- In Soviet Russia, sin taxes you

- Perhaps not the kind of convention Vegas wants to attract, but with hotel occupancy rates the way they are I guess they’ll take it

- TRB: Night of the living deals!

- SocGen postulates that investors are in a Vulcan death grip, or nerve pinch, or something. Nerd debate breaks out in FTAlphaville comments over the difference between the two

- I love the smell of delusional markets in the morning (h/t TakeAReport)

Finally… from a few days ago, but Ritholtz thinks the NAR is smoking something: