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The day is coming where everything you eat will have its roots in Monsanto. This company could single-handedly wipe out the human race.

Ok, I think I'll retract what I said earlier.

If the two-term presidential limit is repealed then it's time to worry about a dictatorship. But...since Goldman and the Fed run the country it's probably a moot point.

+1. The US has its share of problems for sure but there is little comparison between Hitler and Obama and Germany and the US. This thread is baseless and without merit.

The best source of Fresh Protein I've been able to find. Don't toss any additives in it. Order it in its purest form. Order in large quantities because shipping is expensive. It's soluable in water and slightly basic. It has a mild baking soda-like taste but very easy to get down...

Hallucinations? Boy, I dunno if I want to combine trading with something that causes hallucinations. "The trading Gods said go long, I know they did!" :D

Bravo RDT! The most important thing you said here is, "you should get a blood test at least yearly." Personally, I need 2000 IU of vitamin D to maintain my target serum levels. I know a guy who needs 8000 IU. I know another person who take 80,000 IU of vitamin A (no that's not a typo). Her...

Be very, very careful taking any drug that messes with Serotonin. If you take it long enough you can quickly become addicted to it and getting off of it is like getting off of crack. Stay clear of these drugs! They are extremely dangerous. Tramadol, Effexor, Lexapro are just a few that you...

More like criminal behavior the government can do nothing about.

I believe you are thinking about the mortgage interest deduction but that only applies to mortgages in excess of $500k. Property taxes are still deductible. If Obama fries Schedule A it will come with dire economic consequences. Putting the country on the standard deduction is a bad, bad idea!

ET is so confused. The Ben Bernank said we are all feeling the wealth effect of a rising market, right? The Russell is getting close to all time highs. We're all rich again, right? Right?

Food and energy are excluded for a reason. An increase in the price of energy is reflected in the price of a durable good so counting energy would effectively count it twice. Food? I dunno, I'm no economist :)

Angelo Mozilo made something like 140M in the Countrywide fiasco, SEC fines him 64M, he keeps the rest. I'd say that's getting away with it.

Because the banks are holding many of these distressed assets and if the Fed lets the price fall the bank's balance sheet blows up and their "mark to whatever they want" accounting method falls apart. That is why the Fed is so afraid of deflation.

Boy, I dunno. Seems this Hedge Fund doesn't understand the concept of Systemic Risk. Why isn't Waddel and Reed named in the suit for selling 75,000 S&P500 futures contracts, if that's really what those naughty boys did? I got wacked in that flash crash as well. Who do I get to sue? No...

Precisely right. In addition to donating yearly scholarships to the local college, which is now up to $4000 (one need based, one not), I offer pro bono services to persons with disabilities that has monetary value but has more to do with donating time rather than money. I grew up in a...

Ahhh...someone with a sensible answer. Money and the meaning of life don't belong in the same sentence except to say they don't belong in the same sentence. The general response on this thread is a prime example of what ails mankind. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins

If a single architect can't afford to rent an apartment it suggests there is a housing bubble in China that dwarfs the one in the Europe or the US

It all depends on your perception about what makes you happy. What if you had the choice between attending Harvard or the University of Chicago, for example, to study cancer biology and hopefully someday develop a treatment that benefits mankind or you could simply take the $500M and buy a...

Happiness cannot be found from the Brinks truck backing up to your door and dropping off $500M. However, if you accomplished or achieved something that allowed you to earn $500M then you stand an excellent chance of finding happiness but more from the accomplishment than the money. One of...