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User Info RBS loses 2 billion pays out 2 billion in bonuses in forum [General]
Killersdad
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upstate NY
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They claim this is a good deal. Freaking amazing.

Wait till they fully write down the Greek dog doo they still have on their books.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsb....

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They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq ...why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.
Guydaley
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Wyoming only ATM
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That's why that CEO gets the big bucks....because he can defend bonuses during losses without shame. Because without principles, morals and ethics almost any kind of behavior is justifiable.

Meanwhile, back at the farm, the sheep are getting sheared.

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Its called creeping TEOTWAWKI. Just because it doesn't happen all at once doesn't mean it isn't happening.
Eighty6thebs
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It's contained to sub-prime!
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Have to retain the top talent that lost us 2 billion.

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"Sounds to me like you guys a couple of bookies" - Billy Ray Valentine

"No I am not scared, and neither should you be!" - Iraqi Information Minister
Ribbit
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Wales, UK
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Interesting that the Hoovernment banks their loot with RBS too (they no longer bank through the BoE).

Going to be an interesting

smiley

{eta: Over here, a 'Hoover' is a vacuum cleaner}

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If the State was a Nanny, it would have been fired for incompetence, unreliability, and having its hands in the till, a very long time ago now.

Argos
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Incept: 2008-03-23
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The Green Mountain State
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http://www.scotsman.com/news/rush-to-sel....

Partial quote:

Quote:
THE government faced a backlash from taxpayers last night over claims that it was in in talks with Middle Eastern investors about selling a stake in Royal Bank of Scotland at a loss.

Talks with investors in Abu Dhabi could lead to the sale of up to a third of the bank before the end of the year, even though it would mean losing billions injected by the taxpayer in 2008.


Go team! :)
Uppity_peasant
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As Janet Tavakoli said: "CONTROL FRAUD"

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If it's true that "assault weapons" are "weapons of war" and don't belong on the streets of America, why do the police need them? Who are the police at war with?
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