What's on your mind?

[k11chi]

Tomorrow is the last day of nano, that's what's on my mind. Instead of writing the story I copied my notebooks to my laptop and expanded on a few of those. I wonder how many words I got gathered up. Only thing left for me to do now is just start writing the story. I guess I should think about different individual moments before writing and plan more. There's too much going on at the moment to keep up for me. Hmm.

[bash7353]

Research Quesiton: What are the positive and negative impacts towards nations with the Brexit consequences?

Toblerone.

[Swagnarok]

Okay so now I understand what is the European Union about, and why Britain wanted to leave. Now the question is how are the other countries in the union going to react. Are they going to continue to stay; are they going to follow Britain footsteps; are they going to rebel against the EU for letting it happened; are they questioning the EU's flaws What I am saying is what are the other countries in the union going to do?

So far reading articles, France are leaning into leaving if the National Front party's Marine Le Pen becomes the next president. In an interview she said "(France has) thousands more reasons to leave than the U.K."
As opposed to Germany which stands its grounds with taking any "hit" to the economy done by Britain's exit.
Though I want to hear more from other countries as well.

As many members here on this site are from Europe, what are their stance on this? Hearing opinions livings in those countries, brings light into this.

EDIT: I am learning more on other countrie's crisis than ever before; such as Italy's and Greece's economic values.
Anyone from Italy here? Trying to get more information on Italy's referendum coming this December. Trying to find out if Brexit and Italians living in Britain, could influence the referendum vote.

I think a lot of European countries are watching Britain closely. If the island nation's economy is totally screwed over by a withdrawal from the EU, then it'll probably deter further such exits. If Britain walks away from this okay, then we'll probably see a few other European countries, especially those from the former Warsaw Pact, follow suit. Euroscepticism is particularly strong in Central/Eastern Europe.

[Iwamoto Yuri]

I think a lot of European countries are watching Britain closely. If the island nation's economy is totally screwed over by a withdrawal from the EU, then it'll probably deter further such exits. If Britain walks away from this okay, then we'll probably see a few other European countries, especially those from the former Warsaw Pact, follow suit. Euroscepticism is particularly strong in Central/Eastern Europe.

This, though saying Euroscepticism has been strong in just central and eastern Europe would ignore the Euroscepticism that's ongoing in most EU countries. It's sure been going strong here for some time, and Brexit is giving a lot of racist groups the will to organise similar referenda. (Like for us Wilders, who has finally been found guilty for spreading hate after they took him to court for his 'less Moroccans' speech. And naturally now Trump has won he's saying the judges were corrupt in order to gain sympathy)
Not that such things had not been going on before all this, in the Netherlands we voted on letting Ukraine sign a trading agreement and it was rejected firmly (though admittedly only because just over 30% of the population decided to vote which meant the referendum would actually take effect, and naturally that 30% was mostly against it).
The fact is that populist movements are gaining strength, mostly because Isis and the refugees make people scared and annoyed their territory is being intruded by people who could be either dangerous or stealing their jobs. Not that most of them are, but people are still scared they'll get raped or outnumbered by these people. And because Europe doesn't do s*** most of those people long to leave so we can finally close borders and send all these people home at the same time.

Also as for what Europe will do about it: nothing, most likely. Europe has never been good at taking action because everyone wants to save their own hide... You've seen it during WW2 and now we see it again. I wish they'd take a strong stand, but everyone needs the UK, so most likely they'll go easy on them.

[miakakiri]

I think a lot of European countries are watching Britain closely. If the island nation's economy is totally screwed over by a withdrawal from the EU, then it'll probably deter further such exits. If Britain walks away from this okay, then we'll probably see a few other European countries, especially those from the former Warsaw Pact, follow suit. Euroscepticism is particularly strong in Central/Eastern Europe.

This, though saying Euroscepticism has been strong in just central and eastern Europe would ignore the Euroscepticism that's ongoing in most EU countries. It's sure been going strong here for some time, and Brexit is giving a lot of racist groups the will to organise similar referenda. (Like for us Wilders, who has finally been found guilty for spreading hate after they took him to court for his 'less Moroccans' speech. And naturally now Trump has won he's saying the judges were corrupt in order to gain sympathy)
Not that such things had not been going on before all this, in the Netherlands we voted on letting Ukraine sign a trading agreement and it was rejected firmly (though admittedly only because just over 30% of the population decided to vote which meant the referendum would actually take effect, and naturally that 30% was mostly against it).
The fact is that populist movements are gaining strength, mostly because Isis and the refugees make people scared and annoyed their territory is being intruded by people who could be either dangerous or stealing their jobs. Not that most of them are, but people are still scared they'll get raped or outnumbered by these people. And because Europe doesn't do s*** most of those people long to leave so we can finally close borders and send all these people home at the same time.

Also as for what Europe will do about it: nothing, most likely. Europe has never been good at taking action because everyone wants to save their own hide... You've seen it during WW2 and now we see it again. I wish they'd take a strong stand, but everyone needs the UK, so most likely they'll go easy on them.

I'm really starting to think it's not even limited to Europe, since what you describe is actually very similar to what we saw with the US election a few weeks ago. A lot of the reasons are the same or at least VERY similar.
Personally, I think the presumptive President-elect has a little too much in common with a certain political figure from the 1930s for the safety of the nation he's supposedly going to make "Great Again".

I want out... I'm not in any of the "initial target groups" (non-whites, Muslims, homosexuals) but I know I'm going to wind up on the target list at some point. Yeah, I'm white, straight, and cis-gender... but I'm also at least partly disabled, and my job consists of working with persons who have special needs. My husband is the son of an immigrant, and the RW has already been talking about rescinding birthright citizenship. I do not trust them to make the necessary exceptions for those whose parents came here legally.
The new administration is going to start stripping away rights. No more reproductive rights.... they'd like to do away with the general protections on the freedoms of Speech, Religion, and Press. They're already working to limit the Freedom of Assembly--look at the police response to protests in the last few years, and the way that it has intensified. That's not going to get better under a Trump administration.
And what happens when that man has the nuclear codes, control of the spy network, and the National Guard? We're going to end up with another Kent State, at the very least.

[LadyCider]

Had a conversation with someone about real analysis, realized I still haven't crossed that bridge, and I now want to slam my head into the wall.

[KaitoRizu]

I think a lot of European countries are watching Britain closely. If the island nation's economy is totally screwed over by a withdrawal from the EU, then it'll probably deter further such exits. If Britain walks away from this okay, then we'll probably see a few other European countries, especially those from the former Warsaw Pact, follow suit. Euroscepticism is particularly strong in Central/Eastern Europe.

This, though saying Euroscepticism has been strong in just central and eastern Europe would ignore the Euroscepticism that's ongoing in most EU countries. It's sure been going strong here for some time, and Brexit is giving a lot of racist groups the will to organise similar referenda. (Like for us Wilders, who has finally been found guilty for spreading hate after they took him to court for his 'less Moroccans' speech. And naturally now Trump has won he's saying the judges were corrupt in order to gain sympathy)
Not that such things had not been going on before all this, in the Netherlands we voted on letting Ukraine sign a trading agreement and it was rejected firmly (though admittedly only because just over 30% of the population decided to vote which meant the referendum would actually take effect, and naturally that 30% was mostly against it).
The fact is that populist movements are gaining strength, mostly because Isis and the refugees make people scared and annoyed their territory is being intruded by people who could be either dangerous or stealing their jobs. Not that most of them are, but people are still scared they'll get raped or outnumbered by these people. And because Europe doesn't do s*** most of those people long to leave so we can finally close borders and send all these people home at the same time.

Also as for what Europe will do about it: nothing, most likely. Europe has never been good at taking action because everyone wants to save their own hide... You've seen it during WW2 and now we see it again. I wish they'd take a strong stand, but everyone needs the UK, so most likely they'll go easy on them.

I'm really starting to think it's not even limited to Europe, since what you describe is actually very similar to what we saw with the US election a few weeks ago. A lot of the reasons are the same or at least VERY similar.
Personally, I think the presumptive President-elect has a little too much in common with a certain political figure from the 1930s for the safety of the nation he's supposedly going to make "Great Again".

I want out... I'm not in any of the "initial target groups" (non-whites, Muslims, homosexuals) but I know I'm going to wind up on the target list at some point. Yeah, I'm white, straight, and cis-gender... but I'm also at least partly disabled, and my job consists of working with persons who have special needs. My husband is the son of an immigrant, and the RW has already been talking about rescinding birthright citizenship. I do not trust them to make the necessary exceptions for those whose parents came here legally.
The new administration is going to start stripping away rights. No more reproductive rights.... they'd like to do away with the general protections on the freedoms of Speech, Religion, and Press. They're already working to limit the Freedom of Assembly--look at the police response to protests in the last few years, and the way that it has intensified. That's not going to get better under a Trump administration.
And what happens when that man has the nuclear codes, control of the spy network, and the National Guard? We're going to end up with another Kent State, at the very least.

As someone who's going to immigrate to the US, what you said there about immigrants is scaring me

[Stopwatch]

I was just coming here to complain about life in general these last few days but I saw Brexit and US election posts so I think I'm just going to back away slowly from this topic.

[Swagnarok]

I think a lot of European countries are watching Britain closely. If the island nation's economy is totally screwed over by a withdrawal from the EU, then it'll probably deter further such exits. If Britain walks away from this okay, then we'll probably see a few other European countries, especially those from the former Warsaw Pact, follow suit. Euroscepticism is particularly strong in Central/Eastern Europe.

This, though saying Euroscepticism has been strong in just central and eastern Europe would ignore the Euroscepticism that's ongoing in most EU countries. It's sure been going strong here for some time, and Brexit is giving a lot of racist groups the will to organise similar referenda. (Like for us Wilders, who has finally been found guilty for spreading hate after they took him to court for his 'less Moroccans' speech. And naturally now Trump has won he's saying the judges were corrupt in order to gain sympathy)
Not that such things had not been going on before all this, in the Netherlands we voted on letting Ukraine sign a trading agreement and it was rejected firmly (though admittedly only because just over 30% of the population decided to vote which meant the referendum would actually take effect, and naturally that 30% was mostly against it).
The fact is that populist movements are gaining strength, mostly because Isis and the refugees make people scared and annoyed their territory is being intruded by people who could be either dangerous or stealing their jobs. Not that most of them are, but people are still scared they'll get raped or outnumbered by these people. And because Europe doesn't do s*** most of those people long to leave so we can finally close borders and send all these people home at the same time.

Also as for what Europe will do about it: nothing, most likely. Europe has never been good at taking action because everyone wants to save their own hide... You've seen it during WW2 and now we see it again. I wish they'd take a strong stand, but everyone needs the UK, so most likely they'll go easy on them.

I'm really starting to think it's not even limited to Europe, since what you describe is actually very similar to what we saw with the US election a few weeks ago. A lot of the reasons are the same or at least VERY similar.
Personally, I think the presumptive President-elect has a little too much in common with a certain political figure from the 1930s for the safety of the nation he's supposedly going to make "Great Again".

I want out... I'm not in any of the "initial target groups" (non-whites, Muslims, homosexuals) but I know I'm going to wind up on the target list at some point. Yeah, I'm white, straight, and cis-gender... but I'm also at least partly disabled, and my job consists of working with persons who have special needs. My husband is the son of an immigrant, and the RW has already been talking about rescinding birthright citizenship. I do not trust them to make the necessary exceptions for those whose parents came here legally.
The new administration is going to start stripping away rights. No more reproductive rights.... they'd like to do away with the general protections on the freedoms of Speech, Religion, and Press. They're already working to limit the Freedom of Assembly--look at the police response to protests in the last few years, and the way that it has intensified. That's not going to get better under a Trump administration.
And what happens when that man has the nuclear codes, control of the spy network, and the National Guard? We're going to end up with another Kent State, at the very least.

As someone who's going to immigrate to the US, what you said there about immigrants is scaring me

Trump's rhetoric has been about undocumented immigrants. If you're coming to the United States the lawful way then you probably have nothing to worry about.

[KaitoRizu]

Trump's rhetoric has been about undocumented immigrants. If you're coming to the United States the lawful way then you probably have nothing to worry about.

Of course it's lawful... a very large part of mom's family have the American nationality and many of them were born there, so our immigration is just a family reunion...

[Henry Gordan]

Nico Rosberg announced that he'll quit his F1 career taking effect immediately. He won his first championship just five days ago. He said he wants to be with his family. But I think he'll come back after few years

[char13happy]

So many good shows for 2017 I am crying.
Steins;Gate S2, Code Geass S2, Shingeki no Kyojin S2, Boku no Hero Academia S2, One Punch Man S2, KonoSuba S2, Rakugo S2, Ao no Exorcist S2, Kekkai Sensen S2, Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru S2, Tales of Zestiria S2, Heaven's Feel, Fate Extra, Fate Grand Order, Little Witch Academia anime and new content regarding Mahouka. Not to mention the Kizumonogatari trilogy finale!

2017 gon be EPIC

[Iwamoto Yuri]

Little Witch Academia is getting an anime?!
Yes please.

[k11chi]

Going to be like night and day compared to this year.

[miyano_shiho]

(Wow it's almost been a year since my last post)

Anyone willing to set up DCTP Secret Santa this year?