JOHN RUBENS is no Mother Teresa.

1996 Congress: “Suspension ain’t so bad…preferable to detention” (not speaking of jails, not enough money).

Re: Countrywide Mortgage VIP loan program and it’s relation to Congress and by implication, Enron, Reliance, Dynegy & Calpine (CPN IPO 1996). See Jamie Dimon’s JPM under FERC scrutiny for Energy related emails.

Edward Pinto, like R. Schiller of Case/Schiller, is filling in the gaps; Calpine went public in ’96/followed Enron into BK. Pinto says Countrywide VIP Loan Treatment program was Congress-driven with a 1996 incipience.

Bob Diamond, Jamie Dimon, what’s the difference.

Be Virtuous

Be looked up 2

The New Due Diligence is the New Normal

Brokers and politicians have got to stop unfair “bargains”: “If I catch ‘my mistake’ do I acknowledge it even if the client doesn’t?”

Rationale: Conflicts of Interest, Fiduciary Responsibility on the Horizon: To whose benefit is the “mistake?” Not arms length transaction anymore or regulators and rating agencies are fruitless machines.

Because one can park in a loading or handicapped zone because it is legal does not make it considerate. Likewise, blaming Ken Lay for primarily bankers’ woes might not be fair.

[Labor, Abortion and the Slippery Slope]

Ps 72: 7 “…abundance of peace as long as the moon endures.” Ps 72:20 “The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.” Did David foresee his death within the month? How long will the moon be “around”?

Ps 72: 7 “…abundance of peace as long as the moon endures.” Is that monthly or forever? Ps 72:20 “The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.” Did David foresee his death within the month?

“I’m in love with a married man” Natalie Wood says to her mother mouth open, tongue completely visible on TCM’s telephone.

Sex and the Single Girl…figures.

Look at the Legs…stop it. You’re embarrassing me.

“I’m in love with a married man” Natalie Wood says to her mother mouth open, tongue completely visible on TCM’s telephone.

Sex and the Single Girl…figures.