- Richard Gere has an arrest warrant out for him! An Indian court ordered the arrest of Hollywood star Richard Gere Thursday for kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at an AIDS campaign event this month saying it was an obscene act committed in public. If kissing is an obscene act in India, don't let them catch you at foreplay.
- Do you have your NFL mock draft sheet filled out? The draft is this weekend! Will the Raiders take Calvin Johnson or JaMarcus Russell? Trying to figure out who will be superstars and who won't is like guessing stock gaps after earnings reports.
- By the way, MSFT is doing me well for the CNBC stock gambling contest in afterhours and after earnings trading. But DOX is not. Darn that Lenny. Note to self: No more "2 stock" diversification in the contest. Just go with one. Make or break, baby.
- Dolphins' QB Daunte Culpepper writes a letter to columnist Armando Salguero regarding the overhyped QB's status. Let me paraphrase, "blah blah blah blah IT HURTS!"
- Looks like ol' Bill Cara is a bit unsettled with the bull run in stocks. Let me paraphrase what *I think* Bill is saying, "Smoke and mirrors!"
- Troy McClure and the Vix, from Adam.
- Jordan Kahn is long LVS and short AMZN. And she sang great on American Idol tuesday night, too. What? Not the same Jordan?
- You knew Larry Kudlow wasn't going to just let DOW 13,000 go by without saying something about how great supply-siders are:
Question: What do Neil Cavuto and most of the folks over at Fox News; Steve Forbes, Rich Karlgaard, and much of the intellectual inventory over at Forbes magazine; Larry Kudlow, Art Laffer, Don Luskin, Brian Wesbury, and most of the other money types who pop up around 5 p.m. EST each weekday on CNBC; the crowd over at the Wall Street Journal editorial page; and the full complement of writers right here on NRO Financial have in common?
Answer: They stuck to their models when the financial world was awash in pessimistic hysterics, and reminded all who would listen that the underlying economy was strong, that the 2003 tax cuts would do their magic, and that smart investors and entrepreneurs would act accordingly and put their money to work. They were ridiculed. They were shouted down. They were attacked. And they were ignored by the vast hoard of pundits and talking heads. But in the end they were right.
Dow 13,000.
- OK, KLo. I'd like to be a card-carrying member in that optimistic club you mention!
- Interesting stuff on the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge from the other Larry, Larry Nusbaum here.
- Bottom line? Trading Goddess doing well with VDSI.