To all of our community, whether you've been here for almost 15 years, or just happened on the site via a Google search, Happy New Year. May the next year be less eventful and more fulfilling than the last (which was a pretty good year anyway).

And the same to you Graham, & every one here.

It would be nice to live in less interesting times, & even more peaceful ones. However we can rejoice that the tide of science is back on a swing to reality. Life should become more comfortable in time.

Yes, Happy New Year to Graham and all on OLO.
Here's to another year of 'chat' !

Cheers,
Suse.

May you and all posters be greatly blessed in 2014 Graham.

Dear Graham,

It has been a year that for many of us
was not an easy one for a variety of reasons.
Still, we should count our blessings -
of which there are many.

As for politics? Experts tell us that
our governments are at their best
when there is a vehement contest of ideas, when,
cabinet labours and struggles
over policies, when individuals dissent and speak
out and sometimes even step down because they so
strongly disagree with the policies adopted. We're
told that the
strongly argued dissenting case is one of the
great contributions a politician can make to posterity
and to future good policy.

Many want to see the return of the true ministerial
system, with clear delegation, clear autonomy and
authority, and the ability for all to be heard within
a robust and respectful governing group.

We're tod that it takes a particularly strong
individual to allow all that (not a messiah, not a god)
but a thoughtful, smart, secure, emotionally intelligent adult.
And as one astute commentator stated:

"Let me know when you next spot one!"

Happy New Year to one and all!

GrahamY,

Thank you.

All the very best to you and yours for 2014. May you be blessed with good heath and happiness.

Yes as GY said to all.
And to him for this site those 15 years must have presented problems we never knew about.

thanks grayham..we have on..these pages..
a lot of hard worked word sweat..some of the best..times
and none of the worst/times..anyhow..[next year can only be better]

what are your..new-years affirmations/hopes and inspirational
[promises you cant keep-*-seems too personal

http://whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/mustabeendrunk.jpg

is this a year beyond prophecy?
wasnt 20 13..'it'..?..by what measure?

how is your year going so far?
how was the first day>?
the wishes run out ?

To the comrades, to the usual suspects, to the true believers, and the blasphemers, wishing each and everyone of you, a happy new year and peace any joy in 2014. Looking forward to a bit of verbal jousting on OLO with you all in the coming year.

Paul.

Happy new year to all.

May we all live in interesting times.

Thanks Graham.
Well Obama has announced that the money printing will be tapered. This means the share market will stall. George Soros is selling off his paper gold and buying the real stuff.

Watch our banks because they have derivative gambling exposure of 6 times their assets.

Watch our Govt because they are trying to bring in legislation to make 'bail in ' legal. 'Bail in' gives banks the power to covert our deposits into their shares as they did in Cyprus. This will also affect your super.

May you all have a prosperous, healthy and satisfying year.

And may you and yours Graham, have a very healthy and fulfilling 2014. Thank you also for making this whole Forum such a brilliantly successful Site, in which we all manage to have an equal voice, I for one really appreciate it.

Best wishes for 2014...O Sung Wu.

Dear Foxy,

Read Goodwin's "Team of Rivals" for the kind of government you want. Unfortunately not many heads of government are as good at the game as Abraham Lincoln.