4/7     Along the lines of Indiana Jones, I recently watched the two new
        Bond movies back-to-back (Casino Royale and QoS). Most critics
        liked the first and were lukewarm on the second. However, I
        thought QoS was far more enjoyable. I'm not a big Bond fan, but I
        like Daniel Craig and his brooding, reckless Bond without a lot of
        gadgetry appealed to me.
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2/26    Moody's forecasts global junk bond default rate will exceed that in
        Great Depression -- and may exceed rates seen in 1800s
        http://tinyurl.com/c5e4vq (telegraph.co.uk)
        \_ URL?
           \_ No Url or it didn't happen!
              \_ everything of worth ever is on the internet!
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2/20    Was just watching Thu's CNBS on tivo.  Gosh, Obama has no idea what
        he's doing, does he? -Dem
        \_ No, he doesn't. Everyone knew that. That's why I voted for Hilary.
           However, I expected him to have competent advisors. I think
           part of the problem is "What happens when you have competent
           advisors who *disagree*?" as I feel is the case now. Someone
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2/9     motd finance whizzes, if the total value of CDS last year was
        62 trillion, and now it's basically worthless, does that mean
        somewhere, somehow, someone collectively has lost 62 trillion?
        thanks
        \_ Yup.  Somehow, somewhere, $62T of money just went with the
           wind.  And what's more, if people suddently decide that CDS
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1/13    http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/13/missing.pilot.profile/index.html
        Financial managers are so awesome. People like this makes me want
        to pull my money out of 401K. You just don't know what kind of
        people are managing your asset.
        \_ No.  This is not a reason to pull your money out of your 401k.
           This is the reason why you don't give your financial advisor/wealth
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1/8     Financial services industry appears to have been ripping off states
        and cities for years in the municipal bond business
        http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/business/09insure.html
        \- say it with me, "clawback".
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11/19   http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/664-Ben-Steins-Idiocy.html
        Angry sysadmin's comments today are pretty good, and extend beyond Ben
        Stein's idiocy.  What he really needs to do is nail Krugman.
        \_ You need to find yourself a new hero.
           \_ can you point out what's wrong with his position?
              \_ besides the complete lack of data backing his own position,
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1/25    Seymour Cray's UCB Lecture on the Cray-1:
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtOA1vuoDgQ
        \_ this is VERY BORING. Why should we care? UCB is dead.
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1/3     I declare LG LED is amazing. I switched.
             -long time Sony owner, no longer have any faith in Sony
        \_ How does sports look on it? -Old Skool Plasma Screen Guy
           \_ I don't watch sports. Dumb people with a lot of loyalty
              watch sports. You drink beer too?
              \_ Loyalty is a good thing. Do you cheat on your g/f too?
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8/2     Where's the closest Chick-Fil-A to San Francisco? I need to
        go there and make out with my boyfriend.        -gay
        \_ Chick-Fil-A is a place for people who want to Fil(l)-A-Chick. :-)
        \_ Why do you want to watch a bunch of fat White Trash eating
           greasy food?
           \_ http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/03/us/chick-fil-a-kiss-day/index.html
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7/3     Just found a great new movie on cable last night:
        "Blame it on Rio"
        http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086973
        In it, a middle aged guy gets seduced by his friends
        teen daughter:
        http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001400
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7/17    Summer camp sure is a great place for middle aged guys to flirt
        with teen girls by the pool.
        \_ Are free condoms available like in the Olympic Village?
        \_ Why is a middle-aged guy at a summer camp?
           \_ "Because summer camp sure is a great place for ......"  Maybe you
              meant to ask "What excuse does a middle-aged guy have to be at a
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