Friday, March 20, 2009

Zzzzzzzzzzzz ...

I overslept - more later.

Some News - Des Nouvelles

** The Bloviator wants a date with Iran. With her in a burka, I suspect he won't get far.

** Leon Black of Apollo "warns" about commercial property losses for banks. I suppose he wants more victims. Interesting past - do a search on him with now defunct Credit Lyonnaise.

From the Internet: "The defendants' motion to dismiss the Attorney General's case comes almost a month after the insurance commission entered into a key immunity deal with Leon Black and two of his partners at Apollo Advisors L.P., who served as financial advisors on the Executive Life sale. Black and his partners, Craig Cogut and John Hannan, agreed to testify against Credit Lyonnais and the other defendants in exchange for the insurance commission agreeing not to sue Apollo. "

A lot more is available online.

** Chavez nationalizes another bank in Venezuela. He's leading that bation back to the 19th century.

** Beefers barging into commodities. And Blabberg says the financial group is the only group up for the year so far. Interesting.

** Bigtime bonus tax coming on persons working for companies getting aid. This is just the beginnning. And something really is needed here. The guys at the top are taking far more than they have proven themselves to be worth.

I expect JPM, GS, etc to raise capital to repay the TARP, or just cut lending and send it back.

Word of the Day

"Retradition" - noun [$1000] rare
Retradition means the action of handing back.
Sentence: Retradition of a few excess AIG bonuses has been announced, but for most, I suspect some stick will be necessary.

Le Mot Du Jour

Clôture - noun, feminine
Clôture means 1. fence, hedge, wall; 2. closing, closure; 3. closing date (de for).
La Phrase: Hier en clôture, Wall Street a été en baisse.
Sentence: Yesterday at closing, Wall Street was lower.

37 comments:

Bud said...

Bman don't tell me you can be haapy with what happened in the House yesterday


that was embarassing...........and unconstituional


madison and jefferson rolling over

Bud said...

Bman is there a danger in buying a used gun ?? what if it was used in a crime ??


goin to CAB this weekend......may do some shopping

Bud said...

the populist furor.........and our disgraceful president and congress.....they are going to destroy this country


guns ammo food society is coming.......i.e. armageddon


i am going to be prepared

Bunkerman said...

Yesterday was a typical example of Congression stupidy and an attempt to grab a headline to cover it up.

Bunkerman said...

No problem buying a used gun - just check it over closely.

Ultra-unlikely to have been in a crime - criminals don't sell guns to dealers. And there would be paperwork to prove one did not own it at time of (prior) crime.

Bud said...

let's see...........you deposit funds in the national bank of costa rica......you fishing surfing partying with young girls......and then one day your atm card doesn't work


'the sandanista's ' have seized all private property in the peoples revolution




'there was no pitcher'

Bud said...

food is going to be a problem


canned meats yuck !!!!.........i don't even wanna think about what mre's taste like

mfl59 said...

"unintendended consequences"

I guess its a race now to pay back all funds by all banks...

that should really stimulate lending...lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Bunkerman said...

try nuts and dried fruit, Bud. Plenty of calories and nutricious.

Just rotate through the stockpile.

Canned tuna is ok, mixed with a spicy sauce. I sometimes eat it for lunch mixed with some raisins, nuts and pickles.

Bunkerman said...

btw, the best dried fruits are at Trader joe's stores. Ditto nuts.

Bunkerman said...

uh ... Bud ... you can also learn to trap your own food wiht snares and traps. Lots of rats in cities ... fried rat tastes like chicken ... just add a little Tabasco sauce.

;)

Bud said...

where my 'ops expo open interest' spreadsheet ????

mfl59 said...

Bud may I suggest nutria....excellent source of protein....boil in a pot, throw some veggies in with it...makes a tasty stew

Frosty said...

we all know when the walls come down the first to go will be brown...no doubt packs will tribe with their own...Paki on a stick, tastes like chicken.

Frosty said...

perhaps a lil test run bbq in order this weekend...preperatoin is the key...I'll leave a light on.

Spin-em said...

a hot head that says "gimme a f***ing break" all the time shouldnt own a gun...going to CAB ..to survive???...buy a fishing pole and a sharp knife....

Bud said...

'first to go will be brown'


LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO



PS.....frosty just wrapped up the mvp award........no ballots needed

Bunkerman said...

In my opion, a good choice for survival weapons are a revolver and lever action rifle using compatible cartridges.

For example, a lever action rifle that can fire .38 spl. or .357 magnum with a revolver that can fire both .38 spl. or .357 magnum.

With a 16" barrel, that .357 magnum has serious velocity on exit - hits almost like a .30-30.

mern said...

the answer to last nites question is.......... "a cabinet"

:-)

ya bud u really got your finger on the pulse of costa rica! i guess chavez can just take over the country and take my money out of wells fargo...........

do some homework, or shutty. u sound like obama bashing the special olympics.

Spin-em said...

the answer to last nites question is.......... "a cabinet"


loooooooooooooooool

Frosty said...

Bud your best bet is not a gun, but disguise, camouflage...to start, ditch the silk shirts and Mr T starter kit...bib overalls, work boots, Iowa State T's etc., the look of the common working man who's skin is tanned from hard labor in the sun.

mfl59 said...

Do you common men who labor in the sun drive home in a Volkswagen Passat? That could blow one's cover...

Bud said...

listen you prick


just cuz i was nice to you earlier doesn't mean we are friends........and i defintely don't need any advice from you

you know what..........keep that f'ng light on.......i will come over and.....


'knock your teeth out'




PS......shudn't you be workin on your stupid 'ops expo' trades anyway ?? pffffffffffft

Bud said...

thanks Bman......i will be taking advice from you and picking your brain on my potential artillery and ammunition investments



not from some closet fag from south alaska

Frosty said...

Potash Corp (POT) 80
Myriad Genetics (MYGN) 80
Oil Services HOLDRs Trust (OIH) 80
Retail HOLDRs Trust (RTH) 70
Consol Energy (CNX) 30
Aeropostale (ARO) 25
Wal-Mart (WMT) 50
Big Lots (BIG) 20
Morgan Stanley (MS) 20
Amazon (AMZN) 70
Freeport-McMoran (FCX) 40
Sybase (SY) 30


can we be friends now?

I think so

Spin-em said...

'knock your teeth out'


just be honest...more like

"some friends and I will cut your head off you..you..imperialist dog!!.

mfl59 said...

"Covering a chunk of the DTO I sold short last week"

did I not post that?

Bunkerman said...

going to MG range this PM - to get a bit of M16 practice.

Bunkerman said...

enjoy the fun and the weekend.

Frosty said...

Bunky..take care, you and Mrs B enjoy your weekend...spring luv in the air...time for a lil french action if ya know what I mean :)

Bud said...

squahs the f'ng orange ........gmac......pfffffffffft



let's go lumberjacks !!!!!!!

mfl59 said...

Gmac looked like he put on a few pounds when they showed him at MSG for the Big East tournament...

cheese fries indeed....

Spin-em said...

Gmac in tip top Euro shape


go Lumber--------jacks..(surprise surprise there)

loooooool

Spin-em said...

Merny what time Flyers start to run the table??

Spin-em said...

Dayton leading..too bad you gave up drinking mern......lol

Bud said...

'gave up drinking'


LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Spin-em said...

congrats merny....good luck against those jayhawks....they can be beat....