tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56464342011-12-18T20:36:35.667-05:00Command nature. Reject the commands of God, whim, and men.Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-2512079402290722632011-09-06T19:28:00.000-05:002011-09-06T19:28:37.058-05:00

The following is consolidation of Charlotte Capitalist posts on Jesus Christ's Sermon On The Mount: The Cult Of The Unearned Everything in life, all values including the ultimate value of life, must be earned by someone. The Objectivist ethics acknowledge that your values must be earned by you and that you are the rightful recipient of your actions. Life, money, career, romance, friendship...

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It may be an over-reaction to say your life is in the gutter When you open up the fridge and discover you are out of butter But the hot stove and frying pan are yelling out your name And without that creamy delight, dinner just won't be the same Luckily you hear Neil Young sing "Don't Let It Bring You Down" So you quickly turn around that gastronomical frown Yeah! Life is good, you shouldn't

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A man doesn't mind a bit of bad luck A man doesn't mind a flat tire on his Toyota pick-up truck A man doesn't mind it happening when he's dying to eat A man doesn't mind it in 90 degree heat A man doesn't mind spinning lug nuts A man doesn't mind it on the side of the highway amidst cigarette butts A man doesn't mind whirling the jack But he does very much mind it in a dress shirt and his finest

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Objectivism, as Ayn Rand noted, is a philosophy for living on earth.The following contrasts the Objectivist virtues for living on earth with the ideas of Jesus' Sermon On The Mount. Definitions of the Objectivist virtues are from "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand" by Dr. Leonard Peikoff. Quotes from SOTM are from here.In each numbered section, the Objectivist virtue is defined. It is then

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Conservatives regularly claim that the United States of America is based upon Christian values. But I never hear them identify those values. The best source of Christian values is the SOTM. If the conservatives took the time to read the SOTM and compare it to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, they would find nothing in common.Jefferson's Declaration of Independence (which

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"Yes, Jim, I do. That's what you want—that's what all of you really want—not money, not material benefits, not economic security, not any of the handouts you keep demanding." She spoke in a flat monotone, as if reciting her thoughts to herself, intent upon giving the solid identity of words to the torturous shreds of chaos twisting in her mind. "All of you welfare preachers—it's not unearned

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I've created a Facebook group which examines Jesus Christ's Sermon On The Mount.The purpose of this group is to examine the philosophical roots and historical impact of Jesus' Sermon On The Mount. What is the SOTM? What are the different versions? What philosophical premises -- metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical are at its core? What influence has the SOTM had on the world? Has that

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Fifteen to twenty years ago, I caught the last five minutes of a movieon television. Those five minutes were filled with dialog brimmingwith ideas, conflict, and passion. It seemed like something out of anAyn Rand novel, but I didn't have the full context of the movie. Sincethen, I was unable to find it -- on television or on DVD.This morning, I discovered "Patterns" on Netflix Watch

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Former mayor of New York Ed Koch wrote the following in The Huffington Post:The document which Dr. Medoff sent me last week, concerning FDR and the Holocaust, was frankly shocking. It had to do with the Allies' occupation of North Africa, which they liberated from the Nazis in November 1942.At the time, President Roosevelt publicly pledged the Allies would do away with the anti-Jewish laws that

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Imagine A Culture…Imagine a relatively small culture brimming with influential intellectuals (Ludwig von Mises, Ayn Rand, Baruch Spinoza, etc.), ground-breaking scientists (Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, Jonas Salk, etc.) and highly successful businessmen (David Sarnoff, Michael Dell, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, etc.) And then imagine the punishment of that culture not for its faults, but for

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There is an anti-FCC and anti-censorship protest scheduled. Details:Date: December 29, 2010Time: 10:00 am Eastern to noonPlace: Federal Communication Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DCBring a homemade sign and/or fliers calling for the abolishment of the FCC on moral grounds...and for the abolishment of censorship.Then we go for lunch. Some place nice.More details on

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I enjoyed again "The Name Of The Rose". This is a must-see movie with Sean Connery as a rational Franciscan monk and a young Christian Slater (without nasal droning put-on voice) in a detective story of a series of murdered monks in an early 14th century monastery. Not only a good detective story, it focuses upon the conflicts in the ...Catholic Church that arose in the period after Aquinas'

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The significance of building a mosque on the grounds of the destroyed World Trade Center building is that it is appeasement as noted by Dr. Peikoff. I agree. I don't know if anyone else has made the following point, so I'll make it. Why did the Islamo-fascists attack the WTC and the Pentagon? Their purpose was not to kill. They could have easily killed many, many more people if they wanted.

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For almost two years, we have heard the steady drumbeat of non-Objectivists praise Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged in the context of their own non-objective premises.  The mystic conservatives confine Rand's achievement to that of a prophet. Essentially they state,  "Way back in 1957 she predicted that the government would grow out of control with respect to money and power. Boy, was she right."  

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There were eight of us with a table to distribute materials. Some of us worked the crowd. We distributed:250 copies of The Undercurrent - thanks to local donors.90 copies of The Ayn Rand Sampler50 copies of "Healthcare Is Not A Right"300 copies of "What The Tea Party Movement Should Stand For"Thanks to Dr. Steven Kreisman and ARI for providing the above materials.In addition, Steven sold at a

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Are you frustrated by all the workout choices that are available to you?  Do you wonder what criteria you should use to make your decision?  This article should give you some food for thought as to what is natural and thus best.The first question to consider is, "What physical activity is best for my body?"  Is it jogging? Weight training? Yoga? Aerobics? Calisthenics? You may ask if there is

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I think I just invented the healthiest dessert in the universe.On my first try I used these steps. May adjust as I go on. If youtry it, let me how it works out and if you made any changes.The measurements are loose, Note that I use two types of "teaspoons"here - one is the kind you eat with, the other is the measuring kind.Not sure what difference exists between the two. Just the way itshook

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-73156819164290085252010-02-06T21:22:00.013-05:002010-02-11T18:37:02.186-05:00

No, the title doesn't mean that I'm buying.  Rather, it is a call for economic and political freedom in the beer industry.  That is, it should be free of any political help or hindrance.  That is the mostly implicit, but occasionally explicit message of the film "Beer Wars" on Netflix Watch Instantly.The documentary provides a close-up view of the beer industry from both a business and political

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-8173860681037402622009-10-25T19:31:00.003-05:002009-10-25T20:05:20.411-05:00

In my post, "The Epistemology of Richard Dawkins", I asked:"I do wonder if these young Dawkins fans are much better potential Objectivists than the older Tea Party-goers." Having been involved in two Tea Parties (April 15 and July 4) and also then investigated the Dawkins crowd, I think these skeptical atheists are the much better opportunity for rational change.One, simply from a hierarchical

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On Wednesday evening, I had the pleasure of seeing Richard Dawkins speak at Queens College in Charlotte. He presented to a “sold-out” (tickets were free) crowd of 2300. Dawkins read selections from his new book “The Greatest Show On Earth” and then took questions. The book is a defense of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.It was great to hear a prominent figure explicitly advocate “reason”,

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I took this video at the Charlotte, NC Tea Party on Independence Day -- and then forgot about it.Better late than never...

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If you oppose the Obama invasions of your individual and property rights, then please consider the following as a plan to support. Recently in the Wall Street Journal, CEO of Whole Food Markets John Mackey provided a plan worthy of support for saving health care in the United States. It is worthy of support because it is based upon reason, persuasion, and voluntary action among American

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I guest blogged at EGO this week. Asked the question, "Are The Conservatives Going To Save Socialism Again?"UPDATE: Be sure to read the comments.UPDATE: Martin at EGO reports that both Forbes and Breitbart are including it in their lists of blog posts.

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UPDATE: Rick Warren is the pastor of the mega-Saddleback Church. He led the prayer at President Barack Obama's inauguration.I originally published the review you see below of Warren's "The Purpose Drive Life" in the spring of 2005. TPDL has now sold 30 million copies. As you read TPDL and my review of it, it is clear that he wants to go back to the Dark Ages. You can see direct quotes below

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Have been focusing on a 6,000-word, 2,000-year philosophical and historical exploration that runs from Ancient Greece to Virginia. First draft is done. Polishing now. Working title is "The Greatest Story Rarely Told", but that will change. More to come.In the meantime, consider this blog for your RSS reader.And this on Twitter as a potential follow.

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Was on WBT-AM 1110/99.3 FM in Charlotte "The Colossus of The South" last night asking the question why there has been no moral condemnation of the Flint, Michigan policies to buy, tear down and"green over" private property. Host Pete Kaliner gave me the whole first 13 minute segment at the beginning of the 10:00 pm slot. Great conversation and a lot of fun. Thank you Pete and WBT.The sound

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In his speech today in Cairo, President Barack Obama made the following statement:As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam. It was Islam – at places like Al-Azhar University – that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe’s Renaissance and Enlightenment. It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra;

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The focus of this series of posts is philosophy, but from a historical perspective. Using a number of sources listed below, I am going to provide a “note-based” presentation of a history of philosophy with the purpose of understanding the basis of individual and property rights. It is a fascinating 2600 year story full of ups and downs with respect to reason and rights.You will see that I use the

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New blog in town. Integrates very easily into your RSS reader.On Twitter also.

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The Charlotte Tea Party was pretty good. The police estimated 1500, but WBT radio said they always estimate low and they thought it was about 2000. A friend estimated 3000. A number of us distributed about 1300 fliers. [UPDATE: 1700 fliers] In addition, I did a 2 to 3 minute interview for Inspiration Networks - a Christian cable station! No idea if it aired or where it can be found. So

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I am adding notes on Democritus to my "History of Ideas" notes. Democritus was one of the Greek Big Three -- Aristotle and Plato are the others -- whose ideas still drive our culture today.You will find below the additional notes. I have added them to the "History Of Ideas" series.A. Greek Philosophy:The philosophy of the Greeks divides...into three periods: a cosmological, which extends from

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Who: Eric Daniels, research assistant professor at the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism and speaker for the Ayn Rand InstituteWhat: A talk explaining why capitalism is the only moral social system. A Q&A will follow.Where: College of Health & Human Services (CHHS)--376, UNC Charlotte (http://facilities.uncc.edu/maps/)When: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 7:00 PMAdmission is

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Back to the History Of Ideas main page.6. The German Philosophy: from Kant to Hegel and Herbart, -- 1781-1820.The Enlightenment ended soon with the ideas of a German…Immanuel Kant.[I]n his Natural History of the Heavens he…left behind all that talk about the use of the world for man, and directed his look toward the perfection which displays itself in the infinite multiplicity of the heavenly

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Back to the History Of Ideas main page.5. The Philosophy of the Enlightenment: from Locke to the death of Lessing, -- 1689-1781.…[T]he basis for the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century was given in the general features of a secular view of life, as they had been worked out during the Renaissance by the fresh movements in art, religion, politics, and natural research. [A History of

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Back to the History Of Ideas main page.The Dark and Middle Ages end. Reason and the City of Man re-emerge.4. The Philosophy of the Renaissance: from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century.The essential ferment in this movement was the opposition between the inherited philosophy of the Middle Ages, which was already falling into dissolution, and the original works of Greek thinkers which

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Back to the History Of Ideas main page. 3. Mediaeval Philosophy: from Augustine to Nicolaus Cusanus, -- from the fifth to the fifteenth century. The first battle in the historical duel was won decisively by Plato, through the work of such disciples as Plotinus and Augustine. The Dark Ages were dark on principle. As the barbarians were sacking the body of Rome, the Church was struggling to

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Back to the History Of Ideas main page.2. Hellenistic-Roman Philosophy: from the death of Aristotle to the passing away of Neo-Platonism, -- from 322 B.C. to about 500 A.D.The Hellenistic-Roman period is an example of what happens when reason is not valued – a vacuum allows faith and force to take over a culture. [I]n the Hellenistic-Roman philosophy there are two distinct periods to be

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Back to the History Of Ideas main page.1. The Philosophy of the Greeks: from the beginnings of scientific thought to the death of Aristotle, -- from about 600 to 322 B.C.The roots of freedom, rights, capitalism and thus reason all began with the worldly Greeks who were focused upon man and his life on earth:The Greeks suffered many reversals, but mostly they learned, about cities and men’s

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In a recent lengthy discussion with a friend who is an Obama supporter, she wanted to focus upon economics. Her view was that top economists had endorsed Obama. Why was that not enough for me to support him? One, I refused to discuss economics. I explained to her that there are different schools of economics and each is based upon different philosophical premises. Two, I told her that no matter

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"Religulous" is a funny, sometimes serious, skeptic's tale of religion. And I mean the true meaning of "skeptic". Bill Maher does a good job of slicing and dicing religion. He travels to the Vatican, Utah, and Israel. Maher identifies the roots of Christian legends (virgin birth, man as the son of God, and so on) as stemming from the Indian, Persian, and other myths which preceded Jesus by

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The cause of the current financial crisis is right here. At the core are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which are quasi-governmental agencies.As usual, it was predictable and stoppable. People knew years ago this was coming.Yaron Brook described it in Forbes:All this overlooks a crucial fact: There has been no free market in housing or finance. Government has long exercised massive control over the

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From Time magazine on the financial bailouts of the past week:Brook doesn't blame speculators, traders or financiers for the market's near-collapse, but instead blames government for having overregulated the markets in the first place. The business leaders bailed out by government this week "are victims," he said, "and the government set it up." Washington underreacted to previous crisis, let

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Intermediate Trend: 2 (since week of 9/19) integrated.*Recent Signals*6/12: 0 (go short) 134.458/14: 2 (cover short)129.549/4: 0 (go short) 124.309/11 market oversold cover 1/2 of short position. 125.519/18 market oversold cover remaining 1/2 of short position.(flat) 124.120 = Short position 2 = Cover short position 3 = Long position 1 = Sell long positionThis is not investment advice.

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Intermediate Trend: 0 (since week of 9/4) integrated.*Recent Signals*6/12: 0 (go short) 134.458/14: 2 (cover short)129.549/4: 0 (go short) 124.309/11 market oversold cover 1/2 of short position. 125.510 = Short position 2 = Cover short position 3 = Long position 1 = Sell long positionThis is not investment advice. Just having some fun here!UPDATE: Anyone else notice that the Dow

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In the last week, the probability of Obama winning the election continued to drop from his mid-July 65% peak to 48%.The probability of McCain winning the election surged past the 40% wall set in the March-May period to 50%.If the election was held last week, based upon a state-by-state analysis Obama would have won easily with 311 electoral votes compared to 227 for McCain. Over the past week

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Nelson D. Schwartz at The International Herald Tribune trumpets:Despite decades of free-market rhetoric from Republican and Democratic lawmakers, Washington has a long history of providing financial help to the private sector when the economic or political risk of a corporate collapse appeared too high.The effort to save Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is only the latest in a series of financial

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Alan Germani:In today’s predominantly religious world, it takes some measure of courage to criticize faith and challenge the existence of God—and Hitchens, Harris, Dennett, and Dawkins deserve some measure of credit for doing so. But it takes greater courage to challenge the even more widespread belief that being moral consists in self-sacrificially serving others. If the New Atheists are serious

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Craig Biddle: As the 2008 presidential election nears, and while John McCain and Barack Obama struggle to distinguish themselves from each other in terms of particular promises and goals, it is instructive to observe that these candidates are indistinguishable in terms of fundamentals.He provides concrete examples. And explains that a common view of ethics is the reason McCain and Obama are so

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-29532102262667411102008-09-04T21:32:00.004-05:002008-09-05T13:28:48.544-05:00

Intermediate Trend: 0 (since week of 9/4) integrated.*Recent Signals*6/12: 0 (go short) 134.458/14: 2 (cover short)129.549/4: 0 (go short) 124.300 = Short position 2 = Cover short position 3 = Long position 1 = Sell long positionThis is not investment advice. Just having some fun here!

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I didn't see Sarah Palin's speech. Myrhaf describes it:Sarah Palin gave what I think is the greatest speech by a Republican since Ronald Reagan. (That's not saying too much, considering that neither Bush president was articulate.) She was poised and powerful, and at the same time feminine and funny. At the same time he provides evidence of her mystical religious views.and here:She describes the

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Candace Lombardi:The U.S. Army plans to spend up to $200 million on iRobot products over the next five years, iRobot announced Tuesday.The contract iRobot previously had with the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation expired in May 2008 and was limited to the purchase of PackBots.At the same time:iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks is leaving his post as

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Jeff Taylor:As we suspected would be the case a couple weeks ago, the N&O and the Uptown paper of record are offering buyouts to nearly every employee. The N&O has offered buyouts to every member of its newsroom and presumably the Uptown paper has done the same...Either someone, somewhere at McClatchy starts thinking outside the box or this outfit just bleeds to death.I received a free copy of

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-67032403323999769022008-09-03T06:32:00.000-05:002008-09-03T07:18:02.689-05:00

The latest environmentalist news from Down Under: Forget global warming - the latest problem is global cooling. Conservation group WWF has blamed climate change for the coldest August in Sydney for more than 60 years. The freezing temperatures are proof of the urgent need to cut carbon pollution, according to WWF development and sustainability program manager Paul Toni. "We can expect more

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-91699294942106726752008-09-01T17:16:00.000-05:002008-09-01T17:18:19.276-05:00

Intermediate Trend: 2 (since week of 8/28) integrated.*Recent Signals*6/12: 0 (go short) 134.458/14: 2 (cover short)129.548/21: 1 (remain flat)8/28: 2 (remain flat)0 = Short position 2 = Cover short position 3 = Long position 1 = Sell long positionThis is not investment advice. Just having some fun here!

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My thoughts on presumed Republican nominee John McCain's choice for vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin.1. MILF.2. Doesn't this seem a bit like a "Friends" spin-off? A comedy -- yet set-up in a way where poignant moments work. You know, Monica and Ross' older sister Sarah who ran off to Alaska years ago? And raised a family, and won some beauty contests, and became a mayor and then

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-60146672102367493992008-08-31T20:59:00.001-05:002008-08-31T21:00:46.556-05:00

The latest Objectivist Roundup is up at Cogito's Thoughts.

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Tom Bowden:Indeed, President Bush in a recent speech boasted of having sunk $126 billion of taxpayers' money into rebuilding programs, mostly to restore and repopulate New Orleans, a below-sea-level bowl situated precariously amidst a lake, a major river, and a gulf, in a known path for hurricanes.It would be funny if...well, it's not. I remember visiting New Orleans years ago and someone said

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I work for a start-up. We have run out of room in our existing offices and are moving to a new location. In the new location, there will be 18 "huddle rooms" for small meetings. The move committee conducted a contest to name the rooms.Below is my submission -- the path to the company by way of philosophy, physics, optics, printing, observation, magnetism, electricity, mathematics, computing,

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The AMC tv series "Mad Men" has returned for season two. It presents an early 1960's view of life in a New York advertising agency.You can watch the second season premiere right here. Yup, the whole thing - and it is legal - via Hulu.One of the fascinating aspects of the first season was the multiple references to Ayn Rand. On a email list I belong to I shared the following:"Mad Men" is an

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-31252093938525794302008-08-22T20:39:00.006-05:002008-08-23T06:31:01.304-05:00

Drudge reported the existence of Obama-Bayh bumper stickers in production.Seems like a head-fake to me. And a good one. Because Joe Biden is Obama's choice for vice-president.Take a look at the Intrade futures for Joe Biden as of Friday evening. They have soared almost 40 points to 75.We'll find out for sure tomorrow morning.UPDATE: It's tomorrow. Early Saturday morning. Biden is at 98.3%.

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-4837035710269512272008-08-22T07:42:00.002-05:002008-08-22T07:46:24.166-05:00

Jeff Taylor:MNI shares fell almost 8 percent yesterday before rallying at the close to remain changed after July revenue numbers showed an almost 20 percent drop compared to July of last year.This can't go on forever with out some kind of fundamental change within McClatchy or The Charlotte Observer. I guess death is one type of fundamental change. More here.

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Laurence Roy Stains:The evidence is overwhelming. The effect is astonishing. "As a rough rule of thumb, if you belong to no groups but decide to join one, you cut your risk of dying over the next year in half," Putnam writes in Bowling Alone. "If you smoke and belong to no groups, it's a toss-up statistically whether you should stop smoking or start joining."This isn't anti-individualist. It is

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-80474887686010479862008-08-22T07:29:00.001-05:002008-08-22T07:30:57.907-05:00

Keith Lockitch:"An exasperated Arnold Schwarzenegger said 'if we cannot put solar power plants in the Mojave desert, I don't know where the hell we can put it.' But that is the whole point. On green philosophy, there is literally no place on earth for mankind."The environmentalist oppose all types of energy -- even their supposed favorites.

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-80298571051105160712008-08-22T07:23:00.002-05:002008-08-22T07:26:10.418-05:00

Jim Courtney:So it's no surprise that AirCell, who is installing Internet access on several U.S. airlines' aircraft, is allowing passengers to use Skype for chat but not voice during a flight.It's a better world with Skype. Hmmm, that's actually a great ad line. You saw it here first.

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-25949038136745944122008-08-22T07:18:00.001-05:002008-08-22T07:19:54.389-05:00

Joe Rao:But Venus is currently not alone, for also nearby are the planets Mercury and Saturn.Over the past week these three planets have been clustered rather closely together. Unfortunately, their close proximity to the sun caused these planet bunchings to be visible only with difficulty against the bright backdrop of evening twilight. They are still relatively close together this week, although

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-64147395051317234522008-08-21T21:58:00.001-05:002008-08-21T21:58:53.213-05:00

At Rational Jenn.

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-11884712986986975212008-08-21T21:02:00.002-05:002008-08-21T21:14:16.685-05:00

Intermediate Trend: 1 (since week of 8/21) integrated.*Recent Signals*6/12: 0 (go short) 134.458/14: 2 (cover short)129.548/21: 1 (remain flat)0 = Short position 2 = Cover short position 3 = Long position 1 = Sell long positionThis is not investment advice. Just having some fun here!

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-65512474630978710432008-08-20T20:26:00.002-05:002008-08-20T20:36:30.950-05:00

If you want to see a fun movie of achievement and/or how the California vintners beat the French go see “Bottle Shock”.

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Clark Howard:The New York Times reports that dermatologists and laser-eye surgeons are even building separate waiting rooms for cash customers. They're rolling out the red carpet with fancy furniture, free lattes and more. Contrast that with the ratty furniture and long-expired magazines that fill traditional waiting rooms for insured customers. Of course, at the root of it, it is not really the

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-64728054412375486612008-08-19T06:40:00.001-05:002008-08-19T06:42:18.336-05:00

For those who are interested in what the predictive markets are saying about the election, Intrade as of this morning says that Obama has a 60% chance of winning: http://tinyurl.com/intradeobama McCain has a 37% chance: http://tinyurl.com/intrademccain A few thoughts: 1. The polls show the two in a dead heat. Either the polls are rigged to provide a good story for the media to report on every

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-30069469291199353012008-08-17T04:11:00.003-05:002008-08-17T04:15:00.604-05:00

Intermediate Trend: 2 (since week of 8/14) integrated.*Recent Signals*6/12: 0 (go short)7/24: 1 (remain short until indicator moves up further)8/7: 1 (remain short)8/14: 2 (cover short)0 = Short position 2 = Cover short position 3 = Long position 1 = Sell long positionThis is not investment advice. Just having some fun here!

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-58561618145871306712008-08-17T03:56:00.007-05:002008-08-17T04:25:48.295-05:00

From The Charlotte Observer:The Rev. Rick Warren is so prominent and respected that just being seen with him is a boon for any presidential candidate. For Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, their appearances at a forum tonight at Warren's evangelical California megachurch bring risks along with rewards...The candidates will appear separately, spending one hour each with Warren,

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-79231740866969382902008-08-08T09:24:00.003-05:002008-08-08T09:25:12.312-05:00

Intermediate Trend: 1 (since week of 7/24) integrated.*Recent Signals*6/12: 0 (go short)7/24: 1 (remain short until indicator moves up further)8/7: 1 (remain short)0 = Short position 2 = Cover short position 3 = Long position 1 = Sell long positionThis is not investment advice. Just having some fun here!

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-14772039556443277832008-08-05T17:14:00.003-05:002008-08-05T17:19:26.335-05:00

Keith Lockitch:"The notion that these two issues can be addressed simultaneously is nonsense," said Dr. Keith Lockitch, resident fellow of the Ayn Rand Institute. "No policy aimed at 'fighting global warming' can help solve the energy crisis. An energy crisis is the proposed 'solution' to global warming."More than 85 percent of the world's energy comes from carbon-producing fossil fuels. And

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Men's Health:If muscles were made from chips and beer, we'd look huge. But they aren't, and we don't—unless you count that sack o' fat up front and dead center.If not Doritos and double bock, then what? We decided to delve deep into the human anatomy to find the secret spot on every muscle where the word "ingredients" is stamped.You won't find Doritos on the list. But you will find eggs, almonds

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Mike's Eyes:He showed how pragmatism destroyed the Germans' ability to think in terms of principles just as it's doing in America today, and how it reduces a human mind to the perceptual level of animals. But it isn't just pragmatism. Dr Peikoff discusses dogmatism, subjectivism--both individual and social versions, nihilism, romanticism, relativism and others.Mike discusses his view on "The

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Jane Pope:But while few disgruntled critics resort to gunfire (thank God), sniping is one of the most popular sports in any house of worship. Don't believe me? Ask the clergy. Nothing is too small or too sacred to avoid derision by those who confuse their opinions with God's.The result, too often, is a church torn by dissent whose leaders are paralyzed by constant criticism. This is not exactly a

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Steven Musil:For those who think that China has embraced capitalism, it has not:Despite earlier assurances that journalists would have unfettered access to the Internet at the Main Press Center and athletic venues, organizers are now backtracking, meaning that the some 5,000 reporters working in Beijing during the next several weeks won't have access to a multitude of sites such as Amnesty

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-75670520918821061222008-08-01T06:20:00.001-05:002008-08-01T06:20:00.576-05:00

Don Watkins:"Despite the demonization of the fast-food industry, places like McDonald's and Wendy's provide Americans with a convenient source of tasty, affordable food. Millions of Americans enjoy these restaurants without ever becoming obese. To punish them--as well as potential fast-food restaurant owners and employees--in order to control what they eat is a shameful violation of their rights.

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Jim Courtney:I clicked on the embedded URL and immediately was listening in on a conversation...Within minutes we had a multi-party call involving as many as eight participants from India, Italy, Ireland (actually, Pat was calling in while on vacation in Spain) as well as others in the U.S. They had all joined "spontaneously" from a Twitter message...I am not a Twitter fan, but what is great is

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-69386233640707686992008-07-31T18:22:00.002-05:002008-07-31T18:26:42.095-05:00

Intermediate Trend: 1 (since week of 7/24) integrated.*Recent Signals*6/12: 0 (go short)7/24: 1 (remain short until indicator moves up further)7/31: 1 (remain short)0 = Short position 2 = Cover short position 3 = Long position 1 = Sell long positionThis is not investment advice. Just having some fun here!

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The models of agent provocateur -- the Top 10 list here.

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Senator Barack Obama spent the week in Europe and the Mid-East in an effort to promote a presidential image. Did it work? Steven Thomma: Obama, however, likely got much of what he wanted from the trip. "It made him look more presidential," said R. Michael Alvarez, a political scientist at the California Institute of Technology. "Behind all this is the development of a personal story that he's

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-29389164739415388272008-07-27T09:25:00.006-05:002008-07-27T10:22:46.444-05:00

Jeff Taylor:Another double-digit drop in revenue, more vague promises to get more online ads, warnings that things may get worse.I guess the next move is cut the dividend — about a year too late. Bravo, Mr. Pruitt. Yours will be quite the case study some day.Meanwhile, things have gotten calm before the storm quiet with the local MNI shop. Don’t know if that is just fatigue, the summer, or that

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Jane Pope:Reading the latest brawl brings to mind the age-old debate over whether human beings are essentially good or essentially evil. Are we born savages who must be taught (and taught and taught) civil behavior?Or is it our intrinsic nature to be loving? Is it the broken world we are born into that teaches us self-aggrandizement? Is it fear and a need for control that leads us to despise

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-19475729366750295052008-07-26T10:39:00.003-05:002008-07-26T10:42:13.208-05:00

Clark Howard:What Clark's talking about is way beyond TiVo -- it's more along the lines of Hulu.com, which has now made it past the beta testing stage. A couple of show staffers tried this service and really liked it. If you haven't tried Hulu, give it a shot. It's where I get my tv.

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Marguerite Reardon:While analysts still aren't sure whether WiMax will survive in the long run as a mobile technology here in the U.S., it appears from AT&T's latest moves that it's at least a little bit scared that the new Clearwire network, with backing from heavyweights like Intel and Google, could get enough traction to threaten its current and future wireless business.I haven't tried

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-48774535498243047192008-07-25T04:05:00.000-05:002008-07-25T08:08:24.940-05:00

Glenn Garvin:I sometimes find myself longing for the good old days of the Ice Age scare, because at least back then, dissent was possible. When Newsweek in 1975 proposed fighting off those inexorable glaciers by ''melting the arctic cap by covering it with black soot or diverting arctic rivers,'' it had the grace to concede that some scientists worried just a teensy bit that these solutions ``

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-67678971370782754072008-07-24T22:16:00.003-05:002008-07-31T18:24:00.525-05:00

Intermediate Trend: 1 (since week of 7/24) integrated.*Recent Signals*6/12: 0 (go short)7/24: 1 (remain short unless indicator moves up further)0 = Short position 2 = Cover short position 3 = Long position 1 = Sell long positionThis is not investment advice. Just having some fun here!

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-65239574011740570162008-07-24T06:10:00.002-05:002008-07-24T06:13:42.561-05:00

I like watermelon because of the taste.Here's another reason to like it:Sure, watermelon is 92 percent water, but that other 8 percent is loaded with lycopene, a phytochemical that may protect your heart, prostate, and skin. If you slice your melon into 1-inch slabs, each piece contains as much lycopene as four medium-size tomatoes. The nutrient can reduce the risk of prostate cancer by up to 34

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I originally dismissed Facebook as a chatty teenage girl site. But in recent months, I have come to appreciate it as a cool applications platform. It looks like it just got better.Rafe Needleman:Facebook Connect allows other Web sites and apps to have their users log in, or authenticate, to the Facebook system, and once logged in, their social network comes with them. The reason it's a bigger

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I live in "The City of Churches" (Charlotte, North Carolina) and work in "The People's Republic of Cambridge" (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Yes, it is a long commute -- both physically and culturally. Both cultures have their positives and negatives.One of the positives is living very close to MIT. In fact, one of my roommates in Cambridge, Yanan Du, is in a joint Harvard/MIT post-doctoral

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Donald Bell:For serious music junkies, there are few things in life more satisfying than having unlimited access to Rhapsody's all-you-can-download subscription music service.I subscribed for years to Rhapsody, but then had player issues and decided to quit. It's a cool service, but for some reason their customer support couldn't provide a fix.What I liked about Rhapsody was that I could play

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Yaron Brook:Gigot's piece is a devastating expose of how these quasi-governmental behemoths concealed their shady practices and shaky finances by enriching powerful friends on Wall Street, Main Street, and Pennsylvania Avenue...Here is a sample from Paul Gigot's article:The abiding lesson here is what happens when you combine private profit with government power. You create political monsters

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-12796256533240409122008-07-23T07:59:00.002-05:002008-07-23T08:03:23.760-05:00

Clark Howard:Here's a question of morals and ethics for you: What would you do if your ATM kept giving you unlimited cash without deducting your account? Uhhh, how about the easy answer? If I didn't earn it or it wasn't explicitly given to me, it's not mine. Give the cash back.It is no different than the question, "What if someone accidently left their wallet or purse on your desk, do you have

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-71034079005973477182008-07-23T07:53:00.003-05:002008-07-23T07:57:20.120-05:00

Tom Krazit:However, the only responsibility that Apple's board of directors has to its shareholders is to make sure that Steve Jobs' health is not a liability, and disclosing anything beyond that would be a mistake. They don't have to get into the details, as BusinessWeek's Arik Hesseldahl suggests: just say they've talked it over with Steve, and if there's no reason to be concerned, say "there's

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-27230838391595335862008-07-23T07:42:00.002-05:002008-07-23T07:45:24.394-05:00

Thomas Sowell:It must take either a willful determination to believe whatever they want to believe or a cynical desire to propagandize their readers for the New York Times to call "lucrative" the lending practices that have caused many lenders to lose millions of dollars, some to lose billions and some to go bankrupt themselves.The mortgage crisis would not have happened without inflationary

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-58941938912010371402008-07-23T07:40:00.000-05:002008-07-23T07:41:55.181-05:00

Principles In Practice:"And once the government becomes the enforcer of 'community standards,' no speech is safe. How long until the courts start rubber-stamping the Bible Belt's efforts to suppress the theory of evolution on the grounds that it is offensive, corrupts young minds, and undermines community values?More here.

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Mary Newsom:Heller argues, says reviewer Tim Wu, that creating too many property rights can actually wreck markets. Wu then critiques both the book and Weller's thesis, but concludes that even though it has some flaws it's one of those concepts that helps you see the world in a different way. The idea is that too many property owners means there are too many stakeholders and that can impede the

Exalted Momentsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-75509402173326378872008-07-22T20:08:00.003-05:002008-07-22T20:37:48.627-05:00

Here's the formula from Men's Health6:00 a.m. Flick Your Energy Switch7:30 a.m. Melt Fat Faster12:00 p.m. Halt Your Hunger3:00 p.m. Boost Your Brainpower7:00 p.m. Make Her Want You9:00 p.m. Safeguard Your Gains11:00 p.m. Skip LettermanSkip Letterman is a good idea. I think 10:00 or 10:30 is a great crash time.Here's the 7:00 pm advice:Harness your hormones: Give in and watch a chick flick once

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