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The Deep Capture Campaign
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Jonathan Swift prophesied, “When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in a confederacy against him.” The question is, Will the US turn into Britain circa 1961? Or are there enough cracks in the system that the dawn can break through? As Dirty Harry put it, “Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I’ve kinda lost track myself.”
Guess What Folks, David S. Evans Does Not Know His Ass from a Hole in the Ground (Patrick Byrne’s reply to David Evans’ Bitcoin hit-piece, “Guess What Folks, Overstock.com Does Not Take Bitcoin”)
On May 23, 2014 PMNTS.com (“what’s next in payments and commerce”) published a piece (“Guess What Folks, Overstock.com…
Joe Floren Screws the Pooch (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Lewis & Bockius)
The first time I heard Joe Floren speak I was standing behind him in an elevator in his law firm's San Francisco office tower as another lawyer informed him that the subpoena Joe Floren had served the previous day on a colleague of mine had reached her in the hospital, after a difficult delivery of her first child, while she was breastfeeding for the first time.
You Don’t Have to Be Einstein to Get This….. But Apparently He Did.
“The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive…
SAC Capital and (and Steve Cohen, Too) Should Be Convicted of Murder
Former SAC Capital portfolio manager Mathew Martoma was convicted today for insider trading, and there is much discussion…
All Publicity is Good Publicity if You’re Bill Ackman
John Hempton at Bronte Capital (see his blogs here) is going to some lengths to stir up a…
Stevie Cohen, When PBS is Devoting Frontline Shows to Your Perfidy (“To Catch a Traitor”), Is That Bad? (SAC)
And yes, I know that PBS used “trader,” not “traitor.” De gustibus non est disputandum.
Steven A. Cohen: “That’s guilty! Guilty, guilty, guilty!!”
NBC: Billionaire Steven Cohen’s hedge fund could pay $1B fine in fraud case: sources
The Global Bust-Out Series (Chapter 8): Boris Berezovsky and the “Nexus” Between Organized Crime, Terrorism, and the Global Oligarchy
Berezovsky, a surprisingly typical oligarch, had ties to terrorists, organized crime, Wall Street and Washington