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more about #classwar more comments → MissNormaDesmond: Once again, the truism prevails: it's terribly expensive to be poor. more » Elizabeth Weinbloom: Yep. I'm getting paychecks right now for an NBCU gig I finished in August. Actually, it's kind of awesome. Free money! Sucked in August, though. more » Swifter: But it's a little bit different when you're talking about people's salaries. But, we're not talking about people's salaries. These folks are freelan... more » Mediahohoho: Pack all the heat you want, boys. Just realize that every meal you eat in Manhattan is going to contain about 5% saliva, 10% urine and 30% human feca... more » valet_of_the_dolls: Everything else seems to make a comeback; why not the robber baron? more » Rozelle’s Bagman: "Please put $50 billion into this bag, abt natural. What is abt?" more » econdave: At Lehman they'd just shoot themselves in the foot. more » AzureTexan: I eagerly await Michael Moore's penetrating new Wall Street film, "Ruger & Me." more » Smitros: If it didn't work for Tony Montana, it won't work for them. more » Lymed: I find this scary considering the instances of suicides occurring by people who are losing their jobs and investments. more » BadUncle: The easier to rob you with, my dear. more » Swifter: Boom Boom Pow more » Rozelle’s Bagman: Justifiable homicide. more » TableNein: Original Bankster more » naugahydeinplainsight: She clearly enjoys a building with a good service staff. more » -
#ripoffs
NBC Universal's Version of the Payday Loan Scam for Freelancers
Yesterday we told you about Time Inc.'s freelancer scam—the company will pay you quickly, but it'll cost you up to 4%. Today, another tipster has clued us in to NBC Universal's version, which is even worse. More » -
#banksters
Goldman Sachs Bankers Already Dangerous, Now Armed
According to Bloomberg's Alice Schroeder, senior Goldman Sachs bankers have begun applying for permits to carry concealed handguns, lending credence to Vanity Fair's Bethany McLean's assessment that "There is an embattled feeling around" Goldman now. Tom Wolfe, call your office. -
#tabloids
Hot Foot Hottie Had Dirty Doorman Fetish
Sexxxy wealthy foot model Christina Ambers marrying a doorman at her fancy building: A heartwarming story of love overcoming class barriers. Finding out Ambers previously dated another doorman: What a low-class slut. Tabloid law: Unbreakable. [NYDN] -
#classwar
Hot Foot Hottie and Poor Hubby Need More Money Cause Board's Crummy
A hot sexxxy foot model's hot feet got too hot for her fancy Upper East Side neighbors, once she married a hot doorman in her building, alleges the hottest new tabloid class war story to hit hot type! More » -
#recessionomics
Wall Street Fat Cats Finally Back on Track
The Way We Live Now: Tip-top! "Wall Street on Track to Award Record Pay." Meanwhile, we're cutting the pay of non-Wall Streeters in half, and lowering the minimum wage. The rational market at work! More » -
#classwar
Rich Homeowners vs. Raucous College Kids in Sexxxy Stereotype Fight
You learn something new every day: Second-string NYC borough Queens is home to one of the city's "wealthiest communities!" Furthermore, the laughably stereotypical residents of this community are locked in a laughably stereotypical class war with laughably stereotypical college kids. More » -
#trailerpark
The Depressing Trailer For Michael Moore's New Movie
The trailer for Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore's new movie, is here. It's about banks, and how they're bad, and how the working man can't get by any more. He tries to make a citizens' arrest of AIG. Ha-ha. More » -
#economics
Stimulus Outrage: Money For Poor Kids
As we learned during the Bush administration, the only legitimate role the federal government can play in stimulating the economy is sending everyone in America a check. That's always fiscally responsible, too. So why do Democrats hate simple economics? More » -
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#genderwar
Our Favorite New Word: Mancession
The New York Times' Economix blog has found yet another upside to the recession: It's only happening to men. More » -
#comebacks
AIG Is Making Money Again
Is that good or bad? We just don't know anymore in this topsy-turvy world of bailouts and bonuses and government ownership of corporate monsters. But whatever—AIG pulled in a cool $1.8 billion last quarter. More » -
#classwar
Shocker: Bankers Greedy Even When Handing Out Bonus Cash
As your money burned last year and banks groveled for cash, we knew they kept handing out billions of bonus cash. But now we know how just a small few put their snouts to the trough. More » -
#drinking
The Rotgut Economy
Yes, everyone drinks more in a recession, but they drink the cheapest, vilest swill they can find. The New York Times reports while wine sales are up, the industry is hurting because high-end wines are in a tailspin. More » -
#classwar
Conde Nast Pits Lowly Assistants Against One Another
The management at Conde Nast is well aware that lowly assistants—who are paid poverty wages in order to take order from high-strung self-important media assholes in $8,000 outfits all day—could snap at any time. Solution: divide, conquer. More » -
#classwar
Your Tax Dollars at Work
The St. Regis Monarch Beach, the rich-people hotel that AIG executives partied at after getting all their bailout money, couldn't pay its bills and so now a bailed-out Citigroup owns it. And it's losing money. Your money. More » -
#banksters
Another Day, Another Bank Getting Rich Off Your Money
Bank of America posted a $3.2 billion profit last quarter, and Citigroup earned $4.3 billion. The friend you lent $50 last week so he could afford groceries is showing you his new iPhone. Punch him in the face. More » -
#classwar
Another Bank Makes Billions. Yay?
This week started with Goldman Sachs making billions in profits, and starting the Wall Street Pay Machine back up. Now, JPMorgan Chase has also posted a spectacular second quarter profit. Well. What could go wrong? More » -
#classwar
The Three Stages of Madoff Victimhood
Bernie Madoff's been sentenced to die in prison. Now, all those victimized by him have found peace. Just kidding! They're all in anguish. Seriously, we're worried about them. The victims are dealing with their rage in three distinct ways:
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#classwar
MySpace Exec Gets $500K to Sit at Home While 300 Laid Off
MySpace today confirmed the rumors it will lay off 300 international staff, on top of 400 U.S. layoffs last week. The social network also shoved aside purported co-founder Tom Anderson, who has a new gig: NOT going to the office. More » -
#fieldguide
Peter Getty: Costumed Layabout Scion
Peter Getty's breezy, self-pitying musings on being idle righ infuriated fellow San Franciscans and, indeed, people across the country. Who is this heir, and why does he find copious wealth so unpalatable? Here's a quick rundown. More » -
#classwar
Rich Guys Blog, To Make You Mad
The failing San Francisco Chronicle has started—in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression—a blog by two idly rich guys. Topic: "What's it like to be rich?" Lots of dodging pitchforks, I imagine. More »
