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Darling, I'm practically down to my last million.

That 'probably killed himself' is an interesting touch. Don't the police know?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Dec 24th, 2008 at 08:45:32 PM EST
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The departed was discovered in the corner office with both wrists slashed (messssy) and an empty bottle of sleeping pills (xanax? that'll do it. Too).

Show some damn respect. Bloomberg do.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Dec 25th, 2008 at 03:35:16 AM EST
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I don't think TBG meant disrepsect to this person, more that he was mocking a rationale of macho honour that meant that a man should commit suicide over losing a lot of money when he was  still in a position of being, in comparison with most of us here, unimaginably rich. He had no actual reason to work in order to put food on his table, keep a roof over his head for him and his loved ones, yet he couldn't stop the need to get just a little bit more. And when he failed in that uest, he coldn't live with the perceived blow to his self-esteem.

don't you think that's sad ? Not personally, but culturally

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Dec 25th, 2008 at 06:35:11 AM EST
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Ironically, I didn't intend my words to chastise TBG. His immediate comment on the hypocrisy of convention --implausible deniability if you will-- was well taken. And truth to tell I wouldn't swear it wasn't wry. More's the pity.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Thu Dec 25th, 2008 at 09:05:11 AM EST
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. And when he failed in that [q]uest, he coldn't live with the perceived blow to his self-esteem.

Helen, you are a hopeless romantic (or wicked snarky). According to other reports, he'd tried and failed to recover the principal invested. The more accurate conjecture presumes he feared prolonged prosecution and imprisonment.

Consider another more pedestrian example of investigative decorum, 'probability' hot off the press.

'Santa' opens fire at Calif. party

The man arrived at the party in Covina late Wednesday and immediately opened fire with a handgun, police Lt. Pat Buchanan said.

Buchanan says three bodies were found after the fire was put out. He could not say how the fire started or how the three people died....

Police received several 911 calls with reports of shots fired at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night, and were still hearing gunshots after they arrived and found the house in flames, Buchanan said.

At first, firefighters were held back by police because shots were still being fired, authorities said.

huh.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Dec 25th, 2008 at 09:21:20 AM EST
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