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• Commented on Abolish the monarchy!
  the Irish model (which I believe is also used by a bunch of other European and other countries, like Germany, etc). Yes. The thing that Charlie calls the Irish model has become pretty much standard in countries that envision...
• Commented on An update on the revolutionary experiment
  This looks like a very specifically American way of framing things to me. Written constitution: This is a red herring. You need to distinguish between (1) the statute that says "Constitution" in its title, (2) the body of constitutional law....
• Commented on Crib Sheet: The Labyrinth Index
  Thank you; I replied before I saw Charlie's comment pointing out Equoid....
• Commented on Crib Sheet: The Labyrinth Index
  Whaaa ...? Call it déformation professionnelle if you like. I've probably had a certain dweebery hammered into me over the years when it comes to, uh, source criticism of historical documents, especially the journal kind. Start with the paperclip audits...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: The Labyrinth Index
  (Paraphrasing from one of the novels): "Read my lips. Ol' Bat Wings {Cthulhu} does not exist." Really? I don't remember anything of the sort at all :/ Alternately, check TVTropes's entry for the Laundry Files for 'Unreliable Narrator'. Thank...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: The Labyrinth Index
  I've read every Laundry novel at least twice but I never noticed any real textual evidence for Bob being an unreliable narrator. What specifically does Bob tell us that the actual text later shows to be wrong? Please help, I...
• Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (1)
  Apparently fantasy. Nope, it's always been on the table and as of this moment it still is. (The fact that the backstop is potentially tantamount to a permanent customs unions is the very reason the UK doesn't want the...
• Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (1)
  It's a real proposal. The EU has been suggesting a customs union since the day after the referendum, partly because it's the easiest and most obvious way to definitely rule out a hard border in Ireland. There even is precedent:...
• Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (1)
  "and the EU hasn't even hinted that an extension that long is possible." It has. Tusk just explicitly confirmed that until April 12 all options are still on the table; he specifically included the referendum option. It looks like the...
• Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (1)
  No problem, go ahead. FWIW, having sobered up I'm not actually super happy with my comment anymore and I probably sorta regret having posted it. The first half isn't telling anyone in this thread anything new and the second half...
• Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (1)
  Hello from Greece. Scott @44: "What are those 27 countries going to want?" Nobody knows. There are at least three competing answers to the Brexit question in basically every EU member state. In most EU members states, at least two...