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The FTT would decimate the financial centers in New York and Obama's political center of gravity, Chicago. I don't see Obama suporting this in the near term. In the long run, anything can happen.

California is already there.

California's been raising taxes on the rich for years (top rate now 10.55%) to pay for massive public employee benefits ($500 billion unfunded retirement benefits liability) and welfare programs (12% of the country's population live in California, but the state has 32% of the nation's welfare...

Killthesunshine, When I set out to change my eating habits (to avoid being put on Lipitor for very high cholesterol) I spoke with experts all across the country(Harvard, Yale, USC, UCLA). Interestingly, most of them did not recommend a super low fat vegetarian diet. A nutritionist...

Does this mean that I (i.e., my trading LLC) will have to send 1099s to my brokers for all the commissions I paid?

Thanks for the website. Looks like they have some interesting recipes.

Here's what scientists have to say on the subject of organic versus conventionally grown foods: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52420 http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_articles/organic_food_better_you_conventionally_produced_food

You're about 5 years behind the times. Many nutritionists no longer believe in a simple relationship between fat intake and cardiovascular disease. There have been numerous recent studies that show this, including the meta-analysis (analysis of 21 different studies) summarized below (from the...

My wife does most of the shopping and she opts for organic when possible. She thinks it's better, even though most of the studies show no real advantage to organic. She started buying organic produce when our kids (now 9 and 12) were very young. That was about 7 years before I changed my...

Thank you for correcting my erroneous post. I thought Cameron was in favor of the FTT. This is good news.

Cameron is also a supporter of the Tobin Tax, so on that issue it doesn't really matter.

Unfortunately, he's a proponent of the financial transactions tax (i.e., Tobin tax) that would put me and a lot of other people out of business.

Good things to eat: 1. Protein: Meats (beef, chicken and fish) and eggs 2. Fresh fruits and vegetables (lots of salads - usually with olive oil and vinegar for dressing) 3. Nuts and seeds (take it easy on these because they have a lot of calories, but have some every day) 4. Dairy...

Sorry, but all of these studies include reducing processed food intake and including exercise which resulted in weight loss. Virtually any rapid weight loss accompanied by exercise will reduce cholesterol by 10%. It's been proven again and again. None of these cholesterol studies provide for...

Are you saying that feeling tired doesn't matter? After I changed my diet, the fatigue went away. In addition, my cholesterol fell to half of what it was, my C-reactive protein levels dropped, and my doctor says that my kidney and liver function is now that of someone half my age. So, yes, how...

Once I stopped eating sugars, grains and processed foods I started to feel better. I wasn't really sick, but I was getting all the middle-aged symptoms (weight gain, fatigue, rising cholesterol, etc.) even though I was working out regularly. I changed my diet and now I feel twenty years younger.

There are no studies that show that cholesterol falls in any significant way when you simply stop eating meat. That's why people change their diet and still have to be put on statin drugs anyway to reduce their cholesterol. The reason is that 85% of the cholesterol in your system is...

What does that mean? Are you saying that my doctor is an idiot?

I had very high cholesterol and triglycerides and my doctor said that eating meat had nothing to do with it. She put me on a diet of meat, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds. Absolutley NO sugar, grains, processed foods or dairy, except for a small amount of yoghurt. My meat consumption went up...

I've been trading from home for almost 18 years. When I first started trading I was single and had force myself to get out of the house every day. It's easy to become obsessed and spend every minute trading, pouring over charts, reading trading books, etc. I did that for the first couple of...