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    INDEPENDENTS See Obama As Winning Debate

    Quick. Out with the pictures of Him dressed as a Muslim.
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    So after WB, is it done?

    Have you always been an optimist?
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    IB shorts?

    There are all kinds of cross currents out there. Some firms may be thumbing their nose at the rules. Others have huge fines to brokers who cheat. Even suspensions. I'd be real careful of shorting any pennies at all. The brokers are buying in shares of bankrupt stocks. Also, the IRS...
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    Jokes 2

    Funny? Oh, this is the jokes thread. Sorry . Thought it was "Wall St. News".
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    Jokes 2

    ....from dealbreaker. Brilliant. True!!! But still! Brilliant! The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is ending its program to supervise large independent investment banks now that the five participants have collapsed or reorganized. The announcement Friday coincided with...
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    Excellant News for Polar Bears!!!!!

    People Pops!!!! GOVERNOR: PEOPLE COULD FREEZE TO DEATH Friday, September 26, 2008 Governor Patrick says there's a real possibility that people in America could freeze to death this winter due to the soaring cost of home heating fuel. Patrick met today with members of the Massachusetts...
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    Jokes 2

    Comes with Auto Suck as standard equipment.
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    Hey...The SEC Should Ban The Selling Of Stocks....Buy Only

    SEC is finished. Just listen to the rhetoric. What you get is much more onerous, but at least be on the take. For a few years, anyway.
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    Ask Yourself WHY the SEC is even considering banning ALL short selling.....

    ........for a long, long time. at best, a long drawn out recession. Worst? Depression. But maybe this is some sort of catharsis where law and order have a place, and honest people can trade and invest without an arrogant uber klasse taunting everyone else. Maybe.
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    Ask Yourself WHY the SEC is even considering banning ALL short selling.....

    This shocks even me. Remember, all this is coordinated w/i Western nations. http://www.isfmagazine.com/includes/news/PRINT.asp?SID=711619&ISS=24957 ISF MAGAZINE - DAILY NEWS DAILY NEWS - 25 September 2008 Short selling restrictions could become permanent, says...
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    Ask Yourself WHY the SEC is even considering banning ALL short selling.....

    07:29 Cuomo probes swaps trading - WSJ WSJ reports New York state's attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, has expanded his investigation into short selling of stocks to encompass trading activity in the credit-default swap market, according to a person familiar with the investigation. Mr...
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    Ask Yourself WHY the SEC is even considering banning ALL short selling.....

    And Thain blames ratings agencies and short sellers.......... http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080922/REG/309229943/1042&template=printart Isn't it odd, that firms who made a ton of money off Prime Brokerage and short sellers were brought down by such, in their...
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    Ask Yourself WHY the SEC is even considering banning ALL short selling.....

    Here's a remarkable article. We've wondered for years why mutual funds and pensions, slaughtered like the rest of us, never spoke up. I'm starting to think that the markets will look like 1915 when this is done. LEHMAN LOSSES THREATEN LOANS RISKS MOUNTING ON SHORT SELLING Comments: 0...
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    Ask Yourself WHY the SEC is even considering banning ALL short selling.....

    Alan Farley The Hunt For Witches 9/25/2008 7:16 PM EDT In line with JJC's latest about criminal investigations of short sale activities, I've been thinking about an even darker aspect. What are the chances for involvement of the anti-terrorism statues, Patriot Act and/or RICO? Not...
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    Ask Yourself WHY the SEC is even considering banning ALL short selling.....

    Oh yeah it will. He said it, so I don't have to . He's almost right, but he underestimates the vitriole and scope of the bureau. The reporters are all gearing up for the Perp Walk. A little booze, cameras, mikes......... Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch. Jim Cramer Blog Shorts, Be Prepared...
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    Byrne on the President's Address

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    How hard is it to automate Short borrowing.

    See locatestock.com. John Tabacco started it, and Harvey Pitt joined him. He's hurting right now. I heard today GS, no shorting at all. But it is automated, and he'll do very well. But he's got a few months to wait. Heard today they want to outlaw daytrading too. The industry got...
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    $14.9 billion in naked shorts?

    Sure!!! buy 'em in. Right now, officers of bankrupt companies, stocks trading at a penny, are getting letters from brokers wanting to buy huge number of shares. This goes back a three years. Wall St. wants all penny stocks to disappear . They obviously lost that battle. The above...
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    Ask Yourself WHY the SEC is even considering banning ALL short selling.....

    Your tune will change in a few days.
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    Byrne on the President's Address

    Recs: 0 Latest Deep Capture The Simple Truth About Naked Short Selling - A Bit Late September 24th, 2008 by Mark Mitchell More than two years ago, Patrick Byrne, the future Deep Capture reporter, had dinner with an editor of one of the nation’s most important newspapers. The editor...
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