It disappeared! Vaporized!
The obscene euphemisms the media has been using to describe MF Global’s theft of customer funds remind me of a routine by comedian Paul Mooney …
White broker, what happened to your customers’ money?
It disappeared.
Really? That’s fascinating. We’ll have to study it and perhaps implement further regulations.
Black broker, what happened to your customers’ money?
It disappeared.
Really? Well, don’t you go disappearing, because your ass is going to jail.
— DVJ
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