"Consider co-founder and leader Steve Jobs' constant exhortation through advertising (i.e. mind control) that its followers should "think different". We have to ask ourselves: "think different than whom or what?" The disturbing answer is that they want us to think different than our Christian upbringing, to reject all the values that we have been taught and to heed not the message of the Lord Jesus Christ!"

Skip right down to the analysis of Apple Computers. I was thinking about getting a MAC, but damn man, I don't want to go to hell...

OBJECTIVE: Creation Education: Evolutionism Propaganda

Those leanings (Wall Street calls this investor and consumer sentiment) are bordering on lethal. "Not only is the market a ticking time bomb, but so is the global economy," says Jeff Morgan, whose main credentials are an e-mail account, a brain and the eyes to see what others can't. "I'm constantly amazed at how many people are in denial. And we sure don't need to dance with Iraq anytime soon. I don't want a self-fulfilling prophecy, but people had better get their finances in order real soon because the bottom is going to fall out just like a big sink hole."

Danger: Sink hole ahead

This week, a federal court of appeals declared that "democracies die behind closed doors" and demanded that Attorney General John Ashcroft open up the immigration hearings for suspects connected to Sept. 11 roundups. But wherever the courts open one door, Ashcroft and the Bush administration manage to close another. And so we find ourselves in peril of losing the right to search warrants granted by real judges in real courts, as the attorney general again attempts to drag the Constitution into dark caverns and windowless towers.

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very good article!

Seventy-five little reasons to be terrified of the FISA court.

The key sentence in the speech of Vice President Cheney in Nashville was, "The risks of inaction are far greater than the risks of action."

In this intense address, in which words and sentences carry huge freight, we are asked to attend scrupulously to what Mr. Cheney is saying, and of course the very first question becomes: Risks to whom?

IRAQ: QUESTION CLOSED?

A bill that would encourage sales of more diesel cars, a move staunchly supported by the auto industry but rejected by environmental groups, is expected to be introduced by U.S. Representative John Dingell, D-Mich., a newspaper reported Wednesday.

Industry executives say modern diesel engines are much cleaner and quieter than those of the 1970s and can boost fuel economy and reduce emissions in a relatively easy way, the New York Times reported.

Diesels could get a push

This is an extremely frightening development in the United States of America:

[ Originally from Hijexx, comments edited for brevity and stridency-removal. --Rek ]

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Agreed. It is not the threat of Iraq that is the real issue. It is because "they" think that Iraq is a safe haven for terrorist. And if they really did the hardware, they could and would be a threat to Isreal. --T

Bush Aides Say Iraq War Needs No Hill Vote

"If this $2.6 billion break-even point is the bottom, I still don't expect a rapid level of growth or much growth from this point sequentially. We're looking at a very weak environment," said Shayna Malnak, an analyst with Williams Capital Group in New York, who has the stock rated "sell."

No shit Sherlock.

Nortel Sinks After Guidance and Jobs Cut

Behavioral finance -- which examines how people's emotions, biases, and misjudgments affect their investment decisions -- is one of the least discussed and understood areas of investing.

CHARLIE MUNGER ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN MISJUDGMENT

Markets like these are enough to drive most investors to drink. That's what a new fund is hoping, anyway.

The Vice Fund, the latest brainchild of mutual fund broker Mutuals.com, invests in a wide swath of "sin" stocks. After all, the theory goes, such stocks are recession-proof -- no matter how bad the economy gets, people will always drink, smoke, gamble and well, you get the idea.

The fund will focus primarily on four areas: alcohol, tobacco, gambling, and aerospace and defense, according to portfolio co-manager Dan Ahrens. At least 90% of the fund's assets will be invested in these four areas.

'Sin' Stocks

Main Street investors can now get a taste of living large -- just like the high rollers of the investment world.

At least that's what veteran fund executive Steve Samson says about his new mutual fund that looks and feels like a hedge fund.

During the market's recent 2-1/2-year slump, hedge funds -- those loosely regulated investment pools long reserved for the wealthy -- beat out most other investment vehicles with huge returns.

"We are not promising the world, but we are promising consistent, absolute positive returns over market cycles," says Samson, principal at Alternative Investment Partners LLC in Chappaqua, New York.

New Mutual Fund to Act Like a Hedge Fund