...and it's not only Wall St.,  -  but also! It's not so long back - in April this year that I did a little piece on my expert subject....."High Finance". I understand so much about it that nobody can beat me, I'm a wizard, I'm a specialist - I'm a liar....Here is the link to my original article:  http://marquisdugalipot.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-high-finance-tipshot-off-pressi.html First of all, let's get it right.  There is nothing, absolutely nothing, "high" about this subject, except the smell. It is the lowest of the low, and the people who work in it are the same. Many of them are even worse than those other modern day gangsters - dentists...don't believe a word of this type of headline..... because they NEVER do anything decent....ever. They demand and expect to get....respect! Respect from the people they are cheating and ruining on a daily basis. You all know what this represents  ..and who could have respect for this? I re...

Seen, studied and bought for 2.99euros at "Lidl" in Vauvert - 15 days or so ago. I counted all the buds, and worked out that's about 15cts the flower! That seems worth it, for flowers that stay bright and fresh for at least a week - each! I can even eat them in salads, which I can't do with the other flowers in my appartment - they're in plastic.....!

The photo represents a GOOD investment - but how to get the 100euro Banknote - which they say is a real one - out of the "plexi glass" and into your pocket (don't put it in your Bank at any price!) is not stated! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just watching a programme on the German TV Channel "Phoenix" led me to this article. It seems that all that brass and monkey's offered by US (taxpayers) to Banks and others doesn't actually exist! It appears that it is "virtual" money, whatever that may be! All I know is that when it comes to increasing my pension, or your wages, no money exists, virtual or real...

You all know those guys (and some women) who are always complaining. Weather's been too wet, too warm, too cold, too dry, too everything. Generally installed at the local market in their largish, newish Mercedes-Benz, or sitting atop of a newish, shiny tractor (many of them with air conditioning and pollen filters nowadays) it seems that nothing is right with the world of Agriculture. Although there are doubtless many who don't make fame or fortune, and many others (particularly in Britain) who have been - or will be - hit by some blight or other, ranging from mad cow to poultry flu, life isn't all "moody blues" in the Agricultural scene, These figures have been released by the Central Agricultural Office of the European Community, and represent the "averages" within the EU, therefore also including Britain. It's interesting to have an idea of the average annual income of Agriculturers. Just to give a comparison point, the EU also informs me that th...

At the moment, with all the poor little rich people getting hammered, comes the news that someone, somewhere (they say in a French Bank) has done a fraud to the amount of 7.2 milliarde euros! This set me to thinking "find out finally just how many zero's there are in a milliarde". Not as easy as you may think - it seems that the business world, International as it is supposed to be, has it's problems with the question. Seems that occasionally there are problems from one country to another when using "milliarde"- "billion" - and such words. Some countries insist that a milliarde be called something different, and have 12 zero's behind the qualifying number (after all, 0,000,000,000,000,000:00 still equals 0! The problems, or happiness, start when you put a POSITIVE number at the beginning!) Seems that, in general, a milliarde (in civilised countries) takes 9 zeros, so our little laddy in France has magically "made disappear" the sum of...