http://capitalistbanter.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:45:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Best-selling author and colorblind fashionista Tom Whitesute captures the greed, deception, class politics and rampant cross-dressing that has caused the current Wall Street crisis in his new novel, “The Backfire of the Vanities.” The plot centers around Hatfield McCoy, a brilliant young multimillionaire mortgage broker who invented a mathematical ... http://capitalistbanter.com/2008/10/lifestyle/book-review-%e2%80%9cthe-backfire-of-the-vanities%e2%80%9d/ Dear Mr. Paulson: In light of recent national economic events, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for any and all future applications for credit with us, the American Taxpayers. However, we regret to inform you that we cannot extend credit terms to you at the present time, ... http://capitalistbanter.com/2008/10/investing/and-open-letter-to-henry-paulson/ MOSCOW -- Apple’s iPhone went on sale in Russia for the first time ever on October 3rd and Russians are snatching them up and downloading specially-designed killer apps from their own Apple store (iTuneski). Here are the most frequently downloaded Russian apps so far: PocketBalalaika: Turns your iPhone into a ... http://capitalistbanter.com/2008/10/technology/most-popular-russian-iphone-apps/ With apologies to Robert Fulghum, all you really need to know about economics, Wall Street and the bailout you learned in kindergarten … You can never get your lunch money back from a bully, but you can show him your stomach rash and make him barf what he bought ... http://capitalistbanter.com/2008/10/investing/12-things-about-economics-you-learned-in-kindergarten/ BOULDER, CO -- Ad agency Crispin-Porter has announced that Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld are collaborating on several song lists that will be available for free download with the purchase of any Microsoft product. This is the next phase of the agency's campaign to portray the middle aged pair as ... http://capitalistbanter.com/2008/10/marketing/gates-and-seinfeld-load-your-ipod-with-cool-songs/ HOLLYWOOD, CA -- The popularity of ‘America’s Got Talent’ coupled with the current economic crisis has convinced producer Simon Cowell to create its first spin-off. Called ‘America’s Got Bailout’, it will be hosted by Jerry Springer, whose own financial situation has forced him to work a third job in addition ... http://capitalistbanter.com/2008/10/investing/jerry-springer-to-host-%e2%80%98america%e2%80%99s-got-bailout%e2%80%99/ LONDON -- The remaining members of Pink Floyd - Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason - got together briefly to issue an apology to their fans and to anyone hurt during the current worldwide economic crisis for the influence their mega-hit song ‘Money’ may have had on the perpetrators ... http://capitalistbanter.com/2008/09/lifestyle/pink-floyd-apologizes-for-%e2%80%98money%e2%80%99/ NEW YORK, NY -- Thousands of depressed Wall Street traders, portfolio managers and investment bankers have flocked to a small bagel shop on Broadway to see a toasted bagel that appears to be burned with the face of Adam Smith, the father of free market economics. “It’s a sign!” ... http://capitalistbanter.com/2008/09/investing/thousands-see-adam-smith%e2%80%99s-face-in-toasted-bagel/ ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA -- At least one sector of the economy enjoyed a boost last week as parachute maker Baleoot increased production of its exclusive line of golden parachutes. "Used to be, we depended on a frustrated board of directors to oust a worthless CEO or other high ranking executive," said Baleoot ... http://capitalistbanter.com/2008/09/news/golden-parachute-makers-ramp-up-production/ Stephen King, the world’s scariest writer outside of the guy who does the warnings in pharmaceutical packages, announced he has begun what he believes will be his greatest horror novel. Titled “Bank Sematary,” it is the story of Frank Baulson, a small-town banker who does his best to save the ... http://capitalistbanter.com/2008/09/lifestyle/stephen-king-to-pen-wall-street-horror-novel/