We’re often derided as heartless capitalists here at DealBreaker, which is a strange way of describing our skepticism of bailouts for investment banks, mortgage lenders and billionaires. If there’s any fairness in this description, it probably arises from our noted doubts about mega- charities such as the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation and the misbegotten idea that corporations only do good deeds when they engage in unprofitable charitable activity rather than wealth and job creation.
We’re not, however, against helping out with a good cause. And to prove it, tonight we’ll be stopping by a fund raiser for The Nourishing Soup Kitchen. It’s being held at Merchants East, on First Avenue and 62nd Street. Things kick off at 7:00. Ten dollars buys you a warm fuzzy feeling and admission to the bar. (Note: there is no truth to the idea that we’re attending simply so we can bask in talk about soup lines, bank runs, mass layoffs and other things Wall Street has revived from the Great Depression.)
We just get by however we can.
Is Bess going too?
Yay, see you there JC!
circle jerk
circle jerk
circle jerk
heartless communists
heartless communists
heartless communists
DB staff are being accused of being capitalists?
They’re not communists, they’re fascists. They just happen to circle jerk back and meet each other at the ends.
It’s funny. Half the people I talk to think we’re socialists pointing out the contradictions and excesses of capitalism, while the other half think we’re capitalists celebrating the triumphs of the market and decrying government interference. I’m not really sure who is right.
heartless communists
awesome clip
awesome clip
You’re more libertarian: right-leaning in the worst sense of the word.
portfolio’s take on “drunk wall street”:
http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/07/23/Bush-Wall-Street-Got-Drunk
carney, will you be doing another Dark Knight analysis?
Can we please get a few more double and triple posts?
Touche #18 – blndebnker.
Touche #18 – blndebnker.
Touche #18 – blndebnker.
Nice ironic post blndebnker. Very clever.
thanks, AB. good lookin’ out– blndebnker
Stupid Carney, you’re going to be talking about the Great Depression and soup kitchen lines, and no invite for me? WTF?
thanks, AB. good lookin’ out– blndebnker
thanks, AB. good lookin’ out– blndebnker
How about some advance notice next time? I think it would be fun to go to events and meet some of the people we comment with here. DB should list stuff or replace the DB Weekend Update with events (?)
Carney,
I’m perplexed. How could you possibly be a supporter of capitalism when your gross income is probably around the annual wage of a cement factory worker? I mean, how much is Dealbreaker paying you to “bologna pony” around all day and post 2nd grader content? Loser.
You’re a basket of fishes away from the birth of christianity…
Did somebody mention Govt cheese?
In case you don’t know, it makes great grilled-cheese sandwiches.
Sen. Biden tipped me off to that. That’s why he keeps a stash of it at his house.
The Guy from Delaware
You guys are Marxists, obviously.
Either Chico or Zeppo, I’m just not sure yet.
Clown Capital, you sound like quite a guy! I bet you’re a hit at parties!
Way to try to counterfeit me guys. By the by, I don’t use the apostrophe when saying “good lookin out”.
You guys are Marxists, obviously.
Either Chico or Zeppo, I’m just not sure yet.
what the eff is merchants east? swear that place was NOT there last year…
@HAM : I’m pretty annoyed by the location. It might as well be in Jersey.
@ham – it’s on the west side of the street, been there at least 4 years. Pretty big place actually, but the food is ok at best.
@blnde – on the second
Damnit to hell, tough to make shortbus jokes about the double/triple posts now.
//velcro shoes on, here we go!
@FUN – Don’t forget the helmet.
@ golden girl
You mean it might as well be in bumf&ck brooklyn/queens, I take it, but I get the point, def not an area I’ve ever spent much, if any time in.
Will Timmy be there? I mean as an example of who the Soup Kitchen feeds.
@blnde – I got my lunch packed up, got my boots tied tight!
@anal, gg – it’s a perfectly good neighborhood, no need to hate!
dont hate, i miss that hood – 24hr bridgemarket and a bubble in the winter…
The bridgemarket is where I learned how to trade.
I for one applaud you Carney for supporting a real cause, not of the variety that keeps landing in my mailbox:
Young Ghetto Skippers on the Hudson
Southsides for Migrant Tennis Players
Havana Nights for Disadvantage Youth
These are the best of them, I might add.
Bubble in the winter? I used to live over there and hear you on the Bridgemarket (only clean market over there) but not quite sure what the bubble is….
this conversation alludes to the possibility that the entire site revolves around 5-10 finance nerds with nothing better to do
@ 4:37…
that is correct
Robert Novak hit and run!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/07/23/national/w111727D16.DTL&tsp=1
Oh, internet is out over @ DB HQ, just a heads up kids until further notice
According to its web site, Merchant’s East has one of the last surviving cigar bars. Personally, I’m not into cigar bars, but you might catch a glimpse of Giuliani there. Food area is separate and non-smoking. The cause is legit: the charity has its tax-exempt status from the IRS. It’s a good thing to support, so why look for ulterior motives?
The cigar bar vibe is odd. Too many guys standing around staring at each other with too few/no girls and no sports – feels very gay, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
He, heh, cigar bar. Girl, are you coming tonight?
@ 55
I’d love to but I’m sort of in detox and have a date with my favorite treadmill. He/she/it will be crushed if I don’t show.
Have a cigar for me though.
hey girl
how much does a polar bear weigh
@trojan- as much as your mother, i’d venture.
enough to break the ice.
i like the sass, but come on i expected something a bit wittier from you
Repo Man!!! Awesome clip, dude. The original Big Lebowski.
1 point for girl
Carney,
You’re such a fucking lawyer, I love it! I always considered you a Government Issue kinda guy, so the Circle Jerks threw me through the loop.
i’ll see everyone there. i’ll be wearing a blue shirt and black pants. and ill have sunglasses on top of my head
@48 – the bubble is the softball field. they cover it during fall/winter and turn it into a tennis club.
@MGR: Thanks! Definitely time for me to switch sports. Playing in a bubble sounds like so much more fun.
how the f did you people not know about Merchants East??
Great little cigar lounge
United Fruitcake Outlet – it all makes sense – the life of a DB is intense.
never before has a movie been so bad, and its soundtrack so good.
Puck
A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations.
Only a moron would think Repo Man was a ‘so bad’ movie. Perhaps you should stick to the Michael Bay section of your local blockbuster.
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