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October 11, 2008

Landslide? 343-184

This is shaping up to be an old fashioned thumpin . . .

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http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

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October 10, 2008

Dow's Worst Week Comes to an End

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122363315976122397.html



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October 09, 2008

Sarah Palin or Tina Fey: Can you tell the difference?

Sarah Palin or Tina Fey: Can you tell the difference?  
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Sarah Palin or Tina Fey: Can you tell the difference?

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October 08, 2008

Sad Guys on Trading Floors


Sad Guys on Trading Floors  





THE HORROR


I actually believed guy on St. Mark’s when he told me this was a limited edition iPhone.


A quick nap will make it all go away.


LOL INVISIBLE TRADR CHAIR


Thick black glasses? Wall Street must be going through an emo phase.


Joe agonizes over his next Facebook status message.


“Tantrum Strategy.” Just hold your breath until someone approves a bailout package.


Ever see ‘Scanners’?


Thinning?  What?  No, my hair is FINE.


If he can just get his fist in his mouth…






Rawr, Alna105. You can sell me off ANYtime.


No dude, it’s cool, real mellow.


Jazzhands will not save us now, my friend.


Morrissey steps outside for a needed break from the carnage on the trading floor.


Mama Mia! That’s a’spicy meatball!


Unfortunately, God does not control the stock market. Or maybe he does and uses it to punish humanity instead of floods and fires like the old days.


THE VOICES! THEY’RE COMING BACK!


He meant to say turkey with mayo, not ham with mustard.


“Please, make the cruel machine stop.”


Guess how many of those monitors he’s using for WoW.




"Turning the economic crisis into one of those clever internet memes."

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Market go down

Cowlick go up



“No, my monitor was upside down. Shit. Bob is not going to be happy about this…”


“See, it’s totally simple. For every transaction there’s a certain remainder of cents. We put those remainders into an account and no one’s the wiser!  They did it in Superman 2!”


D’oh.


Just Do It™


I am sad, as evidenced by the downward curvature of my mouth. See?


Scary enough, this scroll of paper actually IS the Hong Kong stock exchange.


Should’ve stuck with the professional wrestling career.


Traders share similar defense mechanisms as blowfish.


I can’t add a caption to this that could possibly make it any more hilarious.




PHONES DAMNIT!  WE NEED MORE FUCKING PHONES!


It’s possible that this crisis started when traders were forced to wear colored mesh suit jackets.