Never going to happen…
One might express the exceedingly low probability that one might agree (that, say, Adam Sandler is the artistic and comedic rival of Buster Keaton) in a variety of ways. Here in the U.S., it might be “when pigs fly” or “when Hell freezes over”. Now, thanks to the good folks at Nautilus, one can answer with the appropriately idiomatic expression of improbability all over the world. Just click the image above…
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As we substitute hyperbole for hyperventilation, we might recall that it was on this date in 2008 that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, setting off the worst financial crisis since the nineteen-thirties, a seven-hundred-billion-dollar bank bailout, and a painful recession. On this dark anniversary, John Cassidy asks, “What Has Changed Since Lehman Failed?” James Kwak answers, “5 Years Later, We’ve Learned Nothing From The Financial Crisis. And for a really deep dive, leap in here.
Then-Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulson