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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.”
Barron’s Gary Weiss Caught Plagiarizing Matt Taibbi, Find-Replaces Style With Spin
Barron's published an essay cribbed from a previously-published essay by a competing magazine's journalist in a plagiarization so bald it would not pass muster in one of those companies that sell term papers to college undergraduates.
Apparently, The Turtles Run Only to Neil Barofsky
A story is told that Bertrand Russell, while teaching for a year in India, was once interrupted from…
From “the corner of Wall and Broad with pitchforks and nooses”: My April, 2006 letter to the Wall Street Journal
Here’s the Naked Truth About Overstock.com Gandhi said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then…
A Respectful Invitation to All Hoodlums, Cutpurses, Thugs and Assorted Miscreants Named Herein
Mark Mitchell’s writings seem to be striking a nerve, at last. After months of no response but silence,…
The Miscreants’ Global Bust-Out: Preface
In some respects the financial crisis is what the Mafia calls a "bust-out", but on a gigantic scale.
Barry Minkow’s Lawyer Seeks Divorce, Cites “Irreconcilable Differences” with Barry
On March 10, 2011, Alvin E. Entin, Esquire, counsel to one Barry Minkow, filed with a Florida court…
A New Party Heard From: Clyde Eltzroth, Bloomberg (UPDATED)
The sounds of squealing could be heard over the low hum of the air recirculation machinery in the…
Paragon of Integrity Whitney Tilson Gets Laryngitis, Too
In the summer of 2006 Whitney Tilson took me to lunch, and invited me to speak at his…
Barry Minkow’s short trip from ex-felon to current-felon
Barry Minkow’s sudden return from ex-felon to current-felon has come as a surprise to some, but not to the Deep Capture team; for we have, over nearly four years, sought to raise awareness of Minkow’s place in a much broader, criminal stock manipulation ecosystem.
Rut Roh. The “Stock Manipulator” Meme Finally Escapes the Box. Somebody Call Somebody.
“Minkow’s manipulation of the market … caused a severe drop in the stock prices of a large local…