[LomanBill]

 

 

The jurors were next asked to determine Socrates' penalty. His accusers argued for the death penalty. Socrates was given the opportunity to suggest his own punishment and could probably have avoided death by recommending exile. Instead, the philosopher initially offered the sarcastic recommendation that he be rewarded for his actions. When pressed for a realistic punishment, he proposed that he be fined a modest sum of money. Faced with the two choices, the jury selected death for Socrates.

 

 

Suicide is for cowards.

 

 

Clean it up.

[LomanBill]

Blast from the past...

 

A close examination of her individual trades underscores Blair's pivotal role. It also shows that Robert L. "Red" Bone, who ran the Springdale, Ark., office of Ray E. Friedman and Co. (Refco), allowed Clinton to initiate and maintain many trading positions – besides the first – when she did not have enough money in her account to cover them.

 

Refco...the rest of the story

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506714/posts

[montag813]

Refco was a great company for traders to deal with. The whole mess was a real shame.

[kcvl]

Ray E. Friedman, who had been convicted more than a decade earlier of selling substandard chickens to Army troops during the Korean War. Friedman served two years in federal prison for that offense