"In the Incas, or the Mayans, they say gold was the sweat from the sun, or tears, you know." Yes. Mr. T is a spokesman for a mail-in gold-buying company. "The Ark of the Covenant," etc. Isn't that something?

Ranting, bow-tied Bloomberg News standards enforcer Matthew Winkler: would you be surprised to learn he is remarkably humorless? It is true. And lately, "puerile, obscure and uninformative" Bloomberg TV has been a target of his wrath.

Bloomberg has hired Dan Colarusso as its managing editor for U.S. television. It will be interesting to see how an editor known for his bright-burning departures melds with the combustible financial news company.