When The Tide Is Out
You see all the crustaceans. There’s some saying like that. When the world is in recession, you see all the fraud and corruption. In the states it’s Bernie Madoff and some $50 billion he waylaid. In India it’s Satyam, the huge software guys. Here it’s Sakvithi and the run on Lalith Kotelawala’s pockets. However, these macro collapses are paralleled by the micro. Every small/big business I know has opened their books to trim some fat and found rampant fraud. When the money was there no one noticed much but now, in the light of necessity, it’s shocking to see. People steal, they abuse and they generally behave unethically in business. Everyone from dudes in the kitchen sneaking sugar to accountants sneaking digits. In the heady days of yore they could lie hidden beneath the tide, but now they lay flapping on the shore.
For people like Ponzi hedge fund managers or CEOs of banks it’s so big as to be almost incomprehensible. For dudes stealing from the till or expense accounting bullshit it’s more real and infuriating. They say a rising tide lifts all boats, but they don’t talk about the rot that lies underneath.
This is highly dubious. Miss Travel is a travel/social networking site that connects ‘Generous’ and ‘Attractive’ travelers. To, like, travel together, I guess. It all seems a bit like arranged prostitution and trafficking. This is part of a broader online trend to connect rich men to younger, attractive women. Sites like 
Sri Lankan domestics never say anything, they just stop coming. My maid just stopped coming and when I finally pressed her she said I needed to get a washing machine. I was hoping to ride this one out, but I’ve run out of underwear and I have no choice. I finally caved and bought a washing machine, from 
There’s nothing wrong with pornography, but there’s a lot wrong with porn. Nothing wrong with watching people have sex, but too often that sex is brutal, senseless and coerced. I mean how many couples are coming on each others faces every day? Hence, philosopher king Alain de Botton – after calling for a 
Sri Lanka is going to start offer 
“When the tide is out, it’s easy to see who has been swimming naked” – Warren Buffet
That’s the quote, thank you.
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