<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342115266782308804</id><updated>2009-10-14T02:26:36.375-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pitchforks &amp; Torches</title><subtitle type='html'>Revolution or Chaos? Take ACTION.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Nick Terzo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11187611183663225387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342115266782308804.post-7596643718340553020</id><published>2008-10-30T13:48:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-30T13:59:13.895-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='John McCain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Economist Endorses Obama</title><summary type='text'>My eyes deceive me but the Economist today endorsed the candidacy of Barack Obama for President.  In a very well balanced article the magazine reviews the records and abilities of both candidates to lead us out of the mire. Some snippets:For all the shortcomings of the campaign, both John McCain and Barack Obama offer hope of national redemption. Now America has to choose between them. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/feeds/7596643718340553020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6342115266782308804&amp;postID=7596643718340553020' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/7596643718340553020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/7596643718340553020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/2008/10/economist-endorses-obama.html' title='Economist Endorses Obama'/><author><name>Nick Terzo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11187611183663225387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00039668322415369833'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342115266782308804.post-9049418039843109400</id><published>2008-10-23T13:29:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-23T13:35:48.792-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Andrew Lahde'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><title type='text'>HedgeFunder Says F*** You</title><summary type='text'>I have been dying to publish this letter since I read of its existence in the Los Angeles Times. Please enjoy hedgefunder Andrew  Ladhe's farewell letter to his clients &amp; colleagues:Today I write not to gloat. Given the pain that nearly everyone is experiencing, that would be entirely inappropriate. Nor am I writing to make further predictions, as most of my forecasts in previous letters have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/feeds/9049418039843109400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6342115266782308804&amp;postID=9049418039843109400' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/9049418039843109400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/9049418039843109400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/2008/10/hedgefunder-says-f-you.html' title='HedgeFunder Says F*** You'/><author><name>Nick Terzo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11187611183663225387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00039668322415369833'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342115266782308804.post-3062242092370853168</id><published>2008-10-17T20:43:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T04:46:53.996-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ohio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Flagnation</title><summary type='text'>My apologies for mistaking the state flag of Ohio as a customized Obama flag. You have to admit that it is awfully close, especially when viewed limp on a tight TV shot (sounds way too erotic).  My sincere apologies to all of you Buckeyes, but your flag is very unstatelike.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/feeds/3062242092370853168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6342115266782308804&amp;postID=3062242092370853168' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/3062242092370853168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/3062242092370853168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/2008/10/flagnation.html' title='Flagnation'/><author><name>Nick Terzo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11187611183663225387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00039668322415369833'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wHfcK-xwAB4/SPkx4I3O52I/AAAAAAAAAUY/OcqivIfh-0c/s72-c/ohio-state-flag.full.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342115266782308804.post-1582857939241882597</id><published>2008-10-17T17:53:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T17:55:46.869-04:00</updated><title type='text'>California</title><summary type='text'>Off to California tomorrow for a few days of potential client meetings.  I am traveling without the handy laptop, so no posting until my return next week. Alot to report as banks refuse to loosen up any of the taxpayer money in their possession and term limit hearings continued for a second day in NYC. Wishing you all a lovely autumnal weekend.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/feeds/1582857939241882597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6342115266782308804&amp;postID=1582857939241882597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/1582857939241882597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/1582857939241882597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/2008/10/california.html' title='California'/><author><name>Nick Terzo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11187611183663225387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00039668322415369833'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342115266782308804.post-3733940632917298354</id><published>2008-10-16T06:54:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T07:34:53.156-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='John McCain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joe Lieberman'/><title type='text'>Debate &amp; Losers</title><summary type='text'>Debate III-  Much better format last night and it seemed likely that John McCain’s head was about to explode. Bob Schiefer in my humble opinion had decent questions, but hardly unusual.No AbortionVouchersJoe PlumberNuclearOilCut Capital GainsNo New TaxesI could have closed my eyes and been back in high school. With all the new challenges facing the world the candidates are still debating old news</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/feeds/3733940632917298354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6342115266782308804&amp;postID=3733940632917298354' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/3733940632917298354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/3733940632917298354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/2008/10/debate-losers.html' title='Debate &amp; Losers'/><author><name>Nick Terzo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11187611183663225387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00039668322415369833'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342115266782308804.post-3116243631539873255</id><published>2008-10-15T11:03:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T11:23:22.156-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Henry Paulson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christopher Buckley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anthony Weiner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Bloomberg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><title type='text'>Tuto di Capo &amp; Mayor for Life</title><summary type='text'>Il Tuto Di Capo Paulson-  Maybe it was the fact that Silvio Berlusconi was in the Capital that influenced Henry Paulson to act like a Mafia Capo  ( I am Italian-American so lay off) this past Monday. The NY Times reports a remarkable behind the scenes account of what occurred when Paulson and Ben Bernanke met with the CEOs of the nation’s 9 largest banks.  A single-page document was placed at </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/feeds/3116243631539873255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6342115266782308804&amp;postID=3116243631539873255' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/3116243631539873255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/3116243631539873255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/2008/10/tuto-di-capo-mayor-for-life.html' title='Tuto di Capo &amp; Mayor for Life'/><author><name>Nick Terzo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11187611183663225387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00039668322415369833'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wHfcK-xwAB4/SPYGeJpP5FI/AAAAAAAAAUM/_QhIM4_Wj5o/s72-c/images.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342115266782308804.post-3908766398312201767</id><published>2008-10-14T10:52:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-14T10:55:25.446-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='McCain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>ObamaNation &amp; McCain's Chicks</title><summary type='text'>Obamessiah is busy promising everything to everyone yesterday while in Toledo, Ohio. His I am going to win spending binge included tax cuts “so you can buy a new winter coat” (you’ll need it since you will have no heat or perhaps no house) and he clearly loves Detroit because he is prepared to give those automaker imbeciles an additional $25 billion in bailout money.  I noticed during this speech</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/feeds/3908766398312201767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6342115266782308804&amp;postID=3908766398312201767' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/3908766398312201767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/3908766398312201767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/2008/10/obamanation-mccains-chicks.html' title='ObamaNation &amp; McCain&apos;s Chicks'/><author><name>Nick Terzo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11187611183663225387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00039668322415369833'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wHfcK-xwAB4/SPSyg8-zvFI/AAAAAAAAAUA/_3MnmhYr5qU/s72-c/images.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342115266782308804.post-7898873306436286048</id><published>2008-10-11T10:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-11T20:52:08.861-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Henry Paulson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mayor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Bloomberg'/><title type='text'>Billionaires in Bloom-berg</title><summary type='text'>Bloomberg’s Billionaires- What a sham is transpiring here in NYC to keep Michael Bloomberg as mayor for a third term. Why should we have an election? Let’s just anoint him as all his rich friends in Manhattan have advocated. Term limits are such a inconvenient issue, that billionaire Ron Lauder had to step up and make the moral decision to support suspending the term limits in Bloomberg’s case. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/feeds/7898873306436286048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6342115266782308804&amp;postID=7898873306436286048' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/7898873306436286048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6342115266782308804/posts/default/7898873306436286048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pitchforkstorches.blogspot.com/2008/10/billionaires-in-bloom-berg.html' title='Billionaires in Bloom-berg'/><author><name>Nick Terzo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11187611183663225387</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00039668322415369833'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wHfcK-xwAB4/SPC4-6buEVI/AAAAAAAAATU/zujiNBtzxps/s72-c/bloomberg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>