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head of the federal agency that regulates the industry resigned under pressure, "Pressure" ahahahahahaaa bet her name was mud. ah hhaaahaaaa: :D :D :D

remember the old saying "The buck stops here"? That bit the dust when, no matter how old you were or what you did, we could lay the blame on an abusive childhood or faulty parenting. Which would be worse for Obama, to blame Bush or have the media assign a "cross" for Obama to bear, which...

Why it is that concept's like Gay and Lesbian don't exist in the accounting world…. That's because no-ones ever determined the gender/sex of a calculator

Warren Buffett Forced to Testify Before Financial Crisis Commission Berkshire Hathaway is Moody's largest shareholder, although Buffett's company has been reducing those holdings in recent months. Several Moody's executives, including its current CEO, will also be answering questions...

Stock Traders alamanac: "Lackluster and light trading" Bullish D 52.4 S 61.9 N 71.4

You can always use that old line. "Can I borrow $20?" "$10 dollars? whaddya need 5 dollars for?"

How do I lessen my sweet tooth? ----------------------------- Go with the flow. Eat high quality sweets. More satisfying, you'll need to eat less sweets. Go find a nice italian bakery and stock up on pastries, cakes and cookies. Godiva...mnnnnnn. I think half the problem with obesity...

I was talking to this girl in a club and we discovered our mothers where both having their birthdays on Sunday so she asked me what I was getting her. I said."She want's us all to bring something for lunch." The music was loud so she leant in a bit closer. "What?" I said. "Something for...

Who wrote the book on overpopulation in China? Wi Fuk Yung.

Good news guys. Gm has finally developed a car that runs on water! Sadly, so far it only works with the water from the Gulf of Mexico.

The books on the tragedy that is the financial system are coming out fast and furious to the point where I can't keep up with them anymore. --------------------- That's for sure. I'm reading the Match King by Partnoy. Takes place in the 20's, surprising how little things change...

Imo to do nothing would be a failure. Oth, trying things that may or may not work is better than not acting. I don't think anyone knew what to stimulate. They should have just lent it out somehow directly but..... no credit and nothing is going to change.

Cash clerk to customer: Looks like this penny is real. Woman: "Thank goodness, for a moment I thought I blew the guy for nothing."

My answers: Sadly - I do not own a single thing! I cannot even throw out the shirt on my back without coming under some law that governs how we throw out trash. If I died while writing this post...my beneficiaries could not even have the shirt on my back without some sort of probate or me being...

Why does the River Seine run through Paris? Wtf? a rhetorical joke.:D

We could do a cap and trade on citizenship. Sell my spare benefits to an illegal. Or we could just pay people to leave who don't like the US and they in turn could take the payout and sell their citizenship to someone who wants to work.

Interesting. From wiki: Bowie Bonds are asset-backed securities of current and future revenues of 25 albums (287 songs) that David Bowie recorded before 1990. Issued in 1997, the bonds were bought for US$55 million by the Prudential Insurance Company. They paid an interest rate of 7.9%...

That's what I read and I wondered if Buffett is afraid (maybe not the right word but you know what I mean) of Einhorn, one thought led to another.

I know this is a year old (but it ain't over till it's over re rating agencies) just for the heck of it I googled einhorn/buffett and found this. -------------------------------- There's a Battle Royale in Moody's (MCO), it appears, after David Einhorn engages on the short side versus...

The Gulf Of Mexico oil spill is so bad. Yea how bad is it? It's so bad, Sponge Bob has tar balls in his sponge pants.