Private equity alone kills so many beloved businesses and kills thousands of jobs. Panera Bread switching from fresh baked goods to warmed up frozen bakery items? Yep. Private equity. Toys R Us, Party City, Payless Shoes, Sears... and what don't kill they suck out what's good and make bland.

I seriously can't understand why leveraged buy-outs and shorting stocks is legal.

Nate Silver scenario. Gets it right against the odds, then is hailed as a genius when it turns out he is just guessing everything, often gets it wrong, and has no special insight. And when he does get it right, it's really just a question of common sense.

Nobody is disputing this. The issue is the location.

Robert Swift.