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Demeter

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47. It's evidently not a default until JPMorgan, Citi, GS, Wells Fargo, and the European Equivalents say

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 02:08 PM

Feb 2012

In which case, why say so?

They are trying to figure out which way to skin the carcass. For maximum profit (and probably maximum pain for the victims).

When what they SHOULD be figuring out is where to hide from the masses of rioting villagers....and the armed forces that will follow.

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