Stress test haiku

lambert's picture

Via the Seattle PI:

The stress tests are done
Surprise -- many banks are fine
Now, go buy that bridge

I thought haiku was supposed to be seasonal. So what about those green shoots? Readers?

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lambert's picture

OK, I'll try

Note the kigo, or seasonal reference!

spring rain on green shoots
tweakers rip out copper pipes--
bank-owned properties

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Damon's picture

A go

Scattered mayflowers
Columbia's hangover starts
Catch her when she falls

But, we've always been at war with Eastasia...

BDBlue's picture

Yves Linked Here

in her daily links.

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lambert's picture

My life is complete!

Now write your own haiku ;-)

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi

We are all getting screwed

Thirty-nine billion
Tim Geithner pimps for Wall Street
This is not safe sex

lizpolaris's picture

Here's one -

Defenestration
is not needed for bankster
who receives bonus.

gob's picture

A pair of 'em

Groundhog, or bankster?
It really makes no difference -
Eats green shoots and leaves.

Grizzled great-uncle
Watches over his garden
Shotgun on his knees.

We will push and push and push until some larger force makes us stop.

DCblogger's picture

the onion

Lambert, no haiku--just can't get front page to load, end part

way through post two below this one. No side columns on front page, and when I open this post the haiku post doesn't show up.

Is it my PC...or Memorex, uh, make that whatever?

lambert's picture

Works for me

I just posted. Try the usual -- clear your cache. I had an upgrade done on one part of the system -- shouldn't have affected the site, but... Since we're dealing with a PC here...

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi

carissa's picture

I'm having the same issues

Can't see the contents of the side bars when I click on home, but can when I click on a post via my Google reader or via the side bar. But Home? Nada.

I just upgraded to IE8, but why can I see the contents of the sidebars when I'm in an individual post, but can't when I view the home page (which is also cut off at the bottom)?

lambert's picture

Please try again

I'm betting it's bad HTML, so I just did something to fix that, I hope. Please clear cache and restart browser, then let me know. Thanks!

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi

Carissa-I get stopped on front page just before video in post

opening w/ these lines (:

From a Politico op-ed, written by a former Edwards speechwriter, on the need for a national figure to fight poverty, this incredible 60 Minutes segment from last year:

Nothing in side columns on front page. I can get to earlier posts by going into My Comments. I cleared browsing history and cookies; I don't want to lose history. Drat.

Where does your front page end? I can get in via Firefox, but that's kind of awkward having two browsers open....

lambert's picture

I disabled the video

Please perform the usual incantations and try again.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi

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Cubicle Haiku

Pensive co-workers
Scan corporate email
For hints of good news

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