Friday, January 16, 2009

He Madoff with the money

Judge: Madoff Not a Flight Risk

(AP) Bernard Madoff won the latest round in his fight with prosecutors over his bail package Wednesday as a judge ruled he can remain free, brushing aside arguments by the government that the money manager needs to be in jail because he cannot be trusted. The judge ruled prosecutors did not make a compelling argument that Madoff is a danger to the community or a flight risk.
Yeah, but what about out the window?

Author who lost a fortune rips Bernie as a 'sociopath'

(New York Daily News) Best-selling author Alexandra Penney lashed out at Bernie Madoff Saturday after revealing she had lost her life savings to the arch-swindler.

"This is not a human being - it's a sociopath," Penney, best known for her 1982 classic "How to Make Love to a Man," told CNN, declining to say how much she had lost. "I'm sincerely, and this is the understatement of the year, appalled that this man is not in prison."

Penney, a former editor of Self magazine and one of the originators of the pink ribbons used to symbolize breast-cancer awareness, had quit writing and was living as an artist.

Not anymore. Penney said she plans to start writing again to pay the bills.

Suggested title for next book: "How to Get Screwed by a Man."

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