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Reality Check: How to Know You Have both Too Much Time and Too Much
Porn breaks the banks
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Not sure that link will work. But it's a video link to a piece on CNN by Glenn Beck about how the porn industry makes more money than all of professional sports entertainment put together! And that next is cell phone/ipod porn (I think I posted about that months ago when the first video ipod came out.)
So other than buying apple for the ipod, what are the ways to profit from this huge industry?? Are Vivid public?? (Playboy went out of fashion in the 80s so don't give me that!)
Judge vacates conviction of Ken Lay
some interesting reading, i will let you draw your own conclusions:
Judge vacates conviction of Ken Lay
By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press Writer 36 minutes ago
HOUSTON — A federal judge Tuesday vacated the conviction of Enron's late founder Kenneth Lay, wiping out a jury's verdict that he committed fraud and conspiracy in one of the biggest corporate frauds in U.S. history.
Lay was convicted of 10 counts of fraud, conspiracy and lying to banks in two separate cases on May 25. Enron's collapse in 2001 wiped out thousands of jobs, more than $60 billion in market value and more than $2 billion in pension plans.
Lay died of heart disease July 5 while vacationing with his wife, Linda, in Aspen, Colo.
U.S. District Judge Sim Lake, in a ruling Tuesday, agreed with Lay's lawyers that his death required erasing his convictions. They cited a 2004 ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found that a defendant's death pending appeal extinguished his entire case because he hadn't had a full opportunity to challenge the conviction and the government shouldn't be able to punish a dead defendant or his estate.
Tuesday's ruling thwarts the government's bid to seek $43.5 million in ill-gotten gains prosecutors allege he pocketed by participating in Enron's fraud. The government could still pursue those gains in civil court, but they would have to compete with other litigants, if any, also pursuing Lay's estate.
Prosecutors asked Lake to delay this ruling until Monday, the scheduled sentencing date, so Congress can consider legislation from the Justice Department that changes current federal law regarding the abatement of criminal convictions. Congress recessed for the elections without considering the legislation.
"Certain provisions of the (legislation) would be directly relevant to the situation presented by defendant Lay's death," prosecutors Sean Berkowitz and John Hueston wrote in their motion. "For example ... the (legislation) provides that the death of a defendant charged with a criminal offense shall not be the basis for abating or otherwise invalidating either a verdict returned or the underlying indictment."
Enron crumbled into bankruptcy proceedings in December 2001.
Lay's co-defendant, former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling, is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday.
link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061017/...i_ge/enron_lay
Baseless conjecture
i am hearing that another hedgie that has blown up? anyone have a line on this? i can not lock anything down. thinking hard commodities might have another leg down if its true.
Friday the 13th
having had many f&a mason friends, i am always reminded of this story on this day. a very brief overview, hope you enjoy:
Friday the 13th Jacques Demolay and the Knights Templar
Both the number 13 and the day of the week Friday have had varied "reputations" throughout the centuries - sometimes considered to be holy and at other times considered to be unholy. In the Western world, the superstition linking Friday the 13th with being unlucky is primarily associated with the final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques Demolay, and the date of Friday, October the 13th, 1307 AD (Old Style - OS)
In 1099 AD the Roman Catholic Church - via the now infamous bloody religious wars of the Christian Crusades - regained control over the holy city of Jerusalem. However, the lands surrounding Jerusalem were still in the hands of the Moslems. According to traditional versions of the story, a warrior order of the Roman Catholic Church eventually banded together that was (allegedly) for purposes of protecting Christian travelers on their way to the holy city of Jerusalem. The warrior order was officially recognized by the Roman Catholic Church in 1118 AD, and they were at that time provided with a headquarters building located on Mount Moriah. This building was located on a site traditionally thought to be the former Temple of King Solomon. Thus, the warrior order became known as the Knights of the Temple, or the Knights Templar. To make a very long (but incredibly interesting) story short, Jacques Demolay became the Grand Master of the Knights Templar in around 1293 AD During the two hundred years of their existence within the Roman Catholic Church, the Knights Templar had grown into a rather rich and powerful political force to be reckoned with. During Demolay's stay in office as Grand Master, the Templars had increasingly grown in disfavor with the current pope, Pope Clement V, and with the King of France, Phillip the Fair.
Betrayal
In 1307 AD the pope and the king arranged for the Templars to meet with them for a "friendly" convocation in Paris, France. Instead, Grand Master Jacques Demolay was arrested on Friday, October the 13th, 1307 AD (Old Style). Seven years later, in 1314 AD, Jacques DeMolay was burned at the stake for the crime of church heresy. Legend continues on that before Demolay died - he predicted to the king and pope that he would meet them both in heaven within the next year. Fact is... the king and the pope did die in the year 1314 AD. It is not known whether or not that Jacques DeMolay actually met up with these two rascals in heaven.
Heresy
As for the "heresy" surrounding the Knights Templar - I'd love the share the details with you. However... it's rather complicated and controversial - and I'm quite sure it would totally blow your mind. I will say that the "heresy" of the Templars was quite likely related to what might be called the integration or marriage of the "archetypal feminine" with the masculine Christian Trinity. (Was that vague and shrouded or what?) For more on the alleged heresy... you might, however, want to pick up a copy of Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code." Oh yeah... the rather fantastical theories - purporting the Templars to be some sort of (in literal terms as we understand it today) secret Satanists and/or worshippers of an idol named Baphomet - are based on hoax and distorted conjecture.
Miami / FIU brawl
unacceptable
Players that started and fueled this should never be allowed to wear a Div. 1A uniform again.
One game suspension? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!
Shame on Miami and the ACC
Hawaii Quake Knocks Out Power
Quake Knocks Out Power Across Hawaii
I hope all our trader friends in the Islands are doing ok !
Fast Money vs Cramer
I think I like Fast Money more than Cramers show. These guys are very specific and help you make money, Cramers show has gotten boring. I hope Fast Money ends up on TV five days a week.
Coke rewards and ITUNES
I dont know if any of you guys collect coke codes or not, but if u have any unused caps, i will trade One FREE download from itunes for every three cap codes you have. Or if you have codes from 12packs, i will send you 1 FREE song from Itunes for every 1 12pack code. thanks
Vote Republican to piss off NATHAN LLOYD
There I said it.
