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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:50 PM Original message |
The Weekend Economist September 19-21, 2008 |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Morgan Stanley in talks with CIC |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
76. Can someone explain to me. . .. . |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. All Too Probable, Tansy |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. My point exactly. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:27 AM Response to Reply #76 |
95. I'm glad you're around to say what I'm thinking. nt |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:01 AM Response to Reply #95 |
104. LOL -- well, at least we can still THINK |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #104 |
119. Is this in your journal? |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #119 |
120. I always forget about that. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #120 |
126. I tried to update my Simulacrum last week. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Buffett in $4.7bn deal for Constellation |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Five banks exploring WaMu records |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Should you need any other reason to despise Gramm and McCain... |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. U.S. regulators close W. Va bank; 12th to fail |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Good Catch, Ozy! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Blast From The Past: Last Wednesday, to Be Precise! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. A Mark Fiore Perspective |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. Benjamin R. Barber: The Fiscal Meltdown Reveals the Democratic Deficit |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. MAN UNITED.... |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. (Hedge Fund) Reserve seeks to halt fund redemptions; investors flee |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. Ban on Short-Selling Will Hurt Rather Than Help Broker-Dealers |
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progressive_realist (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. The law of unintended consequences |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
77. It was only one segment of Carlyle. A mortgage-related |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:39 AM Response to Reply #77 |
96. It was Carlyle Capital Corp, an Amsterdam-based fund |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:01 AM Response to Reply #96 |
105. I knew someone would find it! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #77 |
129. Darn! And I Had My Hopes Up! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. Arianna Huffington: How Obama Can Demonstrate Real Leadership on the Economic Crisis |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Rubin and Summers are catching a lot of shit lately. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
71. Bull's-eye to bull's-eye. Good find. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. US to Implement "Temporary" Backstop to Money Market Funds (Updated) |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. Why Have the Government Bailouts Involved Only a 79.9% Equity Position? by Adam Levitin |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Henry Paulson’s Frankenstein |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. The Swedish banking crisis response - a model for the future? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. How Wall Street Lied to Its Computers By Saul Hansell |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. Greenspan’s sins return to haunt us By David Blake |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. How SEC Regulatory Exemptions Helped Lead to Collapse |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
60. And Donaldson came in as SEC Chairman in 2003,right? |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Donaldson blamed focus on short-term earnings |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. Bernanke: "We Have Lost Control" |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. You just bought yourself a country. Congratulations. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Perhaps, Having Bought It From the Pirates |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Click the links to see the pictures |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. Why Wall Street is Melting Down, and What to Do About It |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
74. You know, I thnk there's a hidden irony here. Is it my imagination, or didn't |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. It Was Greenspan's Bubble, But Yes, It Lasted Through Clinton's 2nd Term |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #82 |
112. Thanks for the specifics. Another one, I dare say, like Bernanke, |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #112 |
128. Funny You Should Mention Driving a Car |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #128 |
136. .... the icing on the cake. Good job Taleb's wit can give us some things |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. Treasury Secretary Paulson leads us across the Rubicon |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. National City gets approval to raise cash |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. How many people have lost their jobs? |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. Hello! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. You What? |
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Buttercup McToots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:31 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Where Prag? |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:18 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Check this out. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
130. Creepy and Insanely Hostile |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
31. McCain May Not Understand the Fundamentals, But His Lobbyist Advisors Do |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's the War, Stupid |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. Dave Lindorff: You Can't Feel Blue About the Economy If You Want To. There Are No Blue Chips Anymore |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. Here's What Happened Wednesday! |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. January 1940, eh? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. New Studies Report Wide Disparity in Health Care Plans By Perry Bacon Jr. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. That's It for Tonight, Folks--Sweet Dreams! |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
39. Kick! |
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Buttercup McToots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
40. Good Mornin` |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #40 |
64. Good Thing It's Only Once a Year |
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Buttercup McToots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
42. Resolution Trust: the mother of all scams |
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Buttercup McToots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:36 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. They want this thru fast...very fast...I scared I tell you... |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. What's that expression? Bum's Rush? |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. No, a 'bums rush' is what we need to do to Paulson, Bernake, and many others... |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:23 AM Response to Reply #52 |
94. Railroaded! |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Great graphic there! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
65. Bernanke and Hank Did a Masterful Sell Job |
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Buttercup McToots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
45. Bloomberg: Timing of taxpayer *ss-reaming |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Is that seriously the headline? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #45 |
66. Thing Is, They're Buying the Derivatives, Not the Actual Mortgages |
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fedsron2us (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #66 |
145. Dervivatives and leverage are the root cause of this disaster |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. Exactly! Thanks for the link! |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #145 |
150. I posted this article as a new thread topic |
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phrigndumass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
47. Rec'ing while I can, with a promise to come back Sunday morning to read :) |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
49. This one is must read! Morgan Stanley, Goldman love shorts...and hate them |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Double standard? No wonder they act so schizoid. |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
50. How AIG fell apart - good explanation of why we need to stick a fork in CDSs |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:13 AM Response to Reply #50 |
106. This is certainly not unexpected, is it???? |
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Buttercup McToots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
55. From Mike Morgan "Move Money to Money Markets Now " |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:14 AM Response to Reply #55 |
107. What money? n/t |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #55 |
154. Too late |
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Buttercup McToots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
56. Proposals for US Bad-Debt Fund Begin to Emerge |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. ..contention in Congress over whether to cede equity |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Anyone want to bet that retroactive immunity will be thrown in,too? n/t |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
57. Is this a bottle in front of me or a frontal lobotomy? |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
62. "The proposal does not specify what the government would get in return from financial companies" |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
63. WSJ: As Times Turn Tough, New York's wealthy economize |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
67. I'll ask the "real" smartest people in the room: How much time do you think the Fed bought? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Cassandra calling 20 October! |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. It seems like a Naomi Klein Shock Doctrine |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. We need a general strike. |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. yeh, general strike, shut down everything |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. I'm no expert, but I'd say days. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #67 |
83. A Few Days, Maybe |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #67 |
85. Considering there's no way they could implement it before next year... |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Paulson Can Really Move When He Wants To--Don't Be too Sure |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Bush-Cheney, Poulson-Bernanke are talking to the same gullible audience. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. You're right. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Sound thinking. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. No! Wait! Stop! Don't! There, I said it so their Mother didn't have to... |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
68. William Greider: Paulson Bailout Plan a Historic Swindle |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:49 AM Response to Reply #68 |
97. Further to that: The Mother of All Frauds (Denninger): |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:52 AM Response to Reply #97 |
103. Thanks, Denniger lays it all out. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
72. Kevin Phillips on Moyers last night. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. Great interview! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #80 |
88. Agreed! And VERY Depressing |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. I think you're deluding yourself (but I hope I'm wrong) |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:24 AM Response to Reply #90 |
108. I dunno. My brain is working in strange directions after four |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #90 |
131. Sometimes, Times Make the Man or Woman |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
79. What in the Hell just happened? |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #79 |
102. Debt - 596 Trillion Derivatives - 58 Trillion Credit Default Swaps - 2.5 Trillion Credit Card |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
87. "First Toxic Bank"; BBC Business Editor on the bailout |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 05:09 AM Response to Reply #87 |
99. Fix for your link: |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 04:09 AM Response to Original message |
98. Here's what should happen, but, won't... |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:43 AM Response to Reply #98 |
111. A sick mind is a terrible thing to waste, isn't it? |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #111 |
116. Good term.... 'deliberative pause'. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #116 |
132. Love That Term: Banana Republican! |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
100. Stop the mother-of-all-muggings before it starts. |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Thanks, I am stunned. speechless |
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Buttercup McToots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #101 |
110. I don't feel go either, Dem |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #100 |
127. according to this chart, a banana has more worth |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #127 |
135. Where did you get that graph? |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #135 |
143. from Ozy's post #100 |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
109. New Debt Ceiling: $11.3 Trillion.... $$$11.3 TRILLION$$$ (Nearly double its 2001 level) |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
113. Is the proposed bailout legislation even Constitutional??? |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
114. Mike Whitney: Grasping at Straws |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #114 |
118. no shit, sherlock. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #114 |
137. Great And Unfortunately True Analogy |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
115. Some thoughts after another restless night.... |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #115 |
121. My previous life |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
117. The Fed, now with more junk |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #117 |
138. That's One Way to Put the Fed Out of Business! |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
122. Paulson resists calls for added help in bailout |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Seeing as they already blew the 'clean' part by playing dirty... |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #122 |
139. "Clean and Quick", Eh? Why Does Assassination Spring to My Mind? |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
123. Paulson says foreign banks can use U.S. rescue plan |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Oh, great... Now we've become cesspit-to-the-world. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
133. Brazen Political Advertisement! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #133 |
140. Hearing No Objections, Consider It Acceptable! |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
134. Chris Martenson: What the latest bailout plan means |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
141. Well, Folks: I'm Quitting Early This Weekend |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
142. Go See This Link! |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
144. more from ilargi at The Automatic Earth |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
147. Monday Morning Futures: Dow down 201 points at 7:10 p.m. EST Sunday |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
148. The shadow banking system is unravelling |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
149. Anyone have any idea how they arrived at a $700 billion figure? |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. good question, curious |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. I thought it might be the size of the Social Security Trust fund-- but I checked |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
153. Federal Reserve changes status of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to bank holding companies |
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