raytaythemd

Gannett's Experiment: Will People Pay for Digital News Media?

...I suspect the only way to garner subscribers to news media would be as part of a package deal -- e.g. 10 newspapers for the price of one or free ebooks with a one year subscription...if they package it right, people will come.

Hemispherx's Ampligen: Fact vs. Fiction

...correction on my part...the experimental group on ampligen improved from 576 to 672 seconds -- a difference of 96 seconds...the control group on NOTHING improved from 588 to 616 seconds -- a difference of 28 seconds...so the NET improvement with ampligen is 96 minus 28 which is 68 seconds...that's 68 SECONDS improvement versus doing NOTHING at all...ampligen costs something 14-15 THOUSAND dollars...that works out to around two HUNDRED plus dollars per SECOND of improvement...try comparing to a dose or two of dexedrine -- they could they could probably run all night long at a cost of maybe a few bucks....


On Jun 09 12:08 PM rgmtrader wrote:

> in response to raytathemd, ...i don't know a lot about Heb, but I
> do know, for most people particularly out of shape folks a treadmill
> is tiring. and in the study above they were around 10 min total.
>
>
> the control group increased 616-588= +28 sec / 588 +4.8%
> the medical group increased 672-576 = +96sec /576 = 16.6%
>
> Say even just a 10% increase by taking this drug seems HUGE to me.
> almost unreal. i dont know where your getting 32 sec but even a 3
> or 4 % improvement from simply taking this drug seems huge.
> the btm line though is what they said they would do and be significant
> and was accepted by the fda. so if they said a 1 sec improvement
> would occur 32 sec is huge. if they said a 600 second improvement
> would occur not good. all that matters are the significance levels.

Hemispherx's Ampligen: Fact vs. Fiction

...here are the phase III results as reported a couple of months ago by a Dr. Strayer:

www.prohealth.com//lib...

...read that CLOSELY:

"Mean (average) results for exercise duration (change from baseline to week 40):
- For those receiving Ampligen - improvement from 576 seconds to 672 seconds.
- For those receiving placebo – improvement from 588 seconds to 616 seconds"

...in other words, ampligen translated into a whopping THIRTY TWO SECOND improvement on the treadmill versus NOTHING AT ALL...that's simply a joke...moreover, double-stranded RNA polyriboinosinic polyribocytidylic acid has been around 40 years now:

www.pnas.org/content/6...

...and in that time period, it has been it has been mixed with everything under the sun and has been applied to every animal, human, and probably plant disease known...yet, for some reason, nothing has ever come of it...which is probably the reason why big pharmas -- as well as the rest of the world -- have ignored it....

Be Prepared for S&P to Hit 350 by June 2010

...I agree wholeheartedly -- the article is useless...sweeping conclusions based upon no data, hisrtorical or otherwise...and the author's admission that he doesn't recognize the name of Joe Granville suggests that he's probably under the age of thirty; clearly possessing limited experience and even more limited historical knowledge...also, he says "be prepared" but offers no idea of what "be prepared means...stay in cash?...gold?...canned goods and guns?...moreover, he neglects the remarkable ability man and business have to ADAPT to given situations...after the "crash" I revamped my way of living -- consolidated credit cards, paid off balances, started paying balances in full at the beginning of each month, worked up a budget, etc...and now I am in the best financial condition that I've been in twenty years...not only that but the past year has provided me with the best investment returns I've had since 2000-2001...I didn't achieve that trying to predict the future of the economy or the market...I simply did as I have always down -- sat down and looked at my investment alternatives and planned for the long haul...unfortunately, as evidenced by seekingalpha articles, people apparently can't resist prophesying or pursuing "holy grails"...


On May 28 03:21 PM BAC PL wrote:

> As it stands, the article is just plain poorly written. Poorly written
> by Chicken Little, no less.
>
> Ryan -- If you have some sort of rational explanation for why the
> market (S&P or whatever) is going to be halved by the middle
> of next year, don't sit on it! A clearly articulated, logical argument
> for why you believe this to be the case would be welcome.
>
> But what we you've written is a mess. Your conclusion is that the
> market is going down the crapper, and that wise investors should
> hedge. Fine. What's that opinion based on? Anecdotes:
>
> - Advanta's demise is just the first domino. How have you determined
> that one small business credit card pure play is the canary in the
> mine, whereas any number of other business failures (during good
> times and bad) aren't a forewarning that the economy is going to
> nosedive?
> - The real world economy is worsening at a rapid clip. Based on what?
> And what's a rapid clip? What makes this recession worse than others
> we've climbed out of? You know you're at odds with the consensus
> view of trained economists, right?
> - GM is nearing bankruptcy. What does a non-competitive car maker
> weighed down by onerous union contracts have to do with Advanta,
> or small business credit?
> - Most banks are insolvent. I don't think "insolvent" means what
> you think it means.
>
> You overreached with this article, Ryan. I'm actually not all Pollyanna
> about the economy myself. You might be right in the end. But you
> have to back up your doomsday title with some well worded arguments.
> The way it's written right now -- you're like the horrible American
> Idol singer who doesn't realize how bad he is.

Buffett Gets 'Comeuppance' After Gold Outperforms

...it cracks me up that my original comment got ELEVEN thumbs DOWN and this comment got SEVEN thumbs UP...if the gold bugs ever take over the government then I'm moving to a nice island in the South Pacific because I have no doubt they would instigate a policy of "nongoldbugicide"....


On Jun 05 04:56 PM optionsgirl wrote:

> Gold bugs don't need "specious" reasons to buy. There are enough
> genuine reasons to own it.

Dubai Stock Market Looks Vulnerable: Effect on Oil Prices

...well, it COULD go this way!...OR!...it COULD go that way!...OR!...it COULD go BOTH ways!!...gee, Pete, maybe you need to go see the wizard and get yourself a brain...

Manipulation of the Gold Market

..."Now, the U.S. [government] is very concerned about stock market interest rates, the dollar and so on. The main way to control all that is to keep the gold price down"...and the logic behind such a sweeping statement?????...now, what I REALLY want to know is who was on the grassy knoll....

The Real Problem of an Apple Without Steve Jobs

...I suspect you'll get your wish...given Mr. Jobs' medical history, I'm inclined to believe either the sources mentioned in the article are either in denial or Apple is merely trying to prevent the truth from coming out until after the "developer's extravaganza"...Mr. Jobs has a terminal condition for which he underwent a palliative surgery -- the Whipple procedure...I seriously doubt Mr. Jobs will ever return to Apple...

Steve Jobs' Return: What Does It Mean for Apple and RIM Stock?

...it doesn't mean anything because Mr. Jobs probably isn't coming back to work...read between the article's lines..."Citing a series of anonymous sources..." -- ah, yes, the kind journalists and other rumor mongers love most..."sightings have been...few and far between" -- why?...because he hasn't gotten better...even Wozniak admits he HASN'T SEEN him BUT he SOUNDS "healthy"...but note that he HAD BEEN expected back in June but now that has been pushed back to July...however, given the patient's medical history, I'm inclined to believe either the sources are in denial or Apple is merely trying to prevent the truth from coming out until after the "developer's extravaganza" next week...Mr. Jobs has a terminal condition for which he underwent a paliative surgery -- the Whipple procedure...I seriously doubt Mr. Jobs will ever return to Apple...

The Foundations of the Current Crisis: Don't Shoot the Messenger

..."I own millions of dollars worth of real estate..."...why I know that, son!...no doubt that's why you're out there in Vegas giving those workshops on "The Death of the Dollar: How We Can Survive the Coming Collapse"!...why, those mortgage payments can just plain wear a man out, can't they?...it's just like you said: "He can't borrow against his house. His credit cards are either maxed-out, or else the card companies themselves have reduced limits so severely that they're next to useless."...it's just plain depressing!...and, personally, I'm eternally grateful that you take the time out from counting all your money to sit down and produce these streams of economic conciousness for all the rest of us impoverished plebeians...although, I must say, given the length of your deliverances, perhaps you should have changed your name to "Marcel" instead of "Paco"...and I don't understand why you keep griping to seekingalpha about my posts...why, I still remember the first time I saw one of your articles...I was just sitting there reading it and then..."then something distracted me – glimmering in the afternoon light, pulling my eyes to the edge of the board, gently reminding me..."...yes, indeed, "gently reminding me"...gently reminding me this boy's got more manure than an Indiana hog farm!!!...but that's okay!...cause you're going to need a lot of it to sell a house appraised at $426,000 for $549,000!...not to mention $549,000 for 1,900 square foot house on a tenth of an acre???!... jumping Jehosaphat!!...does it come with an oil well or something?


On Jun 05 05:06 PM Paco Ahlgren wrote:

> Looks like they blocked your last account, Ray. They're going to
> block this one too, I imagine, but before they do I'll let you know
> this: I own millions of dollars worth of real estate in Austin, so
> I maintain a real estate license to facilitate purchases, sales and
> leases. I don't normally list properties that aren't my own. The
> listing you see is one of mine.

Buffett Gets 'Comeuppance' After Gold Outperforms

...Buffett's a long term investor so wouldn't it be more appropriate to compare his company's performance with gold over, say, a 20-30 year period?...of course, then gold would probably lose its "glitter" and the gold bugs would have to scurry around trying to find yet some other specious reason to buy gold.