No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

The party is most definitely over. A hedge fund manager, Andrew Lahde, has lost his appetite for the endless chase of ill-gotten dollars and has quit the business.
Here’s his “farewell” note.
Excerpt:
I will no longer manage money for other people or institutions. I have enough of my own wealth to manage. Some people, who think they [...]

But which one?
Dave Winer cites Maureen O’Dowd, who says it’s like a low-budget chick flick.
I disagree.
It’s a battle between two different shows, 24 and Battlestar Galactica. Come on! Think about it!
The Dems: 24
A progressive, black candidate runs with a snakey, white, Beltway insider who you just know is going to screw him over first and [...]

What a sad, sad tale. Several of them, actually. Marlon Brando’s son Christian now dead at age 49.
Served 6 years for manslaughter when he gunned down his sister’s abusive boyfriend. Then, she commits suicide. Now, this guy who’s had a tough life is gone. Just goes to show you that just ’cause you’re famous and [...]

Check this screenshot out. While doing some admin work on my domain, managed by Google.

What, is Don Imus moonlighting for Google?

This story is heartbreaking, and shows that some adults just don’t belong in polite society.
This woman, who apparently pretended to be a teenaged boy in order to bait and then cruelly insult a young girl, already battling depression, is just unbelievable. How could someone do this? And how can she maintain her freedom after having [...]

Wow. Powerful story. Kid goes off to college MOM steals identity. Kid’s credit screwed.
Shows that identity theft can start at home.

They are absolutely the best.
Iran ‘unable to take Australians’ is the BBC headline.

The BBC has been told the Australians re-boarded the vessel they had just searched, aimed their machine guns at the approaching Iranians and warned them to back off, using what was said to be "highly colourful language".
The Iranians withdrew, and the Australians [...]