Write-Offs: 10.20.08

Posted by Bess Levin, Oct 20, 2008, 5:50pm

$$$ Neel 'Ferrari' Kashkari: The US Bailout Chief's Epic High School Yearbook [Gawker]

$$$ What Do You Value? [1-2]

$$$ Pistols at Dawn for AIG CEO and 'Mad Money' Host Jim Cramer [Deal Journal]

$$$ Market Whiplash [WS]

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 5:57PM

She shouldn't be wearing button-down shirts. It masks the curvature of her boobs.

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 6:09PM

I was going to say, she could use an unbuttoning of another button or two on that shirt.

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 6:15PM

fool! what is she doing even wearing a shirt?

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 6:16PM

here baby, let me rub that neck. who's your daddy?

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 6:22PM

need some icy hot?

~M

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 6:43PM

Mahnahmahnah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynjIoymWHvU


SPODE

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 7:03PM

Why link to that childish crap on 1-2's blog?

"The waitress who likely never went to college and makes $30,000/year made a series of choices to get there"

Choices like being born from the wrong womb, of the wrong color or of the wrong gender.

He concedes a bunch of points (health care/education ought to be guaranteed, working class kids have less opportunity for economic mobility, there's an implied social safety net, etc) but then just asserts that we ought not have a redistributive form of taxation.

This is the kind of crap middle-class high school kids write for social studies class after they first read Atlas Shrugged and still think happiness is buying a Ferrari before turning 40. And it's why most IB analysts come off as greedy douchebags.

At least EP brings some intellectual rigor when she argues for laissez-faire BS.

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Posted by StupidEquityGuy , Oct 20, 2008 7:35PM

The request was filed Monday in Federal District Court in Minneapolis by Ameriprise Financial Services, which has accused the fund of tipping off some big investors in advance so they could redeem their shares at full value.

The Reserve Fund has flatly denied the accusations. In a recent notice to its investors, it called the accusation “absurd” and said shareholders “should be outraged” that the lawsuit had been filed.

The new Ameriprise motion contends that the fund’s managers have made these public statements “notwithstanding that the depositions and exhibits do indeed reflect a number of selective disclosures to institutional customers on Sept. 15, 2008.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/business/21fund.html?partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 7:49PM

WTF? Why the commercial at the start? What is the world coming to?

The Other Guy from Delaware

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 7:58PM

When does Julie replace Cramer on Mad Money? Rather watch her over that fat no-neck fuck.

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 8:03PM

I think the button-down shirt makes her look even hotter than normal. Litle puppies just swimmin' in it! Damm!

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Posted by trojan , Oct 20, 2008 8:13PM

you guys really need to go out and meet girls. the weakest sorority at my school had chicks like her. she's nice, but come on this ain't jupenn. step it up

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 8:21PM

NO Mang

Think about being in bed with her and that big bbbbbrain...

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 8:25PM

7 obviously didn't read atlas shrugged.

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Posted by Joseph di Jersey City , Oct 20, 2008 8:57PM

7: An extreme example of what Obama is proposing would be a 100% income tax with the proceeds distributed equally to all. This would truly "spread the wealth". I suspect (but am not sure) that most people can see the problems that this would create. Somehow many are seduced by the notion that a smaller redistributionist policy won't produce the same problems; albeit on a smaller scale. Either that or they see themselves as recipients of the bounty (a notion that Obama has carefully cultivated) and don't give a hang about the societal damage that will ensue.

Also, in my experience people indeed do stay poor due to a number of bad decisions such as: having kids they are unable to provide for, letting a drug addiction keep them from holding/advancing in a job, blowing money on stupid purchases/not saving, not getting an education, having a victim mentality and not working hard. Formerly well off people become poor for the same reasons.

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Posted by AJ , Oct 20, 2008 9:19PM

@15 You forgot, its never their fault

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 9:55PM

This one shows her puppies a bit better..

http://www.wallstrip.com/2008/10/15/2-legit-2-quit/

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 9:58PM

mahnahmahnah! shamwow!

spode for prez

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 10:07PM

@17

Wow, just wow.

Can we get a permanent link to that episode? Never was a huge fan of the new girl but 2 for 1? Absolutely brilliant.

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 10:40PM

@12: True enough, but they all don't record themselves M.F.'n...there's more potential there than you're giving credit for...

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Posted by guest , Oct 20, 2008 10:56PM

Its amazing average american still care about Obamas plans or McCains plans

for chrissakes, understand that they are in the game of politics. They are not PhD Economists. Whatever they say is BS and you just move on.

Dont care about them. Infact i would be surprised if anybodys goes out and votes. Politicians have nothing to do with us.

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Posted by Anal_yst , Oct 20, 2008 11:18PM

@ Jersey City

Thats pretty much the point. I explicitly went out of my way to acknowledge there were other factors, and that they were beyond the scope of the post. Apparently some people don't read very well (ahem #7).

@ 21

Fact.

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Posted by guest , Oct 21, 2008 12:10AM

Ahhh thank you 17

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Posted by Phobos , Oct 21, 2008 12:10AM

If anyone is currently intersted, I damaged by Black Berry tonight (unforseen circumstances).. when the woman setting up the "Everything Plan" did so, she apparently neglected to inform us that that doesn't include "Insurance" as part of "EVERYTHING", so as I'm setting up an orphanage in Africa, I can't contact anyone about anything. Morever, I have a minor (huge) equities push going through in the next 36 hours, and I cant touch base with ANYONE about anything.

Sprint will apparently be calling me back.

Which is appropriate. Since I'm the CFO of the organization, in charge of all the $$$.

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Posted by Phobos , Oct 21, 2008 12:24AM

I forgot a pertinent detail; they informed me that they could replace my "current" BB with an "updated model" for $99.

Here's what's wrong with that..

Call a local charity. Figure out what their pass-through ratio is. The pass-through ratio is the amount of money that they take in vs. the amount of money they spend.

Now, with an average 501(c)3, they pass-through about 45% to 60% of the money collected into the basis of the organization. Worse yet, some charities (some of which proposition my father, which is funny) pass through about 20%.

We're at 97%. We pass through (roughly) 97 for ever 100 dollars contributed (audited).

I don't see this as "lite" or "light" or "*t".

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Posted by guest , Oct 21, 2008 1:31AM

wow $99, that's like my whole bonus for the year

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Posted by StupidEquityGuy , Oct 21, 2008 1:38AM

Hummm sounds like its time for us to short Those BASTARDS with everything we have... or at least a small slice...

What kind of company advertises them selves as offering an everything plan, and it does not include everything a client would expect.

I say they get the Everything Short Treatment...

(Do not consider this investment advice, this is a joke on the firm firm offering everything and as such should not be considered legal or investment advice.)

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Posted by guest , Oct 21, 2008 8:09AM

Oh my god judie and lindsay together are super hot.

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Posted by guest , Oct 21, 2008 9:36AM

They're even hotter in this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0&feature=related

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Posted by guest , Oct 21, 2008 10:01AM

This is kind of interesting in that Sprint doesn't have a lot to go on going forward, their business model has notoriously sucked, and into the holiday season we're going to see sales slow across the board.

The only thing they have is Customer Service, and it will be intersting to see how that stands up.

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Posted by guest , Oct 21, 2008 7:20PM

Julie

You look so god - let's open the top button. We all need to be cheered up in this insane environment.

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