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    trying to become a successful trader - journal of a journey

    in windo$, right click, "save target as," works fine here. nice work so far wannabe - best of luck to you :)
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    Real Trading Strategies

    people have been trying to discuss this, and have attempted to help - every time they do you start whining about how you need more.... what would you have them tell you? "go long at exactly 10:41 and 1:27 on Mondays and Thursdays on odd days of the month, and only when the 14th bar is above...
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    Poll: Should America Bomb Iraq?

    Agree, the 'mainstream' US media is extremely unbalanced, almost absurd at times. There are exceptions, but you have to work to find them.
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    strike on iraq

    6:40pm 09/16/02 Iraq accepts return of weapons inspectors-reports By Allen Wan Iraq has unconditionally accepted the return of U.N. weapons inspectors, according to media reports. "I can confirm to you that I have received a letter from the Iraqi authorities conveying its decision to allow...
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    Regarding the Existence or Absence of God

    You should pray, you should fast. You should ask God for guidance, you should ask God for help.... Continue to pray throughout this night. Continue to recite the Quran. -- Mohamed Atta (attributed), in a five-page hand-written document found in luggage belonging to Atta which had been placed...
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    Regarding the Existence or Absence of God

    "Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction." - Blaise Pascal
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    Regarding the Existence or Absence of God

    Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest...
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    Regarding the Existence or Absence of God

    We despise all reverences and all the objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our own list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy to us. - Mark Twain, Following the Equator
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    Regarding the Existence or Absence of God

    There remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion. --Albert Einstein
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    strike on iraq

    Harper's Magazine Feb, 2001 THE CASE AGAINST HENRY KISSINGER. Christopher Hitchens [excerpt] No, I have confined myself to the identifiable crimes that can and should be placed on a proper bill of indictment, whether the actions taken were in line with general "policy" or not. These...
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    Will Schumacher do it again on Sunday?

    not much racing news, but worth a visit: www.f1babes.com :D
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    Why is that?

    This is something commonly overlooked or not appreciated, but as one who has had the misfortune (or luck, depending on viewpoint) of working horrible, stressful jobs, the type that make getting up every day a depressing chore -- I'd say the intangible benefits of spending your time doing what...
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    I just got this email from IB

    I haven't figured it out either - but there is no doubt that in some way they're net beneficial to the brokerage/banking lobby and to the government.
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    strike on iraq

    yeah, same here - but getting appointed is next on my to-do list, right after I figure out this darned trading thing.... :D
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    strike on iraq

    dotslash - just FYI on Constitutional powers... (I wonder how the War Powers Act applies to the "war on terrorism," where there is no state against which to declare war :confused: ) ========================= U.S. CONSTITUTION: Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 11: [The Congress shall...
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    strike on iraq

    Candle - what you say makes a lot of sense. however, the quote above is the part I don't get about all of this. If it's about oil, why Iraq, and why now? why not Saudi Arabia, or Iran, or Yemen, or even Argentina ? (if you're going to act in defiance of global opinion anyway, why not?)...
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    Something very simplistic

    I have seen this topic discussed, but I still can't understand how future price movements can be 50/50 in a feedback-dependent system. there would be no trends if this were true. but I admit I may be missing something here, and in any case, good luck to you.
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    strike on iraq

    thanks Bryan - I will be forwarding that link to a few people... a nice succinct list of thought-provoking issues.
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    strike on iraq

    dotslash - can you elaborate on this? bryan - do you have a link for the Paul article? thanks.
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    strike on iraq

    Christopher Hitchens Macbeth in Mesopotamia ... There are three simultaneous clusters of argument in play. First comes the question of justification. Is Saddam to be removed because he possesses weapons of mass destruction, or because he has used poison gas and chemical weapons in...
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