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Too Big Fail, Psychopaths Roam Wall Street & More

May 14, 2012

UPDATE: Link here to the article Sam references about Psychopaths on Wall Street.

The two billion dollar loss at JP Morgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon wins a TV mulligan. Colin Powell says, if you screw up…own it! Psychopaths, why they’re perfectly at home on Wall Street. Also, how the NYPD’s “profiling” numbers beat out population numbers (even tho they don’t profile….shh!). And Facebook co-founder reaps benefits of America, then says “Tchau!” Your calls and IMs. This and more. Click thru, Rep. Peter King get testy on CNN. Use this post as today’s thread.

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