just finished the tributes to doris, aka 'tanta'
would recommend highly that all read and understand the difference just one person can make and the effect she had on those of us who benefited from her wit, knowledge, and wisdom...
CR...if you can create a compendium of her posts on your blog it would be highly appreciated, i read her frequently, but missed many of her posts and would love the opportunity to access her work....
deepest regards,
MD
ticker forum posts thus far on the passing of Tanta...
amazing how far reaching her writings were:
Tanta from Calculated Risk passed away in forum [General]
Emb145
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nytimes.com.
Somehow the bar doesn't seem appropriate for this.
She was one of "us".
RIP Doris. Your insight and experience will be missed.
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2008-11-30 20:09:19
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Report This As A Bad Post Add To Your Ignored User List OMG, NO!!
edit: Obviously I haven't been on CR in a while - this is a shock, and a loss to all of us in that community.
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2008-11-30 20:13:41
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Fuck.
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No bailouts. Period. Unsupportable debt must be defaulted. Do it, get it out in the open, and get it over with. Yes, its going to suck, but its going to suck no matter what we do. We can either have it suck hard and short, or far worse and far longer. The more we screw around with this the worse it is going to be.
2008-11-30 20:13:54
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Report This As A Bad Post Add To Your Ignored User List Goodbye, UberNerd - we knew ye well.
2008-11-30 20:14:59
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Online brilliant writer - RIP
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2008-11-30 20:15:30
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Gawd, this sucks.
RIP, Doris. If you happen to run into a big, fluffy orange cat, he hates tuna.
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2008-11-30 20:19:29
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Report This As A Bad Post Add To Your Ignored User List Sad news ... sorry to hear ... was one of the first blogs I started reading -- CR and always liked her writeups.
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2008-11-30 20:23:29
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Report This As A Bad Post Add To Your Ignored User List Her insights into the mortgage industry, her no-non sense style of common sense, and her biting humor made her a writer worth reading. She will be missed. RIP and my condolences to her family and friends...
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2008-11-30 20:26:06
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2008-11-30 20:28:06
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Very sad news - I enjoyed her writing immensely - God speed Doris.
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2008-11-30 20:28:23
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Sincerely bummed.
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2008-11-30 20:28:57
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I'm so sad. I learned so much from her about the MBS, CDO, CDS process and how things functioned. Her attention to detail and seeking truth was amazing.
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2008-11-30 20:29:25
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I adored her articles and her style. She got my attention, and got it quickly.
This is a loss.
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2008-11-30 20:32:38
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i have a lump in my throat, thats the 3rd favorite in my market folder of more than 100. i've been reading there since feb 07. there have been a few times where she would be gone for short periods of time and i recall mention of her having an illness.
i'm speechless
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2008-11-30 20:33:52
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I teared up too - strong woman.
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2008-11-30 20:35:03
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Memorial posting on CR:
calculatedrisk.blogspot.com.
2008-11-30 20:36:53
Movedtonz
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Tanta and CR were the ones that got me started in trying to sort out the realities of the financial world. It was around july of last year that I ran across a reference to TF in the comments of CR (I think the comment was in response to a question from someone looking for an investment site that was on a par to CR, and the response noted that TF was a bears den...).
Tantas posts have been sorely missing as of late, and I was worried as to the probable cause.
Tanta Vive on in our minds...
2008-11-30 20:39:24
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She will be missed.
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2008-11-30 20:46:12
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Enjoy your new Liberal Overlords America.
Truly, a sad event.
Too many of those lately.
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2008-11-30 20:49:44
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She went to great effort to enlighten ppl for free.
If I am correct, even the Fed quoted one of her pieces.
She will be missed.
2008-11-30 20:53:24
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2008-11-30 20:57:17
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Terrible.
Seeing that headline here was an unpleasant shock- even though I never knew her or even her name.
My special condolences to her family and all those who actually knew her- because she meant something to me even though I did not.
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2008-11-30 21:00:58
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2008-11-30 21:04:38
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Online This lady called a shit sandwich for what it is and with her writing exposed a lot of BS "spin" for exactly what it was
Very sharp gal
Great loss
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2008-11-30 21:12:44
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UGH - that is TERRIBLE news - she was really able to spell out the details of the industry. How very very sad.
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2008-11-30 21:14:40
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2008-11-30 21:17:28
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Tanta,
Thank you.
Anything.
Anytime.
Anywhere.
Godspeed.
xoxo
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2008-11-30 21:21:39
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Online Very sad news.
I will miss her.
2008-11-30 21:24:26
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Really sorry to hear this. I will miss her....
2008-11-30 21:31:36
Storyteller1
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Online Ya know, what really crushes me about this is that I was so hoping to read her thoughts on all the bailout crap of the last several months.
There aren't many 'net writers whose words I take as gospel, but she was one.
I hate when you go for months looking forward to something ... and then one day, in a split second, you realize you're never going to get it.
Selfish of me? Yeah, probably.
But she was that good.
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