Dealbreaker

Entry: Caption Contest Monday

posted by NotNasser

Oct 19, 2009 11:48AM

"So, what are you having?"

"Squid."

"Do they serve that here?"

"I was making a joke. Vampire? Squid? Get it?"

"Oooooh. Hahaha."

Entry: The Nicolas Cage Liquidation Sale Is On

posted by NotNasser

Oct 20, 2009 9:59AM

#24, "Think Lisa Marie will take him back?"

Take who back? Nicholas Cage or Greg? I didn't know Greg and LM had ever had a thing....

Entry: Nassim Taleb Would've Trusted Raj Rajaratnam With The Keys To His House, Not His Fridge

posted by NotNasser

Oct 20, 2009 10:58AM

#17,

So what is the racial/religious cubbyhole into which we at Grand Dragon would assign Meriwether, Scholes, and their merry band?

John Barry and Thomas Daniels of Beacon Hill?

The late Kirk Wright?

Daniel (not the football player) Marino?

Entry: Nassim Taleb Would've Trusted Raj Rajaratnam With The Keys To His House, Not His Fridge

posted by NotNasser

Oct 20, 2009 11:00AM

Well, yes, come to think of it, the Grand Dragon fund doesn't have a problem classifying Krk Wright....

Entry: Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Scheme Was A Front For His Cocaine Dealing Business?

posted by NotNasser

Oct 21, 2009 10:59AM

Bernie! Still the King.

Entry: Felix Salmon Has Some Bones To Pick With Charlie Gasparino's New Book

posted by NotNasser

Oct 22, 2009 7:51PM

My money's on the Happy Fish.

Entry: Jimmy Cayne Has Some Questions He'd Like To Ask

posted by NotNasser

Oct 23, 2009 2:57PM

“Are you fucking kidding?” Cayne screamed at Greenberg after reading the story.

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"No, Greenberg replied, I never kid about fucking."

Entry: Opening Bell: 10.27.09

posted by NotNasser

Oct 27, 2009 9:43AM

So what he has "acknowledged" in fact and what sociopaths like #2 falsely claim he has "acknowledged" are very different. That is the point 10/16 was making, if I understand correctly.

Entry: Jamie Dimon: THE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS

posted by NotNasser

Oct 28, 2009 5:25PM

The hair says, "yes, this is the '70s." But the hands in the pockets say, "the appeal of self-abuse is timeless."

Entry: Bernie Madoff: Screwing The SEC, Anyone That Tickles His Fancy From Inside The Joint

posted by NotNasser

Oct 30, 2009 7:10PM

Mary Schapiro was also a close personal friend of mine. Heck, I can show you a letter with something like her signature to prove it. I'll meet you in her office.

-- Marc Dreier

Entry: Caption Contest Friday: How Can We Get Back To Here?

posted by NotNasser

Nov 06, 2009 3:48PM

Downloading Miley Cyrus songs onto your iPod? Free

Legally downloading Miley Cyrus songs onto your iPod? Very inexpensive

Looking yourself in the mirror the next day? A bit tricky.

Tossing said contaminated iPod into recycling bin? Priceless.

Entry: How Does Andrew Ross Sorkin Reel In His Sources?

posted by NotNasser

Nov 09, 2009 9:20PM

#18. I like it, by golly. In fact, I found that so amusing, I've decided I won't jump off the bridge after all. Hee-haw and Merry Christmas.

Entry: Severance Babies' Steak Dinners About To Run Out

posted by NotNasser

Nov 10, 2009 3:05PM

I've learned the real truth about the Kraft/Cadbury shenanigans.

It seems that Cadbury is actually run by a very eccentric genius named Willy Cadbury, who looks a lot like Gene Wilder. He wants to retire, so he held a contest involving golden tickets.

Kraft won the contest, but now Cadbury wants to pull out of the deal, because the Oompa-Loompas have warned him against the Kraft fellow, in a song that goes something like this.

Oompa-Loompa Dumpety daft

We will not work here for this guy Kraft.

Oompa-Loompa Doopety Doo

If you weren't crazy we'd clobber you.

What will we get will you listen now please?

Nothing but their Macaroni and Cheese.

Whose is the stock that we're going to swap?

It tastes no good without cream on top.

Oompa-Loompa Doopety Broom,

If you are wise you'll hide in your room.

Oompa-Loompa Dipedy Daft,

We'll have an ambush ready for Kraft.

Entry: Not Guilty!

posted by NotNasser

Nov 10, 2009 9:07PM

Darn those competent white-collar defense counsel! Darn them to heck!

This country has incompetence in every other field of endeavor (including asset management, naturally) -- why can't we get some incompetence when we need it among defense counsel????

Entry: The Week In Hedge Fund Fraud

posted by NotNasser

Nov 11, 2009 7:23PM

And there's the question of whetrher Bermuda is going to help or impede Picard's efforts to collect some cash for Madoff victims.

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSL235129620091102

Entry: Opening Bell: 11.12.09

posted by NotNasser

Nov 12, 2009 9:24AM

"Don’t worry, the Matthew Tannin/Ralph Cioffi case wasn’t the first time the Justice Department was made to look stupid."

Yes, but there is something new in this one. I would expect that in few if any of the other cases cited was the jury actually worried about VENUE -- worried enough to ask the judge for additional instruction on the point.

The prosecutors in Brooklyn want the sexy cases -- they don't want to concede all the fun to the guys in the Southern District. And this prosecution may have been lost due to that rivalry.

Entry: What Should Maria Bartiromo's Dealbreaker Column Be About?

posted by NotNasser

Nov 13, 2009 5:10PM

The intriguing typo is in posts 18 and 20. I'm guessing that what was meant was "under any circumstances," though "under any circumcisions" is closer to what somebody's typing actually produced. And works.

Entry: Sorkin's Book May Beat Gasparino's In Instances of "F*ck" Per Page But It Falls Short In Self-Love

posted by NotNasser

Nov 17, 2009 10:26AM

If ya never stops ya never gets da hangover, right doc?

Entry: Someone Else Thinks Ratings Agencies Do A Pretty Piss-Poor Job

posted by NotNasser

Nov 20, 2009 5:38PM

They have lots of cows in Ohio, so they must be good at structuring.