Hedge Fund Founder Convicted in Inside-Trade Case
NYC jury convicts hedge fund founder of conspiracy, fraud in massive insider trading case. "Prosecutors said (Raj) Rajaratnam faces a maximum term of more than 19 years in prison. …
"These salaries seem too generous, and the compensation levels don't appear fiscally sane"
Ya think? High pay and benefits for lifeguards in Newport Beach is the latest example of frustrating levels of compensation for public employees. More than half the city's full-time …
I'm Sorry, Your Card Has Been Declined
It's been a while since people started talking about how the "race card" had reached its limit, how it was being declined, that it needs to be cut up. …
"Arbitrary killing is not a solution to political problems"
That from the sons of Osama bin Laden in a letter to the New York Times: Osama bin Laden's adult sons have attacked the legitimacy of the US assault …
How many media outlets ignore the shouting of "Allahu Akbar" on plane? (UPDATED)
A ton of them: Interesting. You'd think that most of these media outlets were reading from the same script. Dude rushes the cockpit while yelling the jihadist war cry …
Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead
In all the excitement of the death of Osama Bin Laden, there was another passing -- one that will in all likelihood have a far greater and lasting effect …
Best. Conspiracy. Ever.
Yo birthers... Hey truthers... You might want to step away from your conspiracies and embrace this one... It's flawlessly contrived... oh, and stick to it till it's end: H/T …
Jay Tea, Career Counselor
This weekend, as I noted earlier, I went and saw "Thor" in glorious IMAX 3-D. And i also mentioned that I'd traveled to (shudder) Massachusetts to see it -- …
"He undermines the left's preening moral posturing on the War on Terror"
That from John at Verum Serum after watching Chris Wallace pointedly question White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon: Interesting that the justification for shooting an unarmed bin Laden …
Michelle Obama invites radical poet to White House
The dude waxes on about shooting cops and burning President Bush... things he may have picked up during social hour at Jeremiah Wright's church... hell, maybe he met Michelle there: …