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Did they predict the fall of Communism and the Berlin Wall ? - NO Did they predict the Arab Spring ? - NO etc. So what are YOU paying $11 billion a year for exactly ? It seems to me a saving could be made here. Somewhere in the $10 billion a year ball-park figure. Phoning up friends over...

It's not only the US that has a long history of " own goals ". The current scandal for instance. How many billions have been spent on the NSA ? Has it been money well spent ? Not if you listen to the World's Heads of State. Incompetence and stupidity are words that spring to mind. How many...

Here is a page of free EAs for MT5. I have tried some of them. Is anyone else interested ? The paid for EAs are on a separate page.

Back in the good ole days of The Cold War, one was worried about "reds under the bed", then it was peeping Toms and now it's Uncle Sam listening in !! Wot next ? :)

Funny one Yannis. Personally I prefer the Super Hero comics :p

OK so the present system is so bad it needs updating because nothing sensible ever gets done. It is worth noting that because in the House of Reps there is a Republican majority, in a Parliamentary system the leader of those Republicans would be the Prime Minister. The Senate would be an...

Well noone could ever be accused of calling the US admin fair, I suppose. Needs a bloody good shake-up imho Leaders of Western Civilization ? Couldn't lead the way out of a brothel.

I was talking to this guy in a bar. He reckons the solution to the budget crisis is a " no brainer ". I would have thought it might have been a " no Boner " more likely.

Hey who elected those politicians anyway ? It isn't entirely their fault they are greedy, uncaring thickoes. I hope their salaries are on hold too or the situation may never get resolved.

World Bank head Jim Yong Kim warns US is ‘five days away from a very dangerous moment Jim Yong Kim has warned the United States they're just 'days away' from causing a global economic disaster unless politicians come up with a plan to raise the nation's debt limit and avoid default. 'We're...

I guess Lucrum and the patriots will object but.......... It is so easy to just have one's view of only one's own country. That's the lazy approach. For those that live in small countries are bombarded through the media, films etc. of stories from elsewhere. Even if you live in the US, one...

Cut tobacco tax to a few pence. How will we pay for the next war I hear some cry. Shouldn't bother I would say. Who the hell cares what the average Joe is doing in Afghanistan. Let him grow poppies if he wants to. With all these new freedoms who needs cops.

Where did all the fun of the 1970s and 1980s go ? Swamped by too much tax, foreign wars etc. ? Surely there are better alternatives to being a donkey or elephant ? Their policies are so boring and incompetent. Just the usual money sucking politicians ?

Raise the ridiculously low speed limits on open highways to at least 80 mph

All pensions to be put into a pool and paid out equally. At least the poor could spend their retirement in some comfort. Something to look forward to ? Treat the grand children ?

Drugs could be sold over the counter legally. But only to adults for their own daily consumption. i.e. not sold by the bucketful to dubious characters for resale. This would put many organised criminals out of business.

Take the tax off alchohol and petrol At least one could afford to get sozzled and go places. Preferably not at the same time.

Talk about lead balloons ! The whole world really can't be held to ransom by 2 turkey cocks in Washington. There should be a " road map " to resolution of serious problems before they plunge the world into economic chaos. For instance:- 1. 10 days to reach a compromise or failing that 2...

Flies more like, so far. Perhaps I should start the ball rolling by 1. Raising the minimum wage.

A town near me made it's own coinage a few years ago. Some scoffed openly but the ordinary little town of perhaps 100,000 people has gone from strenth to strength. They explicitly rejected the mega companies like coffee shops from setting up. There are about 20 local cafe/coffee shops in and...