Recent Discussion Contributions
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i am quite mystified by the continuing Sego lead over Sarko in this market, when opinion polls have Sarko out ahead. Are we a bunch of wishful thinkers?
Who will win the French Presidential elections? -
I agree with Ms Debs. add to that the prospect of reduced OPEC cohesion as the US Democrats moderate US foreign policy, and we have the factors lined up for falling oil prices.
will the price of oil spike over $80 a barrel in 2007? -
I can’t imagine the UN will be able to move here – “Responsibility to protect”? After Iraq, Somalia … there was a time when it was thought that “‘ought’ implies ‘can’”
jano
The number of UN troups in Darfur by end February 2007 will be: -
the resilience of the internet from its hyper-decentralisation is legendary. For this to happen, you’d have to hack deep into the Cisco router OS, much of whose functionality is hard-wired. No. Virus attacks on Vista – sure! But nothing as big as this.
A global communication breakdown caused by a virus -
I think Roger’s point that the nation states are looking fragile in the face of EU and globalisation is a good one. But surely they will wither, not actually dissolve. Safe to bet against this one, i think.
Belgium will break up, with the Flemish nationalists achieving their goal of independence.
