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Tag Archives: Eliot Spitzer
WORST THAN ELIOT SPITZER (if it were possible): Formula One boss, Max Mosley, had sado-masochist sex with 5 prostitutes, for 5 hours (!!), reenacting a concentration camp scene (!!) in which he played the role of both Nazi guard and inmate.
Here are the ugly photos. [UPDATE: Photos and videos have been taken down.] The associations representing the victims of the Nazi regime are all up in arms, as you may imagine. UPDATE #2: The Times of London says he should … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged BetFair, Constructors Championship, Drivers Championship, Eliot Spitzer, Formula 1, Formula One, Germany, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, London, Max Mosley, NASCAR, Nazi guard, Nazy, prediction markets, the Times, TradeSports
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Eliot Spitzer has simply demonstrated once again that those who rise to the top of organizations are very often the most demented, conflicted individuals in any group.
The only question that remains for those who work for such people and vote for them when they run is why we continue to be grossed out, shocked and scandalized when the very personality attributes that got them to the … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology
Tagged Client 9, Eliot Spitzer, Emperors Club VIP, Fortune, governor, New York, prostitution, resignation, sex, Stanley Bing
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“Prostitution is inevitable, so we might as well legalize and regulate it.”
That’s what many libertarians think, right? But Nicholas Kristof has a piece in the New York Times that is well informed and balanced… and that could change the mind of some libertarians… – “Kristen” (outed in today’s NYT), photographed in … Continue reading
Justin Wolfers is a wise man.
- Zubin Jelveh highlights this piece of wisdom (which I didn’t quote in my previous post): It seems to me that the truly important violations of the public trust are when the power we give our government officials is sold, … Continue reading
Ratted by his bank, sex-addict New York governor Eliot Spitzer (alias “Client 9″) resigns.
- New York Times What brought him down
Never talk when you can nod, and never nod when you can wink, and never write an e-mail because it’s death. You’re giving prosecutors all the evidence we need.
Dixit Eliot Spitzer, the then-New York attorney general. Frightening. New York Post Reason magazine ABC News Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Slate – - Psstt… Somebody registered Client9.com just after news broke…
Is Justin Wolfers a libertarian? Probably not.
- Justin Wolfers: If we judge politicians by what they buy, then Eliot Spitzer has clearly violated the public’s trust: he purchased the services of a high-priced prostitute, and may well end his political career as a result. Other people … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Politics
Tagged Eliot Spitzer, Justin Wolfers, prediction markets, Reason
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The information technology that caught Eliot Spitzer
Posted in Finance, Regulations
Tagged Client 9, Criminal Investigative Division, Eliot Spitzer, Emperor’s Club VIP, FBI, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN, governor, Information Technology, Internal Revenue Service, money laundering, New York, resignation, sex, suspicious activity reports, United States, US Treasury
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Eric Zitzewitz’s 10 minutes of fame
Turns out he has published a paper on Eliot Spitzer —PDF file. – New York Post New York Times Wall Street Journal Portfolio ABC News ABC News Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal -