A judge is set to rule as early as today if Bernie Madoff must leave the comforts of house arrest at 133 East 64th Street and head downtown but we want to know now, damn it! On the one hand, prosecutors say he should ’cause, among other things like the matter of a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, Madoff showed “disregard for the law” by sending out a little over a million dollars worth of jewelry to family and friends. On the other, they were just Hannukah gifts! Because of this legal sitch he’s supposed to just up and forget the eight crazy nights? This whole thing is going to be over soon and when it is he’s not going to be the grandfather that stiffed his grandkids, who we all know whole grudges for years. You would’ve done the same. Anyway, since you people are nothing if not magesterial prognosticators, ahead of the decision I want you to look into your crystal balls and tell me:
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Hose arrest is pretty painful…
@1
What?!?!? Not if you have an unlimited supply of alcohol, cheesewiz and crackers, porn and video games…
(sigh) Takes me back to college…
Any news on when the FBI is gonna take the checks to the post office or should I just keep waiting for the one Publisher’s Clearing House keeps promising me ?
look at my crystal balls?
House arrest is my fantasy
Shoot. I said NO JAIL tonight for Bernie. I am in the minority on the vote. Waz up? I am always right on these polls. I guest I spend too much time in courtrooms.
Bernie will spread ‘m tonight
My question is where is he now? White Bronco I95 120mp?
@8- he’s in his apartment, genius boy.
*BM will never see jail.
*This is an elaborate plot by the CIA to take down Russian “Oligarchs” Mob.
*Putin got wind of this last Spring and that’s why he decided to embarrass Bush on 8/8/8 by invading Georgia.
*See “Confessions of an Economic Hitman.”
*Part of the Tarp will be used to reemburse those individuals who lost money. This is why Paulson & Bernanke pushed so hard and why Congress eventually voted for it after the (mostly southern-Bible Belt) Representatives intitially resisted.
*The private endowments will be reembursed through other non-tracable means.
*BM will be like Henry Hill and live the rest of his life on an island, or in Witness Protection.
one prisoner who broke free–
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123151941561568351.html
“TCI is telling investors that Mr. Degorce retired at the end of December due to “health problems,” according to a person familiar with the fund. Still, over recent months Mr. Degorce had told acquaintances that he was becoming restless at the fund and that Mr. Hohn was difficult to work for. Like many managers across the industry, Mr. Degorce faced the prospect of significantly reduced pay in 2009 on the heels of investment losses after years of bumper profits. Mr. Degorce did not return calls seeking comment.”
(wimper, sniff, sob)he’s not thinking of the children!
10 This would have been more believable if it was ALL CAPS
Well, a lawyer buddy of mine says the prosecutor’s tactic (filing to put Bernie in jail) is a typical one to get someone to talk who maybe might be clamming up.
So it is very realistic that Bernie might NOT see jail, if he decides to cooperate and talk. Could be why the judge is taking a couple of days to rule: waiting to hear back if Bernie is cooperating.
–A Realist
@12, Where is that scoundrel ALL CAPS?
Failed to mention, CIA also drove the price of oil from $78 to $149 to bankrupt the Communists (China, Russia, Venezeula, Iran etc).
More powerful weapons than nukes.
So simple.
bitches everyone knows all jews carry a bag of gold around there neck, in bernie’s case there’s probably some $5o bn in there..
bitches everyone knows all jews carry a bag of gold around their neck, in bernie’s case there’s probably some $5o bn in there..
13 Implication therefore is that so far Bernie been not been cooperating. Could be, given the lack to-date of any news of substance. Such as where is all the money?
15/16 Yeah, and they drink the blood of Christian children too. Everyone knows that.
@18 shut up kyle..
is there really nothing else happening on Wall Street? Every story on this site is about Madoff these days.
Ahh… Bubba’s going to have a new playtoy tonight! Mazeltov!
-mrp
I vote for the judge send him to the lock-up, but Bernie never makes it, he gets shot to death on the way. Hopefully very much in public and on film, ala Lee Harvey Oswald.
-BBF
@20
no nothing is happening, we’re all sitting on our hands and watching foxnews to bring us the latest on bernie. retard.
I don’t know why everyone is so upset about a million dollars in gifts. Why I recall a young man who received over 1.2 million (pre-tax) on his Bar Mitzvah. Timothy Sykes was the name, if I recall correctly.
Yooo-hooo! ALL CAPS, where did you go?
Loser was probably layed off.
So much for the WHARTON MBA.
@20- you’re a fuckin idiot. see every other story, except the fox vid one, on this site today. perry capital, kynikos, paulson, tpg, lennar, jobs. see every story but 2 yesterday. like the ones on layoffs at BAC and merrill’s president leaving. maybe you should take a cue to leave, too.
wharton sucks. no pe firm recruits from wharton
26 – why the swearing and anger? are you stressed out? try to relax and enjoy life. I will actually take a “cue” and leave your silly little chat board. Don’t waste your life being so angry at nonsense.
@23@26, #20 here: Biggest news of the day is that Superman’s home planet of Krypton has diversity.
@27: no PE firm is recruiting from anywhere nowadays.
@30 we are so shut up
@28- i’m not stressed out, that’s just how i address idiots who ring their hands at “every story” on this site being about madoff when it categorically is not. go cry to someone who will coddle you in spite of being a retard, idiot.
Yeah 26, to paraphrase RAM, “Anger is not a gift.”
Relax. Take a vacation. Embibe in some alcoholic beverages (with responsibility of course). Go to the gym to work off that stress. Take up a hobby. Read a book.
In related news: Ivanka Trump says now is a great time to buy Manhattan RE.
That’s all I needed: I am sooooo there!
BUY! BUY!! BUY!!!
Bess Levin (Intrepid Reporter)played by Kim Kardassian
great castingg
http://thereformedbroker.com/2009/01/10/hot-links-3/
32 – please don’t call people “retards”. Aside from being insensitive to those who really are mentally challenged in this world, you sound like some Long Island guido moron who “don’t think too good”
@19, yeah it’s in jest, but come on now – “Just cool it with the anti-semitic remarks.”
@36
dont be oversensitive, its a reference to southpark, can we only reference to larry david jokes here?
@32 – eh, wassa matta wid Italians from Strong Island, yo?
i don’t get it, what’s with everyone’s faux-outrage with this piece of dog shit? he should be hanged in public. anti-semitic remarks have no place in any forum, but this jew is getting some seriously unbelievable treatment. People and institutions are ruined, a couple have killed themselves and we continue to let this asshole sit in the comfort of his own home so that he can scheme and hide what “little” he has left.
Enough is enough. Kill this worthless sack of shit and let’s move on.
If Madoff were black, he would be charged with hate crimes and be publicly drawn and quartered. But he’s Jewish, so it’s house arrest.
@40
next time you consider posting a comment, just don’t.
@41
next time you consider commenting about someone who has posted a comment, kill yourself.
@41 sorry. i forgot my place.
@43
Don’t fold so easily. These corn fed white boys always fold if you ‘talk back’.
– Shinequa
@42 clowncapital you ugly little slut its 41 here, sorry to here you haven’t succumbed to your STD’s yet..
http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/bernie-madoff-bail-or-jail-poll
douche.
@ 40 – If Madoff were some low-level employee at a regional bank, he’d be in jail. If he were broke and had weed in his trunk, he’d be in jail. Even faux money buys power. If it’s more cost effective to lock him up at home rather than put him in a special, separate cell with a dedicated security detail and specially prepared meals since he most certainly can’t be put in the prison population with Bubba and his bitches, so be it.
Would I get a special enjoyment from knowing he’s wearing a burlap orange jump-suit and eating fruit cocktail off the floor? Yes. But he ain’t.
@45, I “here” that you still live at home and eating bagels with your mommy in brooklyn.
“clowncapital”…very effective. did you make that one up yourself or did you learn that at summer camp?
do they have kosher baloney sandwiches in jail? seriously. do they have kosher prison meals?
@49
All prisoners are forced to eat port sausages. Hindu’s, Jews, Arabs, Wasps ….
Port, the other white meat.
The Columbians will have a very special meal prepared for Madoff when he goes to Rikers, and the Russian ladies can’t wait to wax Ruthie @ Rikers Women’s Detention!
“Life savings gone, ‘Madoff-ed’ best-selling writer back at work”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/09/madoff.alexandra.penney/index.html
@45 and 48
Listen “here”, you little public school pathogens, I don’t respond to the puerile peasantry of “guests”. Either put your pen name up, or JO&C on each other’s faces to occupy your time.
- The Upper Echelon of Society
No one can know where Ms. Penney will go with her new education, and her new still-fresh wounds. I can only suspect that with her self-made know-how and creative can-do attitude, she will indeed resurrect herself. In so doing, she will show us all examples of how we can regain our footing and confidence as well. I further suspect that she will share some of her wealth with organizations that lend a hand-up to those less fortunate–those women in particular who lack the “back-up” assets that Ms. Penney fairly admits will buy her some valuable time.
Curiously, I can’t stop thinking about her last name. Ms. Penney isn’t Penniless literally. This self-made woman would never be penniless, due to her creativity, work ethic, sense of humor, and some luck. Yet you do remember that old, still true saying about luck meeting tons of preparation don’t you? So, while a lot of her money is gone, no one can steal Ms. Penney’s mind. (I’m not Jewish, and I know and respect that.)
Not that you asked for my advice, yet if you have not yet “made it” to the extent that Ms. Penney has, curb the urge and save the time it would take you to write jealous remarks, and reread the part where she outlines her working three jobs, etc.,. Only in America, right? Refocus any veiled contempt and busy yourself writing the last chapters of your own success. Yes, you are on the road, and you CAN finish big, but never by quitting.
We are all richer for Alexandra Penney (and anyone) telling her truth, and for a country which allows us to do so, and finally for an internet to give us both the instant and far-reaching platform in which to share.
Let’s create and embody solutions. Let’s continue to offer a shoulder to anyone who is suffering, much like the inscription on the pedestal of our proud lady, the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free”. Let’s not excoriate people who say they feel down-trodden, especially when they flat out exclaim they don’t want our pity.
Ms. Debra L. Morrison
http://www.msmorrisonspeaks.com