Recent content by amanda33

Space Program :p

Yay. Live on a run-down council estate with equally deviant people, send your kids to an atrocious comprehensive where they'll learn how to sniff glue and steal cars, drink yourself into oblivion and a painful, early grave on White Lightening, learn how to read The Sun without a single thought...

I don't. Last week I joined the local Zombie Apocalypse Group, thought I'd get in early so I could get ahea ... ahea .... a ... HEAD BRRRRAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNSSSSSSSSS

Heh, that's the possessive apostrophe /s/ you used there [Who's list?]. Comedy gold and reeks of delicious irony, considering your third paragraph. (don't jump, anonymous internet weirdos aren't worth it)

Banks, investment houses, etc. have lost trillions in the derivatives market. Those losses per the legislation are not required to be reported on their financial balance sheets. So, no one even know just how big these losses really are. But according to industry insiders the losses are...

Either you're an idiot or just plain stupid.

Not picking on you specifically, Ivanovich, just on the concept of free market enthusiasts claiming that all the banks should be allowed to fail and it will be good in the long run etc etc. The markets aren't being controlled by unseen forces so much as being influenced. They're still going...

Your friend forgot to mention Brits work longer hours than any other country in Europe, which is another reason (along with the crappy weather) drinking is a national pastime.

It doesn't even have to be for US use, the rest* of Europe will gratefully suck on George Bush's wiener if he can prove he's the one keeping their natural gas and oil supplies flowing. *Tony Bliar already did.

How else will the middle classes prosper and invest? They can't do it by using scale and bullying tactics so they have to use their wile and invest in assets when the time is right, get out when the time is right and also not buy lottery tickets. Those who are uninformed will be the ones...

Just the obligatory post from the 'been there, done that' crowd: The scene in London was fantastically vibrant 15 years ago for those with spare cash to go out to clubs (Astoria, Ministry) and gigs (Brixton Academy, Camden Jazz Cafe) are the first that come to mind. Theme bars were restricted to...

He didn't say what Obama does will be a bad thing, just that the Republicans will need to be in office for a long time to change his changes. And he also said America is no longer a free country.

Yay! I diversified 70% out of sterling late last year and out of property in '06. The UK hasn't seen any of the recent drop in commodities as the pound has dropped as quickly as they have, although it was rising at the same time too. I'm seeing forecasts of $1.60 and 1 Euro, but no forecasts for...

Great link, although caveats obviously apply. I'm a fan of the Euro economy, but I also see China overtaking Germany and Spain dropping below Canada, Brazil, Russia and India before this cycle is done. Iran could be a dark horse.

I agree interest rates alone won't cure today's economic ills, and that healthy recessions (contractions in rate of growth are a better description) are just that - healthy for the economy, long-term. I think we're talking along similar lines and just disagreeing on the FED's target rate. What...