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re: Scotland votes on Independence on Thursday

Posted on 9/16/14 at 12:08 pm to
Posted by TreyAnastasio
Bitch I'm From Cleveland
Member since Dec 2010
46759 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 12:08 pm to
quote:

probably don't spank their kids


Not everyone is a lazy bad parent
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
Member since Jan 2013
28769 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 12:11 pm to
in college when i became in charge of servers and account login policies, the guys i used to work with saw some things they can't unsee.

one guy (who we all hated) triggered a login script that rebooted his computer every 30 minutes on top of a few others. I also programmed just his computers homepage to be lemonparty, goat.cex, and a few others. i may or may not have gotten a written warning on that one.

oh the shenanigans. i miss it. in the real world i can't do that crap anymore.


ETA: other crap i did to that guy
This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 12:13 pm
Posted by KSGamecock
The Woodlands, TX
Member since May 2012
22982 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 12:33 pm to
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No.

The Scottish Pound is produced from a different bank mint and is not the same currency as English Pounds. There is already two currencies.



It's the same currency, the pound sterling, and it's controlled by the Bank of England. The English have made it clear that a free and independent Scotland would not be permitted to use the Pound in its current form.

It'd be like saying that Georgia can secede and still used the US dollar because the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta issues dollar notes.

The Scots could conceivably use a Scottish pound directly weighted to the Pound Sterling like the Irish did in their early years or they could continue using the Pound Sterling as an unofficial currency but that probably wouldn't go well.
This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 12:38 pm
Posted by TeLeFaWx
Dallas, TX
Member since Aug 2011
29177 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 4:59 pm to
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I'll be honest. I have always thought Scotland was it's own country. The more you know...


They have their own soccer national team so I am sure they were their own country, they just didn't have autonomy. I watched Last Week Tonight and if the Scots got to control their dwindling oil revenues they'd probably stay.
Posted by KSGamecock
The Woodlands, TX
Member since May 2012
22982 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 6:30 pm to
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
Member since Jan 2013
28769 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 7:07 pm to
1st
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
118789 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 7:33 pm to
Will the Queen still have a home in Scotland for the weekends?
Posted by KSGamecock
The Woodlands, TX
Member since May 2012
22982 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:03 pm to
Big day tomorrow! Go Scotland go!
Posted by autodd03
Clown world
Member since Dec 2013
2532 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:11 pm to
Tragic that the politicians and oligarchs are actively campaigning against and using all the fear tactics they can.
Posted by KSGamecock
The Woodlands, TX
Member since May 2012
22982 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:17 pm to
It's like they forgot about Scotland until they decided to consider leaving, then they hold up the "We'll destroy economically if you if you do it" card as if that's going to make people not resentful.
Posted by Lordofwrath88
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Member since Oct 2012
6853 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:07 pm to
Oddly enough, supposedly the Confederacy had a lot of the US law and constitution on their side until they fired on Fort Sumter, making them the aggressors.
Posted by KSGamecock
The Woodlands, TX
Member since May 2012
22982 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:10 pm to
You mean until Lincoln staged the attack on Fort Sumter as a pretext for war.
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
Member since Jan 2013
28769 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:16 pm to
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You mean until Lincoln staged the attack on Fort Sumter as a pretext for war.


Oh sheet. Just got real.
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
68419 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:18 pm to
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The Scots want to stay with the Pound.

If I was the UK I would tell them to go frick themselves.
Posted by DMagic
#ChowderPosse
Member since Aug 2010
46360 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:21 pm to
LET MY PEOPLE GO
Posted by Duke
Twin Lakes, CO
Member since Jan 2008
35601 posts
Posted on 9/17/14 at 10:26 pm to
quote:

Aaron Ramsey does. He is Welsh Jesus.


False.



That is Welsh Jesus.

Ramsey is merely Welsh Muhammad.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
118789 posts
Posted on 9/18/14 at 10:09 am to
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
12737 posts
Posted on 9/18/14 at 10:48 am to
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The Primary reason is North Sea Oil. If Scotland secedes, they will keep a majority of the oil wealth and pretty much immediately become one of the richest countries per capita in the world.
Another huge concern for the UK government is that they only Royal Navy base capable of being the home port of their SSBN subs is on the west coast of Scotland.

A free Scotland has promised to be a nuclear free country, so no one knows where the subs would go when not on deployment.
Posted by nes2010
Member since Jun 2014
6743 posts
Posted on 9/18/14 at 10:53 am to
I saw that. I think the article I read said it would cost the UK 5 billion to move the nuclear sub base and they didn't think they could get it done in the amount of time demanded by Scotland.
Posted by Alahunter
Member since Jan 2008
90738 posts
Posted on 9/18/14 at 2:59 pm to
Polls close in less than 90 minutes now.

The best thing that could happen for the yes vote, happened.....


The White House @WhiteHouse · Sep 17

The UK is an extraordinary partner for America and a force for good in an unstable world. I hope it remains strong, robust and united. - bo





Ian MacGregor @macgregor63
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@WhiteHouse @Jamie_Merrill NO one in Scotland gives a rats arse what BO thinks as he sits in a nation that broke away from the UK,idiot



This post was edited on 9/18/14 at 3:01 pm
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