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Vol, you might like to call us slavers, but to be fair, the English Navy were pretty much the first enforcers of the anti-slavery laws. We were ahead of the French that way. And French-canadians are always annoyed over that whole war and fort surrender thing.... But onto the not-so serious stuff..

For the random interest and those who might be curious in how it all works... Amazon KDP and Kindle Unlimited: What it means for authors

As the clock ticks here ever closer to midnight, I thought we might as well throw this up pre-emptively...

For some more on the breakdown of voting.. How the UK voted and why For some of the highlights...

To throw in the soccer jokes of the day: "England, out of Europe twice in four days." "Why is the difference between a teabag and England? A teabag stays in the cup longer." Edit: Also: "300,000 Icelanders voted for #Brexit" "The England players obviously voted for Leave..." "English players googling 'What is football?' right now" "At least this wasn't our worst Brexit this week..." "My advice to @BorisJohnson. Have a chat with Roy Hodgson, as he is the only man in England with a coherent plan for leaving Europe. #brexit"

Okay, with all the politics going on,, this article for the general snerk. The Libertarian Republic - Actual cuckolds offended that the term is now a right wing insult

On the question of "too much democracy" Rolling Stone - The reaction to the Brexit is the reason Brexit happened

Farage tends to inspire those feelings in a lot of people. But, the Labour party seems to be going into a meltdown, the Tories are doing all sorts of fun splits as folks get in line to try for leadership, and the LibDems are waving their "we'll run on a platform of absolutely not leaving the EU if we get elected regardless of the referendum" signs. We seem to be getting all the economic panic, but what bugs me is how much this is perception based. We're in an economic panic because people were worried about uncertainty, so they act as if there is a panic, which causes the panic. If everyone had just sat down and waited a few weeks to see how it would shake up first....

To boost the signal for any of those US side who might be interested in this experiment... Readers supporting readers - Military book newsletter

There is a point that for a chunk of the Leave group wasn't about isolationism. It was about not focusing on Europe so they could connect with the global market at large. There were a few arguments over how being in the EU prevented the UK from establishing trade connections and building other treaties with non-EU countries. So while yes, some of the Leave was about huddling behind the borders, it wouldn't be fair to say that they all were.