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    Greatest Spanish contribution(s) to the world ?

    It was a joke, because many Basques don't feel Spanish. Why, what did I say ? :o
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    Greatest Irish contribution(s) to the world ?

    If Ireland gave us something to thank for it must be music ! Folk, New Age, Pop, Rock, you name it.
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    Greatest Spanish contribution(s) to the world ?

    Wow there are some harsh words there ! Personally I like Gaudi. He had a very unique and interesting style inside the Art Nouveau movement. I tried to think about what Spanish painter I liked, but I am not an aficionado of bizarre and distorted pictures like Picasso or Dali. Goya and Velazquez...
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    Economy European companies doing better than American ones

    I am not the one saying it but Newsweek, an American publication. Why Europe Will Win European companies are growing because they expand around the world. US companies stay in the USA because they don't understand other cultures and are afraid of getting out of their home land.
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    Economy Retirement age increased by a few years - for or against ?

    It makes no sense to keep the same retirement rules now as in the 1950's. The pyramid of age is completely different and so is the economy !
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    Politics Turkish genocide and the US

    I agree with Maciamo. I don't think it was a genocide. The Ottomans didn't try to anihilate Armenia.
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    The British attitude towards Europe?

    Sh't they are all alone in their mountains. Isn't that sad ?
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    Economy Should Greece Leave the Euro?

    A Trojan horse for what ? Do they want to find the secret behind the euro ? . The dollar is overvalued ? It's never been so low for so long ! Japan's public debt nears 200% of GDP. Nobody is saying Japan is bankrupt. Why ?
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    Anyone tell me?

    I think I got it ! Wailing wall ... Wales ! :grin:
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    Health Doctors in Spain claim to have performed world's first full face transplant.

    Is Spain catching up with its Latin cousins, France and Italy, the current world leaders in surgery ? What is it about Romance speakers that makes them so good at medicine ?
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    FTDNA Some Stats From FTDNA's Ancestral Origins Database

    Why do you want to test a cat ? Do you have too much money ?
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    Is Turkey a Western country ?

    Damn, you sound so childish ! "No it's not me, it's him. I didn't do it I promise. He is the bad guy !" Is this kindergarten ?
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    Greatest German contributions to the world ?

    How is that a world contribution ? It only affected a part of northern Europe and the USA. At least everybody can use cars or electronics.
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    Study confirms Indo-European origin of U4 and U5 in Scandinavia

    Isn't that a map of mitochondrial DNA ? R1b is Y-chromosome.
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    Did Napoleon do more for France or for the United States ?

    Napoleon took the right decision by selling Louisiana to the United States. France had just lost Haiti to the slave rebels. In 1803 France and the United Kingdom were at war again. The British controlled the seas and Canada. The only access to Louisiana was via the Caribbeans. France was de...
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