{"id":2633,"date":"2008-10-07T04:30:31","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T08:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2008-10-07T04:30:31","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T08:30:31","slug":"crisis-of-infinite-mixed-metaphors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/crisis-of-infinite-mixed-metaphors","title":{"rendered":"Crisis of Infinite Mixed Metaphors"},"content":{"rendered":"

From this morning’s NYPost<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The seismic jolt sent through global stock markets yesterday has ratcheted up the pressure on Fed chief Ben Bernanke, New York Federal Reserve Bank President Tim Geithner and SEC chief Chris Cox – three pivotal players who had hoped for a period of post-rescue bill calm in order to surgically attack the time bombs still ticking on their watches.<\/p>\n

Pulling the trigger first was Bernanke . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From this morning’s NYPost: The seismic jolt sent through global stock markets yesterday has ratcheted up the pressure on Fed chief Ben Bernanke, New York Federal Reserve Bank President Tim Geithner and SEC chief Chris Cox – three pivotal players who had hoped for a period of post-rescue bill calm in order to surgically attack … <\/p>\n

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