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BlinkyMcChuck
11/15/09

In reply to Inside the Bernie Madoff Tchotchke Auction
I'm just wondering meanwhile if Ruth wore the Benz necklace or if Bernie did. #berniemadoff
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destor23
11/15/09

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Look in the pocket of the jacket and there's an account number for a bank in Turks and Caicos. There you'll find the real Madoff stuff... #berniemadoff
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lostarchitect
11/15/09

In reply to Inside the Bernie Madoff Tchotchke Auction
I'm pretty sure you can get a team jacket with any name you want on it for a couple hundred bucks. I'm gonna get one that says "DAHMER". #berniemadoff
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MrInBetween
11/14/09

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Some ass-clown paid $14,500 for a Mets jacket emblazoned with the name Madoff? Good going, pal. You're going to get your ass kicked, for two worthy reasons. #berniemadoff
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Phyllis Nefler
11/14/09

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I'm sad for Mario Ramirez :( #berniemadoff
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DaveDavies
11/14/09

@Phyllis Nefler: Why, because he didn't win the auction for the jacket? #berniemadoff
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goetz
11/15/09

@DaveDavies: No, because he's a Mets fan. #berniemadoff
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Conchie Birdie
07/27/09

In reply to Eliot Spitzer Still 'Steamrolling' With Way Less To Lose
Spitzer was fucked up long before this whole "conspiracy" went down. Pun intended - although this comment was not just intended for the pun.
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snugbug
07/27/09

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Sadly, the Spitzer saga concluded for me in March '08. No matter how shameless he acts now + forever, and how hard media types work at wordsmithing slap-downs, this game already has a winner. I'm still majorly jealous of these clever bastards.
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snugbug
07/27/09

@snugbug: Sorry, I meant--
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
07/27/09

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There once was a guy named Langone
Who chuckled and picked up the phone.
He sent out a dick
With a memory stick
And now our poor bulldog's alone.
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ChillbearLatrigue
07/26/09

In reply to Eliot Spitzer Still 'Steamrolling' With Way Less To Lose
I would love to know if this blogger has anything to back up his assertion that Eliot's Spitzer's demise was engineered as subterfuge. I would think that prosecutorial discretion would be more apt if Spitzer's whoring was somehow linked to the investigation of the banks. I'm just not following the connection, since he was no longer the Attorney General when the story of his romantic liaisons broke.
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Pope John Peeps II
07/27/09

@ChillbearLatrigue: Oh sure. The previous Republican administration was certainly known for their impartiality, and their lack of spite. And certainly they very much respected powerful Democratic figures who rose through political ranks and were a constant and unrelenting thorn in the side of many major republican contributors.

SURELY there's no link to Spitzer's conspicuously public and media-laden trial. ABSOLUTELY. I mean, this is politics. It's a game for gentlemen and intellects, where ideas are debated and I can't even finish this sarcastically so end.
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DavidWatts
07/27/09

@ChillbearLatrigue: and I mean, all those AGs who quit or were fired for refusing to make partisan prosecutions, i mean, surely that doesn't mean there were other cases where different AGs were happy to do political prosecutions, and thus kept their jobs, and it never came out in the media. . . right?
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Claire Buoyant
07/26/09

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Speaking of bad shit from the Bush/Cheney administration, how come you guys haven't covered this yet (or did I miss it)? Cheney wanted to use the military on American soil, to round up some people he didn't like in Buffalo. Fuck the Posse Comitatus Act!

Ultimately, Bush did decide against it, which makes me think...this story along with Scooter Libby's non-pardon almost makes it seem like Bush's rehabilitation has begun, but Cheney? Still as much as an evil bastard as ever.
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thatgirlinnewyork
07/26/09

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he always knew where the bodies were hidden, vis a vis the banks. that ish wouldn't have went down in albany with spitzer on the job, either. c'mon back to the five and dime, sir!
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pilf
07/26/09

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Can we give Spitzer his Sheriff badge back?
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freedc
07/27/09

@pilf: No, because he's a hypocritical asshole that thinks he's better than the people he's busted for the same stupid shit or stupider. Fuck him. I wish him well or whatever, but no, he doesn't get to tell people what to do ever again.
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autoclavicle
05/07/09

In reply to The Madoffs Were Strangely Free With Money
I'm fantasizing about all the things I could buy at Target with a Madoff Amex-- I could get the really nice and soft toilet paper that doesn't fall apart in your hand!!
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britneyspearstears
05/07/09

@autoclavicle: Slay the dreamer, never the dream...
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Pick-me-a-winner
05/07/09

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Is it just me or do the Madoff's = the Bluthe's?
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Bob Wiley
05/07/09

@Pick-me-a-winner: It's not just you: [gawker.com]
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Mike Jahn
05/07/09

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I suggest everyone do a good ole' ROI analysis on your tipping. Recently I had to make a lot of cab runs to/from a nearby hospital. The fare was $20, and it would expected that you give a $5 tip. I gave a $10 tip, which is half the fare; the guy always showed up on time, rain or shine, and it's mostly been rain recently. And when it's 2am and you really want to get home after spending 18 hours at a loved one's bedside, you want the cab to be there.

But also, regarding the extra $5. What IS $5 really, a bottle of Bud at a lot pub plus two bucks for the bartender. The Sunday Times plus a Baby Ruth.
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FracturedAcetabulum
05/07/09

@Mike Jahn: I'm sorry you've had to spend so much time at the hospital, MJ.
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