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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    07/30/09

    In reply to Victims Would Like All of Ruth Madoff's Money, Thanks
    Punishment to fit the crime? Tongue-Kissing booth at a homeless shelter?
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    Image of wundersmack wundersmack
    07/30/09

    In reply to Victims Would Like All of Ruth Madoff's Money, Thanks
    I mean, I just want ONE lousy million. Is that so hard?
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    Image of EdricJalookhi EdricJalookhi
    07/30/09

    In reply to Victims Would Like All of Ruth Madoff's Money, Thanks
    I think the issue is (or should be) Ruth's potential future earnings. You just now the bitch is coming out with a tell-all multi-million book deal in a few years after the reality of living like the poors hits home.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    07/30/09

    @EdricJalookhi: I'm pretty sure that the victims and their lawyers will be shadowing Ruth and her potential earnings (even down to extra fries if she super sizes for a better deal) much like the Goldman family had been all up OJ's ass until a motherfucker thought he could ROB from HIM.
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    Image of anxiogenic anxiogenic
    07/30/09

    In reply to Victims Would Like All of Ruth Madoff's Money, Thanks
    This is absurd. What about the people who made money through Madoff? A lot of 'investors' made money back through the scheme, some no doubt cashed out while the scheme was still functioning and made loads of money through it. A ponzi scheme functions very well up until the point that it doesn't. Shouldn't those people also be sued? They are living off stolen money.
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    Image of depardoo depardoo
    07/30/09

    @anxiogenic:

    Earlier this year, Picard was attempting to "claw back" money from investors who had cashed out. I don't know whether any of those attempts succeeded.
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    Image of wundersmack wundersmack
    07/30/09

    @anxiogenic: Yes, many of the investors lived very large -- see Vanity Fair's Madoff articles, parts 1 & 2. They had lifestyles and wealth unimaginable to most of us. When the party came to an end, they became "victims" even though they benefitted from the ponzi scheme. But since they were merely greedy and weren't the brains of the ill-gotten operation, they can't be sued. Really, they should be chuckling over how long they rode the tide, instead of whining about what they "lost."
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    Image of Muggs Bigglesworth Muggs Bigglesworth
    07/30/09

    @anxiogenic: What's absurd is that Ruth Madoff believes she is somehow entitled to multiple millions of dollars for being married to a criminal while he was actively doing crime.
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    Moff promoted this comment Muggs Bigglesworth was starred Muggs Bigglesworth was unstarred
    Image of Moff Moff
    07/30/09

    @Muggs Bigglesworth: That's not really much more absurd than my believing I'm entitled to multiple of millions of dollars just for being fuckin' awesome. Which I do.
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    Image of The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx
    07/30/09

    In reply to Victims Would Like All of Ruth Madoff's Money, Thanks
    How long before Ruth shows up hawking replica jewelry on a home shopping channel. "And THIS lovely piece was inspired by one that Bernie bought me with funds intended for Elie Wiesel's charitable foundation . . ."
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    Image of TroisFilles TroisFilles
    07/30/09

    @The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx: Holocaustume jewelry?
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    07/30/09

    In reply to Victims Would Like All of Ruth Madoff's Money, Thanks
    I suppose I'd be more sympathetic to her she didn't always look an angry Gollum in a wig.
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    aLostLady promoted this comment You Cannot Untoast was starred You Cannot Untoast was unstarred
    Image of aLostLady aLostLady
    07/30/09

    @You Cannot Untoast: Right? I always thought she was rather garden gnome-esque.
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    Image of aLostLady aLostLady
    07/30/09

    @aLostLady: Also, this.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    07/30/09

    In reply to Victims Would Like All of Ruth Madoff's Money, Thanks
    "Ask her for change"? What does it take? What does it take to change the essence of a woman?
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    Image of depardoo depardoo
    07/30/09

    @Moff:

    That question sounds like a perfume ad. The answer: "Chanel No. 150".
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    05/15/09

    In reply to Channel Your Revolutionary Anger Into Purchases!
    I think I'll sink my angry canine incisors into a sizzling steak at the Chez Guevara.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    05/15/09

    In reply to Channel Your Revolutionary Anger Into Purchases!
    All things old are new again.


    The rebel consumption thing had a go-round in the 1990s as well, and it was gutted by Thomas Frank in Commodify your Dissent.

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    Image of EleanorRigby EleanorRigby
    05/15/09

    In reply to Channel Your Revolutionary Anger Into Purchases!
    It's no Che-A-Pet: [www.stupid.com]
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    Image of Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate
    05/15/09

    In reply to Channel Your Revolutionary Anger Into Purchases!
    Because chocolate frosted shredded wheat has been around for centuries. Your parents were just smart enough not to buy them for you.
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    Image of TableNine TableNine
    05/15/09

    In reply to Channel Your Revolutionary Anger Into Purchases!
    Does it come in Che Guava flavor?
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    05/15/09

    @TableNine: also, in Che Guanabana
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    Image of theysaidwhat theysaidwhat
    05/05/09

    In reply to What Insane Message Does Glenn Beck Have for Children?
    For the kids: You're On Your Own Jr.: Mommy And Daddy Don't Love You And Neither Does The Government
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    05/05/09

    In reply to What Insane Message Does Glenn Beck Have for Children?
    Could we somehow introduce Beck's brain to some raccoon feces?
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    Image of jasonof2000 jasonof2000
    05/04/09

    In reply to What Insane Message Does Glenn Beck Have for Children?
    I see that 2nd picture and I just think "two by two, hands of blue."
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    Image of TheMac TheMac
    05/04/09

    @jasonof2000: I love you just a little bit.
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