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    Posted 2011-02-09 22:52:00 on Do You Have An “Office Spouse”?

    This story's lamer than FDR's legs.

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    Posted 2011-02-03 17:31:00 on Bonus Watch ’11: Which Bank Pays Employees The Most On Wall Street?

    (Two Krauts in Hell) Kraut #1: Vait, vy are ve here? Kraut #2: Oh jeah, that ting.

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    Posted 2011-01-26 21:59:00 on Russia: Hey! Look! Over Here!

    Commander Lou: How do you Soviets deal with stress? Ivan Danko: Vodka

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    Posted 2011-01-26 21:53:00 on Commodities Trader Shot Dead By Farmer

    Wat went wong?

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    Posted 2010-11-15 18:32:00 on Want To Fornicate In Bernie Madoff’s Bed?

    What's Jewish doggy style? You beg for half an hour and the princess rolls over and plays dead.

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    Posted 2010-11-12 23:23:00 on Nassim Taleb: Ben Bernanke Doesn’t Understand Risk

    Isaac (Bernanke) and Ishmael (Taleb) look the same. It looks like they were separated at birth.

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    Posted 2010-11-12 20:58:00 on This Is A Rap Video About The US-Sino Currency Beef, Featuring Tim Geithner Shooting A Machine Gun

    What do you call a fat Chinese? A Chunk.

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    Posted 2010-11-12 20:53:00 on Stephen Schwarzman Gives World Yet Another Reason To Want A Piece Of This

    Wow...queer as a football bat.

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    Posted 2010-11-12 20:49:00 on Dick Bové Absolutely Loved TARP

    So that's what Santa Claus does in the off season...

  10. 10
    Posted 2010-11-12 20:48:00 on Tim Geithner Bought Shares Of Sweet Ass Manufacturer To Teach His Kids About Stocks

    That ass is flatter than Shittigroup's profits.

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    Posted 2010-11-05 23:59:00 on Shaq Versus The Harvard Crew Team

    They should row across the Atlantic and see who makes it alive.

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    Posted 2010-10-18 21:59:00 on Former Woman Of Wall Street Founds Hebrew School Kids May Actually Want To Attend

    What's Hitler's least favorite planet? Jewpiter

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    Posted 2010-10-12 13:44:00 on And The Role Of Ben Bernanke In HBO’s Too Big To Fail Goes To…Paul Giamatti

    I said it once and I'll say it again: HP: Bruce Willis DF: Robert de Niro JD: Mark Harmon LB: Gollum VP: Kal Penn KL: Christopher Walken JM: Dan Hedaya BB: Jack Nicholson (w/beard) GWB: Leslie Nielsen DC: Larry David TG: NPH

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    Posted 2010-08-27 18:39:00 on Casting Too Big To Fail

    HP: Bruce Willis DF: Robert de Niro JD: Mark Harmon LB: Gollum VP: Kal Penn KL: Christopher Walken JM: Dan Hedaya BB: Jack Nicholson (w/beard) GWB: Leslie Nielsen DC: Larry David TG: NPH

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    Posted 2010-07-15 00:04:37 on Caption Contest Wednesday

    BO: (after breaking vase) That was a cheap vase, right? That was a fake, right? WB: I believe we paid $35,000. But if I remember correctly, we valued it for the insurance company at $50,000. You see, Mortimer? [Obama] has already made us $15,000. BO: You want me to break something else?

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    Posted 2010-05-21 12:31:18 on Private Equity Fuming Over Carried Interest Tax Hike

    @everyone who voted for this socialist...you get what you pay for...

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    Posted 2009-10-05 12:45:06 on Don’t Drink The Water. Punk.

    @ everyone talkin' smack...this guy was made partner at his hedge fund ($14 billion at its peak) in his early 30s...what's your accomplishment?

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    Posted 2009-09-23 11:37:31 on Kazakh Bankers Get Back To Basics

    @ Ben_H, Hahaha, Big Ben strikes again. Man, I loved the comments you sent with the afternoon marks at HBK. Is QS still around?

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    Posted 2009-02-19 10:14:06 on Now The Wives Picture Makes Sense. He Had The Best Stuff Around.

    "A video posted on the firm's web-site shows Stanford...being hugged by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and praised by former President Bill Clinton for helping to finance a convention-related forum and party put on by the National Democratic Institute. " "Stanford Financial was listed as the "lead benefactor" for the gathering, and Stanford was permitted to address the audience of several hundred. " "Stanford contributed $150,000 to underwrite the event, said NDI president Kenneth Wollack. More recently, Stanford gave $5,000 to help pay for a luncheon hosted by the group." Hope and Change indeed...

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    Posted 2009-02-05 09:28:11 on Think Of The Children

    Tiny Tim's havin' a rough Christmas...