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Wall Street University Episode 9: In this episode, Nick and Anthony discuss news issues such as Best Buy’s fall, a lower than expected CPI, and the latest commodities crash. They also overview the philosophy of contrarian investing and how strategies from this philosophy can make you money. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosophy 47: Return of Roman Roman Mathys returns as a guest analyst to discuss key news stories, the NBA Finals, the NBA draft and baseball. They also go into detail about the economic woes of baseball and how these problems are causing a decline and regionalization of the sports popularity. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wall Street University 5: Ties to Gold and Oil In this episode Nick and Anthony discuss recent increases in government regulations that affect the market. In the lesson segment Nick overviews how gold and oil trade and how ties in these commodities affect the prices for stocks across the market. Click here to listen Book of the Week: Jim Cramer’s Real Money: Sane Investing in an [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wall Street University Episode 4: Hot Commodities In this episode Nick and Anthony discuss current stock news such as TARP’s entry into smaller banks and the fate of General Motors. Also Nick teaches investors about the commodities markets, and how to utilize ETFs to trade them properly. Book of the Week: Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis Investment Tool: Boom, Gloom, and Doom Report Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wall Street University Episode 3: Screening Out For Quality Stocks In this episode, Nick and Anthony overview current news such as the swine flu, the Fed rates, and auto bankruptcies. Also they have their Bullish or Bearish segment and discuss what factors they use to screen for top stocks to buy and short. Investment Tool: Morningstar.com Book of the Week: Market Wizards by Jack D. Schwager http://www.liberty-club.org/commonsensemag/wp-content/uploads/podcastblaster.xml Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosophy #46: Light at the End of the Tunnel When all seems lost for free markets and civil liberties in an increasingly statist world, Nick sees a light at the end of the tunnel and a reason for long run optimism (even if things will be very bad in the mean time Nick also reviews current news stories such as the swine flu and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wall Street University Episode 2: Short Selling In this episode Nick and Anthony discuss the weeks key financial news stories such as Britain’s tax hikes, the effects of the mark to market  revisions, and the success (or lack thereof) of the economic stimulus plan. They also teach the basics of short selling and the importance of using stop losses. Nick also explains [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosophy #40: NBA Playoffs Special In this special sports edition, Nick talks with Common Sense Magazine analyst Roman Mathys about the early results of the MLB season and previews the NBA playoffs. After reviewing the top news stories, Nick and Roman will discuss the early surprises of the Major League baseball season and discuss the legitmacy of the unexpected division [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wall Street University Episode 1 - In this inaugural episode, Nick and Anthony analyze current news stories about deflation and rising taxes and how they affect the markets. They also introduce listeners to the basics of technical analysis and how it can help entry into positions. For those receiving this on the Pardiniosophy feed, its an opportunity to learn about this subject [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosophy #39: The Big Questions In this episode Nick addresses three big questions that have become themes in recent podcasts. First, should the idea of a debtor’s prison be brought back into modern law? Second, does the trade deficit really affect American prosperity? And the final question, are the United States and Western civilization at the brink of collapse? Nick [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosophy #38: The Demise of the Dollar In this episode Nick talks about the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury are on the path of devaluing the dollar to nothing. Nick also explains the economic consequences of hyperinflation and addresses the dubious politicians from his home state of California, New York, and Massachusetts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosophy 37: Alternatives to Democracy In this episode, Nick takes critical look at democracy. He analyzes the history of democratic governments and the results of democracy have led to one of two things: authoritarianism and socialism.  However, what are the alternatives? Nick proposes three alternatives to the current structure democracy and how they can be implemented in the United States Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosophy 36: Enough is Enough After a month of pent up frustration, Nick is finally back and in a big way. His emphatic rant explains the pending collapse of the economy, the lunacy of Keynesian economics and printing money, the perils of nationalizing the banks, and how the US government’s incompetency is causing the economic demise of America. Nick also [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosophy #35 The Constitution: America’s Rulebook In this episode Nick discusses that the root to the woes of American politics lies in the blatant disregarding of the constitution. The Congress and Supreme Court have willingly surrendered their powers to the executive branch to create a de facto tyranny with an all powerful executive branch. Nick also addresses the consequences of violating [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosophy #34 Holiday Sports Talk In this episode Nick brings on Pardiniosophy sports analyst Roman Mathys to discuss the current events in college football, NCAA basketball, and the NBA. Nick and Romana also dive in to their opinions on the German language. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosophy Bonus Episode 5: Sneak Peak of Travel Audiobook This is a bonus episode that is a sneak preview of my upcoming audiobook about travelling to Europe. Unlike a traditional travel guide, I take a different approach where I inject some of my opinions on European culture and add a splash of humor. I would like feedback on the first chapter of the audiobook, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosphy #33 Analyzing Atheism and Fundamentalism In this episode, Nick continues his discussion about religion. He addresses his views on atheism and some its militant supporters. Nick also explains that the environmentalist movement is no different than any other religion. Fundamentalism in atheism, Christianity, and Islam are also addressed and how each of these groups have a negative impact on [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosophy #32: Corrupt Chicago In this episode Nick departs from his discussion on religion to discuss the corruption that occurs in the city of Chicago. How does the Chi-town’s political machine connect to president Obama and his future actions as the president? Nick investigates this and the actions of the governor of Illinois. On the brightside, Chicago still [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosophy #31: Introduction to Religion In this episode, Nick explains his Pardiniosphy about religion and its value in society. Nick dabbles with mentions of his views towards, fundamentalism, Atheism, Islam, Christianity, the separation between church and state and the impact of religion on Western culture. Branching off religion, Nick also correlates libertarianism to Christianity, charity to economic freedom, and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pardiniosophy #30: My General Ideology on Government This is Nick Pardini’s first podcast under the Pardiniosophy name. Nick talks about what Pardiniosophy is all about and my general ideas about the role of government. Nick also goes into his views about the Big Three auto companies and how failing companies should get the treatment they deserve. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants #29 Impact of An Obama Presidency Barack Obama wins the 2008 election. Nick discusses what an Obama presidency means to Americans. Nick will provide a best case, worst case, and probable scenario of what will happen over the next four years during Obama’s presidency. Also some reasons why the Republican party lost this election. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants #28: It’s All Relative Nick grows tired of discussing conventional politics and decides to discuss underlooked societal issues and sports this episode. First, Nick analyzes the issue of moral relativism and how the drain of morality is a cancer of Western culture. The NBA season starts Tuesday and Nick previews who will the Eastern Conference and the Western [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants #27 Decision Time America is at a turning point in its history. It can either remain the home of opportunity and freedom, or become another old European socialist country except with increasing restrictions on civil liberties. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants #26: Going on about Geopolitics Instead of focusing solely on American politics and society, Nick Pardini is going to explain the geopolitics and how the world’s power is shifting from the United States to east Asia. Also, Nick explains how the modern world is divided into a small group of major civilizations whose political, economic, and cultural ties unify their [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants #25: Defending Yourself from the Crash With the dollar collapse and a struggling economy, how can the average person/investor protect themselves. Due to the chronic errors from government intervention, the solutions seem to extreme. Buy: gold, foreign stocks, foreign currency; Sell: US dtocks, financials, retail, and housing.. Nick also explains whether moving out of the country can benefit you and also [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 24: The Demise of the Dollar What has happened to the economy and what is the real extent of this slowdown? Nick explains the truth behind these problems lies in a 95 year history of the US government debasing the dollar. It’s good that this bail out did not pass, but years of printing money from nowhere has come back to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 23: Vote With Your Pocket Book When it comes to voting what issues do politicians actually take action on? What decisions on political issues actually a citizen’s life as an individual? Nick explains why one should vote on fiscal issues and about how the culture and how a politician’s social issues are meaningless. Vote with your pocketbook; social  issues are meaningless [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 22: Indian Inquiries In this episode, Nick talks about his trip to India and what he learned about during his ten days on the subcontinent. Topics about India include global poverty, economic development, religion, and infrastructure. Also Nick reacts to the recent government bailouts of financial companies and why it is unconstitutional, irresponsible, and how this practice violates [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 21: Taxation=Theft In this episode Nick discusses how taxation is simply a legal way for government to steal your hard earned money. The reason the tax burden has increased so high beause of the demands of the entitlement mentality by the left and the lazy. Also Nick explains the extent of “East Coast Bias” in sports and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 20: America Land of the Debt Part 2 In this episode, Nick extends his talk about American financial irresponsibility by explaining how the fiscal irresponsibility contributes to both the short and long term problems with the American economy. Solutions to balancing the budget include reform of social security, medicare, and national defense. Nick also mentions other notable news such as the old versus [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 19: America- Land of the Debt Part 1 This episode is the first of a multiple part series where Nick analyzes the current and long term financial crisis that plagues the country. Nick also explains how the average citizen and private industry contribute to the lackluster economy and how irresponsible spending by these parties have hurt American society and standards of living. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 18: Political Football In this episode, Nick discusses how Obama’s selection of Joe Biden as running mate effects the election and talks about how this show the hypocrisy of Obama’s change message. Nick also explains the concept of political football and how both Republicans and Democrats take the same stances on critical issues and just the minute details [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants With Nick Pardini Episode 17: Rivals in Russia in China In this episode Nick discuss the looming foreign policy threat of Russia and China. Both of their governments are based off a psuedo-totalitarian system known as “authoritarian capitalism” which allows free markets without personal freedoms and/or civil liberties. This gives their governments absolute control of these nation’s citizens’ lives. Nick also explains how geopolitical and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 16: Educated Solutions to the Public Schools System In this episode of Rational Rants, Nick discusses the problems with the public education system in the United States of America.  There are four roots to America’s underachievement: government bureaucracy, the Teachers’ Union, a culture of anti-intellectualism, and a government monopoly. Nick also explains a more free market solutions to fixing the public education system [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants Episode 15: Uselessness of Unions After a month of patching up, Nick is back to Rational Rants and addresses the obsolesence of unionized labor.  With the global economy, modern transportation and communications, reform of labor laws, and the ability to easily trade jobs, unions are now outdated. Now unions only hurt America by protectionism, increasing unemployment, rewarding mediocre work quality, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 14: Politically Correct In this episode Nick talks about the societal ramifications of political correctness. Featuring analyst Chris “the machine” Lewis, the discussion extends to Obama, islamofascism,Don Imus, and more. Also Nick analyzes the 2008 NBA Draft and why white Americans fail in professional basketball. http://commonsensemag.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2 Subscribe to the Podcast by going to iTunes and searching Rational Rants (one that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 12: Globalization and Small Time Soccer Many people fear the global economy and free trade, but in reality free trade and globalization provide more prosperity for all. Protectionism is only certain industries and their workers trying to rescue themselves from cheaper and better foreign competition at the expense of the consumer. Nick also explains that even with the globalization of society, why [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 11: Pandora’s Box How tinkering and opening up the interpretation of things can open up loads of potential problems and chaos. In this episode, Nick Pardini investigates how the “Pandora’s Box” effect has caused problems and devalued the role of the welfare state, the definition of marriage, and the value of art in society. Nick also rants about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Bonus Episode 4: President’s Series Part 4 Finally the last segment of the presidential series is out. In this episode I rank the ten best best presidents in American history. Where do greats like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan fit in to the top ten? Listen to find out. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 10: Skeptical Talk with Steven Novella In this episode, Nick interviews Dr. Steven Novella from the Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Podcast to discuss the creation vs. evolution controversy, alternative medicine, critical thinking, astrology, and how science and politics intersect. Nick also states his own opinions on evolution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 9: Mad Money Machine I discuss the flaws Federal Reserve and the need to change to the gold standard. I will also interview Paul Douglas Boyer from the Mad Money Machine podcast (best business podcast of 2006 and 2007), about the economy. We also debate what makes more money: active stock trading or index funds? see the website: www.commonsensemag.com Also if you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 8: Chris Future Interview In this episode, I interview Chris Future from Think Future Radio and discuss the current crop of candidates, the perils of big government, civil liberties, and the Prozac nation that is socialism and socialized medicine. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 6: All About Global Warming My detailed analysis about climate change. It is happening, but how is caused by people and what is just natural? Can people really influence the earth to threaten its natural balance and civilization? My opinions on all of these and the hypocrisy of global warming’s biggest advocate, Al Gore. If you want to contact me with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Bonus Episode 3: President’s Series Part 3 This is third part of the four part US Presidents rankings, ranking the best presidents from worst to best. Who is a better president Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, or John F. Kennedy. Find out this and more by listening. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 5: Libertarian Retreat With the eventual takeover of big government, where should free market and small people go? What countries have the most liberty in the world? Also Rational Rants basketball analyst Axel Lemus will preview the NBA playoffs and we announce our playoff predictions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 3: Mainstream Media Mockery This episode will talk about how the mainstream media has made a travesty out of the electoral process and the knowledge of the American public. Bias and special interests have censored information about issues such as China’s human rights issues, the North American Union, and Ron Paul while rigging the election to become Obama vs. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Presidents’Series Part II This the second part of the Presidential Rankings series. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rational Rants with Nick Pardini Episode 2: NObama Even with the weak pool of candidates, Barack Obama is the worst candidate in the 2008 election. This podcast explains why Obama’s policy will bring America the acceleration to America’s Downfall. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website