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'Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.'
Boris Johnson is set to win a comfortable working majority after voters backed him to take Britain out of the EU next month.
The exit poll at the conclusion of the country’s third general election in less than five years predicted the Conservatives will win 368 seats.
The survey, conducted on behalf of Sky News, BBC and ITV, predicts Labour will win 191 seats, 71 fewer than in 2017. The SNP are on course to win 55 seats while the Liberal Democrats are projected to secure 13.
Id really like to see IQ statistic of world-wide left and conservative voters.
Here is some data for the US -
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Carl (2014) analysed data from the U.S. General Social Survey (GSS), and found that individuals who identify as Republican have slightly higher verbal intelligence than those who identify as Democrat. An important qualification was that the measure of verbal intelligence used was relatively crude, namely a 10-word vocabulary test. This study examines three other measures of cognitive ability from the GSS: a test of probability knowledge, a test of verbal reasoning, and an assessment by the interviewer of how well the respondent understood the survey questions. In all three cases, individuals who identify as Republican score slightly higher than those who identify as Democrat; the unadjusted differences are 1–3 IQ points, 2–4 IQ points and 2–3 IQ points, respectively. Path analyses indicate that the associations between cognitive ability and party identity are largely but not totally accounted for by socio-economic position: individuals with higher cognitive ability tend to have better socio-economic positions, and individuals with better socio-economic positions are more likely to identify as Republican. These results are consistent with Carl's (2014) hypothesis that higher intelligence among classically liberal Republicans compensates for lower intelligence among socially conservative Republicans.
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Party ID Average IQ Republican 100.0 (99.1) Democrat 97.3 (98.1) Independent 94.4 (92.5)
@CharlotteCGill 2h2 hours ago More Charlotte Gill Retweeted ANNE-MARIE lol Charlotte Gill added, ANNE-MARIE Verified account
@AnneMarie LABOUR. 0 replies 0 retweets 23 likes Reply Retweet Like 23 Charlotte Gill Retweeted
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@piersmorgan 3h3 hours ago More Twitter loses yet another election. 625 replies 5,329 retweets 29,942 likes Reply 625 Retweet 5.3K Like 30K Charlotte Gill Retweeted
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@TracyAnnO 2h2 hours ago More For last 2 years @RachelRileyRR & I have faced abuse beyond imagining. Lies smears violence. We stood against it all because we truly believe Corbyn responsible for allowing the anti Jewish racism & misogyny to go unchecked. His online hate army thought no one cared. YOU DID x 374 replies 591 retweets 4,531 likes Reply 374 Retweet 591 Like 4.5K
Charlotte Gill
@CharlotteCGill 2h2 hours ago More Charlotte Gill Retweeted Sam Bowman Yes I was thinking this. Three weeks ago Tom told me there’d be a big majority. I didn’t believe it. Tom was right and is basically mystic meg (90s reference) Charlotte Gill added, Sam Bowman Verified account
@s8mb Congratulations to @tomhfh on successfully predicting most of the major political events of the past year on Newsnight - very impressive work from my favourite political newsman! Show this thread 0 replies 1 retweet 17 likes Reply Retweet 1 Like 17 Charlotte Gill Retweeted
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@toadmeister 2h2 hours ago More In 1983, when Margaret Thatcher won her greatest victory, she polled 42.4% of the vote. Looks like Boris’s Tories have won 46% of the vote. 90 replies 523 retweets 1,924 likes Reply 90 Retweet 523 Like 1.9K Charlotte Gill Retweeted
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@piersmorgan 3h3 hours ago More Congrats Hugh Grant & Steve Coogan - you helped get Boris a landslide. 835 replies 2,154 retweets 17,856 likes Reply 835 Retweet 2.2K Like 18K
Charlotte Gill
@CharlotteCGill 3h3 hours ago More It’s coming home it’s coming homeeeee 9 replies 11 retweets 167 likes Reply 9 Retweet 11 Like 167 Charlotte Gill Retweeted
@CharlotteCGill 7h7 hours ago More "Terrible facts do not seem to get in the way of Corbynista's devotion to the Labour leader. Many have ignored his disgusting record of terrorist associations, preferring to criticise the PM for writing a few newspaper columns that offended people."
@CharlotteCGill 9h9 hours ago More We are a lucky country yet grievance culture has grown. It’s Maslowian. With little threat from outside forces, young people have become introspective and desperate for a new enemy: the billionaire, America, or Britain. All villains in the Corbyn fairytale
@CharlotteCGill 9h9 hours ago More Jesus, a small child on a scooter just shouted ‘beep beep’ at me from behind and sped past 13 replies 2 retweets 28 likes Reply 13 Retweet 2 Like 28
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@CharlotteCGill 9h9 hours ago More Off to vote. Thorn berry is my MP 48 replies 7 retweets 147 likes Reply 48 Retweet 7 Like 147 Charlotte Gill Retweeted
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@danieljksn 10h10 hours ago More Daniel Jackson Retweeted Conservatives "I'm sorry Dilyn but if Corbyn wins I'm going to have to eat you. It's nothing personal. It's called socialism." Daniel Jackson added,
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@Conservatives #dogsatpollingstations #VoteConservative 2 replies 21 retweets 73 likes Reply 2 Retweet 21 Like 73 Charlotte Gill Retweeted
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@MaajidNawaz 17h17 hours ago More أبو عمّار Retweeted Jeremy Brier Great Britain! We are the country that defeated jew-haters. We are the nation that stood firm against antisemites. Remember who we are. Remember our history. Honour our legacy. This is not a drill. Stand by Jews. Say #NeverAgain Say #NeverCorbyn أبو عمّار added, Jeremy Brier
@jeremybrier Tonight I put my 3 Jewish children to bed, knowing that tomorrow this amazing country could elect an antisemitic PM, the leader of an institutionally antisemitic party.… 88 replies 539 retweets 1,513 likes Reply 88 Retweet 539 Like 1.5K Charlotte Gill Retweeted
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@jamiesusskind 17h17 hours ago More Like a lot of British Jews, I feel only anxiety about what happens today.
But whatever does happen, we won’t stop until anti-Semitism is driven out of the mainstream of British politics. 57 replies 220 retweets 1,264 likes Reply 57 Retweet 220 Like 1.3K Show this thread Charlotte Gill Retweeted
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@stephenpollard Dec 11 More Here's my column on the knowledge that millions of people don't give a damn about Jew hate
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@DannyCohen 13h13 hours ago More Voting Labour today is to decide that racism against a particular minority community is a price worth paying for other political goals. Those doing so should be honest that that's the choice they have made. 222 replies 809 retweets 2,470 likes Reply 222 Retweet 809 Like 2.5K
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@CharlotteCGill 11h11 hours ago More Charlotte Gill Retweeted MASSIVE MAJORITY RED WALL SMACKDOWN They are. They despise Tory women. Charlotte Gill added, MASSIVE MAJORITY RED WALL SMACKDOWN
@DrunkTintin Replying to @CharlotteCGill They are very sexist too. They love nothing more than picking on women. 3 replies 1 retweet 15 likes Reply 3 Retweet 1 Like 15
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@CharlotteCGill 11h11 hours ago More I wonder if Corbynista activists could manage a day without swearing? Maybe an hour if that's too hard. 16 replies 10 retweets 118 likes Reply 16 Retweet 10 Like 118 Charlotte Gill Retweeted
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@LPerrins 11h11 hours ago More Laura Perrins Retweeted Old Holborn ✘ This isn’t funny. Venezuelan women have had turn to prostitution because of the economic misery socialism has inflicted on their country. But go ahead woke woman, stick in a t shirt. Laura Perrins added,
Old Holborn ✘
@Holbornlolz 171 replies 944 retweets 2,967 likes Reply 171 Retweet 944 Like 3.0K Charlotte Gill Retweeted
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@SamWhiteTky 11h11 hours ago More Sam White Retweeted Jeremy Corbyn | Vote today Who should anti-semites vote for? Sam White added, Jeremy Corbyn | Vote today Verified account
@jeremycorbyn Labour. 4 replies 29 retweets 107 likes Reply 4 Retweet 29 Like 107 Charlotte Gill Retweeted
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@DannyCohen 16h16 hours ago More Britain in 2019. A minority community wakes up in fear of an election result. How has it come to this? 127 replies 491 retweets 1,651 likes Reply 127 Retweet 491 Like 1.7K
@IrvineWelsh Yes everybody is sick to the back teeth of the massive pay rises they’ve had in the last decade. https://twitter.com/charlottecgill/status/1204888297736155141 … 11 replies 16 retweets 29 likes Reply 11 Retweet 16 Like 29 Charlotte Gill Retweeted
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@StevenEdginton 16h16 hours ago More Can't wait for Jo Swinson our new Prime Minister tomorrow 378 replies 94 retweets 703 likes Reply 378 Retweet 94 Like 703 Charlotte Gill Retweeted
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@EssexPR Dec 11 More A VOTE 4 LABOUR IS FOR
OPEN BORDERS MORE INHERITANCE TAX ANOTHER REFERENDUM JIHADISTS BACK IN THE UK SOFTER POLICING NATIONALISING COMPANIES PENSIONS HIT PROPERTY VALUES HIT A MARXIST GOVERNMENT A BANKRUPT BRITAIN ANTI SEMITIC PM
the Conservatives have taken Blyth Valley from Labour, overturning a strong majority to take the seat by 600 or so seats. The Conservatives have a ten per cent swing in this key seat — considered a key to the rest of the night’s results.
647 seats to go…
Europe Elects @EuropeElects UK, Blyth Valley constituency: this seat has voted for a CON-ECR Member of Parliament for the first time since its formation in 1950.
It has been won by LAB-S&D for its entire history. #GE2019
Photos: Christian Leaders Pray for Trump at White House
Roughly 50 Christian leaders and worshipers participated in a prayer session at the White House last week as the House Democrats’ impeachment effort continues to move forward.
Christian pastors and faith-based leaders prayed over President Trump in the Oval Office on Friday — an event headed by Paula White-Cain, who serves as special adviser to the Faith and Opportunity Initiative in the White House.
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“The Exclusive @Ami_Magazine Poll, What Orthodox Jews really think about President Trump”
I heard something weird: Eyeing Brexit with Johnson on 10, Trump suggested giving US Pharma access to the British healthcare system.
I can only excuse this, even though he has withdrawn that suggestion, knowing that Americans have simply no knowledge of humane healthcare systems. Its the one reason to not want to live in the US. Its system is a true parasite on human weakness. It is not capitalism but pure extortionism. The US is the most pathetic country in the world by far when we look only at how it milks its sick for all they and their family are worth.
Anyway, Boris in his speech today made it clear that the continuation of a humane healthcare system is priority. Perhaps Trump can take Boris as a leading example here and allow the UK to civilize the US in this respect. He did actually make suggestions to this effect at one point. Maybe he just uttered this insanity in order to repay a debt or something as he didn't press it and, as said, withdrew it too.
'Not my prime minister', protesters march in London against Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) - Several hundred noisy protesters marched through central London on Friday to protest against Britain’s election result, chanting “Boris Johnson: Not My Prime Minister” and “Boris, Boris, Boris: Out, Out, Out”.
The protesters, brandishing signs that read “Defy Tory (Conservative) Rule” and “Refugees Welcome”, walked at speed from outside Johnson’s Downing Street residence to Trafalgar Square and on to the theater district, blocking traffic and drawing a heavy police presence.
Johnson’s Conservatives won Thursday’s election by a large margin. On Friday he called for “closure” over the Brexit divisions that have riven the United Kingdom for the past three and a half years.
Of course we must realize such people are merely hired hands of Soros, not actual mongoloids.
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Subject: Re: POLITICKS Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:18 am
Indeed.
Pharma is,, I think, the largest lobbying influence in American politics. It’s not capitalism, it’s oligarchical fascism and of course wants to globalize itself (already has) and treat humans like pigs (already does). I doubt a more socialized system would be any better here, since in that case you would simply hand over authority to the central government planners who would fuck things up even more than they already are. The missing piece is the seemingly invisible option of simply removing massive authority structures entirely and allowing the people themselves in a free market to conduct their own economic transactions as they see fit and are able. You know... that weird little thing called liberty. And make no mistake that healthcare is economics.
On Boris, yes I guess. We will see. The real takeaway is that obviously the people are fed up with the existing order. The fake news media shit and all the rest isn’t working. The narrative is constricting to the “top” of society only where the “elites” live inside their own narrative in an increasingly shrinking bubble. The real world doesn’t care anymore about their ivory tower bs. But I won’t put my faith in a politician, trump or Boris are signs of the times. They can only do so much, and still have flaws, even if we assume they’re actually authentically what they present themselves as.
Politics is a game of multiple sides playing each other for power, meanwhile the earth goes on in the shadows of that. I think it’s naive to think this can be changed. Even looking at the trump fact checks, I notice the glaring absence of student loan debt stats. Also I notice what I’ve already commented on, he is spending like a madman and increasing our debt and deficits massively. Despite his claims when campaigning that this was such a huge and dangerous problem. Obama did the same, claimed it was a problem and then kept doing it. This is simply the force of System at work.
But nonetheless it’s definitely a victory, trump and Boris too, and much preferred to the alternatives.
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Subject: Re: POLITICKS Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:24 am
And now the game is stacked. All they need to do is force enough senators to vote to remove trump. And they tigger civil war. Which has been their goal for some time. And we already know plenty of republican senators, probably most, hate trump. And we also know when push comes to shove they’re going to do what their handlers tell them even in the face of public opinion backlash at the polls. Look at the bailouts in the “housing crisis”. Look at how they pass thousand page, trillion and a half dollar spending packages without even reading them.
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