my genius plan is for the US markets to shut down for 3 days while Congress gets itself together on a new plan.
Congress isn't in session for the next two days because of Rosh Hashanna. We'll see what happens with that.
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sparky1 - Sep 29, 2008 10:29:26 am PDT #1327 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2008 10:31:48 am PDT #1328 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
FCM:
- Dow stops dropping
- Dow drops below 10,000
- Dow drops below 10,000 and keeps going
brenda m - Sep 29, 2008 10:33:35 am PDT #1329 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Here's an interesting piece on the reason for the failure of the bailout bill:
With leadership -- and elites -- so aggressively behind the bill, the massive defections suggest that congressmen are sensing a towering populist outrage. Like on the immigration bill, the opposition did not fear their party but their voters. The implication here is that the politics of the bailout are much more intense than most currently recognize.
And what it says about the current system:
It is further proof that we have a calcified political system incapable of responding to either long-term threats or short-term crises. The electoral and partisan incentives have made actual action too dangerous and rendered obstruction everyone's easy second choice.
Miracleman - Sep 29, 2008 10:34:23 am PDT #1330 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
FCM:
Dow stops dropping
Dow drops below 10,000
Dow drops below 10,000 and keeps going
What the hell is this? Fuck, Chuck and Move to Canada?
Wolfram - Sep 29, 2008 10:35:06 am PDT #1331 of 10001
Visilurking
Drive-by post:
Happy Jewish New Year, Buffistas. Although I've been spending my increasingly short time on the board in TGWW and a couple tv threads, you all are in my thoughts and prayers.
brenda m - Sep 29, 2008 10:35:10 am PDT #1332 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Am I chucking me off the cliff?
Trudy Booth - Sep 29, 2008 10:40:04 am PDT #1333 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Am I chucking me off the cliff?
Yes. Because you're fucked. And no one will ever marry you.
Gudanov - Sep 29, 2008 10:44:19 am PDT #1334 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Move to Canada?
They will probably need to boost border security.
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2008 10:47:05 am PDT #1335 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
They will probably need to boost border security.
But with global warming, they'll probably need more migrant farm workers to deal with their more productive agriculture.
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2008 10:50:27 am PDT #1336 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.