Our friend and frequent commentator Roddy Boyd’s new book, Fatal Risk — an examination of AIG and its role in the 2008 financial meltdown — has been released, and to nice notices.
Congrats to Roddy on the book! If you’re interested in good, solid investigative journalism — and are curious how the government and business operate sometimes in concert, other times at odds — I recommend you pick up a copy.
And give Roddy his props. Writing books is easy (just ask Amanda Marcotte!); but writing well-researched, rigorously studied books is not.
good luck roddy:
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RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 08:42 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 6%
David Prosser (inc) 58,358
50%
Joanne Kloppenburg 57,904
50%
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 08:47 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 8%
David Prosser (inc) 71,736
50%
Joanne Kloppenburg 71,502
50%
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 08:50 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 9%
David Prosser (inc) 101,156
51%
Joanne Kloppenburg 97,422
49%
http://elections.todaystmj4.com/G8801.htm
Good luck Roddy! I just ordered it.
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 08:54 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 11%
David Prosser (inc) 108,438
51%
Joanne Kloppenburg 104,836
49%
It ain’t a horse race, you retard.
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 08:57 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 12%
David Prosser (inc) 120,302
51%
Joanne Kloppenburg 114,981
49%
Congratulations, and best of luck Roddy, I’ll order one directly!
“It ain’t a horse race, you retard.”
no but it is interesting how this turns out after weeks of leftoid propaganda. this is in the trenches of the fight for america.
roddy good luck but i think this election is very important:
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 09:03 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 13%
David Prosser (inc) 127,906
51%
Joanne Kloppenburg 124,614
49%
Entering the far turn it’s David’s Prosser over J Klopper by a lengthening nose…
no but it is interesting how this turns out after weeks of leftoid propaganda. this is in the trenches of the fight for america.
Right. So maybe you could post an update, submerge your head under water for 20 minutes and then post another one.
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 09:14 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 20%
David Prosser (inc) 170,374
51%
Joanne Kloppenburg 165,166
49%
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 09:17 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 23%
David Prosser (inc) 191,761
51%
Joanne Kloppenburg 184,419
49%
Congrats, Roddy. And a question. Is Roddy the commenter formerly known as mcgruder? As usual, I’m probably wrong, but it seems mcgruder, a financial reporter, disappeared right around the same time Roddy Boyd, a financial reporter, appeared. Either way, congratulations. Now, I’m just waiting for Jeff’s book!
“submerge your head under water for 20 minutes and then post another one.”
after the last 2 months of wi proggs in my face i relish their defeat tonight. sorry for my enthusiasm for the class. lib. cause.
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 09:27 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 29%
David Prosser (inc) 237,031
51%
Joanne Kloppenburg 225,445
49%
yea the secretary of state project:
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 09:33 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 34%
David Prosser (inc) 265,662
50%
Joanne Kloppenburg 263,356
50%
Isn’t there a thread about the WI elections?
I am thinking folks will probably be talking about it there.
And congrats on the book, I will look for a copy.
buy roddy’s book!!
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 09:43 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 38%
David Prosser (inc) 319,941
52%
Joanne Kloppenburg 301,187
48%
the proggs have a problem
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 09:54 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 46%
David Prosser (inc) 384,772
52%
Joanne Kloppenburg 355,327
48%
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 10:10 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 58%
Joanne Kloppenburg 447,930
50%
David Prosser (inc) 443,961
50%
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 10:18 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 61%
David Prosser (inc) 484,652
51%
Joanne Kloppenburg 473,246
49%
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 10:26 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 66%
Joanne Kloppenburg 515,891
50%
David Prosser (inc) 514,475
50%
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 10:26 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 68%
David Prosser (inc) 528,080
50%
Joanne Kloppenburg 527,174
50%
yes the soros “secretary of state scam works” ax franken-stein
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 10:34 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 69%
Joanne Kloppenburg 532,568
50%
David Prosser (inc) 531,963
50%
I’ve a good friend who works in insurance and has ties throughout the industry.
We discussed Hank Greenburg and AIG at one point. My friend had information that lead him to believe that had Greenburg not been run off by Spitzer, AIG would have stopped writing CDS’s. Not because Greenburg had any qualms one way or another about CDS’s. Rather, Greenburg just didn’t believe in having too much exposure in any one area.
Yes, Roddy is McGruder.
how many non voters voted? si senor. they always be close in commieland
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 10:37 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 71%
Joanne Kloppenburg 552,053
50%
David Prosser (inc) 546,662
50%
With the election this close, the left will steal it.
I’m actually ashamed of the voters of WI right now. I’m ashamed of our country for allowing liberty to slip away like this.
What’s pathetic is how the left will rejoice if their person wins, because they know she’ll “vote the right way.”
We’re looking at the death of the rule of law and the ascendancy of the rule of men.
Yeah, I know the bell has been tolling for a while.
I look at it this way: WI had its chance. Now, if it goes belly up? Fuck it.
If I ran a business I’d pack my shit up and get out of WI now.
so the sec state of wi and sumi doing the 3rd world rumba. f*ck the united states of commie losers. outlaw. or civil effin war coastal plain losers.
Wow. That’s a helluva lot closer than I expected. I thought the Left would be up some 65 to 40 or something near that magnitude.
Because I’ve lost my faith in my fellow citizen, I suppose.
So much for Wisconsin’s experiment in self-governance. All hail our progressive priest-kings in the judiciary.
the guy can lose. no prob. the commies have the state to assure “victory” to peeps like kloppy, franken and gore. stick in your mo
You have to go all the way back to 1980 for the WI record spring vote turnout, but this time was good too. It’s the people that don’t give a shit to vote that piss me off the most.
At the WI court site: “The Supreme Court is composed of seven justices, elected to 10-year terms in statewide, non-partisan April elections.”
Non-partisan my ass.
I need some more ammo I think.
It’s a game of chicken. Waukesha and Dane counties…. Prosser is currently ahead by about 600 votes. Waukesha has more precincts out, but Dane has more population.
secretary of state d:
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 11:32 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 93%
David Prosser (inc) 689,201
50%
Joanne Kloppenburg 688,802
50%
About 380K to 425K, Stephanie. Sykes says only Waukesha is left to count.
“I hear you are singing a song of the past
I see no tears
I know that you know it may be the last
For many years
You’d gamble or give anything
To be in with the better half
But how many friends must I have
To begin with to make you laugh
Will you still have a song to sing
When the razor boy comes?
And take your fancy things away
Will you still be singing it
On that cold and windy day?
You know that the coming is so close at hand
You feel all right
I guess only women in cages can stand
This kind of night
I guess only women in cages
Can play down the things they lose
You think no tomorrow will come
When you lay down you can’t refuse
Will you still have a song to sing
When the razor boy comes?
And take your fancy things away
Will you still be singing it
On that cold and windy day?
I guess only women in cages
Can play down the things they lose
You think no tomorrow will come
When you lay down you can’t refuse
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 11:41 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 95%
David Prosser (inc) 703,414
50%
Joanne Kloppenburg 701,624
50%
Won’t it be something if Prosser wins and then votes against the Walker bill… should it get in front of him.
I’d actually be fine with that in certain respects. But he’d be a moron on the law, were that the case.
RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 11:58 pm CDT
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Supreme Court REPORTING 97%
David Prosser (inc) 720,760
50%
Joanne Kloppenburg 716,089
50%
From the looks of it, dirty partisan campaigning gets results in a nonpartisan election. If $3 Million doesn’t get it done, spend $4 Million next time.
Drinking game of the night: every time a Democrat says “elections matter”.
This just in…
Congrats on the book, Roddy. I’ll pick it up.
Been a long day. I’m not looking forward to a recount, btw. It feels like it’s been non-stop politics here in Wisco since early 2010. Getting tired of it to be honest. Maybe I should pick up an invigorating speed habit.
Okay, that’s enough of my moaning.
585 vote separation now. Not good.
Thanks to Abe Froman and Bob.. and to Jeff for the Publicity.
Yes, I was McGruder, who is a character in a novel about terrorism I framed out but never did anything with (but may yet.)
It got up to #303 on AMZN yesterday…..hopefully, I can get some legs under this.
In gratitude,
Roddy
Roddy – I may have to pick a copy to send to our former CEO (I work for Zurich) – he used to make a stinging remark about waking up and wanting to call Sec. Treas. and ask “say, did you just give $150 billion of taxpayer money to our biggest American competitor?”
Nice work, Roddy. Would be interesting to learn what you found inside the derivative phenomenon in general and it’s ties to the Jenga monetary system. It ain’t over yet.
Fatal Risk gets Insta-launched.
They now have Kloppenburg on top of Prosser.
By about 450 votes.
I think now’s the time for them to declare a winner.
Jhoward–thanks very very much!
Ltc John: Yes, please do. A guy like him would be interested in some of the details….As, I am hoping, an overeducated sort like you would too!
In gratitude,
Roddy
Roddy,
Of course, Mr. Schiro made a heck of a lot more than I ever did/will. So I’ll just keep the copy for myself – maybe I’ll just send him a note that he should buy a copy himself :)
“Yes, I was McGruder”
Man, one of my favorite McG’s glad to hear ya done good!
Keep Firing!!!