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.

it's not that i don't understand, but i really cannot be bothered with all the partisan blather and attempted political scoring ..... i'm perfectly capable of making up my own (now there's a surprise for you!) about issues various

I threw a few questions into the ring in post 330449

Nobody has help me correct my mistaken thoughts.

8-(

no, and indeed for that reason i choose to support st mungo's, though there are a number of other worthy and similarly focussed charities ..... however, i am not in favour either of the stupid open door policy that has yet to be reversed, so i also have little or no sympathy for some of the "ethnic minorities" who choose to come to uk as it looks a juicy soft option for hand-outs

Fair enough but Ive seen you trying to score politicaly.

Ps, what do you think about my warning re- to US debt ceiling talks. going to chance it????

Could be very dangerous. ive spent a lot of time on US sites and it looks like gridlock on political front.

Far worse than 2008 most say if no agreement.

i'll ignore 30449 until such a time as you edit out its heavy partisan bias

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sticky - not sure ..... i'm afraid the attitude of american politicians are a disgrace, and whatever they claim, i'm sure the founding fathers would be horrified that the good of the country is not put first

Cynic,

Ducking again.

Even if fleeing equivalent to the Gulags or "concentration camps".

Forgot the some R/Wingers real tories would like to introduce simple "health camps" for the "unemployable".

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GF.

Could go short.

whatever you say fred ..... you may want to try to goad me into saying something even more stupid than usual, but not a chance

Fred yep shorting is an option but Im not very coumfy going short on political macro ,
much rather have a company with a weak balance sheet.

Milly gets an apology.............

http://order-order.com/2013/10/03/mail-on-sunday-editor-apologises-to-miliband/

if that's the Mail thingy which i guess it is, then quite right too notwithstanding that "your guys" are perfectly happy to have a pop at DC or GO and others re their background and ancestry etc etc

Not really an apology from the Mail. They just said sorry for sending a reporter to his uncle's memorial service. They still stand by their story.

sticky - go to www.money.cnn.com and read this interesting little article - Investors bet on a U.S. default

the pic of the gravestone (or whatever it was) was a pretty scabby and shabby thing to do, but no more than should be expected of the gutter press of all hues

Cynic,

Do DC or Gob have ancestry?

Phew.

I wouldn't have wanted them as my legacies.

Bye the way, were the ancestors AD or BC?

Cynic yep its here........

http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/03/news/economy/debt-ceiling-default/index.html?iid=Lead

and here.....

http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/03/news/economy/investors-bet-us-default-cds/index.html

very droll fred, very droll

sticky - i have reduced my portfolio somewhat though not drastically ..... for sure, i'll continue to hold AFR, BLNX and GKP, but unsure what to do with TCG

Not sure why they printed pic of grave. It may be because he is buried close to Karl Mark's memorial monument. Marx is actually buried elsewhere.

Im closing the lot of mine down. Just 2 left and theyl be gone soon. Better be safe than sorry.

If it drops itl drop like a lead weight.

Better to get shot before the crowd or you might not even be able to get shot.

Nothing worse than not been able to get through to your broker on OVERLOAD.

Stomach churning feeling.

At some time weve all been their and know what its like.

i deal on line on L2 and as i work with CFDs rather than s/b (may re-open that a/c), i don't have time-constraint issues

and an interesting comment below ....

the last time the US government was shut down (under President Clinton in late 2005 and early 2006, for a total of 28 days) saw the US stock market perform very strongly. If I remember correctly, the market was cheered by the prospect that a shutdown government could no longer meddle in the free market economy. So I believe that neither the political events in Italy nor the US appear likely to knock the bull-market off trend.