Outstanding opportunities outweigh obedientiary overburdening III...

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Brexit: 33 days to go [countdown].



The case, as per several weeks ago and despite a plethora of annoying complicated votes, is still "an object lesson in elite betrayal": "Leaving without a deal to trade under WTO rules is a real possibility because of both the fast approaching leave date and the inability of the House of Commons to come up with any plan which can command a majority. Moreover, significant numbers of leave MPs have embraced the idea as being the best route out of the EU for of the UK." [England calling]



I also agree entirely with Emily Barley (Chairman of Conservatives for Liberty and writing on Brexit Central this weekend)

"It’s time for those of us who campaigned and voted to leave the EU to speak up, loud and clear, for the kind of future we want for our country. Not just on trade, borders and immigration, but in terms of the great British traditions we ought to restore. When the UK finally exits the EU, we should renew our commitment to civil liberties."

De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae

Partly on the same theme: 'Escaping Illiberal Values', [LINK] "It’s no secret the EU views concepts such as decentralization with disapproval. For 'progressive' institutions like the EU, classical liberal concepts of limited government and smaller political units
checking bigger units are toxic roadblocks that keep it from realizing its universalist vision. The British Isles, on the other hand, have historically been the cradle for classically liberal practices such as federalism, free speech, and property rights." (Jose Niño, published on the Mises Wire, Mises Institute)








This was one of my main reasons for voting Leave too: not just the trade opportunities or freedom/regaining sovereignty etc., but to escape the clutches of the quagmire pull of what Napoleon believed his greatest achievement ("My real glory is not the forty battles I won, for Waterloo's defeat will destroy the memory of as many victories... What nothing will destroy, what will live forever, is my Civil Code."



There are some similarities between English Common Law and the Napoleonic Code but many differences; you can see the logic in the original idea to codify rules and 'equalise' the Law but 'mission creep' should have been foreseen and with today's politicians such complete control can only lead to one outcome: sort of a bastardised cross between another Reich and another Soviet Union, and/or the one they say they've been trying to avoid for decades: war. 

Outstanding opportunities outweigh obedientiary overburdening III...

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Brexit: 33 days to go [countdown].

The case, as per several weeks ago and despite a plethora of annoying complicated votes, is still "an object lesson in elite betrayal": "Leaving without a deal to trade under WTO rules is a real possibility because of both the fast approaching leave date and the inability of the House of Commons to come up with any plan which can command a majority. Moreover, significant numbers of leave MPs have embraced the idea as being the best route out of the EU for of the UK." [England calling]

I also agree entirely with Emily Barley (Chairman of Conservatives for Liberty and writing on Brexit Central this weekend)

"It’s time for those of us who campaigned and voted to leave the EU to speak up, loud and clear, for the kind of future we want for our country. Not just on trade, borders and immigration, but in terms of the great British traditions we ought to restore. When the UK finally exits the EU, we should renew our commitment to civil liberties."

De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae

Partly on the same theme: 'Escaping Illiberal Values', [LINK] "It’s no secret the EU views concepts such as decentralization with disapproval. For 'progressive' institutions like the EU, classical liberal concepts of limited government and smaller political units checking bigger units are toxic roadblocks that keep it from realizing its universalist vision. The British Isles, on the other hand, have historically been the cradle for classically liberal practices such as federalism, free speech, and property rights." (Jose Niño, published on the Mises Wire, Mises Institute)

This was one of my main reasons for voting Leave too: not just the trade opportunities or freedom/regaining sovereignty etc., but to escape the clutches of the quagmire pull of what Napoleon believed his greatest achievement ("My real glory is not the forty battles I won, for Waterloo's defeat will destroy the memory of as many victories... What nothing will destroy, what will live forever, is my Civil Code."

There are some similarities between English Common Law and the Napoleonic Code but many differences; you can see the logic in the original idea to codify rules and 'equalise' the Law but 'mission creep' should have been foreseen and with today's politicians such complete control can only lead to one outcome: sort of a bastardised cross between another Reich and another Soviet Union, and/or the one they say they've been trying to avoid for decades: war. 

Onalaska overhead...

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Not far from my current position: "A Texas Mystery: Small Town Has 1,000 Registered Aircraft But No Airport" [Zero Hedge]. Onalaska, Texas [Wiki]. This would mean more than one aircraft per household even taking into account the estimated increase in population of 40% (forty) in the last decade. "We shouldn't require less information [...] to register a car than to register an aircraft" no shit...but they do: it costs a whopping five dollars (USD5) to register a plane with the The Federal Aviation Administration; then the FAA will assign the aircraft a tail code that starts with an the letter N. (see example, image, left). OK, very complicated stuff...but "The report said most of the aircraft owners were not based in Texas nor the US but were foreigners." Oh, that's OK then? "In another audit of the five major trust companies[*], federal investigators found the companies "could not or would not provide" the identities of 75% of the foreign owners requested." FFS.



[*] Foreign multinational corporations often use trusts to register a plane because the FAA demands registrations have a US citizen on file.

Onalaska overhead...

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Not far from my current position: "A Texas Mystery: Small Town Has 1,000 Registered Aircraft But No Airport" [Zero Hedge]. Onalaska, Texas [Wiki]. This would mean more than one aircraft per household even taking into account the estimated increase in population of 40% (forty) in the last decade. "We shouldn't require less information [...] to register a car than to register an aircraft" no shit...but they do: it costs a whopping five dollars (USD5) to register a plane with the The Federal Aviation Administration; then the FAA will assign the aircraft a tail code that starts with an the letter N. (see example, image, left). OK, very complicated stuff...but "The report said most of the aircraft owners were not based in Texas nor the US but were foreigners." Oh, that's OK then? "In another audit of the five major trust companies[*], federal investigators found the companies "could not or would not provide" the identities of 75% of the foreign owners requested." FFS.

[*] Foreign multinational corporations often use trusts to register a plane because the FAA demands registrations have a US citizen on file.

Oscar organisation...

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Another 'backlash', another hoo-ha; would anyone - apart from from those taking part and their guests - actually remember the Oscars was on if there wasn't this annual pre-event outrage at something? "The organisers of the Oscars have reversed an earlier decision to hand out four awards during ad breaks after facing a major backlash." [BBC]



Anyhooo, these two have a point:

In the history of CINEMA, masterpieces have existed without sound, without color, without a story, without actors and without music. No one single film has ever existed without CINEMAtography and without editing.

— Alfonso Cuaron (@alfonsocuaron) February 12, 2019

"[Cinematography & Editing] are not inherited from a theatrical or literary tradition: they are cinema itself." Guillermo del Toro, also on Twitter.



Anyway, on the subject of films and actors: sad news that Iffland-Ring holder Bruno Ganz, who played Hitler in the 2004 film Downfall, has died aged 77. The bunker scene must be the most played segment of a film ever having been a meme for years (my favourites were about Gordon Brown e.g. get me my ginger wig)

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Oscar organisation...

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Another 'backlash', another hoo-ha; would anyone - apart from from those taking part and their guests - actually remember the Oscars was on if there wasn't this annual pre-event outrage at something? "The organisers of the Oscars have reversed an earlier decision to hand out four awards during ad breaks after facing a major backlash." [BBC]

Anyhooo, these two have a point:

In the history of CINEMA, masterpieces have existed without sound, without color, without a story, without actors and without music. No one single film has ever existed without CINEMAtography and without editing.

— Alfonso Cuaron (@alfonsocuaron) February 12, 2019

"[Cinematography & Editing] are not inherited from a theatrical or literary tradition: they are cinema itself." Guillermo del Toro, also on Twitter.

Anyway, on the subject of films and actors: sad news that Iffland-Ring holder Bruno Ganz, who played Hitler in the 2004 film Downfall, has died aged 77. The bunker scene must be the most played segment of a film ever having been a meme for years (my favourites were about Gordon Brown e.g. get me my ginger wig)
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Ocracy oblocutors...

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Note the name of the source...the UK Government's Department for Health and Social Care. Guido has the whole document embedded HERE, just as well because Scribd has already removed it, presumably on request from some government employee after having read Order-Order!



Staff at the Department have been issued with a 'Toolkit' on to help them "understand the impact which change and uncertainty is having on the way you feel". Oh dear. 
"Staff are then instructed how to “take back control” and shut those bad Brexit thoughts out. The key is to "challenge your inner critic” and “kill your Automated Negative Thoughts (ANTS)"". FFS.

Ocracy oblocutors...

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Note the name of the source...the UK Government's Department for Health and Social Care. Guido has the whole document embedded HERE, just as well because Scribd has already removed it, presumably on request from some government employee after having read Order-Order!

Staff at the Department have been issued with a 'Toolkit' on to help them "understand the impact which change and uncertainty is having on the way you feel". Oh dear. "Staff are then instructed how to “take back control” and shut those bad Brexit thoughts out. The key is to "challenge your inner critic” and “kill your Automated Negative Thoughts (ANTS)"". FFS.