OT - standard for non-jackassness
<<Well, uh, whatever he is he's well paid, so maybe not so much a j-ass, doncha think?>>
I guess that means well-paid hedge fund managers, investment bankers and, I suppose, Bernie Madoff are good fellows.
"Nouriel Roubini... warned that corporate earnings and stock prices could continue to fall, perhaps precipitously."
Seems a bit of a dickless prediction. Of course stock prices COULD continue to fall. They might also rise precipitously. How about a real prediction, like, there is a 2/3rds chance they will fall?