• 08 Mar 2010 at 8:16 PM

Write-Offs: 03.08.10

$$$ Life After Porn: The Retirement Challenge [CNBC]

$$$ Tim Geithner: ““Why do policymakers screw up financial crises?” he said before I left his office. “They screw up financial crises because the politics are horrible, and that deters action. They are slow and late and tentative and weak because they are scared to death of the politics. But sometimes a policymaker has to say, I’ll take pain now against pain later.” [New Yorker via NYM]

$$$ The $6200 Insult: How Chase Manhattan Convinced Me to Finally Move My Money [HuffPo]

$$$ Caeser’s wants to give you a free buy-in/room for next weekend’s poker tournament. Winner will be picked tomorrow! [DB]

$$$ Papaconstantinou Says Greece `Taking the Right Measures’ [Bloomberg]

Comments (24)

  1. Posted by Anonymous | March 8, 2010 at 8:54 PM

    There is no life after Porn.
    SAC Alum

  2. Posted by Anonymous | March 8, 2010 at 10:52 PM

    throw the ball faster than fuck

  3. Posted by Mitch Cumstein | March 8, 2010 at 10:54 PM

    Having a guy named Papaconstantinou tell you Greece is taking the proper steps is akin to having a guy named del Sarto tell you Gasparino is conscientious with regards to fashion.

  4. Posted by Anonymous | March 8, 2010 at 11:32 PM

    Why have you guys abandoned the mobile site? DB is blocked on PC’s at a lot of companies.

  5. Posted by Dirty Harry | March 8, 2010 at 11:46 PM

    Markopolos = batsh*t crazy. They were actually taking Bernie’s side on TDS. Wow. If I were an SEC employee who met him in a dark alley…

  6. Posted by Anonymous | March 8, 2010 at 11:51 PM

    @4 “Why have you guys abandoned the mobile site? DB is blocked on PC’s at a lot of companies.”

    They didn’t. they’ve just been having “severe technical difficulties” the past few weeks, which I’m sure affected the mobile site as well as the regular one.

  7. Posted by confused | March 9, 2010 at 6:01 AM

    Why would a guy read mens health? It has pictures of men in it. Does that make him gay?

  8. Posted by Anonymous | March 9, 2010 at 8:38 AM

    @7 No

    -Maestro of the markers

  9. Posted by guest | March 9, 2010 at 8:38 AM

    @7 I’m no expert but pretty sure being gay takes a little more commitment than just ogling the hotties in gay lad-mags like Men’s Health.

  10. Posted by Anonymous | March 9, 2010 at 9:11 AM

    Mens health magazines are effective cross boundary interest generators for our products.

    ~Steroid salesman

  11. Posted by Anonymous | March 9, 2010 at 9:13 AM

    What’s better than roses on your piano?

    Tulips on your organ.

  12. Posted by Anonymous | March 9, 2010 at 9:34 AM

    Christy should to call Gundlach for some investment advice. There could be a fit.

  13. Posted by HeadlessHorseman | March 9, 2010 at 9:35 AM

    “Why do Washington bureaucrats pay their personal taxes?” he said before I left his office. “They pay their personal taxes because the politics [of not paying] are horrible, and that deters inaction. The tax returns are slow and late with deductions that are dubious and weak because we are scared to death of the politics. But sometimes even big shot bureaucrats have to say, I’ll take pain now against pain later.”

    - Tim Geithner

  14. Posted by Anonymous | March 9, 2010 at 9:43 AM

    Beth -
    Did you finally get fed up with your IT issues and decide to take the day off? Couldn’t blame you. Or is the site still broken?
    Cliff A.

  15. Posted by Gov Patterson | March 9, 2010 at 9:50 AM

    Cliff I think the site works great.

  16. Posted by Anonymous | March 9, 2010 at 9:51 AM

    Life After Porn = Financial Blogging

  17. Posted by Anonymous | March 9, 2010 at 10:01 AM

    Porn makes me horny.

  18. Posted by NakedShort | March 9, 2010 at 10:04 AM

    Show me that smile again. Show me that smile
    Don’t waste another minute on your cryin’.
    We know we’re near the end (of this IT bullshit)
    The best is ready to begin.

    Oooohhh. As long as we got each other
    We got the world spinnin’ right in our hands.
    Baby you and me, we gotta be
    The luckiest commenters who never quit posting.

    As long as we keep on givin’
    we can take anything that comes our way
    Baby, rain or shine, all the time
    We got each other sharin’ the laughter and love.

  19. Posted by Anonymous | March 9, 2010 at 10:07 AM

    wow- I really didn’t think it was possible to write a boring article about porn, but there ya go…

  20. Posted by Anonymous | March 9, 2010 at 10:07 AM

    @18, please girl, that was not up to snuff.

  21. Posted by Anonymous | March 9, 2010 at 10:08 AM

    Anyone see Margaret B on Bloomberg? Can you say cleavage challenge? Shirt looks damn near see through.

  22. Posted by Anonymous | March 9, 2010 at 10:18 AM

    @19 it’s fucking CNBC, were you expecting better?

  23. Posted by Ass_ociate | March 9, 2010 at 10:19 AM

    “It was a hard lesson to learn, never expecting the kind people at Chase . . . to repay my 44 years of loyalty by cheating me and then telling me that I was a criminal tranny.”

    Clearly the Hous of Dimon has learned a thing or two from a certain firm in Stamford.

  24. Posted by The Great Cornholio | March 9, 2010 at 12:38 PM

    Ah, Christy Canyon. My first pornstar crush.

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