The bank that held the supposedly missing millions says they intend to cooperate with authorities who are investigating the matter. The lawyer, Scott Rothstein, was operating an investment business on the side. TD Bank maintained the account for it, according to a report at the Sentinel.
There's also a dead lady lawyer
associated with Rothstein: Melissa Britt Lewis.
I blogged about the case last year on an
entry called CORKSCREW in which I asked:
"Was this a fairytale murder story?"
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Thursday, November 5
Wednesday, November 4
SoFlo: Law Firm Upheaval -
A prominent law firm in Fort Lauderdale has been the subject of many rumors, allegations, and speculations since the beginning of this week while the senior partner has been out of town.
The law firm entity has now divorced the senior partner who supposedly returned today from Casablanca, Morocco.
:: Ashby Jones tries to establish some facts.
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The law firm entity has now divorced the senior partner who supposedly returned today from Casablanca, Morocco.
:: Ashby Jones tries to establish some facts.
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Vanity Cult Magazine -
Neal Ungerleider reports that
the Al Qaeda Cult is publishing magazines:
"Issue 11 of Sada al-Malahim... a dense little bastard of a magazine, clocking in at 73 pages of text, graphics and basic-Pagemaker design."
He seems surprised, but the cult also produces videos and a variety of cult swag. Many cults offer swag like mugs, teashirts, keychains, flashlights, etc. And, of course, there were those Skippy Bin Laden dolls.
:: True Slant ::
...
the Al Qaeda Cult is publishing magazines:
"Issue 11 of Sada al-Malahim... a dense little bastard of a magazine, clocking in at 73 pages of text, graphics and basic-Pagemaker design."
He seems surprised, but the cult also produces videos and a variety of cult swag. Many cults offer swag like mugs, teashirts, keychains, flashlights, etc. And, of course, there were those Skippy Bin Laden dolls.
:: True Slant ::
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Iran: Mind Swap -
And only Atlas could perform such a feat . . .
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps is planning to take control over all media, communications and information coming out of Iran. They expect to produce their own Alt-Universe version of News in the future.
By spring, they intend to launch their own agency called Atlas which will tailor information about events according to their own Mind-Swapped Narrative. It will be as painless as two people exchanging their brains with each other.
Farnaz Fassihi reports a story you will not soon forget.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps is planning to take control over all media, communications and information coming out of Iran. They expect to produce their own Alt-Universe version of News in the future.
By spring, they intend to launch their own agency called Atlas which will tailor information about events according to their own Mind-Swapped Narrative. It will be as painless as two people exchanging their brains with each other.
Farnaz Fassihi reports a story you will not soon forget.
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Tuesday, November 3
Around The Net (4#) -
Arab Bloggers from 19 countries
are getting ready for a meetup in December.
# Phantom town appearing on
Google Maps and an explanation of sorts.
# Megan Garber gives us the latest rundown on
the WaPo Pundit Contest: it's in the Finalists phase.
# The Google Effect on the Media
as viewed by Ken Auletta, by Patrick Phillips.
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are getting ready for a meetup in December.
# Phantom town appearing on
Google Maps and an explanation of sorts.
# Megan Garber gives us the latest rundown on
the WaPo Pundit Contest: it's in the Finalists phase.
# The Google Effect on the Media
as viewed by Ken Auletta, by Patrick Phillips.
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Monday, November 2
Mez: Two Years On (3#) -
Meredith Kercher Murder Case -
It's been two years since Meredith Kercher, a young university exchange student from south Metropolitan London, was savagely murdered in Perugia, Italy. And her family is hoping the case will come to an end soon.
The trial often seemed to progress in a series of discordant notes as one of the principal defendants exhibited strangely gay behavior which was at odds with the solemnity surrounding the violence of Meredith's bloody death, but reminiscent of the strangely smiling photos of Richard Ramirez, the creepy "Night Stalker" case in California.
Meredith's parents expect to return
to Perugia to attend the end of the trial.
:: BBC :: - - - :: ABC ::
+ I have removed the photo link - Nov 3rd.
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It's been two years since Meredith Kercher, a young university exchange student from south Metropolitan London, was savagely murdered in Perugia, Italy. And her family is hoping the case will come to an end soon.
The trial often seemed to progress in a series of discordant notes as one of the principal defendants exhibited strangely gay behavior which was at odds with the solemnity surrounding the violence of Meredith's bloody death, but reminiscent of the strangely smiling photos of Richard Ramirez, the creepy "Night Stalker" case in California.
Meredith's parents expect to return
to Perugia to attend the end of the trial.
:: BBC :: - - - :: ABC ::
+ I have removed the photo link - Nov 3rd.
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Elusive Ghost Story (2#) -
Remember the song Stella by Starlight ?
Over the weekend, evidently, many people were disappointed to discover that they couldn't get a DVD version of the movie The Uninvited (1944) for Halloween.
The movie is a classic ghost story and a real gem. Consequently, they are campaigning to persuade the studio to produce a DVD. If you are active in movie matters, you may wish to join them.
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Over the weekend, evidently, many people were disappointed to discover that they couldn't get a DVD version of the movie The Uninvited (1944) for Halloween.
The movie is a classic ghost story and a real gem. Consequently, they are campaigning to persuade the studio to produce a DVD. If you are active in movie matters, you may wish to join them.
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Sunday, November 1
SoFlo: Bookish Notes (4#) -
It was a dark and stormy night . . .
Got a juicy story or a cracking good yarn?
All you need is a writing implement in good condition and the seat of your pants applied to the seat of your chair in front of it, because it's that time of year again: National Novel Writing Month. And Broward County's epicenter for "30 days and nights of literary abandon" is Node 193.
Unfortunately, my laptop still has a partially-disabled keyboard which I still have to bring back in to the tech shop to get fixed; so, although I've had a couple of stories percolating on my back burner this past year, they'll have to wait.
Even if you're not going to participate this year, you might want to read up on it for some time in the future. They've got message boards and meetups and lots more over there:
:: Local NaNoWriMo ::
# The Miami Book Fair is coming up soon: November 8-15th. A brief note appeared in today's Miami Herald informing us that there is an "Urban Noir" panel planned for Sunday, Nov 15th. Sounds intriguing.
:: Here is the Book Fair's Twitter handle.
:: FBR is promising to live-blog.
:: And a Surprise Discovery:
Chauncey Mabe's new pit stop: Open Page Blog.
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Got a juicy story or a cracking good yarn?
All you need is a writing implement in good condition and the seat of your pants applied to the seat of your chair in front of it, because it's that time of year again: National Novel Writing Month. And Broward County's epicenter for "30 days and nights of literary abandon" is Node 193.
Unfortunately, my laptop still has a partially-disabled keyboard which I still have to bring back in to the tech shop to get fixed; so, although I've had a couple of stories percolating on my back burner this past year, they'll have to wait.
Even if you're not going to participate this year, you might want to read up on it for some time in the future. They've got message boards and meetups and lots more over there:
:: Local NaNoWriMo ::
# The Miami Book Fair is coming up soon: November 8-15th. A brief note appeared in today's Miami Herald informing us that there is an "Urban Noir" panel planned for Sunday, Nov 15th. Sounds intriguing.
:: Here is the Book Fair's Twitter handle.
:: FBR is promising to live-blog.
:: And a Surprise Discovery:
Chauncey Mabe's new pit stop: Open Page Blog.
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Saturday, October 31
SoFlo: Peddling Phony Solutions -
The Herald's Voodoo Employment Program . . .
With an air of smarmy self-righteous arrogance, a Miami Herald columnist urges us to grant Haitians special permits to get jobs here, and if we don't, maligns us as racists.
Florida is currently experiencing a grim economic downturn. Thousands of Americans living here have lost their jobs and are unemployed. Many have also lost their homes in foreclosures. There are people out on the street publicly begging for food. And there are people sleeping in their cars. There are derelict buildings here and emptied neighborhoods. There has been a noticeable rise in armed robberies. Clearly, this is not an opportune moment to bring foreigners here who are seeking jobs.
Yet, in this entire column Cuban-born Myriam Marquez does not express even a jot of sympathy or compassion for the thousands of Americans already living here in Florida who are out of work or homeless. Why should she? As long as she's got a job, screw you.
This column illustrates the vast disconnect between the Miami Herald newspaper and the shared reality the rest of us are actually living in, otherwise known as the "facts on the ground."
This column contributes nothing constructive to public debate; instead, it injects poison into the public discourse. And it is clearly intended to foment civil disorder.
The Cubans maintain their own private militia here which is based in Broward County. They hire themselves out as "security" personnel. Thus, they stand to financially profit from civil disorder. The more disorder there is here, the more they stand to benefit.
That's what the Miami Herald
is promoting. And I think it's disgusting.
:: Marquez at the Herald ::
...
With an air of smarmy self-righteous arrogance, a Miami Herald columnist urges us to grant Haitians special permits to get jobs here, and if we don't, maligns us as racists.
Florida is currently experiencing a grim economic downturn. Thousands of Americans living here have lost their jobs and are unemployed. Many have also lost their homes in foreclosures. There are people out on the street publicly begging for food. And there are people sleeping in their cars. There are derelict buildings here and emptied neighborhoods. There has been a noticeable rise in armed robberies. Clearly, this is not an opportune moment to bring foreigners here who are seeking jobs.
Yet, in this entire column Cuban-born Myriam Marquez does not express even a jot of sympathy or compassion for the thousands of Americans already living here in Florida who are out of work or homeless. Why should she? As long as she's got a job, screw you.
This column illustrates the vast disconnect between the Miami Herald newspaper and the shared reality the rest of us are actually living in, otherwise known as the "facts on the ground."
This column contributes nothing constructive to public debate; instead, it injects poison into the public discourse. And it is clearly intended to foment civil disorder.
The Cubans maintain their own private militia here which is based in Broward County. They hire themselves out as "security" personnel. Thus, they stand to financially profit from civil disorder. The more disorder there is here, the more they stand to benefit.
That's what the Miami Herald
is promoting. And I think it's disgusting.
:: Marquez at the Herald ::
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Friday, October 30
Mez: Doorstep Services -
Meredith Kercher Murder Case -
What are we to make of Rudy Guede
and the story he tells? Is his story credible?
According to Rudy Guede, he became intimate with Meredith and then went to the bathroom. But, I have my doubts about this order of events. It seems to me that he became intimate with Meredith after he emerged from the bathroom and while she lay dying.
On the other hand, I do not see as yet any compelling evidence that Rudy Guede actively participated in this homicide. It seems possible at this point that Guede may have been overcharged in order to pressure him into making more disclosures. I don't think the other defendants would have needed the extra help of a third party to accomplish killing Meredith.
Andrea Vogt has a new article posted at the Seattle PI which discusses Guede's case. And I still have mixed feelings about Guede.
I remain uncertain about what part he may have played in this murder, although I do believe he was designated as a patsie for racist reasons. I feel there is a continuous filament of racism that runs as an undercurrent throughout this case from start to finish.
In Rudy Guede's story, he features himself as a kind of male version of the Avon Lady or a pizza delivery man who drops into a young woman's home and then sexually services her. That may be a male erotic fantasy or even a p*rno movie scenario, but it's not very believable in real life. I remain doubtful that Meredith would have opened her door to anyone after dark while she was alone in an isolated cottage, let alone casually slide into intimacies with a pizza delivery man.
So far, I find only some of Rudy Guede's story credible.
:: Andrea Vogt at SPI ::
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What are we to make of Rudy Guede
and the story he tells? Is his story credible?
According to Rudy Guede, he became intimate with Meredith and then went to the bathroom. But, I have my doubts about this order of events. It seems to me that he became intimate with Meredith after he emerged from the bathroom and while she lay dying.
On the other hand, I do not see as yet any compelling evidence that Rudy Guede actively participated in this homicide. It seems possible at this point that Guede may have been overcharged in order to pressure him into making more disclosures. I don't think the other defendants would have needed the extra help of a third party to accomplish killing Meredith.
Andrea Vogt has a new article posted at the Seattle PI which discusses Guede's case. And I still have mixed feelings about Guede.
I remain uncertain about what part he may have played in this murder, although I do believe he was designated as a patsie for racist reasons. I feel there is a continuous filament of racism that runs as an undercurrent throughout this case from start to finish.
In Rudy Guede's story, he features himself as a kind of male version of the Avon Lady or a pizza delivery man who drops into a young woman's home and then sexually services her. That may be a male erotic fantasy or even a p*rno movie scenario, but it's not very believable in real life. I remain doubtful that Meredith would have opened her door to anyone after dark while she was alone in an isolated cottage, let alone casually slide into intimacies with a pizza delivery man.
So far, I find only some of Rudy Guede's story credible.
:: Andrea Vogt at SPI ::
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