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#AskBen: Welcome To Twitter @BenBernanke

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The comments on Ben Bernanke's blog posts at the Brookings Institutions may be filtered, but as of moments ago anyone will be able to praise the former Fed chairman for "bailing out the world" and being so very "concerned about America's seniors" in person, courtesy of what appears to be Bernanke's legitimate first ever Twitter account.

So, is it time for #AskBen?

 

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Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:06 | 5941419 FoundInTranslation
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Ben doesn't really understand how the internet works, does he? What a surprise. Let's see how long this lasts.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:11 | 5941425 mvsjcl
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About as long as Blythe Master's Fuckbook site lasted, I'd imagine. The goldbugs were relentless.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:13 | 5941432 ParkAveFlasher
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What's the infield fly rule, Ben, and would you do away with it if you were league commissioner?  (FYI, the infield fly rule is meant to curtail purposefully poor play e.g. dropping pop ups to nail a double play).

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:19 | 5941452 NoDebt
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Don't these guys ever learn?  #askben  Like walking around with 'kick me' sign on your back.

I liked this one, so far:

"If we agree to buy the rounds can we get you drunk enough at a bar to tell us how screwed we are again? "

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:21 | 5941460 negative rates
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Fuck the bernaske AND the horse he rode in on!

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:25 | 5941746 ACP
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#AskBen

I just banged this skanky old ass ho named Janet. My penis now discharges green linen, which I subsequently flush down the toilet. What should I do?

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:51 | 5941877 thetruthhurts
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#AskBen...

Ben,

 

1.My wife and i are having a disagreement on the color we should paint the kitchen.

She wants a light desert sand while I am going for plain Northern Europian White.

2. Should we pay cash or take out a home equity loan?

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:15 | 5941435 ACP
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This is obviously just a ploy from the Feds to troll for death threats.

Facefuck, twatter, spoogle, its all .gov bitchez. Or maybe .nazi or .facist or .marxist?

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:02 | 5941620 taketheredpill
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Yeah I wonder about some of the comments on ZH sometimes, and wonder if they are designed to get people worked up.  Some ahole ramps up the rhetoric and gets the crowd going. All well and good until 10 years from now when the Government does a historical trawl through the intertube data to compile a retroactive case against anybody who gets too uppity.  They don't need the data now, but not a bad idea to get the blood flowing to generate stuff they can potentiallu utilize at a later date. AGENT PROVOCATEUR.

 

 

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 11:45 | 5942060 Sentient B-ing
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+1000 absolutely correct, I have no doubt

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 13:04 | 5942362 Think for yourself
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Yes, it seems the COINTELPRO is working its way deeper through all communication layers of society. You see it on forums, in "alternative news" websites that all have different unfounded slants to start intestine wars between the various ilk of truthseekers, even on spiritual seekers forums I see an increasing amount of superficial diversion, getting people to argue about whether truth exists or not, and so on.

Understanding that attention is the highest currency in existence - as it represents investment of Self through time - one must be highly perceptive and discriminative when interacting with such possible attention sinks/parasites. Realize that one of the main control protocols of the matrix is reality perception management - that is, molding ideological structures - as such beliefs form the underlying investment strategy of your attention through time.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:11 | 5941427 vmromk
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DIE already you fucking piece of shit scumbag motherfucker.

 

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:07 | 5941421 Kaiser Wilhelm II
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" Juif qui Parle, Bouche qui Ment " Victor Hugo

Translation : " Jew who talks, Mouth who Lies "


Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:09 | 5941423 Usurious
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Ben-How much Jew confetti do you normally carry in ur wallet?

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:09 | 5941424 LawsofPhysics
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Ben admits to "saving the seniors" and fucking the children...

 

Someone want to ask him about that...

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:23 | 5941469 negative rates
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He would say that "savings" skipped that generation, and leave it at that.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 11:06 | 5941434 IridiumRebel
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#redacted

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:13 | 5941437 joak
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It just started and they know they have to filter the comments "because of the volume".  

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:53 | 5941580 NotApplicable
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Actually, it looks like Tyler started the #AskBen hashtag. Those Formula 1 racing folks gonna be in for a fun time.

Also, Bernanke's account is still pointing to a parody account.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:13 | 5941438 JRobby
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Would not take any economics lessons from this shill.

Besides, there are pleny of new recruits coming out of B-schools that have "learned the ways of fractional reserve banking" from a FED stocked acedemia.

 

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:20 | 5941456 Duc888
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Hey Ben, how can you determine eCONomic policy knowing full well that virtually all of the governments statistics have been proven false time and time again?

 

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:21 | 5941458 Bay of Pigs
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Monday Morning Follies....and please TEE OFF on this piece of shit my fellow ZHers.

My call? The Bernank will shut this down within a few hours. Maybe sooner...

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:21 | 5941459 NoWayJose
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Watching the distortions in the global economy is a bit like riding in a slow motion disaster movie. You know it is going to crash at some point, and you know that the drivers are insane. A few riders are screaming early, but most riders are unaware so the real screaming is yet to come. You also know that a lot of people will end up dying. And, you wonder if it is all centrally planned and controlled. Thanks Ben!

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 11:51 | 5942086 Sambo
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A cloned Ben flew the Germanwings....the real Ben sat long enough in the cockpit to ensure the big crash in the very near future.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:22 | 5941463 Usurious
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Ben-True or False:

''The entire system of debt-money is an attempt to get something for nothing.  This is the crux of why usury is historically reviled and usurers hated''

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:27 | 5941480 williambanzai7
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Shields down Mr Zulu...

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:35 | 5941508 Baldrick
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Son you NEED to get to work. I look forward to your contributions on this with glee.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:05 | 5941635 Baldrick
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first one just showed up! lol! keep it up please.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:13 | 5941682 agstacks
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Yes! Yes! Yes! You've waited for this day for a long time,William!  Now if only I could figure out why you block me on Twitter..

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:58 | 5941908 williambanzai7
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What is your twitter handle?

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:20 | 5941721 Wild Theories
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shows he really doesn't know how social media works

I'm seeing all banzai now. :)

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:30 | 5941488 Fun Facts
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If you hooked Bernanke up to a lie detector, it would explode.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:35 | 5941512 Niall Of The Ni...
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Let us know if and when he actually blogs on baseball. Ben on baseball might actually be worth reading, if only for the fact that it's the most likely to 

  1. be his own work, not an intern's, so we can compare and contrast the two styles
  2. not be a pack of lies from start to finish.
Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:46 | 5941559 e_goldstein
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The only question about baseball that I want Bernanke to answer is:

Which hurts most, the aluminum or the wooden bat?

 

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:59 | 5941604 suteibu
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  1. be his own work, not an intern's, so we can compare and contrast the two styles
  2. not be a pack of lies from start to finish.

That's a false assumption.  Who do you think owns baseball teams?  Sure...the same people Ben bailed out.  And there's probably a lot about baseball they want to change.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:35 | 5941514 libertus
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This will be almost as fun as #askjpm. What an idiot! 

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:37 | 5941517 Gnostech
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Who wants to bet that his twitter password is "imthebest"?

I'm going to have fun trolling this shmuck.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:38 | 5941521 Government need...
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Bernanke was a well-greased cog in the globalist 1% wheel.  His period of usefulness is over, as the proverbial wheel has turned.  The world would be a better place if it found this tool run over by said wheel.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:38 | 5941523 yogibear
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Seniors need to send him all the pain they have endured since he punished them for saving.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:39 | 5941528 SheepDog-One
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I have a question Ben- FUCK YOU!

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:40 | 5941535 SheepDog-One
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ZH member comments blocked from Tha Bernankes Twatter in 3.....2....

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:48 | 5941568 billybobtx
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We Bernanked some folks...

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 09:49 | 5941573 GMadScientist
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Oh no, not low savings rates. Enjoy your Medicare Part D and STFU, Seniors.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:03 | 5941625 Seasmoke
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Ben do you think the Nationals win the World Series ??? And the Globalists win the World ???

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:04 | 5941629 RealityCheque
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A Twitter account?? For seriously!????

Trolling in 3, 2, 1.....

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:04 | 5941630 Mike Honcho
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Baseball? Well golly, he's just like us!

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:34 | 5941788 RealityCheque
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Yep, all his baseball stories start with: "When I go to the World Series and sit in my custom armchair in the VIP box...."

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:26 | 5941748 Conax
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He won't last long. He was always on the verge of crying at those press conferences and congressional interviews.

He'll fall apart when everyone starts boring in. He's a puss.

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:50 | 5941871 thetruthhurts
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#AskBen...

Ben,

 

1.My wife and i are having a disagreement on the color we should paint the kitchen.

She wants a light desert sand while I am going for plain Northern Europian White.

2. Should we pay cash or take out a home equity loan?

Mon, 03/30/2015 - 11:59 | 5942120 Puchica
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For old times sake...

 

Fuck you Ben Bernanke

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