{"id":4241,"date":"2009-01-08T10:12:44","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T15:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/?p=4241"},"modified":"2009-01-08T10:12:44","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T15:12:44","slug":"the_can-do_spiritualism_of_capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/01\/the_can-do_spiritualism_of_capitalism.html","title":{"rendered":"The Can-Do Spiritualism Of Capitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, this doesn’t sound desperate at all<\/a>. Not in the slightest. I’m not worried about the economy like at all. No sir [whistling past graveyard]:<\/p>\n

When hypnotist Selena Valentine snaps her fingers, the economy will still be in the toilet, but that hasn’t stopped dozens of New Yorkers from paying her hundreds of dollars for a trance to strike it rich. <\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

After playing Frank Sinatra’s “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” on her iPod, Valentine told the professionals who paid the $20 admission to relax their way to riches. <\/p>\n

“Go on a journey to your inner self, your inner being,” the busty Valentine said, circling the room in her Louboutin pumps. <\/p>\n

“Just allow your inner you to relax. Allow your whole body to relax.” <\/p>\n

Financial adviser Amal Gawle, 30, said the meeting interested him because he’s trying to start off the new year with a professional edge. <\/p>\n

“My job is performance related, and 2008 was a terrible year in the financial markets,” he said. “I’m trying to stay ahead of the game in 2009 so that I can outperform those around me.” <\/p>\n

To better look the part of a millionaire, Gawle said he was wearing his “Donald Trump” suit. Hypnosis was not an act of desperation, he insisted. <\/p>\n

“I don’t think you can call anything a last-ditch effort, or else you go on to feeling like that’s it and there’s nothing else left,” he said.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, this doesn’t sound desperate at all. Not in the slightest. I’m not worried about the economy like at all. No sir [whistling past graveyard]: When hypnotist Selena Valentine snaps her fingers, the economy will still be in the toilet, but that hasn’t stopped dozens of New Yorkers from paying her hundreds of dollars for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-things_that_make_you_go_oy","category-youre_kidding_right"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4242,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4241\/revisions\/4242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}