Is that some kind of sexual code or something? As in, “I hear she likes to “eat moose”, if you know what I mean.”

Depressing wot?
Remember when we used to laugh and cry over Hillary’s eyebrows or Alkon’s st00pid?
So
No capitalism without regulation, Hang on, tried that. All the regulators were self interested bastards
So capitalism doesn’t work?
Agrhhgh
Someone arrested me for heresy.

“”This is an untenable position for our clients because the governor has so strongly stated that the subpoenas issued by your committee are of questionable validity,” Colberg wrote.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26742379/
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We see yet again a Republican elected official NOT being held accountable. Shocker I know but since the “Republican Fundamationalists” refuse to do their jobs its up to us Libs to do it for them.

Dog shit deliveries are in order. Every Republican Campaign HQ in the nation needs to be getting a daily dose of dog shit.

At least until Palin begins to cooperate…

Loyalty to Palin trumps the law? You fucking little weasels.

Instead of waiting 40 years for the Social Security funds to run out, we could have handed every cent of our retirement money to the Wall Street CEOs for them to steal and we could have had NOTHING right now!

Damned Democrats standing in the way of wealthy executives from pocketing the entire Social Security fund. That we still have Social Security at all today proves that all Democratic voters are traitors and should be hung!

A 10,000 Dow today is equivalent to a 9,000 Dow from a few years ago.

That’s lowballing the hell out of it. At 5%, 8k +10 years = 13k. 10k6 at 3% over 8 years is 13k5ish, which is where the Dow should be if it were treading water.

Whoopsie.

I check my e-mail spam folders from time to time, to get an insight into the most prevalent anxieties plaguing the collective US psyche (or at least what the wisdom of crowds, in the form of electronic conmen, believe those anxieties to be). They’re usually on the game. Within a day of the anthrax scares, for instance, every long-distance pharmacist was offering under-the-counter Cipro; then they switched to Tamiflu when bird flu was disease-of-the-week.

About 6 months ago there was a plethora of spam offering to Rebuild my Credit History, or to Refinance my Home, or grant me Special Lines of Credit.
Now, though, the conmen have returned to their core insecurity themes — penis size and premature ejaculation (seasoned with offers of Replica Rolexes and erectile-dysfunction medication). Is the idea of renewed creditworthiness so implausible that even they’ve given up on it?

I kind of miss the spams that went “Is she really who she says she is? FREE background check on your girlfriend’s history”. They had a horror-movie creepiness.

No. It’s more complicated than that. This isn’t the same deal as Lehman Bros. or Merrill-Lynch. AIG’s difficulties are pretty much a result of the failures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other recent economic disasters. AIG’s rating is still considered solid, and in fact they even now have more assets than debt. So why the teetering on the edge of bankruptcy? Crazy crazy fucked-up economic policy coming home to roost. It’s true that AIG had to get the bridge loan from the feds in order to sell off some properties and have time to recover and get solvent again. AIG insures more businesses etc. than anyone else in the world, so if it hadn’t been bailed out you’d have seen the Dow plummet more than 1,000 points today. If AIG had gone under, the Ponzi scheme/house of cards that is our national economy would have collapsed overnight.

I know this stuff because the spouse works for a subsidiary of AIG. We’ve been drinking very heavily the last few days. Still are, actually. This shit ain’t over yet.

“As of spring ’04, though, the most frequent and concussive spots on KFI are for mortgage and home-refi companies. In just a few slumped, glazed hours of listening, a member of this station’s audience can hear both canned and live-read ads for Green Light Financial, HMS Capital, Home Field Financial, Benchmark Lending. Over and over. Pacific Home Financial, Lenox National Lending, U.S. Mortgage Capital, Crestline Funding, Home Savings Mortgage, Advantix Lending. Reverse mortgages, negative amortization, adjustable rates, APR, FICO… where did all these firms come from? What were these guys doing five years ago? Why is KFI’s audience seen as so especially ripe and ready for refi? Betterloans.com, lendingtree.com, Union Bank of California, bethebroker.net, on and on and on.”

It worked for me!

As the Fed bails out investment banks and insurance companies, the FBI probes 24 cases of corporate fraud related to mortgage lending. Up from 21. It’s not naming names at this time.

Ketchup on your barfaroni anyone?

No, it’s worse than that. You aren’t accounting for inflation. A 10,000 Dow today is equivalent to a 9,000 Dow from a few years ago.

Study of effectiveness indicates it is the most effective ad this month, including all ads by the candidates themselves.

After all the discussion and wondering if the ad would work, I thought some might like to know that.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled thread.