I work in the Netherlands too - but minimum 40 hour week - and often have to work weekends which are then paid back later in the month - but it still results in a 12 day week - so its not always so easy here.

Can Ecuador make him a citizen then make him a diplomat - then he is immune

what about premium economy?

Can I suggest you watch this: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2012/07/19/3549280.htm

its worse than that - they werent just passing the bill to the taxpayer - they were ripping them off right across the U.S. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-scam-wall-street-learned-from-the-mafia-20120620. and yes as you say they want every cent everyone else has.

They could have got almost 5 of these for 1 mistake of their chief investment officer: http://www.hangthebankers.com/only-on-wall-street/

Someone should setup a site where an author can sell their book and say it took me W many hours - so I value this book at X if I sell Y many copies @ Z then YxZ=X When X is reached the book becomes free to download/distribute because I have earned what I determined a fair amount for the amount of time it cost me Im guessing not too many authors would want to be paid like the rest of us though.

Can we invalidate some patents with prior art now?

similar happened to me too

looks like its 30" for this much preferred ratio

yes definitely!

Will the US be charging him for having a device that might not have been illegal in the country where he had it? Surely if its illegal in Cyprus then he should be charged there with having it - not in the US Also he was charged with possession of 28,000 credit cards - does this mean that if he had emailed it to people they could then be charged with possession too?

similar happened in australia http://www.smh.com.au/business/generous-boss-gives-staff-a-15-million-bonus-20120201-1qry7.html

maybe a good time to short yahoo stock?

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