As I warned in my Pan-European Sovereign Debt Crisis series and amid a depression, this Eastern European government has collapsed. Western European countries (and their banks) have material claims within this country, and when combined with pressure from the PIIGS, may be the ones that set off the financial/economic contagion daisy chain. It is difficult to determine who sets it off, which is why it is best to attempt to determine the path of the contagion instead...
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 16:18
#148320
Oh come now, you honestly don't think someone like him would've eaten that crap do you? Foie Gras and truffles for the kings, ground pig rectum for the rest of us.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 19:00
#148615
What do you expect?
The upper class died long ago with the aristocrats.
What is left is the vulgar bourgeois.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 16:19
#148323
Was proud of "X Billion served" then found
out Ben and Timmay were talking Obama math
where quadrillions were being served.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 16:29
#148332
Too much burgers and fries?
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 16:36
#148355
had 2 McDouble's today. awesome.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 16:37
#148358
C'est une trouvaille magnifique! Mercy buckets, TD.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 16:37
#148359
Never would have happened if he had been COO of In-N-Out.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 17:11
#148430
Worked there for two years in high school. Awesome place.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 19:59
#148688
+1
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 22:05
#148830
True, he'd be dead in a private plane crash instead.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 16:39
#148361
GM CEO to resign too. Guess $1,200 gold is sending the smart money to the bunkers.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 23:36
#148900
Great comment bro. I'm sure they are all watching the price of gold as they make career decisions.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 16:40
#148366
Haven't two of their CEO's died on the job in the past several years?
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 16:41
#148367
MCD's had a SHITLOAD of front month puts bought the other day.
I made note of it... Hm... I'll have to track it down. I'll post the info when I do.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 17:13
#148433
Sorry, memory failure. It was a real low p/c ratio that got my attention that day.
On 11-25, the P/C ratio was 0.029 and would have been even lower if not for 14k puts that got bought.
It was a very similar pattern of call buying that day as KO, so it's probably totally unrelated to this.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 16:43
#148377
Uh Oh - maybe the hamburgler pulled something.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 16:58
#148407
McDs is one of the largest holder of CRE... They own most of the buildings that contain a McDonalds. Is this further evidence of a CRE meltdown?
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 22:07
#148836
Unrelated. They lease them to the franchisees, and they pay off in about 8 years. It's a genius model.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 17:08
#148425
if he ever ate one of those bone laced crapburgers his company peddles the ill health is no surprise....
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 18:04
#148534
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLtwFugudZE
-MobBarley
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 18:05
#148538
Special orders do upset us. Hold the pickles. Hold the lettuce. Have it your way. Was that McDonalds or Burger King? Who cares. Same Frankenfood.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 18:51
#148593
"Citing health"
In other words...
His doctors have become increasingly concerned about the constant suturing of his lateral abdominal walls and fear that any further laughing at suckers who eat at his reconstituted mush disposal units will cause a sudden rupture and mean he won't be able to avail himself of all the luxurious goodies from peddling fat in a handy size, that can be squeezed out from addicted fat junkies
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 18:47
#148598
lmao....reading between the lines is an artful
skill which dispels the lies of the newsfakers....
thanks for the reading...
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 19:21
#148642
The irony of the headline is pretty striking, but you guys should know that the COO retired because of his multiple knee replacement surgeries...
I think that by taking headlines completely out of context, this can be considered to be borderline irresponsible reporting. I guess ZH is slowly evolving to become the financial equivalent of The Daily Show, which is a little worrying to me.
on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 03:08
#149029
No time to sign in so I'll be an Anon reply to your idiotic comment.
Marla did not take the headline "completely out of context". She merely showed the headline, obviously because she appreciated the humor intended by the author of the headline.
on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 13:34
#149384
I think you really hit the nail on the head here. WTF was Tyler thinking when he decided to display the headline EXACTLY as it appeared, without comment? Very reckless and completely irresponsible (pfff, amateurs). Forget The Daily Show, not even Jim Cramer would stoop THAT low.
Personally, I say why let the facts get in the way of a good story.
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 19:41
#148665
Only in America... "you are what you eat"... and in this case "unhealthy"
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 20:32
#148718
And we wonder why health care costs so much in America...
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 21:19
#148772
It's not burgers, it's PEOPLE!
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 22:03
#148827
Take some "Antioxidants"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxcaIKMAJ3Y
on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 22:35
#148857
"Commenting without comment."
on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 03:11
#149030
And by the way, does Tyler Durden still work for Marla?
on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 09:26
#149143
U.S. Cycle of Foolishness: 1. Get large percentages of the population on welfare, food stamps, and fast food to ensure a horrendous, disease producing diet, 2. Pass a nation breaking nationalized healthcare bill so all the fast food eaters and smokers get their doctor bills paid for by other people who work, 3. Make sure the poor and disease ridden produce at a rate 3 times that of people with jobs and education, and let math drive the final nail in the country's coffin.
on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 13:36
#149388
It's a good thing you posted this anonymously, otherwise Paul Krugman would be seeking retribution for your plagiarism of his manifesto.