January 8, 2009 - The United States is still reeling from the news of Bernie Madoff's $50 billion ponzi scheme. A lot of people are furious over the loss of all this money, but I think their anger is misdirected. It appears that while Madoff splurged on jets and fancy hotel rooms, it...
January 7, 2009 - Bernard Madoff (born April 29, 1938) is a businessman, con man, self-made millionaire, a self-hating Jew (well, what else would you call someone who specializes in ripping off fellow tribesmen and philanthropies who send teenagers to Israel?), and a dick...
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December 23, 2008 - This week's Science Times contains a fascinating article on deceitful behavior in the animal kingdom. The piece argues that, much like humans, animals are not only willing and able to cheat, bluff and mislead, but that the more sophisticated the animal, the more practiced and competent it was at...
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December 23, 2008 - (int. Santa's Workshop, Christmas Eve; Santa Claus [Ed Asner] double-checks outgoing toys as elves [Verne Troyer, Warwick Davis, anyone who ever played an Ewok] load up the sleigh)
Santa Claus: Come on, everyone--it's almost time to fly!
(cue music)
Elves: Toys toys toys toys toys toys...
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December 17, 2008 - What a fantastic week for cheating. Let's start with the big boys...
Bernard Madoff was arrested for running a Ponzi scheme which wiped out over $50 billion from Austria to West Palm Beach. (Hey, West Palm remember when you voted for Buchanan? Paybacks a byatch).
Taking advantage of the...
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December 17, 2008 - I've worked at the SEC for years, and let me tell you, there was nothing suspicious about Bernard Madoff's actions. This has come as a complete shock to me and my colleagues. Madoff was a friend. He had this cute little nickname where he called himself "Ponzi," or...
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December 16, 2008 - Arthur Fonzarelli was indicted today by federal prosecutors for bilking investors out of more than $50 billion worth of leather jackets in a classic Fonzi scheme.
Whistle blower Matsumoto "Arnold" Takahashi stated that Fonzarelli had been using his diner as a front to house the jackets. Takahashi...
December 16, 2008 - Some would say that there is never a good time to defraud a charity out of so much money that it's forced to close its doors, but doing it during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, that's just really bad timing. Many of the investors who...
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December 15, 2008 - On Thursday morning, trader Bernard Madoff was arrested by U.S. government agents and charged with running a multi-billion-dollar fraud scheme that may be the biggest swindle in Wall Street history. Investigators say Madoff's investment firm was simply running a gigantic Ponzi scheme, the collapse o...