SIRI Weekly Thread 8-10-09

[Sirius Roadkill]

Good point. Do you think Malone just wants his money and then sit tight with 40% of the shares which I guess would then be basically free?
Nice exit.

Hey tunes . .

I am not 100% confident that this is Malone's game plan . . the shares were free anyway upon signing of the Investment Agreement . .

two things to consider:

1.) Liberty is permitted to run a short hedge against their preferred shares starting after 1/1/10; they are barred from doing so until then;

2.) Liberty has the option of making a cash tender offer for all outstanding shares not beneficially owned by them sometime after February 2011 at a premium to the prior day's closing price. In fact, I believe they have an exclusive negotiating window between Feb 2011 and Aug 2011, plus, the poison pill effectively blocks out competing bids between now and then.

so, there are a lot of scenarios that could be concocted from all of that; suffice to say that Liberty's lawyers specifically wanted that wording in the Investment Agreement for a reason; how Malone may or may not act on it is anyone's guess.

But Liberty does have options that give them the ability to do more than just sit-tight on their 40% interest . . very tough to read the tea leaves from our vantage point.

[JohnnyIrishXM]

there goes .54 and heading to .55..buyers showing up as bids are raised.

[Sirius Roadkill]

well-well-well . . . just about a week past the 2Q CC and lookee-here . .

some wicked retrace pattern we got goin on, huh? NOT

hey pluc . . start polishing up my dime!

$0.38 NOT

$0.39 NOT

$0.41 NOT

he-he

p.s. I guess "the street" likes the debt offering news; I know I sure do . .

[john]

well-well-well . . . just about a week past the 2Q CC and lookee-here . .

some wicked retrace pattern we got goin on, huh? NOT

hey pluc . . start polishing up my dime!

$0.38 NOT

$0.39 NOT

$0.41 NOT

he-he

p.s. I guess "the street" likes the debt offering news; I know I sure do . .

Dam I always thought it was "looky here", is it really "lookee-here"?

[JohnnyIrishXM]

well there is your retrace to .5379,damn,guess the swingers were right!!!!

[Sirius Roadkill]

Dam I always thought it was "looky here", is it really "lookee-here"?

You are not wrong . . that is an alternative spelling:

The expression has been (quotes date from 1710), and still is, in widespread use in the U.S. as well as England (U.K.). Today, however, it appears that, at least in news print (and in conversation too, for some), it is used more as an intentional folksyism than a genuine, straight-faced colloquialism.

LOOKEE / LOOKIE / LOOK(E)Y (imperative verb): followed by here, there, etc. look a, and by hypercorrection, look at. [Reduced forms of look you, look ye] (Dictionary of American Regional English)
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LOOK: Idiomatic uses of the imperative. a) Used to bespeak attention: = ‘see’, ‘behold’, ‘lo’. In modern colloquial use often look you (in representations of vulgar speech written look'ee) = ‘mind this’; also look here, a brusque mode of address prefacing an order, expostulation, reprimand, etc. looky here U.S. regional variant of ‘look here’; also look-a-here. (Oxford English Dictionary)
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LOOKY THERE: Look over there.”—Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalism, listed under 'Happy Trails' [Westsern regionalisms], page 518> [[see 1985 quote below]]


Quote:
<1710 “Look'ee, Jack, I have heard thee sometimes talk like an Oracle.”—The Tatler by R. Steele, No. 34, page 4>

<1744 “Why lookee Gentlemen . . . suppose a great stone lies in the street and you want to move it, unless there be some moving cause, how the devil shall it move”—American Speech, 1967, Vol. 42, page 217>

<1871 “Looky here, marm.”—Hoosier Schoolmaster. [southern Indiana] by Eggleston, page 63>

<1871 “Lookee here, squire, I didn’t take it, did I?” [central Georgia]—Dukesborough Tales (1892) by Johnston, page 74>

<1894 “Looky there!” [Indiana]—Amazindy by Riley, page 143>

<1925 “Looky here! Ye'd oughtn't t' said that, Eben.”—Desire under the Elms by Eugene O’Neill, I. ii. page 20>

1943 “Looky here. . . Burn it all, all I was tryin' to do was see what she'd do flat out on an open road.”—She Died a Lady by C. Diskson, v. page 38>

<1960 “Lookee here what I got.” [Ozarks]—Response to Publication of the American Dialect Society, No. 20>

<1982 “Lookie—diminutive of command look ‘Lookie here.’” [central southern Pennsylvania] —Barrick Collection>

<1985 “‘Looky there,’ Pea said, ‘I reckon that’s the new cook.’”—Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, page 370>

<1993 “Hey, nurse, come on over here and looky-here at this old woman, she’s in such good shape.”—Having Our Say by Delany & Delany, page 17>

<2003 “. . . you aren't really supposed to notice when someone gets a facelift. Museums are no exception. ‘Well, looky here. Check out that new roof, fresh paint and better lighting. . . ’”—Washington Post, 17 January>

<2007 “. . . now we have the 2006 YouTube Video Awards. . . . So, oh, looky here in the winners’ circle. We’ve got the neato guys who dance on treadmills, Smosh, the Wine Kone and Ask a Ninja.”—New York Times, 27 March>

<2008 “But now looky here. This afternoon, at the ridiculous time of 12.30, Saracens face the Ospreys in the quarter-final of the Heineken Cup6.”—Sunday Telegraph London, 6 April>

<2009 “Well, looky here. Internet radios have been popping up like bailouts.”—The Online Reporter, 15 May>

(quotes from Oxford English Dictionary and Dictionary of American Regional English and archived sources)
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[JohnnyIrishXM]

Dam I always thought it was "looky here", is it really "lookee-here"?

Hey John,saw your thoughts on bond offering,feel same way,can't figure out exactly why,but guess they are testing the market to get lower interest payments,which as of today will be 300 mil next year,before this offering.
pretty substantial amount..I MHO

[JohnnyIrishXM]

[QUOTE=Sirius Roadkill;47122]You are not wrong . . that is an alternative spelling:

The expression has been (quotes date from 1710), and still is, in widespread use in the U.S. as well as England (U.K.). Today, however, it appears that, at least in news print (and in conversation too, for some), it is used more as an intentional folksyism than a genuine, straight-faced colloquialism.

LOOKEE / LOOKIE / LOOK(E)Y (imperative verb): followed by here, there, etc. look a, and by hypercorrection, look at. [Reduced forms of look you, look ye] (Dictionary of American Regional English)
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Ok S-Kill,too much time on your hands with that worst post of the year entry...

Had to cut it,this would have sufficed,thank you.your talking to Julie too much!!!know she'll see this later...

[Sirius Roadkill]

Hey John,saw your thoughts on bond offering,feel same way,can't figure out exactly why,but guess they are testing the market to get lower interest payments,which as of today will be 300 mil next year,before this offering.
pretty substantial amount..I MHO

suppose there's a double-dip recession and credit freezes-up again?

suppose rates begin to move-up from here as they are bound to do?

I called Mel every dirty, unprintable, name in the book when he didn't refi those Feb converts "sooner rather than later" as he said he would do at the Merrill Lynch conference

Ford refi'd their debt before the credit collapse and that is why they needed no bailout money

penny-wise and dollar foolish not to take advantage of current "known" credit environment and push back all maturities . . imvho . . although I respect the dissenting opinions of those who differ . .

Breathing room is never a bad thing!

[Sirius Roadkill]

[QUOTE=JohnnyIrishXM;47124]

You are not wrong . . that is an alternative spelling:

The expression has been (quotes date from 1710), and still is, in widespread use in the U.S. as well as England (U.K.). Today, however, it appears that, at least in news print (and in conversation too, for some), it is used more as an intentional folksyism than a genuine, straight-faced colloquialism.

LOOKEE / LOOKIE / LOOK(E)Y (imperative verb): followed by here, there, etc. look a, and by hypercorrection, look at. [Reduced forms of look you, look ye] (Dictionary of American Regional English)
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Ok S-Kill,too much time on your hands with that worst post of the year entry...

Had to cut it,this would have sufficed,thank you.your talking to Julie too much!!!know she'll see this later...

see that . . just when Julie gets back into the boat Irish fires a shot across the bow!