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Inside Job

Posted on October 29, 2010
The woman in this video is an idiot. It wasn't the subprime loans themselves that did most of the damage. It was the side bets (the CDOs) that crashed the economy. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com

Greatest Scam in the World

Posted on October 28, 2010
I know a lawyer who does his law-and-motion work at the fire station. When he has to appear in court, he trades shifts with another guy. Being a firefighter is the greatest scam in the world. My only regret is that no one told me about it when I could have angled my way into a position:

"Elite Credentials" Has Become Oxy (and-just-plain) Moronic

Posted on October 28, 2010
The creation of new books has done more to destroy knowledge's advancement than burning books. This becomes obvious when one read's today's political commentary. Ezra Klein and many others have sought to defend elitism - what they mean by elitism is rule by the elite...

Ezra Klein Advocates for Small Government

Posted on October 27, 2010
Ezra Klein, like so many big-government proponents, actually supports individual freedom - at least when it's his freedom at stake. In this video, he describes his experience as a victim of bullying. He notes that "It gets better" because when you grow up, you can move away from the bullies...

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Gender Wars

Posted on October 27, 2010
Fascinating: on the macro level, every injury inflicted on one sex by the other will eventually, in some form, be repaid in full. When men become simpering, cowardly weaklings, women become ball-busting sluts. When women become ball-busting sluts, men become exploitative cads...

Elwood John Walzer and Legal Ethics

Posted on October 26, 2010
What do you do when no one is watching? Elwood John Walzer steals. And the New Jersey State Bar doesn't care: Stealing from clients will get a lawyer disbarred, but the sanction for stealing from a blind refreshment stand operator in an office lobby is only a censure...

Banking Morality

Posted on October 26, 2010
The double standards that exist between banks and ordinary Americans are many. People like Todd Zywicki and Megan McArdle continue fighting for the banks right to live under a separate "code" of (dis)honor. Here is the banks' latest attempt: A group of the largest commercial banks asked the U...

Ominous Ethical Warning

Posted on October 25, 2010
In an age when anyone can have a widely-read (or even merely Googleable) blog, why would anyone cheat people out of money? I just sent the below e-mail to a guy: I have not received a check. If you have not sent a check already, there is no need to do so...

Inside Job

Posted on October 25, 2010
This is an awesome movie: Perfect review: So, basically what happened here is that these bums - these crooks in suits - these educated idiots - these morally depraved criminals - took everybody's money and gambled it every which way, knowing that no matter what happened, they'd get rich and everybody else would suffer...

Happiness Obsession

Posted on October 25, 2010
I once made the mistake of complaining of boredom. My dad made me do a bunch of bullshit chores. "If you can't find something to do, then I'll find something for you to do." I learned how to fill my own days. You cannot be bored if you're doing something...

Wall Street Justice

Posted on October 23, 2010
When normal people steal, they don't pay fines. Instead, they go to prison. Yet the Department of Justice gives Wall Street special treatment. A DOJ lawyer realizes that today's target is tomorrow's client. When big guns leave the DOJ, they are made partner at large law firms - even though the big guns have no portable book of business...

Bin Laden Didn't Blow Up the Projects

Posted on October 23, 2010
Killing American citizens is the safest business in the United States. Al Qaeda Leader Dined at the Pentagon Just Months After 9/11 Anwar Al-Awlaki may be the first American on the CIA's kill or capture list, but he was also a lunch guest of military brass at the Pentagon within months of the Sept...

Provident & Associates: Scummy Lawyers-At-Law

Posted on October 22, 2010
Provident & Associates is a California law firm that advertises itself as offering loan modifications. First, that's a huge warning sign. Banks rarely give loan modifications. But it's a way for law firms to make payroll. Here's how: Send mass mailings to people, telling them they will lose their homes...

The Power of Compliments

Posted on October 20, 2010
I love it when people say they won't "suck up" or "glad hand." Do you refuse to pay people compliments because you're "keeping it real," or because you're so self-involved that you don't notice anyone else? Or are you so hateful that noticing something positive about someone would remind you of your own inadequacies? Some wont' glad hand because that...

What if Neither Can be Trusted?

Posted on October 20, 2010
(Hat tip: Aaron.)

Criminal Defense Lawyers and White Collar Crime

Posted on October 19, 2010
Why are so many criminal defense lawyers often seemingly out for blood when white collar crime is mentioned? This article indirectly explains why: ?The average Joe Schmoe is paying the price financially while these CEOs get a slap on the wrist and a big check to retire...

The Revolution Can Be Non-Violent

Posted on October 19, 2010
Some have suggested that my posts about revolutionary imply violence. While it is morally acceptable to beat Wall Street banksters (just as one may morally beat any common thief whom police refuse to arrest because they are on the take), the revolution can succeed without violence...

Mastah's Word is the Law

Posted on October 18, 2010
California citizens, using the democratic process, are going to determine whether marijuana possession should be decriminalized. If Proposition 19 passes, then marijuana will be legal under state law. In California, anyway, the War on Marijuana will be over...

The Art of Marital Negotiations

Posted on October 18, 2010

Banking Morality and Libertarians

Posted on October 17, 2010
In college once spent $28.35 on a coffee from Starbucks. How could I have been so foolish? In the morning, I deposited a paycheck into my checking account. I then used my debit card - which the banker helpfully told me was not a credit card, but instead was linked directly to my checking account - to purchase a coffee...

Lawyers on Strike

Posted on October 16, 2010
This is interesting: the legal system in the United States is broken. The justification for that predicate is: a) personal observation over many years as an attorney; b) admissions, confessions, laments, tirades, wails, screams and cries from many other attorneys serving in many different, and sometimes surprisingly lofty capacities; c) depressing statistics on wrongful convictions; d) a steady stream of...

Slave Revolt

Posted on October 15, 2010

None Dare Call It A Bailout

Posted on October 15, 2010
Although the media reports about TARP's being repaid are false, remember that TARP is not the Bailout. Using TARP as a metonymn for the bailouts is a trick. The Bailout went well beyond TARP. The Bailout is ongoing. The Bailout is sneaky. Here is the latest example: [F]oreign investors are moving money to emerging markets in part to take advantage...

"Like" Crime & Federalism on Facebook

Posted on October 15, 2010
I recently connected Crime & Federalism to Facebook. By "liking" Crime & Federalism, you not only validate my existence, but new posts will show up in your Facebook stream the second after they have been published. Do you like me, Yes or No?

Wall Street to Pay Out Record Bonuses in 2010

Posted on October 12, 2010
They've earned it, right? About three dozen of the top publicly held securities and investment-services firms?which include banks, investment banks, hedge funds, money-management firms and securities exchanges?are set to pay $144 billion in compensation and benefits this year, a 4% increase from the $139 billion paid out in 2009, according to the survey...

Sylvester Stallone's - @TheSlyStallone - Twitter Stream

Posted on October 12, 2010
Sylvester Stallone has a Twitter stream that I started following after reading an interview with him in GQ. I had never realized how intelligent and insightful he is. His Twitter is an interesting experience. Stallone is incredibly cheesy, but if you can get past the form of his words, he's worth following...

Foreclosuregate: A View from the Ground

Posted on October 11, 2010
I have learned more about real estate and banking law than I ever cared to learn. If you look back at old posts, you'll see pieces of the mosaic now know as "foreclosure" gate. Yet the media still isn't reporting the story, because only people who have seen this stuff first hand know what is happening...

Anarchy

Posted on October 11, 2010
One of the best pieces of sociology, anywhere: "We follow the rules, and look where that?s gotten us?? she says, furious and depressed. ?Nowhere. They run us around, like lab rats in a cage. .... TV has given us the illusion that anarchy is people rioting in the streets, smashing car windows and looting every store in sight...

Foreclosure Fraud Summarized

Posted on October 11, 2010
Fantastic post.

Jennifer Lynn Petkov's Contract Information and Address

Posted on October 09, 2010
What does white trash look like? Here you go: Those wishing to express their feelings about Ms. Petkov may contact her: Jennifer & Scott Petkov * 67 Detroit St. * Trenton, MI 48183-1210

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