Dear IMF,
We would really love to show you the documents and records of how wonderfully our economy is doing, and specifically my keen grasp of economic reality and policy, but unfortunately we can’t
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Nine first-responders were killed and seven others injured as they battled a fire of unknown origin that destroyed an archive of corporate and banking industry documents in Argentina’s capital on Wednesday.
The fire at the Iron Mountain warehouse took hours to control and at least half of the sprawling building was ruined despite the efforts of at least 10 squads of firefighters.
…The destroyed archives included documents stored for Argentine corporations and banks, said Buenos Aires security minister Guillermo Montenegro.
But trust me, our banking system is solid so just give me the money.
Kisses,
Christina
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February 6, 2014 7:11 am
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How … … … convenient.
Physical media? WTF were the records doing on physical media??
How quaint.
Leelu, electronic media is more susceptible to being damaged by fire than paper documents.
“Physical media” = hard drives.
Welcome to the cloud. Suckers.
Dang the luck.
You know, there was a fire of unknown cause on my back porch that unfortunately destroyed all of my reciepts & bills for the last 15 years that I was just about to turn over to the IRS to prove that all my deductions were (& are) legitimate. The BBQ ribs were delicious, though.
That’s an awful lot of structural damage for a building that supposedly had a sprinkler system.
Good point, Mojo.
aelfheld – not if backed up in multiple locations. Or in the cloud. My point stands…
As an added bonus if your online you can always ask the NSA (or KGB…) for a copy from their files.
Same thing happened to me, oddly enough Herr Flussig!
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