Jon Corzine - Meet Bubba

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The admission is here:

  • MF Global Admits Using Client Money, AP Says
  • MF exec. made the admission in phone call with regulators Monday morning

It's time to get some expert on the ex-MF Global head's mental state and to blame temporary insanity, otherwise, someone is going to be bunking with Bubba very shortly.

From AP:

A federal official says MF Global, the securities firm led by Jon Corzine, admitted to using clients' money as its financial troubles mounted.

 

An MF Global executive admitted that to federal regulators in a phone call early Monday after regulators discovered money missing from clients' accounts, according to an official familiar with the conversation.

 

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss a preliminary investigation by federal regulators.

 

Government rules require securities firms to keep clients' money and company money in separate accounts. Violating them could result in civil penalties.

 

MF Global, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, faced a cash crunch following multibillion-dollar bets on European sovereign debt.

 

Corzine ran Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and later was governor of New Jersey.

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Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:19 | 1833324 GeneMarchbanks
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Jail

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:19 | 1833326 redpill
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I hear orange jumpsuits are the fashion rage on Wall Street these days.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:29 | 1833335 hedgeless_horseman
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Fi-douche-iaries...they should all get jobs with the Social Security Trust Fund.

 

Social Security has a trust fund, and that trust fund is supposed to have $2.6 trillion in it, according to the Social Security trustees. If there are real assets in the trust fund, then Social Security can mail the checks, regardless of what Congress does about the debt limit.

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/were-americas-assets-looted-years-ago

 

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:29 | 1833390 nope-1004
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Corzine meet reality.  Nothing pleases me more than to see an ex Goldman CEO head to prison.  Idiot believer in fractional lying.

 

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:43 | 1833459 depression
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Corzine is heading for the Madoff Suite at Butner

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:57 | 1833567 oddjob
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potential stoolie?

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:10 | 1833610 trav7777
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they've already been hard at work trying to shred anything which would prove Corzine knew.  That is SOP, though I've no idea WHY.  The low-level employees that take the bullet for the boss end up getting NOTHING out of it other than a prison sentence.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 16:08 | 1833972 JW n FL
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Death for ALL Involved!

let them get away with it like always.

 

aside from what we would like to see done..

2,000 tax dodgers are all free and the whistle blower is in Jail!

Welcome to America!

Celebrate the Fraud!

Celebrate the Criminality!!

Just like New York's Finest DO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVGVBhiN96c&list=FLbRZZAixeFXZfqszvKisEdQ&index=2&feature=plpp_

support your friends!

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 17:13 | 1834315 gmrpeabody
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HE (Jon Corzine) is one of THEM..., THEY will protect him.

Look for Eric Holder to raid the offices and carry out computers.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 19:22 | 1834820 Don Birnam
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This time ? I don't think so. "They" need to make an example of one of their own, lest the governed break out in open rebellion.

Corzine will fall. It is decided. "They" will see to it.

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 04:05 | 1835920 jeff montanye
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post says mixing customer and corporate funds could result in "civil penalties".  will bubba's lust be thwarted?  if not, bubba might want to have an escrow account set up rather than having at jon;s somewhat long in the tooth charms.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 19:49 | 1834924 Buck Johnson
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Thats the secret, the low level employees think that they will be rewarded.  But what they don't know is once the deed is done and they are covered and evidence is gone,  they don't have to worry about paying the employee or even him or her running saying they did it on the orders of Corzine.  Because by that time him and his thousand dollar an hour lawyers would say that it's his word against Corzine.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 22:19 | 1835331 mkkby
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Yep, and right now some clueless low-level manager is having evidence planted against him.

To all employee -- if you are ordered to shred documents, photograph a few incriminating ones and make sure you can prove who ordered the evidence destruction.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:22 | 1833687 greased up deaf guy
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hope you're right, but everyone may be reading too much into this.

"Violating them could result in civil penalties."

civil = $$$ fine and no jail time, right?

also, the "executive" who admitted to whatever is most certainly not corzine.  corzine will claim he had no knowledge of any wrongdoing... just like his buddy lloyd.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:44 | 1833480 Transformer
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Ah yes, the SSI trust fund.  Only problem is, their is zip in the trust fund, nada.  The DC mafia stole it.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 16:42 | 1834162 ALPO
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He's a Democratic politician, so he never grasped the whole "private money" vs "public money" thing.  Reaching into client accounts came as naturally to him as reaching into taxpayer pockets.

 

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 17:15 | 1834326 gmrpeabody
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+1

Too funny...

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 04:09 | 1835922 jeff montanye
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yes.  it is clearly solely a democratic politician failing to not keep the thin, bright line separating public and private funds in laser like focus.  case in point?  the perfection that was the accounting for funds in the war in iraq.  

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:21 | 1833339 Smithovsky
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retraction of admission in 3...2...

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:22 | 1833346 GeneMarchbanks
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Jail Corzine is what I wanted to say.

Now... the orange does have a sort of pumpkin/Thanksgiving feeling to it, doesn't it?

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:25 | 1833358 ZeroPower
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Why does anyone think Corzine's gonna take the blame for this? Some nigerian from the back office will take the fall. They always do.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:39 | 1833438 GeneMarchbanks
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'Why does anyone think Corzine's gonna take the blame for this?'

I made a request, that's all. What is going to happen is outside the purview of my little rants on financial blogs. However, your cynicism is toxic my friend. You've clearly lost all sense of purpose and humanity by looking at financial markets 24/7. Start by purging yourself from the criminal everyday-ness and demand some rule of law.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:15 | 1833621 Almost Solvent
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Not that I disagree with you, but:

 

Government rules require securities firms to keep clients' money and company money in separate accounts. Violating them could result in civil penalties.

 

Look for the "rouge trader" to take the fall OR a "civil penalty" that will be a few FRNs payable to Unka Sam and a slap on the wrist.

Corzine ain't going to jail.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:39 | 1833760 MachoMan
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People at this level of the game don't scratch their asses without talking to an attorney, unless they know their actions to be expressly illegal AND they know their attorney will rat on them in the event he or she is told of any illegal plans.  Hell, they might have even rammed through unassuming test cases for these particular issues or at least ancillary and relevant ones.  I know I would if I was them.

That's not to say they'll be successful...  especially considering the law of public sentiment...  but, it's certainly a reasonable argument from induction (and I realize that induction is the last bastion of lazy theorists).

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:53 | 1833537 OpenEyes
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I suspect that there are quite a few TBTF's and Politicos who do NOT want Mr Corzine testifying in open court or on the public record.  Remember, this guy has been leading the President's campaign finance efforts since January and of course there are those ties to the Squid, NY Fed, etc... oh no, Jon knows where there are some skeletons buried and those skeletons do NOT want to be found.  I doubt we'll see this bastard in an orange jumpsuit, though we might see him taking a long nap with some fishes if he's not careful.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:56 | 1833554 IEVI
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Time for a suicide.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:26 | 1833704 Steaming_Wookie_Doo
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If I were him, I'd avoid hottubs and small planes.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 16:00 | 1833921 Ident 7777 economy
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Or eating chicken (chicken bones and choking) ...

Sat, 12/03/2011 - 07:18 | 1941223 mrdenis
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Or a speeding car with no seatbelt .......

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:18 | 1833664 Hippocratic Oaf
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Agree. Politician AND banker. 

The best of both worlds.

You KNOW he knows some shit!

 

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:30 | 1833394 Stoploss
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WTF is going on?? Shit is bouncing all over the place

 

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:57 | 1833562 Josh Randall
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It's not bouncing, actually it just slogged in to the fan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYxvVe9y5NQ

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:50 | 1833833 SilverRhino
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When you attach a lead weight (or feces for that matter) to a single fan blade then massive instability is the resulting condition.  

So it goes with rotary engines and the financial markets.

Who knows?  Have enough shit hit the fan and you might get some kind of dynamic balance on the blades.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:44 | 1833476 Ruffcut
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Next you will hear that cockzine has cancer. He dies and joins ken lay in the caymens with cocaine and hoes.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:08 | 1833604 Nascent_Variable
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Bullish for commisary candy bars and AIDS medication.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 16:47 | 1834187 TiredofIgnorance
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Wazzup brother-in-law?

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:21 | 1833332 Clueless Economist
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Is Jon Corzine Jewish?

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:32 | 1833400 flacon
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He is Italian and French. 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Corzine

 

During Corzine's campaign for the United States Senate, he made some controversial off-color statements. When introduced to a man with an Italian name who said he was in the construction business, Corzine quipped: “Oh, you make cement shoes!" according to Emanuel Alfano, chairman of the Italian-American One Voice Committee. Alfano also reported that when introduced to a lawyer named David Stein, Corzine said: "He's not Italian, is he? Oh, I guess he's your Jewish lawyer who is here to get the rest of you out of jail."[27] Corzine denied mentioning religion, but did not deny the quip about Italians, claiming that some of his own ancestors were probably Italian,[28] or maybe French.[5]

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:34 | 1833410 TradingJoe
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that makes his prison walk the more likely, no (WS) jew will ever see prison not in this lifetime!

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:41 | 1833452 whstlblwr
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Thank you for showing us that not only are you filthy, but stupid. "No jew will ever see prison" Madoff. Asshole.

"Damn it! I want my banker to believe in Jesus!"

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:03 | 1833589 oddjob
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I want my banker to swing dead poultry when times are tough.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:19 | 1833669 Hippocratic Oaf
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Madoff?

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:47 | 1833507 Ruffcut
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"Is Jon Corzine Jewish?" NOt sure. But he is a cock sucking goldman asssucks alum.  That is enuff to say it all.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 17:22 | 1834358 gmrpeabody
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I detect some attitude.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:51 | 1833525 tmosley
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No, he's a member of the real enemy tribe--a banker.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:51 | 1833532 yabyum
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Corzine: I'am a famous guy in for a short stretch!  Bubba: TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS!!

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:55 | 1833552 Paul Bogdanich
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Jail?

Are you people dreaming?  With mary Schapirro and Eric Holder on the job it's doubtful whether or not they even get fined.  Some kind of a back door bailout is infinitely more likely. 

 

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 17:23 | 1834366 gmrpeabody
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Those two will be doing their best to cover for him. That's what they're paid for!

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:04 | 1833585 SirIssacNewton
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If Corizone doesn't get his ass kicked in jail along with the other senior management, then....... (then realization kicks in).... oh wait, they own the f#cking system, so they will be gently guided, with a $12 million bonus each, to the land of milk and honey.... where crime, herein called stealing...being a thief, gets you your next big CEO job in the banking and financial industry.  Never mind, if anyone else stole this much money, there would be a nation wide man hunt with a 20 year jail sentence at the end.  This CRIME wasn't at gun point, but it was at COMPUTER point which is just as deadly and even more insidious because it can hurt more people than the 17 rounds in a Glock.  Corizone was a crook in Jersey and he continues his mad ways and steals from his clients....nothing to see here move along.

 

New York Times has the audacity to call this a "Blunder"....... the spin doctors at work.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 16:48 | 1834190 Flakmeister
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Umm... you do know that it was Isaac Newton??

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 17:26 | 1834393 gmrpeabody
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That would be Sir Issac's cousin. People get them confused all the time.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 17:35 | 1834440 Flakmeister
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Damn... my bad...

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:04 | 1833596 pelican
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Rot in prison Corzine.  Maybe karma does exist.  You destroyed NJ with your crappy cronies, now Bubba is going to destroy backside.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:39 | 1833761 Cone of Uncertainty
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Two down votes??

John, that you?

What, you have two ZH accounts now?

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:20 | 1833328 bnbdnb
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Handcuffs.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:22 | 1833348 Clueless Economist
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He seems a little too soft to survive in prison.  Wait, what am I thinking, no member of his tribe go to jail.  Is there an Indian fall guy at MF???

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:45 | 1833491 whstlblwr
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You really are clueless. Ugly girlfriend too.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:55 | 1833536 Sancho Ponzi
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Yes

No

Will/would Obama pardon Corzine?

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 16:47 | 1834188 NotApplicable
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Won't get the chance. There's no way he'll be the fall-guy.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:21 | 1833336 Laughinggrizzley
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Just don't drop your bar of soap in the shower....

 

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:44 | 1833478 Cursive
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ISDA: Corzine's soap dropping "appears" voluntary

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:21 | 1833337 Big Corked Boots
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If ol' Jonny Boy gets away with this, there will be rioting in the streets.

Weekend project: Construct a guillotine.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:43 | 1833457 Iriestx
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Correction, if ol Johnny Boy gets away with this, Americans will be too busying recording Dancing with the Stars on their DVR and watching the E! miniseries about the Kardashian divorce while tending their farmville crops on facebook to care.

 

Obama will have a Presidential pardon lined up for him at the end of his term if he is indictecd and convicted anyway.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:24 | 1833340 j0nx
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2 words: Eric Holder. Not a chance for handcuffs yet alone conviction. But if you're a white guy who he thinks hate crimed a minority then you better look the fuck out. Black on white hate crime? Not so much.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:22 | 1833341 Carlyle Groupie
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It will make for a very interesting population in Club Fed.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:22 | 1833343 Irish66
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his "friends" are panicking on the Garden State

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:23 | 1833345 scatterbrains
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I'd rather see him cop a plea and provide evidence (even if justice would try to destroy it) of all the rest of the bankster crooks doing the same thing.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:29 | 1833391 jcaz
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Plea?  Pffft- no freaking mystery here-  he tried to cover his bets with client money- end of mystery, go to jail.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:23 | 1833349 101 years and c...
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he wont go to prison.  some mid-level manager will.  this is the freaking USA.  no banking execs ever do perp walks.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:23 | 1833350 Yardstick of Ci...
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That $12 million parachute is going to buy him a lot of cigarettes.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:49 | 1833521 JohnG
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Can't smoke in jail anymore.  That's how I finally quit.....

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:23 | 1833351 Let them eat iPads
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Time to occupy Corzine's anus.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:42 | 1833458 MsCreant
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Maybe he can get some sound advice from Martha Stewart. 

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 16:49 | 1834195 Flakmeister
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Rectum?? Damn well near killed him...

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:24 | 1833354 Goldtoothchimp09
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It needs to be life in prison for everyone involved with any management responsibilities.  The only way to save yourself should be if you make a whistleblower attempt at stopping the theft.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:24 | 1833355 realitybiter
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Guillotine, is good by me.

 

Jail is way too easy.  You can't repair this damage without some wet work.  If Corzine directly jeopardized client's money to cover his full retard trades he cannot walk around breathing the same air as his ex-clients.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:26 | 1833361 Godisanhftbot
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 not gonna happen because the people are too stupid to demand it. they demand all the wrong things.  like free cheese and bailouts for morons that overpaid for their shacks

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:26 | 1833368 Bastiat
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"Too easy"  Ask Stanford about that.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:41 | 1833449 realitybiter
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It will be too easy if I am not compensated for the entire value of my account plus the mental anguish it has caused.  I likely will get my money.  Anguish?  right.  Multiply that by the tens of thousands of accounts and you get the point....Hence, too easy.

If I stole a thousand bucks from a bank, I would likely get punished more severely.  Society needs to man up and get old testament on the POS that are running around, destroying society, with maximum impunity.  The proper way to deal with a POS is to flush it.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:53 | 1833543 Ruffcut
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First grab it, and then flush it. I'm with that shit.  But first put your gloves on. Safety of feces exposure is important.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:24 | 1833357 tony bonn
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"otherwise, someone is going to be bunking with Bubba very shortly.."

if mary schapiro or barney frank has anything to do with it, the only person bunking with bubba is bubba. i assure you that no one but an administrative assistant will be rolled under the bus...

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:26 | 1833364 legal eagle
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He should have said that the three page memo via Hank Paulson told him to do it!  Matter of national security and all.....

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:26 | 1833365 The4thStooge
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Who wrote CDS on MF Global? This is getting interesting.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:39 | 1833437 Bam_Man
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The MF creditors will take "voluntary haircuts".

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:26 | 1833367 CashCowEquity
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diameter of his asshole before prison and after....should be interesting

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:31 | 1833404 Clueless Economist
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Barney Frank has the ruler and is very interested.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:46 | 1833494 whstlblwr
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You would know.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:26 | 1833370 Taint Boil
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Couple of protein packed spunk shakes and he'll be good as new ......

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:26 | 1833371 SheepDog-One
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Hi whats your name cell mate?

Bend over.

Nice to meet ya, Ben!

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 14:26 | 1833372 jesse livermoore
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maybe he can room with bernie Madoff .. We can make  reality show out of it.

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