Monthly Archives: December 2008

Of Ponzi Schemes and Social Security

Posted on December 13, 2008 by

Charles Ponzi was a swindler.  You give him money and he’d pay you interest on that money by using cash from new “investors” in a deal that had only deposits and payouts and no investments.

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The Ghetto Mafia Undercover Seduction

Posted on December 6, 2008 by

Can a mother’s love go too far?  Is it appropriate to go to any means to free her Ghetto Mafia son convicted of second-degree murder by secretly recording one of his jurors to set aside a guilty verdict?

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O.J. Simpson Gets Fifteen Years

Posted on December 5, 2008 by

O.J. Simpson is staying in prison for up to 15 years.  We can only hope, for the goodness of society that he rots in jail for a long time.

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Scotland Provides Personal Flatscreen TVs for Inmates

Posted on December 4, 2008 by

In a quirky turn of the screw, Scotland’s new, private, Lothians’ maximum-security prison will provide personal flatscreen televisions free-of-charge in each cell.

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