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Norway has not applied for EU membership. A referendum last held in 1994 prohibits it. Referenda were also held in Finland and Sweden in the same year. The pro-EU side gained a cautious win in both countries.Denmark joined the EEC in 1973.France has been lukewarm about several countries joining… If not all. Opposing EU expansion is almost like a tradition by now.France did not want Finland in. The reasons were presumably geopolitical. Finland shares a thousand-mile border with Russia.New members in 1995.France did not turn down the membership application. At least, I don’t think so.But it took some convincing on Finland’s part, Germany putting in a good word for Finns, and Sweden joining at the same time.Those were different times… The days right after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Apparently you have forgotten all those things Donald Trump said he’d do, then did the opposite after he assumed office.If elected he was “not going to have time to go play golf.”“I’m going to be working for you, I’m not going to have time to go play golf,”Aides to Trump, Critic of Obama’s Time Spent Golfing, Try to Hide President’s Time on the LinksYour ‘President DJT Ratings Machine’ has plunged in popularity. What planet are you polling? Does 35% meaning nothing to you? Is this your idea of fake news?Beyond this man’s laziness and apparent inability to digest complicated material, I have a problem with his fondness for the golf green: Donald Trump is making a bundle on his use of the “Winter White House.” His Mar-a-Lago business is a windfall. Take this, for instance: Business Insider’s ‘Trump's Mar-a-Lago club just doubled its new membership fee to $200,000″.Said “membership fee” used to be $100,000. Then came the election victory. According to BI, Mar-a-Lago membership includes a $14,000 fee — “yearly dues”.Then we have this followup from Slate: Membership Applications at Mar-a-Lago Soar After Trump Becomes PresidentTrump bought Mar-a-Lago in 1985 for $10 million. His membership applications at other Florida clubs were rejected. So it’s no surprise he would convert this into a club he could himself join.But he’s not supposed to be generating income from private businesses — these are emoluments — without permission from Congresss, which he hasn’t even sought.It is no secret that Donald Trump is raking it in at Mar-a-Lago and using it as the venue for negotiations with foreign diplomats, as we learned from Facebook selfies when the Ambassador from Japan was eating dinner in the club dining hall with the President of the U.S.Today he’s entertaining the government of China there. I can’t imagine what viral selfies we’ll be hearing about tonight on Facebook as they tee off together.Seriously? You don’t have a problem with this?It’s not a crime to make a fast buck. But how can you call this “whining”? Is there no dignity left in the White House? No respect for the Constitution and its emoluments clause? No shame?It’s beyond clear this President is cleaning up in this elected position, his first.How much do these golf excursions cost taxpayers? This is offensive on so many levels. This is the man who is cut food funding for children in elementary schools and old people who depend on Meals on Wheels.Palm Beach Is Sick of Paying for Donald Trump's Weekend Visits to Mar-a-LagoRemember, this is a man who said he wouldn’t have time to play golf. He’d be too busy. Yes, he did say that. He’d pretty much say anything to get you to vote for him. Now he’s there, and you look like you were swindled.The real question: What are you going to do about it?

Based on the Brexit referendum, where 62% voted Remain in Scotland, its probably a reasonable assumption that if Scotland becomes independent, that it will make a membership application.