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People are becoming more perceptive and see "the whole system" or "big picture" more easily - because we have more freedom of information. This freedom of thought is the strongest influencer and liberator in terms of democratic thought and processes. That means that one single statement can...

trendlover, becoming radicalised from within one statement, belief or belief system is the fallacy of a false premise. You can extrapolate and infer - but it is unrelated and will be completely meaningless - especially the farther you go from the originating belief, and more steps are...

Actually, this is called a "inverse problem" in mathematics. It is very efficient for how to plan, and "flesh out" in detail. It is also used in computer animation - see inverse kinematics. What is basically the central idea is to create a system extrapolated from the two points - starting...

Take a look at the Bovespa in this millennium - it has a long history of strong volatility and the same goes for the currency BRL. But that is what the emerging economies are all about - greater risks and awards, which is why so many go there for the stronger growths. Even in economic turmoil...

flytiger, inter-bank lending has been encouraged and secured in the US, but bank re-capitalization is missing in the US, but was done in Europe. That only means that a lot of pain is simply being postponed - just like when the USD was strengthened to buy some time to react, as well as the...

I betchya I know tenfolds more about computational trust, electronic voting, voting fraud and democratic philosophy, processes than you do... If you read some of the - at least 50 - posts I have written here on ET about trust-models, you will see that I know what I am talking about. If you...

One of the most commonly used methods for "debating" on the Internet is the false premise. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_premise It is also somewhat difficult to disprove, unless you are a clever debater yourself. Hence the success of the fallacy. What is more interesting is how whole...

Also, remember that making death threats is a criminal act in almost every country - also on the Internet. Be careful in how you address topics like this. You would immediately be in potentially a lot of problems if you feed such rhetoric yourself. Don't think the FBI, CIA, NSA, Secret...

libertad, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguilla They have all that which you are asking for... I was sailing in that area, visiting many of the islands from Anguilla in the north to Guadeloupe in the south - and based out of St. Martin for around 6 weeks; it was very beautiful. Too bad St...

What agenda do I have - except being long EURUSD right now? :D German finance minister Peer Steinbrück is attending the G7 now, and calling for more transparency and trust in the international financial system. The IMF leader has called for an IMF-controlled international financial system...

EURJPY looked more obvious, and leading the EURUSD now again... I spent a little too much time on ET, and not looking at the charts... but I also find the trading conditions more "iffy" - the EURJPY retraced more than 200pips before it found "median support", and I don't "trust" the 137.50...

Look, it's really simple -- there will always be the possibility in the future that something can happen. How "realistic" it is, and when it could happen - that is a completely different thing. Just identifying the dangers, does not mean that it is GOING to happen. That is just like with...

Hehehe, economic "god times" might be the best way to describe the intervention and omniscient corruption meddling. Lack of transparency as well as the secrecy involved favours the corrupt. Brazil is a totally saturated corrupt society - just like southern Italy - lots of small mafia...

These are truly extraordinary times... US Treasury, Department of Homeland Security, corrupt election process entrenched with campaign finance control, lax surveillance requirements, a strong push into Internet with a "global war on ideas", military restructuring with new doctrines of...

LodeRunner, I think all of us - including the US Secret Service - are interested in you telling us exactly HOW Obama is going to be assassinated. This is a very nice way of getting yourself on that "special observation list" for travellers giving them a lot of hassle at airports etc, the...

LMAO, there are at least as many "conservative" and "right-wing" political threads started as "liberal" threads. Too little libertarian input IMO - but they are marginalized in the US anyway. Some of you are probably in favour of teaching your "party politics" to infants and kids in...

It seems EURUSD is leading the push now, and EURJPY might follow. Maybe a little anaemic just at the moment in EURJPY, better scalping in EURUSD.

Europe is more sectored into economic social classes -- "old money" and status. It is not the complete ghettos of the US and the racial bias over there. Ghettos exist - e.g Marseilles - but it's very different than in the US.

At fault for this dethroning of the US, are the neo-cons and their aggressive greed and corruption of every system. "Old-money" supported their blooming with Bush. They started getting traction during the Reagan years, when the Cold War ended they became emboldened and an economic upturn came...

When scalping - system stability is really important. You need backup Internet access lines, as well as a very stable computer system. Probably you are heavily leveraged into short term trades, so that means a communication failure will sometimes be very unnerving. Always employ stops on scalps...