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Getting tired of bailouts?

post #1 of 23
12/3/08 at 5:15pm
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Are you getting tired of bailouts? Here's a new one for your annoyance. This is a bailout of Citicorp from a foreign group. At least it has the advantage that the US taxpayers won't be on the hook directly, although I'm sure that "hook" is in the business plan somewhere.

Option ARMageddon Blog Archive Somali Pirates to acquire Citigroup
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post #2 of 23
12/4/08 at 5:15pm

Re: Getting tired of bailouts?

Mmm. With that patch over one eye, they will start to look like certain real-life bank managers.


Cees
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post #3 of 23
12/5/08 at 2:48pm

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Eye patches certainly make a bailout more palatable.

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post #4 of 23
12/5/08 at 3:28pm

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The good news is that I can buy AK-47s and Hashish on my WAMU-Citi credit card for only 4.5%APR for the first 11 months.
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post #5 of 23
12/7/08 at 9:36am

Re: Getting tired of bailouts?

More drastic policies in the airline industry: American Airlines Now Charging Fees To Non-Passengers | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Recessions suck.

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post #6 of 23
12/7/08 at 1:09pm

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I've got to visit The Onion more often. Every time I see one of their pieces I laugh and laugh.
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post #7 of 23
12/7/08 at 1:16pm
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Re: Getting tired of bailouts?

It's much more hit or miss, but Scrappleface can also be a hoot.
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post #8 of 23
1/7/09 at 1:31pm

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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Porn industry seeks federal bailout - Blogs from CNN.com

This is not from The Onion -- tis on CNN.

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post #9 of 23
1/7/09 at 2:14pm

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"People are too depressed to be sexually active," Flynt said in the statement. "This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex."

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post #10 of 23
1/7/09 at 4:31pm

Re: Getting tired of bailouts?

You have got to be fucking kidding me.
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post #11 of 23
1/7/09 at 5:04pm
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Re: Getting tired of bailouts?

I think those guys should just suck it up and keep a stiff upper lip.
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post #12 of 23
1/7/09 at 5:56pm

Re: Getting tired of bailouts?

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Originally Posted by Dennis Nicholls
I think those guys should just suck it up and keep a stiff upper lip.

So basically, you are worried that if they actually were able to get the cash from Washington that they'd probably just blow it?!?
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post #13 of 23
1/7/09 at 6:32pm

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Editors are outdoing themselves with the headlines on this one. Check your favorite news aggregator:

Time to pull out of the bailout
XXX Wants Your $$$
Flynt and Francis: Flaccid Porn Biz Needs Gov't Pumping
Pornographers seek lift from Uncle Sam
Mr. Smut Goes To Washington

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post #14 of 23
1/7/09 at 8:50pm

Re: Getting tired of bailouts?

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Originally Posted by Holadem


Editors are outdoing themselves with the headlines on this one. Check your favorite news aggregator:

Time to pull out of the bailout
XXX Wants Your $$$
Flynt and Francis: Flaccid Porn Biz Needs Gov't Pumping
Pornographers seek lift from Uncle Sam
Mr. Smut Goes To Washington

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MSNBC's is pretty good as well:

"Porn industry seeks own stimulus ... package"

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post #15 of 23
1/8/09 at 5:58am

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"People are too depressed to be sexually active," Flynt said in the statement. "This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex."
Speaking of flawed logic. Porn is a sex-substitute, not the big thing itself. So apparently, if they the PI is selling less, the Americans are having more sex, not less.
I also fail to see how financial injections to compensate for a diminished revenue of porn-sales will increase the sexual activity of Americans.

Of course, porn has always been about compensating.


Cees
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post #16 of 23
1/8/09 at 7:22am

Re: Getting tired of bailouts?

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Originally Posted by Cees Alons
Speaking of flawed logic. Porn is a sex-substitute, not the big thing itself. So apparently, if they the PI is selling less, the Americans are having more sex, not less.
Your presumption of inverse relationship between incidence of sex and sales of porn has not been established as far as I know. (if you are at all serious )

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post #17 of 23
1/8/09 at 9:33am

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Yes, it presumes a uniform level of sexual desire. Flynt is right that depressed people lose their mojo, and a good chuck of the country (and world) right now is scared, depressed, or both.
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post #18 of 23
1/8/09 at 9:53am

Re: Getting tired of bailouts?

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Originally Posted by Holadem
Your presumption of inverse relationship between incidence of sex and sales of porn has not been established as far as I know. (if you are at all serious )

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I'll trust Cees on this one. He's from Amsterdam, and they know a hell of a lot more about sex (not to mention porn) than we do.
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post #19 of 23
1/8/09 at 2:56pm

Re: Getting tired of bailouts?

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Originally Posted by Jeff Gatie
I'll trust Cees on this one. He's from Amsterdam, and they know a hell of a lot more about sex (not to mention porn) than we do.
Yeah, I've heard about those "aquarium" displays.
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post #20 of 23
1/8/09 at 7:58pm
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Re: Getting tired of bailouts?

Cees is also an MD so he probably knows a lot about biology.
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post #21 of 23
1/9/09 at 4:17am

Re: Getting tired of bailouts?

Amsterdam. Mmmmm...... Lots of good things take place there.
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post #22 of 23
1/9/09 at 6:46am

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I don't know why youse guys is so intrigued about Amsterdam...

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post #23 of 23
1/10/09 at 8:14am

Re: Getting tired of bailouts?

I want a bailout too!
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