First it was the banks. Then Fannie and Freddie. Then AIG.  Then Shittybank. Then the automakers. Then the former millionaires created by Bernard Madoff.

And now the Donald Trump contingent wants in:

From the NY Times: A Wish List for Commercial Real Estate

Commercial real estate groups have been meeting with members of Congress, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as well as Mr. Obama’s transition team, to press their case. And they say they have a compelling one.

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As a lefty blogger, I will miss him. Sure he’s a dangerous sociopath, a pathological liar, and a national embarrassment.  But he’s also The Decider, The Commander Guy, and Commander Codpiece.  Think about that as January 20, 2009 approaches.  When, I ask you, have liberals had it so good?

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Well … maybe not so much.  At least from my point of view (NYC) there’s not nearly as much going on as last year.

With that out of the way, I have to ask you a question – isn’t this just awful?

Now that Walter Noel is in trouble for steering $7.5 billion into the Bernie Madoff abyss, the pristine reputations of his five gorgeous daughters – Corina, Lisina, Alina, Alix and Marisa – are getting tarnished, too.

Do you give a shit about these people?

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Happy Festivus.

Time for the Airing of Grievances. The comments are open.

Sweet.

Ramazan Baydan, owner of the Istanbul-based Baydan Shoe Company, has been swamped with orders from across the world, after insisting that his company produced the black leather shoes which the Iraqi journalist Muntazar al-Zaidi threw at Bush during a press conference in Baghdad last Sunday.

Baydan has recruited an extra 100 staff to meet orders for 300,000 pairs of Model 271 – more than four times the shoe’s normal annual sale – following an outpouring of support for Zaidi’s act, which was intended as a protest, but led to his arrest by Iraqi security forces.

Hope they make them in my size.

Stampede for Bush Shoe Creates 100 New Jobs [Guardian]

First it was the banks.  Then AIG.  Then Shittybank. Then the automakers.  Now it’s the former millionaires created by Bernard Madoff.

One week ago, Ronnie Ambrosino was a millionaire.

One week ago I owed less on my student loans than I do now.

Now, Ambrosino is among the long list of investors whose fortunes were allegedly wiped out by Bernard Madoff. Like them, she’s left hoping for a bailout that might never come.

I’m hoping Sallie Mae forgives my student loans.  And gives me a pony.

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Paul Weyrich is dead.  A Bush Enabler of the first order, he is, as are so many others, ultimately responsible for heaps of dead bodies, trillions of dollars wasted, and a Constitution destroyed.  He also helped found the hideous American Enterprise Institute and the “Moral” Majority with Jerry Falwell.  It’s hard to imagine a more destructive human being (excepting mass murderers). Good riddance.

The fundies, of course, are all atwitter.

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