For those who are familiar with the saga of the Corleone family: Putin is looking more and more like Moe Green. The attached photo is of the actor who played Moe, Alex Rocco -- though he is not here in character. Donald Trump, then, is Fredo. Assigned to be a yes-man and gofer for Moe Putin as a way of keeping Donald Fredo out of trouble. Yet of course Fredo stepped out of line and took Moe Putin's side in an argument between Moe and his own family, NATO, aka the Corleones. Michael had to pull Fredo back into line and order up a proper punishment for Moe Putin. The brilliantly executed murder of the movie's Moe, by a single bullet through the eye, has something of a parallel in Ukraine's recent successful strike against a range of Russian military assets deep behind the battle lines. We could hope for a moment that this would be enough to pull our Donald Fredo back into the service of his true family. But it clearly hasn't. And it didn't prevent a lat...
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Bess Levin, for more than ten years the guiding genius behind the Wall Street gossip blog and humor rag Dealbreaker, is leaving that post. This is a good time for a moment of silence. On Friday, October 28, Bess broke the news to the world under the headline, “Housekeeping: This Is One of My Last Posts for Dealbreaker.” She’s moving to Vanity Fair’s The Hive. Props to VF, but it won’t be the same. Dealbreaker during Levin’s tenure has with some regularity turned its sharp and often sex-obsessed lens on the world of alpha seekers. Recent efforts include the Thornton McEnery post about Pete Muller, manager of a $5 billion quant fund firm, and musician on the side, who has composed a little ditty about Ken Griffin’s post-divorce sex life. Highland Hijinks Bess’ own recent writing includes an item this September about Joshua Terry’s lawsuit against Highland Capital. The story consisted of three equal parts. From bottom to ...