From the stimulus plan creators that brought you a multi million dollar subsidy for toy arrows, the Obama administration is now worried about losing up to $50 billion of the $787 billion stimulus to fraud. The problem is bad enough that the Feds are on the case.
Earlier this month, FBI Director Robert Mueller warned the nation to brace for a potential crime wave involving fraud and corruption related to the economic stimulus package. “These funds are inherently vulnerable to bribery, fraud, conflicts of interest, and collusion. There is an old adage, that where there is money to be made, fraud is not far behind, like bees to honey,” Mueller said.
But the Commander in Chief is on the problem.
“At a time when everybody is tightening their belts, the last thing the American people want to see is that any of this money is being wasted,” Obama said.
Fraudsters eye huge stimulus pie, consultant says [Marketwatch]
Thanks a lot, Canada.
Lets not call it fraud, lets call it innovation.
Feds couldn’t stop Bernie at $50, so why such a low estimate.
@3 did he take your table or something?
That’s a lowball number. I was ballparking this one around $787Bn.
Greg this post is a perfect example of why people that read this site dont like you. You basically did a cut and paste job from a MarketWatch piece added no flavor and/or variety, and showed absolutely ZERO humor, and used a douche baggy clip art photo to top it all off. Think about this article often over the weekend. Remember those of us that read this site are working in an industry that is literally going to shit by the second, we check into DB for a little satire and a way to make the crying clowns laugh again. Please remember us every second your grimy, dirty fingers stroke each key and for no one else do it for us!
$700 Billion TARP is the biggest fraudulent kickback EVER
@3 Do you want to be cuckold by him?
@3 kill yourself
3 Bush spent 1/3 of his presidency at his ranch, you schmuck. 20k is a bargain compared to lazy gw
Can anyone define exactly what types of clipart is douchy? I have a powerpoint presentation due in 20 minutes, and I don’t want to mess it up.
–Wharton ’97
@11: spending time at a ranch is a lot cheaper than 1 night in NYC – unless you eat at the street meat carts, watch the naked cowwboy for entertainment and sleep on a park bench.
Yes, we can!
@13- it’s not how much it cost, it’s the amount of time gwb was on vacation while he was supposed to be working. the answer = a lot.
@12: stay away from anything with vinegar.
13 FAIL!!! The 20k number the Obama haters throw factors in secret service, staff, and misc equipment.
50B? thats fuckin’ chump change.
Sincerely,
All Politians
Every minute the President is in office money is being burnt. You think it’s free to protect him from right wing tea baggers who want nothing more than to watch a black man have sex with their wives? Why do you guys log off, get your guns, and shoot yourselves in the fucking head. Leave the internet for discussions of how much Greg sucks, shamwow, mayo, etc.
I wish Obama talked liked the father from “Friday”
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aqLNecbH0dcg
19 especially when compared to the $700 BB TARP
@22 Shamwow
What douchy clipart might look like:
http://www.clker.com/cliparts/7/9/5/2/11949848612000364425douche_securite__yves_gu_01.svg.thumb.png
Bess,
What’s it with @24′s user ID? I thought you guys could wipe out these sickos faster than that.
PE motto for Summer 2009 (redux 2006):
Treatin’ “Marketing Associates” like 80% Net IRRs…grip it and flip it, son!
Fuck you @25. Get a sense of humor and move out of your mom’s basement.
Death by SNU SNU
@Obama – I thought ALL of it was being wasted.
@6 – Thanks for clarifying.
@27
Exactly, only sickos like you consider that funny.
Fuck you 27- you find it humorous to disrespect first ladies, or just the non-white one?
@19: I think you need a shamwow mayo spunge bath by Greg after you secretary pounds you in the ass. Just sayin’
wtf? Greg- please.
HNIC is what it’s all ’bout. Get straight – imhimmn (with a head nod/swivel action).
To the fuck tards bitching – be thankful you got a computer.
P^o
@15 Bush worked from the ranch.
@31, What did a first lady do to deserve respect? Cowgirl some dude who turned into the President?
And I would say the latter but Clinton and Eleanor Roosevelt were both huge dykes, so i guess i’m equal opportunity.
And I would like to add to 7 that the MarketWatch piece was not worth reading to begin with. Any article that contains “consultants say” should not be considered news or insight.
I think it’s about time for Greg to be taken on a private jet ride to a tropical island.
Who doesn’t fine the word ANUS to be hilarious?
@31 – I bet you get randomly punched in the face a lot.
34 working from home….very productive use of time.
35 You are absolutely worthless.
@gherkin- what did she do to deserve derision? oh, that’s right, nothing. dont’ like obama, fine but it’s ridiculously classless to take hits at his wife.
@31: it humorous to disrespect all politicians. If you don’t find Congress funny you need a shamwow mayo spunge bath by Greg.
@33: Hockey Night in Canada?
@41- Michelle Obama is not an elected official, you dumb fuck.
@ 40 is lowly assistant’s assistant.
f-g douche
Greg keep shining. You add a good balance to this site.
-PropDres
@31 – Go Carradine yourself.
@35
Hey zit-face, I’m throwing this back at you. Try harder.
What did your mother do to deserve respect? Cowgirl some dude who turned into a hobo?
And you would say the latter but your sister and your aunt were both huge dykes, so you guess you are equal opportunity.
@44- nah, I’m just not trash, like yourself.
-40
44,
I actually take offense to that.
Greg, as I start my weekend I want you to know you are still hated.
Love,
Guest
#6 won the post.
Is there really any point to an African American bleaching their anus? I mean really.
Why does @Guest hate the Anus so much?
@49: FTW!
-Caveman
@31, Ida McKinley was a filthy whore
Greg keep shining. You add a good balance to this site.
-PropDres
Dolly Madison’s ice cream sucks!
my anus is bleeding!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuOvqeABHvQ
@31: I take offense to that. She wasn’t filthy.
-Ida McKinley’s great great great grandson
@ 48 – profound as expected.
f-g douche bag
I really hope Greg’s mom is OK. Haven’t heard from her in this thread. Very disconcerting.
@61- you have no idea how deeply it hurts to be called not profound by a cocksucker who denigrates a woman because he doesn’t like her husband.
Who is Michelle Obama?
I just made the time dial for my time machine. I used a large Ballpark frank and could only fit fourty years on it; I can only travel between the years of 1732 to 1763. Greg is falling behind with his part of the electric discharge unit. I don’t think he’ll ketchup.
SPODE
It’s friday, guys. Why are you all in such shitty asshattery moods?
-Bewildered
@3 the alternatives are the POTUS never taking a vacation for 4-8 years, or booking himself a coach ticket on American and taking a yellow taxi from LGA. I bet the Secret Service would love that.
How much do you think Bush spent over 8 years flying to Crawford and back with Air Force One (and the backup plane)?
@52 – I believe the proper term for the procedure is Blanus (Bleached + Anus = Blanus)
@66 agreed. I think it’ll help everyone’s moods a lot if Bess took her top off.
@69-
Done, I’m working on her panties now. Greg’s getting nervous, he’s calling his mom.
SPODE
spode that is no way to treat our fair edtrix.
@70
You’d better tell Snake Plissken you’re kidding, or you’re in for an ass whupping.
That should’ve been editress.
–71
El Nino is making the weather suck and the comments on DB blow. Have a wet weekend fags.
@74- see you Monday, Capt. Fag!
@75 Lance Corporal Fag to you maggot.
where’s happy hour?
Hey everybody! We’re all gonna get laid!
I love these comments. They put a smile on my face. Don’t ever change.
@78 my pick up…going for DUI #948 baby!
-Ken Lewis
@74 Do people in CA ever work?
@71- Ever sense Carradine hit the news all Bess can talk about is auto-erotic asphyxiation. Just last night when I returned from 7 11 with a handful of Slim Jim’s their was Bess, tied up. Looked like the work of a group of Eagle Scouts all coked up. “Hurt me, beat me, make me right bad checks” she said.
SPODE
@81 – Yes, but not as hard as your mom.
Lighten up dudes- dow is positive for the year… Now that csco replaced gm. Soon banks will give back tarp and bonuses will be great in 2009.
PS- Greg, quit it with the political posts…
@81 – No, they just complain a lot about Prop 8.
SPODE @82- Get out while you can. Her dangerous fetish will only suffocate you’re creativity. You need to focus on the time machine.
Future SPODE
@81
I don’t* and the weather is fine, 73 degrees and sunny.
*One more year of deferred compensation after that, who knows?
Future SPODE @86- How were you able to travel back to the year 2009? The dial only went from 1732 to 1763? Thanks for the info, I relish your comments.
SPODE
Gregg = EPIC FAIL
Bess topless would be delightful but she only strips for zamboni rides.
Where’s EP that lil trollup?
wtf is going on here this afternoon? people upset because their vp wouldn’t let them take the early jitney to the hamps? did you guys forget about the little talk a few weeks back?
http://dealbreaker.com/2009/05/we-need-to-have-a-chat-about-c.php
clean it up…SPODE you’re back (with a vengeance)! where you been?
okay kids, my work is done here. have a good weekend.
SPODE @88- Instead of righting as many dates as you can on one Ballpark frank you need to cut it into four equal parts and write the numbers 0 threw 9 on each peace. This way it will be a spin dial. Also include a peace that has a negative or positive sign at the beginning. You will be able to travel back to Before Christ; -9999 to 9999.
Future SPODE
@90 works for the jitney
@92 – cleans the jitney toilets at the southampton station. should be a lot of work this tonight, I hear the traffic is pretty bad.
@93 what time are you leaving? your mom doesn’t want you to catch us again like last weekend.
‘Lot of snaps going on, up in this bitch.
If Greg is good for anything, it’s comments and people talking shit to eachother.
Break his cherry! Get this motherfucker past 100!
@95
happily!
@93
Cluz, have a great weekend. I don’t wtf you did to catch all that trash talking today, but you handled it well.
come on cluzo, fight back
Speaking of fraudsters…
Self described “Chinese Warren Buffett” or Chinese Bernie Madoff?
http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Chinese+Buffett+vows+clear+name/1690673/story.html
Cherry busted!
Woohoo, girls don’t normally get to do that!
you’re next 97
Happy 100+, Greg.
@102
He owes it all to you LA.
103,
I was his wing-man!
Greg, walk it off, pal. Use the “donut” while sitting this weekend, sunshine.
Happy 100, Greg
@95
Another GM post with comments full of win.
http://dealbreaker.com/2009/06/who-is-to-blame-for-the-massiv.php#comments
@91- AWESOME!
Hey Cluz- What can I say? I’ve ben forced to move on, Bess kicked out. Im living on top of a Bodega at the corner of 52nd and Broadway. Cars passing by but none of’m seem to go my way. Lately I’ve been watching a lot of Night Court, Different Strokes and The A-Team.
Remember the one episode when Mr. T made a special appearance on Different Strokes and Arnold shaved his head like Mr. T and said, “what ch’u talking about Mr. T?”
I never say that coming; next thing I know Im living on top of a Bodega. No big deal though, like Vanilla Ice I just got to solve this problem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp-is6S_b_g
SPODE
107 LMAO!
Happy 100, Greg.
I deserve credit for Greg’s success.
@25
Greg,
Are you all packed for space camp? We need to get up bright and early tomorrow, because Mrs. Macke asked if I could take Jeff to the bus station, as well. You two are going to have such a good time! Make sure you’ve got your swim trunks; I know you don’t like the other boys to see your privates in the shower.
Only take your Ritalin on a full stomach, and none of that sugary cereal, mister! If your hyperhidrosis acts up, just use some talcum powder like Dr. Mandelbaum said.
I love you honey munchkin.
-Mom
P.S., I’m flying down to Charlotte to meet Ken after you leave. (He’s going to take me to the Nascar Hall of Fame, then to see a Jimmy Buffett cover band.) If you need anything, call his office phone; he’ll be checking his messages periodically.
This thread sounds like the new “AnythingGoes, WhateverTheFuck, Penalty-Free, Friday Afternoon” to which we’ve all been looking forward.
Glad to see you back on the boards again, SPODE.
The Guy from Delaware
@110, I claim credit too (31 here).
@Greg, Happy 100, dude
@38, I know I hate you, but your post made me LMAO. But when I get back Monday, I hate your ass again.
do i see 150?
@TGFD, I second that- I was having a shitty day until I read this post. This is pure comedy. Looks like I missed a food-fight lol
This thread has allowed me to love again.
114, how did it turn into a bi-partisan lovefest in here?
fuck it, let’s do 150!!
ANUS!
Quick post… before I go pound my secretary in the ass.
@106- yeah that was another funny one. Whatever happened to Ponomona kid?
117- flame war turned love fest…only on DB!
If we can do 200, I will only make fun of greg on ‘above the law’ and not on DB
Greg, I have crunched the numbers again and again, coming up with the same result. I hate you and your name is Latin for ANUS.
strizza
@123
Strizza, you are a tool. Go JO&C somewhere else and leave us to our happy Friday lovefest.
I love you guys!!!!!!
-GM
GregsMom@#111…
Will Ken be celebrating your visit to Charlotte with a 6-pak of nicely-chilled Boone’s?
Guest@#113…
TGFD should claim some credit for Greg’s success too.
CMC@#115…
I just have to tell somebody this:
TGFD’s entire wardrobe isn’t worth “five grand”; never was.
It doesn’t matter, though.
Having a chick come over and say, “Why TGFD, you look as though you were made by Faberge” makes up for my lack of expensive attire.
The Guy from Delaware
How do I get text alerts every time there is a new comment for this post?
Too much love, need more hate. Or at least share the X that apparently is being passed around.
Can DB host an anal bleaching party this weekend?
You;re weakend assignment Greg.
1. Smoke a fuck load of pot to the point wear you think you can stop time.
2. Watch these movies: Bottle Rocket, Cable Guy and The Big Lebowski.
3. Write a post for next weak that parallels the similarities between Carradine’s death by auto-erotic asphyxiation to those who are not repaying TARP back and the possible competitive disadvantage thay face. Bald-Beard asficiation- After we tie MER and/or XX billion $ around you’re cock, balls and neck we’ll kick the chair out; JO&C bitches!
Step up guest, you know you have the comparative advantage when it comes to informaiton. Hook Greg up, little grom has been like a Timex watch, tak’n a lick’n a keeps on tick’n. Unity for one division for none. The individual will only succeed as much as the community wants him to.
You’re not going anywhere Greg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErLZaItKFaY&feature=related
good seeing you guys, cluz, phobos, tgfd, anal, cmc, LowA and always guest.
SPODE
Greg, I don’t like you. I only put up with you to get to your mother and that sweet sweet ass.
Ken Lewis
you go home and this is what you miss.
@47..umm..wow that was a terrible effort. Worse still i think you think it was mean.
If you can get 200 comments, I will go to Bulgaria and hunt down Julian Tzolov.
-Dog
@126
The Nascar Hall of Fame has a strict “no food or drink” policy, but Ken’s still got the flask he used to sneak into Georgia State games. With any luck, we’ll be hummin’ “The Pascagoula Run” before we even get to the concert.
-Greg’s Mom
I wonder if Greg’s mom bleaches her anus before she meets up with Kenny Boy.
zit face @ 132
It’s not about how I feel about your mother, it’s about how you feel about her.
@47
Looks like it’s a wrap at 137. Let me see if I can double post this.
Greg’s mom bleaches his anus just before she bleaches her own anus in preparation for the Kenny Boy.
@138 what’s it like being a guy posting about bleached a’s past midnight on a Friday? Keep livin the dream.
129 + 135 + 138 = 3 sick f’n individuals.
WTF is the matter with you three? WTF is all this bleaching anus bullshit about?
It that what people do these days?
Did TGFD miss something whilst I was on suspension?
Guest@#131…
Post well done. I like it.
The Guy from Delaware
What is the article about again?
My, my , my, Dealbreaker is supposed to be an “online business tabloid and Wall Street gossip site”. Based on all the crap spewed forth on this thread, I’d say this site was for daycare center rejects. These “contributors” are supposed to represent the sardonic brilliance of Wall Street? The comments and thought processes coming from this group rival that of white noise from our now defunct analog TV equipment. A zero value article was posted, and a significant number of responses are drivel. Good to know that increasing levels of incompetence is the rage for Wall Street hires these days.
@142 (Greg) You just gave us the motivation to get to 200.
142 worked the FX desk at BSC, and now serves tables at the Palm on WSHY. Out of everyone in this crowd, I can’t think of a better representative of the “down and out” crew trying to bring us to their level. Stop being a bitch, and let us revel in the inane.
BTW, the 85 Broad rooftop was a bit too humid while banging my secretary in her ass tonight. I’ve copied Lloyd and building services on this message in hopes of getting three industrial-steel fans up there. Thank me later.
Simply the best,
J. Michael Evans
Sorry. A bit too much sippin’ on the sizzurp. WSHY = West Side Highway. But…I guess if you didn’t know that you’re probably supplying extra starch to my Pink shirts right now.
Have a good night boys,
J. Michael Evans
142- let us have our fun. piss us off, and we’ll create a structured product that will make cmbs look like a great investment.
@127, @128
LMAO!
122, win! AbovetheLaw is for tools; DB is for cool people.
Rather than cursing the darkness, it is better to light a candle when bleaching your anus at home during a blackout.
@144 your secretary should try the phosphorescent bleach available at CVS.
150th!
Good job, Greg.
This entire thread looks like verbal hazing.
@127 winner!
@Greg @Bess, serious question- can you get your IT group to create an iPhone app for DB?
It’ll make it easier to keep track of the comments on this thread. Thx.
One day, 142 could be the head waiter at palm
http://www.thepalm.com/sitemain.cfm?site_id=22
142 needs to get laid, or at least JO&C
see @128, share that X
Somebody suckerpunch 142
what greg used to do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ISf9PGCOk
158, LMAO!
Greg, I hate you again.
@142
EP, is that you? What are you doing in the cesspool? Go back to your conspiracy theory site.
@TGFD (#126),
LOL!! Don’t ever change, TGFD!
Best. Thread. Ever.
@SPODE (#130)
LMAO! glad to see you back at DB, dude
ANUS!
It appears that Mr. Michaels’ salvation and reclamation began in #9 of the following thread, was quickly seconded in #10, and was sealed in the highly-constructive #13 (#13 was key). The thread had been particularly rough on Greg until then.
http://dealbreaker.com/2009/06/goldmans-next-challenge.php?show=comments#comments
TGFD sees no other possibility that might explain Greg’s nearly instantaneous transfiguration.
Best Wishes to Greg from TGFD.
The Guy from Delaware
Greg,
We, the community that is DB, are on your side. Just don’t fuck it up.
Sincerely,
Guest
Err, listen folks. Has anyone actually realized that Greg Michaels is EP and/or Bess???
Look at the names: William Richards, Greg Michaels. Both second names are first names with an ‘s’ plural. NO resume from Greg or introduction.
haha just wonder why db didn’t hire someone in the end.
154,
That isn’t the one. Come visit me here, and please tip well. http://www.menupages.com/restaurants/the-palm-tribeca/
-142
142, looks like the 3rd reviewer on menupages.com loves your service as much as we love you. And I quote:
Huge disappointment
Service was horrific. It took at least a half hour to get our main courses, and we ordered very simply. The food was presented as if it were the Gee Whiz Diner. … We were hugely disappointed after being so excited to see such a renowned institution come to the neighborhood. If you’re going to spend $150 to $200 on dinner, definitely go somewhere else!!
@166, I thought about that. It’s possible, but not probable. The writers definitely have a different style/voice and wit. It would be hard, but not impossible, for one person to pen 3 different styles.
Also, Greg introduced himself here (and has been SLAMMED ever since)
http://dealbreaker.com/2009/06/new-arrival.php
Greg Michaels is Bess’ alter ego.
I am very happy to be here!
@142
Disappointed!
Party of 4 for dinner, nobody satisfied. The lobster bisque had an unpleasant after taste – maybe too much cognac. The crabcake portion was great unlike the taste – wasted. The creme brulee was horrible, tasted as if it was chilled in the same compartment with onions. I hope to try it again because of it’s reputation and hope on the next visit the real chef will be on duty.
@142(#167)
Why did you open that can of whoop-ass on yourself? Didn’t you realize the fact-checkers on DB would crucify you?
Great job, team (esp. @168, @172)!
Sincerely,
@guest
I feel sorry for you @173 and your bleached anus.
Guest@#168…
Regarding the reviewer’s quote you referenced:
“If you’re going to spend $150 to $200 on dinner, definitely go somewhere else!!”
TGFD would like to tweak said quote to read:
“If you’re going to spend $150 to $200 on dinner, definitely go get your head examined!!”
Just TGFD’s opinion, that’s all.
The Guy from Delaware
Can someone explain the bleached anus thing? just askin’
TGFD, the $200 dinner is definitely worth it … on an expense account.
Bess, Thanks for hiring Greg. I haven’t had this much fun since 2005.
@136 still with the “zit face”?…my god man…where is that perceived as an insult? Jefferies? The back office? Those are the same so it doesn’t really matter.
Enjoy your weekend, wear those jorts while you still can because come Monday you’re back in square-toed shoes and polos from Structure circa 1996.
@179
kill yourself.
@179, is that you Ezra?
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article6046595.ece
Greg, did you ever think this article would draw 200 comments? Did you ever think you would get this much abuse?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPl4iIJDm7Y&feature=related
@166- yeah, no introduction from GM…except for this one: http://dealbreaker.com/2009/06/new-arrival.php
take off the tin-foil hat. GM is an inferior imitation of Bess. And we all know EP is busy with her conspiracy theories.
Greg and Joe Wiesenthal should get together and compare their cleft assholes.
200?
In the words of Lowly Assistant(#95),
Break his cherry! Get this motherfucker past 200!
Greg- you finally have a fan club.
Greg, I still hate you. That’s what counts.
@181- LMAO! First Cliff, now Ezra flaming on DB
Break this thing through the 200 figure
@181
i was merkin’ing long before Ezra was making headlines.
@191 (or, should I say @Ezra)- that, of course, proves nothing, Ezra.
@158
That youtube video man, pretty disconcerting. Have you sent it to the Dealbreaker HR department yet? Really, they should watch it. We are fucked!
@191
kill yourself.
Ahh, the good ol’ days. For the DB newbies, a must read is post #92 of the following thread:
http://dealbreaker.com/2008/12/layoffs-watch-08-aqr.php#comments
None other than Cliff himself.
Post other memorable threads below…
http://dealbreaker.com/2008/12/advice-to-our-hedge-fund-frien.php
@194– my pick: http://dealbreaker.com/2008/01/map_to_erin_burnetts_heart_the.php
less Greg bashing, more EP/Marla/zh bashing please?
She’s still flogging the fake bond story on zh today.
Favorite comment from her latest: “vigilanteswish 23 minutes ago
Courtesy of Karl Denninger–German paper says they are real:
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev…“
Well, if Karl says so, it must be true.
Tinfoil McFlurries for everyone, yay!
@196- that’s a classic!
ANUS!
200 bitches!
-100
@200
You prick. Beat me to it!
@197
Agree, I thought Zero Hedge was building a more serious following but it’s turning out to be like a Denninger on Xanax.
And EP couldn’t care less about evidence presented by non-tinfoil commentators there, as long as “she” can stir the pot and produce more traffic with “her” conspiracy theories. That’s really a sad spectacle and more or less was “she” was doing at DB. Good riddance.
guest @122
No more Greg bashing!
Proof this thread made it to 200 before the interns throw out all our worthless posts and whittle this down to 5 comments Monday morning:
“200 Posted by guest, Jun 13, 2009 7:29PM
200 bitches!
-100″
Do I hear 300?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkWS9PiXekE
- 200th
@203 Fail
@203-fail
@201-make that “you bitch”, not “you prick”.
-Girl waiting for her hair to finish drying.
win!
@122, @133, time to make good on your promises. 133- bon voyage to Bulgaria!!
@205 LMAO!
@203 FAIL!
@206
Ha! I forgot about 133′s promise.
@133-Happy hunting, Dog. Try not to get arrested this time.
@all
YOU BASTARDS!!!!!!
-Julian
100/200 (Girl with wet hair),
You own my heart. What an eye…
-LA
Who is Julian?
@212
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gNo1rwc9a5RS/610x.jpg
@213 thanks dude. Oh, that Julian LOL
@ 214 see 133.
DB never did any reporting on this. It was a lay down for Greg and somehow Beth missed it.
-Senior Editor of the fourth estate
wtf? 200+ posts? LMAO! Greg, you done good!
we’re just getting started
EP is gone?
Wow, 217 posts. I laughed, I cried, my mother was insulted, I don’t know what’s left to say.
I can only think that half of the Guest posts were GM, but I’m sure he’s too busy scouring newspapers from April, looking for his next big story.
In case this post was becoming too much of a circle-jerk, Greg, this post still sucks – you’re still a terrible writer.
Update from space camp: We made Greg drink his own pee.
-Jeff Macke
@218 She’s supposedly taken her private jet to some island paradise. I can only hope she stays long enough for hurricane season.
Greg, there is still hope for you and your ‘blanus’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJXWFZz0Qjo
@201 agreed.
@218- she left a 857,000 word comment about being on “vacation” the other day ie posting conspiracy theory bull shit under the name “marla singer” at zh. how many other aliases does she have?
@219- exactly! i went from being pissed to laughing my ass off to hoping this weekend never ends. it mimics the market highs and lows of 2008 and 2009.
this post is a work of art.
@219,220,& 222-
No more anonymous guest insults per guest at 122.
You wanna moan about Greg, pick a name asshats.
-Not Greg, not his mom, not Boone’s Boy.
Greg see 127- that’s a great suggestion.
@225, agreed, and I’ll help you enforce that on one pre-condition: Greg fights to keep this thread up Monday morning.
If this post goes down, then I go back to Greg bashing. Very simple cause-effect. LMAO!!
-not 219, 220, 222
can we add getting rid of that totally annoying “show me anyway” feature for the comments? wtf? where did that come from?
500??
impossible
Hi. I’m going to be a first year MBA and I heard that this was a good place to get some inside info on Wall Street. What’s a bleached anus? Is that a deal term? I hear that mortgaged backed guys make a lot of money. Is that true? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ted
@228 that was created for Greg and Cliffs protection
@228-please let that come true
229-Nothing is impossible. Yes.We.Can!
230-look in the mirror for your answer.
what’s the record for comments on a db article?
I scream!
You scream!
We all scream for ice cream!
I scream!
You scream!
We all scream for ice cream!
Guest@#230…
TGFD wants to know too!
WTF is bleached asshole???
The Guy from Delaware
@233- Low 300′s I believe.
@Girl With Wet Hair- I see a Bodega in you’re future. Its red pulsing neon sign illuminates my room to the point wear I need to drop my shorts and marvel at my garish gift. Its quite titillating in the wee hours; watch out for Anal, he’s into golden showers.
SPODE@dealbreaker.com
LMAO!
@133
“If you can get 200 comments, I will go to Bulgaria and hunt down Julian Tzolov.
-Dog”
Godspeed and Goodluck.
Man up dog, get on the NYC to Sofia today.
SPODE(#237) and TGFD(#236), as always, your perspectives make me LMAO!
@219 agree with first sentiment- well then, is there anything more left to say?
@133 see @239- best of luck to you.
Happy 200+, Greg.
alright folks, half of us are still coked-up, so let’s keep this rolling till at least 300
– Branson
@211,
LA, it’s true I gamed (with help) 100, 200 just fell into my lap so you should probably save your heart for a worthier object of affection. But thank you for the compliment (as long as your endgame didn’t involve exchanging nude pics with me going “first”).
@SPODE,
I’ll just pretend I never read that comment.
I think it’s time for me to retire the Girl with Wet Hair name and return to being just another anonymous guest.
I still want to see 300+ by tomorrow morning though, and I promise to stay out of everyone else’s way.
-Cherry Poppin’ 100 & 200
300? do i hear a challenge?
rock on!
I am an international bank. What does ‘Carradine yourself’ mean?
@245: good question, i think that’s something traders do
@245
I think it means Jo&D*
*Jerk off and die
This conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
-HAL 9000
record comments was 400s for ‘advice to our hedge fund friends, courtesy of aqr.’ this won’t beat that.
We need to at least hit 250 comments, since this post that the stimulus package could lose $50 billion is highly stimulating and not remotely theoretical.
Finn
@249 I never thought it would make it past 10 with that stupid article, but here we are.
And Greg, yes you still SUCK.
Greg’s mom bleaches her anus.
But why is everyone hating on Greg? I don’t understand. I bet people couldn’t name one bad thing about Greg. I mean really.
Finn
(too lazy to log in Finnegan)
WOW. That is incredible. I’m amazed that we don’t have a better way to track these dollars. This is as you have mentioined a multi million dollar subsidy for toy arrows. I’m not even sure if the administration is all that worried
249, agreed, this post prob doesn’t make it to 400. But that’s because it started at 3:30pm on a Friday. If this started on a Monday, could have been a 500+ LMAO.
Greg is learning the key- like the AQR article- post a provocative article, and the comments will flow. Greg, you have a pulse for what the readers’ love/hate, hope/fear, believe/not. Find articles that strike one of those chords, and the comments will flow…
-wannabe literature scholar
@253
Greg is a known supporter of terrorist organizations. He also writes bad checks. Greg isn’t even his real name.
issue might be technology. If there were a way to text from Bbery, this post would be 1,000 easily
@253
This right here is reason enough:
http://dealbreaker.com/2009/06/new-arrival.php
That is NOT how you make a first impression at DB.
Greg is a direct descendant of Hitler.
Who has had the best comment here? I am going to go with @144.
“Simply the best”
@26o – I think your comment is pretty neat.
best comment: I vote @237
That’s it? So Greg has only three bad qualities? Being a descendant of Hitler, being a terrorist, and having just one bad somewhat douchey introductory post?
Wow, I thought there would be a lot more (like approximately 240 more bad Greg qualities).
Finn
#111 wins.
Greg’s mom, you are the best!
Here, help Greg, he’s a poor man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhfzvzKm_xk&NR=1
111 should write for db
I like #131
Finn
@254, this $50 billion number only seems eye-popping when viewed in a very narrow, simplistic frame. The annual federal budget is ~$3 Trillion. It’s unrealistic to expect no fraud in such a massive budget. If they keep the fraud under 10%, they are doing a good job.
How much fraud goes on daily at firms? Let’s see.. Do you spend 100% of your day on work-related tasks (ie no web-surfing or personal errands)? Do you take office supplies home? Make personal calls? Pocket your per-diem?
So even free-markets cannot remove these basic agency costs.
Bottom line- get realistic, and give me a break on your false, misinformed outrage.
another salvo- guess the weekend is coming to a close ;)… putting back our partisan hats on in 5…4…
@265 JO&D.
Over here on the other side of the pond, I must say we missed the wit and wisdom of TGFD whilst on his “sabbatical”. Quite happy to see him back. There has been no mention of that other denizen from the supposedly fair State of Delaware – TOGFD. What’s the story on that chap? Dead? Banned? Arrested for cow-tipping?
@271- TOGFD is dealing with his anger; he is no longer in denial. He still has a flare up from time to time but should be ready to return in a few weeks.
Dr. Phil
@271 My good sir, are you a pooftah?
@273, for the ribald DB masses in the States, what, good sir, is a pooftah?
The word “whilst” should be instant death when used in USA, whether one is from here or not.
USA!!! USA!!! USA!!!
@273: No sir,not at all.Please crawl back into your cave.
@277
America! Fuck yeah! – EP
You’re ALL winners tonight!!!
What a long, strange journey it’s been.
Have a rad summer!
We are all so fucked.
@281- any other amazingly insightful pearls of wisdom ya got for us tonight, champ?
@234,235,283,& 284
Same lame multiple poster? Probably.
Please, just go kill yourself already.
@whomever is deleting some obnoxious posts, thnak you for deleting the original 283 and 284.
-Originally 285, now 283
Addendum: For those idiots wishing to post anal bleach fantasies, your comment will probably be deleted (thank God).
Guest@#271…
TGFD is stopping by again for a visit to CrazyTown after just downing two full episodes of “Masterpiece Mystery” on PBS: “Wallander” and “Foyle’s War”.
TGFD is certainly in the “whilst” mood now after 3 hours of quality British TV. Too bad #275 doesn’t care for that word, “whilst”.
Personally, I took a fancy to “whilst” whilst I was on “sabbatical”, of course.
It’s good to be back.
BTW, can anyone explain WTF is bleached asshole?
The Guy from Delaware
http://harrisonprice.com/2009/06/12/national-debt-school-house-rock/
TGFD- urbandictionary.com
Guest@#271 again…
TGFD forgot to mention the latest on my friend and fellow denizen of Delaware, TOGFD.
It seems that TOGFD was getting too worked-up, just as #272 said. Well, Dr. Phil got one of his medical friends to write TOGFD a prescription for Thorazine.
TOGFD calmed down alright. The fucker was damn-near catatonic when we found him lying in the cow pasture, passed out with his trousers pulled down. He was a mess, to say the least.
We managed to get him off of the medication, and thankfully, TOGFD’s psychosis is gradually returning to normal.
TOGFD plans to return just as soon as those malingering effects from his Thorazine crash have fully dissapated.
We should all keep him in our thoughts whilst he recovers. He’ll appreciate it.
The Guy from Delaware
p.s. @#287…Thanks. I’ll look it up.
To Jeff Macke, How was space camp with Greg? What a weekend I had.
-Ken
Greg in negotiations with ZeroHedge. More to follow.
@290- I don’t think Greg would mesh well with the “conspiracy theory, half truths, blatant lies, right wing agenda” style of zh.
@285 (TGFD)
Hey, I turned on Wallander on PBS tonight, but managed to miss the opening while doing other stuff, so lost the plot thread, but it looked good and will catch it on replay.
I give a one day moratorium on my “death to whilst” (@275)comment. I was incognito as a guest and and got caught up in the free thinking.
Finn
zh used to have an audio feature so you could listen to the blog being red by a robot. It would be great if we could get the same feature to read DB comments
300??
@tgfd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_bleaching
guest @293- Just hearing the word robot brings an uncontrollable grin to my face. Robot voice reading DB comments, fuck yeah!
“blog being red by a robot [at zh]” Awesome, I’m green with envy.
Give us the fucken robot voice Greg!
SPODE
SPODE, do they sell crack out of that deli you live above?
Greg’s to do list:
1. Blackberry and I-Pod updates for various articles.
2. Robot voice.
@290
Prove it.
Greg doesn’t strike me as paranoid at all so he can’t be a contributor there. Plus he would need massive amounts of tin foil to wear on his head, something that he probably would not be able to afford.
And if you think the commenters here a bunch of potty-mouth wiseguys and sex perverts, wait until he gets there. Most commenters at ZH are trapped in a world of conspiracy theories that has totally wiped out their common sense. That is the definition of a seriously dangerous bunch.
guest @297- Crack, Trenbolone Acetate, AK47, NYC Diesel Hash, they got it all. They even have those little 5oz purple drinks for ten cents each. Most of the products are written in some other language so when I get really high I go down stairs and pretend that I’m on assignment for National Geographic.
SPODE
Mission accomplished.
Curseyou SPODE.
@301, what? you mean you, me and Spode aren’t posting another 200 comments to get to 500 before opening bell?
There’s nothing better than a nice, fine cup of coffee in the morning while reading this message board…. and pounding my secretary in the ass! On to 400!
Well, certainly no one could have been unaware of the very strange stories floating around Zero Hedge before I left. Rumors about something being dug up on 85 Broad Street. I never gave these stories much credence.
HAL 9000
Acrobat Pro has robot functionality.
toggle on: ctrl + shift + b
toggle off: ctrl + shift + e
congrats on passing the 300 mark Greg. That’s a DB record.
@307- wrong. http://dealbreaker.com/2008/12/advice-to-our-hedge-fund-frien.php
not much goin on this weekend apparently.. greg, you got away with one
First!
@309 see parable of the fox and the sour grapes.
@309 don’t hate, congratulate
@311- are you a kindergarten teacher? otherwise what other excuse do you have for using the phrase “sour grapes”?
Dear Gregous.
I’m carrying your child. Won’t you come home?
-Mom
@313 no actually a psychologist by education. I can smell your disorder a mile away.
PS. Your granddad asked me to tell to get him some nice New Yorker toilet paper for father’s day. He is sick and tired of bleaching his chaffed anus.
-Mum
As someone we don’t love would say: “This cesspool has saved Greg’s job by giving him almost record traffic volume. On a weekend, WTF!”
Space camp was the shit! Dank nugs + planetarium = the bomb. Greg ate too much freeze-dried ice cream and puked doing the human gyroscope (what a fag). Incidentally, he had to sit out most of camp: We carved Zoso symbols into the lenses of his Rec Specs while he was sleeping the first night.
All in all, I’d give it a nine out of ten–not one hot counselor.
Outtie,
Jeff Macke
How can you loose a portion of a fraud to fraud ?
@319
Yeah… your about 300 posts late to actually comment regarding what the story was actually about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfGXmxJ1vM
But the $50Bn of Stimulus money that gets stolen will eventually get spent, right? Think of all the computing power, assistants, and machinery you need to buy to steal that much!
322
Most likely more stimulative than the other 737 bill
What is there left to say? I haven’t LMAO like that in a while. All good things must come to an end, folks.
Hope we can reconvene our DB shit-talking session in the near future.
-The End.
Happy 300+, Greg.
Anyone who wonders how crude first traded $100 should read this. The real challenge for this crowd isn’t 500 comments, it’s zero comments. Never happen.
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