ALL HAIL QUEEN KIM YU-NA

Damn, what a night. Kim Yu-Na gets gold and John Park stays on American Idol.

Did anyone notice Mao's body language when Kim Yu-Na hugged her? She was obviously pissed about getting Silver.

I have to admit. I am a little bummed out. I would have loved to see an all Asian sweep.

Roll Call: MONEY MONEY

NSFW. NUDITY, VIOLENCE, GRAPHIC LANGUAGE



Vancouver is freaking out as bills begin to pile up for the Olympics. No sympathy here. It is not as if this was a big surprise.

Natavia Lowery murderer was found guilty. You already know where I stand.

An MBA student wrote a pissy email about being kicked out of a class for coming in late even though he was just sampling the class. The Professor responded by ripping him a new set of orifices and parading it out to the world.

If the MBA student is reading this, there is something called "Due Diligence." It does not just apply to business but life as well. All he had to do was send an email or call to know what the rules for attendance were. Remember, professors are like judges and the classroom is their court. The professor in this situation was more than fair.


I was just reading this article on the Greece debt hole and how the parties who helped them out with the debt are now trying to bury them in that hole in order to make a profit. A whole country being destroyed and not a single shot being fired. If this is not an example of "Business is War" than I don't know what is. What makes this ironic is that Ancient Greek history is studied all over America and is considered as one of the foundations of Western Civilization. I wonder if their financial woes will be covered on the exam.

This reminds me of an IM conversation I had last year.

Me: Even the rich are going ghetto
Family Member: um if you're selling your gold you're not wealthy, just saying

KIM YU-NA!

KIM YU-NA BREAKS THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE OLYMPIC SHORT PROGRAM!

TAKE THAT YOU JAPANESE BASTARDS!

And now a word from Alan Greenspan

Greenspan: U.S. Recovery "Extremely Unbalanced"

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday the U.S. economic recovery was "extremely unbalanced," driven largely by high-income people benefiting from recovering financial markets and large corporations.

Greenspan, speaking to a Credit Union National Association conference, said small businesses and lower-income people are still suffering from the aftermath of a credit crunch that was "by far the greatest financial crisis globally, ever."

Greenspan said he believed that staffing levels at U.S. firms remained below what was sustainable in the long run, pointing toward a modest recovery in job creation. But he added the unemployment rate may remain stubbornly high.

Thank you so much. The people of America are grateful.

Craigslist comes to Scarsdale but not in a good way.

It is as funny as it is real.

This is the story.


Here is the Lo Hud version.

Family scammed by online 'house for rent' ad

SCARSDALE — A Stamford, Conn., man thought he had found a great deal on Craigslist — only to be surprised — and out $3,000 — when it turned out be a scam.

He saw a house at 956 Post Road on the Web site and wired $3,000 — half for a month's rent and the other half for security — to someone in Nigeria who said he owned the house.

He showed up on Super Bowl Sunday with his family set to move in. He realized he'd been duped when he was met by Anne Moretti of Sotheby's International Realty, who was setting up an open house on behalf of the real owner.

"They were really sort of in shock," said Moretti, the Scarsdale agent.

The would-be tenant could not be reached for comment, but Moretti and Scarsdale police Detective Lt. Bryant G. Clark related this account:

Village police were called to the Dutch Colonial house at 1:12 p.m. Feb. 7 on a report of suspicious people there. That was the Stamford family, who had a key and a van full of furniture, but no lease.

"Needless to say it was a difficult situation," Clark said.

The key may have been stolen and copied by a former worker at the house, investigators said.

Moretti said she felt sorry for the family and called them, "a nice young couple." She noted that people should be wary about renting or buying items off Internet venues like Craigslist.

"This should be a warning to people," she said. "Unfortunately, it happens way too often."

Pelham Manor police this month reported that a resident there had sent three payments totaling $1,495 to someone in London to secure an apartment she saw listed on Yahoo.

By Feb. 9, after seeing the apartment still listed and not able to reach anyone about it, she reported the apparent fraud to police.

Moretti, an agent for 14 years, said people should meet the person they are dealing with before giving them money.

Prospective buyers should research who owns the property, and use a legitimate real estate agent who can help them bypass scams and frauds, she said.

"If there is a deal out there and it sounds like it is too good to be true, it is too good to be true," she said.

Congratulations Scarsdale, you have now joined the Craigslist scam club.


You can read the articles but my take is so much more entertaining: a realtor was holding an open house when a family from Connecticut rolled up to move into the house. This is obviously a worst nightmare for any realtor especially in this market.

The Rube, I mean the Father told the realtor he had answered an ad in Craigslist and sent $3000 for the first month rent and security deposit to Nigeria. In return received a spare key which worked. Here's f**king hint that this business transaction was not kosher. NIGERIA.

The Realtor called the owner, who I assume no longer lived in the house, who's response was "Watchu talkin about Willis." The realtor did some further digging around for the spare key which was nowhere to be found. Can we say inside job? If I was the owner of this home, I would demand a full investigation to determine how the hell that spare key got loose. If I was the realtor I would backtrack and figure out who was in the house.

The cops were called and told the father what was common knowledge at that point; he got scammed and they had not rented the house. So the family turned the keys over, mover their stuff out and left.

I can only imagine how long the bats**t insanity that ensued. I envision the family moving in during the open house while the realtor is screaming at them to stop. It would not surprise me to see the guy blowing his top and the police repeatedly telling "Dude, you got ripped off. Take your s**t and leave."

Seriously, it is easy to ridicule this guy, but honestly, we are all targets. To any of you who own vacant homes, keep track of your spare keys, get an alarm system and would not hurt to invest in a remote surveillance system which would allow you to watch your home via the internet.

Oh Canada. You lost at a sport you are supposed to be good at.

Waking Its Neighbors, U.S. Upsets Canada

Perhaps this karma for being such douchebags

I am actually not a fan of hockey but I have met more than my fair share of arrogant, obnoxious Canadians whot think their hot s**t because of their free health care and Mike Myers. So if this hurts them in any way then I am happy.

This is the now.

I take absolutely no satisfaction in saying this but if you read my previous entries, this is something I was I was extremely afraid of and why I was annoyed that Wall Street did not show more humility.


Man Crashes Plane Into Texas I.R.S. Office

From what I can tell, this guy was not some nutjob hiding in a shack in the woods. He was an intelligent, normal guy who had his own business. He got a hit with a combination setbacks which literally set him off.

“The main thing I want to put out there is that this is an isolated incident here; there is no cause for alarm,” said the Austin police chief, Art Acevedo, in a televised news conference at midday. Asked how he could be sure, Mr. Acevedo said, “You have to take my word at it, don’t you?”

Actually there is a cause for alarm because this economy is not forcing peoples back to the walls, it is putting them through it.

Below are two articles that are another indication of the economic mood in this country.

Police say man who jumped from bridge was unemployed Rye resident

Rye's Highland Hall resident found dead.

Rye is a very prominent area. It requires a tremendous amount of capital just to even buy a home. And now some residents in these areas are starting to lose their f**king minds. It used to be the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. But now everyone is getting hit. Let's be frank. The poors are better prepared for this type of TARFU. The riches have no f**king clue what to do now that they are waist up in the s**t. And what is even more f**ked up, these articles probably represent a fraction s**tstorm that is hitting everyone.

It's not terrorism, it's not Y2K, it's not a flu pandemic, it is the lives we are living that we should in fear of. This is now a George Romero world and the zombies are people who have been beaten down by the economy and their own personal finances.

I have no solutions. No advice. Just watch your backs, your bank accounts and be prepared for the worst case scenario.