The Old Rope A Dope

I know exactly what you'll think when you read this one. The same thing I'm thinking - the movie "PENITENTIARY." In the movie they have boxing matches in the jail and the winner gets to have sex in a trailer with a friendly prostitute. A classic. I know you've seen it.

So obviously what happened here was, old man Stanford was fighting to get to the trailer, and he lost. His brilliant legal team is now able to delay the trial by saying he's hurt. Now, you're looking at the $7 billion number, and you're thinking "man that's a lot of money." But the legal team knows where the real money is at - in the rematch between Stanford and the guy he just fought in jail. They can stall now and keep Stanford in jail long enough to clean up on the next fight.

See, everybody will figure Stanford will lose, based on this phantom "brain injury." But he is a mortal lock in the rematch. If you want to see some real money, not like the money you make in these Ponzi schemes, you bet Stanford in the rematch with both hands, either in Vegas or wherever you can. It's the old "rope a dope." After getting that first fight under his belt, there's no way Stanford loses the rematch. It's impossible.

I just can't believe this sucker judge is falling for it. I can see how he may not have seen "Penitentiary," but someone on his staff must have seen it. Maybe they are all in it and betting on Stanford? Man they would clean up! That would explain a lot.

A judge has delayed the trial of former Texas billionaire and financier R. Allen Stanford, who is accused of bilking investors out of $7 billion in a Ponzi scheme.

U.S. District Judge David Hittner determined that Stanford is not mentally competent to go forward with his case. The financier's trial had been set to begin Jan. 24.

The judge agreed on Thursday to delay the start of the trial until Stanford can be treated for medical problems affecting his competency. The judge did not say how long the delay could last.

Hittner ruled after a daylong hearing during which three psychiatrists testified that Stanford is not competent because of medical issues including a brain injury he suffered during a jail fight in September 2009.

[Associated Press]