Here's Looking at You, Rothstein

Over on My Acts of Sedition, blogger Chaz Stevens claims to have picked up the trail of Scott Rothstein. Or at least he makes a very plausible guess about the identity of the single reader in Casablanca who has an interest in his blog. It appears that same reader followed...

By Thomas Francis

November 3, 2009

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Over on My Acts of Sedition, blogger Chaz Stevens claims to have picked up the trail of Scott Rothstein. Or at least he makes a very plausible guess about the identity of the single reader in Casablanca who has an interest in his blog. It appears that same reader followed Stevens from a comment he made on Daily Pulp.

That's pretty twisted. It's one thing to screw over investors, your law firm, and a slew of charities. But shouldn't the guy at least have enough guilt to avoid reading about himself?

Well, no. Everything we know about Rothstein suggests he's too damned egotistical to resist basking in the attention he gets, even when it's the lynch mob variety. Also, it's just like him to have stranded himself in Casablanca, the old romantic.

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