But there hasn’t been much need for [medical supplies]. Ms. Lembitz, another medic, was tending to one of the most common injuries: blisters on a bongo drummer’s fingers. The only other common injuries, Mr. Pilon said, were cuts from food preparation and cases of foot fungus caught by activists who didn’t change out of wet socks…A website set up for the protest has a link to a nearby pizzeria, Liberato’s. Donors call, give the restaurant their credit card information, and a short time later a few pies—the website says the protesters prefer them without meat—show up at the area set up for food. Protesters hope they’ll be able to hold out for a while—some say forever. “Until Wall Street crumbles,” said Chris Mapp, a 20-year-old film student who lives in Harlem. “And we say that in the most peaceful way possible.” [WSJ]
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10 Meat Lover Pies courtesy of your friends at Dealbreaker
this penis party's got to go! hey hey! ho ho!!
“Until Wall Street crumbles,”
severe douche chills
Poor Person Problems: Bongo Finger Blisters, Trench Foot, Missing Fingers (Food Preparation), Drug Addiction (Marijuana, Meth, Heroine Only)
Rich Person Problems: Golf/Tennis Finger Blisters, Gout, Missing Fingers (Hunting, Fishing), Drug Addiction (Cocaine, Prescription Drugs Only)
Come on guys, help me fight this. I need the following:
A scientist
An engineer
A black man to sacrifice himself in case anything goes wrong
A giant drill
A professional stereo system to play "Raining blood" by Slayer
We can beat this!
right now the Liberatos's owner is debating whether his business is completely over, or if he should roll with it and start a slogan that says "If you're starving for Liberty, try Liberato's!!!"
It should just be meat. Like all meat. Not even bread. A meat tornado if you will.
Foot fungus is NOT joke.
I'd like to see a Freudian interpretation of this suggestion.
- Guy who is just sayin…
I've got problems too. The low tone horn on my Porsche crapped out. How can I honk at protesters with my horn producing only half the tones?
Did the L train stop running or something?
Meredith Whitney Research staff have occupied Main Street in Peoria, IL, until the muni bond market crumbles, and they mean it in the most peaceful way. The occupiers are good on makeup, hair spray, bacon-wrapped scallops, B&J Chunky Monkey, Brazilian wax, HP-12C calcs, can use more Louboutins, extra-long pantyliners, sashimi.
Free pizza – awesome!
-UBS MD
"Michael Rodriguez, a 24-year-old from the Bronx, started a conversation with a reporter by asking: "Are you a naked short-seller?" He went on to explain his concerns about the practice, which involves an investor selling a stock short—betting its price will fall—without having borrowed the shares in advance. He had learned about the practice two days ago from a passerby and had been researching it since. "
You better watch out, friend
I don't see how Wall St crumbles without a pretty serious earthquake.
- UBS Geology Quant
I was chatting with one of the protesters who happened to be from Nicaragua. I asked him, "What's the most popular entertainment in Nicaragua?" He replied, "Bull fighting." I asked if that wasn't revolting. "No", he replied, "That is the second most popular entertainment."
"I hope these fucking hippies die," noted one Dealbreaker commenter.
"And we say that in the most violent way possible."
Hey!!
Seconded.
-Rex Ryan
At least they get 1% cash back on the Chase Cards they're using at Liberto's
"The group has been going on short marches around the neighborhood in the morning and evening. On Tuesday afternoon, some headed north to SoHo where they joined a rally of postal workers protesting cuts at the U.S. Postal Service. "
Someone forget to tell these neanderthals that almost all major "wall st" firms are now located in midtown?
-Hakuna Matata guy making an attempt to fit in
"Hey, hey B of A, how many robust cross commodity spread derivatives balanced with a robust algo-ed risk bucketed VaR, long-only with positive and negative value shifts in a challenging market embedded with high volatility across all styles did you mark-to-market today?"
Not for these fuckers.
- JD
It was inevitable that Michael would confuse the activities of a reporter and a naked short-seller, two distinct career paths, as he only has a vague idea of what a "job" actually is.
MOM I told you only to order cheese pizza, I hate you!
I'll send the duchess right over there with some brownies – the good kind. She's an aspiring liberal douchebag today. Madden can hand out free shoes and I'm available to give a motivational speech!
- Jordan Belfort
No. That's inconsequential, because they're all controlled by GS anyways.
- M Taibbi
Here is a "dealing with financial protesters" pro-tip:
Don't wave money at them.
Get a job you loser!
-Greg's mom.
Mr. Rodriguez said he doesn't have faith in government to rein in the financial industry. "If I talk to 1,000 congressmen, what's going to happen?" he said. "I want the world to know about this." He planned to bring his concerns to the protesters' direct-action committee, which he hoped would adopt it as "a specific item to fight against."
Wait, how many congressmen? 1,000? Fascinating…
oh well
I don't think a 20-year old film student could hold out very long.
- Guy who took film class as an elective to raise his GPA and met a few film majors who couldn't get laid in a morgue
He plans on protesting for the next three or four electoral cycles.
-More people will come if they think we have punch and pie!
-…punch and pie.
Pretty sure all of the above fall under "rich person problems," under the respective subcategories of "25 and under" and "40 and over."
I wonder if the DoD accepts credit cards for Predator Drone strikes?
If these fuckers really want to bring down Wall Street, they need to hack into Bess's inbox. There's stuff in there…
I like your style, but can attest to the fact that missing fingers from food preparation is not just a poor person's problem.
~Rahm Emanuel
+1
OK now it is on. These fuckers are messing up NYSE's Blocktoberfest. I wanted to drink outside damnit.
everybody is already trying to get into bess's box
Wait, what?? I thought ShortNaked meant he was short and liked to be naked. Was that wrong of me?
Can you blow me where the pampers is?
Are we sure this isn't just a late migration of the 'crusty punks'?
- Fungus Among Us
any hotties down there? think they like top hats and monocles??
Matt, instead of commenting on Bess' posts, write some of you own.
Thanks.
Not me. I love Bess for her brains, exceptional writing ability and abhorrence of charts. I have no interest in her inbox.
Was hoping to go to Ulysses' Folk House tonight post work. But I get the feeling these crusty members of the proletariat will totally ruin my buzz.
- J.T Marlin Series 7/63 Retail Brokerage Equity Profressional, CFA L1 candidate
Insert generic 'shrinkage joke' here
- Guy thinking about insertion…
Hakuna Matata
And he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises?
Banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee
Oh, that ain't working, that's the way you do it
Get your money for nothing get your chicks for free
When I walked by, I caught several of these "hippies" surreptitiously studying for Level II of the CFA.
I detect a sophisticated PsyOps program by Jamie Dimon.
But where are the bankers free pizza?
How much to get you to give Bess's box a try?
One million dollars, of course. (Why must I be surrounded by frickin' idiots?)
Only if we get pics.
-the (male) commentariat
Insults yelled at me by the protesters…feedback / comparable experiences? "Turn off your Fox News and wake up!" AND "You Wall St guys are the real terrorists!"
I watched on CNN today as a reporter asked a protester why she's there. The woman responded "to put an end to the suffering we endure by corporate america".
The CNN anchor then asked if she's so against "corporate america" why she is using a brand new Macbook, manufactured by the 2nd richest company in america. Her response: "Well……that's a good point but….I mean….I need it."
Got a real revolution going down on the south end….
Your on thin ice here jizz boy.
warch it
I fear you doth protest too much.
pmco, more of an outbox girl?
Liked it.
"Mortgage Lenders who were far greedier than Investment Bankers…"
Sorry, but that's not possible – NOBODY is greedier than Investment Bankers. Well, maybe junk bond traders, but that's it!
Let me tell you about "revolutions on the south end"……
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How about PMCO and Wollensky? That's the best I can do.
With extreme prejudice
Why is it that people complaining that "Wall Street is destroying the world" also happen to be committing suicide via smoking cigarettes?
Nope I'm still over here doing God's work.
Did they set up wireless at the protest or did you just hack into some unsuspecting person's internet?
I take it you've never been in the natural gas trading/marketing business…?
A2A?
That would be a "no" Troj.
Greggums,
when you get back from your job search today, please dont forget to bring a box of Magnums, the Big Bertha 3 Wood, the mag-lite, and another can of crisco. Russell and I will be napping in my bedroom, knock three times and leave everything by the door. There is mac & cheese (spongebob shapes!) and PB&J on the kitchen table waiting for you. I remembered to remove the crust this time…your favorite!!!
love you sweetie,
greg's mom
As long as these fucks stay off Park Ave, away from the real banks, they can do whatever they want.
Is there any medical attention for the bedbugs, or have they all committed suicide by now …
Is that notional or economic value?
- Guy that has a tentative grasp of the CDS concept but is much more scrubbed in to the GoG market.
Only problem with that is the tobacco will take 30-odd years to kill them.
Apparently MACE is broke. You think with a recession, riots and protests that they would be making a metric fuckton of money.
Here's the link. http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/MACE.PK/key…
FYI: It's "Reign in Blood".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mg4WCx3xC0
If they do, that's really going to cut down the time to my Black Card.
See why we hate America? In Afghanistan, these hippies would have met a falafel creator long time ago.
I seriously hope that this continues for another 3-4 months.
One word: Realtors.
Joke briefer?
"Raining Blood" is a track on the album "Reign in Blood."
- Head of Research, Wikipedia Division
You're an idiot.
- The Joke Briefer
All the wet socks hipsters have now conjoined and become one giant wet blanket
No chance.
These people are so stupid that they will be long gone, off invading Russia by time winter rolls around.
touche
These, Tom, are the Causeheads. They pick a world-threatening issue and stick to it for about a week.
Yon hipster hath a lean and hungry look.
Co-signed.
-Dick Morris
Foul! Foul, I say!
I'm the real Joke Briefer and I'm here to say…
Enjoy a good joke every day……!
This is the "real" Joke Briefer and I would never verbally assault one who summons me. An imposter "poseur" has made an unauthorized retort to guest and I hope "guest" understands. If this were Texas, the earlier joke briefer could be charged under new internet social media laws on impersonation but I digress.
Dear guest, let me take over here and brief that joke for you. Shecky Bolivar's joke was a reference to a situation in many Central and South American countries, where, over time, the citizens have rallied and overthrown a corrupt government only to become corrupt themselves in similar of different ways. "Revolution" has been a common theme in the region for hundreds of years. So, in this case, a visitor at the protests asks about entertainment in Nicaragua and is told by a citizen of the country that such entertainment is bullfighting. The interviewer is shocked by such animal cruelty and suggests that it might be "revolting" as in the area of disgusting behavior. Our Nicaraguan friend doesn't understand and thinks "revolting" means a continuing change of government in a non democratic way. You can see that the juxtaposition and ironic multi use of "revolting" acts as the lynch pin for cascades of giggles, guffaws, snorts, titters and the more pedestrian "chuckle".
The political/commercial history of the region can be found in the following works:
"Those Fucking Banana People! – How Central American Countries Got Peeled" by Chiquita DeMonte, Brown Spot Press, 234 pages.
"Bananas", a film by Woody Allen, 1971.
OK, so now I have an official "intense debate" account. A blog will be next I suppose.
Damn you… my days of impersonating you are over.
Just what I was thinking. I'm reasonably confident that these protesters' bills are being paid by checks from trust funds managed by the very bankers they are protesting against.
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