Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

http://finance.uncommonwisdomdaily.com/reports/RWR/DEC-VSP/dec-vsp-alt.php?ccode=&em=&sc=KITCO&ec=5161101

Aldwickk,

Obviously a scare story to make you sign up, BUT it does allow you to go far enough to want to put up the barricades, not that that would do any good.
A long listen, but well worth it.

Muslim Brotherhood's Mursi declared Egypt president

The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi has been declared the winner of Egypt's presidential election run-off.

He won 51.73% of the vote, beating former PM Ahmed Shafiq, the Higher Presidential Election Commission said.

The head of the panel of judges, Farouq Sultan, said it had upheld some of the 466 complaints by the candidates, but that the election result still stood.

The announcement prompted scenes of jubilation in Cairo's Tahrir Square, where Mr Mursi's supporters gathered.

UMMMMM,

Wait and see!

Nothing will happen. The new president has no power. There is no constitution and the army are going to write it some time. There is no parlament and no new elections of MPs arranged.

It looks like the army has allowed the Muslim Brotherhood to win by a small margin to pacify the crowds. It may take some time to see that it is a hollow victory. The next move by the army should show their intentions. It remains to be seen how long the army can hold things together before there is a new uprising, this time against the army.

Allowing the brotherhood to win is a clever ploy as they may be happy at present with their partial victory. The army may then 'arrange' for there to be a parliament of a non-brotherhood flavour meaning that neither the parliament nor the president has any real power. The army can then sit in the background controlling things for as long as they like.

This is a significant development

Saudi government to allow its women athletes to compete in the London 2012 Olympics, BBC learn


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18571193

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18550455

Hays,

I think you are right for the short term.

Maybe, medium term.

Long term, don't know.

It is a pity that the "revolution" had no organised secular leadership from the beginning,

Glad I won't be living in Egypt.

What Britain used to look like from the air

From sprawling factory complexes to newly built suburban streets - by way of some of the UK's top sporting venues and seaside resorts. More than 10,000 images from one of the earliest collections of aerial photography are being made freely available on the web.

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That's a fascinating link, but doesn't the following statement negate its usefulness as some people may have Parkinson's and not have been diagnosed and therefore state 'no'.?


"Anyone can call and they need to state whether or not they have been diagnosed with the disease".

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if you can n ot take a penalty you should pack up playing football.
how the hell did a cole get in a team he is useles and can not even play

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I like brief comments, but "." is pushing it bit.


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Yuk!

Some fascinating images here Snapping bugs: What can we learn from insect images?

I see Master Mind has announced his latest policy for another U-turn.

Also Leveson evaluation of "political" pressure was interesting.

Good to know the the GOVE was asking Murdock for advice on Education problems or was he just taking the Michael?

And we think Egypt has problems.

mmm yum yum - Japan sells first Fukushima seafood since nuclear crisis

Seafood caught off the coast of Japan's Fukushima region has been put on sale for the first time since last year's nuclear crisis.

The sale was limited to octopus and marine snails, as other species cannot be sold yet because of contamination.

The catch was sold at reduced prices in markets across the prefecture.