Comments on: Smart People, Big Ideas, Wild Experiences

By: mitchn

mitchn — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:36:21 +0000

And let’s not forget that great Buffett aphorism: “The class war is over and you [the middle and lower classes] lost.” At least he had the courtesy to be embarrassed about it.

By: mitchn

mitchn — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:33:56 +0000

@ B in T

About time someone in Washington grew a pair. Sick and tired of watching our political business elites sell this country out to the lowest bidder.

By: Bruce in Tn

Bruce in Tn — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:44:06 +0000

http://english.cctv.com/program/newshour/20091107/101329.shtml

China denounces US protectionism

…this will, I think, be one of the bigger problems in 2010. Already gave my opinion about this trend months ago, but now I think we get to see protectionism with the wind at its back…

By: hue

hue — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:18:48 +0000

“Barry’s already left for points West.”

Harry is setting up a face to face with his retail outlet in San Francisco Monday.

By: bsneath

bsneath — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:52:11 +0000

THANK YOU BARRY RITHOLZ !!!

Mark one in the success column for the blogosphere.

Treasury Blocks the Sale of Tax Credits by Fannie

The U.S. Treasury blocked Fannie Mae’s proposed sale of nearly $3 billion in low-income housing tax credits to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Friday after concluding that the deal was too costly for taxpayers. The extraordinary move was the latest sign of tensions within the Obama administration over how to balance political and financial pressures resulting from the housing crisis.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125754828200334693.html

By: DiggidyDan

DiggidyDan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:54:24 +0000

Inscrutable language is due to gross drunkeness and references to Elby’s Limey status and Thomas Paine’s biography, in light of comparison to MEH’s personality.

I fear I lack the artistry, sobriety, and Iambic pentameter of Shakespeare to articulate my thoughts well enough.

By: bergsten

bergsten — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:39:21 +0000

@DD 1:04 — Shakespeare? Your post’s language was similarly inscrutable.

By: DiggidyDan

DiggidyDan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:04:49 +0000

no offence (sic) to the proclivities of the the brit and the proxy of “an englishman” turned against” the King’s country or any others harmed in the previous post.

Who is my deranged alter ego, by the way? Actually, i’m probably the deranged one, so who is my sane alter ego?

By: DiggidyDan

DiggidyDan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:57:20 +0000

wait. . . I thought HW was BR just f’n with us to create debate and drive traffic. Is that how it goes again? and bergsten is cnbcs, and MEH is Thomas Paine’s stuttering internet nerd reincarnate, and leftack is david beckham, and cv is . . . shit who am I?

By: wunsacon

wunsacon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:04:32 +0000

>> I’m mildly troubled as to why any of us care, greatly troubled as to why I know the answer.

LOL!