In other news from New York | 74 comments (74 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: In other news from New York (4.00 / 2)

To what degree did his own failings lead him into a trap set by the Pellicanos of Wall St. I understood they had a slew of PIs on his tail.

That's how masters of universe have fun, oder?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Mon Mar 10th, 2008 at 08:08:12 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: In other news from New York (4.00 / 3)

No, I think he did it himself like a grown-up.

Still, it sucks.

by Francois in Paris on Mon Mar 10th, 2008 at 09:15:51 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: In other news from New York (4.00 / 5)

It's bizarre. You don't get to where Spitzer did without being at least a little streetwise, and you would expect pretty much anything, up to and including people with machine guns.

Dropping his guard like this is ludicrous.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Mar 10th, 2008 at 09:49:30 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: In other news from New York (none / 1)

Incredible.
That is to say, Not Credible.
There's more to this.

Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Wed Mar 12th, 2008 at 07:08:08 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: In other news from New York (none / 1)

Quite likely.

Maybe it was because they were tapping Spitzer that they got onto the prostitution ring.

"The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Wed Mar 12th, 2008 at 07:20:06 AM EST
[ Parent ]

In other news from New York | 74 comments (74 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Top Diaries

Zero Net Energy - November 11, 2025

City Agriculture - November 7, 2025

The Ritual of Civility

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - November 2025

Recent Diaries

Chaos and Proxy Terrorists

VDL's EPP Joins Far Right to Set EU Policy

Ukraine Oligarchs: War As a Business Plan

Zero Net Energy - November 11, 2025

Rightwing VVD Yesilgöz Party of NO

COP30 in Brazil

U.S. Justice: Lesson Constitutional Rights

The Roaring Twenties and a United Europe

True Sovereignty, Ban American Violent Culture

Türkiye Caught Between the Garden and Jungle

City Agriculture - November 7, 2025

The Loss of the Donbas' Key City Pokrovsk

The Ritual of Civility

Judeo-Christian Civilization Under Attack from the Left

Lucifer Added a Traveler Today [Update]

Dutch Model for Progressive Victory over Populism

Dutch Angry Mob In Voting Booth

Hero of Democracy: Zohran Mamdani Next Mayor New York

Rob Jetten the Youngest Dutch PM .. A New Era

U.S. Foreign Fallacy Seen Through Political Cartoons

Occasional Series