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    Conde Nast Cancels Christmas Lunch, Hires Crisis Flack

    Guardian Rising

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    Obama All About Fed Head Bernanke

    Shock: New York Not Yet Out of Economic Mess

    Stimulus Outrage: Money For Poor Kids

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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/06/09

    In reply to Conde Nast Cancels Christmas Lunch, Hires Crisis Flack
    I don't know. Does Details publish in Peru? #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx
    11/06/09

    In reply to Conde Nast Cancels Christmas Lunch, Hires Crisis Flack
    I understand Vogue is opting for a potluck lunch in the office. They'll feast on thin gruel and hot water with sugar substitute.
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    If_I_Had_a_Poodle promoted this comment Edited by The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx at 11/06/09 1:00 PM The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx was starred The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx was unstarred
    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/06/09

    @The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx: How is that different from the other 364 days of the year? #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx
    11/06/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: They're adding the gruel.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/06/09

    @The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx: Of course, you're right.

    [instantrimshot.com] #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of OnBackground OnBackground
    11/06/09

    In reply to Conde Nast Cancels Christmas Lunch, Hires Crisis Flack
    Notwithstanding what the Post says, Sheehan isn't really a crisis PR guy - he's more of a media/debate trainer. Also, he's usually only on board for a day or two and then goes away to another client. #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    11/06/09

    In reply to Conde Nast Cancels Christmas Lunch, Hires Crisis Flack
    Lo, in these PC times, the problem with canceling Christmas lunch is that you then have to cancel Hanukkah tea and Ramadan happy hour. #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/06/09

    @AzureTexan: You left out Kwanza #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    11/06/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Well, I had a good reason: To cancel Kwanzaa would be to violate kujichagulia* (self-determination, in Swahili), which just seems like a really mean thing to do at Christmastime.

    *No, I totally and completely did not look that up on Wikipedia. #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/06/09

    @AzureTexan: Excellent point. #christmasiscanceled
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Conde Nast Cancels Christmas Lunch, Hires Crisis Flack
    After how many years of cancellations does it become the former Xmas lunch, the onetime Xmas lunch, the Xmas lunch of a bygone era, the Xmas lunch of ad budgets past, etc? #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of kimsama kimsama
    11/06/09

    In reply to Conde Nast Cancels Christmas Lunch, Hires Crisis Flack
    Cocktail party? Man, this is why you wanna work in NYC. In DC, all the think tanks that cancel their xmas parties replace them with "Economic Forums." #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/06/09

    In reply to Conde Nast Cancels Christmas Lunch, Hires Crisis Flack
    Hey, Si could hire whichever firm Russia hires to gussy up Stalin's image. #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of TheHonJudgeSmails TheHonJudgeSmails
    11/06/09

    In reply to Conde Nast Cancels Christmas Lunch, Hires Crisis Flack
    Ah, yes. That hallowed Conde Nast Christmas Lunch. Inspiration for many a novel, play and movie. #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/06/09


    @TheHonJudgeSmails: Now there won't be any Christmas... #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/06/09

    In reply to Conde Nast Cancels Christmas Lunch, Hires Crisis Flack
    I'm sure those who were laid off will appreciate the irony of a hefty salary being paid to a flack who will try to mitigate the image damage done by the layoffs. #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of MsMuffinMcGuffin MsMuffinMcGuffin
    11/06/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Indeed. #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    11/06/09

    @TheBusinessGuy:

    Yep.

    Here's a thought, for all the CEOs running around hiring consultants to help figure out how to economize during the recession: cut the salaries of your top (most likely overpaid) employees, including yourself, and stop wasting money on consultants... #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/06/09

    @City_Dater: OMG! 1111!!!!!!! Whoa. xxoo. #christmasiscanceled
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    Image of MattGaymon MattGaymon
    10/18/09

    In reply to Scoring Sunday's Nuptials: Feminism's Fallen to Talking Points, But Not White Dresses
    When I saw that scene the first time, I was like, oh of course Parker Posey was inspired by her local Astor Place where there are two Starbuckses and a Barnes & Noble with a Starbucks. Two of those Starbuckses are gone now. #recession #weddings
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    10/18/09

    @MattGaymon: The second Starbucks I had to go to was a Barnes and Noble with a Starbucks! It opened at 9am and I got there at 8:53 and patiently waited outside the door. Not sure if I've ever felt lamer in my life. The things I do for LUV. #weddings
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    10/18/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: A valiant effort, Phyllis! And your video clips are killing me softly- both scenes are long beloved by moi.

    And I kid you not, for a microsecond I saw the word "aunt" in another announcement and thought of that exact Larry scene. I suppose it's because the announcements are so important to the betrothed, misprints are funny disasters. Or Charlotte York's Hitler mustache. Anyway, minds/alike, you're wonderful. #weddings
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    Image of ChillbearLatrigue ChillbearLatrigue
    08/26/09

    In reply to Budget Deficit Getting All Sorts of High
    "The Obama administration’s Office of Management and Budget raised its 10-year tally of deficits expected through 2019 to $9.05 trillion, nearly $2 trillion more than it projected in February." [www.nytimes.com]

    How much money does China have to bankroll our ventures?
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    Image of OldManRiver OldManRiver
    08/26/09

    @ChillbearLatrigue: China, while still #1, (followed by Japan then England), recently sold off some of our Treasury bonds, and cut back on manufacturing goods. Made in India just around the corner, followed by Made in Tennessee.
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    Image of ChillbearLatrigue ChillbearLatrigue
    08/26/09

    @OldManRiver: So where will we sell our expanding debt?
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    08/25/09

    In reply to Obama All About Fed Head Bernanke
    Am I supposed to stress the "who some say saved our country from absolute economic ruin" in a sarcastic tone or what?
    I'm not saying I had or even have, at this point, a better plan, I'm just, you know, sayin'.
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    Image of takeouteurotrash takeouteurotrash
    08/25/09

    In reply to Obama All About Fed Head Bernanke
    Can someone please explain what the fuck Bald did to save our country from absolute economic ruin? Keep interest rates low? Print more dollars? Prop up failing institutions?

    Let's see what got us here:

    -keep the cost of lending low
    -promote false sense of expanding growth by providing the plebeians ample use of their house/co-op/condo to substitute an ATM
    -prop up failing citizens that leveraged their life for a Prius, HDTV, 2nd home in the Berkshires/Poconos, and duplex abode

    Outstanding! No similarities.

    At least Summers will never take command, I suppose. The Fed would need to subsidize smelling salts to keep his languid person awake for the eventual demise.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    08/25/09

    @takeouteurotrash: Can someone please explain what the fuck Bald did to save our country from absolute economic ruin?

    My take is that he created a false sense of crisis, transferred a lot of wealth to his friends and then got them to dutifully say that the crisis had passed.
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    Image of takeouteurotrash takeouteurotrash
    08/25/09

    @Magister: To that I say, you're absolutely right.

    "Never let a crisis go to waste" extends to both sides of the aisle.
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    Image of DavidWatts DavidWatts
    08/12/09

    In reply to Stimulus Outrage: Money For Poor Kids
    Government money should only be given to rich people for free, because they are our betters, and waste money .. . better. Surely the plight of our nation's bond traders, dog groomers, and personal chefs matters to you!
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    08/12/09

    In reply to Stimulus Outrage: Money For Poor Kids
    Well, yeah. People who own their own homes are more likely to vote Republican, and their property taxes are high because Albany is irretrievably FUBAR and likes to give school districts unfunded mandates out the wazoo, so lowering property taxes would make them very, very happy.
    Except for the part where this is very temporary because school districts would just see this as an excuse to stuff even more crap in the local school budget. The STAR program is like that. School boards just love to tell taxpayers how much more they'd be paying if it weren't for the STAR program; it's like Vaseline to one's already inflamed anus.
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