Things are getting a bit heated in the Make Benefit Glorious Nation. Kazakhstan's largest lender, BTA Bank, recently received an unexpected initial payment in connection to its lawsuit against the Alem Art Foundation and local newspaper Respublika. Having defaulted on over $12 billion in debt, BTA sued the newspaper in connection to a story which created a run on the bank; it is also trying to recoup a charitable donation made by the bank's former management to the art foundation.
In response, artist Kanat Ibragimov and Respublika reporters tried to send seven pair of underwear to BTA's Chief Executive Officer Anvar Saidenov and Chairman Arman Dunayev, Respublika reported. "I'm sending them my underwear in a desperate gesture during this time of blatant reactionism after a decade of peaceful life in Kazakhstan," Ibragimov said by telephone today in Almaty..."The only thing left for artists whom the government's actions have deprived of hope is to take off their underpants," he said.
As long as BTA can solve for '?', this underwear-based transaction initiative could be a real boon for the bank.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 12:01PM
? = Lindsay Lohan
Posted by Jefferies Quant , Sep 03, 2009 12:12PM
dear god I hate you Greg
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 12:29PM
?=Market Trish Regan's kush.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 12:30PM
?=otaku shachiku.
Just ask Nomura-san.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 12:31PM
Greg,
Not too shabby, better than normal.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 12:32PM
I have never jumped on the bash-Greg bandwagon, but he has been steadily producing an abnormal number of boring posts lately.
Posted by Grand wizard Gnome , Sep 03, 2009 12:38PM
Thanks for the mention. Its a thankless job being an underpants gnome, but somebody has to do it.
GWG-In my underpants now!
Posted by BSD , Sep 03, 2009 12:40PM
Are you guys serious? The first sentence is an epic fail of a Borat reference. I actually didn't jump on the Greg bashing because I thought he needed time to acclimate, but the man just isn't good.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 12:42PM
@BSD#8 It's fucking Kazakhstan. It would be deficient not to include a Borat reference.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 12:45PM
Wow, I thought Cohen just made up all that crazy Borat stuff!
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 12:54PM
This story had a lot of potential for DB. Sigh!
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 12:59PM
I am not wearing underpants.
-Sue Herrara
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 1:02PM
@12
I know you're not, 'cause I stole 'em.
-CG
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 1:11PM
@ 13
I queefed in those all day.
Sue Herera
Posted by NakedShort , Sep 03, 2009 1:15PM
@13, Sue
You are woman, hear you roar
Queefing too loud to ignore
Queef a little each day and let your soul take flight
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 1:20PM
P.S., You're next Quintanilla.
-CG
Posted by Tax Chick , Sep 03, 2009 1:24PM
@Naked
Hats (or perhaps more appropriately pants) off to you!
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 1:39PM
Worst post ever. This is horrible.
Posted by BSD , Sep 03, 2009 2:00PM
@9, Yeah being original is clearly deficient. Borat is beyond played out.
That being said, my point was that he fumbled the reference - not that he made it in the first place.
Posted by american bandersnatch , Sep 03, 2009 2:00PM
Oh that's right, Greg, don't make any fucking effort to write good posts on DealBreaker. If God would have wanted you to be a succesful writer he would have miracled you some good material by now, wouldn't he?
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 2:59PM
Gnome more posts Greg...please.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 4:28PM
@21 que sad trombone
calgreedy