How Do You Like Your Eggs? Airborne.

So we’re throwing eggs at bankers now. Any day now, Ted and Dougal will be chained up outside my workplace.
The recent fad of throwing stuff began when George Bush showed off his Air Force training – how to dodge flying objects. The man is like a cat; for all he knew the Iraqi journalist could [...]

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Don’t Wake the Banker

This is a sort of reply to Zoomtard’s post “A Smart Man, Especially For A Christian“. He references two short articles worth reading:
Liam Fay: Why McAleese thinks the dole is good for the soul
Dr. Patrick Mitchel: No point in resuscitating myths of consumer culture
Before I begin, I offer a disclaimer: I’m a banker. I might [...]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Place Your Bets

After more than a year of this ‘credit crunch’, you would think I’d be used to it by now.
Not this week.

Lehman Bros files for bankruptcy
Merrill Lynch sold in $50bn deal
Barclays eyes Lehman assets
US goverment bails out AIG
HBOS confirms Lloyd’s merger talks

All the above are news stories on the BBC business page, this very minute. With [...]

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An Insider’s View

Until Sam Moore reminded me with this post, I had forgotten about my plans to write an article entitled “The Credit Crunch: Who is to Blame?”. I squashed those plans, I’m a little scared of the Man, because he pays my rent.
There has been a lot of discussion around the involvement of Ben Bernanke and [...]

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