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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    04:29 PM

    In reply to Plenty of People Have Yachts and Rockets These Days So What Is Your Problem?
    Is that top photo CGI, because I have some CGI money to make the down payment?
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    03:59 PM

    In reply to Plenty of People Have Yachts and Rockets These Days So What Is Your Problem?
    omg... I'm in love with this yacht. When i win the Mega Millions, I'm totally circling Manhattan for larks in this baby... DAILY.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    03:57 PM

    In reply to Plenty of People Have Yachts and Rockets These Days So What Is Your Problem?
    Actually that yacht would be perfect to hole up in during the upcoming zombie war. Yes, i find utility in things along those lines.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    03:40 PM

    In reply to Plenty of People Have Yachts and Rockets These Days So What Is Your Problem?
    That would only make sense if the rocket launched tourists in droves of about seventeen thousand to Canal Street on Sunday afternoons all in search of faux designer handbags. Outer space is a poor substitute for $10 Luis Vuitton, it’s about priorities people.
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    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    03:19 PM

    In reply to Plenty of People Have Yachts and Rockets These Days So What Is Your Problem?
    In related news, there were 998 new accounts created at Monster.com's London office today.

    Also, two bankers are missing and presumed CPA.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    03:19 PM

    In reply to Plenty of People Have Yachts and Rockets These Days So What Is Your Problem?
    I want world peace and universal equality and hardcore semyaparinsky socialism, but I also want that boat, and I don't want anyone else to have it.

    Don't care for rockets though; they're noisy and pretentious.
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    Image of Helio Helio
    03:52 PM

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Agreed on all counts. That is one gorgeous fucking boat. Inside and out. I'd be more than comfortable saying I live on a "house boat" if that's what I'm working with.
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    Image of Princess Sparkle Pony Princess Sparkle Pony
    08:32 AM

    In reply to Bailed Out AIG Execs: We Want More Money
    I smell a golden opportunity for a new reality show.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12/05/09

    In reply to Soon There Will Be No Excuse For Not Having a Crappy Job
    The Times was being kind to the Tour d'Argent, I think. Sure, some of their problem probably comes from the recession, but they lost two of their three stars, their revenues would be way down no matter what the economy was doing.

    Sidenote: doesn't Tour d'Argent mean Tower of Money? Because whoa, irony.
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    Image of kappakappaspankme kappakappaspankme
    12/04/09

    In reply to Soon There Will Be No Excuse For Not Having a Crappy Job
    I have absolutely no problems with paying tax. That said...I wish my money didn't have to benefits asshats like the sign holder.

    Some want to opt out of Social Security because they think they can manage their money better than the Government. I want to opt out in the name of spite.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/04/09

    In reply to Soon There Will Be No Excuse For Not Having a Crappy Job
    And my sign says:

    "I'd Love to Be Overtaxed and Socialist If I knew When I'd Have My Next Meal."
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    Image of Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn
    12/04/09

    @miss_msry: Seriously. That's the first thing that came to mind: that person has NEVER gone hungry for lack of money.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/04/09

    @[gawker.com]

    That's pretty obvious considering this sign wasn't inked in their own saliva and blood and excrement. Which is pretty much all the poors have left with which to communicate.
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    Edited by miss_msry at 12/04/09 6:34 PM miss_msry was starred miss_msry was unstarred
    Image of ParahSalin ParahSalin
    12/04/09

    @miss_msry: My sign says "I'd rather have scurvy and rickets than affordable healthcare because I'm a dumbass who thinks lowering taxes on billionaires is actually going to stimulate the economy or help my sorry, sick ass in any way." On the other side it says "Go Tigers."
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/05/09

    @ParahSalin:

    So many Tigers, so little time. Mizzou-Rah!
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    Image of Brad Brown Brad Brown
    12/04/09

    In reply to Soon There Will Be No Excuse For Not Having a Crappy Job
    My backup plan is pornography, but the details of that plan are sketchy.
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    Image of Beau Nerd Beau Nerd
    12/04/09

    @Brad Brown: Back it up, Brown.
    [The Awl]
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    Image of ParahSalin ParahSalin
    12/04/09

    @Brad Brown: My backup plan was moving to Northern California and growing pot, but after pot is legalized the market will just be taken over by Archer Midlands or Smithfield Farms. I may have to join you in the porn, but I've heard times are getting hard (no pun intended) for the pornmeisters because there is too much free stuff on the internets. I'm thinking Ponzi scheme may be the way to go.
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    Image of bodegacat bodegacat
    12/04/09

    In reply to Yahoo Confirms: Holiday Blowout Cancelled
    I hear Cindy-Lou Yahoo will gather everyone together for a touching rendition of "Welcome Christmas."
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    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    12/04/09

    In reply to Soon There Will Be No Excuse For Not Having a Crappy Job
    Something tells me this person isn't overtaxed. It also seems like they ran into a space problem with the final "t."
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    Image of AnnaZed AnnaZed
    12/04/09

    @MyNameIsChris: More like a plug-ignorant illiteracy problem (spelled socialist as "socialis" ~ not the first time I have seen that) patched up at the ninth hour. No wonder the poor bastard is unemployable.
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    Image of nozer nozer
    12/04/09

    @MyNameIsChris: Their brain might be, though.
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    Image of momof3wildkids momof3wildkids
    12/04/09

    @AnnaZed: Yep, I've seen communiss too.
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    Image of Btwbfdimho Btwbfdimho
    12/04/09

    In reply to Soon There Will Be No Excuse For Not Having a Crappy Job
    Sarah?
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    12/04/09

    In reply to Soon There Will Be No Excuse For Not Having a Crappy Job
    how the hell is OTB $80m in debt when (according to the article) they make $1b in bets every year? Don't they take a cut on the payout? Unless Monty Brewster rolled in and put $50,000 on every longshot to win at Aqueduct, how the hell is it a losing business?
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    12/04/09

    @lobstr: Any business can lose money if it spends more money than it takes in. Something tells me that gamblers and low overhead don't go together.
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