Perhaps it is just the cynic in me, but every time Trump announces a ceasefire or whatever passes for good news in his obviously warped mind, the stock market goes up. Conversely the opposite is also true, when he decides to attack Iran again, stocks crash and oil prices soar. Now if by chance, he or any of his billionaire cronies kept their stocks when prices were about to crash, they would lose money, and I think we have all seen how Trump hates to do that.  The constant rise and fall in prices, which is more than merely predictable if you just happen to be in the loop of information that surrounds Trump would provide a very lucrative opportunity for buying low, and selling high. so, the question of the day is, do you think that these powerful people have sufficient morality, ethics and honesty not to profit from this knowledge?  This is after all, the value of pension plans throughout the world that will probably end up losing out in transactions like this. Such a sce...

 Cheer up, it's Friday! A bear walks into a bar in Billings, Montana and sits down. He bangs on the bar with his paw and demands a beer. The bartender approaches and says, "We don't serve beer to bears in bars in Billings." The bear, becoming angry, demands again that he be served a beer. The bartender tells him again, more forcefully, "We don't serve beer to belligerent bears in bars in Billings." The bear, very angry now, says, "If you don't serve me a beer, I'm going to eat that lady sitting! at the end of the bar." The bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve beer to belligerent, bully bears in bars in Billings" The bear goes to the end of the bar, and, as promised, eats the woman. He comes back to his seat and again demands a beer. The bartender states, "Sorry, we don't serve beer to belligerent, bully bears in bars in Billings who are on drugs." The bear says, "I'm NOT on drugs." The bartend...

  It’s been a while since I wrote about the world of politics, but I had to return to it at some point, so here goes.   😊   One of the following must be true, or perhaps they all have some semblance of truth?   1)       Politics or other high office jobs attract the delusionally idiotic, the corrupt and the perverted. 2)       Power corrupts. 3)       Even a saint cannot go unscathed through the scrutiny that falls on our public servants and others whose position gets them media attention.   This started while watching Morning TV over my breakfast.   There was a talking head expert on a piece about one of the eternal problems in the NHS, who came out with the following informative statement, “As people get older, they have more risk of dying”.    I bet you never realised that before.   I wonder haw much they pay these TV experts to impart that level of...