Posts tagged as Douchebags
Davos Update: Victim Bankers Tired of "Bending Over" For It
Dimon implies bankers being raped: "to suggest we're supposed to bend down and accept it bec we're bankers – not fair" #wef #business
Andrew Clark
clarkaw
What's happening at the World Economic Forum in Davos, you ask, because you love to know about moguls? Well, JPMorgan Chase honcho Jamie Dimon thinks bankers are the new rape victims. But that's not all Dimon is spouting off about.
Here's a delightful post from Marketwatch about how pretty much everything he thinks is wrong.
And there's this!
Jamie Dimon proposes MDBFBDB to shield the global financial system: minimally-damaging bankruptcy for big dumb banks.#wef #davos
Lisa Jucca
ReutersLJucca
Oh yes. That sounds GREAT. An escape hatch for immense failing businesses. I'm sure that's super for some kind of economy.
In other Davos news, apparently babes are on the prowl for mega-millionaires. You know, unlike in Silicon Valley or New York.
What's the Worst Thing a Man Believes He Can Call a Woman?
On my last night in Washington, D.C., where I’ve been working, a very weird thing happened: a drunk guy in a bar took an instant personal dislike to me, insulted my short haircut, told me I looked like the child from The Omen and said that I had “666” written on my head (I have to assume this is also an Omen reference). At the end of this string of craziness, he also called me a dyke. READ MORE
Happy Bizarre Queens Election Day!
This is the first and only morning that I've woken up and thought "I sure wish I lived adjacent to La Guardia"! (Although I can see it being useful, what with all those flights and stuff.) But yes today our friends in Jackson Heights get to vote in the best special election ever. (We welcome on-the-ground reports from readers). The choice? Three men, including a not-very-interesting, middle-of-the-road (ish) conservative, a fairly consistent working-class liberal Democrat and... in the far corner... in the red trunks... rootin' tootin' face-slashin' Hiram Monserrate! I personally despise Monserrate for non-face-slashing reasons; having sat in on his Veteran Affairs committee meetings when he was a City Councilman, I watched him glad-hand adorable elderly gay veterans, only to later turn around and slash them in the face by opposing gay marriage in New York in the Senate. Ah, the land where you can marry your face-slasher but only if he's not of the same sex. But your reasons to despise him may be varied and diverse! For people who may be voting in this election, there's an actually useful breakdown from the Queens Tribune. READ MORE
It's 3:20 p.m. And I Still Intensely Dislike Harold Ford
IMPORTANT HAROLD FORD UPDATE: He's actually not a carpetbagger! He's just a Waverly Inn-going, Morning Joe-doing, banker-loving, Hamptons-chilling overclass cretin with the world's worst financial policy ideas. As you were!
Horror Chick, With Melissa Lafsky: 'Paranormal Activity' Is the SCARIEST MOVIE EVER (About Suburban Yuppie Starter Homes)
We all have irrational fears. Random terror at things that, in reality, have little to no chance of killing us. Spiders, clowns, snakes, commitment, wet bread-the list goes on. My irrational fear is that I'm being watched. Ever since I hit puberty, it's been the same: there's a camera behind my bathroom mirror, or a telescope pointed at my window where some cackling dipshit is observing everything I do (and judging me the whole time). Yes, it's silly-;though back when I lived in SoHo it turned out to be truer than I'd like. (Note to self: Never take the ground floor apartment.) READ MORE
Rick Santorum Wins Race To Iowa
Well, how-dee-do. Rick Santorum, who is a crazy person who was accidentally elected to the Senate, and who is now a lawyer, a lawyer who does not believe there is a right of privacy in the United States, because how could "liberty" possibly have anything to do with "privacy," and also he's never read amendments IV and IX, is shortly on his way to the fine state of Iowa! He is there meeting with the middling-far right, which is not actually that big in Iowa, because in many ways Iowa is a state of nice people who do not like mean people, which means the Santorum Show is not going to go over that well. Iowa has the kind of Christians who may not like abortion but also don't really believe in being mean to people, and Santorum has a mean streak a mile long. Also he is a douche. Also: PALIN IN '12, WAHOO!
The Worst Neighbor In The World: The Thompson LES Hotel
Who is the worst neighbor in the world (at least, the worst since Peter and Raymond)? It is the Thompson LES Hotel, on the Lower East Side. Here is a recording of the goings on, courtesy of a neighbor. READ MORE
