Three interesting financial tidbits today.

1. CNBC rant
Here's a great rant from a CNBC guy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZB4taSEoA

2. Ripping off the deaf
You have to admire people who live so many standard deviations outside the behavioral norm... with so little regard for things like morality, kismet, karma, etc.

The SEC busted these guys with a Ponzi scheme that specifically targeted ripping-off deaf investors:
www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN1950475320090219

3. Ripping off investors
I guess the Obama nabobs are discussing a "financial transactions tax" on investors. NY Times op-ed on this:
www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/opinion/13herbert.html

How about a bikini tax?
smaller suit, less tax... yow, bill

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