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Great Article on Naked Short Selling in Today's Boston Globe
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 (602 reads)


Just when you thought the entire media machine is compromised, along comes an honest man...

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New Bobo O'Brien Sanity Check Blog - Why Is Naked Short Selling Fraud?
Sunday, January 29, 2006 (603 reads)


New Bobo Sanity Check goes down a disturbing logical road...

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Wikipedia Entry On Naked Short Selling Hijacked by Bad Guys?
Saturday, January 28, 2006 (728 reads)


Bob O'Brien wrote an entry for Wikipedia on Naked Short Selling, and it lasted for all of 45 seconds.

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Naked Shorting: Majority of Investors Say Penalties Should Be As or More Severe than for Fraud and Counterfeiting
Saturday, January 28, 2006 (564 reads)


A new Harris survey delivers interesting results.

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New Bob O'Brien CFRN Podcast - January 27, 2006
Friday, January 27, 2006 (551 reads)


Bob O'Brien's latest CFRN interview - covers a lot of ground - the Patriot Act, The Federal Reserve, TheSanityCheck website, the illegality of annoying folks on the web, the DTCC's latest press release, captive journalists, the Abramoff scandal, Gary Weiss, George Bush...

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New Sanity Check blog - Why Naked Short Selling Is Bad
Friday, January 27, 2006 (520 reads)


Bobo, in his inimitable style, goes through a list of arguments used by apologists for naked short selling, and debunks them.

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Bobo Writes Author Gary Weiss A Dear John Letter
Thursday, January 26, 2006 (565 reads)


Gary Weiss, in his blog, continues to insist that up is down and that cats are dancing with dogs. Bob O'Brien takes a moment out of his busy day dressed as the Easter Bunny to express his disappointment that we can't all just get along...

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New Section: Guest Blog - First Guest Blogger JSP Cummins
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 (596 reads)


There is a new section to the website, added today, titled "Guest Blog" in the Blogs section - where significant commentators can create blogs which they find topical or germane.

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Bush Family Friend - Naked Short Seller, Fined and Barred for Life - Is that bad?
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 (627 reads)


Close Bush family friend turns out to have misled investors in his hedge fund as to his past and his involvement in naked short selling.

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New Bobo Sanity Check Debunks Latest DTCC Spin Doctoring on Reg SHO Efficacy
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 (573 reads)


Our own Bob O'Brien debunks the latest spin piece to come over the wire, from the fine folks at the DTCC.

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New Bobo Sanity Check Blog Tackles "Author" Gary Weiss
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 (542 reads)


Gary Weiss' fledgling blog effort is encountering some difficulty, mainly due to two issues: 1) In the spirit of Jeff Mathews, he censors any dissenting opinion, preferring to vilify his detractors with name calling, and 2) Few, if any, are taken in by this tactic. Bob O'Brien expresses his contempt for Mr. Weiss in his latest Sanity Check blog.

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New Alan Newman "Crosscurrents" Article on Naked Short Selling and Voting Rights
Monday, January 23, 2006 (722 reads)


Alan Newman, lauded Wall Street commentator and pundit, has a new article hot off the presses, and linked in the "Important Articles" section of this site.

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New O'Brien Sanity Check blog - Another "Expert" Chimes In - All Hat, No Cattle...
Sunday, January 22, 2006 (601 reads)


Gary Weiss has a new blog that is trying to attract some attention for his upcoming book. Bobo shares his views.

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Bankruptcy Trustee Accuses Hedge Fund Of Illegal Manipulation Scheme
Sunday, January 22, 2006 (625 reads)


Hedge fund is blamed by the bankruptcy trustee for conspiring to drive the price of American Business Financial Services down using Internet message boards and illegal naked short selling.

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Anathema Incarnate has a candlight vigil, waiting for deliver of its author's missing shares
Saturday, January 21, 2006 (554 reads)


The shares were paid for, and held it a cash account. But they have gone missing, with no explanation.

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Dr. Byrne's Final Installment of "Dark Side of The Looking Glass" Up, New Bobo blog covers it
Friday, January 20, 2006 (701 reads)


Bob O'Brien has a new Sanity Check blog which discusses Dr. Byrne's final segment in his stunning series.

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New! Update to Bob's "Of Feces, Whirling Blades..." blog - Another Journalist Caught On The Take!
Thursday, January 19, 2006 (1225 reads)


Surely you can't mean that journalists write articles in exchange for money from special interests! Why....that is just shocking! Shocking, I say!!!

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New Bob O'Brien Sanity Check - On Transfer Agents - They Knew It All Along
Thursday, January 19, 2006 (549 reads)


A new Bob O'Brien Sanity Check blog on transfer agents, and their grasp of the crisis before it hit the mainstream.

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Bud Burrell Blog on Treason and High Crimes - Must Read
Thursday, January 19, 2006 (559 reads)


Bud Burrell has done it again. A thought provoking and thoughtful piece on Treason and naked short selling.

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Bob O'Brien's CFRN's Podcasts now available on Apple iTunes
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 (441 reads)


Bob O'Brien's CFRN interviews are now available free on Apple iTunes. You can download the entire podcast or selected episodes.


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New Mark Faulk blog on Goldsmith resignation
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 (534 reads)


Don't look it as losing a regulator, look at it as gaining another very high priced partner to represent beleaguered hedge funds from the wrath of regulators...we are all the richer for it...

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Yet Another Key Regulator Runs For The Hills
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 (496 reads)


The  NASD Enforcement Chief, Barry R. Goldsmith, resigns.

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New Bob O'Brien Sanity Check - The Kindler, Gentler SEC At Work...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 (510 reads)


New Bobo editorial chronicling Alan Newman's FOIA requests to the SEC and their responses.

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Cash Account - Don't Worry About The Shares? Think again!!!
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 (531 reads)


So you own your shares in a cash account, and believe that because the dividends are being coded correctly, that all is well? That's what our friend Crag Cunningham thought until he went down the broker transfer rabbit hole...

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Bob O'Brien's CFRN Podcasts now available on Yahoo!
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 (376 reads)


Bob O'Brien's series from CFRN.net is now available via Yahoo's Podcasting.


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New Bob O'Brien's Sanity Check - Of Feces, Whirling Blades, and Unbridled Greed and Corruption
Monday, January 16, 2006 (488 reads)


Bob's kind, gentle ways again make him the feel good spokesperson for the Market Reform Movement. He tackles the misunderstood antics of Abramoff, and offers his thoughts on the broader implications.

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Abramoff Pleads Guilty
Monday, January 16, 2006 (405 reads)


Veteran Lobbyist Abramoff Pleads Guilty to Everything but Cannabilism...

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Dave Patch's exchange with TheStreet.com now viewable
Sunday, January 15, 2006 (671 reads)


Dave Patch of InvestigatetheSEC.com has been getting into it with Cramer and his attorney over at TheStreet.com.

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Dr. Byrne Writes A Letter To Tim
Sunday, January 15, 2006 (472 reads)


Apparently, Tim Mullaney of Businessweek called Overstock's offices after the publication of the email exchange, and was, well. agitated.

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Roddy Boyd of the NY Post's email exchange with Dr. Byrne now live
Friday, January 13, 2006 (610 reads)


Roddy Boyd of the NY Post sent Dr. Byrne and email exchange yesterday with several questions. Review that email along with Dr. Byrne's response.

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Dr. Byrne's Part 3, Dark Side Of The Looking Glass Slideshow, Now Up
Friday, January 13, 2006 (484 reads)


Dr. Byrne's immensely controversial and informative slideshow series on naked short selling is now live in the Slideshow section.

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Businessweek email Exchange with Patrick Byrne, Byrne comments, & Bob O'Brien Blog
Thursday, January 12, 2006 (453 reads)


Businessweek email exchange from Tim Mullaney to OSTK and Dr. Byrne reveals an astounding exchange, unprecedented in CEO interviews. Read it - you won't believe it.



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NCANS Wall of Letters now Live
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 (297 reads)


The NCANS.net Wall of Letters is now live. More letters added daily.

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Mark Faulk's Debut Blog Now Live!
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 (309 reads)


Mark Faulk. The Faulking Truth. Wry, informed, cutting edge, novel.

Mark has joined The SanityCheck.com as a regular featured blog author, joining Dave Patch and Bud Burrell and Bob O'Brien in this forum's open discourse. Mark is always entertaining and a good read, often coming at an issue from the side, and seeing things from a perspective which surprises and delights. His first contribution, "It Takes An Army", is all Mark, unmistakably. Welcome aboard, Mark, it will be a hell of a ride...



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New Bob O'Brien's Sanity Check Blog - Why Are So Many "Lifers" Leaving The SEC?
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 (336 reads)


Why are so many long-term higher echelon SEC folks leaving the SEC? What gives? Is it an exodus to save their skin? Wanting to be out from under the dam when the deluge hits? Bob O'Brien again tackles the topics that you have been wondering about.

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Industry Expert Mr. Bud Burrell's Controversial Debut Blog Now Live
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 (392 reads)


Front and Center, Bud Burrell's new blog series for TheSanityCheck.com, takes roundhouse swings at the entire Wall Street and Washington apparatus. Whether you agree or disagree with Mr. Burrell's perspectives, his knowledge base is undeniable, and his indictment of the system is disturbing in its breadth and depth. Any bright billionaires or zany TV psuedo-celebrities that wish to shrug the naked short selling issue off as the disturbed rantings of a tortured psyche want to come on and get your heads handed to you? Bud's in the house, and is taking names, and hereby issues a challenge to any and all to back your mouths. So far, no takers. No surprise.

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FOIA FTD Data Now Archived at FOIA Requests Section
Sunday, January 08, 2006 (648 reads)


For the first time ever, anywhere, the FOIA requests which show the level of Fail To Delivers in the system are archived at the FOIA Requests section.

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New Article in Alan Newman's Crosscurrents - "Screw The Shareholders"
Sunday, January 08, 2006 (526 reads)


New article from Alan Newman's Crosscurrents on the naked short selling crisis.



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New - Sample Letters Section Now Live
Sunday, January 08, 2006 (341 reads)


New Sample Letters (for elected officials) section now live.

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Dr. Patrick Byrne, OSTK CEO's Slideshows now linked
Saturday, January 07, 2006 (402 reads)


Dr. Patrick Byrne's stunning slideshows on the naked short selling crisis are now available in the Slideshows section of this site.

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Dave Patch of InvestigatetheSEC posts his first blog at TheSanityCheck
Friday, January 06, 2006 (490 reads)


Dave Patch, CNBC-featured author of InvestigatetheSEC.com and acknowledged authority on all things naked short selling related, has authored his first blog for this site - a call to arms, to action, and primarily, to applying our collective intellect to sculpting solutions. Read it by selecting the Blogs feature at left (or clicking Read More below), and feel free to pipe in - disagree, kvetch, whine, bemoan your existence - whatever, but don't be passive.

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