Libby - Guilty!

Scooter Libby is found guilty of leaking the identity of Valerie Plame, the CIA agent who's the wife of a anti-Bush politician. Libby was the chief of staff of VP Dick Cheney. This whole thing just filled with DC intrigue and political conspiracy.

The maximum jail time for Libby is 30 years. However, I don't think he'll do more than 2. He and his lawyers of course started the appeals process. That will take awhile. If the appeals fells, Libby will probably will not see much of the inside of a prison. When Bush leaves office in 2008, Libby's pardon will be the first "to-do" on his list.

American politic is so predictable and unsavory.

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Wife Murderer and Butcher

Stephen Grant confessed to killing and dismembering his wife. The police found the wife's torso in their house garage. According to his confession to police, Grant killed and dismembered his wife, Tara Grant. He tried to hide her body in a nearby park. However, when the cops started looking for evidence in the part, Stephen Grant retrieved the torso of the body and hid it in the garage.

Didn't Stephen Grant ever watched CSI or Forensic Files? Couple of episodes of these shows will give anyone ideas on what the cops will look for. A few more episodes will definitely give a large pool of how where to dispose a body.

 Granted, I doubt I will be able to commit the perfect murder and dispose of the body without the professional crime scene investigation team pinpointing me as the culprit. But, I think hours of CSI and Forensic files have given me many do's and don'ts of how to commit a crime.

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Market's Ups and Downs

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped (crashed) 400 plus points yesterday. The largest drop for the last four years. Well, since the last time the Dow has moved so much, I have been certified to be more of a business person. I have my nifty MBA degree from a fancy university. I can talk the talk of an educated investor. My first thought was, my investments!Okay, not really much of an investment. At least not in the stocks and bonds. I have a nice little 401K through work that is set for long term forecast and return. I'm still pretty far from retirement age. So, I don't have any worries about my 401K going down the crapper.But, I checked anyway. And yes, it went down. But no, in the whole scheme of things, yesterday's market problem will not affect my 401K.My educated brain has already told me that. My emotional gut wouldn't listen.

I wonder, how many people my age reacted like me. Checked their 401K, mutual funds, etc. basing on one day's activity. Even though the market activity was shocking and devastating to some. Reallocating is probably unnecessary. It was just a market correction. Well, brain, tell gut!

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