A House oversight panel is putting on their cap, lighting their pipe, and pulling out their magnifying glass today to find out.
Back in 2004, the Bush Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission agreed not to prosecute AIGfor allegedly helping companies fudge their books. In exchange, the government slapped them on the wrist lightly [...]

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An email sent by Jake DeSantis giving his resignation to Edward Liddy has been published. We wish him good luck finding a new job and avoiding the angry mob.
The letter is like reading someone’s conscious, but he is careful to state that he does not accept any blame for what happened. He just seems [...]

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-Andrew Cuomo got the names of those who received bonuses and upon threat of outing them, 9 of the top 10 bonus recipients and 15 of the largest 20 bonus recipients in A.I.G.’s financial products division returned the money. It ends up being about $50 million. Bullying and fear of populist mobs works! Sadly, 53% [...]

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Have you guys heard about AIG? Why yes, of course you have.
What abut AIU? Heard of them? No? It’s the new name of AIG.
See how they cleverly changed one letter to disguise themselves and turn them into an entirley unrecognizable company that you may mistake for ethical. It’s brilliant and right out of the Blackwater changes its name to [...]

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UPDATE: The House passed the bill to tax the shit out of AIG bonuses, reports the AP.
ORIGINAL:
- Liddy stated yesterday that some of the people are giving back some of the money. Hurrah-ish!?!? As to whether or not Satan gets to keep some of their soul or will refund it entirely is unconfirmed.
-But it may not [...]

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AIG’s head dick Ed Liddy will testify today about that little $165 million dollar bonus snafu. Four hundred and eighteen employees were awarded funds, which included 1 who took home $6.4 million and 73 who took home $1 million. Another $33.6 million went to 52 people who have since left the company despite their “retention,” [...]

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Populist rage at the economy has finally found focus in the greedy hallows of Dickdom AIG. The company is receiving death threats, onslaughts of angry phone calls and letters, [...]

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The lesbian power couple will be married this weekend in Cali, reports Usmagazine.com.
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Raise a glass of champagne to freedom kids. Ellen will be announcing her plans to wed her long time girlfriend Portia De Rossi on her TV talk show today. The date is set for July 7.
Finally, there is something to dance about!

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