$$$ Blankfein’s Voicemail to Goldman Flock [WSJ]
$$$ Finally, the Animated Lloyd Blankfein GIF You Didn’t Know You Were Waiting For [Daily Intel]
$$$ US Eyes Two More Suspects In Galleon Probe [Reuters]
$$$ Jury sides with SM company in love-doll case [NC Times]
$$$ When Senator Levin reminded the executives that his firm thought its deals were “shitty” as they were peddling them to clients, he asked what Mr. Viniar felt when he read that word in the committee’s exhibit book. “I think,” he said, “that’s very unfortunate to have on email.” [NYO]
$$$ So this happened:

regarding the photo on the NC Times link:
no, yes, yes
@1 you sicken me.
1, EXAMINE YOUR MOTIVES.
That banker looked a lot like no-relation.
@1 Eldrick, this is your father speaking.
i liked the raptor’s mascot eating cheerleaders better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_jOd9ohHGE
@1 you are a sick, sick, person.
Mon Dieu. If Daddy owned the blog, this hack would be fired!
http://gawker.com/5526725/comment-of-the-day-ya-burnt-ivanka
Comment of the Day: Ya Burnt, Ivanka
The blankfein gif isn’t any good without this playing in the background:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld0kSb94wis&feature=related
on the tape:
Goldman Sachs (GS +1.3%) may soon settle its fraud case with the SEC, preferring to avoid a repeat of the public flogging it received Tuesday, sources say. The SEC has an “unlimited supply of ammunition” in the form of e-mails and records it could release, and Goldman doesn’t want to have those documents aired in public.