Tag Archives: Kevin Underhill

Pump ‘n’ Dump ‘n’ Dumber

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Naomi

From Kevin Underhill’s Lowering the Bar: Australian sources report that four people have been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud in a so-called “pump and dump” scheme, which involves artificially inflating a stock’s value in order to sell it at … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime & Punishment, Indicting Trump, Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life, Trumpism | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Pump ‘n’ Dump ‘n’ Dumber

Lying is performance art

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Naomi

Years ago, against my prejudice, I allowed a friend to drag me to a species of — oh, that’s not fair — an event called performance art. (Why were we sitting in the front row?) My pre-judgment had been right. … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime & Punishment, Culture, Journalism, political campaigns, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, Trumpism | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Lying is performance art

Some good news about guns? I think so

Posted on May 27, 2023 by Naomi

Kevin Underhill, the maestro of LoweringTheBar, just published a couple of (more or less) legal-fuck-up stories that go beyond funny. Although, of course, they’re funny. A couple of times, Kevin (I don’t know him but I love him, and my … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime & Punishment, Fascism, Good Things Happening, Guns in the U.S. of A., Racism, The Facts of Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Some good news about guns? I think so