“Sir, we’ll need a new Dangerous Emissions Supervisor.” – Mr. Smithers “Yes, well find someone cheap. It’s been a very lean year for us.” – C.M. Burns “Money fight!” – C.M. Burns & Mr. Smithers Between the kabuki of Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings and the banging of the drums on health care reform the lords [...]
Archive for the ‘CDOs’ Category
The Beast Must Die
Posted 15 July 09 by Zeno Amerikanos in AIG, CDOs, Credit Default Swaps, Federal Bailout, Goldman Sachs, Institutionalized Stupidity
Tagged with even in a fake democracy people should get what they want some of the time, get the money dolla dolla bill y’all, posted late for no particular reason, seriously read all three of these together
Waiting for Sheriff Bart
“Hello Mr. Halper, I’m calling from MoneyBank credit services department. I was wondering if you had a chance to read the threatening letter we sent you?” – MoneyBank Services Representative “Dahh . . .” – Bart Simpson “Because you sound like a mature responsible person who wouldn’t want an unpaid credit card bill to spoil [...]
Posted 19 October 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in 2008 Election, America's Elite, Barack Obama, CDOs, Credit Default Swaps, Economics, Hank Paulson, Institutionalized Stupidity, John McCain, Systems Analyst, The Art of the Possible
Tagged with Blazing Saddles still has much to teach us, go back to Russia you commie Republicans!, Go Barack Go!, silly Kanye – George Bush hates ALL people, we’re all gonna die poor and alone!
Two Simple Things
“I only have two questions, ‘How much?’, and ‘Give it to me’.” – Homer Simpson The sight of Republicans and Democrats rapidly agreeing with each other is always cause for anxiety, especially when it happens less than two months away from a leap year election. This is the most partisan time on the political calendar, [...]
Posted 21 September 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in CDOs, Federal Bailout, Institutionalized Stupidity
Tagged with $700 billion = $2321 per person, $700 billion = $5542 per household, $700 billion = a shitload of money, 2 simple things is all you need, deficits as far as the eye can see, Go Barack Go!, just those two things that anyone can understand, right when its almost over they pull shit like this, this is not the end of this crisis
It’s a Mystery
“Don’t ask me how the economy works.” – Homer Simpson I have a long standing theory that no one really understands how the economy works, not the government grandees in New York and Washington D.C., not the well dressed predators of lower Manhattan, not the economics professors, not the citizen day-traders, not even the money [...]
Posted 18 May 08 by Zeno Amerikanos in CDOs, Economics, Institutionalized Stupidity, Print is Dead, Systems Analyst, The London Review of Books
Tagged with buy it for a dollar sell it for two, it’s a mystery, needless complexity, stating the obvious is fun, the idea of stimulus checks seems quit and silly next t
