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- TheBlueOne0
Holy shit..the DOW really is below 8000....
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Obama transition members have Fannie ties
http://www.politico.com/news/sto…Ohhh great more of those guys...
- TheBlueOne0
A bit of wishful fantasy by one of my fave cont. sci-fi writers:
SCENE OPENS on SENATOR JOE LIEBERMAN sitting alone in a nondescript back room at Reagan National Airport. It’s clear he’s been made to wait a long time. Suddenly, the door to the room opens and two Secret Service agents enter and examine the room. After they’ve given the all clear, another man enters the room. It is PRESIDENT ELECT BARACK OBAMA. LIEBERMAN stands.
LIEBERMAN
Hello, sir.
OBAMA
(Holds up hand to silence LIEBERMAN)
Let’s make this quick. To recap, for the last couple of years you’ve been in the pocket of the Republicans on the war and other topics. You campaigned against me and for the Republicans. You even spoke at the Republican National Convention. And now you want me to help you save your seniority with the Democrats.
LIEBERMAN
Yes, sir. Please.
OBAMA
If I do this thing, you understand the cost.
LIEBERMAN
I do.
OBAMA
Fine. Hand them over.
LIEBERMAN
Now?
OBAMA
Yes, now.
LIEBERMAN looks around at the other men in the room, who stare at him impassively. Finally, LIEBERMAN sighs, reaches down into his pants, and detaches his TESTICLES. He raises them up to look them, wistfully, then moves to offer them to OBAMA.
OBAMA
No. Give them to Carl.
OBAMA nods toward one of the Secret Service agents, who is holding up a lunch-sized paper bag. LIEBERMAN drops the TESTICLES into the bag. CARL quickly folds the top of the bag over twice, three times, and once the TESTICLES are secure, hands the bag to OBAMA, whose takes it without looking, having kept his eyes on LIEBERMAN. OBAMA raises the bag, still looking at LIEBERMAN.
OBAMA
These are mine now. I’m keeping them for the next four years. I’m going to keep them in a drawer in the White House desk. And if at any time in the next four years there’s so much as a hint that you might do something to displease or oppose me, then I’m going to take them out, and then I’m going to take this –
(OBAMA raises a large rubber mallet he’s been hiding behind his back)
– and I’m going to turn them into pate, which I will then feed to Malia and Sasha’s puppy. Or maybe I’ll just skip all of that and give them to Rahm.
LIEBERMAN
(eyes widening in abject terror at the thought of what RAHM EMANUEL might do to the TESTICLES, if given a chance)
That’s not going to be necessary, sir.
OBAMA
Let’s hope not, Joe. Let’s sincerely hope not.
(OBAMA turns to go, then pauses, jiggles the bag, and looks back at LIEBERMAN)
This bag is really light, Joe. You know, I thought they’d be bigger.
OBAMA leaves, followed by his Secret Service agents. LIEBERMAN is left in the room, still unzipped, mouth open.
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Now, maybe that’s not exactly how it went. But I bet it was something along that line.
- HA HA, Joe Liberman, the mercenary of the senate. He reminds of those Star Wars senators. dirty birdy********
- He's in the pocket of the B'nai B'rithMimio
- HA HA, Joe Liberman, the mercenary of the senate. He reminds of those Star Wars senators. dirty birdy
- TheBlueOne0
Pretty ominous words from Very Important People published today.
"The economy faces a slump deeper than the Great Depression and a growing deficit threatens the credit of the United States itself, former Goldman Sachs chairman John Whitehead, said at the Reuters Global Finance Summit on Wednesday.
Whitehead, 86, said the prospect of worsening consumer credit woes combined with an overtaxed federal government make him fear that the current slump is far from over.
"I think it would be worse than the depression," Whitehead said. "We're talking about reducing the credit of the United States of America, which is the backbone of the economic system." Whitehead encountered plenty of crises during his 38 years at the investment banking firm and was a young boy during the 1930s."
http://www.reuters.com/article/F…
``We think the economy could be worse than the capital- markets crisis,'' [JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie] Dimon said. ``You really need to separate them because they have completely different effects on our businesses and on most businesses.''
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/ne…
“Right now, the US economy is contracting very rapidly. We are looking at a per­iod of global slowdown,” John Thain, chairman and chief executive of Merrill Lynch told investors. “This is not like 1987 or 1998 or 2001. The contraction going on is bigger than that. We will in fact look back to the 1929 period to see the kind of slow­down we’re seeing now.”
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The Big Saudi Swindle
http://www.commentarymagazine.co…
What is Saudi Arabia up to? There are some unignorable indications that the royals are now leaning toward the West as never before.
- KwesiJ0
can someone explain why everyone gets all fussy about "In God We Trust" and yet all the occult and Eygptian imagery associated with the us government gets a pass?
- Because it's meaningless to most of the populationlocustsloth
- Americans do not evoke Pharaoh like they do God to kill the innocent, end of story!********
- zaq0
JazX == Maverick 2.0
- designbot0
Barrel of oil fell to $53! off the freakin' hook.
Apparently world leaders are meeting this weekend in Washington to discuss global economic downturn. Get ready to hear talk of merging economies and all sorts of other crazy talk. The US is screwed and horrible decisions are being made to make things worse! The bailouts being discussed are absurd. Step off, let these schmucks fail please!
*puts on tinfoil hat
- ukit0
http://voices.washingtonpost.com…
There's increasing chatter in political circles that the Obama camp is not overly happy with the usual suspects for secretary of state these days and that the field might be expanding somewhat beyond Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.), Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and maybe former Democratic senator Sam Nunn of Georgia.
There's talk, indeed, that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) may now be under consideration for the post. Her office referred any questions to the Obama transition; Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor declined to comment.
- Tommy Vietor. That'd be super neat to have the initials TV. "Hey, TV. Waddap?"harlequino
- BonSeff0
Bill'O on the daily show in a few minutes
CAN'T WAIT
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Bailout Lacks Oversight Despite Billions Pledged
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp…
- ukit0
A bad year for the actual socialists
The combined tally for explicitly socialist parties is down a touch from 2004, to .019%, its second-lowest ebb since 1888.
- Let's hope they really strike it rich this year.Mimio
- It all looks up from here!TheBlueOne
- Ooof, that's low.********
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Obama's pick for White House chief unsettles Arabs
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/n…"For millions of Arabs who expressed jubilance at the monumental victory of Obama, (Emanuel's) appointment has put a damper on a short-lived fiesta," wrote Jordan-based commentator Osama al-Sharif in Saudi Arabia's Arab News on Wednesday
- what did you expect? He would chose the head of Al Quida?zaq
- No. Not the head of Al Qaeda.********
- TheBlueOne0
Dude..what the fuck..you get pissed off when Obama does something to piss off the Jews. Then you post something about Obama pissing off the Arabs.
How about you piss off.
- Just watching to see how this all plays out, should be verrrrrry interesting.********
- "What is he, an Arab? He's not going to clean the floors of the White House," Benjamin Emanuel told the Israeli daily.********
- Just watching to see how this all plays out, should be verrrrrry interesting.
- TheBlueOne0
Bad things. sorta related, doncha think?
- Jeez. On one hand, you feel for these people, but then on the other, there are so fucking many of them. I dont think China will be the next big power, but will probably implode because of its own social situation...odinie
- China will be the next big power, but will probably implode because of its own social situation...odinie
- Exactly my point, and china imploding is a bad bad thingTheBlueOne
- ukit0
President-elect Barack Obama offered Sen. Hillary Clinton the position of Secretary of State during their meeting Thursday in Chicago, according to two senior Democratic officials. She requested time to consider the offer, the officials said.
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Let's keep this thread real!
