It's 1929 all over again! IndyMac bank just failed. Monday morning, the FDIC will be running it.

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soulcamp said, (58 days ago)

I told you this was coming 2 years ago. Or something like that.

El Indio said, (58 days ago)

i COULD try to figure out what you're talking about. there is that possibility for me.

ilikedginger said, (58 days ago)

Hmmm. I worked for Freedom Financial when they were bought by Indy Mac (and I was replaced by an Indy Mac employee). They have a corporate office right across the street from me.

Reverse mortgages, LOL.

beccah. said, (58 days ago)

@ginger: basically sticking your kids with a lot of debt, right?

ilikedginger said, (58 days ago)

Nah, the bank took all the loss when my dad died.

beccah. said, (58 days ago)

@ginger: your dad has a reverse mortgage?

Oom Mao Mao said, (58 days ago)

Yeah, and it's the Democrats' fault!

soulcamp said, (58 days ago)

@El Indio: To summarize - IndyMac is the second largest financial institution to fail in U.S. history. Expect more to follow.

soulcamp said, (58 days ago)

It's also the largest federal thrift ever to fail. We're screwed.

Reamworks SKG said, (58 days ago)

Another sign of the times: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080711/NEWS/80711020

For the past 5 years I've been telling everyone to accumulate gold and guns. Now I'm being proved right!

Terrorists aren't what's going to destroy America: Houseflippers are.

soulcamp said, (58 days ago)

My best friend is a welder. I'm going to talk to him this weekend about starting a A/C caging business.

Reamworks SKG said, (58 days ago)

My best friend is a welder

Oesteocephalic is a welder? I thought he was a web guy.

Stereotest said, (58 days ago)

I'm wondering if Sallie Mae and Fannie Mae are relatives.

Stereotest said, (58 days ago)

I'm just curious why their names sound so much like each other - although I don't think that Sallie Mae is about to go bankrupt or anything like that.

0fuck life0 said, (57 days ago)

the new depression is here, friends

Pagne said, (57 days ago)

Black Monday, what? I saw this coming.
Goodbye grad school, hello bread lines. What an awesome time to be alive. I'd like to thank my elders for totally fucking my generation over.

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