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   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 12:55:54 -0500 (EST), kludge@panix.com (Scott   
   Dorsey) wrote:   
      
   >Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >>On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 15:46:42 -0500, Cryptoengineer   
   >> wrote:   
   >>>Every example he used to 'prove' it would work involved cherry picked   
   >>>examples where the result had already occurred. Challenged to predict   
   >>>an event that hadn't actually happened yet, he failed miserably.   
   >>   
   >>This is why most modern "prophets" are very very vague, either about   
   >>what will happen or when it will happen (or both).   
   >   
   >This is why the key is to be the prophet, and not the person who has to   
   >act out on the prophecy.   
   >   
   >When the market goes up, people buy, and the broker makes money.  When   
   >the market goes down, people sell, and the broker makes money.  The sure   
   >way to make money in the market is to be the broker.   
      
   There is a musical romantic comedy, "How Now Dow Jones", about the   
   market which makes your first two points in its first song.   
      
   But my favorite is the Analyst: when asked if the Market will go up or   
   down, he answers:   
      
   "We have every confidence   
   That, if there is no decline   
   The market will go higher"   
      
   which is another kind of safe prophecy: it covers all the angles.   
      
   Typing "how now dow jones musical A-B-C lyrics" (without quotes)   
   brings up the lyrics.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)