• 02 Jul 2008 at 5:25 PM

Write-Offs: 07.02.08

By Bess Levin

$$$ Michael Lewis’s Rules to Keep Your Skin in Wall Street Massacre [Bloomberg]
$$$ JPMorgan Chase “Accidentally” Breaks Into Your House And Steals Everything You Own [Consumerist]
$$$ Mexican Woman Theory of Women [LoSC]
$$$ Bear Stearns portfolio value a litmus test for bonds [Reuters]

Comments (12)

  1. 1
    Posted by StMarc | July 2, 2008 at 5:50 PM

    If you want any further proof of who actually controls the courts, watch to see if anyone is criminally prosecuted for this clear case of *outright theft and burglary,* let alone the large and easily traceable conspiracy to commit same.
    (If there was no court order, taking the things was theft. Entering the house to commit a theft was burglary. It’s in the TX Penal Code, you can look it up.)
    And yes, I *do* think that the poor schlub who broke into the house at JP Morgan’s order should be prosecuted, as should everybody involved with paying him to do so. If you are going to break into a house which is obviously FULLY FURNISHED AND PRESENTLY OCCUPIED, it behooves you to perhaps make a few phone calls before hauling off the entire contents. If for no other reason that a complete lack of human decency and/or rudimentary intelligence, depending on whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, that guy belongs in the slam.
    M

  2. 2
    Posted by AJ | July 2, 2008 at 6:20 PM

    Thats just un-f’ing-believable
    They really should arrest people for that shit

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | July 2, 2008 at 7:12 PM

    Michael Lewis’ shelf life expired several years ago

  4. 4
    Posted by Lowly Assistant | July 2, 2008 at 9:03 PM

    Michael Lewis, actually, is quite successful and well regarded. I’d like to think it’s due to his humbleness. If a few people around here caught on, maybe they’d “ride the recession.”

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | July 2, 2008 at 9:21 PM

    ML is smarter than most folk for sure.

  6. 6
    Posted by Joseph di Jersey City | July 2, 2008 at 9:45 PM

    re: JPM home invasion
    They are very lucky that the homeowner was not home and armed. There isn’t a jury in TX that would convict if they were killed.

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | July 3, 2008 at 7:41 AM

    ML is really a writer, no? Has actively worked on the st in years- Did he marry Tabitha?

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | July 3, 2008 at 7:48 AM

    sorry 7:41 should read has NOT worked on st

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | July 3, 2008 at 8:06 AM

    9:21 You are a retard. Are you from the South?

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | July 3, 2008 at 8:43 AM

    @9:21 – White trash.

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | July 3, 2008 at 9:52 AM

    best write-offs ever, BL.
    anywells, newsflash:
    1) michael lewis is smarter than you
    2) “working on the street” vaynored May 07
    carry on blasting resumes.
    -retail

  12. 12
    Posted by miami | July 3, 2008 at 11:09 AM

    Given what JPM-C did to Bear Stearns, frankly I’d expect nothing less.

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