See here The Bernie Madoff fraud where I point out that it's not just the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that failed; but there's no doubt they were shockingly dismal. The Washington Post has a good analysis – SEC Ignored Credible Tips About Madoff, Chief Says – washingtonpost.com The nation's chief securities regulator said yesterday it was "deeply troubling" … Read more
For several days this stunning, fraudulent, Ponzi Scheme has been in the news. First here's the definition of a Ponzi Scheme Ponzi scheme – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that involves paying abnormally high returns ("profits") to investors out of the money paid in by subsequent investors, rather … Read more
Quite clever that young boys would think of this … I was certainly never this clever. 12-Year-Old Boy Scouts Volunteer To Give Women Breast Exams
The Cardinal died yesterday, at the age of 90. A really fine theologian, I loved to read his essays in America and First Things. Tom Faranda's Folly: Jesuit Cardinal Avery Dulles retires Dulles resided in the Bronx, on the campus of Fordham University. Here's this morning's aricle in the local newspaper, and it's a very good and … Read more
Haven't posted anything on Darfur in quite awhile. And things don't seem to be getting any better. This is an editorial from yesterday. Editorial – Darfur, Another Year Later – NYTimes.com Much of the fault lies with Sudan’s cynically obstructionist president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir. But Russia and especially China — which has major oil interests … Read more
Pretty cool. The tall dude is Peter Crouch, the tallest man (6 ft 7 inches) to ever play for the England National soccer team. The other guy is Josh Lewsey, an England international in rugby.
Of course then the movie would have been only one movie, and not a trilogy
Crash landing next to an ice floe. Whew. CANOE — CNEWS – Canada: Pilots who survived Arctic crash lucky to be alive The windshield smashed on impact, and forced his door shut, but he managed to stick his head far enough out of the window and smash the glass with his back. The water was … Read more
Bear Grylls, star of Man vs. Wild, injured in the Antarctic. It was while doing a documentary and fundraiser separate from his Discovery Channel television show. Airlift rescue for injured explorer Bear Grylls after Antarctic fall | Mail Online Daredevil SAS man-turned-explorer Bear Grylls was being airlifted to the UK after being badly injured while on … Read more
Tim was having his friend Chase sleep over last night, which automatically means a late night for everybody. So I decided to see what was on the boob tube for Brigid and I to watch (we watch very little television. But we got lucky last night, since we also came across this Tom Faranda’s Folly: … Read more