According to The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It… Every Time by Maria Konnikova (NY: Viking, 2016 ISBN 978-0-525-42741-4), there’s a structure to the con: The put-up picks out the mark The play establish a bond The rope lays out the … [Read more...]
On Bilking The Sophisticated, Or, Check It Out: We’re Suing Banks!
I took a break to enjoy the holiday, as I’m sure many of you did, but my inbox kept busy, and on Friday came a doozy, courtesy of the Washington Post. You remember that little bit of a banking crisis we had a couple of years back, where … [Read more...]
Deval and Ameriquest
"State officials said the state lost nearly 21,000 jobs in September [2010] - mostly from the tourism industry. They also mistakenly claimed a job increase in August when they had lost 3,000 positions." [Deval Patrick] added: "No one … [Read more...]
Deval and Ameriquest
Where is the outrage about Deval Patrick's involvement in the subprime mortgage mess, Deval's $300,000 salary from Ameriquest for attending a monthly meeting, Deval's approval of a $50 million severance to the guy trying to reform … [Read more...]
When fraud is accepted as a means to an end
Wall Street -- the crooks that control our country. Frontline / The Warning Leaders of the fraud PAC: Greenspan - Summers - Rubin - Levitt - Geithner makes you wonder what the hell some of these people are doing in influential … [Read more...]
UPDATEDx2: Told Ya So…They’re Screaming Fraud
If this person filling out a provisional ballot truly is not a Mass voter, her ballot will be thrown out; if she is one, it will be included in the totals - once that is proven. This is part of the provisions put into place after the … [Read more...]
H1B Visas: US Sold to the Lowest Corporate Bidder
I can't support the Senator without some indication that he is willing to change his position. As a MA delegate, I'm thinking about just staying home. I used to think Senator Kerry was the lesser of two evils. I'm not so … [Read more...]
Beatty Asks State to Investigate Ogonowski Voter Fraud
Jeff Beatty issued a press release that a letter was hand delivered to Bill Galvin to investigate voter fraud by the Ogonowski campaign. As to the letter, (which is listed under the press release with affidavit) states: The letter … [Read more...]
Romney: Isn’t forgery a hoot!
Afterward, he walked through the Statehouse, pausing at the spot where his father once lay in state and then at George Romney's portrait on a mezzanine above. Romney laughed as he recalled a summer job: forging his father's signature on … [Read more...]
VoteOnMarriage LIES in their FALSE Advertisement
Question for the legally inclined: Does the FCC take complaints on proven false advertisement? … [Read more...]