Monthly Archives: July 2012

Calibrate the Slippery Slope

You and your guests nailed it on the head in today’s BloombergRewind—Things aren’t working in the regulatory slippery slope (re: calibration of scrutiny). Does the regulator get more involved in micromanaging and if necessary, underwriting, or less involved (a la … Continue reading

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No Cop-Out Scape-Goats Today

Gentiles get the credit, Gentiles have to take the blame too. No one-way Adolf Hitler cop-out scape-goats for what’s wrong with the world. Jewish people seem to adore civilization and we have all benefitted in that respect.

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Oprah’s Olympic Excellence

10:26 John R.: As an Oprah fan, I’m plumply exhuberant, but as a swimlesson devotee, I do not feel passionate one way or another. Which is excellence? Neither. Passion is fruit not perfection.

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Rules as “Comfort Zone”

Tech Rules: Sometimes I think we have rules to keep us from a nervous breakdown; on the other hand, I skipped taking Algebra II in high school.

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The VIX is Variable [like Traffic]

Saw a show about an English Obese man getting a stomach by-pass operation. As he was going to the hospital, he channeled Einstein: “I’ve been in my house for two years. As I see the traffic, it appears to move … Continue reading

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#Whistleblower Not?

Sherron Watkins is back in the news again. She was the Enron V.P. who wrote a famous memo to Ken Lay warning him about the scandalous chickens coming home to roost, and she was recently called to testify against her … Continue reading

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@nprmonkeysee

Do this, do that; stay busy and give me some dough. Do this and do that. Pay your dues on time. No, you can’t do that…unless you pay the surcharge. You’ll be sanctioned if you do or allege that!

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Jack Marshall & ProEthics, Ltd. “Scorecard” Bio on Former Enron Vice President Sherron Watkins

Not an Ethics Hero: Sherron Watkins (3/22/2006) Sherron Watkins is back in the news again. She was the Enron V.P. who wrote a famous memo to Ken Lay warning him about the scandalous chickens coming home to roost, and she … Continue reading

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“Take that Green Lantern” Gene Simmons Bio from kissinuk.com

Chaim Witz was born August 25th 1949 in Haifa, Israel to Hungarian-Jewish parents. His mother Florence was a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, and his father Chaim was a carpenter. Five years after his birth his parents separated, and … Continue reading

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Tampa’s Mayor Buckhorn is Ombudsman in Florida

@BloombergTV I like Buckhorn’s attitude with Mark Crumpton. I have faith in “America”.

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