So, you think $700B is big money?

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 3:43 PM PDT

2008/09/29 · 15:43

$700 Billion, a lot of money? How quaint.

Do you know how much money essentially evaporated on Wall St. today?

1.2 TRILLION. In about 8 hours

Happy now? Guess how much value has been lost over the last year?

4.2 TRILLION

I realize a good number of people here are triumphally slapping each other on the backs, high fiving, and such. Well, let me fart in church here. There is a very good possibility that the following is now true:

WE'RE FUCKED

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Friday September 26, 2008 · 12:25 PM PDT

2008/09/26 · 12:25

If you're like me, you're sick of seeing regurgitated information from corporate spinmeisters packaged, dumbed down, and re-digested. What you want is an inside source, the pure juice, the real skinny.

And if you're like me, you want to know what's happening in the financial markets right about now. What you want is someone who's a current or former trader with unvarnished opinions.

Well, have I got a site for you: acrossthecurve.com

This is a non-commercial blog put together by John Jansen, a guy with extensive bond trading experience. I'm not spamming here or promoting a friend's blog - I genuinely think this is a good resource as we work to figure out what the fuck is going on here.

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My investments are in:

15 votes Vote Now!

My investments are in:

stocks

4 votes

bonds

2 votes

cowrie shell futures

4 votes

the Wholesome Goodness of Small Town American Values (TM)

4 votes

Amway, baby, Amway!

1 vote

Of Plutonium and Shiny Objects (w/poll)

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Sunday August 31, 2008 · 9:58 AM PDT

2008/08/31 · 09:58

This is a diary reflecting on the brewing response to McCain's Palin gamble, from a neurological and strategic point of view. If you're too sick of the subject (and who can blame you!), move on, move on. But, I've taken the time to read almost every Palin diary that's been posted here so far, and I've been tuning into the right wing blogosphere. I'd like to offer a perspective, and some suggestions.

My perspective boils down to this:

This is a big election about big things. Palin is a distraction. Keep your guns on McCain, your eyes on the prize

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Plutonium -

11 votes Vote Now!

Plutonium -

in my toothpaste!

1 vote

not just for breakfast anymore!

2 votes

the Change You Deserve (TM)!

4 votes

with a side of fries, thanks

0 votes

sweet, sweet plutonium

3 votes

the TICKET for AMERICA!

1 vote

Women must lead the charge against Palin

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 12:21 PM PDT

2008/08/29 · 12:21

McSame's clearly cynical strategy is to use this young woman to play for women's votes. It's transparent. Well, I guess he desperately needed something to jolt the race a bit, and he got that in spades. She'll be a good campaigner. What's more, she's immunized against attacks from anyone with a Y chromosome (at least for now).

Still, on balance she's an awful pick. So who needs to be on point on this?

Women

I know lots of people are lining up to unload on this, but women need to go to the front of that line.

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Friday August 22, 2008 · 2:51 PM PDT

2008/08/22 · 14:51

Ladies and gents, brace yourselves: Pat Buchanan of all people has hit the nail on the head with verve and accuracy. Here, a paint-peeling dose of well deserved venom for Scheunemann and his vile ilk:

None Dare Call It Treason

Have a read. Forward it to your friends, your enemies, your pets. This is how to write about this stuff.

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Pat Buchanan

226 votes Vote Now!

Pat Buchanan

Gets a chrome plated megaphone for this one

72 votes

Sprinkles angeldust on his pasta salad

20 votes

ate his wheaties today

49 votes

is right twice a day

85 votes

McCain, Czechoslovakia, and some other 1993 highlights

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Monday July 14, 2008 · 1:30 PM PDT

2008/07/14 · 13:30

Candidate McCain, in remarks to the press, expressed concern that Russia was reducing energy supplies to Czechoslovakia.

This country no longer exists. It hasn't existed since 1993, when it split into Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

I imagine we'd like our leaders to have some familiarity with the current geopolitical scene. However, I know we're all nostalgic for those halcyon days of the cold war. Plus, 1993 was such a tumultuous year, I'm sure SOME of us are still processing it...

For the benefit of McCain and all of us who might have blanked out in the early '90s, here's a list of important events:

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What was the pinnacle of 1993 for YOU?

73 votes Vote Now!

What was the pinnacle of 1993 for YOU?

John Wayne Bobbitt gets the snip

10 votes

employment with Union Aerospace Company

0 votes

Yemeni General People's Congress wins plurality of seats!!

5 votes

Windows 3.1, baby!

6 votes

Windows 3.11, baby!

10 votes

Buffalo Bills lose third superbowl IN A ROW

8 votes

Nightmare before Christmas

12 votes

Oprah interviews Michael Jackson

0 votes

I basically skipped 1993. Most of 1994, too.

22 votes

CNN smears Obama on Passport Breach

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Saturday March 22, 2008 · 8:21 PM PDT

2008/03/22 · 20:21

As the crickets start their Easter chirping, CNN is (mis) leading with a story implying that the passport flap was carried out by an Obama supporter

A magnificent little spin job, currently sending the legions of Obama haters online into a tizzy.

The headline: Chief of firm involved in breach is Obama adviser

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Friday March 21, 2008 · 8:36 PM PDT

2008/03/21 · 20:36

I know it seems impossible, but a diversity of opinion seems to have broken out at FOX.

In addition to Wallace taking Carlson and Doocy to task, Brian Kilmeade actually walked off the set because of all the Obama bashing. Holy frijoles. Could it be that a diversity of opinion is creeping into the right wing echo chamber?

again the link: http://www.youtube.com/...

View it and email it.

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What will happen to Kilmeade?

175 votes Vote Now!

What will happen to Kilmeade?

Three words: O'Reilly's Cabin Boy

41 votes

Sent on assignment to Burning Man 2008

19 votes

Forced to wear black face and designated "whipping boy"

23 votes

Steps into empty elevator shaft

25 votes

Smothered by large Native American gent following lobotomy

23 votes

Joins the Rebel Alliance

44 votes

Concern troll taxidermy v.I

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Thursday March 20, 2008 · 7:59 PM PDT

2008/03/20 · 19:59

Looks like the anti-Obama concern trolls are out in force.

Seen em all over CNN, ABC (radar and Tapper), and Politico boards. They wait for a new entry to post, and then get in early in the thread with pasted text.

I guess you could post to denounce and expose the tactic. Is it even worth the effort? Most people don't know what a concern troll is, and Ben Smith and Tapper actually seem to aperiodically read the comments on their blog posts.

Troll taxidermy below the fold

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Is this even worth worrying about?

37 votes Vote Now!

Is this even worth worrying about?

Only enough to out the troll and move on

26 votes

Nobody reads comments on these blogs other than Ron Paul supporters anyhow

11 votes

To the BARRICADES!

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Tuesday March 18, 2008 · 9:57 AM PDT

2008/03/18 · 09:57

BROTHERS! SISTERS! NOW WE MUST FIGHT!

You! Yes you! Put down that coffee and prepare for BATTLE

(note: Coffee will be provided at the battlefield.)

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Where are YOU headed?

50 votes Vote Now!

Where are YOU headed?

TO THE HUSTINGS! TO THE BATTLEMENTS! TO THE BARRICADES!

32 votes

for a cup of coffee and a donut

18 votes

Petition NYT to retract Clinton endorsement

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Wednesday March 12, 2008 · 8:20 PM PDT

2008/03/12 · 20:20

We need to convince the editorial board of the New York Times, a leading voice of reasoned American political discourse, to retract their endorsement of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

She has failed to live up to the terms of their endorsement, and no longer deserves their continued support.

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Would you support asking the New York Times to retract its Clinton endorsement?

154 votes Vote Now!

Would you support asking the New York Times to retract its Clinton endorsement?

Yes, I would write a letter and sign an online petition

62 votes

Yes, I would sign an online petition

74 votes

No, the endorsement is made and nobody cares

14 votes

No, NYT got it right and Clinton is fine by me

4 votes

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So, you think $700B is big money?

acrossthecurve.com : a great bond market blog!

Of Plutonium and Shiny Objects (w/poll)

Women must lead the charge against Palin

Pat Buchanan (!!!) RIPS McCain on Georgia

McCain, Czechoslovakia, and some other 1993 highlights

CNN smears Obama on Passport Breach

WHOA! Have we underestimated FOX NEWS?!?

Concern troll taxidermy v.I

To the BARRICADES!

Petition NYT to retract Clinton endorsement