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Martin Wolf - Is America the new Russia?
Source: FT.com

.. and Geithner is the Wall Street fox in the Obama hen-house. Not to mention these were the same guys who looted the old Soviet Union, leading to Putin

Strange tale of the missing horse tails
Source: The Orlando Sentinel

ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. -- The horses at Tom Johnson and Jim Hoff's place once had tails that hung down to their hooves. Shampooed and combed, their flaxen color gleamed when the Belgian draft horses drew wagons for children and pranced in parades.

Chase Down Everyone Who Earned More Than $6 Million And Send Them A Big Bill
Source: NY Observer

A truth that needs to be universally acknowledged: namely, that the size of a bonus in the finance trades (considered broadly) will invariably be in direct inverse proportion to the moral, ethical and economic utility of the work performed. Write that down, students.

Nigerian Internet scam artists strike again

I was wary of the e-mail at first, but still optimistic that it could be the real thing. Someone had seen my advertisement for a book of poetry I wrote and said they were interested in purchasing a copy.

The Poverty of Reaganism-Bushism
Source: Information Clearing House

A sober assessment of the Reagan-Bush legacy.

As gas prices soar, thieves grow brazen
Source: msnbc.com

Bobby Lee Julien, who's driven a fuel tanker for 27 years, was near the end of his route. It was 3 a.m. when he pulled up at a stop sign off State Highway 225 in Houston.

Make Bankers Pay?

Imagine a world that wasn't threatened by greedy bankers and financial institutions. Imagine a world where financial institutions were actually responsible for what they did and could be held to a standard besides thievery.

Jet Lagged: The Great Plane Robbery and Other Sordid Tales
Source: The New York Times

Some of the extraordinary -- and true -- stories flight crews tell one another.

Police deploy cardboard cutouts of cops to deter shoplifters. Cutouts then stolen.
Source: BBC News

Derbyshire police have placed 10 life-size cardboard cut-outs of a policewoman in shops across the Peak District to deter shoplifters. The move follows a similar idea used in the Amber Valley area - although one cut-out was stolen.

Toilet paper missing in Big Brother House
Source: dnaindia.com

LONDON: It's Day 20 in the Celebrity Big Brother House and there was a major problem.

NPR : A Trove of Stolen Treasure
Source: NPR

(audio article) A ½hour series of interviews which explore the new focus on the illicit trade of looted archaelogical objects. These things end up in museums, who buy them for large sums of money.

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