G.W.B. Jr. & Co. Strikeout Again - by the_grip
Stitch on 10/12/2007 at 15:14
At least RBJ has picked a hot button topic like economics to see red about.
Rug Burn Junky on 10/12/2007 at 17:13
I don't see red about finance. I just like saying the word fuck.
It's just that that's my area of expertise, I mean, right in my wheelhouse and I always hate watching people who have incomplete knowledge informed by talking heads and pundits getting an issue wrong.
To then persist in spite of being corrected is an even more egregious sin.
Mortal Monkey on 10/12/2007 at 18:23
Dude, you were typing "shut up" in all caps. Three times. I think you have to be the only person I know who screams and froths like that even though you're absolutely correct (not saying that you are in this case though, since I wouldn't know).
But do carry on. It's quite entertaining.
D'Juhn Keep on 10/12/2007 at 20:31
Clearly you've never tried explaining the Coriolis Effect to someone who absolutely believes it makes toilets swirl in a specific direction
Rug Burn Junky on 10/12/2007 at 23:01
Quote Posted by Mortal Monkey
screams and froths like that
It is quite possible to press the shift key without so much as the slightest raise in blood pressure.
Mortal Monkey on 10/12/2007 at 23:34
Yes, but it's surprisingly common to let go of it again under those circumstances. I guess I just find it strange that you want to appear angry on the internet when you obviously aren't in real life.
Fair point, iggs.
ercles on 12/12/2007 at 18:22
This is the kind of shit that's been missing at commchat recently.
the_grip on 13/12/2007 at 14:41
Quote Posted by Tocky
THIS and where the links lead.
Tocky, if you (or anyone else) is interested in reading more about the overall credit problem, one economic/financial/investment blog i read touched on it in the latest article which i found interesting:
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http://www.frontlinethoughts.com/article.asp?id=mwo120707)
i think you have to register an email address to see it, but you can spoof it with anything [email]blah@blah.blah[/email] (unless you want regular newsletters).
At any rate, it handles the subject on a broader level, examining why the whole mess has occurred, why it is actually not a new event but is cyclical, and why making "safer" hedged bets actually creates a more risky environment when everyone is doing it ("safer" is in quotes b/c there actually is a little bit more going on in the restructuring of banking business models... i.e. less a focus on reserves and more a focus on margins from fee processing and the like).
Warning, however... this is a long article. If you aren't a dork like me who likes reading this stuff, then it might put you to sleep. He does give an amateur treatment of chaos theory among other things, so it is not entirely dry.
Scots Taffer on 14/12/2007 at 00:09
Quote Posted by Mortal Monkey
Yes, but it's surprisingly common to let go of it again under those circumstances. I guess I just find it strange that you want to appear angry on the internet when you obviously aren't in real life.
everyone has to meet a soft-skinned baby-faced devil in their lifetime, I reckon
Convict on 18/12/2007 at 21:55
Prove that it was the abstinence ed programs and not the increasing inequality of income/job insecurity/etc in America (or a host of other factors one could mention) causing the rise in teen pregnancies.
