Tannhauser ([info]spyinthehaus) wrote,
@ 2008-09-29 18:29:00
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Terrifying thought for the day
The total value of all the gold in Fort Knox is maybe around a quarter of the top-line sum of the bailout being discussed.

A touch head-explody.

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[info]notbbcnews24
2008-09-29 07:04 pm UTC (link)
How long before China gets to foreclose on the US?

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[info]notbbcnews24
2008-09-29 07:47 pm UTC (link)
And here's a surprisingly forceful piece of commentary from the BBC's Justin Webb "With the Republican revolt in the House of Representatives, President Bush is now confirmed as the weakest Commander-in-Chief in modern history. He puts Jimmy Carter in the shade. Just as well America faces no serious problems..."

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[info]blahflowers
2008-09-29 08:06 pm UTC (link)
Wasn't Touch Head-Explodey a Judge Dredd villain from the early 80s?

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[info]lovelybug
2008-09-29 10:52 pm UTC (link)
*snort*

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(Anonymous)
2008-09-30 06:19 am UTC (link)
The crime is life!

The sentence is BAD DEBT!

(Head explodes, showering bystanders with CDOs)

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[info]prayinmantis
2008-09-29 08:24 pm UTC (link)

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[info]cherielabombe
2008-09-29 09:16 pm UTC (link)
Yes. Well, you realize the plan to pay for the bailout was in part to print more money.


Seriously.

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[info]janinazew
2008-09-29 10:31 pm UTC (link)
There were serious problems either way. The suspicion that they voted against this plan for the wrong reasons rather than the right ones sits high in my mind.

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[info]as_alas_i_was
2008-09-30 12:06 pm UTC (link)
95 of the congresspeople were liberal democrats, who voted against it for the right reasons.

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