Denis - Instablogs
Dec 28 2008
A still mind is not seeking experience of any kind. And, if it is not seeking and therefore is completely still, without any movement from the past and, therefore, free from the known, then you will find, if you have gone that far, that there is a...
Dec 27 2008
The death of so many in Gaza will end up with a Hamas response far more deadly and then round and round this will continue. Israel and the US both are ruled these days with an iron fist by men of testosterone, but little intelligence. Strategically,...
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Dec 27 2008
Everyone agrees Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme. He even admitted it himself in a court of law. There was never any investment plan - just a lot of hoopla that encouraged people to buy in. Why should we doubt this story? Because the people who bought...
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Dec 27 2008
There is a line in “The Grapes of Wrath” as a sharecropper is being ordered off his land. “All I want to know, mister, is who do I shoot? There’s got to be someone who knows what a shotgun’s good for!” In Iceland they...
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Dec 27 2008
Madoff’s investment fund only dealt with a limited clientele of multi-millionaire and billionaires who kept their funds in for the long haul; the occasional withdrawal were limited in amount and were easily covered by soliciting new funds from new...
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Dec 27 2008
The United States faces the potential for abrupt climate change in the 21st century that could pose clear risks to society in terms of our ability to adapt. “Abrupt” changes can occur over decades or less, persist for decades more, and cause...
Dec 27 2008
Holidays are reknowned as the time for family and old friends to get together and celebrate the accomplishments of the past year and give hope and best wishes for the new. Often, however, holidays are the time for family and old friends to get together...
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Dec 26 2008
What’s the difference between Communism and Capitalism? Answer: The Communists nationalised all the companies first — and then ruined them.
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Dec 26 2008
When asked during a news conference how I managed to paddle my kayak from Geneva, through Europe and down the West Coast of Africa I replied with a single word, “Desire!” All success ultimately begins with an idea, but what makes ideas...
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Dec 26 2008
I admit to my prejudices and have always been prejudiced against ginseng because of all the hyperbole that accompanies it. I was trained to detrermine a substance’s qualities in a lab, not by anthropomorphism. There is much ‘hype’...
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