GENIUS FORUMS

Wow--I just was listening to this podcast on the way home from work tonight. http://www.richardsyrett.com/audio/RSSApr0407h1.ram It's an interview with Dr. Tim Ball (a retired professor of Climatology from University of Winnipeg). I'm shocked at what he had to say -- I've just been trusting the med...

Dan Rowden wrote:I wasn't looking for stuff. I was walking through the flat about to make a cup of coffee and it was being advertised on TV.

I was quite surprised at this--you watch television Dan?

I was just reading an article entitled Ron Paul and the Empire --I found it to be a chilling read. "When evaluating his chances, it’s important to accept one fact about contemporary America: This is not a democracy, and certainly not a constitutional republic. America is actually a carefully ...

Hey Iolaus : Compared to Paul, I think Dennis Kucinich is a real 2nd tier candidate. I just looked on the Issues his website and there is nothing at all about the Federal Reserve. So with someone as disillusioned as yourself, I wouldn't recommend spending any time researching him--because, how can ...

keenobserver : Yeah, I can understand why most Americans are so apathetic about voting. I think it's because there is usually just a heap of bad candidates--no one that resonates with their viewpoints. But that pretty generous--I'm not sure if the average American even has a formulated viewpoint on...

Was he in congress in December 1989? Just checked out his biography @ http://www.house.gov/paul/bio.shtml -- here's what it says: In 1984, he voluntarily relinquished his House seat and returned to his medical practice. Dr. Paul returned to Congress in 1997 to represent the 14th Congressional distr...

Elizabeth: Click on the Research link--it's the fourth paper down.

Also, in your post you refer to the stock market in general. However, the paper that Poteshman wrote focuses just on the abnormally high level of put option buying on two companies: American Airlines and United Airlines.

Allen Poteshman, a Professor of Finance @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign wrote a research paper in 2006 entitled 'Unusual Option Market Activity and the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001.' Check out this excerpt from the paper's abstract: "An indicator of long put volume, howe...

Shahrazad: Because they love taking the USA to war, and are prone to want to solve all problems through military action of some kind.

Yeah, you're pretty much bang on about Republicans. But, what about the exception of Ron Paul? He has consistently voted against the Iraq war.

Here's an excerpt from 9/11 Synthetic Terror by Webster Tarpley . SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 – What a real President would have said “My fellow citizens: Today our country and our political system have been targeted by large-scale acts of terrorism. These are monstrous crimes against humanity, and they ...

Shit website. Got sick of looking for his policies. anyway I can tell just by his pic, that he is a wanker. All modern day Republicans are. For policies, hit up here http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/index.php . Also, there is his official website, http://www.ronpaul2008.com/ He is definitely no wanker...

From Poison for the Heart : The Christians of today speak of themselves as "vehicles for God," a selfless sacrifice . . . and then I speak of myself as a vehicle for my genes and thoughts. How disappointed they are in me! Kevin, Dan, and David: have you guys ever thought of donating to a s...

Hey Carl: I think it's a terrible squandering of potential if an enlightened person is doing therapy that a normal psychologist could do.

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/310 This is disgusting . Here's a brief overview of Ron Paul's, a Republican 2008 presidential candidate, record as a congressman: -He voted against the Patriot Act. -He voted against regulating the Internet. -He voted against the Iraq war. -He has never voted to raise...

^^^Nice reply.

kid_nightflyer: I checked out the link.
Is this forum dedicated to the Vipassana retreats run by http://www.dhamma.org? Or is it for the practitioners of the specific style of vipassana meditation?

Also, have you been to a 10 day retreat?

My bad. I agree that I should have posted a comment or put this in the other thread. So, here's my comment now: I found this site quite interesting as it helps refute the cliché that everyone who questions the 9/11 story is a conspiracy nut. Take a look at the list of patriots on the site--quite im...

Kevin, I'm surprised to see you drinking wine here:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~danrowd ... /kevin.htm

It is the most toxic of common recreational drugs, and a great purveyor of unconsicous.
What kind of value does someone who values clarity of thought, find in it?

It sounds like how I lived for most of my twenties, and much of my life since.

Wow--that kind of discipline in everyday life is alien to a layman like myself.

You haven't done one of these retreats yourself?

Not yet--going to my first one in August.

Alcohol, coffee, listening to music, overeating for pleasure, random internet surfing, TV...

What place do they have in the life of someone on the philosophical path?

David: do you think that you would derive any benefit from a Vipassana retreat at this point in your life? From reading over information on these retreats, it seems to me that they would expose any subtle weaknesses. I mean, no talking for 10 days, working in isolation, 10 hours of meditiaton a day,...

Interesting topic. Years ago I attended some courses which were up to a week long, which had teachings intermingled with meditation. Kevin: It's not clear by your reply--were these courses Vipassana? I clicked on the Vipassana link, and there are numerous centers available to you Australians. Kevin,...