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88 Billion?
Seems pretty steep
Yeah, 88 BILLION must be wrong. 8.8 Billion would seem kinda steep, but probably closer to being accurate. Must be a typo.
It was 88 million, which seemed steep enough to me.
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In other news, I also did not board that plane.
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I’m glad Doris Kearns Goodwin wasn’t on it.
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The reason it seems too much is because the paper was placed up for auction. The bidding drove it up that high. Not sure if you are aware of the internal fight of the major owners of the media group. This wound up in court and the end result was a bidding war.
As with Fast Eddie, he always seems to weather any storm. I’m sure he’s counting his lucky stars.
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oh well…so the idiot is still here giving his I love Clinton speech
Well, better luck next time, I guess.
Oh, the world of the idle rich. Hang out in cafes by day. Attend cocktail parties by night. Buy a newspaper. You know, the usual stuff.
$88bn is Josh’s asking price for the TPM empire.
Rendell had already committed to a Sunday morning fundraiser at a Philadelphia synagogue and said he was worried he wouldn’t make it back on time if he had joined Katz.
And as it turned out, he most certainly wouldn’t have. Wow. Sometimes your number just isn’t up.
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Yeah and one of the Koch brothers survived a plane crash right here at LAX in 1991. That is one of the reasons that solidifies the reasons I don’t believe in God