Another day, another Ponzi scheme. Stanford's take: $8 Billion. Not chump change, of course, but neither does it put him in Madoff's league (up to $40 billion).

I think I shall call him mini-Madoff.

But the Stanford scandal has set a linguistic record -- a record for creative disingenuousness. According to Securities Docket:

...one of Stanford's own lawyers has emerged as a key figure in the matter....