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Feb.13.2011 Cold Turkey and other Meals Weekends: 2 days without the NYTimes on the doorstep at dawn: like going off my favorite drug. Cold turkey. How to get out of bed without my daily shot of Mubarak, Madoff & Co? I know, I know: I can get it all online and Slate to boot (with its latest on anal sex), but print and paper is...	Dec.22.2009 The day Democrats killed freedom with health care reform Sunspots and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations - There appears to be acorrelation between the rise and fall of civilizations with the riseand fall of radiation from the sun. The graph shows a long-termenvelope of sunspot activity derived from the center graph of Carbon14. More carbon 14 is...
Mar.27.2009 Bernie, We Hardly Knew Ya I would not dare to say Bernard Madoff will have the last laugh? However, he may pull a clever trick by pleading "not guilty." In true Madoff style, he's created a formidable and expensive challenge for the prosecution's task of investigating the sources of his Ponzi Empire...	Mar.17.2009 Justice v Mercy I am meant to be writing a two page film proposal to outline what I see are the main themes for my film. But mind is elsewhere, news just in that American Express, which prides itself on avoiding deadbeat cardholders is losing money because ahem, their "exclusive" members can't pay and...
Mar.13.2009 Maidoff Jailed? Hold the Celebration As giant headlines shriek his guilt, as the boobesphere division of the blogosphere calls for his evisceration, drawing and quartering, whatever, as crowds with pitchforks and burning torches cheer Ponzi King Bernard Madoff's one way trip to a federal pen, whither his partners in crime? Not his...	Jan.26.2009 The Conspiracy has been Exposed and the Power has shifted....Now what??? Good morning everyone! The first draft of Confidential Communications was written over a decade ago. It has only been about seven months since publication, yet many readers are noticing even more parallels between the book and our current world. Whether we are looking at the Bernard Madoff...
Jan.15.2009 Insurers Cry "Betrayal!" Seek Immediate Bailout. LONDON, England, Jan 12...Insurance companies face "total extinction" if the global economic crisis continues, an executive warned today. "We are being inundated by a tsunami of fraudulent claims," said Walter Neff, VP Adjustments for AIG. "Our trust is being betrayed by...	Dec.25.2008 Steer Into It I haven't had my driving-on-black-ice lesson yet. Weather conditions have been spectacularly cold, but there hasn't been the right combination of temperature, precipitation and time off to open space for this particular learning experience—yet. Everyone is happy to offer advice, though. They...