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Demeter

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78. I'm sure they did

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:47 PM

Jun 2012

That hockey rink, for example..a case of backstopping an "enterprise" bond. ...Well, it WAS enterprising for the cons that set it up, and the suckers that have to pay for it are just food for a vampire squid or the like. After all, GS is a global banking concern.

Which means concern about GS is global...or should be!

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