GM Tigran Petrosian was named after the original.

We are simply witnessing another small step in the process by which China becomes the world's economic superpower and the US economy withers away. It seems fine while it's happening, another few years revenue locked in, share price rising. But no-one notices another round of layoffs for US employees replaced by offshore contractors. Might take 10, 20, 30 years, I can't tell, but there's going to be an almighty reckoning when the last white-collar job has been shifted offshore and the US shell companies have nothing left to sell.

Octopi is based on the mistaken assumption that octopus is a second declension Latin noun. It is simply wrong. Octopuses is the correct English plural.

Yes but North Africa was populated from the Middle East and Europe. They didn't cross the Sahara to get there.

Some of the funniest office 'banter' I've heard has been based on race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religion.

Isn't it as simple as two sub-critical hemispheres? A delivery mechanism isn't necessary - just rent an apartment in whichever major city you want to frag. Could someone put some figures on how easy it would be? How much solution of some uranium salt spun for how long in how many centrifuges? And how many such centrigues would fit in one apartment?

We already all know the reason. Far fewer women than men have the sort of analytical yet elegant way of thinking required to be a good coder. That answer is politically untenable and so we waste time on finding spurious non-reasons.

The Guardian is the biggest tax dodger in the UK as it's owned by an off-shore trust precisely to avoid paying tax.

(1)-(3) just amount to the Corporation of London (the City council) having a different system of voting to other city councils (which are based on personal residency). As the City's resident population is about 7,000 but 300,000 work there, and it's the most important area in the country financially, the system of giving companies a vote makes some sense. Would it really be democratic for a handful of low income voters (several population areas in the City are social housing for those on benefits) to make the rules for the economic heart of the UK? (4) So what? Parliament has numerous special advisers (Spads) paid from public funds who carry out party political activities. Far more disgraceful IMO. (5) Of course the City has political input into to the tax process but they still pay the same taxes as everyone else.

Imagine watching a successful surfer and then claiming that, as he hasn't studied Meteorology, Fluid Dynamics or Oceanography, the height of the waves is almost entirely disconnected from the underlying sea level. He's just a short-term momentum player riding the random froth on the waves. The stock market is completely unaffected by these traders just as sea-level is unaffected by surfers.

He probably made ~50 bps pre-tax then which is pretty solid. I think 10-20 bps is considered normal in the FX world (although they have larger notionals). He isn't trading with a few hundred million dollars. He's a "day trader" or in his case more of a "minute trader". He'll be flat every day and be constantly going in and out of stocks making dozens of trades a day trying to cut losses immediately and let profits run. I'm guessing he's a very short-term momentum player and his individual trades mightly "only" be around $100,000 but he'll be putting on a flurry of them as the price moves his way and covering himself with stops.

You missed out the Freemasons, Rothschilds and giant shape-shifting lizards. It's depressing that you've been modded Insightful. The City of London is subject to the same laws as the rest of England and is not a tax haven.

He's just one (very rich) guy but he only pays for the polls. They are conducted by professionals pollsters and have a good reputation for accuracy.