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| 2008/10/14-16 [Computer/SW/Languages/Java, Recreation/Humor] UID:51511 Activity:moderate |
10/14 Biggs, Wedge, let's close it up. We're going in. We're going in full
throttle.
\_ You think you're funny or clever, but you're not.
\_ yep, I was very reluctant to quote Luke, but ... also, I do not
think I am funny or clever in this post. There is nothing funny
at all about the U.S. financial system and its looming effects on
the average American.
\_ Then why all the Star Wars trolls?
\_ I do not think THIS post is funny/clever. It's Luke.
And I'm not looking forward to more Luke quotes. I'll
stop for the time being. -op
\_ You're right. I'll stop. -op
\_ Too bad, it was funnier when only a few people could
figure out what you were talking about.
\_ but Luke is so dang annoying -op
\_ I think you are funny, please keep it up. I can't wait to find out
who plays the ghost of Obi-Wan.
\_ Obi-Wan == Volcker
Luke == Mass of not very well run hedge funds/SWFs
Yoda == Nouriel Roubini
\- er, ok:
http://gawker.com/5063337/the-secret-pleasures-of-dr-doom
i think PVOLKER is probably more the yoda. or maybe
FROHATYN
Palpatine == Greenspan
Leia == Sheila Bair
Galactic Senate == Congress
\_ Who's Jar-Jar Binks?
\_ ob Jar-Jar == Dubya
\_ Paulson looks more like Jar Jar.
\_ take off Vader's helmut - it's Hank!
\_ You are all too nerdy to live.
\_ You == Storm Trooper #2 |
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| gawker.com/5063337/the-secret-pleasures-of-dr-doom The NYU professor's once-mocked warnings--of a real-estate collapse, equity market slaughter, the systemic bust of the banking system--have largely come to pass. With a dour manner and an aura of gloom about him, Roubini gives the impression of being permanently pained, as if the burden of what he knows is almost too much for him to bear. He rarely smiles, and when he does, his face, topped by an unruly mop of brown hair, contorts into something more closely resembling a grimace." Doom may satisfy the needs of the media and partygoers this Halloween--but Roubini is anything but dour. promiscuous Facebook friend who draws a cosmopolitan crowd to the frequent parties at his Tribeca loft--an apartment with walls indented with plaster vulvas, incidentally. As this party photograph shows (right), the professor's gloomy public image is entirely at odds with his playboy lifestyle. In a Facebook message, Roubini makes no apology: Dear Nick, I work very very hard and I also enjoy life. My home is also partially a cultural salon where I host book parties, debate and election night events, independent film screnings, live music nights, theater/performance acts, fashion shows, dinner parties and even plain old fashioned dance parties. I have this professional Dr Doom nickname but I am quite a cheerful person with a few close friends and eclectic group of friends who, like most New Yorkers, are members of the creative class. The innovations of lawyers and bankers can be as creative as those of visual or performing artists, at times too creative you may say given the current financial meltdown. |