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    UngratefulDeadSylvie Krekow
    1/27/14 8:56pm

    At the risk of affirming some his accusations against the poors I'm still going to say: first against the fuckin' wall. One of these days these plutocrats are gonna be the boy who cried class warfare.

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      Capt. Janeway's Imaginary CatUngratefulDead
      1/27/14 9:05pm

      I heard this phrase (first against the wall) used before and while I think it's deplorable in theory, it totally sums up what unchecked greed can lead to. I have to admit that I chuckle and nod every time I hear it.

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      EverleighWayUngratefulDead
      1/27/14 9:27pm

      I had never heard this before so I looked it up and it was linked to (among other sources) Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy and Archie Goodwin of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe. I like it. A lot. Thanks for posting it.

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    Gavin S.Sylvie Krekow
    1/27/14 9:00pm

    Looks like a Richard Mille. This one is over $250,000.

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      GemmabetaGavin S.
      1/27/14 9:03pm

      That is the ugliest watch I have ever seen.

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      Gavin S.Gemmabeta
      1/27/14 9:05pm

      It's not understated, to be sure. I think his designs are supposed to be related to F1 in some way.

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    RambleSylvie Krekow
    1/27/14 8:55pm

    So apparently this guy was convicted of manslaughter after he ran over and killed a man with his yacht about 10 years ago.

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/5-things-to…

    So yeah, super awful guy.

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      OldTowneTavernRamble
      1/27/14 9:09pm

      Then there's his "Sex and the Single Zillionaire" novel. All about "a gaggle of bimbos" vying for what must be a fine upstanding rich guy on a reality show. He hit all of literature with a boat, too.

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      UngratefulDeadRamble
      1/27/14 9:10pm

      He created jobs for the paramedics, the Coast Guard, doctors and opened up whatever job that interchangeable peon had beforehand! I'm sure he will be made an ambassador any day now for his service to our glorious country.

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    GemmabetaSylvie Krekow
    1/27/14 8:56pm

    Norway, you mean that country that folded faster than France when the Nazis attacked?

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      toothpetardGemmabeta
      1/27/14 9:20pm

      Good book:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_…

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      Falcongirl77Gemmabeta
      1/27/14 9:47pm

      I really love the word quisling. It's such a fun insult.

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    cheerful_exgirlfriendSylvie Krekow
    1/27/14 9:00pm

    All Perkins wanted was to be allowed back into Daniel's bush again. Why else go all white knight on her behalf.

    I take it from the picture below that Ms. Steele is a fan of letting things go natural, bush-wise.

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      MisterHippitycheerful_exgirlfriend
      1/27/14 9:24pm

      Well, it's a very dense thicket, to be sure ... but a nicely trimmed one.

      By the way, the mental image of this guy doing the nasty with Ms. Steel is giving me hives.

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      Cliocheerful_exgirlfriend
      1/27/14 9:25pm

      There's a trade off that occurs when you release your words into a pubic forum.

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    OcculaSylvie Krekow
    1/27/14 9:19pm

    Walken has a suggestion where he could put that watch.

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      jama818Occula
      1/27/14 9:26pm

      "I'll be damned, if I let some Norwegian Knight, get his hands on your birthright!"

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      Occulajama818
      1/27/14 9:38pm

      Your commas are win.

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    The Ghost of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ AKA BabyStepsSylvie Krekow
    1/27/14 9:21pm

    1) That man is probably a billionaire. I will just leave that on the table with the caveat that you have watched the interview.

    2) His quote was that he could buy a "six-pack of rolexes" for what the watch on his wrist costs. I couldn't really see it but it looked like an IWC Da Vinci. Those top out currently at about $50,000. You can't get a "six-pack" of Rolexes for that. Silly, silly man!

    3) His complete nonsense retort to that reporter's distillation of Paul Krugman's article was understandable because she completely flubbed PK's ideas/the meaning of yesterday's column. That said, I still don't think he would have been able to give a coherent answer even if she channeled PK. The ideas that PK writes about are quite literally inscrutable to him.

    4) Going back to point one. . . do you think his mental faculties have deteriorated from old age? I mean he is a billionaire but his mind did not seem as sharp as I was lead to believe a "captain of industry" AND "Knight" would possess. No where near in fact.

    5) Just because your business partner agreed with you does not make it a good idea either. You can both be crazy and/or myopic.

    6) Please stop "apologizing." You are digging an even bigger hole for yourself.

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      PseudoHermesThe Ghost of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ AKA BabySteps
      1/27/14 9:40pm

      I hope Rolexes actually do come in little plastic-sealed six-packs.

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      AnselmThe Ghost of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ AKA BabySteps
      1/27/14 11:37pm

      It's a $250,000 Richard Mille watch, apparently.

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    darthmaulSylvie Krekow
    1/27/14 9:16pm

    In the same article where he brags about his watch which cost over $250,000.00 he opines about his relatives that "live in a trailer park. " He kind of brags about it like their poverty is his badge of honor. I'm sure that they are impressed with his expensive watch.

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      ZaleyaKanedarthmaul
      1/27/14 9:21pm

      Just think, he chose between buying his relatives a house, and owning a watch. He then chose the watch.

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      GregSamsaZaleyaKane
      1/27/14 9:26pm

      He knows that even a broken moral compass is right one you distract by pointing out how well your watch works all the time.

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    raincoasterSylvie Krekow
    1/28/14 12:08am

    "Our automobile strip?" Is that where he takes his horseless carriage out for a spin? Seriously, is this how he refers to a public road?

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      AurorasBoredRealistraincoaster
      1/28/14 12:51am

      It took some mental gymnastics, but I deciphered what he meant: the strip where auto dealers are concentrated, perhaps more commonly known as an auto mall?

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      raincoasterAurorasBoredRealist
      1/28/14 12:59am

      Ha! Thank you!

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    Capt. Janeway's Imaginary CatSylvie Krekow
    1/27/14 8:54pm

    In their best interests, these tech millionaires and billionaires need to stop talking. I know it sounds like a contradiction but the best defense in these cases and times is to not say anything. At all. STFU

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      JimmyDBCapt. Janeway's Imaginary Cat
      1/27/14 9:08pm

      This is supposed to be the new Republican strategy, too. Somehow they just can't help saying things that reveal their ignorance and depravity.

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      Fun at PartiesCapt. Janeway's Imaginary Cat
      1/27/14 9:46pm

      What's the point of being rich if you can't lord it over everyone?

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