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We've got 2019's first election coming up, El Salvador will elect its President on February 3rd.

Polls say the "new politics center-right" one dude will win in a first round landslide or it'll be a tight race with ARENA's guy where he falls short of 50%. Really, like every poll for the last year has either one of these scenarios, no inbetween. In any case FMLN is supposed to get smashed.

Nigeria's got next. Then Cuba's referendum to end the Revolution.


If Cuba has any dignity, the revolution will win with 99% of the votes.   :ussrcry

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As a likely climate refugee in the future it's comforting to know that the corporate powers that be will stockpile junk food that requires energy to keep it from spoiling instead of canned food when I have to travel across inhospitable terrain.

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We've got 2019's first election coming up, El Salvador will elect its President on February 3rd.

Polls say the "new politics center-right" one dude will win in a first round landslide or it'll be a tight race with ARENA's guy where he falls short of 50%. Really, like every poll for the last year has either one of these scenarios, no inbetween. In any case FMLN is supposed to get smashed.

Nigeria's got next. Then Cuba's referendum to end the Revolution.
The politcal changes are kind of stunning.

Just imagine the sort of rap sheet the first female President of the US would've had:

- Destruction of the ISIS caliphate
- Appeasment towards Cuba and an end to the revolution
- Renewed NATO commitment from EU allies
 -Negotiated settlement with the Taliban in Afghanistan
- End of the Maduro/Chavez regime in Venezuela
- Trade agreement between the EU and US

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Instead we have Pence and Bolton flying across the globe pinky promising other governments that they can convince their boss to at least support the side he's supposed to be rooting for.
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We've got 2019's first election coming up, El Salvador will elect its President on February 3rd.

Polls say the "new politics center-right" one dude will win in a first round landslide or it'll be a tight race with ARENA's guy where he falls short of 50%. Really, like every poll for the last year has either one of these scenarios, no inbetween. In any case FMLN is supposed to get smashed.

Nigeria's got next. Then Cuba's referendum to end the Revolution.
What I find strange about El Salvador is that Bukele runs on a right wing platforms under GANA but having family members in the police and military in El Salvador they post memes portraying him as what we would consider left wing here in the US. Family members here also talk about him like he’s the Salvadoran Obama despite being kicked out of the left wing party by taking aim at their corruption. The youth seems to love him but the establishment left and right in the country both seem to hate him.

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Perception plays a big role in politics. Countries where the police and military have played such long and established roles in power, a general liberal or even just critic of their roles can seem like a revolutionary.

Despite the FMLN, portraying him as too left-wing makes sense from the ARENA and associated parties (of both general and political types) because they're probably looking forward to a run-off with the FMLN candidate only polling like 10%. So it's about their general coalition and the assumption that the "real" left-wing will vote for him in a run-off.

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https://www.politico.eu/article/queen-evacuation-bad-brexit/
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If Britain crashes out of the EU and things go bad in London, Queen Elizabeth II will be ready to make her own exit — to an undisclosed location.

The U.K. government has repurposed Cold War emergency evacuation planning to prepare for the chance of violence and mayhem following a no-deal Brexit, and the need to protect the royal family, the Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday reported.
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But the prospect of the queen being rushed to safety in a secret operation now joins the list of worst-case Brexit fears alongside potential shortages of food and medicine.

“The decision to evacuate members of the royal family is based on whether or not their safety is compromised,” the official told the Times.
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The royal family's evacuation plan had originally involved an escape by yacht — perhaps with an initial cruise around northern Scottish islands. The Times reported that after the royal yacht Britannia was decommissioned in 1997, a subsequent plan called for using a cruise ship for a similar seaborne escape.

Another option would have involved secreting the royal family to one or more country homes.

There are no indications that Whitehall’s current emergency plan might involve relocating the queen to the Continent — presumably regarded as unfriendly terrain even if food and medicine are expected to remain plentiful. More plausibly, the royals could head to a Commonwealth territory, though certainly not Gibraltar, which has been a subject of dispute in the Brexit negotiations and could face its own turmoil in the event of a no-deal scenario.
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Brexit riots?

That is the least likely scenario.  :doge

The press will chase Boris asking when he's going to take-over as leader and people passing by will call him a wanker.
And that's about the "excitement" the general public will be able to muster for a no deal Brexit.
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"Taking back control" once again proven to be totes worth it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47107561

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Nissan has confirmed that the new X-Trail originally planned for its Sunderland plant will instead be made in Japan.

In a letter to workers, it said continued Brexit uncertainty is not helping firms to "plan for the future".

In 2016, the carmaker said it would build the new model in the UK after "assurances" from the government.


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Also:  :lol :lol :lol https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/235821  :lol :lol :lol

I hope this reaches 100,000 signatures, just to see some MP having to bring this up to parliament :rofl
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lol'd irl.

This really is the perfect time for a general strike in the UK protesting brexit. Shut the country down. Corbyn could do it if he wasn't a euroskeptic traitor more beholden to socialism in the uk than economic security.
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I'm so hyped for this proxy war between US opportunists and Russian Chinese interests fighting to preserve their serious investment in Venezuela, the proxies being genuine Chavistas, the Venezuelan military (which has had substantive desertions), Cuban military support, Colombian right wing paramilitaries, US mercenaries, and genuine anti Chavez democratic opposition forces :noah

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Why can't the west accept a multi polar world order?  :stahp
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Mercenaries 3 :-*

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Brexit is fast turning into a better source of comedy than the Trump presidency.
Even though everything goes up in flames we still had a good laugh.
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Lie to get elected and fail on all promises. The conservative way.  :gbcry :usacry
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Lie to get elected and fail on all promises. The conservative way.  :gbcry :usacry
:thinking sounds like obama  ::)
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He was a center right republican.  :doge
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Tusk is not wrong though

Brexit only ever had two outcomes
-Hard brexit and hard border between the two Irelands, UK takes back control
-Soft brexit, totally meaningless scheme were UK has given away any say and must obey by EU rules and put in money

Everyone knew this before the vote

The EU is a peace project as many have said, and the whole good friday agreement was built on the two countries being neighbours in the EU

This should have been the main point during the leave campaign.

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Nintex, did you watch Brexit (with Benedict Cumberpatch)? This is surprisingly good
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It's on my list of things to watch.

What's going on in Brexit land anyway?
https://twitter.com/MoS_Politics/status/1094349342167781376

 :iface
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Picture of the only one fit for office to sort out the brexit mess.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47155537

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The Bank of England expects growth this year to be the slowest since 2009 when the economy was in recession.

It is forecasting growth of 1.2% this year, down from its previous forecast of 1.7% made in November.

The Bank said it had seen further evidence that businesses were being cautious in the run-up to Brexit, including evidence from its own survey of firms.


Project fear something something we don't need experts something.


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The latest Brexit rumor
- New general election to be held May 2nd
- No meaningful vote on the Brexit deal until after the EU deadline passes

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Thats some voodoo

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Announcement of announcement.

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Theresa May has promised MPs a final, decisive vote on her Brexit deal with the EU - but not until she has secured changes to the Irish backstop clause.

The PM said she needed "some time" to get the changes she believes MPs want.

She promised to update MPs again on 26 February and, if she had not got a new deal by then, to give them a say on the next steps in non-binding votes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47206286

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What did I read somewhere?

"May going back to Brussels to negotiate is like the Titanic crew holding a vote and deciding that its the iceberg that has to move"

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"The revelation came during a Cabinet discussion on how to reduce food waste"

Shameless bootlick or dry wit?

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Remember that ferrying company that was awarded a £14M contract, except that it was founded in mid-2017 and owns no ships?

Well, contract was cancelled. At "no cost for the taxpayer", according to good old Theresa.
That is, if one ignores £800K spent on bid assessment :lol

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Netanyahu today in Warsaw: “What is important about this meeting — and it is not in secret because there are many of those — is that this is an open meeting with representatives of leading Arab countries that are sitting down together with Israel in order to advance the common interest of war with Iran.”

He tried to backpedal it later but he really does use the word war.
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El Salvadorian "Obama" won in the first round with 51%, so no second round. After he eliminates the police and military and destroys the country, expect to see him sneaking through our UNDEFENDED BORDER soon trying to take the job of President from a hard working American.

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Ukraine is considering cutting down the size of the Chernobyl exclusion zone since it's been over 30 years and many places have seriously dropped apparently.

Obviously a sinister Ukrainian plot to lure in Russian "separatists" and poison them with radiation.

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Merkel: The climate kids are controlled by RUSSIANS(!!))!)!!

https://twitter.com/MacaesBruno/status/1096726477955989504
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Well, yeah, there's the outside influence of weather.
And I would suppose of public funded awareness campaigns to climate change.

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"thanks for turning off your nuclear plants, Angela" :putin

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"thanks for turning off your nuclear plants, Angela" :putin

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47268039

lol, the U.S. tries as hard as the Venezuelan opposition does.

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After Nissan cancelling the plans for production of their new model in their UK factory, some more great news, this time from Honda.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47282603

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Honda is set to announce the closure of its Swindon car plant in 2022, with the loss of about 3,500 jobs.

The Japanese company made 160,000 Honda Civics in Swindon last year, of which some 90% were exported to the EU.

Honda has yet to make a formal announcement, and the Prime Minister's spokesman said Theresa May would not comment until an official confirmation.

But local MP Justin Tomlinson said he had spoken to Honda, which confirmed it was consulting with "all staff".


Meanwhile, Theresa begs for support: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47268417

And 7 labour MPs just bailed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47278902


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So what does this new party....
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One of the seven MPs, Angela Smith, has, meanwhile, had to apologise after being criticised for a comment about skin colour on BBC Two's Politics Live programme.

oh  :lol
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Can't wait for this Saturday in Venezuela. I predict violence and then jailing of the opposition leader like what happened to Lopez.

EDIT: Gazprombank freezes accounts of PDVSA. China's got cold feet on this one, too. Writing's on the wall for Maduro!
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After Nissan cancelling the plans for production of their new model in their UK factory, some more great news, this time from Honda.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47282603

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Honda is set to announce the closure of its Swindon car plant in 2022, with the loss of about 3,500 jobs.

The Japanese company made 160,000 Honda Civics in Swindon last year, of which some 90% were exported to the EU.

Honda has yet to make a formal announcement, and the Prime Minister's spokesman said Theresa May would not comment until an official confirmation.

But local MP Justin Tomlinson said he had spoken to Honda, which confirmed it was consulting with "all staff".


Meanwhile, Theresa begs for support: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47268417

And 7 labour MPs just bailed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47278902

I def wont be buying cars built outside the eu

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Can't wait for this Saturday in Venezuela. I predict violence and then jailing of the opposition leader like what happened to Lopez.

EDIT: Gazprombank freezes accounts of PDVSA. China's got cold feet on this one, too. Writing's on the wall for Maduro!
Trump, who has been pissed off and railing on Twitter all day is about to go full  B E A S T M O D E  on Maduro

https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/1097592777284767744
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Melania is doing the speech. This is already bonkers.
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lol @ Nintex thinking the U.$. can go beast mode on anything bigger than Grenada.

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In Caracas, the Venezuelan government made its own attempt to turn the propaganda wars on food to its own advantage on Monday.

Communications Minister Jorge Rodríguez said Venezuela would be sending 20,000 boxes of food into Cúcuta, citing Colombia’s history of drug violence and poverty.

“It seems that no one takes care of the Colombian people, especially those on the border,” he said.
someone fire this guy
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Is there anything more representative of British politics than quitting your party citing racism as an excuse only to go on national tv 3 hours later saying this shit?  :lol

https://twitter.com/MikeSegalov/status/1097487967730483201

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never been more proud of my country. we are finally getting a wall too

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1089881121486241792

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Should've done that in 1939
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Another labour MP quits, and 3 tory MPs have apparently decided that this all sounds like good fun, so they're bailing as well.

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Is there anything more representative of British politics than quitting your party citing racism as an excuse only to go on national tv 3 hours later saying this shit?  :lol

https://twitter.com/MikeSegalov/status/1097487967730483201

I went to listen the full clip because I couldn't make out shit in this one. She stops midway through the second word. Confirmation bias of being fed a potential answer before hearing it but in context I'm at odds to see what else it could have been.
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99% sure she was about to say tinge.

But even if not, following up "being black" with "or a funny..." was already a carcrash :lol