I demand to have some booze!
10 points to anyone who can determine which movie that comes from.
Curtis.
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Sent: 30 September 2008 02:09 AM
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
Subject: Re:
On 30/09/2008, at 6:24 PM, Curtis Burisch wrote:
I demand to have some booze!
10 points to anyone who can determine which movie that comes from.
Withnail and I, you terrible c**t.
So, can you construct a Camberwell Carrot? Do you cover yourself in
Deep Heat to stay warm? Have you gone 60
10 points to Charlie!!
And, in answer to your questions: Yes, no, and yes!
Curtis
Get in the back of the van Maru!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Charlie Bell
Sent: 30 September 2008 11:49 AM
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al)
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Instead of a 700 billion dollar bailout for corporate America, loan
that money to qualified American families who need to save their
home. Bail out homeowners, rather than banks; that should solve the
housing crisis.
Each family would get... hmmm... 10,000
10,000 bucks would make a difference -- an extra $1000 a month for 10 months
would almost certainly ease the situation. The problem is not the debt
itself, but the increased cost of servicing that debt that has resulted from
higher interest rates.
Curtis
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Dan M
Once told to me, the reason is obvious: flight to quality during a panic.
Do you differ?
Do I disagree that this was once told to you?
Well, your view is such a mixture of accepting
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Well, your view is such a mixture of accepting and rejecting common
ecconomics,
Economists frequently disagree. Often, economics changes by having a professor
at a prestigious university pump out a bunch of students with the same views.
This
kind of
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:10 AM, John Williams
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Well, your view is such a mixture of accepting and rejecting common
ecconomics,
Economists frequently disagree.
More generally with each other than with themselves.
Nick (who is
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 4:08 AM, Alberto Monteiro
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Each family would get... hmmm... 10,000 dollars? Sort of. It would
hardly scratch the problem, since, AFAIK, each family's debts
are about two magnitudes highter than that.
Eh? Two orders of magnitude more than
Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:10 AM, John Williams
wrote:
Economists frequently disagree.
More generally with each other than with themselves.
I have seen a lot of I am of two minds statements by
economists recently.
A loan interview:
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=186056
I can't predict the future and I've been wrong quite a few times now
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On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, John Williams wrote:
Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:10 AM, John Williams
wrote:
Economists frequently disagree.
More generally with each other than with themselves.
I have seen a lot of I am of two minds statements by
economists
Nick Arnett wrote:
Each family would get... hmmm... 10,000 dollars? Sort of. It would
hardly scratch the problem, since, AFAIK, each family's debts
are about two magnitudes highter than that.
Eh? Two orders of magnitude more than $10,000 is $1 million.
I based my estimates on the data I
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Alberto Monteiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Nick Arnett wrote:
Each family would get... hmmm... 10,000 dollars? Sort of. It would
hardly scratch the problem, since, AFAIK, each family's debts
are about two magnitudes highter than that.
Eh? Two orders
Nick Arnett wrote:
I based my estimates on the data I have - each family is
in debt at 3x their properties, each property evaluated
at $ 300,000. Am I wrong? Is it more than 1 MM?
Are you talking about personal debt or the U.S. national debt?
Personal debt. So, you think I am
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 11:51 AM
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
Subject: Re: Economic Recovery Plan
Nick Arnett wrote:
I based my estimates on the data
Dave said:
Thanks for helping me remember that it is Erik, not Eric. I was
fooled by Rob's message, I think.
I remember him getting annoyed with people continually making that
mistake when he was here.
I miss Erik's points of view, but not entirely his methods of
presenting them.
Rich
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Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:11 AM
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
Subject: Re: My contribution to the bail-out
We don't have to hope that. Personally, I hope that
Dan M [EMAIL PROTECTED]
As had been mentioned here before, they are both very highly leveraged. My
memory is that Barclay's leveraged 30 to 1 and Deutsche Bank is leveraged
about
50 to 1.
That means a modest run on ether bank will result in them becoming unable to
give people who
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