• 25 Aug 2009 at 6:10 PM

Write-Offs: 08.25.09

By Bess Levin

$$$ Sarkozy to Deny Work to Bankers Bucking Bonus Rules [Bloomberg]
$$$ Antares unraveled as money, markets shrank (Now’s your chance to shack up in Biff Basness’s old office.) [Greenwich Time]
$$$ anal_yst on writing under the name “anal_yst.” [The Atlantic]
$$$ Nemazzee Complaint [scribd]
$$$ KPMG accountancy chief fiddled £545,000 to pay for his new wife’s luxury tastes [Daily Mail]
$$$ Is it me or does T. Geith get a little testy around the time he’s asked to justify why he’s Treasury Secretary? [WSJ via ZH]

Comments (25)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | August 25, 2009 at 6:18 PM

    he also didn’t appreciate the suggestion he worked for bob rubin at goldman sachs.

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | August 25, 2009 at 6:18 PM

    “these are deeply honorable men”
    who unlike me, paid their taxes, that we know of.

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | August 25, 2009 at 7:18 PM

    Is it me, or does his head lean towards the right when your looking at him?
    Freaky…

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | August 25, 2009 at 7:25 PM

    Looks like he’s getting ready for the pass, but his eyes are off the ball. I call wimp.

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | August 25, 2009 at 7:52 PM

    I just walked past a sack of Dennis Kneale’s collies. They we’re all ‘nailed’ in the same way.
    poor doggies …

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | August 25, 2009 at 7:55 PM

    Bess, Cody needs a little help, and presumably Imus will too:
    http://mediamatters.org/blog/200908250009

  7. 7
    Posted by e_anthony58 | August 25, 2009 at 9:08 PM

    Maria Bartiromo sent me a junk email about her FREE Investor Weekly newsletter.
    I’d rather ask my Magic 8 Ball for investing advice.

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | August 25, 2009 at 9:39 PM

    4:00 – Blaming a US credit bubble on loose monetary policy overseas? Is that the line now?? All the borrowings were in a foreign currency? Really?
    11:30 – Moral imperative to protect those who are innocent of the mistakes that brought us to this place….. um wouldn’t that be the savers rather than the spenders?
    If you want to talk moral imperative, help protect the value of dollar buddy and get ur mates at the Fed to stop printing it.
    The scary thing is this isn’t some nut or analyst, this is the guy in charge. And he believes the world is flat.

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | August 25, 2009 at 9:44 PM

    Can confirm 5′s story. I just saw the poor pooches. They were desperately trying to “flush” kong dog toys from their rectum. If Dennis is reading this, kongs are no substitute for anal beads. You’re a bad man. A very bad man. And careless.
    -Concerned Walker

  10. 10
    Posted by InfiniteGuest | August 25, 2009 at 9:57 PM

    @Anal, well-done.
    I wonder, though. Knowledge, beyond our direct experience, is mediated by professionals, whose celebrity helps advance a particular construction.
    Short-term, how will we share knowledge without the Beakers of this world?

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | August 25, 2009 at 10:12 PM

    Geithner has a tumescent prefrontal lobe. He can’t be wrong.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | August 25, 2009 at 10:59 PM

    Tomaaaaaaaaaaaaaaco

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | August 26, 2009 at 1:55 AM

    @8 ever heard of the Japanese Yen num nuts?

  14. 14
    Posted by Teddy Kennedy | August 26, 2009 at 2:02 AM

    No one call an ambulance, as I’m sure you’re all too flustered that I’m dead. You people were good to me, although I always tried to drive legislation up your asses to destroy Wall St. However, there’s a special place in hell that we’ll all share.
    Suck my white-haired balls, fags.
    -Tizzle Kizzle

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | August 26, 2009 at 6:52 AM

    @14 Ed, I’m not sorry you’re dead.

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | August 26, 2009 at 7:42 AM

    Geitner is doing the “SAFE CRACKER” again in the video!!! Awesome

  17. 17
    Posted by Seaman Bodine II | August 26, 2009 at 8:12 AM

    I think Geitner is suffering from Michael J. Fox syndrome.
    You see, back in his heyday, Alex P. Keaton had a tough time getting leading actresses right for his movies, as he was about 5′ tall. So, they’d find these lil’ midget types, who then made him look tall. When you see these movies now, it looks like the film has been contorted (eg width expanded) with the “symmetry” button unchecked.
    Well, Obama is Doc Hollywood, and Timmy is Viula.

  18. 18
    Posted by guest | August 26, 2009 at 8:15 AM

    @17
    retard.

  19. 19
    Posted by guest | August 26, 2009 at 8:18 AM

    @17
    I guess that was supposed to be funny. Go back to your meth lab. The cops are waiting.

  20. 20
    Posted by guest | August 26, 2009 at 8:23 AM

    17 – you suck and your momma has a penis.

  21. 21
    Posted by guest | August 26, 2009 at 9:10 AM

    From analysts article:
    “…Lost on many critics is the important distinction that all anonymous bloggers are not created equal; some are hacks spouting all manner of crazy and stupid..”
    You wouldn’t by chance be referring to the esteemed DB commentariat would you analyst?

  22. 22
    Posted by Tax Chick | August 26, 2009 at 9:16 AM

    Nice job Anal_yst! Many great writers have written under a pseudonyms: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The use of a pseudonym should have nothing to do with whether or not the writer is knowledgable, the content should speak for itself… I guess that is Dennis’s problem; lack of content.

  23. 23
    Posted by Seaman Bodine II | August 26, 2009 at 9:58 AM

    seaman bodine you suck! you’re not funny!
    you’re a racist too – go back to your trailer, you’ve never worked in finance
    fuck you seaman bodine

  24. 24
    Posted by guest | August 26, 2009 at 10:10 AM

    @23
    the only sensible thing you ever said. now kill yourself.

  25. 25
    Posted by Seaman Bodine II | August 26, 2009 at 10:20 AM

    @24
    ok my little brownie

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