• 08 May 2009 at 4:38 PM

Write-Offs: 05.08.09

By Bess Levin

$$$ “The director of the White House Military Office, Louis Caldera, has resigned, an administration official said Friday, two weeks after he authorized an Air Force One flyover of the Statue of Liberty.” Caldera’s resignation letter. [NYT, WSJ]
$$$ Bernie and Ruth to start new Ponz scam online [Cityfile]
$$$ Madoff Trustee Starts ‘Hardship Program’ for Victims [Dealbook]
$$$ Job of the Week: Morgan Stanley needs an IB-VP. That could be you. [DB Career Center]
$$$ Tremont founder Sandra Manzke tells her Madoff sob story. [PBS]

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  1. 1
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 4:49 PM

    “incumbent upon me”…
    If I ever use that phrase in any communication just shoot me

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 4:56 PM

    He resigned, yes, but the photo of AFO above the SoL is actually pretty sweet. Maybe worth it after all!

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 5:08 PM

    Vid ain’t workin’ too good……

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 5:11 PM

    @3- works fine for me

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 5:22 PM

    She got ‘Manzke’d’ as in a verb…..definition being?

  6. 6
    Posted by american bandersnatch | May 8, 2009 at 5:29 PM

    “All things considered, I would rather have photo shot Philadelphia”
    The Dead Guy From Delaware

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 5:43 PM

    Guests@#3/#4…
    Vid’s not working for TGFD either; latest Flash player too.
    AB@#6…
    What’s the source on the quote? Did you mean to post as ‘guest’ on that one?
    The Guy from Delaware

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 6:10 PM

    I don’t get it.

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 6:22 PM

    Bandersnatch outed as the dead guy.

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 6:51 PM

    @9 I’m the “Dead Guy From Delaware” !!!!
    AB you should be ashamed of yourself! however, I give you props for including “The” in your version.
    Dead Guy From Delaware

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 7:20 PM

    Erin Burnett vs Becky Quick?
    I think Quick. She seems sluttier.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 7:39 PM

    Weekend Trivia, Treasure Hunt, Geo-cache, whatever…
    Dear Dealbreakers:
    Please send all future Boone’s deliveries to the following address:
    7630 Stonecroft Park Dr, CLT, NC 28226.
    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=7630+STONECROFT+PARK+DR,+charlotte,+nc&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=35.357014,79.101563&ie=UTF8&ll=35.108412,-80.804207&spn=0.008917,0.019312&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=35.10834,-80.804284&panoid=cvGSt21I9WqUK46z30micg&cbp=12,141.18,,0,12.9
    Please hurry, as I might soon be unemployed, and it would suck ass to be hitting up the Morrocroft Harris Teeter sommelier for my 2pm raspberry special.
    Thanks so much, and I’ll make it up to you once this ML thing starts bearing fruit.
    ~KL

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 7:44 PM

    Can someone please send an order for 1000 pizzas to KL’s home address as posted above?
    Thanks

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 7:51 PM

    @12 No f’ing way the CEO of BAC lives there.

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 7:58 PM

    @14, yes way. He owns a condo uptown, too. Mecklenburg County GIS: search “Kenneth D. Lewis” But I recommend you wait to visit until ACORN schedules their Spring Eviction ’09 tour.

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 8:04 PM

    How are we ever going to get the unemployment numbers down with this growing ash heap of ex-Obama employees and nominees? Geez! Can’t anybody do their job right?

  17. 17
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 8:04 PM

    23 pizzas on the way. It’s gonna be one hell of a party!
    Dead Guy From Delaware

  18. 18
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 8:05 PM

    was that dealbook story so good you had to link to it *twice*?

  19. 19
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 8:43 PM

    Guest, please learn from my mistake. Don’t post any Chuck Norris FACTS or you will be banned. I was for seven days and I was miserable. You will never hear me tell another Chuck Norris fact like he counted to infinity twice or that Mars has no signs of life because Chuck Norris was already their.

  20. 20
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 8:58 PM

    @19, uh thanks for the tip. I was just hoping that with a $36B capital raise we could all meet up early on Saturday for his local yard sale and pick up some old Countrywide and Merrill Lynch tschotchkes. You know, help a guy out.

  21. 21
    Posted by guest | May 8, 2009 at 10:09 PM

    @18- seems like it was an accident, but feel free to go fuck yourself.

  22. 22
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 12:46 AM

    I wonder who 21 is?

  23. 23
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 9:42 AM

    EP
    Who is John Z. Smith?

  24. 24
    Posted by saramand | May 9, 2009 at 12:02 PM

    New scandalous video!!!
    I watched this is nude video HERE:
    http://thebestfreevideos.net/?x=sex
    the best combination of quality & speed It’s absolutely free!

  25. 25
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 2:07 PM

    12
    House itself is nicely maintained. The only issue is with the lot size and property boundary markers. it doesn’t look like there is much in the way of fencing between houses to delineate property lines.

  26. 26
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 3:27 PM

    “Battered Hedge Fund Managers’ Syndrome” http://michellemalkin.com/ Weren’t you guys the first to talk about this?

  27. 27
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 4:05 PM

    DGFD@#10/#17…
    Where in Delaware are you buried?
    Thanks.
    The Guy from Delaware
    p.s. No, TGFD does not want to piss on your grave.

  28. 28
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 4:43 PM

    TGFD@27
    Cremated
    Dead Guy From Delaware

  29. 29
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 4:59 PM

    @25, 12 here. That is b/c the South is “New Money”. They don’t yet understand estate legacy, etc. When NationsBank fleeced BAC then took its name, this type of shit started popping up everywhere. Property records show his crib was built in 2004.

  30. 30
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    Sandra Manzke.
    Makes Elain Gazarelli look smart.
    Dumbest woman this side of the sun.
    A slug would have more sparks in their little heads than this woman.

  31. 31
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 5:06 PM

    -@11
    EB vs BQ
    I take EB, agree BQ sluttier looking, etc – but I bet EB would love to get legs pinned back and get the bejeejus banged out of her, BQ would be too whiny about such things.

  32. 32
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 6:13 PM

    DB, who’s nude video were you trying to play there ? I have been waiting for it but looks like it’s for “your eyes only”.
    -Erectile Dysfunctioned Guy from Delaware-

  33. 33
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    whtever happend to neil kashkari anyway
    http://thereformedbroker.com/2009/05/07/separated-at-birth-tarp-edition/

  34. 34
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 7:11 PM

    Gay guys from Delaware
    CHIMPS !!!!!!!
    .

  35. 35
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 7:36 PM

    Video Link Don’t Work Guy from Delaware.

  36. 36
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 7:50 PM

    I’m still alive
    Neil ‘Chai Wallah’ From Delaware

  37. 37
    Posted by guest | May 9, 2009 at 8:07 PM

    AQR has the finest and brightest asses, it will come through this stronger and much more profitable.
    Cliff Asness From Delaware

  38. 38
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 12:04 AM

    Here’s the Manzke clip on youtube for those having trouble getting the link above to work.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86SjfBEDHF4

  39. 39
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 3:32 AM

    Good Christ! How hard is it for someone to fix the link to the article and the video?
    What do we pay you all for?

  40. 40
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 4:29 AM

    “The Federal Reserve significantly scaled back the size of the capital hole facing some of the nation’s biggest banks shortly before concluding its stress tests, following two weeks of intense bargaining.” http://tinyurl.com/pry46y

  41. 41
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 8:38 AM

    Hey,TGFD: It appears that Delaware is the new killing it, eh?
    The Other Guy From Delaware

  42. 42
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 11:32 AM

    Happy Mother’s Day Ruthie!
    -Andy & Mark

  43. 43
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 12:57 PM

    Erin Burnett likes to be spanked while she swallows the load.

  44. 44
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    http://snatchman.mybrute.com/
    http://snatchman.mybrute.com/
    http://snatchman.mybrute.com/
    http://snatchman.mybrute.com/
    http://snatchman.mybrute.com/

  45. 45
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 1:36 PM

    lets crack some skulls

  46. 46
    Posted by Anal_yst | May 10, 2009 at 2:36 PM

    no effing way KL lives in that suburban mcmansion on like 1/3rd of an acre

  47. 47
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 2:39 PM

    Caldera, my condolences. You’re in good company.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBJePxdPX3Y
    -Scooter Libby
    -Eric Keroack
    -Monica Goodling
    -Paul Wolfowitz
    -Harvey Pitt
    -Donny Rumsfeld
    -A. Gonzales

  48. 48
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 3:04 PM

    Pansies.
    The Guy From Philadelphia Who Frowns On The Guy From Gay-Ass Wilmington

  49. 49
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 3:18 PM

    LOBSTERCLOPS CONFUSED

  50. 50
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 4:42 PM

    Sandra Manzke has a bigger dick than Secretariat.

  51. 51
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 4:48 PM

    Why are there so many people from Delaware here? None from my Kingdom of California?
    -Maxine Waiters-

  52. 52
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 4:58 PM

    @1-51 Idiots, all of you!

  53. 53
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    NEWSWEEK didn’t attend the Whitehouse Correspondents Dinner last night for reason it wanted to distance itself from any political party.Very good! My respect!
    Journalists who were there are leeches!

  54. 54
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 5:32 PM

    TGFD is my Gynecologist. He taught my daughter Bristol everything she knows about boys!
    Sarah Palin From Delaware

  55. 55
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    @11
    Quick is a snaggletooth. She’s maybe 5, 5 and a half tops. Burnett is pretty cute, but there are way hotter out there.

  56. 56
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    I used to sell subprime mortgages. Where do I apply for this IB-VP job?

  57. 57
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 6:35 PM

    Other Guy From Delaware @41- It’s not healthy to hold in all that anger. You’re in a safe place and among friends.
    Dr. Phil from Deleware

  58. 58
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 7:50 PM

    @anal_yst– honestly, that is terrifying if he lives there. almost makes me feel bad giving him shit.

  59. 59
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 7:53 PM

    @57: Oh for crying out loud…you again?
    TOGFD – Now go away or I’ll bitch slap your ass – tree hugger, liberal, dill weed wannabe…Ugh.

  60. 60
    Posted by guest | May 10, 2009 at 9:15 PM

    @57, again. Yeah,you piss me off, but this hardcase need your help more than me:
    73 Posted by guest, May 10, 2009 4:43PM
    Fuck you people, seriously, with your
    Well damm, I’m not sure where the rest of it went. Any IT folks here?
    TOGFD – who still thinks Dr. Phil is a liberal asswipe.

  61. 61
    Posted by guest | May 11, 2009 at 10:20 AM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f23GM8EZo8I&NR=1

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