Midas Oracle .ORG (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jason Ruspini: There is no blind faith involved. A lot of trading is about heuristics and when multiple oscillators and sentiment indicators get to extreme levels, it’s prudent to lighten up. When that happens, I agree that it’s actually a crowded trade — as opposed to the “crowded trade” chorus of everyone not in the trade.. [...] Midas Oracle = About + Archives + Authors...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Spirituality should be approached rationally, not solely through inspiration, emotion and blind faith. It's time to bring it into the 21st Century, and for irrationality that seeps into other crucial debates to be stymied.
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Another Spotify playlist that's courtesy of David - Facial Fuzz. Yes, we're in the land of the beard, a 15-track mix of psych, rock and folk, all held together by facial hair. Well, mostly anyway. So if you fancy some...
Underbelly (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Elizabeth Drew reminds President Obama of President Truman's first rule of politics: if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog .
Want to be a Free Thinker (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
If you open Karen Armstrong's new book, The Case for God, expecting to find a list of mysterious cures, scientific curiosities, or certified miracles all pointing toward the physical presence of a divine influence in the world, you will be sorely disappointed. Armstrong has no interest in, and is in fact completely antithetical to, trying to prove God's existence. In particular, the concept of faith...
The Vulture Lurks (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
It turns out that "scientists", those paragons of virtue on whom the vast community of "Brights" would have us bestow our trust and blind faith, have been playing fast and loose with the facts. All of that "warming" we've been hearing about, ad infinitum? Let's just say it's been "massaged", and now there's proof . Hackers intercepted emails between the scientists...
What's Alan Watching? (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Spoilers for last night's "The Office" coming up just as soon as I feel lacrimose... Michael Scott believes he is a performer at heart, and "Shareholders Meeting" put him - and the show - on the biggest stage to date. It's one thing for Michael to make a fool of himself in front of the branch staff, or even at a company picnic, but the scale of the shareholders meeting was much...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
At a time when it's widely assumed that Jack White and a handful of unknown indie chums merits the accolade, Them Crooked Vultures is a supergroup worthy of the term, in the classic rock tradition of Blind Faith and ELP.
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
“Without some intervention, the digital divide will widen,” said Don Foster, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary. Commenting on today’s speech by Jeremy Hunt on media deregulation, Don Foster said: “There’s nothing new in arguing for relaxations in current media ownership regulations – Ofcom has already made sensible recommendations for...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Yeah, yeah. You guys guessed it, and I knew you would. And Tyler? Don’t scoff at Blind Faith. Ever.
Marketime (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Invading The Secular Space By Ram Puniyani 14 November, 2009 Countercurrents.org India has quite a broad fare of God men. There are Gurus, Sants, Maharajs, Acharyas and Purohits (clergy) in the main. Their role has been changing over a period of time. Last three decades seem to be the time of their major glory, with their presence in all spheres in a very dominating way. Their number has also proliferated...
Personal Money Store (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Madoff scandal gives rise to debt relief issues Blind faith in your money manager is not a viable option In the wake of the Bernie Madoff scandal, debt relief has become a persistent theme. Madoff had a long running Ponzi scheme in which he bilked investors of over $13.2 billion. Under the guise of a gifted money-manager, Madoff attracted high-profile clients like Steven Spielberg, Kevin Bacon, and...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
By GottaLaff "Go Christmas, go Hanukkah, go Kwanzaa, go solstice," chant dancers in a Gap ad, released days after the American Family Assn. called for a boycott over Gap's "failure to use the word 'Christmas.' " ( Gap ) The holiday season is here! How do we know that? Because whether you realize it or not, the evil War on Christmas has been declared... again! Yes. It's true. Don...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Bill Belichick's genius card is suspended. Eric Mangini's might just get revoked after last night. See why in the NFL Weekly Review.
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
According to a report from their Facebook Profile , Long Island, NY-based hardcore outfit Capital is gearing up to record their third full length. They had this to say: Capital will be recording our 3rd full length ourselves inside Duncan's house starting Thanksgiving night. Feel free to offer any gear you have for us to borrow for a week or so. Guitars, amps, cabinets, fuzz boxes, microphones. We...
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