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    Posted 2009-02-10 10:34:20 on Has He Not Earned It?

    400K to replace a pension that would have paid 50% of 160K for life (isn't that how a govt pension works? no idea, I don't even know anyone who works in govt) ? Not that great of deal for Geithner, IMO.

  2. 2
    Posted 2009-02-06 12:34:53 on The Magic Of Television

    I didn't know they remade the brady bunch.

  3. 3
    Posted 2009-02-04 11:45:27 on Layoffs Watch ’09: DB

    @4 - if they can pay it back, then they deserve to get paid.

  4. 4
    Posted 2009-02-03 13:54:50 on I Think I’m On The Point Of Spotting The Flaw In This Plan

    John Wilkes Booth, UCLA and SMU aren't "Ivy League". What do I get?

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    Posted 2009-02-02 15:36:46 on Here We Go Again

    in honor of the CitiPawn, I say we set up TARPPawn. Buy the assets for 10c on the $, split the profits beyond that on sale. The banks will get a pawn ticket where they buy them back for sale+interest unless someone else buys them first.

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    Posted 2009-02-02 12:20:21 on Charlie Gasparino Thinks You’re All Unemployed SAC Capital Employees

    I think having him write a blog post for DB would be a pretty cool outcome. Not sure if that his prize for winning or losing though. Maybe the topic is determined by win or lose.

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    Posted 2009-02-01 10:31:35 on No More Than The President Of The United States

    in case of a nuclear attack, I'm sure having the president on American Airlines using an airphone activated by his POTUS Corporate Card is a viable option. I'm not sure I'd classify any security measures as a "benefit"

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    Posted 2009-01-29 11:27:43 on Live-Blogging The BAC Townhall

    " It's more strategically compelling than ever for bringing BAC and MER together." no kidding. Too Big To Fail is the new business model and gives you access to those socialized risk capital markets

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    Posted 2009-01-28 16:40:34 on Oopsies!

    @8: I guess not, WFC up 31% today.

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    Posted 2009-01-28 14:12:07 on Bank Of America’s No. 2 Likens Firm To Days On The Farm

    being that they just f'd their employees, I hope he didn't raise sheep.

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    Posted 2009-01-28 12:11:32 on Bonus Watch ’09: BAC

    somewhere in a bar, 2 bofa employees are closing out a tab... "oh. you came from MER? guess you're buying"

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    Posted 2009-01-27 22:14:31 on People Moves

    vanna, I'd like to buy a vowel...

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    Posted 2009-01-27 12:24:35 on Citigroup Grounded?

    The macarons at La Maison Du Chocolat are ridiculously good. Crisp on the outside, chewey in the middle. Not cheap, but worth it - a bag of 6 large ones will run you about 4 shamwows. Don't waste your time with the little ones, they lose the proper crisp/chewey ratio.

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    Posted 2009-01-23 11:16:02 on Layoffs Watch ’09: Madoff Securities

    quibble over semantics? I would fully expect a Madoff thread to be quite anti-semantic.

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    Posted 2009-01-22 17:21:07 on Errata

    nice tag, I bet that comes in handy again

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    Posted 2009-01-22 11:17:06 on There’s Accountability And There’s Accountability

    so that's why Lewis wanted to meet with Thain. To tell him about his new role overseeing the expansion of the China operations....

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    Posted 2009-01-22 10:48:28 on “Code Green Downfall, I Say Again, Green Downfall”

    W2's get mailed out by the end of next week. When you get them, open the little gift up. The tiny box that say "federal withholding" with the big number in it? That big number just went to pay the bonuses of a failed business.

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    Posted 2009-01-21 15:37:09 on More Fodder For The Ponzi Trifecta

    A bronze Henry Winkler, rod and reel in hand, straining to pull in a giant letter "P" A Fonzi the Bear stuffed animal would do in a pinch too. Staple a Fisher Price rod to it, spray paint it gold, and you could award it for less than the cost of paying a first year JPM bonus.

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    Posted 2009-01-21 14:39:28 on Greenlight: We Have To Be Able To Laugh About This Stuff

    was "Einhorny! Call us!" supposed to sound like "I'm horny! Call us!" or was that just some bonus accidental comedy?

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    Posted 2009-01-20 16:26:19 on Meltdown At The Close

    I'll go with RBS. Since TARP isn't spurring the kind of stimulus promised, once a nationalization precedent like that is set, it will be viewed as the best way to protect the taxpayer investment for the next bank to line up for a(nother) handout