#Brexit #Leave BREAKING: BBC: In stunning decision, Britain votes to leave the E.U.

#Brexit #Leave 

BREAKING: BBC: In stunning decision, Britain votes to leave the E.U.

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/06/brexit-breaking-bbc-in-stunning.html

#Brexit, Current Events, History European, World Europe, World Europe Britain-England

This is what happens when a government feels that it can do whatever it pleases without consequence. This is what happens when governments turn a blind to the constituency it is supposed to serve. Someone smarter than me said it best, "the EU is too bureaucratic and exerts excessive control over its members...."

This what happens when a social-welfare system runs amok. In the EU, very few folks work so that they may pay for the benefits of too many that do not work... If the EU does not reform quickly, it will collapse under its own weight and follow the example of Venezuela.

Europe: BBC: In stunning decision, Britain votes to leave the E.U. #Brexit

By Griff Witte, Karla Adam and Dan Balz June 23 at 11:18 PM

[BREAKING: BBC: In stunning decision, Britain votes to leave the E.U.]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/britons-head-to-the-polls-for-historic-vote-on-eu/2016/06/23/0d466fb0-34a7-11e6-ab9d-1da2b0f24f93_story.html

LONDON —Britain was bracing at dawn Friday for a possible plunge into the unknown — an exit from the European Union — as results from a bitterly contested referendum showed a strong surge of votes to leave, against the will of the country’s political establishment.

As results poured in through Thursday night and into the early hours of Friday, the “remain” camp was increasingly despairing, while “leave” advocates expressed a growing confidence that their side had pulled off a shocking victory.

Results from much of the country had yet to be counted as of 4 a.m. local time. But areas that had reported results generally showed stronger-than-expected margins for those advocating a British exit — popularly known as Brexit.

Read much more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/britons-head-to-the-polls-for-historic-vote-on-eu/2016/06/23/0d466fb0-34a7-11e6-ab9d-1da2b0f24f93_story.html

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Greece defiantly rejects Europe's bailout offer

Greece defiantly rejects Europe's bailout offer

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/greece-votes-no-on-euro-bailout-conditions-polls-indicate/

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Questions of Culpability in WWI Still Divide German Historians - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Questions of Culpability in WWI Still Divide German Historians - SPIEGEL ONLINE: 

"This year marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I and the 75th of the start of World War II. Questions over the degree of German guilt remain contentious among historians, who have been fighting over the issue for years.

Read more: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/questions-of-culpability-in-wwi-still-divide-german-historians-a-953173.html#ref=nl-international

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This year will be a historic one, marking three important anniversaries: the 100th anniversary of the eruption of World War I, the 75th anniversary of the start of World War II and the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The first two dates have been the source of heated debates among German intellectuals. The Fischer controversy in the early 1960s had to do with assigning blame for the eruption of World War I, while the dispute between historians in the mid-1980s revolved around culpability for the Holocaust. Both debates were informed by the positions in what was then a divided nation, including views on German unification.

History is not just history, but also a part of the present. This is especially true of Germany. The overwhelming history of the 20th century engulfed the country and shaped the consciousness of politically active citizens.

Both debates ended in victory for those who advocated Germany accepting the greatest possible culpability and therefore sought to exclude the possibility of German reunification, fearing that a unified Germany could lead to fatal consequences, perhaps even a third world war. As a result, German consciousness was strongly influenced by this acceptance of guilt for decades to come.

A New Identity for Germans?

In the meantime, new information has come to light on the issues in both debates, which tends to support the losing side. Could this lead to a new national identity for Germans?

The importance of this question underscores the need to revisit the Fischer controversy and the dispute among historians in this historic year. It also focuses our attention, once again, on a controversial concept of the day: revisionism. It was once anathema to one side of the debate, and subsequently to the other. But it's a necessary debate.

Read more: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/questions-of-culpability-in-wwi-still-divide-german-historians-a-953173.html#ref=nl-international

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Europe's Lack Of Discipline by George Will

Europe's Lack Of Discipline by George Will Sunday, May 16, 2010

http://townhall.com/columnists/GeorgeWill/2010/05/16/europes_lack_of_discipline

WASHINGTON -- When Chancellor Angela Merkel decided that Germany would pay part of Greece's bills, voters punished her party in elections in Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia. How appropriate.

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Greece represents a perverse aspiration -- a society with (in the words of Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan) "more takers than makers," more people taking benefits from government than there are people making goods and services that produce the social surplus that funds government. By socializing the consequences of Greece's misgovernment, Europe has become the world's leading producer of a toxic product -- moral hazard. The dishonesty and indiscipline of a nation with 2.6 percent of the eurozone's economic product have moved nations with the other 97.4 percent -- and the United States and the International Monetary Fund -- to say, essentially: The consequences of such vices cannot be quarantined, so we are all hostages to one another and hence no nation will be allowed to sink beneath the weight of its recklessness.

Read the entire column here: http://townhall.com/columnists/GeorgeWill/2010/05/16/europes_lack_of_discipline

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Polish leader, 96 others dead in Russia jet crash

MOSCOW — Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 97, officials said.

(AP) Polish leader, 96 others dead in Russia jet crash By JIM HEINTZ (AP)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iVF6779laLoQqf-UdYjLw7H5Bw-AD9F08V5G0

Russian and Polish officials said there were no survivors on the 26-year-old Tupolev, which was taking the president, his wife and staff to events marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre in Katyn forest of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet secret police.

The crash devastated the upper echelons of Poland's political and military establishments. On board were the army chief of staff, national bank president, deputy foreign minister, army chaplain, head of the National Security Office, deputy parliament speaker, civil rights commissioner and at least two presidential aides and three lawmakers, the Polish foreign ministry said.

Although initial signs pointed to an accident with no indication of foul play, the death of a Polish president and much of the Polish state and defense establishment in Russia en route to commemorating one of the saddest events in Poland's long, complicated history with Russia, was laden with tragic irony.

Read the entire article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iVF6779laLoQqf-UdYjLw7H5Bw-AD9F08V5G0

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20070911 Discovery: Viking Burial Mound Yields Bodies

Viking Burial Mound Yields Bodies

Intriguing. Brings to mind my fascination with the “Iceman,” see: “20070606 Scientists say 'Iceman' died from arrow.”

Associated Press: Sept. 11, 2007 — Archaeologists opened a Viking burial mound on Monday, seeking to learn more about two women — possibly a queen and a princess — laid to rest there 1,173 years ago.

In 1904, the mound in southeastern Norway's Vestfold County surrendered one of the country's greatest archaeological treasures, the Oseberg Viking longboat, which is now on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo.

The 65-foot vessel was buried in 834 in the enormous mound as the grave ship for a rich and powerful Viking woman, according to the museum.

The remains of the two women, one believed to have been in her 60s and the other in her 30s, were first exhumed during the ship excavation. They were reburied in the mound in 1948 — in a modern aluminum casket placed inside a five-ton stone sarcophagus — in hopes that future scientific methods might reveal their secrets.

When experts opened the sarcophagus Monday...

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Read the entire article here: Viking Burial Mound Yields Bodies

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20070612 Ronald Reagan Tear Down This Wall June 12 1989

Ronald Reagan Tear Down This Wall June 12 1989

"Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate!

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

President Ronald Reagan’s remarks in a speech given at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, June 12, 1987

"We should not confuse the signing of agreements with the solving of problems."

Remarks on the subject of arms control in an address to the U.N. General Assembly, in New York City, June 17, 1982

To see a complete copy of his June 12^th, 1989 speech go here – or here.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7OcVEvG4L9Y

Ronald Reagan Tear Down This Wall June 12 1989

For more posts on “Soundtrack” for President Ronald Reagan 1981 to 1989 – go here.

For President Ronald Reagan fans – if you have not been to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Foundation web site – please do so. You will love it…

http://www.reaganfoundation.org/welcome.asp

Welcome to the official web site for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. Our goal is to ensure present and future generations will be able to learn first hand about the legacy of the man who came to be known as “the great communicator”. From this site you can access Presidential Papers and Presidential Photographs, learn about the Museum and Air Force One, become a member of the Library, learn about our events, and shop at our online Museum Store.

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20070612 Ronald Reagan Tear Down This Wall June 12 1989

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20070606 Scientists say Iceman died from arrow

Neolithic Age, or 3,300 to 3,100 B.C.

Scientists say 'Iceman' died from arrow

By FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press Writer

Wed Jun 6, 2007

A prehistoric hunter known as Oetzi whose well-preserved body was found on a snow-covered mountain in the Alps died more than 5,000 years ago after being struck in the back by an arrow, scientists said in an article published Wednesday.

Researchers from Switzerland and Italy used newly developed medical scanners to examine the hunter's frozen corpse to determine that the arrow had torn a hole in an artery beneath his left collarbone, leading to a massive loss of blood.

That, in turn, caused Oetzi to go into shock and suffer a heart attack, according to the article published online in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

[…]

Oetzi, also known as the Iceman, caused a sensation after his body was discovered by hikers in 1991 on a glacier 10,500 feet above sea level on the border between Austria and Italy.

The body has provided researchers with a wealth of information about the late Neolithic Age, or 3,300 to 3,100 B.C. Archaeologists believe Oetzi, who was carrying a bow, a quiver of arrows and a copper ax, may have been a hunter or warrior killed in a skirmish with a rival tribe.

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On the Web:

South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology: http://www.archaeologiemuseum.it

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20070115 Documents Show France Proposed Union With Britain in 1956

Documents Show France Proposed Union With Britain in 1956

January 17^th, 2007

Fox News is carrying an interesting AP story that says that Britain and France considered merging in 1956.

The revelation that the French government proposed a union of Britain and France in 1956 — even offering to accept the sovereignty of the British Queen — has left scholars on both sides of the Channel scratching their heads.

Newly discovered documents in Britain's National Archives show how former French Prime Minister Guy Mollet discussed the possibility of a merger between the two countries with British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden.

"I completely fell off my seat," said Richard Vinen, an expert in French history at King's College in London. "It's such a bizarre thing to propose."

Fact is stranger than fiction. If this were to have been written in a novel, it would’ve been denounced as too implausible.

Whatever.

Read the rest here.

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