Our financial system is crumbling this week.

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Boss Man 1 Comment who are you? you look like a cross between Hitler (love the hair do! Haven't seen a comb over like that it a friggin' long time...and the 'stache, how cute! You look like a poodle without the papers) and the pillsbury doughboy, only fatter. Don't you know, fat people are not believable. Get a lap band porky. And by the way...you'll know 10% of what Bernanke has forgotten you inbred, knuckle walking, planktain, Mar 22 04:12 PM | Link | Reply +3-19
Part of me thinks the next Weimar Republic is right around the corner.
Bertolt Brecht could make use of this man.

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Wow, it must be Irrational Exuberance Monday on wall street. All our problems are cured, I tell you!

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heyzeus wrote:Wow, it must be Irrational Exuberance Monday on wall street. All our problems are cured, I tell you!
I think Wall Street got the details they've been waiting for - and the details are how they wanted to hear them.

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sorry if posted before - (long article)
The Big Takeover
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Jocephus wrote:sorry if posted before - (long article)
The Big Takeover
The global economic crisis isn't about money - it's about power. How Wall Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution
MATT TAIBBI

Posted Mar 19, 2009 12:49 PM
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/st ... over/print
Paulson used the bailout to transform the government into a giant bureaucracy of entitled [expletive]...

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What is done when "winding down" a company? What is the end result?

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The market is down again. The collapse continues.

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KyCardinalFan wrote:What is done when "winding down" a company? What is the end result?
Just a guess, but I'm thinking that it might involve spinning off some of the least profitable segments and getting back to the core business.

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