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2016 Postmortem

puffy socks

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11. Yep, never a sure thing

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #8)

Tue May 24, 2016, 05:25 PM

May 2016

but beats slots Keno Craps!

Lehman temporarily shuffled $50 billion of troubled assets off its books in the months before its collapse in September 2008 to conceal its dependence on leverage.
Lehman bros borrowed $18bn to cover their robbing Peter to pay Paul schemes.

Greed is not good.

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Hillary on Trump: "How can anybody lose money running a casino?" [View all] Bill USA May 2016 OP

What is Wall Street? Downwinder May 2016 #1

A casino with hugely better odds for players than a Las Vegas style casino? nt puffy socks May 2016 #2

And no tax. Downwinder May 2016 #8

Yep, never a sure thing puffy socks May 2016 #11

Bank robbers never get as much cash as the banks lose Downwinder May 2016 #14

A largely vacuous term people have used as a stand-in Recursion May 2016 #19

That's a good line. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #3

yeah! I'm hoping it keeps getting repeated throughout the campaign! Bill USA May 2016 #9

Time to make hay of anyone who supports Drumpf ffr May 2016 #4

the childishly vindictive could.(check out Ch Vind idiot comments on this thread) Bill USA May 2016 #15

It's a language that Dems don't understand ffr May 2016 #18

Wall Street. Autumn May 2016 #5

True. People literally hand them money for nothing in return. JaneyVee May 2016 #6

Your players 'break the bank'. closeupready May 2016 #7

Nice one! vintx May 2016 #10

This. Not successful! scscholar May 2016 #16

Low cost rib-eye buffets? eom yawnmaster May 2016 #12

Drumpf and Republicans are waking up. truedelphi May 2016 #13

It's not that clear-cut. Jim Lane May 2016 #17