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Daily Archives: April 10, 2011
Inside Job: Max Keiser Was Right!
Before seeing the documentary Inside Job, I genuinely thought that Max Keiser’s somewhat well-known public condemnation of Goldman Sachs was largely hyperbole. I now think otherwise. Everything he says here is, if anything, an understatement: . And here’s Inside Job on DVD … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Ayn Rand, banks, capitalism, corruption, derivatives, economy, financial markets, fraud, goldman sachs, max keiser, the ten commandments
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Community Colleges, the Enrollment Bottleneck, and a Dirty Little Secret
On April 8, 2011, the New York Times ran a piece on students making: . . . a strategic financial decision to attend community college first as a cost saving measure. The cost savings can be large (perhaps somewhere in the … Continue reading
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Tagged antelope valley college, bottlenecks, California, college, community college, dirty secret, education, higher education, money, students, teachers
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“Inside Job” documentary: a must see
If you haven’t seen Inside Job yet, it’s a must see. I’ve watched it on DVD three times over the past week. It’s one of the most powerful documentaries I’ve ever encountered (and I’m a longtime follower of documentaries). Liberal or conservative, … Continue reading
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Tagged America, banks, corruption, economics, finance, fraud, goldman sachs, Great Depression 2.0, inside job, lehman brothers, wall street
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The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it: Albert Mohler’s circular reasoning Ferris Wheel rolls over Richard Dawkins
Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, and the man Time magazine once (weirdly) called America’s “reigning intellectual in the evangelical movement”, is a young earth creationist who recently wrote at his blog the following about Richard Dawkins: Dawkins claims to be driven … Continue reading
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Tagged albert mohler, apologetics, atheism, atheist, circular reasoning, God, Jesus, philosophy, reason, Richard Dawkins, the Bible
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