Fat Cats

Zach Carter

Obama's Quandry: Bashing Blundering Banks While Courting Wall Street Cash

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Corruption, 2012 Elections, Dodd-Frank, Marsha Blackburn, Derivatives, Economy, Financial Reform, Bank of America, Wall Street Reform, Mitt Romney, Jobs, Money in Politics, Obama, Democrats, Romney, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, 2012, Thune, Video, Wall Street, Trade, Jpmorgan, Banks, J.P. Morgan, Occupy, November Elections, Fat Cats, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's response to JPMorgan Chase's spectacular trading failure underscores a persistent tension in his presidency -- ...

Read Whole Story

9 Fat Cats Getting Stuck In Things

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Cute Cats, Video, Cats, Fat Cat Stuck, Fat Cats Getting Stuck, Fat Kitty, Cats Getting Stuck, Funny Videos, Cat Stuck, Comedy Slideshows, Funny Cats, Slideexpand, Fat Cats, Slidepollajax, Comedy News

As cats get older, sometimes they let themselves go a little bit. They're still adorable of course, but as their weight starts to get on the heavy sid...

Read Whole Story

LOOK: This Fat Cat Needs To Go On A Diet Right Away

HuffPost Weird News | David Moye | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Weird UK, Pet Fit Club, Video, Pudgy Pooch, Dee Doyle, Obese Animals, Weird Photos & Videos, Animals in the News, Fat Cats, Sean Wensley, Weird News News

Humans aren't the only ones who suffer from morbid obesity. Not all fat cats are captains of industry. Some are just pudgy pussies. But one Bri...

Read Whole Story

Compromises, Compromises

Carolita Johnson | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Debt Ceiling, Humor, John Boehner, Tax Cuts, Pensions, Compromise, Fat Cats, Social Security Benefits, Politics News
Carolita Johnson

(click on the image for a larger version if the handwriting is too small)...

Read Post

The Grass Is Always Greener When You're Rich

Carolita Johnson | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Oscarina, Economy, Carolita Johnson, Speed-Up, Joblessness, Fat Cats, Recession, Comedy News
Carolita Johnson

We're so scared to piss off the rich that we work twice as hard for them for less and less every year, and won't raise their taxes or eliminate loopho...

Read Post

Fat Cats For Sale At Shelter Where Volunteers Help With Weight Loss

AP | Posted 08.04.2011

Read More: Overweight Pet, Overweight Animal, Cats, Overweight Cats, Fat Cat, Cat Adoption, Cute Animals, Animals, Good News, Fat Cats, Overweight Cat, Green News

HILLIARD, Ohio (AP) -- A central Ohio animal shelter with an abundance of chubby cats is having a sale on its fattest felines, hoping a discount entic...

Read Whole Story

Legerdemath: Tricks of the Banking Trade

Omer Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Cdos, Fabulous Fab, Financial Reform, Regulation, Credit Default Swaps, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Schemes, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bailout, Wall Street Regulation, Lehman, Default Swaps, Financial Crisis, Banking Trade, Fat Cats, Omer Rosen, Fabrice Tourre, Conflict of Interest, Legerdemath, Fraudulent, Corrupt, Derivatives, Spvs, Tarp, Central Counterparty Clearing, Credit Cards, Tricks, Citi, Financial Fraud, Fraud, Clearing House, Rosen, Credit Derivatives, Wall Street, Sivs, Bear Stearns, Citigroup, Omer, Business News
Omer Rosen

I'd just turned 20 when I began a three-year stint on Citigroup's corporate-derivatives team. I had no work experience to speak of. As my boss said after my interview, I was "f***ing unpolished."

Read Post

Fanfare for the Common Man

Jeff Klima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literature, Funny, Education, Humor, Eggheads, Writing, Smug, Fanfare-for-the-Common-Man, Higher Thinking, Hitler, Intellectualism, Fat Cats, Comedy News
Jeff Klima

I am never the first to admit when I am wrong, but nor are Bill Clinton, Roger Clemens, or the Pope. I am, however, the first to admit when I...

Read Post

PHOTOS: STREET ART: Mr. Monopoly Gets Political

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mr Monopoly, Monopoly, Slidepollajax, La Street Art, Fat Cats, Health Care, Corporate Greed, Alec Monopoly, Street Art, Arts News

Mr Monopoly finds himself in a unique position. Unlike other evil mascots, like the Hamburglar or Count Chocula, we're supposed to actually hate the ...

Read Whole Story

The Top 10 Richest Politicians In Congress

The Huffington Post | Jeremy Binckes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fat Cat Lawmakers, Wealth, Wealthy Lawmakers, Fat Cats, Lawmakers, Rich, Rich Politicians, Wealthy Politicians, Slidepollajax, Rich Lawmakers, Politics News

The economy may have been tanking, but it was apparently a different story on Capitol Hill where the 50 richest lawmakers gained a cumulative $1.4 bil...

Read Whole Story

Setting Sail With the Language Pirate

Jeff Klima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Macabre, Language, Piracy, Writing, Books, Space Rape, Words, Pirate, Fat Cats, Books News
Jeff Klima

I take a lot of guff because I frequently "make up words" or even use "existing words" incorrectly in pronunciation and/or definition. I'm a language pirate.

Read Post

The Next Great Recession Will Occur in This Decade

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President Barack. Obama, Entrepreneur, Fat Cats, Taxes, Bonuses, Draconian Taxes, Debt, Obama Administration, Congress, Business Book, Middle Class, Business, Risk Taking, Innovation, Wall Street, Great Recession, Credit Card Companies, Real Estate Bubble, The Oval Office, Novel, The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown, Business News
Jerry Chautin

I am writing a novel. It is about the next Great Recession that will occur in this decade. The book's subtext will cite the next Great Real Estate Bub...

Read Post

Have We Forgotten How To March?

Les Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bailout, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Fat Cats, Wall Street Bonuses, Citigroup, President Obama, Business News
Les Leopold

Was the president signaling that it was time for progressives to form a visible protest movement against "fat cat bankers"?

Read Post

Congress: The Pet Theory

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pets, Congress, Fat Cats, Campaign Contributions, Dogs, Politics News
Bob Franken

In this world, the political puppies are controlled by the fats cats. They need to perform if they want to keep coming back to the Capitol Kennel.

Read Post

Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gaffe, Bugliosi, Markets, Don Siegleman, Bail Out, Feinstein, Mark Pryor, Steve Bradbury, Fisa, Mccain, Campaign, Mary Landrieu, Difi, Sarah Palin, Offshore Drilling, Nation of Whiners, Bailout, 2008, National Security, Constitutional Rights, Midotw, Paris Hilton Energy Plan, Drilling, Gang of 10, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Kent Conrad, Torture Memo, Rove, Energy, Gang of Ten, Executive, Democrat, Basketball, Feingold, Joe Biden, 08, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Blue Ribbon Commission, Mddotw, Wiretapping, Charles Manson, Crisis, Financial, Dnc, Spain, Warrantless, Russ Feingold, Gramm, Ben Nelson, Gang of 20, Vincent Bugliosi, Economy, Meltdown, John Yoo, Middle Class, Vermont, Regulation, Democratic, Obama, Dianne Feinstein, Media, Fourth Amendment, Republican, Bush, Savings and Loan, Siegelman, Office of Legal Counsel, Playbook, Phil Gramm, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Progressive Party, Yoo, Ken Salazar, Fat Cats, Gang of Twenty, Mental Recession, Keating Five, John McCain, Karl Rove, Rules, Msm, Attorney General, Count the Lies, 2008 Elections, Contempt, 2008 Election, Tom Carper, Oil Companies, Senior Moment, Murder, Charlotte Dennett, Blanche Lincoln, Tim Johnson, Progressive, 08 Campaign, Wall Street, Rulebook, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Deregulation, Torture, Prosecute, Manson, Dennett, Olc, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

Read Post