Entries from November 20th, 2009

For Which Not To Give Thanks

November 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments · links

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Things Not to Be Thankful For – Silverdome, Goldman Sachs & Congressional Recess www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis It’s Friday and I’m lazy! So I give you the Daily Show’s list of things not to be thankful for: [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:

And A Little Self-Promotion

November 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments · win

LOLFed friend The Reformed Broker has assembled a periodic table of finance bloggers, found here. You can find LOLFed in the Rogues Gallery, which sounds about right. By my count, we are element 14, silicon, probably because of our enormous floppy tits. What? That’s silicone? Fine. By my count, we are element 14, silicon, probably because [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:

A Formal GTFO

November 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · fail, Timmay

With the divisiveness that has become de rigueur in politics as of late, it’s nice when everyone can agree on something. Today, that something is that Tim Geithner’s gotta go. One brave soul, otherwise insane Texas Representative Kevin Brady, actually said this to Timmay’s face today. “Conservatives agree that as point person you’ve failed,” Brady [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:

Continuing The Bondage Theme

November 19th, 2009 · 5 Comments · all ur bankz, bernanke, regulatin

John Mack, for one, welcomes our new bearded overlords. “We have probably 15 to 20 Fed regulators in our building 24 hours a day,” Mack said yesterday at the “Covering the Crisis” panel discussion hosted by Bloomberg News and Vanity Fair in New York. “They test our models. They question everything we do. I’ve never [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:

With Gold At Record Highs, Getting Cash For It Is Played Out

November 19th, 2009 · 5 Comments · commodities, win

In a recession, the only biznezz is srs biznezz, sometimes. And seriously, taking your gold to one of those middlebrow house parties where someone gives you cash for it and then the hostess tries to show you a Pampered Chef catalog isn’t going to cut it when the yellow metal is pushing $1200 an ounce. [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: