Brexit Madness

Fiaancial markets are plunging as "Leave" shows unexpected strength.

The GBP is off about 6% to 1.4050; the S&P 500 futures are down 2.5% to 2053.

Time will tell!

UPDATE: Brits out!

Comments

[cathyf]

First?

[Frau Edith Steingehirn]

Yay, cathyf!

[RattlerGator]

I think there's a November landslide brewing for the good guys. The NeverTrump people better wake the hell up.

[Lurker Susie]

History repeats itself:
After an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the UNION, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in the world. It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force.
—Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 1 (1787)

[DrJ]

197 VOTING AREAS REPORTING (52%)
Remain 48.3% 7,242,316 votes
Leave 51.7% 7,762,796 votes

Still no results from Ireland.

[Threadkiller]

Ah-ah-ah... 7-up!

[daddy]

"Lie back and think of England!"

[Janet]

Leave
Votes
8,412,095
Votes
Remain
Votes
7,895,253
Votes
176 results left to declare

http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/eu_referendum/results

[Threadkiller]

Oops. I meant to post that on the last thread, for Ann.

[Janet]

Rep.John Lewis doin' the okie-doke

[daddy]

So where are their Movie Stars and Rock And Roll Bands going to flee to in protest? Brussels?

[Janet]

or he's getting the okie-doke done to him.

[Lurker Susie]

Too funny questioning Corey going to cnn

Richard Grenell
Richard Grenell – Verified account ‏@RichardGrenell

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6:06 PM - 23 Jun 2016
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[Porchlight]

IT'S HAPPENING.

[Threadkiller]

"I can't breath!"

[Threadkiller]

Chunnel hit hardest...

[ann]

I knew you guys would pull through. We gotta keep our sense of humor.

Don't you love Pelosi with her pearls and Apple watch singing we will overcome!

[Theo]

Amazing if the Brexit vote holds up. Could be good for Trump in several ways. It shows voters may be really ready for a change even a radical one unthinkable to the elites. Also the resultant economic downturn will be blamed on the Democrats.

But let's not get ahead of ourselves. The referendum is technically non binding. Watch out for a Remain coup.

[Stephanie]

Y'all got me to abandon the regex, parser patterns with 8 business days to launch of the new website with your giddiness...

Come on Dover! and Chelsea! and Mayfair!

And they asked me to stay on after the launch to run the whole shebang!

[buccaneer morgan]

how was that program for the ukrainians, you were writing,

[Janet]

Leave
Votes
9,517,271
Votes
Remain
Votes
9,003,133
Votes
148 results left to declare

[Threadkiller]

It shows voters may be really ready for a change even a radical one unthinkable to the elites. 

Buh-duh.

[Stephanie]

That's the one. We go live with the new website on 7/11. I'm hip deep in parsers, regex, debugs, payment systems, help desks....

And we now have developers in the Ukraine and in Singapore, so my sleep habits are... zzzzzz...

[Porchlight]

Farage declares.

Holy cow. I'm going to seriously tie one on, folks.

Happy Independence Day!!!!

The Founders smile.

[buccaneer morgan]

I hope they are not on the same conference call, because that would be wild,

[Theo]

Porch --

Don't pop the champagne cork just yet. Not yet a done deal. But the pound is tanking.

[Neo]

The email was included within messages exchanged Nov. 13, 2010, between Clinton and one of her closest aides, Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin. At the time, emails sent from Clinton's BlackBerry device and routed through her private clintonemail.com server in the basement of her New York home were being blocked by the State Department's spam filter. A suggested remedy was for Clinton to obtain a state.gov email account.

"Let's get separate address or device but I don't want any risk of the personal being accessible," Clinton responded to Abedin.

Clinton never used a government account that was set up for her, instead continuing to rely on her private server until leaving office.

The email was not among the tens of thousands of emails Clinton turned over to the agency in response to public records lawsuits seeking copies of her official correspondence.

[ann]

Porch,
What station are you watching? Is there a station that is LIVE?

[Porchlight]

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

[Beasts of England]

Theo: were you the guy who reminded the teacher that she forgot to assign homework for the weekend? ;)

[Porchlight]

I'm watching BBC coverage...they are so sad

[buccaneer morgan]

if they didn't have double standards. they would have none,

http://heatst.com/politics/26-of-the-democrats-who-participated-in-the-gun-control-sit-in-own-guns/?mod=sm_fb_post

[Janet S.]

Leave
Votes
10,780,412
Votes
Remain
Votes
10,216,261
Votes
118 results left to declare

[Another Bob]

For once, Theo is s correct. Dial it down re. Brexit. Not binding. Nothing will happen for years if at all. High likelihood the PTB tell the UK voters to screw themselves.

[jimmyk]

I'm watching Fox Business. Sky News trimmed its forecast to "Leave" by 52-48. (It was 53-47 an hour ago.)

[Another Bob]

Watching Sky News live via Roku.

[Theo]

Tightening just a bit. Leave at 51.3%. Still enough votes out there to make up the difference. Hang on tight. This could be real close.

[DrJ]

It is interesting that the English (excepting London) and the Welsh are favoring Brexit. The Scots are against. No word yet from the Irish.

[Stephanie]

Occasionally we have 3 time zone Skypes, but generally the Ukrainians relay directives to the Asians. It has been.... interesting.

Plus next week we are adding 5 data clerks in India (I fought like hell against that). And now I get to mother hen the whole kaboodle. Anyone got a babel fish?

[ann]

I am with you Porchlight. It would be a great start for us if they win!!

http://www.bbc.com/news

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36612368

"The UK's EU referendum is proving close but the Remain campaign appears to be failing to pick up enough support outside London to win."

[Threadkiller]

Here is narciso's link again.
The cryptic comment did not clue me in. It is Colmes vs Gorka.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4974524819001/who-is-to-blame-for-the-orlando-massacre/?#sp=show-clips

A clean kill.

[Janet S.]

Northern Ireland
Leave 310,825
VOTES
Remain 380,544
VOTES

This really is a good link - http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/eu_referendum/results

[Frau Edith Steingehirn]

I think there's a November landslide brewing for the good guys. The NeverTrump people better wake the hell up.

Sing it, RG.

[Porchlight]

Not binding.

SFW. Don't be like that, brother.

The vote is going our way. Western Civilization is not lost.

[Theo]

Wsj is live blogging. They are feeling some serious butt hurt.

[daddy and fry and scout]

Keep the great updates coming.Off now into the woods and like Miss M I'll be a prisoner of NPR since Prager has been booted for a ball ame

[Miss Marple 2]

Nytol. Falling asleep at keyboard.

Hope Leave wins.

[DrJ]

Nothing on Belfast yet, Janet.

And you have fireflies in Arlington! Absolutely delightful. We don't get them in CA.

[Stephanie]

A clean kill.

Flounder in a barrel.

[Beasts of England]

I think the message is important on its own, regardless of implementation. I wouldn't undersell that aspect.

[Threadkiller]

In a dry barrel.

[Janet]

Leave
Votes
11,274,488
Votes
Remain
Votes
10,684,775
Votes
108 results left to declare

[Threadkiller]

I haven't emailed you in a long time, Stephanie.

How are you?

[Another Bob]

London being held back until they know how many votes they need to manufacture?

[jimmyk]

Results seem to be piling in now, Leave's margin keeps growing, now over 750,000.

[Theo]

51.3%. Holding steady.

[Porchlight]

Most of London is in....

[Theo]

Key is where the votes yet to be counted are from. If from central London, not good. If from outside the city and not Scotland or Ireland or the weird places like Falklands or Gilbralter, very good.

[Theo]

Porch --

Very good if true about London being mostly in.

[Porchlight]

Rotherham votes to Leave. Can you blame them?

[jimmyk]

Now Sebastian Gorka is on.

Is Europe unraveling? Gorka says Europe is "dead as a doormouse" (whatever that means--isn't it "dead as a doornail"?). Sovereignty is the key issue.... Migration tipped it.

[jimmyk]

Now it's narrowed a bit still over 700,000.

[Another Bob]

Per Sky, London boroughs just coming in.

[glasater]

And they asked me to stay on after the launch to run the whole shebang!

You can do that in your jammies, Steph :-)

[Theo]

Traders are selling pounds and buying yen. Can you explain why they would do that jimmyk?

[Janet]

Leave
Votes
12,751,576
Votes
Remain
Votes
11,944,720
Votes
80 results left to declare

[Lurker Susie]

The majic number is 16,800,000.00. Whoever gets there first
is the winner.

[Beasts of England]

That's fantastic, Steph!! Although they probably just wanna hear your accent some more... ;)

[Porchlight]

I've never been so happy to see blue on a map!

[jimmyk]

Finance people like the status quo, Theo. And the politicians have convinced them it's the end of the world. I'm with Gorka: "A storm in a teacup."

[Whos ITV]

ITV just called Leave as the winner

[Theo]

51.6%. Lead growing slightly. Almost 80% in.

[Another Bob]

ITV has called it for Leave.

[jimmyk]

Stephen Moore is on (isn't he WSJ?) and he's very happy, says "It's the end of socialism."

[Another Bob]

But why JPY, jimmyk?

[Theo]

BBC calls it for Leave!

[jimmyk]

Beeb calls is for "Leave."

[Stephanie]

Excellent, TK, but sleepy.

But as glasater says, I can work in my jammies!

Funny story... had a skype this am... very early am and I run in to catch the call and 1/2 way through I realize I'm in a t-shirt, no bra and no shorts and I've been skyping in my undies for about an hour. I think it almost broke the net. ;)

Note to self... don't stand up while skyping.

[Theo]

To echo Another Bob, why the yen instead of the $?

[Obama Sucks]

Trumps Fault!

[jimmyk]

I don't think it's specifically JPY, it's just the Pound falling against everything else.

[Porchlight]

BBC calls it for LEAVE!

[RattlerGator]

Since they've called it for Leave, I think I'll exit now on this historic overnight.

[jimmyk]

Last I saw, the pound was down almost 10% against the dollar.

[buccaneer morgan]

you want to worry about something, consider this captain tupolev move,

http://libertyunyielding.com/2016/06/23/federal-judge-scraps-clevelands-event-zone-security-plan-rnc-citing-free-speech/

[Lurker Susie]

Yes

Richard Grenell
1m1 minute ago
Richard Grenell ‏@RichardGrenell
Brexit lesson: ignore the elites. Make America Great Again.

[Janet]

Posted by: Whos ITV

Haha!!!

[Theo]

WSJ says that yen is the escape currency of choice for those fleeing the pound. I don't understand why.

[Porchlight]

Holy [redacted]. I prayed for this. I thought it could happen but I didn't dare to hope. Been burned so many times.

MBGA!!!

[maryrose]

This is so great!
Leave is going to win!

[Theo]

I saw an article where some EU bigshot/nitwit was complaining that the member states were paying too much attention to their voters and needed to simply move towards an ever closer union without consulting them.

Maybe that message got through.

[Ann]

I must go, I wish PUK was here. Love you all, good day and good night.
Ann

[Ann]

I must go, I wish PUK was here. Love you all, good day and good night.
Ann

[Janet]

MBGA!!!

Hah! That's great, Porchlight.

[Threadkiller]

Jeebers, Steph!

[maryrose]

Sorry
I posted too late.
Leave has won -FAntastic!

[Dave (in MA)]

Hawt

[GUS]

Britain. Oh YEAH!!!!!!!

[maryrose]

Great to see you Ann!

[Porchlight]

Thank you, but can't claim credit, Janet. Found it on the Trump Reddit forum. :)

Love you Ann! Good night!