Wife's family is from that area. Before Oil it was a relatively wealthy city based on fishing and farming. What happened to those industries which were regenerative rather than one offs. But as … (View Post)

So capitalism actually works. Glad to hear it. (View Post)

How can US and Israel be rogue states if they are acting in their own interests? You could call France a rogue state on that basis. Allies are countries where interests coincide, so when interests ch… (View Post)

If you are ever in Spain at Easter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semana_Santa#/media/File:Semana_Santa_La_Laguna_52_(cropped).jpg (View Post)

Was told the other day that there are signs of a toilet roll shortage. Apparently its because of the Shi'ites (View Post)