January 2009
104 posts
December 2008
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Katie Baker's life's work is complete.
katiebakes:
All year long I’ve had to deal with the media (and, more annoyingly, my own friends) using the dreaded “Wall Street versus Main Street” construct. So I am thrilled that the powerful Lake Superior State University has added it to its 2009 List of Banished Words:
WALL STREET/MAIN STREET – “When this little dyad first came into use at the start of the financial crisis, I thought it was...
Equine Unwind: Fairfield Loss Spells Bad News For... →
They shoot horses, don’t they?
(via clusterstock)
Has The Yellowstone Super Volcano Erupted Yet? →
Just in case you are worried.
Earthquake swarm beneath Yellowstone Lake...
This doesn’t look good.
At Least They Think I Have A Soul
“With all that arguing, you may wonder what happened to the Christmas spirit. John Carney at Clusterstock–a blogger with the soul of a novelist–wrote an amusing, fictional take on how the Bank of England teamed with Ebenezer Scrooge to create the panic of 1847.”
I suppose I should be happy when the Wall Street Journal prints this kind of thing but there’s a melancholy to that...
Study Shows Teens More Popular If They Carry Gene... →
(via jimrock)
I Ruined Christmas
By writing this. Bah Humbug!
Also, you know, Merry Christmas!
Fairfield Greenwich's Noel Family: Not That Big... →
Phony WASP aristocrats who helped Madoff vaporize billions.
Peak Bacon! →
Hipster bacon fans hit hard by bacon scarcity.
Bush’s Philosophy Stoked the Mortgage Bonfire →
Almost a year after I first wrote “We Blame George Bush” for the mortgage crisis, the New York Times has finally come around to understanding what happened.
Fed Sets Record Low Range for Benchmark Interest...
boutofcontext:
soupsoup:
The Federal Reserve entered a new era on Tuesday, reducing its benchmark interest rate so low that it will have to reach for new and untested tools in fighting both the recession and downward pressure on consumer prices. The central bank lowered its target for the overnight federal funds rate to a range of 0 to 0.25 percent, a record low, virtually bringing the United...
All The Cool Kids Sets The Story Straight On New...
allthecoolkids:
Dear Ms. Cheever,
I’ve been meaning to write you all day. The problem is, I am hungover.
It appears we live in different parts of New York. Last night, in fact, I was at multiple parties where people were drunk.
There was a woman dressed in red at our second party. I remember her because she had a beautiful body under that dress. And she wanted everyone to notice. We did,...
Jay Carney, brother of John Carney of...
caro:
cajunboy:
Does this news mean that Joe Biden will be soon making an appearance at The Magician? Katie Bakes has her fingers crossed, I’m sure.
Goodness — how many Carney brothers are there? I feel like I’ve heard about at least six or seven by now.
(EDIT: Chris clears it up; this one is not related to JFCIII. But I’m guessing he is related to Delaware gubernatorial candidate John...
Bernie Madoff's Victims (Slideshow) →
Our run down of all the victims of the biggest Wall Street scam ever.
The Madoff Effect: Investor Confidence Crushed →
As if the markets weren’t already horrifying enough, now we know huge parts were being run by scammers. Ugh. This is going to give new meaning to the phrase “going to the mattresses.”
The Perfect Ponzi →
How Bernie Madoff madeoff with billions of dollars from “sophisticated investors.”
(via clusterstock)
I believe all of us Tumblr's should all go...
(via tephie)
This would be an excellent horror movie.
hey, katiebakes!
allthesadyounggossipgirls:
youngmanhattanite:
leoncrawl:
hit me up — first initial last name @ gmail.com. Gotta talk to you about something and don’t know your email!
This will end badly.
Spotted: Life imitates life.
