in the way of their ideology or egos.(“How can I be wrong when I have all the right views?”)

      • Nick says:

        No shell game; the point is that new organs have more and more reflected their owners’ personal stances, the odd individual reporter aside. In fact, if you think about it, there hasn’t been a ‘stand alone’ reporter, one the public followed in droves, in quite a long time. Since Rather, in fact (Williams was always second rate.)

        Nope, it’s the owners driving their personally owned media in whichever political direction they please.

        Funny you called out the WaPo; while left leaning back in the 70s this is the same paper that published…what? a couple dozen editorials supporting George the Lessor’s desire to invade Iraq? And it’s editorial board, along with its daily published pundits, leans so far to the right as to be comical.

        Gotta be fair, though – the WaPo does publish the latest Pew Research data on the topic…

        As for The Nation, The Atlantic and The New Republic (twice!, no less…), those are institutions, not some Johnny-come-latelies to unfairly pile on the GOP & tea baggers. And I’m reasonably sure there are conservative publications of equal stature that respond in kind. Right?

      • Nick says:

        And I wasn’t speaking of a “do over.” The British government does not have to move on this – the referendum, was advisory only.

        • Frank says:

          If they don’t leave, the people who orchestrated the whole thing should be executed for insulting anybody and everybody who is not them and then not going through with what they were handed. Fuc* em. Put em on a plane and drop them off in the middle of the Syrian or Iraqi desert.

          • Frank says:

            This whole “it was just advisory” bullshi* is something a kid does when he/she said they are gonna run away from home and then they come back for dinner.

        • Nick says:

          Frank

          Yeah, it would be contentious, to say the least, should their parliament wash their hands of the whole thing on a technicality. Still, it’s an option. One that may look better and better to the British public since that buffoon Johnson stood down…

          Will be extremely interesting to see who steps up –Gove– to eat crow…

      • Harley says:

        where’s your boy woodchuck?

  4. Harley the One (there is only one "The Greatest"!) says:

    The whole thing is a mess. then you have Scotland/wales and northern Ireland
    to take into account. Who’s running Britain now.
    Jobs will be leaving…some place the number at over a million…plus
    Britain will have to renegotiate trade treaties….the pound will get killed…
    people love value….2 trillion in paper value is lost….Russia is loving all this
    …..3 million young people signed a petition for another vote after they realized
    all the free goodies they won’t receive….its literally a battle of young versus old
    in Britain….no more free universities….and all this time:

    OUR DISGUSTING VILE SICK LOUD MOUTH CANDIDATE TRUMP ONLY
    SPOKE OF HOW ‘he” could make money on his personal portfolio during his
    trip to Scotland where he spoke at a podium surrounded by balls with the
    Nazi insignia inscribed on it.

    I’m going with Nick here because nothing may ever happen. The exit crowd really
    didn’t seem to have the sh*t together. They say they have 2 years to leave…but
    the other members want them out now…and its just one big clusterf*ck.
    We lost 600 points on the stock market and I’msure margin callsare freaking
    out someof the disgusting cheating hedge funds on wall street who made some
    stupid bets. My question: Is this what the big money on wallstreet uses
    American’s 401k’s/retirement accounts to bet on? If so we really need
    someone like Elizabeth warren to come out and tell America what these
    crooks are getting away with.
    Oh…phone call last night from one of top pollsters said that the crushing
    numbers that were released in the u.s. prez race are much worse for dumpster
    than have ever been seen before. He could lose the white vote in November or
    win it by only 2-4 points which means that no matter what happens dumpster
    (without any campaign funds) is getting crushed and it could be over by the
    time of the republican convention/protests in Cleveland.

  5. CFPCowboy says:

    You hit the nail on the head. History, action, and result are all put forth clearly. We refer to those in the US with the same attitudes as elitists. The argument that leaders in Brussels should dictate taxes, political attitudes, and immigragion for the individual countries was as ludicrous as Washington dictating to flyover country. Grear article.

  6. chuck says:

    Excellent article.

    The Main Stream Media’s raison de tere is NOT to provide news, but, to incessantly move the Overton Window hard to Port. The “Virtue Signalling, “Moralshaming” condescension of the Progressive, agenda driven 4th Estate is the norm. A Federal, Central, Statist, Liberal increase in power is the justifiable ends that accepts any means (Take your guns and bodyguards to Trump Rallies. The police will stand by and watch you beaten to death.). The rights of free speech and the right of assembly be damned, if you disagree with the Liberal Ministry Of Truth.

    BREXIT was not about Brussels invoking the innate power of the Imperium in your everyday life (Although it played a part.). That power had been in effect for decades. It was about IMMIGRATION. It was “Rotherham” and the thousands of incidents that were prima facie, unambiguated evidence to all but the willfully impercipient, that Islamic Immigration by the millions into Europe and in this case England is anathema to the Occidental, Judeo Christian ethos that the has enabled the west to flourish.

    The Brits saw that the Irredentist, Cultural Imperialism of Liberal Immigration policies were ruining the country there fathers and father’s fathers had created.

    Here in America, Lumpen Conservatives like Paul Ryan, a globalist who favors open borders, cheap labor and dicey-dangerous situations in neighborhoods that are not his neighborhood, should take heed. Americans, just like Britons, now languish under the suzerainty of the Liberal Zeitgeist and the hard sharp heel of a politicized Federal Government.

    That lady with the scales hasn’t been blind for a long time.

    Borders are as important as the Rule Of Law that the Left wants destroyed.

    • chuck says:

      Sorry for the typos late for work

      • Harley says:

        What a bunch of losers!
        Don’t you get it.
        This was the old people in Britain versus the new upcoming
        younger people of Britain. See vote totals by age.
        If you f*cking idiots think you can transfer anything that
        happened in Britain (who now has to contend with Scotland/ northern Ireland/wales) along with getting the boot
        from the eu in like a 2 month period as opposedto the
        2 years the british want….to the u.s. with a loser like trump
        running for office….I’ve got a bridge to sell ya.
        It cost Britain 1 million jobs….probably with create a generation
        gap that won’t be healed…maybe another vote….the pound
        getting pummelled and jobs that were created by being part of
        the eu going away.
        You all are so old your minds are on the verge of alzheimers.
        You don’t get it.
        Harley says wait….Britain made a huge mistake…only now
        are they realizing that all costs for goods and services will
        skyrocket….their standard of living will take a hit…
        and while 2 trillion in paper value disappeared our “vile
        disgusting and lying dumpster was more concerned with himself making money on this deal than the effects on
        America.
        Just like the old fogees on kcc…Britain screwed themselves.
        Much to be ironed out….but HARLEY WILL BE RIGHT
        AGAIN….
        HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN U.S. AND BRITAIN…….
        GO EAT YOUR GRASS SHEEP….HARLEY IS ON IT!!!!!!!
        AND HARLEY KNOWS THE DEAL.
        HILLARY 2016….UP 12 POINTS AND MOVING UP…..
        GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        • I am with Harley. The English people just threw a temper tantrum. They are acting like 2 year olds. Parenting is a good thing and would be much appreciated by those far more ‘Mature’ and knowledgeable ‘Remainers’. In this case, the will of the people should fall to the experts who have been saying to idiot white, soon to be disenfranchised ((Thank Oprah…,er…, God.) working class, FU*K YOU!

          Good job Harley!

          • Harley says:

            Peter…its not very often someone says something nice about my writings on kcc.
            However on my other blogs I get many
            people who agree with me on important
            matters.
            The world is changing…and this vote is
            part of it.
            People are frustrated…people are worn out…
            more people on anti depressants today
            than ever before.
            Our kids are turning to wax/heroin/opiods
            to escape the situations they find themselves
            in.
            The world will destroy itself in the path it’s
            headed.
            we’re ruining the environment…allowing
            con men to make us believe they have the
            answers (dumpster)….
            but we’ve made it this far….we will right the
            ship…
            Everyone’s looking for a quick easy fix…but there are none. If you pray to the bible/the
            torah/the Koran or any other holy book I suggest reading it….the answers are so
            simple sitting right in front of us with answers
            to these problems within our reach.
            This weekend spent my Saturday at the VA
            on van brunt. After 5 hours there I saw some
            of the most depressing items I’ve seen in a
            long time. As vets, they deserve only the best…
            but no doctors want to work there. Saw the
            positive as veterans got glasses/medicines/
            saw doctors/and yes there is some hope that
            we can correct these problems.
            A major decision will have to be made by we
            as americans. Do we jump into fight as dumpster
            recommends, with the high tolls in both human
            lives and human injuries…or will we as the
            leaders of the world blaze a trail to save ALL OF
            GOD’S CHILDREN. nO MATTER WHAT GOD
            YOU WORSHIP!
            god bless

          • rww says:

            Are you crazy? Don’t feed wild animals!!

      • Harley says:

        don’t forget your shovel and deodorant.

  7. The Word says:

    The Brexit vote showed two things that is important with our election.

    No. 1, the MSM lies. Every story about the vote was about how the Remain camp was going to win and big. Well it didn’t so how could 90 percent of all MSM be wrong? Because they lied too you.

    No. 2, calling the opposition bigots, sexist, xenophobes or racist isn’t going to work anymore. Like the UK, there is a growing soft nationalism around the nation. People want to protect their culture and civilization. And people are tired of seeing the third world come in here and turning areas of our country into their hellhole.

  8. Stomper says:

    Great topic Mark but your analysis of it was faulty and shallow. More research on your part would have revealed that.

    First off, to blame the American media for misreading the outcome completely overlooks that the English media missed it bigtime, going in and our press just followed theirs. Polls over there showed that the Remain camp seemed to hold the edge, though narrow. After the murder of MP Jo Cox by the right wing extremist that was driven by anti-EU sentiment, polls showed the Remain camp seemed to be pulling away. Heck, even David Cameron himself in calling for the referendum initially viewed the options and thought the vote would go his way and cement his place within the Conservative Party. Little out of line to blame the American MSM when even their own Prime Minister made a career ending blunder.

    Secondly, the English electorate is far, far different than is the American one. If you had taken a look at the voting demographics in Great Britain you would have seen that it is far less diverse with older whites occupying a much bigger piece of the pie. While there was a wide spectrum of issues addressed in the Brexit vote, I think Chuck is correct that with regards to the perspective of the older, white, rural, voters in GB that drove the vote, it was about immigration. Now these voters who went into the voting booths thinking that Remain was going to win and choosing to vote to Leave as a protest vote, are $#i++ing bricks when they see what their Leave votes have done to their pensions.

    Finally, set aside the American MSM and take a look at the American markets themselves. Investors here had already priced in the Remain victory with the markets taking a nice jump at the end of last week, prior to the vote. Typically our markets make pretty intelligent analyses of impending events and price out their opinions in advance. Pretty obvious that our own markets, let alone our own media, missed this one (other than George Soros apparently).

    Trump has and will continue to misplay Brexit. I think that many older conservative voters in this country, seeing what the Brexit vote and sentiment behind it has done to the value of their own retirement accounts, will have to reconsider their opinions.

    In any event, thanks Mark, for offering up this topic. We’re always looking for new and different ways to argue about politics. 🙂

    • Harley says:

      BUT IT GETS DOWN TO ONE HUGE FACT………………………
      Harley is right again. Use all your excuses about the media being
      liberal and who owns what and what each one came and said.
      Say what you want about the rest of your logjam of misinformation
      and the b.s. you throw around like the chimp level intelligence you
      losers possess.
      Southern man won the genetic lottery…..the racist vile angry old
      dog hates 24/7 and the people spoke with their votes and the
      rest is history.
      And while chuckles and southern man and guy with no brains who
      says what people with no brains think are all wrong again.
      Your boy is headedto a slam dunk landslide as we the people
      take back government and put all your failed lies and experiments from the
      Iraq war to the decimation of the great state of Kansas to rest.
      Come on chucklets…..lets hear it for your boy dumpster.
      Where’s whiney and southern man…not asingle whisper from those
      old boys about what’s happening in America.
      The supremecourt will sort it all out for you boys and long after the
      good lord comes for you we’ll still be having 6-3 decisions when the
      black uncle tom retires.
      Harley predicted it long ago. Harley put it in writing when it was
      not the prevailing idea or prognostication.
      BUT ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN PROVEN WRONG AGAIN AND AGAIN.
      CRY ALL YOU WANT OLD BOYS….TRY TO B.S. THE FEW KCC READERS
      WHO STILL HANG HERE TO NO AVAIL.
      STOMPER HAD IT RIGHT…YOU’RE ALL FAULTY AND SHALLOW AND
      SOON WILL BE FORGOTTEN.
      BECAUSE HERE AND THE OTHER BLOGS PROVE AGAIN…WHEN
      HARLEY SPEAKS/WRITES…IT HAPPENS.
      gOOD LUCK….I’m anxious to hear what you all have to say about dumpster
      (especially the glaza) when he’s more interested in his own money
      making schemes than doing what’s right.
      We the people have our pitchforks and fires…we’re just waiting for
      November to take this mess you created and make this nation great
      under Madame President!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      The snowball is rolling down the hill old boys and no one can stop it.
      Harley is the one and only. Harley is right again! As always!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. The blind partisan comments and insults don’t add much,
    especially when you post the same thing, no matter what the topic.
    Typing in caps doesn’t make your comments more intelligent.
    Those kind of responses say more about you than the topic.

    Personally, I could be be happy with either candidate…
    if they would both go away

    • Harley says:

      dear mark:
      please go back to the finger painting pieces you were famous for
      in grade school.
      The current art is not cutting it. Maybe go to Hobby lobby for some
      paint by number boards because your so called art work is equal to
      that of a 5 year old at Holy Cross (and tthat’s an insult to the kids
      at Holy Cross).
      I’ve suggested other career opportunities:
      1. dig ditches with chuklessssssssss.
      2. write articles with glaza
      3. sell guns at wal mart
      4. do drywall with Allied
      5. write poetry with the 6th graders at Blue Valley
      6. paint with the seniors at john knoxvillage (although I have seen some
      incredible talent there…not yours though)
      7. open up a roadside stand at the former Phillips 66 and sell velvet
      renditions of elvis/prince or the 6 dogs playing poker.
      WHATEVER YOUCHOOSE…IT WILL BE BETTER THAN WHAT YOU
      SHOW ON KCC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. chuck says:

    This from the Washington Post.

    “Alastair Darling, a former chancellor of the exchequer, outlined the extent of the crisis here during an interview with the BBC’s “Today” program on Monday. “There is no government. There is no opposition. The people who got us into this mess — they’ve gone to ground,” he said “How has the United Kingdom come to this position? We have taken this decision and have no plan for the future.”

    Britain’s political system faces months if not years of instability. Cameron originally recommended that a new prime minister be in place by early October. On Monday, the party committee overseeing the rules for the selection of a new Conservative Party leader to succeed Cameron accelerated that timetable, calling for a decision to be made by Sept. 2.”

    • chuck says:

      This is exactly why these politicians are being forced out. Get on the phone, show up, find solutions, make progress? No. The wailing and gnashing of teeth at the loss of power and the “Let’s take our ball and go home” (A nod to that coward George Will, who cares not about 3 new appointees with the political acumen of Harley being placed on the Supreme Court.) whining of former elites with sinecure based on ideology and not results.

      George Will and other Republicans like him, exemplify the solipsistic, elitist, butt hurt attitude that doesn’t just throw the baby out with the bathwater, they stand above we newborns and drive the Lumpen Conservative guidon threw our Fontanelle, out our azz and into that salty earth where they think we all belong.

      Quit whining and get to work.

      That isn’t the sky falling, it is the sound of your galactic Hindenburg sized ego blowing air, gas and flames out of your azz, where your mouth used to be.

      • Harley says:

        you’re right chuck….with Hillary’s win in November
        she’ll appoint at least 3 if not 4 supreme court justices.
        I admit they are smarter than I cause I really don’t
        care about legal proceedings but the court is heading
        to stage left and when we’re done we’ll make America
        great again.
        1. no guns for terrorists or no fly listed losers.
        2. abortions as per roe v. wade without restrictions for
        the rest of your life (10-15 years at max)…and way way
        beyond
        3. end of citizens united.
        4. the passage of no more voter suppression laws and the
        end of gerrymandering.
        In other words southy and chucky we’re gonna make
        America great again while your hero boy dumpster tries
        to figure out how to pay his bills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        get ready southy and all you wing nuts….Harley is right
        again and we’re going to rock your right wing nut world
        for the next 50 years!!!!!!
        good luck…you’ll need it.

        • Harley says:

          Heck ….just for the fun of it…the new supreme court
          might outlaw guns sales altogether and get the
          nra all fired up.
          Won’t make any difference….supremes are in for
          life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
          hahahahahahhha!
          as they say in politics….to the winner goes the spoils.
          Imagine what Hillary/Bill can do to jack up the
          mistakes made by scalia/Thomas and the rest of the
          supremes over the last few years.
          Karma baby…karma…..
          AS MY FAVORITE GROUP SANG….
          CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  11. chuck says:

    Harley is on Edgar Allan Poe’s cutting room floor. A character, too insane to implement in any story. Poe, unconscious, dreaming in his dreams, deep in his ‘cups’, absinthe bottles strewn about the floor, conjures up another story, this time a murder of crows. A primal cacophony of sound with no meaning, no direction, existing for the noise only. Poe comes awake. the vision no longer a potent nightmare, but in the light of day, a susurrus, just out of range, just barley audible.

    Was it Heckle or was it Jeckle?

    No matter, send them to Florida.

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