Investment Banks Switch Status To 'Casinos' »
Posted By ind06 1 year, 2 months ago in HumorTwo of the world’s largest and most respected financial institutions have been granted permission to switch their status from investment banks to super-casinos, offering customers the chance to put their savings into roulette, black jack and Texas Hold ‘em.
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ind061 year, 2 months ago
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Hello.
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This post is SATIRE. As such, though it is based on real events, it in itself is not true. It is humorous fake news. Please, do not take this post seriously. Though investment banks are failing and are no longer a perfectly safe place to keep your money, no investment banks are applying to change their status to 'casino'.
Once more, THIS POST IS SATIRE. IT IS NOT TRUE.-
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y_soitenly1 year, 2 months ago
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Ind06,
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I know you may have posted this story innocently, but there are lots of people that just read story titles here and may take offense to this. With that said, you were just exercising bad judgment and posted this story in poor taste.
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protoham1 year, 2 months ago
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Are you sure this is just satire??? LOL
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This is how the stock market works, isn't it?
Thanks for the post.
Some more fun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adc3MSS5Ydc
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ind061 year, 2 months ago
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hyperbola1 year, 2 months ago
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I wonder which side John is on?
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For McCain and Team, a Host of Ties to Gambling
Mr. McCain portrays himself as a Washington maverick unswayed by special interests, referring recently to lobbyists as “birds of prey.” Yet in his current campaign, more than 40 fund-raisers and top advisers have lobbied or worked for an array of gambling interests — including tribal and Las Vegas casinos, lottery companies and online poker purveyors.
...Perhaps no episode burnished Mr. McCain’s image as a reformer more than his stewardship three years ago of the Congressional investigation into Jack Abramoff, the disgraced Republican Indian gambling lobbyist who became a national symbol of the pay-to-play culture in Washington. The senator’s leadership during the scandal set the stage for the most sweeping overhaul of lobbying laws since Watergate... interviews and records show that lobbyists and political operatives in Mr. McCain’s inner circle played a behind-the-scenes role in bringing Mr. Abramoff’s misdeeds to Mr. McCain’s attention — and then cashed in on the resulting investigation. The senator’s longtime chief political strategist, for example, was paid $100,000 over four months as a consultant to one tribe caught up in the inquiry, records show.
...As public opposition to tribal casinos has grown in recent years, Mr. McCain has distanced himself from Indian gambling, Congressional and American Indian officials said.
But he has rarely wavered in his loyalty to Las Vegas, where he counts casino executives among his close friends and most prolific fund-raisers...
http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/09/28/for-mcca...
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y_soitenly1 year, 2 months ago
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Ind,
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Your a fine citizen *ahem* *cough... BS* and I thank you for saluting me and calling me Sir, but I'm no longer in uniform.
As for your L O L comments, why are you always alone in a room and laughing?
Is your laugh so repulsive that one could not stand to be left alone, in a room with you?
Does your chuckle sound more like a cackle?
Do your pets run for the hills when you start to laugh or snicker?
Do the L and O keys on your keyboard, sometimes stick and lock up on you, when you attempt to use them?
Are you recovering from agoraphobia? Perhaps you are still stricken with fear; afraid of the mighty L O L
I say, laugh... laugh out loud Ind and be heard! Show the world that you care.
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Beeboppin711 year, 2 months ago
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They’ve contracted Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci to manage the new institutions. The outlook is favorable as long as Sharon Stone and Pesci can manage to stay off the booze and the drugs. If not, the board has a back up plan to beat them senseless and bury them in a corn field somewhere in Middle America.
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For more information on your investments, tune into Aces High, airing every weekday at midnight.-
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ROYSTOLL21 year, 2 months ago
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JOKES ARE GREAT BUT HAVE YOU SEEN THE AMOUNTS OF COMPENSATION THESE INVESTMENT BANKERS ARE TAKING WHILE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BAILOUT. WE HAVE GOT TO CHANGE THIS COUNTRY BEFORE WE HAVE A REVOLUTION. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE PULLED OFF THE JOKE OF THE CENTURY WITH THE FANNIE MAE COLLAPSE IT WAS THEIR BABY START TO FINISH AND THEY HUNG THE REPUBLICANS WITH THE BLAME. NOW IF THAT IS NOT A JOKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. A BIGGER JOKE IS HOW THE MEDIA IS IGNORING IT. I THINK MCCAIN AND PALIN ARE THE ANSWER BUT I DO NOT AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE CRAP THAT IS GOING ON. PAULSON HAS TO GO. HE IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. NO PERSON IN THE WORLD IS WORTH $40 MILLION OR MORE. THE CEO OF FANNIE MAE TOOK HOME $90 MILLION EVEN THOUGH SOME REPUBLICANS TRIED TO STOP IT. WE HAVE GOT TO STOP THESE JOBS FROM GOING OVERSEAS BUT NOBODY HAS TOLD ME WHY THEY ARE LEAVING OR HOW THE GOVERNMENT CAN STOP IT. EVERYONE IS JAWJACKING ABOUT ENERGY BUT WHY AREN'T WE DOING ANYTHING NOW? I MEAN RIGHT NOW! THE JOKES ON US. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GOT TO COME C
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