She spent millions with Bernie, but never knew him

Ruth Madoff, wife of unarguably the most despised man in America, whose name is certain to become synonymous with greed, deceit and ignominy, is crying herself to sleep these days. Whether it’s over the judge having stripped her of $80 million in assets, including the penthouse apartment where she currently lives, the loss of her friends or the creep she shared a bed with for 50 years, it’s hard to say.

Who coulda guessed what Bernie was up to?

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Growth as our primary industry: Ponzi for the taxpayers

I was disapointed, but hardly surprised to see that the Spring Mountain development had been approved - along with all the access roads, and strip malls, fast food joints, traffic, pollution and stressed infrastructure to accomodate it.

We have it backwards, as Americans. Somehow we’ve gotten the notion - call it the “if you build it they will come” delusion - that gives us more of everything except quality of life and a sustainable future.

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