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A democracy shall be had.

It’s time to see who will become iBankCoin’s next top blogger: Cain Thaler or chessNwine. Honestly, they’re both very distinguished.

Even though this is just an Internets elections, we’re taking it very seriously. Just like in the major US elections, if you’re a convicted felon (or even immediately related to one), you are NOT allowed to vote for the next top blogger. (This goes for real-life violators, as well as those of you who have been found guilty of crimes against iBC.)

Also, just like real-life elections, we’ve employed a highly insecure means of balloting:

Who Should Be iBankCoin’s Next Tabbed Blogger?
1) Mr. Caine Thaler
2) ChessNwine

View Results

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56 comments

  1. Rand

    I have a concealed handgun permit, issued by the state of texas, no felonies permitted.
    My vote is cheesenwine.
    Salute’

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  2. Jason

    Chess and wine please

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  3. Rand

    Looks like cheesenwine by a 3 to 1 margin..

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  4. scum bucket bitchez
    scum bucket bitchez

    I refuse to participate in any more sham elections unless I am plentifully bribed.

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  5. hanging chad

    Voting irregularities!!!

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  6. Le Fly

    Futs not up enough. We need 30 snp points or reversal

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    • Lolo

      We’re up 28.10 right now…
      Getting close!
      Dow up 217 and rising…

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  7. Taylor

    Just like in real life democracy, I am exercising my right to arbitrarily and blindly vote for one of the two candidates, both of whom I know absolutely nothing about and care for even less, simply to demonstrate to all of you the idiocy of such a system where such an authoritative decision could be made in such a careless and wantonly ignorant manner.

    May you all die in democratic mass-incarceration facilities– the dictatorial confines of a tyrant’s being much too good for all of you.

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    • Taylor

      Update– just now, Dick Mickler cast his arbitrary, fraudulent vote for candidate the first (don’t remember who he was or what he was called).

      In a mere 24 hours, a fraudulent secondary vote shall be cast for candidate the second by Roger Bonchstein.

      The two votes, easily cancelling each other out, will again serve to reinforce the mindless psychosis of your democratic politics.

      24 more piddling hours later, Perry Scratulum-Rockfordshire will cast a third vote, completely at random, for a write-in candidate, sealing an election victory for a candidate who wasn’t even part of the ofificial proceedings and therefore throwing the tilt of the world off of its regularly-scheduled axis. The name he writes in will likely be his own.

      Eat piss! one and all

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    • vodoo

      I guess no one cares about the brain diarrhea except me. lol

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  8. manutd

    euro ministers meeting live at 2pm at below link

    http://video.consilium.europa.eu/index.php?pl=&sessionno=2899&lang=EN

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  9. looking

    Chessnwine!

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  10. Prophet Joe

    May be best to not let anyone in Florida vote, for safety’s sake.

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  11. The Sax

    Where is the “none of the above” selection?

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  12. Le Fly

    Lol he is tabbed idiot

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  13. Le Fly

    Lol he is tabbed idiot

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  14. Po Pimp

    Both of them are great choices. If our presidential elections could produce one good… even decent… candidate then I might be inclined to participate.

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  15. Ix

    I call Hanging Chad!

    The fact that ChessNWine’s link is so close to the View Results link means that a lot of folks will accidentally vote for him/her.

    My write-in candidate is “Mr. A. Nonymous, esq.”

    Ix

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  16. Dayman

    I’M WRITING IN RON PAUL

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  17. Purdy

    WTF? I thought you banned politics from this blog.

    …Oh, Jake wants to know which of the candidates is Republican.

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  18. BernieCornfeld
    BernieCornfeld

    I tried to vote in the US elections last time and was told that because I am a Canuck, that I was ineligible. I then explained to them that I was actually Mexican and that I had snuck across the border under the cover of darkness and was working as a gardener for a certain senator. I was then allowed to vote. GO NADER!!

    Therefore, can I assume, that if I were able to garden at Fly’s house or perhaps even Steve The Neighbour’s place, that I would then be eligible to vote here as well?

    PS I feel that that ChessandWine should come before Mr. Cain Thaler out of respect for the English alphabet.

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  19. Dog, D

    zzzzzzzz………
    too many dead tabs already

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  20. Rand

    Looks like cheenwine by 2.6x margin.
    And the winner:
    Cheesenwine
    Salute’

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  21. Morpheous

    “Democracy is 2 wolves and a sheep voting on whats for dinner” Ben Franklin

    We are a REPUBLIC!

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  22. robert (rob_pvb)
    robert (rob_pvb)

    actually, i am going to question the ‘fairness’ of the election: i noticed an ad at the top of the page one day with Mr. Pelican touting chessNwine, which would be a hugely unfair advantage for him.

    by the way, heard tiger woods has a bulging di*k.

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  23. Tony Snark

    Futures nicely green at this time. Was it a short sharp quick correction or…….more to come after a bounce? Monday a week ago was up and then the wheels came off…….will this week be a repeat?

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  24. dishobgyn

    I like cheesenwine so much I voted twice.

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  25. Dog, D

    CheeseNSwine – AND Mr. Samsonsite HamburgThaler!!! Why limit the greatness? Bloggers AND tabs are cheep cheep cheep!

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  26. joe

    What the fuck is this? we are letting unions vote on how much they should get paid?
    There’s ONLY ONE choice for a distinguished tabber…that is: Mr. Bleier. The best thing youv’e done with your IBC joint was bringing him aboard, go all aboard and give the dude the due respect.
    cheese and wine…thaler…PFPFPFPFPFFFFFFFFFFF
    Get fucking real, add credibility to your site, not diminish!
    Right next to the “fly” tab should be the BLEIER tab.

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  27. Yogi & Boo Boo
    Yogi & Boo Boo

    Where’s j when you need a currency expert. The bounce in the euro doesn’t look so hot. The more the EU finance ministers talk the more it fades. I think it was up over 150 now it’s 68 according to Bloomberg. Any thoughts?

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    • Buckeye Bob

      Just kicking the can down the road, but looks like we’re going to soar tomorrow

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    • JC

      Yogi;

      The Euro is fucked, but I think there more than a few fuckers short at the moment which makes entering new positions really dangerous. Wait. Wait to see how the two other markets take the news and then sell if you want but with a decent stop.

      I can’t believe these fuckers a layering more and more debt on.

      It’s going to eventually end really badly.

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  28. noodleboy

    alright folks, the shit storm is over

    relax and prepare etc etc

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  29. Indie

    Get ready for tomorrow’s melt up!

    http://preview.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-10/eu-ministers-craft-928-billion-show-of-force-to-halt-crisis-buoy-euro.html

    gracias the Euro print presses…

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  30. Lolo

    With Henry and CA’s departures, you should now have 2 tabs open, no? Why not have both? They are certainly both worthy…

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    • wilmer

      STFU-There is an election in process. Two enter; one leaves victorious.

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  31. JC

    Just like in the major US elections, if you’re a convicted felon (or even immediately related to one), you are NOT allowed to vote for the next top blogger.

    hahahahhahhahahaha

    A very fair and reasonable demand.

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  32. Indie

    i’m out of TLT’s but for those of youse looking for some hugh hendry magic sauce, an opportunity in asshole dip buying is here…

    http://preview.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-09/treasuries-fall-a-second-day-as-europe-rescue-plan-damps-demand-for-safety.html

    … or slowly getting back in the equity game.

    personally, i prefer watching paint dry.

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  33. Mr. Cain Thaler
    Mr. Cain Thaler

    Uh, I feel like John McCain.

    Fucking R.W. Pelican.

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  34. Tony Snark

    Asia is green! Asia is green! Twice for emphasis! Oil at about $75.

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  35. Dr Fly

    Where did Europe get a trill?

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    • Buckeye Bob

      Its just colored paper, I mean, 1’s and 0’s

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    • Indie

      Under the loan package, euro-area governments pledged 440 billion euros in loans or guarantees, with 60 billion euros more in loans from the EU’s budget and as much as 250 billion euros from the International Monetary Fund.

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    • needle dick the bug fucker
      needle dick the bug fucker

      my guess the FED reserve…..

      Pisses me off but who cares. Just make the money.

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  36. wilmer

    Hey look the Eurotrash are easing….who would’ve thought? Oh yeah, I did.

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  37. JakeGint

    Don’t forget, even though the ECB is loosing its bowels…. You should not go off half-coked.

    ____________

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