I don`t follow tips; I follow interesting companies. Many tipsters pick the same companies for the same reasons. If they have more information than I have, then I like to know what it is. Naturally I would prefer that information to be accurate, but some things you have to take on trust - so does the tipster.
Some of my choices are rejected by tipsters; some of them are not on their radars, and some of them are not even considered (except by me) as they offer less exciting returns.
PS. Nothing is dead until it stops breathing.
Also (off topic, almost) -
I agree with you regarding Saddam and some of the reporting of his demeanor, however I still think he was a black-hearted dork, and the people who helped make him like that are also black-hearted dorks. Nobody is born with a gun in their hands.
To think he was once a cuddly bundle of joy just like the rest of us...