Category: U.S. Stories

02 Oct

I Got The Horse Right Here…

Entire post lifted from European Tribune
…Analogies are never perfect, but here’s one using horse racing. Don’t expect a perfect correspondence to the banking situation, but I think it is close enough for government work.
Joe goes to the track and bets $2 on a horse.
Two guys standing nearby get into a discussion and Fred says to [...]

30 Sep

Bailout the Tulip Market!!!

“…The mania finally ended, Mackay says, with individuals stuck with the bulbs they held at the end of the crash—no court would enforce payment of a contract, since judges regarded the debts as contracted through gambling, and thus not enforceable by law.” Wikipedia’s Featured Article for today.
Very funny, folks.

28 Aug

I tear up when I watch this

This is the best video ever. If you have been surfing around for the past two months you have probably already seen it. I am sure you will want to see it again, because after all, it is the best video ever.
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.
It makes [...]

28 Jul

Job Found

Tomorrow I’ll go to work. I found a job, and it didn’t even take two months. I’m feeling pretty lucky.
Several weeks ago, a neighbor offered to introduce me to a friend of his, a partner at the whitest of white shoe law firms in Philadelphia. We chatted and we both realized that [...]