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I unstuck the thread since most everybody has picked up on this.

The Onion had a hilarious bit about "Black Man Gets Worst Job in Country" that included phrases like "the chance of success is so low that only one other person bothered to apply". I'm not a supporter of ObamaNation, but there's a certain spin you can put on things like: "Well, the country...

They won't have too. Once ObamaNation is in office, it'll be all of us paying for it.

With years to establish an exit plan? Considering he was bright enough to get away with his for so long? He's as good as gone already, IMO.

He also got out on a 10MM bond. Secured by his apartment, even. Geez. I'd be history if I were him.

In that doc the FiBIe says the SEC docs said between 11 and 25 clients and 17.1B. But Madoff already said he lost 50B so the SEC filing appears to be fake too. (Yeah, I'm surprised too ;) ). Wow, one of the "senior employees" also had "several million" invested. Dang. Lose your job and...

And they ain't about to let any damn budget crisis or bad economy get in the way of their agenda, by golly! Count on stuff like this at the national level once ObamaNation gets here. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_on_re_us/california_greenhouse_gases

You know it: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147535

WTF? How can that be? I mean, how the #@&^ do you do a Ponzi with 11 people? That sounds very hard to believe.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bank of America Corp. said Thursday it expects to cut 30,000 to 35,000 jobs over the next three years, as it faces a deteriorating economic environment and tries to absorb Merrill Lynch & Co. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/BofA-plans-up-to-35000-job-apf-13812692.html

Yeah, that's what I did. Pretty easy to find quotes these days.

http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2008/12/breaking-feds-seize-blagojevich-ebay-account.html

Nope. Just wait. They'll make "rebate" checks an annual event and the pleebs will stop bitching. People are extra retarded when it comes to money. Just look at all the dolts who think it's awesome when they get money back on their income taxes.

I always figured we'd be the People's Republic of America.

Only until they get some power. Then it'll be back to the same old republicans who'd rather be democrat-lite. :( Naw. Banks will eventually turn into utilities with typical government oversight, and the execs will not make the big bucks any more. Can't happen overnight, but we're on that...

Shaddup and finish your double Whopper with Cheese, King Size Onion Rings and Milkshake. :D

US maximum unemployment rate during the Great Depression: 24.9% GDP deltas during the same: 1930 -8.6% 1931 -6.4% 1932 -13% 1933 -1.3%

Somebody should call up their congress critter and ask for a bailout. Record it for the net. They could say things like: "holy crap I need some money right quick. Only people that needs billions have to drive to DC, right? Us small fry can just fill out a form, right? Can I do it online...

Just because I say what I think will happen doesn't mean I like it. If they put me in charge of the government, we'd have deflation alright. But I'd piss off most everybody by slashing government something silly and I'd be out of power before tea time. The feds with their massive debt...