We’re not sure if this is a sign of things to come or if perhaps the extremes of the bear market might have caused temporary insanity, but a “group of wealthy pensioners has been accused of kidnapping and torturing a financial adviser who lost about $4 million of their savings,” according to the Sydney Morning Herald (”Zimmer frame gang ‘tortures adviser’ who lost $4 million“).

As the Herald continues, “The pensioners, nicknamed the “Geritol Gang” by German police after an arthritis drug, face up to 15 years in jail if found guilty of subjecting German-American James Amburn to the alleged four-day ordeal,” which included being chained to a chair, burned with cigarettes, beaten, hit with a chair leg, and having multiple ribs broken over the course of four days.   While not quite as disturbing as the torture scenes in Casino Royale or Reservoir Dogs, this is not a movie — this is real life! Read the rest of this entry »