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Sarah Palin takes time away from promoting Japanese shoe company to release a book
While most of Conservative U.S. has blown three or four gaskets because U.S. President Barack Obama bowed in Japan (every time a President bows, a nuclear bomb dies), they seemed to miss an even greater bow to the Japanese by Political Super-Gadfly ...
Patrick Byrne shames Jon Stewart, fires auditing team, spits in eye of SEC
It's been another busy week for perennial Fox News guest Patrick Byrne. The Overstock CEO has appeared with Neil Cavuto, bewailing potential CEO pay caps. And in a move that was more Martin Prince than Martin Eisenstadt, Byrne stood tall recently and...
Why Bankers Make So Much Money
When I worked for a software company, a fellow computer programmer once lamented that the salespeople earned so much more than the coders, despite the fact that the coders were generally better educated, more intelligent, and more essential to the co...
How to be a “Swashbuckling Captain of Capitalism” by Patrick Byrne
Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has been spending a lot of time on the Fox Business Network. A couple days ago, Byrne was on FBN’s Happy Hour, refusing to disclose that his company is being investigated by the SEC. But a few days before that, Byrne was...
"Expert" Patrick Byrne avoids mentioning SEC investigation of Overstock, proving Fox can\'t do business either
Since the Obama Administration took the offensive against Fox News - breaking the nationwide ban on telling the truth about Fox - many have vociferously complained. Ok, aside from Jake Tapper, the only ones complaining vociferously are Fox Newsians, ...
Timmy Johnson, 4, named COO of SEC enforcement division
TUPELO, Miss. — It was a day of happiness at the Johnson household today, as youngest son Timmy, 4, was named chief operating officer of the SEC enforcement division. “We always knew Timmy would do great things,” said his mother, Sandra Johnso...
I\'m back ... and the Bear will be joining me shortly
OK, I know I've been a bad, bad, bad dagblogger for quite some time, but seeing as I'm getting married in less than four weeks, I'm giving myself a pass. (Today's key word: ELOPE!!!) I'll be back more regularly by the end of the year, but for now, I ...
Video proof that Matt Taibbi is a naked short selling dupe
Continuing with my theme of bad journalism, I have a video that was given to me last week that will allow people to see how Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi is a naked short selling dupe. This video is only 5:35 long (scroll on down to view it), an...
Naked Short Spellers are destroying the quality, profitability of my blog
William K. Wolfrum made this statement to supporters at 3 p.m. “My friends, as many of you may have noticed, there has been a huge drop off in the quality of my blog posts over the past few months. Due to this, there has also been a drop in profita...
Overstock.com gets a subpoena from SEC, local papers miss the story
Utah-based Internet wholesaler Overstock.com recently received a subpoena from the SEC. The SEC will be investigating “previously-announced restatements of its financial statements in 2006 and 2008 and other matters.” It is the second such invest...
Death For Sale: "Life Settlements" Are the New Subprime Mortgages on Wall Street
A few years ago, I met a young millionaire who had made a fortune buying life insurance policies from the elderly and reselling them to investors. He would offer policy owners cash upfront, and when they died, the companies to which he had sold the p...
Twist and Shout: Why the Politics of Rage Makes Me Want to Cry
"...it is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing" I was livid when I first saw video from the health care town hall meeting that took place last week in my hometown St. Louis. I had already seen enough similar footag...
Is the US Postal Service obsolete? And what does it mean for health care?
So apparently, the U.S. Postal Service is in a peck of trouble. Despite raising postage fees numerous times during the past couple of years, the USPS announced earlier this week that it had lost $2.4 billion between April and June and would be $7 bil...
MOFT: Episode 17 (Crocs)
As devoted deadman blog readers with photographic memories know (a surprisingly slim sample size), I've never been a fan of being barefoot. For much of my teenage, young adult and now creeping middle-age life, my bare feet have been a rare site, ind...
Breaking: Goldman Sachs Apologizes for Earnings, Promises to Reduce Profits
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, apologized today for his firm's strong earnings in 2009. In a press statement, he took responsibility for the profit and promised to lose money more aggressively for the remainder of the year. "We are cognizant...
Health care cost crisis - how about some comparison shopping?
Our own Orlando yesterday posted an unbelievably tragic story regarding her mother and how our health care system completely failed her and her family. It's a powerful tale, one whose basic premise unfortunately could probably be told by way too many...
MOLFT: Episode 2 (Cell phone taxes, fees and surcharges)
I'll get back to the regularly scheduled My One Favorite Things soon enough, but right now I got a bone to pick with my cell phone company, T-Mobile. I mostly have positive vibes toward T-Mobile as their customer service has been very helpful and the...
