Justice

From an internet news story: “BEIJING – China executed two businessmen for defrauding hundreds of investors out of more than $127 million, calling the scam a serious blow to social stability, state media said Thursday. China puts to death more people than any other country, although last month a high official for the Supreme People's Court, which reviews every death sentence, said the punishment should be used more sparingly. Though usually reserved for violent crimes, death sentences are also applied for nonviolent offenses that involve large sums of money or are seen to threaten social order.” I only have one question: If these men knew they could be executed for stealing large sums of money, why did they persist? And why didn’t they just get out of China and go hide somewhere? And, if they were so good at persuading people to let go of their money, why didn’t they come work in the U.S.? Here, you get about five years for a little crime like that. And the prison food is terrific, along with the minimum security accommodations. Our model has no opinion about this - she is just enjoying her tanning time. Please.

Madoff

This is about nothing - I am just writing this to poke fun at Bernie Madoff. He has become a celebrity by cheating people and being untrue to himself - a big fraud. A fake. An impostor. A cheater. A thief. A pretender. More unreal than a three dollar bill. It does not bother him because he can justify himself to himself. If he ever in his life dressed as Santa Claus, he looked like this guy. I never had any money with him - not rich enough. Don't pity his clients - they were just greedy fools.

Santa Claus

Here’s a photo of Bernie – Bernie Madoff, that is. He looks in good spirits, though they say that at the time the picture was taken, he already knew he was in deep trouble. Looks can be deceiving, no? He could almost pass for a guy I met at the Detroit Yacht Club many years ago, when it still existed. Pretensions are among the most useless things around, except to a con artist. They say he used to be fastidious and obsessive – nothing but the best for him. I wonder if his family knew he was just a fraud – as fake as Santa Claus. Judging from this photo, he would probably have made a good Santa Claus. I don’t really know.