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First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist; Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist; Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew; Then they...

Heavy manufacturing, oil and gas and non nuclear power generation industries are putting money behind anyone that will oppose carbon taxation or cap and trade and in the US the Republicans are the party of choice for those industries. Banking and finance however see opportunity in any carbon...

Big Money is not willing to have all their eggs in the one basket and they know oil based fuel products has a good shelf life and is in no way going to disappear anytime soon. Goldman Sachs, Merril Lynch and a host of others have partnered with CME which is prospective clearing house for carbon...

Its not just the left and center political entities that support the present global climate predictions , Big Money is also in on the act as they see all these wonderful opportunities for carbon offsetting, trading and hedging.

I for one will not discount mans contribution to global warming as hokum just yet but the sad fact is that the facts and statistics have been presented to us in an adulterated format.

The Swiss politicians now plan on preventing further expansion of Jewish burial grounds as separate burial grounds is err............un-Swiss.:D http://jta.org/news/article/2009/12/03/1009507/swiss-leader-calls-for-jewish-cemetery-ban

I will need office space in the next year or so for another purpose but the idea of a dedicated box on a leased line a few hundred yards from an exchange does appeal. The virtual co-location route would be a practical solution for many of us, and cost wise not out the way when you consider the...

Given the fact that many of us are precluded for practical and economic reasons from HF/HS trading I am seriously looking at location as an enabler rather than platform. A friendly BT engineer informed me of two locations in my area where I would experience extremely low-latency on a leased BT...

I dunno I heard the BBC give one of the climate scientists a complete roasting on the radio last night this embellishment of the stats is not going to die off just yet.

Kinda beat to it there on Feenix he is something of a hater.

Yep its a fact all my Indian relatives have lock boxes ram jammed with gold and jewels and wear more bling than 50 cent and its all good stuff as well.

North Korea is a bucket of sh*t but about 80% of news generated about the place is waffle, speculation and spin. I don't that any of the Generals are as nuts as the dear leader misguided maybe but not as wonky so here's hoping that its a slow painful reunification rather than an hot war.

I have more or less organized my financial affairs to be as tax efficient as possible. Paying tax is not something I worry about anymore its not worth the effort and paying tax has not held me back in any way that I am aware of.

I have nothing against Catholics and I am related to more than a few but there seems to have been a shocking lack of moral standards amongst the Catholic clergy for some time. I have two friends that were abused in the care of the Catholic church and today the report on child abuse by priests...

Income and corporate tax in the US is not unreasonable its the local taxes in some states that I find galling. I have family and friends in NY and CA and they are just getting gouged. My cousin registered his US arm in Maryland which seems to have reasonable corporate tax laws.

A non-issue really its only animals their killing and it brings a lot of tourists into the area. How can you find fault with this lively religious spectacle, which also generates a lot of commerce at the same time.

No issues as yet on the netbook nothing fancy though just QT running and a 3G broadband dongle. Its handy for those odd times I have to be somewhere else during the week.

All my trades are executed on a Mac charting and analysis is done on Windows and Linux. I am not aware of any issues that would affect execution of trades on a Mac.

"Arbeit macht frei" as they say in Germany

My bad your right its 15% I had a spreadsheet up at the same time it looks I had number dazzle.:)